Carruth Takes Helm as Austin School Superintendent
Irby B. Carruth becomes the Austin public schools superintendent and outlines a goal to maintain the district as a state leader. He arrives from Waco after former leader J. W. Edgar left to head state schools and begins a busy first day with meetings, tours, and a Lions Club luncheon. He plans a summer orientation for the 1950 51 year and attends early board sessions and teacher workshop opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irby Carruth
Austin
State
Irby B. Carruth
J. W. Edgar
Waco
Thursay
Carruth
University Junior High School
Ping Pong Champ Plays With Teeth In Match Up
Bernard Gerhardt, 20, Austin’s city table tennis champion in 1947 and 1948, challenged All-Americans by playing with his teeth. He beat Tom Hamilton in one match and then lost the rematch 21-19 after a stubborn rally. Gerhardt, a UT athlete, is noted for exhibitions with his brother Joe and other local players.
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Bernard Gerhardt
Tom Hamilton
Gerhardt
Austin
Thomas Hamilton
Long Lom
Hamilton
Dill Hall
Gerhard
Dallas
Billy Penn
Jack Strauss
James Dowies
Longhorn
Dowies
University of Texas
Kalamazoo
Mich
Tyler
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Bernard
Joe
Policeman Otto Ludwig Rising From Sudden Ranks
Austin officer Otto Ludwig rose from enlisted man to lieutenant (senior grade) in the Naval Reserve in rapid succession after a flawless service record. A Perry Falls County native and UT design student turned lawman, Ludwig earned 57 medals in Southwest competitions and had roles in the 1935 flood, a Bobby Gow rescue, and a wartime destroyer escort assignment. He and wife Mary Louise Flesher live at 802A Barton Springs Road with children Otto II and Jeanne Marie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludwig
Naval Reserve
Otto Ludwig
Perry
Falls County
Austin High School
Texas Amateur Athletic Federation
Austin Public Library
Mary Louise Flesher
University of Texas
Colorado
Austin Police Department
Barton Springs Road
Otto II
Jeanne Marie
Exchange Club
City Hall Expansion Planned After Council Vote
City Hall plans call for expanding the building a half block to West Ninth Street with a police and courts facility and a 10 story potential. Bond funds about 350000 will finance the project, and title work aims to secure the site long term.
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Walter Seaholm
West Ninth Street
Seaholm
Austin
John Aycock
Aycock
East Sixth Street
Colorado Street
West Ninth
Congress Avenue
Mutual Savings Institution
Council Okays Hospital Panel Appointments
The City Council confirmed five appointments to a Brackenridge Hospital advisory board but withheld names until acceptances. Four more were approved as alternates. The nine members were set in talks among council members, former City Manager Guston Morgan, and incoming City Manager Walter Seaholm. The panel has advisory, not administrative, authority. Seaholm aims to name a new administrator once the board is settled from 35 applicants.
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Brackenridge Hospital
Guston Morgan
Morgan
Walter Seaholm
Seaholm
The
Beard
Fix That Slip Austin Time Remains
An editorial chides Austin for neglecting the Community Chest by a $38,000 deficit. It recalls Chico the boy helped by Child and Family Service and Salvation Army programs, and urges gifts via The Austin American or local stations and banks to restore support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Chico
Child and Family Service
Community Chest
Salvation Army
T. H. Williams
Austin American
610
Guadalupe
City one-way streets go into effect in downtown Austin
Traffic Captain W. W. Blackman reported good early handling of the new four-artery one-way plan with 86 percent driver compliance. A minor fender scrape at Ninth and Colorado marked the day, and painters worked to complete parking stripe changes after a rainstorm delayed markings. For a grace period no tickets will be issued for wrong-way driving.
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Austin
W. W. Blackman
Blackman
Ninth
Colorado
Bert Lay
Capt. Blackman
Transmission Line Delayed For Granite Shoals Dam
Max Starcke of the Lower Colorado River Authority said the 69,000-volt line from Johnson City to the Granite Shoals Dam Station will not be completed until the end of June. Delays in material deliveries hinder construction funded by a $172,000 Rural Electrification Administration loan for Pedernales Cooperative to meet rising power demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Starcke
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Johnson City
Granite Shoals Dam
LCRA
Pedernales Cooperative
Rural Electrification Administration
Starcke
Ten Stop Signs Ordered by City
City Council authorized stop signs at ten intersections including Red Bud Trail at Lake Austin Boulevard and Avenue B at West 45th Street. A two way stop was set at Avenue F and North Loop Boulevard. American Legion Travis Post 76 given park use for July 4. Short term parking rules and meters approved on San Jacinto Boulevard Brazos Street and nearby segments.
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Red Bud Trail
Lake Austin Boulevard
Avenue B
West 45Th Street
Clayton Lane
Gilbert Street
Mountain View Road
Middle Fishville Road
Highway 20
Revile Street
East 53Rd
Avenue F
Airport Boulevard
North Loop Boulevard
American Legion Travis Post 76
Zilker Park
San Jacinto Boulevard
East Eighth
East Ninth
Brazos Street
Brazos
Rate Jumps Clear Hurdle For July 1st
City Council unanimously passed a taxicab regulatory ordinance to third reading and set final passage for next week. Key amendments set a 45 cent basic fare for the first 1½ miles, extend the same fare to downtown to 29th Street, and raise insurance and bond limits. The ordinance calls for meter installation by July 1 and a franchise system starting Oct 1 with a 2 percent gross receipts tax. An advisory three‑member commission and three full‑time inspectors will enforce the rules.
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Trueman O'Quinn
29Th Street
University of Texas
Capitol
Taylor Glass
Emma
O’quinn
Glass
Police, Finance and Legal Departments
John Connally
Yellow Cab
Red Ball
Owl
Connally
Yellow Cab Company
Jesse Ae
Council
Joweeetformance Bond
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Neal Douglass
Allen Hanretta
Anita Brewer
Little Bobby Gow
Okehs
Wray Weddell
West Eighth
Colorado Streets
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