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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1950
Page
15
In Bell California on June 1 hoodlums damaged a market causing chaos. Manager J. E. Goyette said they hurled pies smashed melons dumped sugar and rice mixed flour and dried peas poured honey over sausage and fruit items and drenched tissues with orange juice while corn tills remained untouched.
In Monkstown Texas on June 1 Johnny Spann sought shelter as a storm approached his Fannin County home. He rushed to his storm cellar but could not enter because neighbors had already crowded inside. The scene shows Spann left outside as winds tore at his clothes.
Mrs Harold Gurney of Austin learned Thursday of the death of her father Chester P Ruffner in Adrian Michigan on Wednesday. Ruffner a former Austin resident was a fifty year member of the International Typographical Union. Survivors include his son Chester P Ruffner Jr of Sarasota Florida. Funeral services are set for Saturday in Adrian.
The Hyde Park Christian Church holds its annual business meeting and covered dish supper Friday at 7 p m at the church. Charles Hinkle, board chairman, will preside as reports of the year’s activities are reviewed and officers for the new year beginning July 1 are elected.
James D. McKinley of San Angelo was appointed chief pharmacist at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Hospital for Cancer Research. He earned a Master of Science in hospital pharmacy from the University of Maryland and a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from the University of Texas in 1948.
Education Dean L. D. Haskew said summer session enrollment at the University of Texas College of Education will hit an all time high. Seventeen visiting professors join the regular staff for two six week terms from June 7 to July 19 and July 20 to August 30.
A compiled listing from 126th to 53rd district courts shows filings for divorces, removals of minority, and estates, plus foreclosures, executors, guardians, and assorted criminal filings. It lists marriage licenses issued, and new car registrations for numerous individuals and local dealers.
Three ten minute children's movies will be shown at the Austin Public Library Saturday at 10 a m in the regular children's program which will be continued through the summer. Miss Gerry Stockton children's librarian says the movies will be Ride em Chico the story of a little Mexican cowboy in color Navajo Children and Chimp the Aviator the story of a flying monkey.
The Great Smoky Mountains in North Carolina hold about 200000 acres of virgin timber. They contain the nation’s most extensive virgin red spruce and hardwood forests, a rare remaining example of mature mountain forest.
The article promotes locally raised Purina fed chickens for frying. It emphasizes that only meat-type Purina fed birds earn the red and white checkerboard tag and promises superior tenderness that makes ordinary chickens unsatisfying.
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