First Week of Scout Camp Opens in Bull Creek Area
Nearly 100 Boy Scouts from Austin and Central Texas registered at Camp Tom Wooten on Bull Creek, the first of six weekly contingents. Sunday spent settling in. Monday marked the start of full camp life with listed scouts from multiple troops including 10, 12, 19, 20, 21, 30, 32, 34, 35, and others, plus several scoutmasters and junior leaders.
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Austin
Central Texas
Tom Wooten
Bruce Martin
Jack Farschman
James Orr
Don Orr
Oakley C. Townsend
Henry C. Lucksinger
Martin Needlemann
Walter Williamson
Donald Schweiger
James Sheffield
Roy Davis
John Baylor
Tony Mayne
Scotty Lanier
Andrew Viscardi
Sam Abraham
Doyle Jaynes
Jesse Lagunas
Brant Hickman
Dan Bolin
Raymond Henry
Jimmy Wayne von Bieberstein
Harold Stanfield
Fred Lee Craddock
Joe Lester Moore
Henry Driggs
Richard Dorman
George W. Bowen Jr
Davis Lenhart
Wayne White
Forrest Faulkner Jr
Ray Akin Jr
Howard Schutt
John W. Whittier Jr
Arthur Mitchell
Charles E. Williams
Lanny Nelson
Victor Sterzing Jr
Bobby Frampton
W. E. Sterzing
Clovis Treadwell
John Schneider Jr
Leslie Wilson
Charles Petmecky
Stanley McCarty
Donald Glenn Morse
Joe Bob Simmons
Fred Minter
Howard Clark
Harold Propsma
Stonewall
Henry J. Burg
Gary Cravens
Ronnie Cravens
Harvey Eckert
Dalton Behrends
Alton Nebgen
Marvin Nebgen
Taylor
Perry Cox
Bennie Mikolaj
Jack Baker
Garry Gray
Howard Baker
Sam Nettles
Dollie Nettles
Pat Kelley
John Welch
Eugene Parrett
Edward Kubala
Ricky Psencik
Ed Griffith
Herman Luedtke
Andrew Shepherd
Hutto
Frederick Petmecky
Yoakum
Bobby Gustwick
Anthony Gustwick
Wil
Seaholm Seeks City Job Classification Panel Nominees
City department heads were asked to nominate a six member evaluation committee to classify all city jobs. Walter Seaholm asked top officials to provide names by Tuesday morning, with Nelvin Ward the Houston consultant guiding the effort. The permanent panel will also serve as a grievance board and ensure pay equity without immediate salary cuts. The five to six month process aims to fix inequities and align duties, hazards, and pay across municipal positions.
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Walter Seaholm
Houston
Nelvin Ward
Seaholm
Unknown Scout Troop 281 Members Named
Liam Alexander and Vernon C Harris are listed alongside Troop 281 Mason members Billy Neal Thomas Willie Gene Martin Charles Ischar Jay Schott Buddy Eckert Herold D Hudson Evers Schmidt Wayne Hofmann Tommy B Jordan Tommy Reardon Ervin Gross Frantz Reardon and Charles Gipegan in the roster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liam Alexander
Vernon C. Harris
Troop
Mason
Billy Neal Thomas
Willie Gene Martin
Charles Ischar
Jay Schott
Buddy Eckert
Herold D. Hudson
Evers Schmidt
Wayne Hofmann
Tommy B. Jordan
Tommy Reardon
Ervin Gross
Frantz Reardon
Charles Gipegan
Weather abridged report shows warm trend with showers limited
The bulletin notes a warm afternoon with developing showers mainly near noon and limited changes in temperatures. West Texas will be partly cloudy with isolated thundershowers Wed. Austin forecasts show similar readings. Moon phases, sunset times, and river levels for Colorado River at Montopolis, Lake Buchanan, and Marshall Ford are included, with a forecast minor change in highs and lows.
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Burgayne
West Texas
B. S
Pasta Ae Lp
M. Or
M .R.cess
A&r
Scese
Austin
Hogans
Colorado
Montopolis
Lake Buchanan
Ie Travis
Marshall Ford
Abilene Rat Worth
Amarillo
el Paso
City Considers Reservist Training Leaves and Pay
City plans to authorize municipal employees who are reservists to attend training camps without losing vacation time and to provide compensation for pay difference. Council member Sid Monday will present a plan to grant leave of absence for reservist training and Seaholm may pay the gap between city salary and training pay.
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Walter Seaholm
Seaholm
New Decision May Increase School Expenses for Negroes
State Education Commissioner J B Edgar Munday warned that providing equal school facilities for Negroes in every independent district could raise education costs. A Fort Worth court ruling required Euless ISD to serve Negro students locally, ending transfers to Fort Worth. The state plans further study to define agency responsibility, survey needs and costs, and whether appeals should be heard by the board.
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Edgar Munday
Fort Worth
Joseph B. Dooley
Euless Independent
Texas
Dr. Edgar
Edgar
Board of Education
Euless Independent School District
Euless Board
Fort Worth Independent School District
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Euless
Thorp May Seek Police Pay Increase This Week
A campaign by city detectives for a raise in pay moves toward City Manager Seaholm this week. Police Chief Thorp plans to discuss reclassification on Tuesday, seeking to raise detective pay from $231 to $252. The plan would cost $2,772 for the rest of the year and $5,544 annually.
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Uest
Walter Se
Austin
Thorp
Seaholm
W. S. Drake Jr
Austin School Board awards two elementary projects to W D Anderson
The Austin School Board let a general contract for two first school units to W D Anderson Company of Austin for 11858 dollars. The bid covered both buildings with completion guaranteed in 120 workdays. Sites are Wilshire Woods Maplewood East 38th and Arroyo Seca Brentwood. cafeterias will serve as temporary classrooms with work set to begin immediately.
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W. D. Anderson Company
Austin
Austin School Board
Groos-Miller
Young and Pratt
O. H. Cummings
Austin Teenager Visits On West Texas Ranch
Elizabeth Ann Glover a 12 year old daughter of Mabel Nabours Glover 1605 Preston is spending her summer vacation with her aunt and uncle Abe Caruthers at their ranch home near Ozona West Texas during the season of travel and family reunion.
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Elizabeth Ann Glover
Mabel Nabours Glover
Preston
Abe Caruthers
Ozona
Court bans transferring Negro pupils between districts in Texas
Federal Judge Joseph B. Dooley ruled that the Euless Independent School District must provide equal facilities for resident Negro students and may not transfer them to Fort Worth. The decision rejected closure of the Negro school and transfer to white or Fort Worth facilities, citing equal protection under the 14th Amendment.
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Fort Worth
Joseph B. Dooley
Dooley
Euless
Fort Worth Independent School
United States
Five Austin Men to Represent Scouts at National Council
Five Capital Area Council, Boy Scouts of America delegates travel to Philadelphia for the National Council meeting June 29 30. The group includes Judge Tom L Beauchamp Joe Carrington Joe Dacy Dean T H Shelby and Scout Executive H L Gaskin. They will attend the National Scout Jamboree opening at Valley Forge June 30 with President Truman to participate.
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Austin
Capital Area Council
Boy Scouts of America
National Council
Philadelphia
Tom L. Beauchamp
Joe C. Carrington
Joe Dacy
Dean T. H. Shelby
H. L. Gaskin
Carrington
Judge Beauchamp
Dean Shelby
Scouting In Schools
Valley Forge
President Truman
Two Austin Teens Charged With Assault
Two 17 year old youths were charged with assault with intent to murder after an attack on two men late Saturday night. Andrew Garcia of East Eighth Street and Alberto Serrano of McCarthy Lane faced separate court filings by Deputy Sheriff George J. Lester Jr. The suspects remained in county jail Monday afternoon. Manuel Ramos and Fred Valdez were injured near Del Valle, Ramos hit in the thigh and Valdez stabbed.
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Frank McBee
Andrew Garcia
East Eighth Street
Alberto Serrano
McCarthy Lane
P. L. Nairn
George J. Lester Jr
Manuel Ramos
Linden Street
Fred Valdez
del Valle
Ramos
Valdez
Reservists May Seek Renewals For Five More Years
Colonel Oscar B Abbott chief of the Texas military district announced hundreds of army reserve officers whose commissions expire this year may seek reappointment for five years. Letters with renewal blanks will be mailed about Aug 1 instructing officers to wait for the forms before acting. Abbott noted most ORC commissions will be five years old late this year and early 1951, marking the post war separation period.
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Oscar B Abbott
Texas Military District
Army
Col. Abbott
ORC
Three Women Charged with Vagrancy After Club Raid
Two Travis County deputy sheriffs arrested three young women late Sunday night during a raid at a club located at 3702 Post Road. Deputies L. J. Chapman and Perry Miller made the arrests. All three were charged Monday with vagrancy.
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Travis County
Post Road
L. J. Chapman
Perry Miller
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