Census Count End Expected Hour to Hour
Census director John P. Manning said a stop order on counting may arrive any hour. Those missed before the halt will not be counted, with 12 to 15 districts in Travis County and the Austin metro area still incomplete. Officials plan to turn the metropolitan area count to Mayor Taylor Glass by June 1–15, with an estimated population near 155,000 if growth continues.
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Rman
Austin
John P. Manning
Dallas
Manning
Travis County
Taylor Glass
Austin Metropolitan Area
Catholic Group Elects Officers in St Edward Council
John P. Parsons of Galveston was elected grand knight of St Edward's University Council Knights of Columbus Tuesday night. New officers for 1950 51 include Marshall P. Sloan Mount Pleasant deputy grand knight Sam Johnson Laredo chancellor Homer Avila Donna recorder John Kinane Austin treasurer Erwin Atel Galveston advocate James Bausch Austin warden Dick Fry Corpus Christi inside guard Ed Cullotta Beaumont outside guard. Rus Jensen reelected three year trustee. Joe McGuire Westerly R I received the Knight of Columbus award for most valuable baseball player.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Parsons
Galveston
St. Edward's University Council
Knights of Columbus
Marshall P. Sloan
Mount Pleasant
Sam Johnson
Laredo
Homer Avila
Donna
John Kinane
Austin
Erwin Atel
James Bausch
Dick Fry
Corpus Christi
Ed Cullotta
Beaumont
Rus Jensen
Knight of Columbus
Joe McGuire
Westerly
R. I
Stand Up and Be Counted in Travis County Austin 1950 Census
Residents not yet enumerated in 1950 census urged to mail forms to 304 West Eighth Street Austin or call 6 4396 to arrange enumeration. Exact address needed. repeat forms encouraged if not yet visited. Civic duty to achieve 100 percent city county enumeration emphasized.
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U. S
U. 8S
Bureau of the Census Bureau of the Census
West 8Th Street
Austin
Texas
Travis County
West Eighth Street
City of Austin
Weathermen Do More Than Predict The Climate
Hoye Dunham of the Austin Weather Bureau explains the unit's mission to provide precise rainfall rates river and lake levels and general weather data rather than guesswork. He describes instruments including the rain gauge ceilometer and anemometer and notes wartime meteorology lessons reduced crank calls.
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Lynwood Abram
Hoye Dunham
Austin
US Weather Bureau
Municipal Airoes
Dun
Dunham
Bureau
Hoye S
Austin Weather Bureau
Neal Douglass
Daylong Austin gathering showcases oil tycoons at railroad preview
City hosts leaders from Gulf Oil Standard of New Jersey Sun Oil Atlantic Refining Humble Phillips Petroleum and Cities Service plus executives and attorneys from major independent firms. The Railroad Commission hosts annual industry previews drawing top policy figures to Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Railroad Commission
W. S. S. Rodgers
The
Texas Company
S. A. Swensrud
Gulf Oil
Eugene Holman
Standard of New Jersey
R. G. Dunlop
Sun Oil
B. D. Jennings
Socony-Vacuum
R. H. Colley
Atlantic Refining Company
Robert E. Wilson
Standard of Indiana
Shell
L. F. McCollum
Continental Oil Couny
K. S. Adams
Phillips Petroleum
R. G. Follis
Standard of California
Hines H. Baker
Humble
A. W. Ambrose
Cities Service
Building Boom Pushes Austin Home Prices Higher
Wray Wadeell reports Austin faces rising new home costs as demand soars. Builders cite scarce materials and a 5 percent price rise since recent weeks, with shortages and conversion losses from 1949 contributing to a projected sharp rise next fall. Demand remains strong and supply remains tight.
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Austin
Scout Delegates Gather for Explorer Scouting Seminar
Austin scouts host statewide delegates this weekend at Camp Wooten for an Explorer scouting seminar. O W Bennett national director will speak with George Holland and M M Ammerman assisting. Dr Joe C Carrington Jr leads with Capital Area Council staff guiding sessions on organization training camping and activities.
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Austin
Camp Wooten
Bull Creek Road
O. W. Bennett
Explorer Scouting Services
George Holland
M. M. Ammerman
Joe C. Carrington Jr
Capitol Area
Explorer Scouting
Nevada Delegates Stop in Austin on Cosmopolitan Trip
A 30 member Nevada Cosmopolitan Clubs delegation travels to Mexico City June 17 for an international convention and will pause in Austin June 14. Mexican consul Efrain G. Dominguez will meet with the Nevadans to offer travel tips. Austin club members plan to attend the convention.
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Austin
Mexico City
Efrain G. Dominguez
Mexico
Austin Club
Commencement set for 52 eighth graders at county schools
Diplomas will be awarded to 52 eighth grade graduates from eight Travis County schools at a 7:30 p.m. commencement in the University Junior High School Auditorium. Rev. Lawrence W. Bush will address the group, and Supt. Popham and board president Gus Urbantke will present diplomas.
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William J. Weeg
Travis County
University Junior High
J. W. Popham
Travis Peak
Cox Springs
Pleasant Valley
Summitt
Fishville
Dry Creek
Pleasant Hill
Nichols
Lawrence W. Bush
University Christian Church
Supt. Popham
Gus F. Urbantke
Elgar
America
L. O. Sluder
Walnut Creek Baptist Church
Toneete
Obie Jones
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Eeree
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Weather Bureau
Ovana
Wray Weddell
Nevada
Betty Bunch
Baylor
Betty
Austin High School
Austin Civic Theater
Travis Junior High
F. White
Janice Burnham
Narcissus
Charlene Margaret Anderson
Sessions Wayne Aldridge
Ollie Marilyn Lagrone
Ora Faye Maxey
Carl Owen Noack
Albert Cecil Roelse
Else Fay Rundberg
Doris Wynell Williamson
Jimmy Lee Wykes
Alex Ybarra Cojunga
Barbara Kay Dossett
Alton James Peterson
Marjorie Emma Reinhardt
Vincent Ybarra
J. W. Armstrong
Oleta Bargsley
Dale Brewington
John Clay Calhoun
James Hagan
Cora Ruth Henslee
Thomas Henslee
Gilbert Clayton Hobbs
Barbara June Hough
Harrell Meadows Jamar
Freeman Eugene Johnson
Walter T. Kuhn Jr
Celia Law
Claude Pittman
James Pittman
Jean Roberts
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