Dr. Eidson Called to Laredo Church Pastorship
Dr. Melvin C. Eidson, noted evangelist formerly with Austin's First Baptist, has been named pastor of First Baptist Church in Laredo. He serves on the Southern Baptist public affairs committee, the SBC Washington meetings with Northern Baptists, and the Texas State Teachers Colleges board of regents for a decade. His wife was Havana missionary under Baptist Board of Atlanta, and Eidson previously led evangelism at Austin and chaired Minnesota's State Crime Commission.
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Melvin C. Eidson
First Baptist Church of Austin
First Baptist Church
Laredo
Eidson
Southern Baptist Convention
Northern Baptist Committee
Washington
Cently
Truman
Dean Acheson
Vatican
Board of Regents
State Teachers Colleges of Texas
Havana
Cuba
Baptist Board of Atlanta
St. Paul
Miann
Minnesota State Crime Commission
W. R. White
City to Open Bids On Culvert and Hangar
The city will open bids Friday for two public works projects. A concrete culvert will be built in the airport district at Cherrywood Road and Boggy Creek. A new airport hangar on the north side near East List Street will house 10 planes.
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Cherrywood Road
Boggy Creek
Four theft cases yield concurrent two year terms
David N. Arredondo received two year sentences on four theft cases after changing his plea to guilty. Judge Jack Roberts imposed two years for each case, to be served concurrently. Arredondo had previously pleaded not guilty.
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David N. Arredondo
State Penitentiary
Jack Roberts
Arredopolo
Revue-Minstrel Rehearsals Begin for Kiwanis Show
Paul Haagen, director for John B. Rogers Producing Co of Fostoria Ohio, leads rehearsals for the Austin Kiwanis Club revue minstrels Holiday Escapades. The show debuts two nights November 8 and 9 at Austin High School auditorium with proceeds to the Underprivileged Children program. Malcolm Gregory invites volunteers with specialties in vocal solos groups dancing magicians and monologists to try out. rehearsals are at John T Allan Junior High School auditorium.
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Paul Haagen
John B. Rogers
Fostoria
Ohio
Austin Kiwanis Club
Haagen
Rogers Company
Austin High School
Kiwanis Club
Malcolm Gregory
John T. Allan
Bloody Massacre at Little Big Horn General Custer's Last Stand
General Custer and his forces met defeat at the Little Bighorn in Montana in a deadly engagement that marked a pivotal moment in the Indian Wars. Native American forces led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse repelled the 7th Cavalry, ending in heavy casualties for Custer.
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Custer
Little Big Horn
Montana
City Seeks Bids for North Austin Pump Station
The city will call for bids Sunday to build a large water pump station southwest of the reservoir at Koenig Lane and the Dallas Highway. It will triple capacity and relieve low water pressure in the northwest area, with operation planned by next spring.
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Austin
Koenig Lane
Dallas Highway
City Water Division
City Plans Bigger Bus Loading Zones Downtown
The traffic bureau proposes larger curbside loading zones on Congress Avenue to free lanes from buses. It would remove 27 parking meters from 11th to Second Streets, creating space for two buses per zone and extending to Sixth and Congress and Second and Congress intersections.
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City Traffic and Transportation Bureau
Congress Avenue
Walter Seaholm
Bureau
Sixth
Congress
Second
Postmaster Phinney Attends Annual Parley
Postmaster Robert L. Phinney was in St Louis Missouri Monday to attend the annual convention of the National Association of Postmasters. He was accompanied by Mrs Phinney.
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Robert L. Phinney
St. Louis
National Association of Postmasters
Phinney
PUBLIC RECORDS SUMMARY OF DIVORCES AND PROPERTY FILINGS
Public records list multiple divorce filings in 126th District Court with parties including J. B. Yo and Dorothy Young Leroy Cleveland and Elga Cleven land T W Read etux versus Avery Barrow note and foreclosure Hazel Nixon versus Robert Be. Nixon Ibara Beebe versus Ernest Lawrence Beebe Elma Mae Thorne versus James ae Thorne filed in district court County Court at Law notes negligent collision on appeal from Corporation Court Justice Court sees William Richard Hall theft Marr iage licenses issued Louis Edwards with Hazel Bernie Urdy Celestino Chapa with Guadalupe Figueroa New cars registered and property transactions including L D Brooks DeSoto Maurice Plumb DeSoto J D Shanks Chevrolet George P Pichel Chevrolet Elizabeth Joseph DeSoto Rom Curl Chevrolet Marcia L Egger Cadillac W D Taylor residence at 2005 Mathews Drive valued at 10000 Walter D Wells Jr residence at 5112 Grover Avenue valued at 2000 Charles Hoffman residence 9607 Joe Sayers Avenue valued at 5500 J L Reed two one story additions to DeLuxe Hotel 1101 1103 1105 Navasota Street valued at 25000 Raymond Leifeste frame garage apartment 3304 Libert Street valued at 3000
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J. B. Yo
Dorothy Young
Leroy Cleveland
Elga Cleveland
T. W. Read
Avery Barrow
Hazel Nixon
Robert BE. Nixon
Ibara Beebe
Ernest Lawrence Beebe
Elma Mae Thorne
James Ae Thorne
W. D. Taylor
Mathews Drive
Walter D. Wells Jr
Grover Avenue
Charles Hoffman
Joe Sayers
J. L. Reed
Navasota Street
Raymond Leifeste
Libert Street
Man Shot by Officer Faces Dual Complaints
Austin man Schutzy Scales, 48, of 2013 Hamilton Street, is charged with carrying a prohibited weapon and resisting arrest after a Saturday night incident in an East Austin pool room. He was shot through the chest when police say he tried to draw a gun on Patrolmen W. M. Jones and A. N. James. Scales remained in critical condition Monday at Brackenridge Hospital.
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Austin
Schutzy Scales
Hamilton Street
Scales
Brackenridge Hospital
W. M. Jones
A. N. James
East Austin
What links the red and white barber pole to medieval barbers
The red and white barber pole traces to medieval times when barbers also served as surgeons. The pole symbolized bloodletting and medical work, later evolving into a shop sign.
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