City proposes beer zone change to ease off site sales
City Council faces protests over a zoning amendment to relax packaged beer sales in C-1 districts. Councilman W S Drake Jr claims the change allows grocery stores and ice plants to sell six pack beer for takeout while restaurants remain for on site consumption, drawing petitions from opponents including the Women’s Christian Temperance Union.
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W. S. Drake Jr
Austin
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Drake
W T. Johnson
Probation Office Fills Night Supervisor Post
Chief County Probation Officer Frank Campbell announced Esther Anderson as night supervisor for the girls dormitory at the County Juvenile Home. She replaces Mrs J L Lewis who resigned Sept 1. Anderson taught Spanish at Bastrop High School for five years. Campbell said three staff will attend the Fifth Annual Institute for Child and Youth Protection Workers at Camp Waldemar Kerrville from Sept 7 to 13. Alex F Cox Jr Bill J Ballard and C C Ward will attend with $76 approved for part of expenses.
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Esther Anderson
Bastrop
Campbell
Alex F. Cox Jr
Bill J. Ballard
C C. Ward
Austin construction near record despite year’s total
The Austin building inspector’s office estimates total construction authorized since January 1 at $28,275,849, nearing the 1949 all time record of $30,327,000. New residences reach $20,321,360 while commercial building is placed at nearly three million dollars.
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Austin
Dick Jordan
Austin schools rush to begin fall term and register students
Austin students and teachers prepare for the fall term with large registrations. High school enrollment reaches about 2,800 while more than 600 teachers from all city schools attend orientation and bus tours.
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Austin
Austin High School
University Avenue Church of Christ
W. I. Kocurek
Kocurek
Blackshear School
Bickler
St Stephen's Episcopal School to Open Classes Sept 18
St Stephen's Episcopal School announces first classes on September 18. Located eight miles west of the city on 400 acres overlooking Lake Austin, the school will use six newly built modern facilities. Headmaster is Rev William Brewster, formerly of St Mark's School.
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St. Stephen's Episcopal School
John E. Hines
Diocese of
Texas
Lake Austin
St. Stephen's School
William Brewster
Utah
Colorado
St. Mark's School
Southampton
Mass
Bishop Hines
Austin
St. Stephen's
Andre Philip Joseph
A West
Nancy Hines
Bowman Road
Annabelle Williams
29Th Street
Charles L. Skarren III
Edna Darden Noel
Windsor Road
Michael John Hines
Joan W. Healey
Meadowbrook
Sally Elizabeth Hart
Robert Hart
Rena Brown
Gaston Avenue
Nancy Baroemeo
Chase Baroemeo Jr
Robert
St. Stephen’ Episcopal School
Traffic plan aims at three way junction overhaul
Klapproth reports a traffic study near the West 12th Street Enfield Road and Lamar Boulevard intersection will be sent to City Manager Walter Seaholm this week. He promises a recommendation within two days and hints at extending Shoal Creek Boulevard to West 12th Street to redirect drivers toward the business district.
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12Th Street
Enfield Road
Lamar Boulevard
Walter Seaholm
W. H. Klapproth
Klapproth
Seaholm
Shoal Creek Boulevard
I1th Street
Lamar
Traffic and Transportation Bureau
University of Texas
Miss Dodson recalls Korea border skirmish and exile
An Austin woman, Miss Mary L. Dodson, reflects on the Korean War border crisis that forced Presbyterian missionaries from Kwateju to Pusan and then to Japan. She recalls evacuation, travels by car and ship, and the uncertain tempo of returning home amidst Communist advances in Kwangju.
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Austin
Pusan
Korea
Mary L. Dodson
West 25Th Street
Kwateju
Japan
Miss Dodson
Pearl Harbor
Mission School
Kwangju
South Korea
Seonchun
States
Taft
San Francisco
Florence Root
New York State
Report Dinner For St. David Fund Campaign Opens
Campaigners for a new St. David Hospital prepare a midweek report dinner at 6 30 pm in the Stephen F. Austin Hotel ballroom. Joseph Cooke chairs the initial gifts group as team captains and division chairs present totals and pledges toward a 500000 goal for the 1300000 project.
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St. David's Hospital
Stephen F. Austin
Joseph Cooke
Initial Gifts
C. W. Voyles
Bob Phinney
Max Rotseh
Ben White
George R. Haberlin
John
William Stearns
Irving Goodfriend
Carl Edward Bock
Stephen F. Austin Hotel
Levander Sees Cheaper Paving For Austin Districts
City Public Works Director C. G. Levander says a survey will likely reveal a lower cost permanent paving option for districts seeking relief from current high standards. The effort, begun after Tenth Ward petitions, aims to provide affordable paving that property owners can pay for, though administration spokesmen call the proposed paving temporary and costly to maintain.
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City Public Works
C. G. Levander
Levander
Austin
Tenth Ward
Five Day Week To Be Decided By City Council
City Council will consider making the five day week permanent for municipal workers. Walter Seaholm plans to ask for a council decision with no stated recommendation. Administration chiefs recently urged permanent adoption. workers currently on a temporary five day schedule, adding an extra hour daily in exchange for Saturday mornings off.
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Walter Seaholm
Seaholm
Guiton Morgan Backs Civil Defense Parley Plans
Civilian Defense Director Guiton Morgan said on Tuesday he hopes to discuss a defense program with Mayor Glass and City Manager Seaholm. An advisory committee is to be appointed, with a deputy director in charge of all civil defense aspects, and an overall definite defense program is sought.
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Guiton Morgan
Glass
Seaholm
Austin Day at Fair Is UT SoonER Date
The State Fair of Texas in Dallas designates Saturday October 14 as Austin Day to coincide with the Texas Oklahoma football game. Ligon Smith of the fair's special events committee sent the note to the Chamber of Commerce.
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Austin
State Fair of Texas
Dallas
Chamber of Commerce
Ligon Smith
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Drys
Frank Campbell
Aquamaid
Clara Jean Gresham
San Marcos
Florida
Anderson High School
Kealing Junior High
Anderson High
Mary EL. Dodson
St. David Fund
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