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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1950
Page
13
City administration moves to break a 10 million dollar bond issue into probable projects for the next five years. They promise no definite promises and stress elasticity to meet rising service demands if the bond is approved on November 6. A citizens finance advisory committee endorsed the plan, acknowledging potential tax increases with increased city debt.
Mrs. Mozelle Walker Rogers an octogenarian artist who helped secure the bluebonnet as Texas state flower died in Kenton Ohio after returning to her birthplace from a decade in Austin. She was renowned for bluebonnet spray paintings that influenced the legislature’s field designation.
The City Zoning Board of Adjustment will hear two petitions for commercial zoning in its 7 30 p m session at City Hall. One case involves land at the northwest corner of Lamar Boulevard and West 33rd Street currently residential and the other covers property on the east side of South Lamar Boulevard south of Barton Springs Road.
Austin's Knights of the Road chapter unanimously endorses widening the Congress Avenue bridge based on input from migrants living beneath the structure. The group also approves adding sideboards for wind protection, arguing for a first class improvement despite limited recognition from others.
More than 200 teachers attend a two day English workshop at St Edward University. Focus covers writing and grammar with sessions at 2 30 p m 7 45 p m and 8 30 a m Saturday panel on student progress. Organizers include Mrs Byron Stubbs Navarro Junior College M B Cook Temple Junior College Miss Mozella Arnold and Miss Annie Magee. First meeting was in 1948 at Mary Hardin Baylor College.
The Texas Department of Public Safety on Monday announced its new telephone number. The new line is 5 5471.
City planners prepare a tentative slum clearance and redevelopment program for Austin with a November 23 deadline to extend a $558 250 federal reservation. The plan ties to a master plan zoning system and sanitation code updates as proof of comprehensive planning to secure aid.
The Fourth Army more than doubles its officer recall, raising quotas for 16 arms and services. Texas must provide 170 captains 469 lieutenants and 14 chaplains plus 309 additional captains and 24 chaplains from the new recall.
Austin public evening school enrollment approaches 500 as principal Sam L. Martin announces. Registration starts 8 am in Room F114 at Austin High. fall term runs daily 9 am to 9 pm until noon Saturday, with total enrollment near 1,500 expected this year.
City tax department said 4 507 notices of assessment changes have been mailed with 3 639 for real property and 868 for personal property. Protests to changes remain light as the City Board of Equalization has seen only 76 filings.
N K Wood Woerner of the Texas Department of Public Safety told the Austin Kiwanis Club that 1000 lives could be saved annually if drivers follow laws and a statewide observance campaign is launched. He estimated Texas traffic deaths this year near 2450, discussed past year figures, and urged personal responsibility over police enforcement.
County schools begin the fall term at 11 Negro schools under Superintendent J. W. Popham. Enrollment aims for about 500 Negro students plus 1,500 white students totaling around 2,000. Early figures show near 400 Negro students on opening day as harvest work finishes. Negro schools will close late in summer, while white schools started September 12.
Police auctioneers sold eight cars and one truck for a total of 138 dollars. Captain Warren Blackman and Sam Novy bought five cars for 54 dollars. Mission Auto Parts bought the remaining three cars and the truck. Traffic Sgt Bert Lay conducted the sale.
Bids for a new bridge on Westlake Drive will be opened by the Travis County Commissioners Court on October 14. The bridge will cross Isaac's Slough in Precinct 3 and forms part of a two mile extension to Westlake Drive ending at the Davenport estate. It will use timber piling concrete and steel.
Austin sixth graders will spend a week at Friday Mountain Camp starting Oct 2, with about 1 100 students expected to attend this year. The 625 acre site near Oak Hill Road offers a woodland city setup with a post office hospital bank and cafeteria and dedicated staff to supervise learning through hands on activities.
City officials approved a traffic and transportation bureau proposal to divert most southbound traffic from Lamar Boulevard to Shoal Creek Boulevard. Signals will allow left turns at West 12th and Shoal Creek, lanes on Shoal Creek will shift by time of day, and signs will direct traffic to the business district.
The city issued ten military leaves in August under a policy that guarantees automatic re employment for municipal workers who enter the armed forces as volunteers draftees or reservists.
Inspection of 23 county school buses will be held next week per County School Superintendent I. W. Popham. The date depends on the State Highway Patrol schedule at its Allendale Addition office, and the inspection may take at least two days.
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