Shriners Plan Monday Masquerade Ceremony at Temple
Ben Hur Temple Shriners announce a dramatic mas ters degree ceremony Monday night at 7 30 p m at 18th and Lavaca in Emmett Bauknight's leadership. The spring event features a full cast from five Austin lodges, with teams and officers listed and chants by the Temple Chanters.
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Ben Hur Temple Shriners
Lavaca Street
Emmett Bauknight
Potentate
Ben Hur
Ben Hur Temple
Austin
W. L. Darnell
G. A. Hagood
Bruce Burke
Louis Baethe
A. F. Baker
Co. R. von Bieberstein
Hagood
W. A. Menke
Jack Lamb
Harold Schmitt
J. T. Browning
Leon Stromquist
Roy Dalby
W. O. Flynn
Henry Hankey
Wiley Glaze
Sam N. Allred
Raymond Stark
W. T. Mayfield
UT Grad Awarded Fulbright Scholarship for Paris
Richard Carter Phelan a June University of Texas graduate has won a Fulbright Scholarship for a year in Paris France He has enrolled at Sorbonne University in Paris since August 1 and was Phi Beta Kappa at Texas He is a McGregor High School graduate and nephew of Mrs Bert Durbin of the Austin Hotel and son of Mr and Mrs C C Phelan of Corsicana
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Richard Carter Phelan
University of Texas
Paris
France
Phelan
Sorbonne University
Phi Beta Kappa
McGregor High School
Bert Durbin
Austin
C. C. Phelan
Corsicana
Public To View School System Closeup Tonight
Austin residents will view the city school system in a town meeting at 8 p m in a Travis County Courthouse district courtroom. Four Austin Public School administrators will outline operations and plans, with a moderated Q and A session for parents and taxpayers.
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Austin
Austin League of Women Voters
Travis County
Horton Wayne Smith
League
Austin Public School
Stuart MacCorkle
Ronald W. Byram
Austin School Board
Gilmer-Aikin
J. W. Edgar
Lee Wilborn
Temple Mayhall
Cotton Clogs Justice in County Court at Law
County Attorney Perry Jones says cotton harvests reduce witnesses for cases in County Court-at-Law. He notes many cases are reset as witnesses head to cotton fields for urgent harvest. The official cites labor demands delaying court proceedings.
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Perry Jones
Jones
Paving Started On New Bridge Road
County engineer Ian Morgan announced paving would begin Wednesday on the short scenic road to the low water bridge over the Colorado River from Lake Austin Boulevard to West Lake Drive. He said the work should finish and the road reopen to traffic by Friday.
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Colorado River
Lake Austin Boulevard
West Lake Drive
Ian Morgan
Coke Stevenson Jr Takes Over Liquor Board Duties
Coke Stevenson Jr was sworn in Tuesday as administrator of the Texas Liquor Control Board. He succeeds John Lawdon who resigned and received the oath from District Judge Charles O Betts.
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Coke Stevenson Jr
Texas Liquor Control Board
Stevenson
John Lawdon
Charles O. Betts
Bundles for Britain Drive Returns Dime Pledge Plan
Mrs. D. T. Starnes launches renewed Bundles for Britain effort in Austin seeking a dime from every resident. The prior campaigns in 1947 and 1948 shipped 400 boxes of food to England, with meat scarce and variety limited. Donors can mail or bring contributions to 804 West 4012 Street or call 9903, and boxes will be sent to churches and recipients in Europe with donor names displayed unless requested otherwise.
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Austin
Britain
D. T. Starnes
Mrs. Starnes
Post Office
The Lady Gambles and Amboy Dukes At Local Theaters
Dudley Barly reviews The Lady Gambles featuring Barbara Stanwyck at Paramount, with Stephen McNally and Robert Preston. The second film Amboy Dukes plays at the State Theater, praised for its juvenile delinquency study and strong young cast led by Fernandez, Ramson, and Shelley.
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Universal-International
Michel Kraike
Michael Gordon
Roy Hug
Paramount
Barbara Stanwyck
David
Robert Preston Corrigan
Stephen McNally
Dukes
Irving Shulman
The
State Theater
Stan
Stephen McNally Frank
Peter Fernandez
Benny
al Ramson
Brooklyn
Amboy Dukes
Fernandez
Ramson
Joshua Shelley
Anthony Curtis
Mickey Knox
Richard Jaeckel
Shelley
McNally
Robert Preston
Record Enrollment Seen At Austin Evening School
The Austin Evening School expects over a thousand enrollments for 75 courses as registration runs Monday through Friday. Principal Sam Martin noted 288 signed up on the first night, beating last year’s initial night total by 123. first-semester total last year was 998. The program, at Austin High School, runs a 10 week semester and is open to anyone 16 or older not in regular high school.
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Austin Evening School
Sam Martin
Martin
Austin High School
Funeral Service Held For Former Taylorite
Funeral services were held at the Lawrence Chapel Church for Opal Lawrence 26 who was killed in an automobile wreck near Rosenberg. The Rev H H Leonard officiated burial was in Lawrence Chapel Cemetery. She was wife of Ray Lawrence of West Columbia and mother of Donny Ray Lawrence. She left Houston with friends when the crash occurred. Surviving family includes four sisters and five brothers.
Portales Police Station Burglarized. Judge Burke’s Box Looted
Portales New Mexico police department was robbed Monday night. A lock box owned by Police Judge F T Burke was taken along with another box containing 425 dollars in fines. The four man force is diligently investigating.
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Portales
N. M
F. T. Burke
Classic 1930s Variety Movie Omission List
The listing compiles last days and ongoing runs at drive ins and theaters. Notable titles include The Contender with Buster Crabbe and The Cisco Kid Returns with Duncan Renaldo. Private Life and Affairs of Don Juan with Douglas Fairbanks Sr.. A Night Out with Charlie Chaplin. Larceny with John Payne. A Likely Story with Bill Williams. San Francisco with Clark Gable. Pride of the Yankees with Gary Cooper. The Bride with Robert Taylor. Outpost Morocco with George Raft and Three Little Girls in Blue with June Haver.
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Douglas Fairbanks Sr
Charlie Chaplin
South Austin
Pride of the Yankees
Gary Cooper
Montopolis
Robert Taylor
Morocco
George Raft
June Haver
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C. J. Barr
Joseph Warminski
Sam Wood
Sam Saxon
Charles F. Peter Sr
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A. H. Swanson
O. G. Williams
Clarke Peter
E. H. Spillman
George H. Tempin
J. F. Hurt
Byron S. Short
W. F. Carlin
R. H. Francis
John E. Stullken
Temple
Archie N. Jones
Dr. Pierce
F.H.A
P. Lockhart
East Ith Street
UT Grad
Cc. L. Vaughn
Rio Grande
Justice Dogs
Coke Jr
Liquor Board
American Window Institute
Sterick
Memphis
Tennessee
American Wood Window Institute
Dept
Neme
Stete
Tawwi
Lanning Fili
Dudley Barly
Miss Stanwyck
Edith Barrett
Barbara
Preston
Zame
Bud Westmore
Westmore
Maxwell Shane
Dennis Cooper
Acros
al Wilks
QUEEN
Hudson
Richard Arlen
Capitol
Colorado Territory
Joel McCrea
Jeane Crain
Edward, My Son
Spencer Tracy
Es Smith
Pig Is
Ladd
Ritz
Buster Crabbe
Cisco Kid
Duncan Renaldo
Yank
John Payne
Bill Williams
North Austin
San Francisco
Clark Gable
Starr Kealhofer
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