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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1956
Page
3
The Texas Association of School Boards based at the University of Texas will hold its annual statewide meeting in Austin on October 14 and 15. A banquet is planned as part of the event.
Under the Alpine Ministerial Alliance union evening worships will be held every Sunday in August at 8 pm in the First Christian Church. City ministers will preach each Sunday with congregational singing and prayer. Last Sunday Rev Bill Newbill spoke. on Sunday Aug 12 Rev Carl Lawson of the First Methodist Church will speak. Alpine residents are invited.
Navigators lacked a reliable method to determine longitude until England perfected the marine chronometer in 1785. Without accurate longitude, ships sailed by latitude to reach destinations, then proceeded east or west to landfall.
The Josephine Linn Memorial Collection was dedicated during the TAIR Conference at Sul Ross on August 7 with former TATA presidents leading. Funds and books came from numerous donors including Sul Ross faculty, TAIR, and several individuals and publishers supporting children's literature.
Alpine Central irrigation began after years of drought with twelve sprinklers dampening the southwest campus corner on Wednesday. The PTA funded system, led by Mrs Frances Hill, was installed under guidance from the Soil Conservation Service via Tom Allen of Alpine High FFA. City Commission action may allow grass replacement after water shortages.
The annual Sul Ross State College Band Clinic will run August 24 to 30 in Alpine. Six area bands from Alpine McCamey Lake View San Angelo Eagle Pass Crystal City and Uvalde are expected to enroll. estimated attendance exceeds 450. Dr Beeler from Ithaca College directs the clinic with Joe Bellamah guiding Sul Ross Lobo Band and Bill Madlin from the University of Michigan assisting. The clinic aims to introduce new band administration concepts and prepare bands for performances at upcoming football games.
July weather in Big Bend National Park brought comfortable daytime temperatures in the high 80s and nights in the mid 60s. Rainfall was moderate across the park with total amounts generally from one to two inches during early and late July.
School Supt. J Lester Buford of Mount Vernon NL known NEA past president delivers a playful line about budgeting for a show. He quips it’s money two for the show three to make ready four to go and five bucks for the babysitter.
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