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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1955
Page
14
Alpine High weighs adding General Mathematics for eighth graders entering high school with below median achievement, sparking debate on readiness and elective impact. The school board will decide, while teachers praise more math and worry it could limit other electives. Alpine also reports bond payments and Alpha Chi scholars.
The Dallas Morning News releases the 768 page Texas Almanac marking a century with extensive statistics, maps, and historical data on Texas growth. It features county tables on agriculture, industry, and resources, plus notes on education, government, and notable statewide facts.
The Alpine library reports strong Book Week activity with 525 visitors and 1013 books checked out. Peter Marshall and others promoted Christmas reads like Lets Keep Christmas and A Christmas Carol while prize winners selected free books including New Found World by Harol Lamb.
A new roadside park six miles off State Highway 118 near the Manuel Musquiz adobe ruins has been completed on land donated by C. A. Duncan of San Angelo. The park features three concrete tables, barbecue furnaces, incinerators, a four foot high rock wall and steel fence, blacktopped driveways and parking, and shade from cottonwood trees planted by the Mulhern family. The site preserves the old adobe ruins of Manuel Musquiz, a Mexican political refugee from 101 years ago, noted as Jeff Davis County’s oldest structure.
Alpine schools opened on Monday with mostly normal attendance despite cold weather. Centennial reported 90 absentees, Central 12, and High School 15 as the day began.
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