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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1950
Page
7
Visual teaching aids in Alpine schools grow as teachers discover their effectiveness. Many teachers lack knowledge of the technique, yet film aids are welcomed as a teaching weapon. For week of December 4 8, eight new 16 mm movies and fifty two film strips were used, totaling 167 showings.
Six Central school teachers studied the Bell and Howell 16 mm movie for a building project hindered by sound box location power cable and a burned out pilot light. Marfa officials plan to purchase an audiometer to identify hearing impaired children. Alpine High School hosts a Democracy Was program with films, speakers, and band events December 4–8.
Alpine High School celebrated Operation Democracy with film strips and speakers from December 4 to 8. The Alpine band performed a concert, and Coach James Crawford led basketball and teaching duties. Former students Patsy Patterson and Spencer Kent praised teachers, while KVLF broadcast featured the Clip and Spur panel discussing democracy versus communism. The Bucks won the Marathon tournament, reflecting strong student and staff efforts.
Cattle at Midland Livestock Auction rose about a dollar per hundredweight with strong bidding, especially for feeder and stocker calves. Notable prices included Hereford calves at 36.75 for 460 pounds and groups of calves around 310 pounds at 26.25 for heifers and 34.25 for steers. Bulls reached 27.75 on a 1200 pound Dur ham, fat cattle sold 26 to 30, cows 20 to 23, stocker calves 30 to 34, heifer calves 29 to 34, with lighter lots also traded.
Steer yearlings sold mostly from 29 to 90 dollars per head while heifer yearlings brought 115 to 175 dollars per head. Stocker cows attracted 17 to 22 dollars per head in the sale.
The sale catalog shows cow and calf pairs priced from 188 to 260 dollars, with Alpine dollars kept in the proceeds and currency handling noted. The listing emphasizes value for paired cattle and reflects regional pricing norms.
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