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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1950
Page
12
In San Juan Texas on January 14 AP reports a playful tale of a boss’s wife winning prizes and a free trip to Hollywood as a Queen of America candidate. An office manager lands a film role and the narrator is allowed to work alongside him. Parentsa who don't send.
In a South Texas town a parent paid 17.10 in fines in Justice of the Peace R. L. Savage's court the first such case in his memory. The Gilmer Aiken act bases state aid on average daily attendance prompting legal action over eligible children in school. Alfonso Garza, three miles north of Alamo, noted the historic enforcement. Similar cases reach Edinburg courts.
Figures released by the State board for Hospitals and Special Schools show Brewster County sending 16 patients to state facilities this year. Mental hospitals house 10, epileptic one, and mentally deficient five, at a cost of 12416 dollars. A special legislative session will consider operating funds and expansion to address overcrowding and staffing.
The list notes 1 inch cellophane tape in large rolls and dispensers, with kraft gummed tape in 1 inch and 1 1-2 inch widths, available in 2 inch size at the Avalanche store.
Dr Samuel S Goldich of the University of Minnesota orchestrated a donation of over four hundred out of print geology volumes to Sul Ross Department of Geology The gift includes many U S Geological Survey Bulletins and state and foreign society publications The material strengthens Sul Ross library which started from scratch and reflects Goldichs field work with the Bureau of Economic Geology in the Alpine region.
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