Clean Up Our School Yard Plan
An editorial proposes assigning each grade a yard section to clean and maintain. It urges students to keep the space tidy, not deface it, and to proudly claim that the pupils of A H S have kept the yard clean.
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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1926
Page
4
An editorial proposes assigning each grade a yard section to clean and maintain. It urges students to keep the space tidy, not deface it, and to proudly claim that the pupils of A H S have kept the yard clean.
Alpine High School's Kipling Klub met for a session on February 24 with a performance of Spreading The News directed by Mine Bunton. The issue lists cast members, recounts a finished boys’ tennis court and campus beautification efforts, and notes grades, basketball tryouts, and a discipline reminder about demerits for department clantes.
The seventh grade and staff list names including Viola Dod and Joe Denson. Mr H H Nininger of McPherson College spoke on science topics like birds flowers and rocks, and returned later to deliver a slide lecture to the students.
Student notes show Lois Nevill and Bernice Mudenix returning from absence while sixth graders mark a Sunny Glen trip on March 2 with mountain climbing, caves and a big feast. The Cap and Bells scene includes a humorous exchange about the meaning of altering clothes and a brief, quirky classroom moment.
Mrs J. Hird reports the death of Mrs. Sue Goodwin at her son RC. Good’s home in Sweetwater. A former Alpine resident, she moved to Sweetwater recently and was well known in the area.
Alpine Cemetery Association held its M4 meeting to elect officers for the year. Mrs Walter Garnett, secretary treasurer, retained her post as several years of service noted. New officers include Mrs Jack Allen as president and Mrs Th Sandifer as vice president. A dues committee was formed to fund cemetery improvements.
J. K. Hinson, four years chief engineer at Sul Ross College, resigns to devote time to a recently acquired orchard and ranch on the southern outskirts of Alpine. He plans to move to the ranch this week. Mrs. W. J. Griffith, former Alpine resident, has bought the Hinson property on Fifth Street near the High School.
The Alpine Studios change hands from C. W. Golden and G. H. Walker to Mr. and Mrs. J Thain. Mrs Thain reports improvements and ongoing work with modern equipment. She notes study under top West Coast artists and promises the finest portrait work for Alpine and surrounding areas.
Mr and Mrs C Poling of Laguna Beach California are new residents in Alpine arriving to rent the Sunny Glen ranch home from a local farmer. The move marks a recent relocation of a biologist of note and hints at potential local work opportunities.
The Christian Church invites all to Sunday services at 245 with Bible School. A seven lesson study on The Washing of Feet from John 15 1 15 will be followed by a morning sermon The Story of the Hungry Apostles. Intermediate C E led by John Weyer at 645. Evening sermon on the Master Builder theme Builded. Dr Tyndall visit planned for Marfa April 12 with Alpine date to follow.
A campus miscellany reports remarks from teachers and students about class noise during the war era. Mentions Miss Bunton Miss Penchey Mr Reynolds Miss Bone and the tenth grade greeting plus a dance hosted by the Hovey community with guests from Fort Stockton Alpine Rankin and Fort Stockton attendees enjoying refreshments.
Notice announces a city election to be held on the first Tuesday in April 1926 with the date specified as April 7. It appears to reference Alpine and a city official or officer conducting the process, though text is garbled. The exact wording is unclear but the action is an official election notice.
J Miles of Wichita Falls in charge of highway work between Marathon and the eastern county line visited Alpine last Friday. The project, begun about fourteen miles east of Marathon, progresses under construction efforts aimed at opening the route to traffic in the near future.
A brief notice reports rapid progress on a local road project with a target to open it for traffic within twenty to thirty days. The item mentions Fat rice, physicians recommending cream of rice for recovery, and cites Big Bend Grocery as a source.
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