New GMC Tracks Shown At Casner's Alpine Display
GMC Truck & Coach Division unveils 1956 Blue Chip lineup with new V8 and six cylinder engines, power steering, tubeless electrics, improved rear suspension, and road shock dampers. Casner Motor Co. in Alpine hosts the feature showing enhanced axles and optional equipment for versatile vocational use.
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GMC
GMC Truck & Coach Division
Casner Motor Co
Alpine
Philip J. Monaghan
General Motors
Cowen
Tren and Thevolt Electricalystems
Ward
Sheep and Goat Meet Set For Bandera
Bandera hosts the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association spring meeting on March 24. J. B. McCord announces sessions at Bandera High School with reports from officers and a districting plan, plus a Water Committee proposal to aid a state legislature. Meetings begin 9 am with a general session at 1 30 pm and hotel headquarters at the Frontier Hotel.
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Bandera
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association
J. B. McCord
Coleman
Ts&gra
Bandera High School
Frontier Hotel
McCord
Television light rules suggested for home rooms
The West Texas Optometric Society warns unsignited room lighting strains vision. Dr. Thomas L. Coats says TV brightness is ten times a motion picture screen, causing pupil contraction and fatigue. They advise lighting at half reading brightness, even illumination, opaque shades, indirect lamps, three-way switches, one lamp per 50 square feet, and avoiding reflections from the screen. Jones buys Angus bulls from Tom Owens of Lake Texas. Naval Air test center at Patuxent River is testing nearly 30 different types of planes.
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West Texas Optometric Society
Thomas L. Coats
Teacher Jury Policy Adopted at Alpine Centennial School
The board adopted a policy limiting compensation during jury service and approved transportation payments for staff related to a recent small fire at the combination gym auditorium. The action includes payments tied to a staff member whose daughter commutes to school.
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Alpine Centennial School
Ed Dutehover
Alpine School Board Discusses Budget and Curriculum
Daugherty and Odis Lee along with other Alpine residents received transportation funds for students. Bob Sims and Billy Meriwether also benefited. The board reviewed a drought impact on All pine Independent School District budgets and praised stable programming. President J C Coleman hosted cake and ice cream as members debated curriculum time.
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Daugherty
Odis Lee
Bob Sims
Billy Meriwether
Allpine Independent School District
J. C. Coleman
First Grade Projections For Alpine Schools
M. P. Slover reports Alpine Schools expect 101 prospective first grade pupils to enter next September as the scholastic census is completed.
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M. P. Slover
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Casner
Shepperd
Elgin
Shepperd Jewelers
Tar, Little House OF Silver
Vius
Brazoria County
Bascom Munson
Proneess Agency
Naval Airest Center
Patuxent River
Mid
John Brigas
Vernon
Texas
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Snapper
Snapper's
Melland
G.V.W
G.C.W
Chevrolet Task’force
Casner Motor Company
Holland & 7Th St
KVLF
First National Bank
F. D
Winter Cleaners
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