Educational Quote and Local School News Recap
The Alpine community notes a week of education culture with Henry Ford quotes and praise for Mrs. Katherine Newsom for library work on an Okinawa Air Force base. Alpine High School Library staff Mary Crabtree and Newsom are highlighted for their extensive efforts. Hale Aiken Committee conducts a grass roots Texas education study as Alpine teachers propose ideas to improve public schools.
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Katherine Newsom
Air Force
Okinawa
Alpine Avalanche
Alpine High School
Mary Crabtree
Hale Aiken Committee of 24
Texas
Alpine Public Schools Budget Biographies and Policy Shifts
Alpine Texas details the 1924 25 budget for Alpine Public Schools showing salaries of 19046 fuel 450 etc with total 220 00 and compares to a 311000 budget in later years. The census report notes 1144 school age residents in Alpine ISD and 924 in Brewster County totaling 1424 in nearby districts. Board meeting on Nov 12 discusses discipline homework and acceleration toward greater achievement and a senior class gift of 12 padded folding chairs for Alpine High.
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Alpine
Amu
M. P. Slover
Alpine Independent School District
Brewster County
Teringua
San Vicente
Jarathon Isd
Aome Isd
Alpine High
McCutcheon Enlists in U S Army for Finance Course
Willis McCutcheon son of Mr and Mrs W W McCutcheon of Fort Davis has been accepted for a three year enlistment in the U S Army. He will train at Fort Carson Colorado before reporting to Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana for a finance and accounting course. A Pecos recruiter MSgt William T Webb is listed for more information.
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Willis McCutcheon
W. W. McCutcheon
Fort Davis
U. S. Army
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Willis
Adjutant General
Fort Carson
Colo
Fort Davis High School
William T. Webb
S. Oak St
Pecos
Charollaise Cross Cattle Sale At San Antonio Expo
The Texas Charollaise & Charollaise-Cross Sales Corporation to sponsor another consignment sale of Charolais Cross cattle at the 1958 San Antonio Livestock Exposition. Hogue Poole of Cotulla, corporation president, says the sale is set for 9 a.m. February 12, 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Inscription, chairs for office and stage use at graduation
The text notes an inscription reading Senior Class 1957 and explains chairs are for use in the administrative office and on the stage for occasions like graduation. It ends with a Persian Proverb about faithfulness in small matters and unjust acts.
New Vehicles Registered In Brewster County October
Twenty motor vehicles were registered at the Brewster County tax collector during October. Registrants include Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. of Ft. Stockton with a Ford sedan, L. Ripetz of San Antonio with an Oldsmobile station wagon, G. C. Cauble of Alpine with a Ford sedan, and S. W. Bell Telephone Co. of Ft. Worth with a GMC pickup. Many entries note Alpine and Presidio residents and various Chevrolet sedans and pickups.
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Brewster County
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Ft. Stockton
Harry RK. Looser
Alpine
Chevrolet
L. Ri Pletz
San Antonio
R. W. Wyatt
G. C. Cauble
Hugh W. Harris
Stockton
Keesey Kimball
GMC
Orlean Phillips
Presidio
Chas. 1
Conder
Gene A. Lee
Tyrone T. Kelley
Ft. Davis
Ford
W. €. Donnell
Marathon
Mercury
S. W. Bell Telephone Co
Ft. Worth
Mills H. Byrom
Belle Glade
Belle Glade Fla
L. F. Rinehart
Earl Anderau
Casner Motor Co
Fred Seggerman
C. G. Morrison & Co
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Henry Ford
Alpine Public Schools
Sch.ool
Erning
Board
Concensus
Voms
Manuel Espinosa
Fabens
Ozona
Hunter
Jim Francois
Holland Ave
The
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
Oeeeeee
Fort Worth
Blondie
Chic Young
King Features Syndicate, Inc
McCutcheon
Army
Charollaise Sale
Trans-Pecos Abstract Company
Alpine, Brewster Co
Mrs. Maeament
W. Ave. H
Tire Service
Storey - Whiteside
D. A. Hilton
N. Cockrell
Furniture Exchange
M. L. Hopson Agency
E. Ave
U. K
Tire Shop
W. Holland Ave
Optometrist
Thomas L. Coats
Hill Building
Notary
Mrs
Ann Woodward
N. 5Th St
Ralph W. Peters
General Building Contractor
E. Holland
Complete Silk Screen Printing Service
Silkscreen Display Company
States
Canada
Allied van Lines
Foila
Victoria
Brewster County Motors
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