Know Your Schools By Peyton Cain
Alpine public school faculty agree all teachers should master common classroom equipment. Centennial’s Lafarelle and Ide train colleagues in Bell and Howell 16 mm movies while two teachers learn together. Each school unit has two Viewlex film strip projectors and one opaque and one movie projector with 600 film strips 50 movies and a public address capable microphone plus record player and amplifier and unbreakable history English music records.
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Alpine Public
Centennial School
Lafarelle
Ide
Bell and Howell
Alpine High notes and money raising plan changes
Records show school activities data from Alpine with comments on film use and field prep. The November 16 board approved class funding plans for seniors juniors sophomores and freshmen plus general funds rule changes and a reminder to avoid solicitation for campaigns. An auditor from the Texas Education Agency visited Alpine for a second time in 1950 to locate idle textbooks hidden in the district.
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Alpine Lumber Co
Storey- Whiteside Lumber Co
AHS
Cain
Johnnie Weyerts
Vivian B. Davis
Myrtle Whiteside
M. P. Slover
E Paso
Clint
Patromen
Central School
Jack Johnson
Texas Education Agency
Alpine
Religious Services and Parish Notices Included
Local church schedules list Baptist Sunday School at 9 45 am Training Union 6 15 pm Evening Service 7 30 pm with midweek choir prayer and officer meetings. Catholic Masses on Sunday 7 90 10 am and weekday 7 pm Marathon Mass 9 am. First Christian offers Sunday school 9 45 am worship 10 50 am youth fellowship 6 30 pm Bible study 7 30 pm. Christian Science notes November 26 lesson sermon on Ancient and Modern Necromancy. Bible readings and quotations highlighted.
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Baptist Sunday School
Training Union
Glenn W. Bales
First Christian Sunday School
Shettian Youn Fellowship
Psd
McPherson
Mary
Eddy
Methodist Church Church
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Asbury Club
Fesley Club
Austin H. Dillon
Auditor reviews Texas schools cataloging and labs
In Alpine, a state textbook auditor examined hundreds of Texas school books and facilities. Deputy custodian M. P. Slover kept the local system orderly while the auditor flagged a few outdated texts and verified that Alpine High School had a proper Home Economics laboratory with Mrs. Bennie Helen Simpson and students cooking cakes. The audit aims to ensure HE and VA offerings meet state standards amid expanding Vocational Education.
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Texas
M. P. Slover
Alpine Book
AHS
Texas Education Agency
Bennie Helen Simpson
Texas Educational Agency
Local Church Activities Schedule and Sermon Times
A church bulletin lists multiple congregations with weekly programs. Methodist, Mexican Baptist and other churches share class times, worship services, youth programs and prayer meetings including Sunday school at 9:45 and 10:60 am, evening services, and youth groups.
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Peyton Cain
Tom H. Stovell
Realtor
Real Estate Tax Service
Bookkee Holland Hotel Lobbying
Revere
Storey-Whiteside
Usiness and Professional Directory
Smith Construction Co
Ernest Smith
Westinghouse Appliances
T. B. Davis
Public Accountant
Alpine, Texas
Ralph W. Peters
General ‘Building Contractor
Trans-Pecos Abstract Company
Alpine, Brewster Co
P.O
KAY Insurance Agency
Franklin Life Insurance
Jeter-Hill
Neral
Surance
Jones Wee
Hopson & Hopson
Trans-Pecos Abstract Co
M. L. Hopson Trans-Pecos Abstract Co
Monroe Slack, Jr
Optometrist
Texas St
Marta
T. A. Beard Distributor
Standard Oil Products
Harris Cabinet Shop
Murphy Ave
Alpine Plumbing Co
Fifth St
Fielder Mobilgas
Mobileil
Crawford - Baines Insurance Agency
Consant
Evian
Father Santiago
Shurch OF Chris
Koc
Young People's Meeting
Wilburn Rainey
Mexican Baptist Church
C. H. Theophilus
Page
Glenn Rector
R. Davis
S. Rogers
Chumch of Wazarene
ST. James Episcopa
Thvalanche
Coca-Cola
Tomas
First National Bank
F.D.L.C
Butane Equipment Supplies
Alpine Butane Company
Sleeping Comfort
Tnt
West Texas Utilities Company
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