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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1953
Page
2
Educational note quotes Ralph Waldo Emerson and reflects on a library film strip plan from the New York Times. The plan offers a pictorial account of public questions of the year, each strip in black and white with superb documentation. The service costs $12.
A county bank report lists deposits and liabilities in the region. Alpine schools receive government surplus foods since Sept 1 including butter peas beef and orange juice and rely on Price's Creameries for refrigerated deliveries. Central and Centennial cafeterias serve about 140 and 120 students daily with PTA support to cover costs.
The Alpine school board compared bids for a new 66 passenger bus with a 280 cubic inch engine and Pathfinder body. Bureaucratic delays at the State Board of Control pushed delivery from August to October with Austin assurances the bus would arrive by October 15.
Alpine public schools host a series of 60 to 70 frame films titled Assets of the Free World catalogued by Mrs. Vivian Davis in the AHS film library for use in social science classes and by clubs. Miss Myrtle Whiteside regularly presents these films in assemblies. Superintendent Dodson of Van Horn borrowed the National Education film strip Public Relations and the Teacher and plans to show it to Pine teachers before returning it. Central school cafeteria meals drop from 30 to 25 cents, credit to Loretta Gray.
Article explains that laxatives do not move the bowels. instead water from the bloodstream speeds up intestinal action. It advocates chiropractic care to remove nerve obstructions and notes chiropractic is not a universal cure. Includes office address and telephone.
Alpine school officials unveil a new school bus to replace an aging Chevrolet from 1947 and confirm the bus will be used for transportation and activities. The piece also lists Alpine High seniors who enrolled at Sul Ross in September, noting three are in the fall 10 percent of freshmen based on English tests.
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