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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1959
Page
11
In spring 1959 Alpine High had 15 juniors take the National Merit Qualifying Test. Two scored above 265 250 out of 525 000, with several others above 315 000 957 500 420 000 and higher. Final results arrive spring 1960. The piece discusses scholarship odds and the value of college education and impacts on the nation.
The 1960 Plymouth introduces a unified body and frame, bold styling, and two new engine families. The WD Economy Six delivers 145 horsepower for maximum fuel savings while the SonoRamic Commando V8 with 330 horsepower emphasizes performance and rapid acceleration for passenger cars.
Alpine trustees pursue frugal spending with bids on towels tissue and paper for school operations. The Homemaking and Vocational Ag departments cooperated to acquire four sewing shop pieces costing about 12 dollars with a claimed six dollar saving. An area supervisor recommended Homemaking room chairs and improved equipment, while Farm Shop students could later make equipment in another class. The October National Grange Monthly quote closes the note.
Three Alpine men have arrived at Fort Ord California for basic infantry training. Paul D Hilbrich Charlie N Watson Jr and Francisco Arvando T Baeza are in Company C 10th Battle Group 4th Brigade. After eight weeks they proceed to advanced infantry or other specialized training before unit assignment.
The Marfa PTA fair will feature a Nike Ajax missile on a launching trailer from Fort Bliss on Saturday Oct 17 on Marfa High School grounds. Activities include candy apples fudge a white elephant sale hats and accessories various games and contests with prizes and food stalls run by student groups.
Thirty six Centennial PTA members met with President Joe Marin ez Monday night in Centennial library. Plans were completed for Centennial's PTA Halloween carnival Saturday night Oct 31. First event will be a Mexican supper in the cafeteria at The Ad late in an El Paso hospital that an operation would not be at this time. Mr Morgan returned to Centennial Tuesday morning.
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