Alpine High School prints first issue amid postwar science push
Alpine High School's El Toro newspaper debuts for 1947-48 on Oct 17 with six pages of news features and sports. 200 copies sold. Journal highlights science classes, new lab supplies, and visual aids, noting a postwar rise in physics and science interest.
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el Toro
Alpine High School
Fannie M. Wagner
Minnie B. Phillips
Alpine
James Crawford
Crawford
Bell and Howells
Filmo-O
Bill Carrico
Alpine School Board
C. F. Cox
Chamber of Commerce to sponsor street-marking program
In 1927 Alpine reports a street-marking drive sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. Other notes include a mid-Kansas oil test at 967 feet on the O2 ranch, the Sul Ross Lobos beating N M Aggies 19-6 in Las Cruces, and local social visits and births.
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J.E. Gregg
Marfa
Alpine
Avalanche
Chamber of Commerce
City
Mid-Kansas
Sul Ross Lobos
N. M. Aggies
Las Cruces
N. M
Fort Worth Weekly Livestock Market: Hogs Hit Records
Liberal receipts of live stock at Fort Worth show hogs setting new all time highs before easing to steady. Steers and yearlings largely steady to down a dollar, fat cows down about half a dollar, canners steady to 25 cents lower. Bulls steady to 25 cents lower. fat calves off up to a dollar per hundred. stockers largely steady to a dollar lower. Lambs fall 1 to 3 per hundred. old sheep weaker. Prices span from 5 to 25 dollars for cattle and 10 to 18 dollars for medium fat lambs with top beef cattle reaching 25 dollars.
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Fort Worth
Bucks Face Two Home Games After Trip With 70 Players
Approximately 70 students traveled with the Bucks excluding the football squad. On Halloween they host the Fabons Wildcats and close the season with the annual bitter contest against Marfa on Jackson Field. Tonight they play Marfa Shorthorns in Marfa.
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Duane Smith
Phillip Newsom
Crawford
A. J. Joyce
Edgar Martin
Marvin Kay
Dave Sublett
Vivian Davis
P. E
G. A Brown
Frank Newsom
Chamber of Commerce
Don Newton
J. D. Palmer
G. H. Harfst
Bucks
Fabons Wildcats
Marfa
Jackson Field
Marfa Shorthorns
Calf and cattle sale prices at local market noted
Report lists sale prices for fat calves at 16.50 to 20 dollars, plain calves 12 to 16, culls 10 to 12, stocker calves and yearlings 14 to 20 with some feeders to 22.25, stocker cows 11 to 15. The note ends with an odd remark about cows sweating and a plug for Avalanche advertisers.
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Paxtonize
J. W. Dollahite
Texas
Professional Directory
Will F. Evans
E. Holland Ave
P. O
J. C. Epperson
Alpine Plumbing Co
Livingston Funeral Home Funeral Directors
Crawford - Baines
Carpenter & Tungate
A. F
A. M
C. E. Patterson
W. M
F. C. Duncan
Sec
W. G. Fielder
Mobilgas Mobiloil
G.I
Big Bend Abst
Big Bend
J. W. Shepperd
Jeweler
Turner Bldg
T. A. Beard Distributor
Big Bend Builders, Inc
General
O. J. Creswell
Supt
Big Bend Abstract Co
Ralph W. Peters
General Building Contractor
Alpine, Texas
Brewster County Abstracts
E. Holland
Cockrell
U.S. Hy
Ilton
Re Pra
KAY Insurance Agency
Real Estate — Auto Loans
Fuller Bldg
Alpine, Tex
PTA
Serong
VFW
G. C. Lafarelle
Lafarelle
Evans
Centennial School
Alderson
Centennial
Marfans
Alpinites
Sexton
Sul Ross
Ally Davis
Central School
Loretta Gray
D. L. Cross
Board of Trustees
Sanderson
U. S
Pyote Army Airfield
Pyote Caplan & Hunt
Monahans
Brewster County
Quent
Clarence Hord
Cubs
B. E. Coan
McCamey High
Oscar Miles
Fort Davis
Zenas
Zoye Decie
Sheffield
Decie
Marathon
T. B. Davis
Dorothy
San Antonio
A. G. Blucher
Corpus Christi
H. J. Cottle
B. C. Graves
Carrol Stevens
J. W. Gentry
Christma
Alpine Drugstore
Bob Beaty
Best
F. E. Gillett
el Paso
M. L. Shelton
C. Miles
Valentine
PRID
Matio
Phillips 66 Fine Motor Oils
Phillips 66
Phillips
Wae
Thrills
Stor
Casner Motor Company
Storey - Whiteside
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