Know Your City Schools By Peyton Cain
A 1955 Alpine school column notes staffing shifts with Alpert B Withey unable to join Alpine High School as principal. It highlights policy to release unhappy teachers, Inter scholastic League eligibility worries, NROTC candidate Lee M Smith Jr and Rice Institute, a Navy message praising Alpine schools, and a takeaway on test scores and arithmetic gains during the 1954 58 period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpert B. Withey
Houston Public Schools
Alpine
Centennial
Withey
Texas
Mr. Withey
Austin
U. S. Navy
Office of Naval Officer Procurement
Dallas
Lee Matt Smith
Rice Institute
Alpine High School
Lee M. Smith, Jr
Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Smith
NROTC
Marine Corps
Navy
Lee Matt Receives Congratulations Amid Staff Changes
The notice congratulates Lee Matt and his parents Mr and Mrs Lee Smith on his achievement. It mentions resignations among teachers including Miss Or and notes further personnel changes at the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cowseat
U. S. Navy
Lee Matt
Mrs. Leesmith
Alpine Schools Earn Interest Checks From County Bonds
Brewster County districts receive interest from bonds ordered by the Commissioner’s Court. Money historically passes to schools, stemming from land set aside by the Texas Congress for education. Alpine Independent School District received $314.05 for 1075 children. A concluding thought notes sports should teach desirable habits beyond winning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewster County
Commissioner's Court
Texas Congress
Alpine
Alpine Independent
Penney Manager Returns From Christmas Markets
Edger Glasscock J C Penney manager reports from Dallas and Fort Worth markets. Winter women's wear will offer higher quality for less money with colorful merchandise and complete ensembles in single colors. He notes heat in Dallas Fort Worth and relief in returning to Alpine. Mrs Edgar Glasscock and children visited in Austin with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edger (Mitt) Glasscock
J. C. Penney
Dallas
Fort Worth
Glasscock
Mrs Davis returns from Florida vacation with family
Mrs Davis and Mr Robert Davis have returned from a Pensacola Florida vacation visiting their daughter Anita and three grandsons. She is the wife of Cmdr L H Kenyon USN aboard USS Saipan which is at Pensacola. Archdeacon Davis will hold services at St James Poplar Church at 9 am Sunday. Recent tests show cows with free water access yield 28 to 4 percent more milk when watered twice daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert ¥. Davis
Pensacola
Fla
Anita
Cmdr
L. H. Kenyon
USN
Saipan
Archdeacon Davis
St. James Popal Church
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Peyton Cain
If Music
Amoun
Lee Bullock
Alpine Morgan School
Mr. Cain
Alpine Public Schools
Pepineet
Yours Truly
Ora Lee Bullock
Alpine Central
Alpine Schools
International Athletic Club
Alpine Centennial
International ‘Athletic Club
Rudy Valenzuela
Jose J. Martinez
Bob Wyatt
Alpine, Tex
West Texas Utilities Company
Texas Beef Council
Ids
KVLF
Penney
Edgar Glasscock
Mr W. A. Robinson
Crawford Insurance
Agency
General Insurance
Davis
Florida
Asi
Forchheimer
DODGE
Dodge Trucks
Dodge Sikiuwttru
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