Alpine High adopts 9 oclock tardy bell and new schedule
The 1949 50 Alpine school year enacts a uniform 9 am tardy bell and clocks for all schools. The changed daily schedule includes a band period and activity slots, aiming to boost attendance and teacher allocation under Gilmer Aiken laws. The district notes first month attendance data, band director E J Van Fossan, and Cox relations.
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Alpine
Crawford
E. J. van Fossan
Herbert Hoover
International News Service
el Paso Times
Alpine Cowboys
Wichita
Kansas
van Fossan
Ozona
University of Texas Interscholastic League
Austin
Alpine High School
Ford Dealers Enter $100000 Safety Contest
Reginald and Frank Votaw of Brewster County Motors Alpine Ford dealer entered their dealership in Ford Divisions $100000 safety contest. 6400 Ford dealers nationwide entered during September and October with 700 prizes including 25 new Fords and various bonds. National Safety Council President Ned H Dearborn praised the program designed to promote car safety checks. Motorists bring any make to the dealership for a free safety check with no obligation.
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Reginald & Frank Votaw
Brewster County Motors
Ford
Alpine
Ford Motor Company
U. S
National Safety Council
Inter-Industry Highway Safety Committee
Ned H. Dearborn
L. D. Crusoe
Loopholes in the Law in a Prairie Hill Burglary Case
A burglar admits breaking into a Prairie Hill store in 1941 and stealing merchandise. Convicted, he was reversed on a technicality about store ownership in the indictment. The case highlights legal loopholes Texas seeks to close through Criminal Code revisions led by a State Bar committee chaired by Will Wilson.
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Texas
Will Wilson
State Bar
Joe
Fred Smith
Prairie Hill
Governor Shivers Heads JC Program Kickoff in Austin
Governor Allan A. Shivers opened the State Junior Chamber of Commerce Armed Force and Security program on a four station Central Texas radio net. He urged Texans to support the Reserve program and stressed youth involvement with families and employers to reinforce national defense.
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Austin
Allan A. Shivers
State Junior Chamber of Commerce
Central Texas
State Capitol
A. K. Berry
Taylor Glass
Austin Junior Chamber of Commerce
The
Jaycees
E. Kirkpatrick
Baytown
Texas
Austin Jaycees
Gene Ravel
Armed Forces and Security
Jay Matthews
Shivers
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Business and Professional Directory
BIG Bend Abstract CO
Helen D. Gibb
Brewster County Abstracts
N. 6Th
Big Bend
T.A. Beard
Standard Oil Products
Harris Cabinet Shop
W. Molland Ave
Ralph W. Peters
Alpine, Texas
Trans-Pecos Abstract Company
Alpine, Brewster Co
P. O
KAY Insurance Agency Life - General Insurance
Jeter-Hill
Alpine, Tex
W. G. Fielder
Mobilgas Mobiloil
J. C. Epperson
Harry W. Carpenter
M. L. Hopson Trans-Pecos Abstract Co
D. A. Hilton
E. Holland
Cockrell
U. S. Hy
General Insurance and Bonds
Hopson & Hopson
Trans-Pecos Abstract Co
Alpine Plumbing Co
Fifth St
Livingston Funeral Home
Funeral Directors
Crawford - Baines Insurance Agency
Howell
Big Bend Feed Co
T. B. Davis
Public Accountant
First National Bank
of Alpine
F.d.lc
By Peyton Cain
Sul Ross College
Henry Key
Wisconsin University of the Romance Languages
Lafarelle
Aubrey Webb
Jack Johnson
Lulu White
Myrtle Whiteside
Washington, D. C
Nell Griffin
Central School
Centennial
Coleman Water Heaters
Roper Gas Ranges
Alpine Butane Company
Ford Dealers
Lange
Durmam
Alpine Drug Store
Storey Whiteside Lumber Co
General Motors
Pontiac
America
Starnes Motorco
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