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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1975
Page
2
The roster names R L Read and Leona Whitman Lee Kelly among society staff and personal editor, with Harold Leigh and John Basye in editorial and reception roles. Mechanical department lists foreman, linotype operator, and printer pressman, showing key newsroom and printing staff.
Rep. Edward I. Kock cites HEW data showing 954 suspected Medicaid fraud cases across 26 states in a three month period with only 47 referred to prosecutors. He notes incomplete reporting, lenient handling of offenders, and calls for jail for fraudsters who embezzle from taxpayers and the elderly.
A commentator argues that if Internal Revenue can jail violators, the Health Education and Welfare department should possess similar enforcement powers. The piece weighs accountability and legal enforcement in federal agencies.
The message honors Gerald Cowdray with thanks to neighbors and clergy including Brother Cecil Davis and Dr. Gauntt. It mentions services and pallbearers, and notes Mrs. Gerald Cowdray and Mr. and Mrs. N P McCarney visiting Denver with their daughter and son-in-law George Cathcart and child.
Barbara Elaine Owens and Randall C. Jordan exchanged vows on Saturday April 19 at 2 p.m. at Westgate Church of Christ with Rev. John Davis officiating. The couple will reside in Beaumont where the groom works for Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
The New Life Singers and other gospel groups will sing Wednesday at 7 p m at the Good Shepherd Baptist Church. The gospel singing is held the last Wednesday night of each month. Rev Charles Willis is pastor. church lies three miles north on Highway 92.
Mr and Mrs Clyde Buckner announce the engagement and approaching marriage of Peggy Lynn Buckner and Johnnie Mack Grimes Jr son of Mr and Mrs J M Grimes Sr of Buna Justice of the Peace B L Como will perform the ceremony May 4 at 2 pm in the Buckner residence on Biscamp Road The couple plans to reside in Silsbee where he works for Robertson Tank Lines Friends and relatives are invited to the press announcement
The Silsbee Garden Club will hold a luncheon and officer installation at Mrs. William Rosser’s home Tuesday. Mrs. C. R. Baker will install officers including President Marvin Bomer and vice presidents Bryan White and Gladys Barclay, with Joseph Bledsoe as secretary and Weldon Ashworth as treasurer.
A meditation reflects on the Book of Revelation as vivid world painting. It contrasts this world with another spiritual realm and prays for awareness of heaven beyond earthly citizenship. Kenneth G. Greet, London, England, notes there is another world.
A reader denounces a Bee front page image of Bill Huffhines death as cheap grotesque sensationalism. The writer urges more humane coverage and highlights Huffhines's medical school graduation and charitable work as consolation.
The 1965 graduating class plans a 10 year reunion during this year’s homecoming. Those who attended or know someone who did are asked to call Julia Tucker Ashworth at 385-7987.
About 70 percent of children under four in the 1968 69 Texas Nutrition Survey received less than half the Recommended Dietary Allowance for iron. Ten to twenty percent showed anemic hemoglobin levels.
City of Silsbee proclaims the week of April 27 to May 3 1975 as Beta Sigma Phi Week encouraging citizen support. The notice also outlines Ordinance 15 4 rezoning blocks 51 2 53 and 79 from single family to multiple family district R 3 per the city council on its second and final reading.
Local ad lists smoked bacon at 1.19 per lb and ham 1.29 per lb. Smoked sausage 1.49, shoulder 1.09, bones 0.69, hog head cheese 0.89, pure lard 3.95 per gallon. Also pork chops 0.99, pork bones 0.49, pork ham 1.09, pan sausage 0.88, back bone 0.99, pork fat 0.39, pork shoulder 0.89 per lb. Phone 385-5095 for orders.
Miss Jo Lois Parks and Charles Douglas King wed in a double ring ceremony at Good Shepherd Baptist Church. Rev. Charles Willis officiated at 7:30 p.m. April 4, with vows, satin empire gown, and parents Mr. and Mrs. Sidney T. Parks and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. King of Silsbee in attendance.
An Alcoholics Anonymous member celebrates 23 years of sobriety with a Sunday luncheon and fellowship at 1420 Woodrow Road. The open meeting starts at 2 30 p m after a 1 30 p m luncheon. A Mt Pleasant Texas woman presides and a Lake Providence Louisiana doctor is guest speaker.
A school offers instruction on floor work every Wednesday at 7 30. The schedule targets ongoing classes with a regular weekly slot for practical training.
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