The Silsbee Bee Copyright and Publication Details
The Silsbee Bee announces its second class mailing under 1919 permit. Published every Thursday at 410 Highway 96 Silsbee Texas with rates 3.50 yearly in four counties and 4.00 elsewhere. Editorial staff includes David Read R L Read Jerry Zuber city editor Leona Whitman and others.
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Silsbee
Texas
Highway 96
Hardin
Jasper
Tyler
Jefferson
David Read
R. L. Read
Jerry Zuber
Leona Whitman
Trojan War Tale Told By An Old Reader
A reader recalls Homer and the Trojan War Epic. He narrates Paris and Helen, the gods’ roles, the Achaian cause, and Odysseus idea of the wooden horse that won Troy after ten years of siege. He notes Achilles, Agamemnon, and the cinematic ending.
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Homer
Achaians
Troy
Odysseus
Pacific
Paris Alexandra
Meneclaos
Helen
Menelaos
Paris
Meleanos
Menelaus
Zeus
Augur
Poseidon
Apollo
Hera
Aphrodite
Ares
Athena
Melenaus
Agamemmon
Big Aias
Aias
Achilles
Melenaos
Rand Troy
Timing of first GI Bill payments and VA counseling guidance
The first VA school allowance may arrive after about two months in school with one month of training completed, VA then has 20 days to process checks. VA will review study plans with the student and guardian and arrange vocational counseling to help choose the right course. For yearly life insurance premiums contact the VA District Office and include the policy number.
Texas seniors study income needs in county survey
A statewide survey by the Governor's Statewide Advisory Committee on Aging found for couples in Texas counties minimum annual incomes of 1500 to 2000 dollars in 43 percent of counties and 2000 to 2500 in 35 percent. For singles 58 percent suggested 1000 to 1500 dollars and 24 percent 1500 to 2000. About 4000 people participated. findings will be discussed in Austin and feed into the White House Conference on Aging next January.
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Texas
Austin
White House
University of Texas
Picayune
Harry H. Ransom
Legislative Board
Texas Legislative Council
Department of Public Safety
Homer Garrison Jr
Garrison
D. C. Greer
HIT
Texas School For the Deaf
C. H. Cavness
Cavness
State Board of Education
Texas Highway Commission
United States
State Finance Advisory Commission
O'Connell contrasts U S Soviet manpower structures
Under Secretary James T. O'Connell compares Soviet and American labor forces noting 105 million workers in the USSR supporting 109 million nonworkers versus 73 million workers in the United States supporting 107 million nonworkers. He highlights female dominance in Soviet fields and calls for youth training and dropout reduction.
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James T. O'Connell
Soviet Union
United States
Mr. O'Connell
Birth records delays strain Texas vital statistics office
Parents postpone obtaining birth certificates for children entering school this September. W D Carroll, Texas state registrar, notes the vital statistics staff is overwhelmed by last minute requests. The division already works long hours to handle the surge before the new school year.
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W. D. Carroll
Texas State Department of Health
Carroll
Vital Statistics
Texas to Welcome 262000 New Students This Fall
Texas Education Agency estimates more than 262000 children will enter elementary schools in Texas this fall. Parents are urged to request birth records now to avoid registration delays, with needed details and a one dollar fee. Health records and immunization proofs may be required by local boards.
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Texas
Texas Education Agency
Carroll
State Department of Health
East Sth Street
Austin
Health Education Division
Texas State Department of Health
Funeral Services For Spurger Boy Eugene Winkle
Funeral services were held for Eugene Winkle 14 of Spurger at Spurger Baptist Church. He died from injuries after a truck struck him on highway 92 near intersection with 190. The Edwards Funeral Home of Woodville directed burial at Turner Branch cemetery. pallbearers named. He is survived by parents, three brothers, two sisters, and grandparents.
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Eugene Winkle
Walter Winkle
Spurger
Spurger Baptist Church
Francis James
Young Winkle
Bruce Kannard Ferguson
Bronson
Texas
Wink
Ina Gayle
J. A. Winkle
Steve Hooks
Turner Branch
Edwards Funeral Home
Woodville
Robert Samples
John Alvin Smith
Charles Smith
Earl Wayne Odom
Wayne Phillips
Peyton Sheffield
James E. Rainey Family Thanks Neighbors After Fire
The James E. Rainey family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for help and support following their recent fire incident.
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James E. Rainey
100 Years Ago Galveston Water Sells For 3 Cents Per Gallon
Mil ton Mills New Hampshire marked a birthday for Ralf Farnham one hundred four years old a Revolutionary War veteran and the only known survivor of the Bunker Hill battle present at the event. He urged action with bayonets rather than petitions if the bank collapsed.
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Milton Mills
N. H
Ralf Farnham
Bunker Hill
Philadelphia
White House
Lincoln’s courtroom wit and the moonlight almanac trick
A historical tale recounts Abraham Lincoln proving a client’s innocence by impeaching a night witness with an almanac showing no moon. The piece Reflects on the laws of evidence, witness credibility, and the juries’ duty to weigh testimonies.
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Lincoln
State Bar of Texas
Water cargo sale highlights Galveston contrast
The News reports 2200 gallons of San Jacinto water sold in Galveston at three and a half cents per gallon under a special contract. Ordinary city water sells for one and a half cents. The note jokes about weather and reports bayou water at a dime per barrel, while the Houston Telegraph counts over seventy Texas newspapers with three religious, one educational, and one Masonic.
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Galveston
San Jacinto
Houston Telegraph
Texas
Remembering Andrew Jackson in the Nation's Crises
George Lippard recalls speaking with President Jackson about public distress and ruined manufacturers. He describes Jackson in an arm chair with white hair, hearing their plea to leave deposits where they were as two thousand men carried eagles draped in crape into Independence Square.
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George Lippard
Jackson
Independence Square
Fletcher Emanuel Baseball Nine Loses In Playoff Game
The Fletcher Emanuel Baptist Church baseball team traveled to Brownwood August 5 and 6 for the Texas Royal Ambassador playoffs, losing 19 to 3 to East Sherman Baptist Church. The group stayed at the Lake Brownwood encampment grounds, with players listed and accompanied by Jim Downey and pastor R. D. Tatum.
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Fletcher Emanuel Baptist Church
Brownwood
East Sherman
J. Adams
M. Downey
T. Riley
D. Johnson
Lee Milam
Jim Downey
R. D. Tatum
Inventor Builds Four-Wheeled Manual Propelled Carriage
Mr Jacob Ebenhardinger of New Hannover Montana County has devised a neat four wheeled carriage driven by hands and feet. The vehicle uses a sulky like seat and treadles to propel, allowing easy motion on all roads with a claimed mile in three or four minutes in the inventor's hands.
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Jacob Ebenhardinger
New Hannover
Mont
United States Stage Mail Line Announcement
The notice proclaims a stage line from Alta Springs via Springfield and Tuwakana Springs to Chambers Creek and the nearest West Route from Houston to Waxahachie and Dallas. Departs Altz Springs and Chambers Creek on Monday Wednesday and Friday at 8 a m with comfortable coaches and careful drivers. It highlights daylight travel saving 30 miles over the Waco route and connections at Spring Hill and Dresden with lines to Tyler and Sawyer's line via Waco.
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Alta Springs
Springfield
Tuwakana Springs
Chambers Creek
Houston
Waxahachie
Dallas
Altz Springs
Waco
Spring Hill
Dresden
Tyler
Sawyer
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Vern Sanford
Texas Press Association
Texas Employment Commission
Robert Ss. Calvert
Calvert
Legignature
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bill Alborn
O'Connell
U. S
Ussr
U.S
Luray Caverns
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Gregory Peck
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