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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1966
Page
3
The Fletcher Em Baptist church reports 139 registered for Bible School and 34 for Teen Time, with total enrollment reaching 1173. Bible School runs through Friday Aug 12, while workers conference occurred Aug 9 at Pinecrest Baptist in Silsbee.
The Silence Chamber of Commerce Welcoming Committee visited the new Rose Wilson Grocery at 8:00 am yesterday. The store on Highway 327 replaces the former Dehart's Grocery and Market.
An old fashioned singing school opens Monday at 7 30 p m at the Assembly of God Church in Honey Island Rev Durham pastor announces Instructor is Bur Carter of Beaumont He has studied at Stamps Conservatory Dallas and Samps Baxter schools under W O Stamps Lessons for both advanced and beginner singers offered each evening No set tuition charged all are invited to attend
Houston Oldtimers plan a second annual旧exhibition featuring former major leaguers Howie Pollet Harry Gumbert Red Munger Red Murff and John O Berry facing Mancuso brothers Gus and Frank and Hal Smith before the Astros Reds game Aug 29 at the Astrodome The event highlights past stars living in Houston with seating available for fans Pollet Gumbert Munger Murff Berry Mancuso Frank are noted for long major league careers and postwar baseball memories
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists urge salt water anglers to report tagged fish caught along the coast. In May and June over 1900 fish were released in the Galveston Bay system and tagged fish show a yellow marker and green disc. Fishermen should provide tag number catch date and location total length species and name and address for a letter confirming tagging plus free lures from Texas lure makers.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department director E A Walker says the mourning dove season will open in the South Zone before the peak population, with September 24 set as the opening date by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. Hal Smith, famed defensive catcher with multiple major league teams, is remembered for a decisive 1960 World Series homer for the Pirates.
Fred W. Perlitz applies for a Wine-Only Package Store Permit for the premises at 1104 North Fifth Street Silsbee Hardin County Texas operating as Neches Minimax sole owned by Fred W. Perlitz.
The department reports extensive five year data on mourning dove population fluctuations used to justify an early opening date. Walker notes over 11 000 man days and 220 000 miles of census lines, plus 19500 wings collected in the first four weeks of the 1965 South Zone season, with the young-bird percentage remaining steady.
Officials report a small difference in young birds harvested between weeks and outline dove seasons for North and South Zones. The North Zone runs September 1 to October 30, the South Zone from September 24 to November 9, with white-wing days in certain counties. White-wing season extended by two half days with higher bag and possession limits. Shooting hours are from forty minutes after noon to sunset, daily bag 12 per species, possession 24 after day one. Whitewing counties listed include Brewster, Cameron, El Paso, Hidalgo, Webb, and others.
The earliest recorded export, dated 1609, involved a boatload of Southern Pine masts sent to England. This note marks the beginnings of the nation’s overseas timber trade and highlights early colonial shipping activity toward England.
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