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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1975
Page
2
With Monday's start to school, traffic will rise as students walk, bike, ride, and drive. Adults must show restraint and vigilance to protect first time travelers. A Dallas Easter Seals offer provides a bicycle safety booklet to help prevent crashes.
Congressional excerpts from Attorney General Bellotti urge FCC action to shield children from aggressive over the counter drug ads. Massachusetts cites 27,000 child poisonings in 1973 and a log review showing up to 30 OTC drug commercials daily on local stations.
The Big Thicket National Preserve has not yet been purchased by the Federal Government and remains under private ownership. No land is open to the public. areas exist for hunting by owners while some woodland trails are public for recreation. A college research permit can be sought through George Stanley of the Texas Forestry Association for studies on private holdings.
Hardin County residents spent about 14 percent more on home alterations and repairs in the past year, totaling an estimated 3.613 million dollars. Average per housing unit rose to 338 dollars versus 297 last year, with painting, plumbing and roofing among top items. National outlays reached 21.1 billion, up from 18.5 billion in 1973.
In 1972 over 313 million dollars was spent on television drug advertising. The figure, cited from Broadcasting Year Book 1974, suggests self regulation by drug firms and networks is unlikely and points to the need for possible new federal regulation.
Sixty youths in Springfield engage in Experiment With Travel to learn fire fighting land navigation land management and rescue operations. The program began as a private hobby for two men who later expanded with funding from Law Enforcement Assistance Administration Springfield Public Schools and the State Department of Mental Health. Participants come from schools courts detention centers and even prisons and some have earned jobs carving trails or learning photography and darkroom techniques.
The City of Silsbee Texas announces Ordinance 175-8 setting rates for natural gas distribution and sale in the city with a second reading scheduled for August 26 1975. A public hearing September 2 1975 will discuss priority projects for HUD discretionary funding under the 1974 act. Edna E Brown City Secretary.
A group of Evadale residents seeks to form a nonprofit water corporation serving local families. Rayburn Moore of J F Fontaine and Associates says funds would come from a long term Farmers Home Administration loan with no taxes or mortgages involved.
Lumberton High School Junior Varsity cheerleaders traveled to their summer clinic at Sam Houston State University and earned two superior and three excellent ribbons. They also received the Spirit Stick for the week and later again on Saturday. The squad list includes Tara Brewster as head cheer leader and sponsor Mrs. Mary Ashcraft.
A Steering Committee is created to contact area residents about the water system loan. Members include Jack E. Hardy, R. C. Whitmire, Mrs. John D. Burrell, Daniel Collins, Marvin E. Collins, . B. Stimits, and Bea Burrell.
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