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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1971
Page
2
The list names the editor and publisher along with staff roles including society editor photographer secretary and foreman operator positions. Notable names include R L Read Tommy Read Mrs Leona Whitman Lee Kelly Doris Woolley Harold Leigh and others.
A big Sunday program at Fletcher Emanuel Baptist Church on August 22 features Note Burning Day with Rev. J. P Owens as guest speaker. Former pastors and their families from several states are invited. pastor Rev. Douglas Fincher will lead. A noon basket lunch and Sunday School goal of 300 are planned.
A minister urges Silsbee citizens to support impartial law enforcement and vote for a council candidate in the wake of a city police chief’s potential dismissal. He argues against favoritism and for active participation in local politics to uphold order and curb bootlegging, gambling, and prostitution.
Governor Preston Smith approved two criminal justice action grants from the Criminal Justice Council for the Deep East Texas Region. Polk County received 44,443 for a regional probation expansion including Tyler and Hardin counties, while 20,413 went to Deep East Texas Development Council for a regional police training academy coalition at Kilgore Junior College. Local in kind and cash matches supported the expanded program.
Public notice outlines a plan to pay Sheriff, Tax Assessor-Collector, County Clerk, Treasurer, District Clerk, County Attorney, County Judge, and Precinct Commissioners 15 000 per year starting Jan 1 1972. Includes wage policy for all county employees with vacation sick leave holidays and seniority rules.
Laura Alice McConnell 85 of Port Neches died Tuesday in Cresthaven Nursing Home after four years there. A Georgia native and Winnsboro church member, she leaves a son Otis McConnell of Lumberton. In Lumberton Randy Bell escaped injury in a car pickup crash on Highway 96 at 4 Corners.
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