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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1957
Page
2
J O Musick Texas Safety Association general manager urged drivers to adopt modern highway techniques as part of the Share the Road program during August. The Back the Attack on Traffic Accidents campaign uses Slow Down and Live as its theme highlighting the shift to safer superhighway driving.
Texas leads in registered trucks and trailers with about 1,016,100 in use, doubling 1946 totals. Trucks serve 782 cities and 1,788 communities rely solely on trucking for shipping. 43 county-seat towns and 17 counties lack other transport. Industry growth and flexible freight movement drive demand. petroleum, construction, and farming rely on trucking.
Humble Company TV program Texas in Review profiles Marine reservists who fly monthly and feature on air from Dallas. The segment also covers hospital medical assistants in Texas and football radio announcers reviewing rules. Inks Lake and Longhorn Cavern parks visit conclude the Alabama? No, Texas in Review airs August 26 and 27 on KFDM Beaumont and KTRK Houston with park and sports segments.
Admiral Arleigh A. Burke was sworn in as Chief of Naval Operations for a second term. The Boulder Colorado native led WWII destroyer squads, earned fame as 31-knot Burke, and ushered in a modern Navy with nuclear submarines and missiles. He will extend a four year continuous term.
The record shows Texas received only 14.3 inches of rain in 1917, marking the driest year in state weather history. The fact highlights a historical climate anomaly with severe drought impact across the region.
The highest temperature ever recorded in Texas was 120 degrees Fahrenheit at Seymour on August 12, 1936. The note appears amid Sillbee Bee Want Ads.
Closing dates for 1957 State Fair livestock and poultry shows are Sept 1 for junior egg production, junior market broiler and junior market turkey. Beef, dairy cattle, swine, sheep and goat entries close Sept 9. Quarter horses Palominos and Shetland ponies Sept 16. breeder turkeys chickens and egg laying Sept 23. Premiums total 89123 with Pan American 68533 Junior 17562 Poultry 3028. Pan-American Oct 5–13, Junior Oct 14–19.
The Rho Upsilon chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met August 12 at Mrs. Sidney Miller’s home. President Mrs. Joe Copeland led the session. A swim party and picnic for members and husbands is set for Thursday evening at the Silsbee Swimming Pool with guest speaker Eugene Bistline of Beaumont presenting a lecture on Speech. The next meeting is September 9 with location to be announced.
The geographic center of Texas lies near the city of Brady in McCulloch County, marking a notable geographic reference point for the state.
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