Silsbee Little Theater Plans Busy 1974-75 Season
Silsbee Little Theater board meets August 15 to approve a busy schedule for 1974 75. Lola Burgess returns as president with Don Sheffield vice president and Mary Anne Lee directing a winter reading. The season features a Lamar Players October reading a January Mary Ann Lee led reading a children’s production and a May dinner theater with the Awards Presentation Evening honoring top crew members. A September 12 board meeting at Paul Georges home closes the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Little Theater Board of Directors
David Hearne
Lola Burgess
Don Sheffield
Mildred Barclay
Nana Hush
Paul Georpas
Shirley Hearne
Susie Horka
Lester Landeras
Mary Anne Lee
Joe Watson
Celeste Johnson
Dee Cope
Land
Helen Larsh
Silsbee” Little Theater
Charlyne White
Little Theater
Lamar Players
Mary Ann Lee
Chilren
Silsbee Little Theater
May
Budget Act reshapes Congress role in federal finances
Senator Mike Mansfield comments on the new Budget Act signed by the President. The act coordinates procedures and clarifies branch roles to decide annual questions on needed spending, resource division, tax revenue, and federal surplus or deficit. It sets a yearly timetable from October 1 to guide budget decisions.
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Mike Mansfield
Mont
Congress
Trustees Adjust Schedule and Prices for 1974 75
The board trimmed the building program, kept air conditioning plans, and set new school hours from 8 10 to 3 10 for Oct means through Oct 21 and 9 10 to 4 10 from Oct 22 to March 7. Lunch prices stay, extra milk drops to seven cents a carton. lunch costs 45 to 75 cents by grade and status. Gulf Oil fuel and oil quotations set for 1974 75, including inflation contingents. New staff include Janis Miears and others. resignations accepted for Linda Redkey and Janet Bonner.
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Gulf Oil Co
Crawford
The
BEE
Janis Miears
Ella Marie Brim
Mary Ann Hatton
Margaret Moss
Linda Redkey
Janet Bonner
John H Lee Receives Masters From Prairie View A&M
John H. Lee earned a master degree as part of 350 graduates at Prairie View A&M University exercises on August 18. A 1962 Waldo-Mathews High School and 1966 Prairie View alum, Lee teaches Industrial Arts at Silsbee High School and lives in Silsbee with his family.
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John H. Lee
Prairie View A&m University
Lee
Waldo-Mathews High School
Silsbee High School
Silsbee
Prettic Lee
Mark A. Kelley Promoted at Ft Hood
Mark A Kelley, 19, of Evadale Texas, son of Mrs Inez E Kelley, is promoted to Army specialist four while serving with the 2nd Armored Division at Ft Hood. Kelley is a cannoneer with Battery A, 1st Battalion of the division's 38rd Field Artillery. His wife Iva accompanies him at the fort.
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Ft. Hood
Mark A. Kelley
Inez E. Kelley
Evadale
2Nd Armored Division
Kelley
38Rd Field Artillery
Iva
Fort
Silsbee Public Hearings on Zoning Change and Flood Grant
City of Silsbee Texas schedules two hearings. On Sept 10 1974 at 7 00 am a zoning change for a 5 5 acre tract off Norvell Extension from Rel to Mul is proposed. On Aug 27 1974 at 6 30 pm a grant application to the USDA Soil Conservation Service seeks flood mitigation along a long ditch from Highway 327 by-pass to North 4th Street.
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Silsbee
Texas
City Hall
Norvell
James L. Hays
Edna Brown
City of
Silsbee Texas
United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service
Highway 327
Knupple Road
Woodlea
Silsbee High School
Carriage Lane Estates
Britton-Crayvens Lumber Company
North 4Th Street
Herndon Avenue
North 5Th Street
Fuller's Sporting Goods
Crump Blames Congress for Budget Deficits Roost Metaphor
Crump argues that huge deficits and inflation cannot be blamed on the executive branch alone. He asserts Congress must share responsibility as the deficit chickens come home to roost and notes big spenders will seek loopholes.
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Executive Branch
Congress
Burglary Reports From Buna and Lumberton Areas
Burglars linked to Willie James Jeffcoat of Buna parked near Village Creek US 96 in Lumberton and stole purses containing licenses cards and about $200 cash plus three watches wedding rings and other jewelry. A few days later homes on Ben D Smith Road and Biscamp Road were entered with varied thefts including clothes meat loaf and beverages and fishing gear.
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Willie James Jeffbcoat
Buna
Village Creek
US 96
Lumberton
Cole
Jeffcoat
Brenda Bencent
Mississippi
Pat LeBeau
Carol Sharp
Ben D. Smith Road
County tax rate debate over service funding and bonds
County officials clash over a 95 cent tax rate amid concerns of bond indebtedness and potential service cuts. Moye estimates a $200000 reduction in the tax bill with the lower rate while Hays urges preserving libraries and fire services, warning against tax increases and future cuts. Critics cite Revenue Sharing fears and a mandate from past bond issues as limits on taxation.
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Moye
Silshee
Hays
Hugh Bevil
Lack
Lumberton
Silsbee
Hickerson
Mrs Jessie Hart Earns Masters Degree in Guidance
Mrs Jessie Hart of Houston and former Silsbee resident received a Master of Education degree in Guidance and Counseling from Texas Southern University in Houston on August 16. She is a 1955 graduate of Waldo Mathews High School.
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Jessie Orean Hart
Houston
Silsbee
Texas Southern University
Hart
Waldo-Mathews High School
Last Rites For Nat Marutzky 75 Held
Nat H. Marutzky 75 died Monday evening in Silsbee Doctors Hospital. A Rockdale native, he lived 62 years in Silsbee and retired as a boiler maker for Santa Fe. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Farmer Funeral chapel with two ministers officiating. burial followed in Cunningham Cemetery. Surviving are his wife Delia, one daughter Nathalie Brad sley of Kerrville, and four sisters Pauline Maddox Ardmore Annie Hosea Beaumont Mary Borroum Dallas and Hermenna Rohde Silsbee.
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Nat H. Marutzky
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Rockdale
Tex
Silsbee
Santa Fe
Farmer Funeral Chapel
R. E. Barclay
B. A. Carlin
Cunningham Cemetery
Delia Marutzky
Nathalie Bradsley
Kerrville
Pauline Maddox
Ardmore
Okla
Annie Hosea
Beaumont
Mary Borroum
Dallas
Hermenna Rohde
Budget clash over taxes and services stalls council plan
During a Wednesday meeting commissioners debated tax cuts versus service funding. Moye offered to add about 200000 to the 1974-75 budget, but no one supported restarting the process. The proposed budget shows 1259685 in expenditures with a 96415 deficit to be covered by Federal Revenue Sharing funds due July 1, 1975.
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Moye
Youth Fair Set at Kountze September 14
The Hardin County Youth Fair will be held Saturday September 14 at the Kountze Fair grounds one mile south of Kountze. 4 H FHA and FFA members will exhibit projects from rabbits dairy beef swine sheep poultry to baked goods clothing and creative arts. Ribbons and trophies will be awarded and a Country Store will offer items for sale. Public viewing runs 1 to 5 PM with many leaders teachers and citizens contributing to an outstanding event.
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Hardin County
Kountze
4-H
FHA
FFA
J. L. Garrard
Lt James Watley graduates from Air Force instrument pilot school
Lt. James M. Watley of Sour Lake has completed a six week instrument pilot instructor course at Randolph AFB Texas. He earned this post as flight examiner and instructor for jet and turboprop pilots and returns to Laughlin AFB Texas. Watley is a 1964 Hardin Jefferson High School graduate with a BBA from Lamar University and was commissioned in 1970 at Lackland AFB.
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San Antonio
James M. Watley
E. M. Watley
Sour Lake
U.S. Air Force
Randolph Afb
Texas
Watley
Laughlin Afb
Air Training Command
Hardin Jefferson High School
Lamar University
Lackland Afb
TSU 1961 Graduate Teaches at Stephen F. Austin High School
A 1961 Texas Southern University biology graduate with chemistry minor teaches at Stephen F. Austin High School in Houston. She has taken courses at the University of Houston and Lamar University and is the daughter of Mrs. Elmo Rhymes of Silsbee.
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Texas Southern
Stephen F. Austin High School
Houston
Hart
University of Houston
Lamar University
Elmo Rhymes
Silsbee
Man Charged With Assault On Constable
Greg Fontenot 21 of China was charged with aggravated assault on a peace officer after an altercation at the G and E General Store in Sour Lake. Constable George Robinson said he was assaulted around 9 30 p m Aug 16 while at his restaurant. Three others were charged with drunk and disorderly conduct. Fontenot was arraigned and bond set at 2500.
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China
G&e
Sour Lake
George Robinson
the Bee
Robinson
Greg Fontenot
Robnson
Fontenot
Justice of the Peace
Charles Lambert
AARP Silsbee Area Chapter Plans Thursday Game Night
The Silsbee area AARP group meets at 6:30 p.m. at Silsbee State Bank for a game night. Members should bring card tables and dominoes.
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Silsbee Area
Chapter of Retired Persons
AARP
Silsbee State
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No NeAber Association
Highway 96
Silsbee, Texas
Hardin
Jasper
Tyler
Jefferson
Ro L. Read
Leona Whitman
Lee Kelly
Doris Woolley
Fern McAdams Hichard Weathersby
Harold Leigh
John S. Basye
James Johnson
Hilly Joe Williams
Linotype
Board of Directors
Paul Georges
TIMEX
Pine Plaza
Earl Barnes
Beltone Hearing Aid Service
North 7Th Street
Beaumont, Texas
Beltone
Joe Crump
Congressional Record Daily
Prairie View A&m
Crump
UNION
Highway 96 South
Chris Marshall
Grandfather Marshall
Chris
Eddie Marshall
Jessie Hart
Nat Marutzky
Silsbee Drug Store
E. Ave
Equal Housing Lender
Jasper Federal Savings and Loan Association
E. Lamar ST
Member
Federal Home Loan Bank System
Gin
Doyle Park
James Watley
Air Force School
Roosevelt Drive
Kountze P. O
Register’s Bakery
North Fourth Street
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