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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1972
Page
2
A Texas callers note worsening mail service with post office closures and workforce cuts. Rural access declines, Saturday hours vanish, and parcel delivery shifts favor private UPS. Slower first class mail and indirect routing worsen delays. official inquiry promised to restore efficiency.
Ralph Novak idly imagines a Nixon era all-star lineup with playful reform notes. He assigns players from 1930s to 1950s teams and jokes about reforms to batting averages scouting and runs and outs while lampooning old rules.
Eugene M. McElyea will be guest speaker at a Beaumont A M Club meeting at 6 30 p m on Tuesday Aug 29 He is a State Bar of Texas member and Houston County resident He taught at Texas A M University College of Business 1969 1971 and now serves as Extension County Officials Program Specialist at College Station
The Caney Head Assembly Co A s will hold a rummage sale all day Saturday in front of the church ten miles north of Silsbee on Old Spur Highway near Gore's Smokehouse. Homemade cakes and pies will be sold.
The note comments on the mixed sentiment toward securing air travel bookings, acknowledging widespread complaints while claiming ample available seats and options.
In Hardin County Texas probate court James Thomas Sparks was named Independent Executor on August 21 1972. All creditors must present claims by law to Fletcher Richardson attorney at P O Box 155 Silsbee Texas 77656 for the estate of Mamie R Sparks deceased dated August 22 1972.
The Warren Independent School District in Tyler County Texas announces a Board of Equalization session at 9:00 a.m. August 28 1972 in the Warren School Library to determine and equalize taxable property values for Oil and Timber Industries and at 1:00 p.m. the same day for local property values for 1972. Citizens and interested parties are urged to attend.
The Board of Equalization of the City of Silsbee will hold a regular session at 1:30 pm on September 12 1972 in Silsbee City Hall to determine fix and equalize property values for 1972 and invite all interested parties to attend. Cesar Dominguez C T A Tax Assessor Collector City of Silsbee Texas 272
The Houston Symphony under Dr. A Clyde Roller will play at 6 p.m. prior to the NFL contest between the Houston Oilers and the St. Louis Cardinals in the Astrodome. The halftime show features 1,500 high school bands from 16 Houston ISD schools and 300 orchestra members from Houston and Pasadena schools in a mass finale. Gates open 5:30 p.m. with a dramatic first Dome appearance.
A reader expresses gratitude to relatives and friends for prayers visits and ovations during illness. Special thanks are given to Rev Lester Sensai The Little League Mets Paula's Beauty Shop Silsbee telephone operators Gene's Lounge The Gordon Boys band the J th Glenn family and all friends who cared for my children in the hospital.
Jehovah's Witnesses select the OCAW hall in Port Arthur for circuit 4A assembly scheduled September 1 to 3. Circuit minister B. E. Griffin expects about 1200 delegates from Southeast Texas.
The family of Gene Mansfield expresses gratitude to Dr Larson and Wolf of John Sealy Hospital Pipefitters Local 195 and to Pete Farmer Rev C M Duplissey and Rev A C Hoke for their acts of kindness during the loss of their loved one.
A Beltone sponsored event in Silsbee at the Pines MotelRooms 6 and 7 offers a free electronic hearing test on Saturday Sept 2 from 10 am to 5 pm conducted by Dewey Lowe. Diagrams and explanations accompany the test and demonstrations show how ear surgery and new electronics aid hearing.
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