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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1975
Page
9
Busy Saturday fair features Silsbee High School talent and crafts. Mrs. Allen offers hand made dolls while Mr. Gardener sells spoon rings and shell candles. Spanish Club food outsells Monterrey House's offerings as Satsuma Staff shares old photos. A lively community sale with food plants and memories.
Report notes rubella cases fell by about 75 percent over six years after vaccine introduction. The virus typically causes mild illness in adults but poses severe birth defect risks if a woman is infected early in pregnancy.
SHS welcomed six new students during the first week of December. Names include Rachelle Humlick-Sharps from town High School Houston 10th grade. Rene Humlick-Sharpstown High School Houston 12th grade. Beth Call Buna 10th grade. Pam Daws Knupple Buna 12th grade. Terri Rivette Colonial Heights Virginia 9th grade. Tan Duy Nguyen Vietnam 10th grade.
Mrs. Delaune laments students' lack of participation in high school activities and warns many rush to graduation without engaging in school life. She applauds those who supported the Flea Market but believes more students could have contributed ideas and time to make it more successful.
A March of Dimes report notes that babies born to poor parents are often smaller and more likely to have birth defects. The study cites inadequate prenatal nutrition as a contributing factor.
The Campus Rambler reports the Twirp Dance at the high school cafe from 8:00 to 12:00 with tickets on sale this week at $3.00 per couple or $2.00 for a single. Proceeds fund Student Council projects and the event.
Five hundred students completed a questionnaire via English classes about library use. Results show over half used reference in the past year, librarians praised for helpfulness, and demand for more reference materials. Title four funds sought to improve the reference area.
Silsbee High School choir members joined 14 students for the 1975 76 All Region Choir concert at Lincoln High School auditorium in Port Arthur. Area winners advancing to State Choir tryouts in Nacogdoches include Laura Allen Susan Shine Leslie Birdwell Jan Read Harold Evans Chris Bottoms Randy Stanton and Charles Burns.
Lamar University art instructor Conn Trussell says the Rome Summer Study Program runs May 31 to July 11 with six weeks in Italy. The $1500 fee covers courses for credit or non credit plus room board and round trip travel to Pompeii Naples Capri Pisa Florence and Siena. High school juniors and seniors may apply to the In Escrow program with a December 20 deposit deadline. Information from Dr. Andrew Johnson.
IRS official announces 1975 forms feature a 16 percent standard deduction up to 2600 for married couples and 2300 for single filers, a $30 exemption credit per person, a 5 percent first-time homebuying credit, and a new Form 1040 line for IRA contributions. Earned income credit offers up to 400 dollars for workers up to 8000 dollars with dependent child. Tax tables extend to income up to 15000 dollars. itemizing may reduce taxes.
Funeral services for Henry N. Strickler 80 of Jennings Louisiana were held at 2 p.m. December 4 at Miguez Funeral Home with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. He died at 11 55 a.m. December 3 in a local nursing home after a long illness. A native of Rockville Indiana he was a retired building contractor. Surviving are one sister Mrs Oscar Golden of Silsbee.
Funeral services for Wilbert Benjamin Harvey 39 of Houston were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Coleman Funeral Home with burial in Kirby Cemetery. He died Saturday in Houston from a gunshot wound. A Beaumont native he was a former Silsbee resident. Survivors include his mother Mrs. Eddie V. Harvey of Houston and sisters Dorothy Mae Harvey and June Evelan Wilson of Silsbee.
The American Association of Retired Persons meets in the O Neill cafeteria this evening at 6 30 for its annual Christmas party. Silsbee High School Drama Club and Lumberton dancers perform. Members bring a covered dish and gifts for the Silsbee Convalescent Center party on Dec 13.
The National Foundation March of Dimes reports a substantial decline in Rh blood disease in newborns since immune globulin began for Rh negative mothers after 1968.
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