Silsbee News publishes weekly edition and contact details
Entered under a second class permit April 1, 1919 at Silsbee Texas Post Office. Published every Thursday at 410 Highway 96 Silsbee TX 77656. Subscription rates 3.50 yearly in Hardin Jasper Tyler Jefferson counties 4.00 elsewhere. HAROLD LEIGH MRS JOHN S BASYE JAMES JOHNSON BILLY JOE WILLIAMS publisher editor ad manager society and personal editor secretary mechanical department printer-operator linotype operator printer-pressman.
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Silsbee
Texas
Highway 96
Hardin
Jasper
Tyler
Jefferson
Harold Leigh
John S. Basye
James Johnson Billy Joe Williams
CARE Expands Food Aid to Nigeria Biafra Area
CARE authorizes further distributions totaling 141000 dollars in baby cereals and rice plus 200000 dollars in locally purchased foods for famine victims in Nigeria Biafra. 56 tons of high protein baby cereal valued at 25000 and 500 tons of unpolished rice worth 156000 will be sent via ICRC to hospitals clinics and relief centers. William Bault based in Lagos and Philip Jones of Bloomfield Conn oversee purchases and shipments with ICRC contribute to ongoing relief, now reaching about 1.6 million people with 4.5 million expected to need aid.
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Dallas
United States
Biafra
International Committee of the Red Cross
Nigeria
William Bault
CARE
Lagos
ICRC
Philip Jones
Bloomfield
Conn
India
Bault
Villanova
Jones
Bihar
Aggregate 48 Months Education Aid for Veterans
Veterans eligible under two or more Veterans Administration programs now have access to an aggregate 48 months of education assistance. The program consolidates benefits across qualifying VA education schemes to simplify usage for eligible veterans.
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Veterans Administration
Runaway Pappy laws extend interstate support collections
An interstate system gives mothers in one state the right to seek child support from fathers in another. Courts coordinate in a reciprocal process, transferring claims and funds across borders. Fathers may contest amounts at hearings but cannot raise new issues such as divorce.
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Pappy
Card of Thanks for Community Christmas Basket
The Community Christmas Basket Committee and the Ministers Fellowship thank all who helped make this year’s basket distribution a huge success. Special thanks to the Key Club Boys for packaging and distributing the baskets. B. W. Graves, chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ministers Fellowship
Key Club Boys
B. W. Graves
Veterans urge pension tax exemption for retirees and younger vets
A Silsbee Texas letter from James R Carr appeals to WWI WWII and Korea Viet Nam veterans to press Congress for pension income exemptions starting 1969. The open letter seeks exempting Social Security Railroad Retirement or other pensions from pension income calculations and waiving income reporting for veterans over 72 while allowing a 1860 threshold for those under 72. Carr cites service and asks readers to contact Olen E Teague and lawmakers with letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Bee
Silsbee, Texas
House
Senate
Congress of the United States of America
Olen E. Teague
Veterans Affairs Committee
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C
James R. Carr
Box 65
Silsbee
Texas
Clifton C. Carr
8Th Air Force Command
England
Christmas visits and hospital notices in Lumberton area
The notice lists numerous Christmas gatherings and hospital stays. Leon Goutreaux is a patient at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Kountze. Families from Silsbee Beaumont LaMarque and surrounding areas visit relatives for holidays. Watch Night Service planned at Lumberton First Baptist Church led by Rev J P Stockman with the Training Union.
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Leon Goutreaux
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
D. A. Gibson
Perry
Dennis Gibson
E. D. Shawver
Connie
Gayle
Suzanna
LaMarque
Homer Shawver
Silsbee
Leona Gordy
R. S. Masterson
J Savoy
Hammond
Gordy
John D. Brown
Margar
Et Spruill
Las Vegas
Jack King
Baptist M Hospital
Beaumont
J. M. Byerly
Baptist Hospital
Louis Hunter
Austin
Georgetown
May Blackburn
M. Cole
Pine Prairie
Peggy Mitchell
Santa Anna
Calif
George Mitchell
Bill Mitchell
Pasadena
J. B. Faggard ,Jr
Faggard Sr
A. L. Andrews
Houston
Jim Hennig
Sheila
Lumberton First Baptist Church
Camp Wilburr
Wesley Thornton
Training Union
J. P. Stockman
Charles Munford
Tex, Ark
Ellen Bendy
C. J. Bendy
Hardin County Deeds Records and Transfers
Dec 9 to Dec 16 1968 filings in Hardin County cover numerous transfers deeds and trusts. Among the entities: Prudential Drilling Company Atlantic Richfield Beaumont Savings and Loan Assoc Gulf States Utilities Colony Development Co First Security Bank and Trust Peoples State Bank Jasper Federal Savings and Loan Assoc Beaumont National Bank and other local lenders. Transactions include releases easements deeds and deed of trust refinancings.
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Hardin County
Prudential Drilling Company
Atlantic Richfield Et al
Beaumont Savings and Loan Assoc
Alvis T. McDavid
Mary Jo. Reed
Standard Oil Co
M. M. Crow
W. Sommers
Britton-Cravens Lumber Co
Tor Silybee State Bank
Learn V. Howard
Gulf States Utilities
Harry Lee Harrington
Roy Culver
Frank H. Pierce
Wildwood Assoc
Donald L. Carson
Edward H. Spears
Mansard Homes Co
First Security Uail
Bank of Brit
Ken
F. P. Dever
First Security Natl
Bank of Beaumont
Sylvester Leo McNeeley
Beaumont Sav. & Loan Assoc
Big Thicket Assoc
Peoples State Bank
Jasper Fed Isnv
Loan Assoc
Ann Logersh
Jasper Fed ‘Sav
Assumption
Beaumont Sav
Martin Lease Service
Ais
Judg
Domes
Eliott
Jack's
Denby urges game chickens and guineas in East Texas
A. J. Denby asks East Texas wildlife group members and the public to consider stocking game chickens and guineas. He criticizes restrictive management and lease access, urges restocking, and cites experiences in the Philippines and Haiti to support his view that wild fowl can thrive locally.
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Silsbee
Texas
East Texas Wildlife Conservation Association, Inc
Philippine Islands
Haiti
A. J. Denby
Boy Scout Troop 82 Holds Regular Meeting with 14 Boys
Boy Scout Troop 82 met for their regular meeting with scoutmaster Bob Parr and 14 boys present. The group boarded their long green bus and rode around singing Christmas carols with scribe Vance Swarthout recording.
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Boy Scout Troop 82
Bob Parr
Vance Swarthout
Veterans Eligible for 86 Months of Educational Assistance
Veterans with 18 months of service after January 31, 1955 and who have completed their obligation qualify for 86 months of education assistance at $130 per month with higher benefits for dependents.
Thank You Note From the Richardson Family
The J. H. Richardson family express heartfelt thanks to friends neighbors and relatives for food visits flowers and kindness during their loss. Special thanks are extended to Dr Wilde and Rev Barclay for their support.
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J. H. Richardson
Dr. Wilde
Rev. Barclay
Southern Pine Output Reaches 12 Year High in 1968
Industry estimates place 1968 Southern Pine output at nearly seven billion board feet enough to build a million homes. Plywood output is about 2.4 billion square feet, 17 percent of the U S total. Pulpwood production tops 34 million cords and timber industry employment nears 500,000, with 47 million acres of private tree farms aiding future growth.
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South
Southern Forest Industry
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RL. Read
Tommy Read
R. L. Read
Leona Whitman
Ruthell Lounsberry
Ad Manager Society
Linotype
Nigeria-Biafra
Hargrove
Roosevelt & 10Th Street
Myrtle’s
Charles Deir
Irma
New Jersey
California
Janet
Uncle Sam
Silsbee State Bank
Federal Reserve System
Eaitor
Lumberton-Loeb
E. A. Rice
Glen Nelson
Herbert
Rice
Fort Worth
Calvin Landry and Sons
Lafayette
F. Landry
Ivie Erwin
Verless Curl
Beaumont Dale
Denby
Boy Scout
Southern
Cravens
Insurance Agency
Paul Georgas
Berkeley
Zenith Circle OF Sound
Zenith
Givin Jenith
North Fifth Street
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