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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1955
Page
2
The Texas Forest Service reports 488 fires burned 5171 acres in East Texas during November 1955, the second highest month by fire count behind March. Nearly half the blazes came from hunter activity, often from warming fires and discarded smoking material.
A pharmacist note on updating prescriptions and continuing education. It states pharmacists stay in step with modern medicine and can compound any prescription exactly as written by the physician.
Your physician can phone EV 5 2751 when you need a medicine. Pick up your prescription near us or let us deliver promptly without extra charge. A great many people entrust us with filling their prescriptions. May we compound yours.
Sunday visitors gathered at Will Harrell home for a Christmas event with Elis Moss and family Elma Moss John Moss and children, Lucy Commander, Harrell grandparents, and many Votaw Evadale and Houston relatives also seen at gatherings in Kountze Silsbee Hockley Beeville and Clark with relatives from Beaumont Bowie and Thicket.
In Silsbee Texas a local quip notes Old Blue chasing a coon that damaged the pitcher. The joke ends with a suggestion to fetch a replacement that lacks coons. No formal event or person beyond Charlie is specified.
A sermon admonishes against hypocrisy and excessive worry. It cites Jesus on cleaning inside the cup, warns about mourning graves, and urges seekers to put first things first by pursuing righteousness and peace through God’s kingdom. References to Jesus Galilee, Pharisees, and Romans underline the message. Release credits note copyright outlines by the Division of Christian Education and Community Press Service.
Texas merchants posted their largest holiday sales rush of 1955, with November showing a 67 percent credit sales ratio in 56 department and apparel stores. Toy sales rose 25 percent, apparel and footwear stayed strong, and household items from beds to TVs sold briskly, driven by luxury and practical gift advertising.
The article notes rising personal spending in Dallas and cent) and Dallas 68.1 per cent, with installment sales up 16 per cent and cash and charge sales up 5 per cent. Personal saving reaches its lowest level since 1950, while spending grows faster than income.
Mrs. Lora Sarah Roundtree, 74, of Batson, died at home Tuesday morning. Funeral services were set for Thursday at 3 PM at Batson Prairie Assembly of God with Rev. E. L. Mason officiating. Burial will be at Daniel Cemetery in Kountze. Surviving brother Allen Lewis of Silsbee.
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