Five-Cent Coke Price Rise Sparks Local Change
Beau mont Coca-Cola Bottling Co increases wholesale case price from 80 to 96 cents effective Feb 28, likely lifting bottle price to six cents and six bottle carton to 30 cents. Manager Darden Armistead notes 25 year gap since last rise and explains costs. Coin machines to accept nickel and penny soon. Local election news includes Ben Jordan announcing sheriff candidacy in Hardin County. New school fence completed for safety and vandalism prevention. Noted scam involving two men posing as stove mechanics. Local births listed with dates and clinics.
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Beaumont
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Liberty
Jasper and Silsbee
Coca-Cola
Darden Armistead
Armistead
Silsbee Country Club approves pool and dressing rooms plan
Officers and directors on February 21 approved tentative plans for a 20 by 50 foot concrete swimming pool with a water filtration system at Silsbee Country Club. Financing to be decided soon with completion target June 1. A 20 by 50 foot hollow tile building for lockers and dressing rooms is planned. No dues increase expected. Also authorized immediate purchase of two ping pong tables.
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Silsbee Country Club
Art Wornick
John Spillar
Wornick
Spillar
Worsnick
Teen pageant finalist Jeicz Miarie Gravis named
Miss Helen Marie Gravis 16 daughter of Mrs. Bruce D. Gravis Evadale chosen as finalist in 1977 Texas United Teenager Pageant to be held March 5 at Astro World Hotel Houston. Contestants age 14 to 18 from across the state compete for a state title and a trip to national finals in Washington DC.
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Helen Marie Gravis
Bruce D. Gravis
Evadale
Astroworld Hotel
Houston
Washington, D.C
Helen
Bur- Mont Nursing Center
Silsbee
Texas United
Washington
D.C
Bruce Inc
Landis Drive In Grocery
Conn Apliance Co
Beaumont
Water Hyacinths Tested for Municipal Sewage Treatment
Texas expert Hugh C. Yantis Jr. warns smaller towns to await more research before installing water hyacinth ponds for sewage treatment. Two or three experimental ponds exist in South Texas with legal approval, but harvesting challenges and potential downstream spread pose risks. The plant’s noxious status and state agency oversight require cautious use and authorization.
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Hugh C. Yantis Jr
The
Texas Water Quality Board
Texas
Yantis
Water Quality Board
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
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Drew Dahl
Ben Jordan
Kountze
Bee
Hardin County
Jordan
W. C. “Clark” Jordan
Sheriff's Office
Weain
Cveipt
Bank
Alice Bell
H. H. Harrison
Silsbee Clinic
W. P. Burnett
Volaw
E. E. Spell
Fred
Sabra Ann
Tennison Hospital
Elwood Sonnier
Charlotte Ann
J. E. Moffett
Gary Edward
T. S. Mathis
E. C. Gore
Lynn Labelle
North Sth
Lester D. Self
First Methodist Church
W. C. McNeil
Self
Tony Rothrock
Tigers
Beaumont High
Jerry Lindsey
Jerry Donalson
Johnny Cones
Gehrig Brown
Lynn Pattillo
Reese Lott
Rothrock
Lindsey
Pattillo
Donnie Bom
Sophs Punky Parks
Robert Hare
Charles Worry
Buddy Upshaw
Letterman Cones
James Dodson
Billy Tarver
Bomer
Donalson
Gerald Walker
Lott
Tom Rodriguez
Franklin Dyer
Pee Wee Roy
Dale Dillon
Parks and Hare
Corney Bradshaw
North Fifth
Highway 96 South
West Avenue P
Bradshaw
Silsbee Garden Club
Silsbee High School
Sisd Board of Trustees
Don L. Hough
Carey Georgas
Weeks Crawford
Hough
S. A. Wallace
Clarence Johns
Dixie Donelson
Joe Hignett
Crawford
Insurance Agency
Paul Georgas
Silsbee, Texas
Lumberton, Texas
Jeicz
Miarie Gravis
Elen Marie Gravis
Chiropractic
Nically
Hugaway
Howard Johhnson
Cail
First National Bank
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