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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1974
Page
2
The page lists staff members and roles including Editor and Publisher R. L. Read, Society and Personal Editor Mrs Leona Whitman, Leona Kelly and Mrs Doris Brewer as reporters, and technical staff such as Harold Leigh in the Mechanical Department, James Johnson as Linotype Operator, Billy Joe Williams as Apprentice, and Roy Cole as Apprentice.
Rep Paul Findley introduces H.R. 11514 to require all trucks and buses under Interstate Commerce Commission oversight to carry tachographs recording speed distance and stops. Washington Star excerpt notes wide violations via illegal citizens band radios enabling speed and overweight travel, highlighting enforcement challenges and energy concerns.
Original Letters Testamentary issued December 10 1973 for the Estate of Josie Gilmore in Hardin County Texas. Executor Earl B Stover address Silsbee Texas 77656. Claims must be presented within legal time limits. Dated December 27 1973. Farl B Stover attorney for the estate.
The Veterans Administration reports nearly 26 million of America’s 29 million living veterans served during a period when the country was at war, highlighting the scale of service across generations.
Mrs. Emma Earnest recalls a 70 years ago Silsbee Christmas program held in a contractor’s mule tent used during Santa Fe Railway expansion. Oliver Peaslee and her brother helped restack lumber after the program, earning lifelong roles as electrical engineers. She asks for summer expansion notices to share with Oliver.
Marion E. Purvis 66 of Silsbee died Sunday at Doctors Hospital after being stricken at home. Funeral services were held January 1 at Pinecrest Baptist Church with Rev. Eddis Smith and Rev. Donald Willis officiating. Burial followed in Knapple Cemetery. Survivors include his wife Louise, three sons M. E. Purvis Jr Frank Purvis and J A Purvis, a daughter Mary French and step mother Pearl Jordan.
The Mission Department of Church of God in Christ at 500 South 14th St donated 108 boxes of facial tissue to Silsbee Doctors Hospital and Silsbee Convalescent Center. They sang carols and offered prayers for those confined during the holidays. Mrs. Ethel Washington leads the group. Pastor Rev. T. G. Washington serves the church.
Residents of Beaumont-Lumberton area urged to attend SPIRIT session at Woodcrest Methodist Church recreation hall on Highway 96 to Silsbee. The meeting at 7 30 p m will discuss removing Pine Island Bayou Corridor and other populated areas from Big Thicket Preserve legislation with maps and information presented by temporary chairman C M Harless.
Funeral services for Raymond Harris 63 of Mission Texas will be held today at 4 p m in Virgil Wilson Funeral Home Mission. He died Sunday in a Mission hospital after a long illness. A native of Pineland he had lived in Mission for many years as a retired carpenter contractor. Local survivors include his mother Lula Harris and sister Mrs David Cook both of this city.
Twenty one children at Buckner's Baptist Benevolences Home in Beaumont were honored with a Christmas party by First Baptist Church during the holidays. Each child received a gift from Santa Claus. Rev. R. E. Barclay is pastor and John Free serves as youth director.
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