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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1965
Page
2
The pres si ware association announces its weekly publication from Silsbee Texas. The paper prints every Thursday at 410 Highway 96. Subscriptions run 3.50 per year in Hardin Jasper Tyler Jefferson counties and 4.00 per year elsewhere.
The snippet lists co-owners and publishers, editors, and department roles. It names David Pees, Tommy Read, Leona Whitman, L Staff, Harold Leigh, Ruth Stirling, James Johnson, Charles Green, and mentions mechanical department workers and printer roles. The piece reads like a newspaper masthead detailing personnel and titles.
The state’s Regulatory Loan Commissioner marks a year of operation licensing lenders under the Loan Shark Law. Examiners audited 724 offices, with 154 complaints investigated and many settled. Other items note egg labeling rules, Bob Hope's Texas film premiere, tax filings for farmers, oil outlooks for 1965, inaugural invitations, redistricting efforts, and a massive February oil and gas lease sale by Land Commissioner Jerry Sadler.
Farmers Home Administration offers loans up to 2500 for farming ventures and small businesses to low income rural families in Texas. Cappleman says program targets cooperatives serving low income rural areas with 4 1/8 percent interest and ongoing management aid.
A Silsbee Bee letter from January 5 1965 waves off rumors about the Big Thicket Association. The writer confirms no armadillo meat will be served at a Saratoga barbecue and urges locals to support the Saturday event and its aims of local harmony and development.
Den 2 of Cub Scout Pack 201 met at Mrs Copeland’s home on Jan 5 with eight boys. They answered roll with acts of goodwill during Christmas holidays. Refreshments brought by Sampeland Tl. Opening led by Tim Atmar. Mrs Copeland read tall tales. They played Who Am I. The Living Circle closed with the motto. Sam Copeland III, scribe.
The ornate 1885 home of Robert A Cruse survives as a library and community center in Woodville after restoration by former Texas Gov Allan Shivers. Cruse a Woodville merchant died 1920 at 72. Nearby Hillister store shows a museum like look with relics and Big Thicket crafts. Cherokee County will get two new historical markers marking a Confederate prisoner site near Rusk and the old Cherokee Furnace Co Civil War era site.
Silsbee Public Schools list weekly meals. Monday offers pork steak and sides, Tuesday hot tamales with rice, Wednesday dried beans with ham shank, Thursday hamburgers, Friday salmon croquettes. Each day includes milk and bread.
The manuscript of Franklin's Autobiography is preserved at the Huntington Library in California. This note confirms the library as the safeguarded repository for the historical text.
The Peace Corps placement test will be given at 8 30 a m Saturday January 9 in Room 323 Federal Building Beaumont along with about 800 centers nationwide No preregistration required Bring a completed Questionnaire if available The test lasts about ninety minutes with an optional language section It does not assign pass or fail scores and papers are used to gauge potential for training and overseas service Applicants must be U S citizens 18 or older Married couples may apply if no dependents under 18 A college degree is optional but helpful blue collar skills are in demand
Olive O Lockhart writes on spiritual power through the Holy Spirit and prayer. Governor John Connally proclaims Arbor Day in Texas for January 15 1965, detailing forest benefits and the Texas Forest Service role in promoting tree planting and protection.
A Gospel Quartet concert is planned at Nederland High School Friday night at 7 30 featuring the Dixie Echoes quartet and Hal Kennedy of Nashville and Pensacola. Burl Carter says advance tickets are available from him in Beaumont and at the door.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Bailey and their children spent Sunday with the family of Mrs. Maggie Williamp in Livingston, enjoying time together.
The Happy Blue Birds gathered Tuesday at Mrs. Ellen DeCuir’s home with nine members present. They made puppets and enjoyed refreshments prepared by Eileen DeCuir. Brinda Fannett, reporter.
Researchers report that the fluids inside the pitcher plant break down meat and egg white harmlessly if swallowed. The finding clarifies how these enzymes act in the plant’s digestive trap and supports understanding of plant digestion processes.
Mr and Mrs H E Truiett of Groves visited recently in the J R Brownlee home, sharing a cordial call and family greetings during a social visit.
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