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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1968
Page
2
The notice lists publication details for the Silsbee area paper including address 410 Highway 96 Silsbee TX 77656, weekly Thursday edition, subscribers listed for Hardin Jasper Tyler Jefferson counties at 3.50 per year and 4.00 outside, with editorial staff names and roles.
Hardin County Commissioners Court approved a resolution supporting practical recreation areas along the Neches River including Timber Slough access. Ernest Spell of Silsbee urged public use of riverfront sandbars for camping and swimming, noting historic significance and long public access claim following a Tyler County ruling.
Silsbee Public Schools publish the weekly meal plan for January 15 to January 19. menus include Barbecue and buns, French fries, salad and cake on Monday. Fried chicken with rice and peas on Tuesday. Hot tamales with beans and salad on Wednesday. Turkey and dressing with cranberry sauce on Thursday. Tuna salad with baked corn on Friday, each day served with milk.
Words express gratitude for gifts flowers prayers and kindness shown during Carolyn illness. Special thanks to Rev W C Copeland Dr Stevens and McAdams teachers. Mr and Mrs Billy McAdams and family express appreciation.
The text outlines Point IV for an industrial development plan. It assigns a group to assess sites and buildings, collaborate with the Industrial Foundation, and create a complete inventory with site data and building data forms. It emphasizes maps, signs, ten site factors, and methods to secure property including options and foundation involvement.
Social Security official notes most bonuses are covered earnings for tax purposes. Monthly beneficiaries must include any bonus in total earnings on their annual SSA reports due January 1 to April 15. A Social Security representative will be in Silsbee at City Hall Council Room each Tuesday in January from 8:30 to 11:30 am.
A 1968 devotional excerpt urges daily prayer as a means to communicate with God. It recalls a heart attack recovery and friends praying for healing. The piece stresses adoration confession thanksgiving and intercession for others. It ends with a prayer and thought for the day by David A Cowdrick Jr from New Jersey.
Warren Bower is named 1968 Campaign Chairman of the March of Dimes in Hardin County. He works at Neches National Bank and is a long time Silsbee resident, a 1952 Silsbee High School graduate. The county plans its annual MOD drive with emphasis on prenatal care and volunteer recruitment.
statewide drive led by Secretary of State John L. Hill to promote voter registration in Texas. An insertable application form appears in this paper with weekly publication through January and a January 31 deadline. Citizens over 60 in rural areas now must register, while voting eligibility requires age, residency, and yearly registration rules. Registration may be by mail or in person at the county office, with relatives allowed to act as agents for qualified voters.
Texas Forest Service District 4 logged 604 grass brush and woods fires in 1967. District 4 includes Hardin and Tyler counties and parts of Polk and Jefferson. Officials cited unusually dry fall weather as a major factor in the rise from 241 fires in 1966.
The Singing Blue Birds met Jan. 9 at Mrs. W. X K. Hilliard's home. New officers were elected: Renee Broussard president Caron Hedleston scribe Lisa Farmer treasurer Leslie Hilliard secretary Andrea Broussard flag bearer Jeanne Stanford Blue Bird wish leader Susan Seamons served refreshments Plans were made to visit Borden's Dairy in Beaumont on Jan. 23.
Mrs Ida Maude Radley of Silsbee died at 3 55 pm Monday in St Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont Funeral services are set for 11 am today at Farmer Funeral Chapel officiated by Rev R Eugene Jonte with burial in Anahuac Cemetery Pallbearers include George Iles David Iles Donnie Radley Charles Radley Jr Jonathan Allen Steve Keown Tommy Radley and Jack Radley Jr Surviving are six sons two daughters and numerous grandchildren great grandchildren and a great great grandchild
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