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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1976
Page
2
The Silsbee Texas weekly lists staff roles with editor publisher and various editors and department heads. It notes publication frequency and the subscription rates for Hardin Jasper Tyler Jefferson counties and outside areas.
Texas comptroller announces streamlined sales tax rules for agriculture effective July 15. Exempt items include expendable supplies, fencing, automated housing, and livestock medications, while farm buildings remain taxable. Exemption requires a certificate on file with the retailer and questions directed to local field offices or 1 800 292 0687.
Lumberton Bicentennial Committee hosts a Flag Day program June 14 at 7 00 pm in the High School Stadium. Boy Scouts rifle salute and drill and Raiderettes perform. Community sing invites audience participation. Flat's Honor Guard includes Cub Scouts Boy Scouts Blue Birds Campfire Girls and volunteer firemen. Lumberton wins a Certificate of Merit in Janes Briscoe Bicentennial Awards program.
1976 77 Silsbee telephone directories began mailing Wednesday announced Gary Pircher local manager for Southwestern Bell The Bi centennial year cover by Stanley Meltzoff features 26 historical and mythical faces each using a different phone The directory has 37 alphabetical pages about 6290 listings includes Kountz and Lumberton sections 20885 copies ordered initial mailing 11160 directories
The First Baptist Church on North 2nd Street will host its annual Vacation Bible School June 14 to 18 from 6 30 to 8 30 p m daily The theme is God s Love is Jesus An adult class will be How Can I Know The Will of God Ruth Cooper is dean Rev S Booker is pastor.
John L. Carey of the SBA announces continued guaranteed loan programs for expansion in the Golden Triangle area. Houston district schedules monthly visits to explain lending and aid, with Thomas G. Ragsdale meeting the Beaumont Chamber on Wednesday June 16 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Clyde Hughes of SCORE will join to offer counseling to current or prospective small businesses.
Senator Humphrey presents testimony from H Emmett Reynolds president of the Georgia Farm Bureau Federation in support of H R 10339 the Farmer to Consumer Direct Marketing Act. He cites a 1975 Georgia pilot market in Macon run by the Department of Agriculture showing rapid sales and plans to expand to more markets with potential federal loans for direct marketing facilities.
A catalog of registered Washington lobbies shows groups likely to respond to HLR. Organizations named include the National Assn. of Food Chains, Independent Grocers' Alliance, Amalgamated Meat Cutters, Retail Clerks, American Trucking Assn., National Milk Producers Federation, National Broiler Council, and other trade groups.
The Public Utility Commission of Texas after three days of hearings adopted statewide rules governing rates services and reporting for telephone companies and rural electric water and sewer utilities. The rules allow certain advertising charitable and energy conservation expenditures up to three tenths of one percent of gross receipts and require monthly and quarterly reporting including employee expenses and lobbying costs.
Austin Comptroller Bullock said April revenues totaled 602.7 million for the eighth month of fiscal year 1976, with expenditures at 492 million. Year to date revenues reach 4.1 billion, expenditures 4.4 billion, aided by a new tax deposit system boosting cash by 57.4 million. Revenue gains led by motor vehicle tax 25 percent higher, sales tax 14 percent, and land income up 102 percent over April 1975.
The City of Silsbee Parks and Recreation Department offers a Summer Tennis Progr am with instruction and organized play. A two week session runs June 21 to July 2 1976 with two morning sessions 8 am and 10 am. Registration ends June 18 at 5 pm at City Hall. The fee is 3.00 plus one new can of tennis balls. Instructor Danny Modisette, current Silsbee Independent School District employee, previously served Baytown Independent School District and worked for Baytown City Parks and Recreation.
AARP plans a games night at Silsbee State Bank this Thursday at 6 o'clock. Refreshments will be served, per Allie Lee Wilkinson.
The Franklin family expresses sincere thanks to friends who brought food and flowers and helped through illness and death of Vin. Signed by James E. Franklin and his children.
A Beaumont area volunteer group invites locals to learn about the Small Business Administration services. Anyone interested may call the Beaumont Chamber of Commerce at 838-6581 to arrange an appointment.
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