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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1969
Page
4
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The U S Department of Labor reports January saw a drop in purchasing power for the average worker due to higher prices and social security taxes. Gross weekly earnings slipped to 110.63 dollars, while spendable earnings fell about half a dollar to 96.97 dollars. Real spendable earnings declined 0.9 percent from December and were 2.2 percent below the recent high set in September 1968. Compared with a year earlier, real spendable earnings rose 1.0 percent.
Silsbee Camp Fire Girls plan a 58th anniversary program on Monday March 17 at 7 30 p m in the Junior High School auditorium Blue Birds Camp Fire Girls Junior High Camp Fire Girls and Horizon Club will perform songs and skits showing how girls grow in the Camp Fire program A total of 21 groups will take part Refreshments will follow in the cafeteria Committee chairs are Mrs H D Couture Mrs W K Hilliard and Mrs Lee Van Winkle with Mrs D D Richardson in charge of refreshments.
Deeds, releases, assignments and liens in Hardin County filings. Transactions include conveyances among Angenend, Wildwood, Robin. Thelma Mimms to John B French. John B French symbiosis with Larry Green and others. numerous deeds of trust, easements, and notices involving San Jacinto, Neches Natl Bank, Kirby Lumber Corp, and Veterans Land Board. Includes estate filings, tax liens, and various releases across multiple properties and entities.
Corsicana pastor Rev Cass French of Second Avenue Baptist Church will evangelize at Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Silsbee from March 1 to March 22 with daily 7 30 p m services Reverend P A DuBose will direct song services a nursery will be provided
The Department of the Interior reports National Park System visitors paid an estimated 952 million dollars in federal taxes. This figure underscores the federal revenue generated by travel, recreation, and related activities across national parks.
March 29 event in Silsbee from 8 a m to 6 p m features junior high players led by Coach Nash selling Easter lilies on downtown streets and at shops. Dallas Cowboy Bob Lilly serves as State Chairman for Texas Easter Seal Drive benefiting handicapped Texans.
The Department of Interior finds National Park System travel contributes significantly to the economy. It reports $4.76 billion in personal income and more than $23 per person in the United States.
Texas officials confiscated 681 of 860 muskrat hides from three Louisiana residents found with resident licenses for both states in Sabine Pass. Each man was fined $25. The hides, sold to the highest bidder, netted $903.36 for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. A Houston furrier predicts finished hides could be worth about $6,000 each in shops. The marshes in Orange Jefferson and Chambers Counties yield fur worth over a million dollars annually, about 90 percent muskrat.
The Spurger Brush Riders sponsor the seventh annual Tri-County Dogwood Trek on March 28 and 29 from Spurger to Woodville. Riders assemble Friday afternoon for a 3 PM departure, camp at Chapman's Ranch with a western barn dance, then ride to Woodville Saturday to join the parade. Wagon positions draw at 1 PM Friday, with watering service available. officials include Trail boss James Chapman and others.
Public notices announce claims against the estates of Henderson Landers and Raymond Herbert Lewis. Toni Lavelle Curry Landers is independent executrix. Fletcher Richardson is attorney for the Lewis estate. Creditors must file claims by law, mail claims to Crum in Beaumont, Texas, and Silsbee’s Silsbee bank must file related notices. March 12 1969 and March 10 1969 dates mark appointment actions in Hardin and Jefferson counties.
FBI Uniform Crime Reports show a 17 percent rise in total crime in 1968 versus 1967. Violent offenses grew 19 percent led by robbery 29 percent, murder and forcible rape 14 percent, aggravated assault 12 percent. property crimes rose 17 percent with higher value thefts and burglaries.
Dorothy Jean Wheeler of Cleveland will marry Lt. Donald G. Thomas of Fort Rucker Alabama. She is a Cleveland High School graduate employed by John Hancock Insurance Co in Houston. He is a Silsbee High School graduate stationed with the US Army at Fort Rucker. The wedding is set for March 22 at 7 30 p.m. in the First Methodist Church Cleveland.
Rev J W Joiner Sr pastor of Bethany La Baptist Church will conduct a revival at First Baptist Church Saratoga March 17 through 23 with Lynn Ester Good Shepherd Baptist Church choir director in charge of music. Services 9 a m and 7 30 p m.
Hardin County Home Demonstration Council sponsored its annual Bake Show on March 5 from 9 30 a m to 3 p m. Twenty five members from seven clubs entered one hundred products for judging with high point honors awarded to Mrs Joe Laden Pine Ridge followed by Mrs Tommie Crandall Pine Ridge second and others from Pine Ridge Sour Lake Grayburg and Beau mont.
The metropolitan area of New York, N Y, records a population of 10 694 633 according to the 1960 census.
Heartfelt thanks are extended to Dr. S. P. Copeland and the staff of Silsbee Doctors Hospital and many friends in Silsbee and Evadale for their kindness during our bereavement.
In accordance with the Texas Liquor Control Act an application is filed to operate a sole proprietorship under the assumed name Jack's Package Store. The business would be located at Block 34 Lot 5 Allums Addition to Kountze Pine Street on right going north in Kountze Hardin County Texas. Proprietor is Precious Jack Darden.
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