Smith Ties Budget Fight to State Lands Revenue
Gov. Preston Smith seeks an early Attorney General ruling on using income from state owned submerged lands for current school spending after AG Crawford Martin deemed unconst itutional the plan to divert $71.6 million. Smith frames options as budget cuts or new revenue while Legislature acts on remaining measures and appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Preston Smith
R. Crawford Martin
Martin
Smith
John H. Poerner
Hondo
House
Senate
Conference Committee
Frank D. Farmer Jr. Serves Aboard the USS Bennington
Frank D. Farmer Jr. serves in the Navy aboard the USS Bennington CVS-20 an auxiliary aircraft carrier on anti-submarine duty at Long Beach California He is the son of Mr and Mrs F D Farmer of Silsbee Texas a 1966 Silsbee High graduate who enlisted Oct 13 1966 The Bennington returns from a West Pacific cruise Nov 9 1968 and schedules another West Pacific voyage this year for six months The ship may visit Sidney Australia on this voyage It is 889 feet long of ASW class carrying three aircraft types and helicopters Frank is in V-2 Division which handles catapults and arresting gear for aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Doyle Farmer Jr
Navy
Bennington
Long Beach
Calif
F. D. Farmer
Silsbee
Frank
Silsbee High
Wespac
Japan
Hong Kong
Singapore
Philippines
Hawaii
Sidney
Australia
Pearl Harbor
Silsbee civic leader Cravens honored in local memorial
The obituary notes Cravens, long active in Silsbee civic life, received 1966 Beaumont YMBL recognition for roads work and community service. He chaired church groups, was a Lamar Tech regent, Kiwanis member, and served on the Lower Neches Valley Authority board. Pallbearers and survivors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cravens
Beaumont Ymbl
First United Methodist Church of
Silsbee
Mary Beard
Lower Neches
Texas Bankers Association
T. E. Johnson Jr
N. C. Wilcox
George Stewart Leaverton
Ww. J Poshataske
Paul Georgas
Ross Eppes
Sherman Worthey
Cecil Cobble
E. M. Wilson Jr
Alf Roark
W. C. Britton
D. W. C. McNeil
R. S. Farmer
L. D. Self
John C. Hulon
R. C Wilcox
Frank S. Payne
L. A. Yankie
W. L. Miller
Silsbee State Bank
Lower Neches Valley Authority
E. P. Cravens
Austin
T.E Johnson Sr
R. C. Wilcox
Annie Cravens
Houston
Campfire Group Plans Date with Dad Event
The Ta Ma Ka Campfire Girls met at guardian Mrs. W. K. Hilliard’s home with 10 present. Dues were collected and refreshments served by Alana Thompson. They practiced for the Date with Dad on Monday at 7 30 in the high school auditorium. Becky Nelson was scribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. K. Hilliard
Alana Thompson
Ament
Nazi Children’s Theatre Associatilage
Becky Nelson
Scribe
Local election details for Port Arthur and Port Neches
In Port Arthur and Port Neches candidates include Baker the barber George Thompson a logging contractor and Joe Ferrell Texaco employee. J J Stringer and R E Burrell did not seek re election. Ben Bruce acts as election judge with 8 am to 7 pm polling at the school home economics department. Absentee ballots available 8 am to 3 30 pm in the principal's office. absentee voting judges are R B Fling and H D Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Stringer
R. E. Burrell
Ben Bruce
R. B. Fling
H. D. Smith
Texas Agriculture Trials Weevil Trap Amid El Paso News
Experimental boll weevil eradication work may end the pest in Dickens Motley Briscoe and Hall counties. Cotton plants from Brownsville house the test with weevils sourced weekly from Mississippi labs.
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Dickens, Motley
Briscoe
Hall
Agriculture Commission
High Plains
Texas
South
Brownsville
Mississippi
Texas Aeronautics Commission
Abilene
San Angelo
West Texas
Austin
San Antonio
Dallas/Fort Worth
Railroad Commission
Rio Grande Valley
House
State Affairs Committee
University of Texas At
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
State Board of Education
Texas Education Agency
TEA
J. Dingwall
Sam Huff
Highway Dept
Highway Commission
Galveston Island
Bolivar Peninsula
Don Kennard
Fort Worth
Senate
State
Hays Seeks Reelecton to Silsbee City Council Place
In Silsbee long time resident and Atlantic-Richfield Oil engineer Hays seeks another term on the city council. He cites growth, experience, and steadiness as key factors, listing community roles with the Lions Club and Little Theater and noting his Texas Municipal League post. Challenger Spencer Armour also runs for Place on the council.
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Page
Hays
Longview
Atlantic-Richfield Oil Corp
Silsbee
First Baptist Church
Silsbee Lions Club
Silsbee Little Theater
Sils
Spencer Armour
Kirby Lumber gets unanimous vote for permit extension
In a council meeting, Councilman John Ferdinand relayed a Kir by Lumber Corp request to extend a variance on their permit from the Texas Air Control Board. The extension would give Kirby Lumber additional time to clean up air pollution and was approved unanimously by the council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ferdinal
Kirby Lumber Corp
Texas Air Control Board
Kirby
Injured Woman Transferred After Collision In Houston Area
A woman sustained arm leg and eye lid injuries and was taken to Ben Taub Hospital then to Hotel Dieu in Beaumont where she was released Sunday. The car driver Thomas Kurian 26 of the University of Houston suffered a broken ankle and leg and is hospitalized at Methodist Hospital in Houston.
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Ben Taub Hospital
Houston
Hotel Dieu
Beaumont
Thomas Kurian
University of Houston
Methodist Hospital
Betty Conway and Ben Nerren Plan March 29 Wedding
Mr and Mrs Jim Conway of Thicket announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter Betty to Ben Nerren son of Mr and Mrs Clifford Nerren also of Thicket. The ceremony will be at 7 pm March 29 at the bride’s parents home. Betty is a West Hardin High School senior and Ben works at Fastexne in Evadale.
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Jim Conway
Thicket
Betty
Ben Nerren
Clifford Nerren
Miss Conway
West Hardin High School
Fastexne
Evadale
McNamara Heads Evadale Highway Project
T M McNamara of Orange serves as the engineer in charge of the Evadale highway project. The effort will require about 80 working days to complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. McNamara
Orange
Highway Department
Cancer Unit Hears District Director in Hardin County
The Hardin County Unit of the American Cancer Society met at 7:30 p.m. in the Hardin County Courthouse with 125 attendees. Victor Gayle, director of District 10 in Beaumont, spoke as a guest and a film about William Talmann was shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
American Cancer Society
Society
Hardin County Unit J
Jubilee Committee Plans Silsbee Festival Activities
The Diamond Jubilee committee in Silsbee meets at Gulf States Utilities tonight to set Oct 11 18 1969 events. A Miss Diamond Jubilee 1894 1969 contest beard growing trail ride street barbecue dances quilting baking and box supper are planned with alumni to align homecoming at the local high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf States Utilities Company
Silsbee
Robert A. Scott
Scott
Twentieth Century Club Hears Big Bend Program
The Twentieth Century Club met March 5 at Mrs Nelson Long's home with cohostess Mrs. R L Read. Twenty members and a guest attended as a program on Texas Wonderland Big Bend by Mrs W C Ratchford and Mrs H C Hopkins was presented. A book honoring long standing member Mrs W C Britton was placed in the Silsbee Public Library. Next meeting is March 19 at Mrs W H Holland's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twentieth Century Club
Nelson Long
R. L. Read
R. L. Paret
Silsbee Public Library
W. C. Britton
Big Bend
W. C. Ratchford
H. C. Hopkins
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Governor’s Committee On Human Relations
Texas Board For
Legislative Modernization Committee
Joe Burkett Jr
Kerrville
Texas Liquor Control Board
O. R. Crawford
Jasper
Leslie R. Neale
William E. Berger
Texas Water Rights Commission
Tommy V. Smith
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Albert B. Spires
Taylor
State Board of Medical Examiners
James W. Throgmorton
Daniel J. Bromley Jr
Port Arthur
Sabine Bar, Pass
Tributaries
Laurence R Melton
Dallas
Supreme Court
Sarita Kenedy East
South Texas
Kenedy County
Kingsville
High Court
Atty. Gen
Apple
Denet
Texas Tech College
McMullen County
Texas Animal Health Commission
R. J. Nunley
Commission
Linton
Animal Health Commission
Winnie
Matthew Johnson
Lynn Johnson
J. N. Willis
Wayne Parker
Melvin Gore
Barbara Sue Lakey
Gar
Miss Lakey
Jerry Crumpler
Frank D. Farmer Jr
Frank Doyle Farmee JR
Fellowship
Methodist Church
James McGallion
Texaco
Silsbee, Texas
Betty Conway
Cancer Unit
Neches Bank
20Th Century Club
the Family Watchdog
Southwestern Bell
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