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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1968
Page
2
The Silsbee Bee lists its 1919 second class mailing permit date and post office location in Silsbee Texas. It notes weekly Thursday publication at 410 Highway 96 with subscription rates for local and out of county residents and names the editor and staff in the masthead.
A call to voters to attend precinct conventions this Saturday to participate in selecting delegates and voicing political views. The piece emphasizes grass roots participation and the role of precinct meetings in nominating presidential candidates.
Voters will decide on three referenda next Saturday. Legalizing sale of liquor by the drink, liquor by local option, and hotel betting on horse racing are the focus. Legislation changes may depend on the advisory results influencing the 1969 Texas Legislature. Milk price regulation also appears as a separate ballot question with potential to create a Texas milk price commission.
The Silsbee Little League Oilers will sponsor a barbecue chicken dinner at Little League Park on May 11. Tommys Shelton of Beaumont will cater. Meal served 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tickets available from team members or A-1 Paint and Body Shop on Highway 327.
Gulf Coast Hemerocallis Society of Southeast Texas meets in Beaumont at 9 am for a garden tour of E A Young and visits J B Bishop C A Knight gardens with lunch at G C Comstock garden. The William Munson Jr presentation will be given by Mr Young in attendance. Mrs Sam Walker and Mrs John Fosha of Beaumont and Mrs Pat Pattillo and Mrs Thebans Mimms of Honey Island plan to attend.
The WSCS of the First United Methodist Church met Wednesday at 9 30 am for a study session with six teen members present Rev Eugene Jonte led a program on Secularism A zone meeting is set for Kountze May 6 at 9 30 am with ladies bringing sandwiches and Bible plus an officers training day A nursery will be available The next regular study session is scheduled for May 15
L Cpl Bryan Berryman finished a course sequence in telephone teletype and switchboard repair at the US Marine Technical Center in San Diego California He earned basic training in San Diego attended Silshee High School and is the son of Mr and Mrs B G Berryman of this city He awaits orders and will visit home before reporting to his base.
Local ad announces Gore's Smokehouse sale with prices on hog products and pantry staples. Hogs head cheese 19¢ per lb, pure lard 79¢ per gallon, pork sausage 5¢ per lb, pork bones 19¢ per lb, hog heads 6¢ per lb, cracklings 10¢ per lb, Grade A eggs 39¢ per dozen, pork hams 49¢ per lb, smoked bacon 69¢ per lb, pork ribs 55¢ per lb, pan sausage 49¢ per lb, smoked hams 69¢ per lb, smoked jowl 49¢ per lb. Sale runs Thursday through Saturday.
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