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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1971
Page
2
A newspaper staff listing shows Lee Kelly and Miss Doris Woolley holding multiple positions including publisher editor ad manager society and personal editor reporter photographer secretary foreman operator linotype operator and printer pressman.
The piece urges Hardin County to pursue a four lane Silsbee to Lumberton highway, questioning County Commissioner Howard Barrington’s stance on bond funds for right of way. It cites previous taxpayer costs and notes a 1971 Texas Highway Department letter criticizing Hardin County’s delays in acquiring necessary right of way and utility adjustments. The author calls for action to improve local highways.
Dolph Briscoe leads in Denton County based mail poll 3 to 1 over Barnes Preston Smith and Yarborough amid no formal Briscoe campaign. A Longview News Journal poll across eight East Texas counties shows Briscoe well ahead as the top choice among four candidates for governor in 1972. Briscoe announced his candidacy September 29 in Austin and plans state campaign offices as momentum grows.
A blue ribbon study commission urges broad state and local government restructuring and constitutional changes. Gov. Preston Smith commends the report and establishes a 17 member Texas Advisory Commission on Inter governmental Relations to implement reforms. Key recommendations include consolidating urban services, expanded governor budgeting power, local revenue and property tax overhaul, and growth restriction on special districts.
Dr. George D. Tennison of Silsbee has joined the American Academy of Family Physicians as an active member. The AAFP, founded in 1947, now serves over 31,000 doctors and requires 150 hours of post graduate study every three years to stay current.
The Commissioners' Court of Hardin County Texas invites sealed bids by 10:00 A.M. November 22, 1971 for two mimeograph machines one Photostat Machine 1958 Model and a continuing recorder. The court may reject bids or accept the most advantageous bid. Emmett Lack, County Judge.
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