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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1974
Page
2
Editorial and publishing staff are listed including Editor and Publisher Society and Personal Editor Reporter Photographer Secretary and staff for mechanical department with names Harold Leigh Mrs John S Basye James Johnson Billy Joe Williams and the roles Controller Foreman Operator.
The editorial notes congressional steps bolster approval chances for a Thicket Park bill, possibly Charles Wilsons 84500 acre plan. It laments removal of timberlands for a national preserve while praising conservation gains over 35 years. It highlights a National Geographic feature by Don Moser on the Big Thicket and urges reading the piece.
Mitchell Colby argues that imagined future cities with rail and rapid transit echo early 20th century America. He contrasts clean, efficient trains against highways and cars, recalling Ohio’s trolley networks and the then-present dominance of rail as the preferred long distance transport.
Senator Gale W McGee cites The New York Times piece by James P Grant urging a shift of fertilizer from golf courses to food production. Grant notes exports restricted under COST OF LIVING Council pressure, creating a food import need as U S lawn use soars. He calls for executive action to curb non essential fertilizer use.
The text notes that Arabs have again raised crude oil prices used for much fertilizer, implying higher costs for agriculture. It also suggests that anyone who believes the 55 mph speed limit is being observed has not been doing much driving.
A L Sheffield 69 of Woodville died Sunday night in St Elizabeth Hospital. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Edwards Funeral Chapel with Rev Herman Grissom officiating, assisted by Dr Raymond Parker. Burial was in Antioch Cemetery. He was a lifelong Tyler county resident and longtime Antioch Community farmer and rancher. Survivors include wife Dessie Sheffield of Woodville, sons Robert of Silsbee Raymond of Woodville, brother T W Sheffield of Port Neches, sisters Mrs Ellis Frank of Hillister and Mrs W B Roan of Groves, and his mother Mrs M M Birdwell of Woodville.
Kirby Lumber Corp forecasts a strong 1974 hunting season on about 35000 acres of its Texas forest land open to the public. Bill Richardson cites last year’s kills and a Texas Parks and Wildlife census to predict high deer and squirrel prospects. The company provides a hunter guide outlining area boundaries and rules, available from Kirby Corporate Relations.
Fourteen Silsbee High School Choir members earned berths in the All-Region Choir with six still in contention for All-State honors. Auditions at Lamar University named sopranos Carol Hitchcock and Patricia Davis and several altos, tenors, and basses. Those advancing to Region X auditions include Shine, McCall, Shelton, Burns, Bottoms, and Stanton. All-Region Concert set for Dec 7 at Little Cypress with Bill Carmack as clinic conductor.
The Texas Beta Eta Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa met in Silsbee on Sept. 26 and elected a new two year slate. Officers include Lea Gardner as president Pat Kirby and Kathy Day as vice presidents Merle Cawthon as corresponding secretary Ann Cawthon as recording secretary LaVern Ross as treasurer Joan Calk as historian Glenda Gray as sergeant at arms Betty Rupp and Pat Griffin as chaplains. Yearbooks were handed out to 19 members with praise for Pat Kirby for yearbook work 1974 1976 and long service to the organization.
Area singing event at Midway Baptist Church Farm Road 1943 ten miles east of Warren and six miles west of Fred on Saturday October 5 at 7 pm. Sam Read serves as chairman.
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