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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1974
Page
2
The text lists multiple newspaper staff titles and roles including editor publisher society editor personal editor reporter photographer secretary and various production and printing positions such as controller foreman operator linotype operator and printer pressman.
Jim Arnold of the Governor's Office of Traffic Safety urges motorists to protect children on Halloween night October 31. He notes Halloween is not highly accident prone but stresses crossing streets at intersections and watching for cars. A spokesman suggests light clothing, flashlights, and reflective tape to increase visibility for trick or treaters.
The Fred Elementary School hosts a Halloween Carnival Saturday starting at 6 30 pm with booths a country store and cake walk. The Halloween Queen will be named and crowned, door prizes awarded, and all are invited per Barbara Hutto publicity chair.
Cub Scout Den 1 of Pack 88 met October 22 at Mrs M Fendley’s home. The boys crafted a cat from marbles and pipe cleaners and a puppet. Refreshments were served by Mes Turk Terry Fendley, scribe.
Weekly lunch menu for Silsbee schools lists daily items from October 28 through November 1. Monday offers burritos with chili and cheese, pinto beans, spinach, fruit, jello, rolls and milk. Tuesday serves hamburgers, green salad, baked beans, fruit cobbler and milk.
In drought stricken Ethiopia an ecological disaster has deprived as many as one million people of a means of subsistence. Rural communities face famine as livestock perish and crop failures mount, prompting aid appeals from authorities and relief organizations.
The Hardin County Sheriff's Department will distribute a 24 page color journal titled New Drug Scene to alert parents and youth about drug harms detection and abuse. Free copies will be passed out in the county including schools churches and at the Wally Fowler Gospel Music Festival in Silsbee in January.
Billy E. McGallion arrives in Silsbee for a 30 day leave to visit his mother Mrs Maude McGallion and Melvin McGallion. He enlisted in the US Air Force in November 1971 and trained at Lackland AFB. He recently returned from Thailand where he served with the 56th Security Police Squadron and was promoted to sergeant. He will be stationed at Shepard AFB in Wichita Falls Texas.
Navy electronics technician seaman apprentice Ethan H. Brown son of Mr and Mrs Leon Brown of Silsbee reports for duty aboard the nuclear attack aircraft carrier USS Enterprise homeported at Alameda California. He tested and repaired electronic equipment used for communication detection tracking recognition and identification. A 1973 graduate of Silsbee High School he joined the Navy in March 1974.
The Union Baptist Church hosts a 3 p.m. performance on October 27 featuring a skit titled We did it not to me. Mrs Willie Mae Hollis will be guest speaker. Rev CG L Jones serves as pastor at the 21st Street church.
The guidance explains crop losses from a drought are not deductible as casualty losses though raising costs may be deducted as a business expense. Strike benefits paid by the union are generally taxable income unless clearly a gift.
Mrs Charlsie H Bolton of Kirbyville widow of ex mayor Walter T Bolton was chosen the Democratic nominee for the State Board of Education in the Second Texas Congressional District Hardin County Democratic Chairman Roger Ratliff announced this week She was selected Oct 12 by district county chairmen to fill the vacancy left by the death of Carl Morgan Jasper County A former teacher and Kirbyville School Board member she has been active in civic affairs and served as secretary of the Region V Service Center board She is unopposed for the November 5 general election
Environmentalists at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department report 84 fish kills from Sept 1, 1973 to Aug 31, 1974. About 6.3 million fish perished, with the largest event in September 1973 in Gulf of Mexico waters near Chambers, Galveston, Brazoria and Matagorda counties causing 3.8 million deaths. Causes include pesticide runoff, sewage discharges, bacterial infections and oxygen depletion. humans caused 47 kills, nature 22, and 15 due to unknown causes.
Rev Bernard Stott longtime Woodrow Baptist Church pastor will leave Oct 27 and join West 14th Street Baptist Church in Houston by Nov 1 A farewell fellowship will honor him and family Sunday afternoon with a program led by Melvin Rivers and refreshments afterward Friends are invited to attend.
Twelve year old Jeff Knighten son of Mr and Mrs C D Knighten of Silsbee advances to Ford PP&K area competition after district win in Houston October 19. He previously won local and zone rounds and will join Ford officials in Houston November 23 24 for a banquet and area title bid.
Silsbee FFA expresses gratitude to Beaumont Fair calf buyers including Silsbee State Bank Harold's Supermarket Craven's Insurance South Hampton Co and Hardin County Savings and Loan for their generosity supporting Youth Livestock Projects. Harold's Supermarket also donated a call to the FFA Boosters Club.
Funeral services for Jack L Segrest 70 of Woodville are set for 10 am today at Edwards Funeral Chapel Woodville with Dr Raymond Parker officiating. Burial will follow at Mount Pisgah Cemetery near Woodville. Segrest died October 22 in Tyler County Hospital Woodville after long service as a Neches Butane Co retiree and membership in Woodville First Baptist Church. He is survived by wife Alice Segrest of Woodville five brothers and three sisters named in the notice.
TOPS Club met on Oct. 22 at Hardin County Savings and Loan with 14 members attending and a 15 percent pounds loss recorded. Prospective members may call 385 7049 or visit the Loan on Tuesdays at 6 30 p.m. Wanda Miller reports for the club.
The article notes that about 141 thousand Vietnam era veterans receive inpatient care as bed patients in Veterans Administration hospitals each year, illustrating the scale of VA medical services for former service members.
The widow of pirate Ching assumed control of his fleet and raided the China coast with apparent impunity during the 19th century, replacing his leadership after his death and continuing maritime predation.
Kathy Brickel bride elect and Air Force nurse at Biloxi was honored at a miscellaneous bridal shower October 19 at 108 Cypress. Hostesses included Mrs. Dorothy Clopp and others. turquoise and white decor featured. The couple will wed January 10 at Kesseler Air Force Base Chapel in Biloxi Mississippi.
A concise note highlights the impact of leading by example as a key gift. It suggests that showing integrity and action inspires others to embody positive behavior in daily life.
The tomb of King Mausolus of Anatolia built by Artemesia became famed in the ancient world for its magnificence and gave rise to the term mausoleum, symbolizing monumental tombs.
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