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SILSBEE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1943
VOLUME 24, NUMBER 33
Nearly Ten Thousand
Farmers Mi ’ Slaughter
Farm Pigs V khouf Permit Dollars Raised In
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week’s effort hits the mail. But we
out.
Mrs. C. B. Watts, Jr. will leave
this week for/a visit with her hus- possibly inducted into the armed
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Director of the State Department of
Public Welfare, announced today
that payment of Old Age Assist-
any merchants who do not receive
their charts within the next few
days, they are urged by OPA offic-
ials to call at the local war price
and rationing board to get them.
Did you know that two weeks
from Saturday is Christmas? And
A farm worker who fails to keep
his local selective service board in-
formed of a change of address or
occupation may be reclassified or
FARMERS’ TAX DEADLINE
DECEMBER 15
Mr. and Mrs. James Roy Smith
are the parents of a baby girl born
here on December 6.
forces. Only the selective service
board with who the individual has
registered has authority to grant
him a temporary release from non-
farm work which will protect his
deferred classification.
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we have gone through with thus
far this week. But we’ll probably
come through in fair shape, as we
have done before, and no one will
have to grow up in ignorance.
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I Men's Choir Organized
■ An all men’s choir was organized
I at the Central Baptist Church last
■ Sunday evening with twelve mem-
I bers taking part. This is a good
I beginning, but they would like to
I have more members. Anyone who
likes to sing should come out and
I join this choir. They will sing at
‘ each Sunday night service. There
will be no rehearsals except those
mhfor special music.
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■ rs. M. M. Williams announces
the knitting room will be clos-
■mtil January 4. If any one
Res to knit before that time,
HL may contact Mrs. Williams
pr home and obtain yarn and
■tructions.
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Rev. and Mrs. Bernice C. Neely
announce the arrival of a baby
daughter, Alice Fay, born on De-
cember 3.
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Mrs. L. H. Jennings returned
from Terrell Sunday where she
was called on account of the illness
and death of her cousin, Miss Ma-
ry Holmes,
a helping hand by observing the
following: .1) Shop now. Mail now.
Do not wait until the “eleventh
hour.” (2) Carry your packages
whenever possible. () Remember,
War Bonds and Stamps make the
best Christmas gifts. They are a
perhaps a year and a half to three
years.
At the conclusion of his talk a .
general discussion was held, which
proved intereting. Prof. Mtichell’s
military analysis included the war
situation from its inception to the
present time.
Mrs. Rex Worley had charge of
the musical program .which was
given prior to the speaking and
included a two-piano arrangement
of the National Anthem by Mrs.
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Masonic Leaders Back
From Grand Lodge
F. L. Choate, J. L. Moore and
L. E. Martin returned to Silsbee
last week-end from Waco, where
they attended the annual Masonic
White Oak and Batson), $511.99.
Honey Island, $466.57.
Mr. Cravens asked the Bee to say
this for him: “To each worker in
the campaign, to the fine people
of Hardin county for their support,
I want to extend my grateful
thanks for a war task so generous-
ly and ably performed.”
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Until next February 17, farmers
can slaughter on their farms any
hogs owned by them and deliver
the meat. And they will need no
permit or license to do this. This is
a step by the War Food Adminis-
tration to simlify the handling,
slaughter and distribution of this
year’s record swine supply. Hogs
killed on the farm won’t clutter up
the packing plants.
According to information from
the WFA to the A.&M. College Ex-
tension Service, this means that
the former limit on the amount of
pork a farmer could kill on his
farm without a slaughter permit
is lifted. The number of pounds of
meat and lard made from home
slaughter hogs which can be sold
or given by a farmer to people not
living on his farm during this
period will be limited to his capac- i
ity to produce.
Lifting the limit, however, does
not mean that the government has
put the farmers into the black
market. Slaughter permits still
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FIRST METHODIST CHURCH.
The pastor, Rev. E. A. Maness
will preach at the Methodist church
unday morning at 11 o’clock from
the subject: “Playing the Game of
Life.”
Sunday School at 9:45 A. M. C.
B. Davenport, Superintendent.
Young People’s Services at 6:30
P. M., June Taylor, Leader.
On account of the Christmas pro-
gram at the Baptist church at the
evening services, there will be no
preaching services at the Metho-
dist church.
The members are invited to at-
tend the services at the Baptist
church.
Christmas seal sale is $300,000,
Miss Nichols stated. If people
continue to respond as generously
throughout the sale as they have
during the first ten days, the goal
will be reached, she said.
Woodrow Baptist W.M.U.
band who is in the army.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Kelley of
Evadale announce the birth of a
daughter, Rosie Etta, on December
4.
TO MAINTAIN FARM
STRUCTURES
Farm building material makers,
under sponsorship of the Farm
Structures Institute and in coope-
ration with the War Food Admin-
istration, will hold a war confer-
ence in Chicago, December 10, on
maintenance of farm structures,
WFA announced recently. Keynote
of the conference will be that the
nation’s ten and a half billion dol-
lar investment in farm structures
must be kept at top productive ef-
ficiency through adequate mainte-
nance, with the necessary mini-
mum of new construction. Only the
value of agricultural land itself
exceeds the amount of funds in-
vested in buildings and structures
on farms of the country.
doesn’t—well, we’ll figure that out
when the time comes.
As we sit here writing, it is on-
ly a few hours until Thursday. And
Thursday being press day, we are
hoping and praying that the house
doesn’t burn down before this
Winners In Scout Drive
Announced
F. M. Ray, District Boy Scout
representative, announced today
the names of the winners in the re-
cently closed drive for Boy Scout
funds for Silsbee. In the drive a to-
tal of $498.90 in cash and pledges
was raised—the biggest amount
ever raised here for this worthy
purpose.
In the women’s division the win-
ners were as follows: High Colonel,
Mrs. Cliff McKay; high Captain,
Mrs. Russel Busby; high Lieuten-
ant, Mrs. O. P. Ellison; second high
Captain, Mrs. Syble Moore.
In the men’s division the win-
ners are: High Colonel, M. M. Wil-
liams; high Captain, Ed Nash; high
Lieutenant, T. C. Harwell; second
high Captain, Carl Babbitt.
Winners may call at the Bee of-
fice for their prizes.
The leaders of the drive wish to
thank everyone for their generous
support of this worthy cause. The
money will be used for the ad-
vancement of Boy Scout work in
this area.
Worley and Miss Ann Frances
Bistline; a medley of airs by Mrs.
Worley; “Remember Pearl Har-
bor,” solo by Miss Yvonne Wilson;
“When the Lights Go On Again,”
and God Bless America by the
group; closing with a two-piano
arrangement of “The Stars and
Stripes Forever,” by Mrs. Worley
and Miss Bistline.
Beside the above mentioned, oth-
er out-of-town guests were: Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Culpepper of Beau-
mont and Mrs. Fred Caro of Me-
ridian, Miss. A total of 64 members
and guests were present.
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Captain Buller Puts
Bombs Right On Target
The following story about Cap-
tain Henry F. Butler, well known
Silsbee man and brother of E. R.
Butler of this city, was taken from
the Shreveport Times:
“Despite intense accurate heavy
antiaircraft fire, Captain Henry F.
Butler, a B-26 bombardier from
Shreveport, cooly laid his forma-
tion through a bomb run three
times the normal length to insure
the destruction of an important
target in Italy recently.
“As lead bombardier of his for-
mation, Captain Butler had taken
over directional control of the
bombers as they began their ap-
proach to the target. Usual pro-
cedure called for First Lieut. Ket-
er K. Graves, the lead pilot ,to con-
tinue evasive action until thirty
seconds before the target. But Cap-
tain Butler observed a cloud mov-
ing directly into the path of the
path of the B-26’s, which would
obscure their field of vision just
before the bomb release line.
“He called over the interphone
to the pilot for “straight and level
flight” despite the flak and for a
minute and a half led them around
the cloud on a perfect approach
to the target. The bombs of the
entire group clustered around the
important German objective, de-
molishing it.
“Another Maurader group had
been alerted to attack the same
target, but due to Captain Butler’s
quick thinking and execution, it
needed no more attention.”
Who lost a Ticket
To The Big Fight!
Somebody lost a perfectly good
ticket to the World Championship
Prizefight between Jess Willard
and Jack Dempsey the other day.
The long, yellow ringside ticket,
which set somebody back twenty-
five dollars back in 1919, was found
,by Charles Bass, who took it home
and showed it to his father. And it
is now safely reposing in the ed-
itor’s desk, It is evidently a keep-
sake which someone lost, and can
be obtained here if wanted.
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ported a wonderful meeting, and
came back greatly inspired.
The new Grand Master of Tex- ;
as is Claud L. Austin of Dallas'
the Deputy Grand Master is Bas-
icom Giles of Austin; Hon. Pat
Neff is Senior Grand Warden, and
Rev. Bruce' Brandon of Hillsboro
is the new Grand Junior Warden.
Other Grand Lodge officers were
reelected.
Principal speaker at the Grand
Lodge was Senator Tom Connally.
Many other prominent Masons ad-
dressed the session, including the
Grand Master of Mexico.
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Christmas Cantata
Program Completed
» ' Plans have been completed and
I there will be a dress rehearsal
{ Thursday evening at 8 o’clock for
I the Christmas Cantata, “A Chorus
I in the Skies,” which will be pre-
I sented at the Central Baptist
I Church on Sunday evening, De-
L cember 12, at 8 o’clock.
Extensive work has been put into
| the music and the colorful pageant
depicting the Chrismas Story, un-
der the direction of Mrs. T. C. Har-
well, assisted by Mrs. John K.
L Bower at the piano.
) Mr. and Mrs. J. U. Shine and
their committee are working on the
humble stage setting for the man-
ager, and a beautiful outdoor set-
ting where the shepherds will
watch their flocks, and where the
angels will sing, “Glory to God
in the Highest, Peace on Earth,
Good Will to Men.”
Last year there was not suffi-
cient seating room for the crowds
attending the pageant, and this
year arrangements for extra seat-
ing capacity will be made. The
public is cordially invited. There
will be a free will offering taken
for the benefit of the orphan chil-
dren at the Buckner Orphans Home
in Dallas.
good buy and they take minimum week’s effort hits the mail. But we
transportation space, ODT pointed wouldn’t be surprised—not after
out. the siege of unpleasant situations
Nicols, executive secetary of the
Tuberculosis Association.
As evidence of the interest
people in this state are taking in
the campaign against tuberculosis,
Miss Nichols picked out a few
letters from the thousands enclos-
ing contributions to futher tub-
erculosis work in Texas.
One letter from a well—known
attorney read: “Herewith I gladly
enclose you two dollars to cover
Christmas seals mailed mo. It
gives me pleasure to, contribute
this small bit to such a grand cause.
I hope that in the use of these seals
at Christmas time I may arouse in
some tired person’s heart a child’s
hope, faith and love—in this war
torn world.”
Another was from a mother who
purchased seals in the absence of
her son to whom they were
addressed: “My son and his wife
are in the army, hein the air corps
and she in the W.A.C. I am send-
ing a dollar to pay for one sheet of
seals. Wish I could do more, but
just don’t have the money.”
A business firm wrote: “Enclosed
find our check for $10 in payment
of the $3 worth of Christmas seals
sent us. You may send seven more
sheets. This is a worthy cause and
we are very glad to contribute.”
From a West Texas community
came this letter written by the
brother of a soldier to whom the
seals were addressed: “My brother
is in the service, stationed (in
California. So I am sending you
two dollars and will send the seals
to him.”’
Many very old people are regular
contributors. This came from an
old couple in East Texas: “Enclosed
find $1 for Christmas seals. We are
old and feeble, 85 and 75 years old,
but hope we can do this again in
1944.”
A former tuberculosis patient
wrote: “Enclosed find $2 for the
Christmas seals you sent me. I
spent six months in a sanatorium
and I know how worthy this cause
is. I am now an arrested case and I
do greatly appreciate what has
been done for me. So I can say
God bless you all—and may all the
seals be sold,"
cents prices on all inds of meats
and soap, these community maxi-
mum prices provide a guide which
covers the cost of more than 80
percent of all food items,” said Mr.
Tully. “As quickly as it is posible
other items are placed under dol-
lars-and-cents ceilings. Turkeys,
certain fresh vegetables and malt
beverages ,in counties where these
are sold, are examples of this dol-
lars-and-cents program instituted
by the OPA for the householder’s
convenience.”
With the arrival of the new com-
munity maximum price charts,
members of the price panel and
price panel assistants of the local
War Price and Rationing Board
The Woodrow Baptist W. M. U. will begin again their good-will
met in the church Monday after- ! visits to their grocers. If there are
noon for a lesson from the 29th
Military Analy sl Speaks
At Kiwanis Meeting
Tuesday Night
“The War and After the War,”
was presented by Don Mitchell of
Huntsville, military analyist and
Professor Government at S. H. S.
T. C., Tuesday night when the Ki-
wanis Club entertained with “La-
dies Night,” at the Community
Hall.
Professor Mitchell was introduc-
ed by Victor Randell of Huntsville,
Lieutenant Governor-elect of Ki-
wanis District, who in turn was
presented by Supt. L. D. Self, pro-
gram chairman.
Prof. Mitchell touched on prac-
tically all of the battlefonts, and
expressed his idea of what would
have to be done to defeat the Axis
nations and the post-war proced-
ure in government necessary. He
said that in his judgment, the sec-
ond front was ominous—for Axis—
and would begin in a short time.
Prof. Mitchell estimated 150,000
Japs had been destroyed since
Pearl Harbor, in the South Sea Is-
lands. He stressed the fact that our
victory was certain ;over Germany
it was a matter of months, but over
Japan he expected a long war,
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Farmers are 1 equired to file dec-
larations of estimated 1943 income
and victory tax and make a pay-
ment by December 15. Farmers
who elected to make declarations
September 15 when most other
persons made them, will need on-
ly to make an installment payment
December 15. Persons who made
declarations September 15 and
wish to amend them or those who
made no declarations but since
have had a change in income to
require them, also should file by
December 15. Persons with tax in-
stallments due on that date will re-
ceive and have received bills from
the local Collector of Internal Rev-
enue.
separate the words in tils
fence — wouldn’t drop. Coaxing
failed, so we unscrewed the key-
board screw, swung the ponderous
thing around—and something else
popped] The very vital little piece
of steel which worked the space-
band release had broken in two.
And you can’t operate a Linotype
without spacebands. And the near-
est Linotype factory is now making
bomb sights for Uncle Sam’s war-
planes, and besides it is located in
New York.
But we weren’t licked yet. Step-
ping to the phone, we called the
head machinist who takes care of
the twenty-odd machines for the
Enterprise company, and he agreed
to come to our rescue at six-thirty
p. m. At a quarter to seven, as the
editor was sitting there glaring at
a machine which wouldn’t go, the
young man walked in, unwrapped
his tools, and prepared to tackle
the job.
Three hours and fifteen dollars
later we turned on the juice, tap-
ped the spaceband lever lightly,
and it worked like new! Now, we
thought, our troubles are over.
But that was only Tuesday! Just
wait till you hear about Wednes-
day.
Wednesday, the form containing
two pages of this paper was put on
the press, the big electric motor
started, and out the pages came in
their usual beautiful print. Seven
hundred and fifty two sheets went
through the press, and before com-
pleting the run, we had to shu
it down for a few minutes to take
care of some other chore. And
when we went back, threw the
switch that controls the motor and
prepared to get the job done early,
the motor growled a couple of
times, shook itself and then died!
And that is where it is right this
minute as these lines are being
written. We have called Morris Van
Winkle, who we hope can do some-
thing about it, and if he does, you
Chapter of Genesis, including
questions and answers. The group
planned part of their Christmas
program, and will complete this
planning next meeting day. There
were eight members and one vis-
itor present. There was a prayer
said for Mrs. Estill Jones, who en-
tered the hopital Monday for treat-
ment.
, KOUNTZE BRIEFS
L, Honoring her daughter, Paula
■ Kay, on her sixth birthday, Mrs. R.
■C. Brackin entertained Sunday af-
y ter no on with a lawn party. After
an hour’s entertainment of con-
tests and games were enjoyed, re-
freshments of cake and cream were
served. Those attending were: Ann
Hooks, Betty Nan Seale, Katy
Parks, Pate Graham, Majorie Ann
Graham, Claudette Vaughn of Port
Arthur, James Long, Thomas Cole-
man Williams, Buddy Parker, Jer-
ry Griffin of Nederland, Renee
Hart, Mary Jane Selman, Durwood
Richardson, Doderidge Lee Creel
of Beaumont, Era Beth and Myra
Gene Wren, Clara Ann Creel, Cecil
William Tebbs, Marion Tebbs,
Gwen Marshall, Fem Shismot,
James and Buddy Allums, Ruth
Ann Edgar, _elma Lois Thornton
and Lounice Taylor.
Sgt. J. W. Crow of Brooks Field,
San Antonio, is spending a few
days’ leave here with his mother,
Mrs. Mary Crow.
I , Ira Waddell, a student of the
L Kountze high school, left Sunday
I for San Diego, California, where
I he will report for duty with the
I Marines.
| The honor rolls for the past six
। weeks for students of the Kountze
I high school has been announced by
I Nelson O. Long, superintendent.
The senior honor roll includes: J.
I F. Lack, Wyvonne VIilliams, Ila
I Mae Williams, Evelyn Wooten,
I Sallie Tumlinson, Bess Edd Rogers.
I The junior roll includes: La Jean-
i ne Wooten, Syble Kimmey, Rose
1 Ida Brown, Virginia Coe, Juanita
B Ward, Joyce Willis. The sophomore
roll includes: Erminie McNeely,
Alice Louise Slocum, Mary Sue
Williams, Patsy Ruth' Marshall,
Rama Joyce Slocum, Bryant Wad-
dell, Reitha Frances Thomas. The
freshmen class roll includes: Sonja
Overtreet, Delores Dahl, Donalene
Lindsey, Mildred Oliver, Mary
Katherine Coe, Joyce Faye Wil-
liams.
Mrs. H. A. Coe, Mrs. Jessie Cros-
k by, Miss Patsy Ruth Marshall and
I Miss Virginia Coe spent Wednes-
I day in Houston visiting Mr. J. C.
■ Hancock, who is ill in a hospital
I there.
Miss Betty Emily Marshall re-
■ turned to her studies at North Tex-
■ as State Teachers College in Den-
■ ton after spending four days here
■ with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
■ Oscar Marshall.
■ Miss Sarah Nees of Waco, spent
i last week here visiting friends.
Miss Nees was formerly connected
I with the old age assitance office
I here as special investigator.
1 Miss Emily Lou Roser spent this
week in Silsbee with her mother,
who is ill.
g Miss Hazel Son, former Hardin
B county health nurse, spent this
■ week here visiting Miss Coarline
H Wallace. Miss Son is with the Or-
■ ange county health service.
about four o’clock in the a
ance grants will be raised a flat , the spacebands—the thi
Old Age Pensions
Increased
John H. Winters, Executive
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Grand Lodge of Texas. They re- out for the holidays? And two
Texas’ quota
the 1943
Legion and K. of P.
To Celebrate Year
Of Work Together
The American Legion
War Chest Drive
N. A. Cravens, chairman of the
recent United War Chest Drive
in Hardin county, today released
the final figures on the drive for
the county. These figures showed
that this county oversubscribed
her quota by $1,506.21 .raising a
grand total of $9,076.21 during the
drive.
The quota for the county was set
by the state leaders at $7,573.00,
which at first seemed more than
anyone hoped to raise, but Mr.
Cravens and his workers went to
work, and did the great job of ov-
ersubscribing the quota.
The amounts raised in differentt
parts of the county are as follows:
Silsbee (including Fletcher,
Knights of Pythias organizations,
co-owners of the Community Hall,
will celebrate their first joint
friendship meeting by presenting
a novel entertainment at the hall
on Saturday evening, December
1’, at 8o’clock.
The program follows:
Advancement of Colors; Intro-
duction of Sponsors; Group Sing-
ing of Christmas Carols; Numbers
by the Fowler School of Dancing;
Sketch by Mr. B. J. George of
Beaumont; Address by Rev. E. A.
Maness, pastor of Methodist
church; Group Singing of Patriot-
ic Song; Presentation of Door Priz-
es; Male Quartet, and Retirement
of Colors. There will be a probable
number by the Beaumont K nights
of Pythias.
The public is especially invited,
no admission and nothing to sell,
according to G. C. Brackin, Com-
mander of the American Legion,
and L. P. Skinner, Chancellor
Commander Knights of Pythias.
CHRISTMAS SEAL SALE
IS GOING WELL
The first ten days of the 37th
annual Christmas seal sale to
finance the fight against tub-
erculosis, “once again proves that
Texans are the most generous
people in the world when it comes
to support of catises they be-
lieve in,” according to Pansy
20c over November payments when
December checks are written. The
welfare director said that the
$2.64 cut in each grant, which has
been in effect for several months
because of insufficient money, will
'be reduced to $2.44 this month
when $3,718,489.16 is distributed
to 180,511 aged persons in an aver-
■age payment of $20.95 The rolls
made a net decline of'1,332 cases
between Nevember and December
payments, due principally to better
employment conditions and to a
general increase in resources of
recipients, the director said.
Four thousand six hundred
eight-one blind persons will be
paid $114,942 in December in an
average grant of $24.56. This is
practically no change in the rolls,
being a net increase of only nine
recipients and $27 over November
rolls.
The Aid to Dependent Children
program sustained a net loss of
289 families with 600 children dur-
ing November. The December rolls
call for $221,052 in average pay-
ments of $21.28 to 10,389 families,
representing 23,000 children.
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CHANGE IN GASOLINE
COUPONS
Motorists are reminded by OPA
that their old “B” and “C” gaso-
line coupons continue to have a
value of two gallons each in the
east and mid-west and three gal-
lons in the far west. On December
1, however, all new “B” and “C”
coupons issued to motorists whose
supplementary gasoline rations ex-
pired, became good for five gal-
lons each throughout the country.
Although each new coupon will be
good for more gallons than before,
motorists will not receive any ad-
ditional gasoline because ration
books will have correspondingly
fewer coupons.
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ODT ASKS HELP FOR SANTA
Christmas shoppers have been
asked by ODT to lend Santa Claus i will read this column today. If he
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New Type Gas Coupons
To Be Issued
To aid in enforcement of gaso-
line rationing, “T” coupons issued
for use in 1944 by commercial ve-
hicles and taxis will be in strips
rather than in book form and each
coupon will be serially numbered,
the Office of Price Administration
announced today.
The action also provides that car
owners themselves rather than
ration boards or automobile regis-
tration officials must note new
license numbers on their ration
books and tire inspection records.
The “T” strips, similar to strips
of motion picture tickets, are to be
isssued for use beginning January
1, 1944, in a new identification
folder containing on the front all
of the information (such as name
of operator, make of car, etc.) pre-
viously noted on the cover of “T”
Book. In addition, local boards will
mark on the folder the range of
serial numbers of the ration cou-
pons enclosed within. This folder
must be kept with the coupons.
Under the new plan of issuing
। “T” coupons in strips, only coupons
within the range of serial numbers
written on the outside of the fold-
er may be used by operators of
commercial vehicles and taxis in
obtaining gasoline.
New OPA Prices
Received Here
New Community Maximum
Prices, effective December 15,
reached the local Price and Ration-
ing Board this week, and will be on
display in grocery stores the ef-
fective date, according to Stephen
J. Tully, Jr., Houston District OPA
Director. The new charts are the
first issued since September 15,
and show little change in commod-
ity prices.
“Home makers are urged to ac-
quaint themselves with the prices
on these new charts,” said Mr.
Tully. “These are the legal OPA
ceiling prices which apply until
new charts are issued, which will
be in approximately three months.
In addition to the charts posted, all
stores are required to post their
classifications.”
“With the legal dollars-and-
Loeb, Smart and Caney
$4,915.65.
Kountze and Village
$1,443.17.
Sour Lake, $1,061.88.
Saratoga (including
are needed for other types of lives-
tock. And farmers still are re-
quired to sell within ceiling prices.
Also, they still are required to
collect ration stamps for farm-sold
are required to turn these stamps
into the OPA.
The temporary removal of the
need for a permit or license for
farm slaughter does not change
the necessity for ordly marketing
of hogs in November, December,
January and February. It was
mainly to open another channel
to relieving the congestion in dis-
posing of nation’s bulging pig crop.
WFA officials caution, however,
that before sending hogs to market,
farmers should find out from their
market agency whether they can
be handled.
W. P. BARRETT,
County Agricultural Agent.
Ration Reminder
Gasoline—In states outside the
east area A-9 coupons are good
through January 21.
Sugar—Stamp No. 29 in book
four is good for 5 pounds through
January 15.
Shoes—Stamp No. 18 in book
one, good for 1 pair. Stamp No. 1
on the “Airplane” sheet in book
three, good for 1 paid.
Meats, Fats—Brown stamps L.
M. and N. good through January 1.
Brown tamp P becomes good De-
cember 12 and remains good
through January 1, 1944.
Processed Foods—Green stamps
A, B and C in book four, good
through January 20.
Silabee Slug
By David Read
The editor can well understand
the trials that poor old Job under-
went back in the early days, and
he must have full credit for his
patience. Because this has been a
week of trials at the Bee office,
when for some unaccountable rea-
son, everything in the shop has re-
fused to run.
First thing, it happened on Mon-
day. Two pages of the paper were
ready to go to press, but needed
a couple of corrections, so we
grabbed the Blue Streak, shifted
magazines to get the right size of
type, and bingo, something pop-
ped. It wouldn’t work.
Searching for the trouble, we
discovered that a little old mat—
the thing that moulds these very
letters you are reading—had fallen
down behind the magazine and
bent a rod in the shape of a half-
moon. And that rod, which has
ninety (90) narrow slots in it, in
which work ninety (90) slender
steel reeds, had to be removed,
straightened out, and put back in
the proper place, which was a very
inconvenient place to work. Every
time we thought we had the job
well under way, one of those slen-
der reeds would slip out of the
slot, and it all had to start over
again.
Finally, after four hours of tire-
some toil, we got the machine back
together, and believe it or not, it
worked.
But that wasn’t the end of our
troubles. That was only Monday.
Tuesday came along, and every-
thing went along smoothly until
i vzeeks from today the Christmas
'issue of the Bee hi . the 19 If
you haven’t got 3
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The Silssbee Volunteer Fire De-
partment is selling tickets to the
preview of “This is the Army” to
show at the Palace Theatre at 9
o’clock Friday night. The entire
proceeds of this show go to the
Army Emergency Relief fund. See
any member of the fire department
for your ticket to this great show.
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Read, R. L. The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. [33], Ed. 1 Thursday, December 9, 1943, newspaper, December 9, 1943; Silsbee, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1491170/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Silsbee Public Library.