The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1969 Page: 8 of 16
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IN DOUBLE PROMOTION
David Davenport Goes
From Private To Capt.
IANE And Baylor
To Sponsor 11th
School On Alcohol
Fort Bliss, Texas — It was
double promotion day for Cap-
tain David Elwyn Davenport,
son of Mr. and Mrs. David E.
Davenport of 515 Watts Road,
Silsbee. Captain Davenport
(middle) was first promoted
from a private by Colonel Dan-
iel A. Lennon (right), F§rt
Bliss Staff Judge Advocate, to
a first lieutenant ip the U. S.
Army Reserves and then to a
captain of the Army of the
United States. Also on hand
for the promotion was Lieuten-
ant Colonel A. A. Movsesian,
deputy Staff Judge Advocate.
The new captain attended Sils-
bee High School, Lamar Tech
at Beaumont, where he was
graduated with a bachelor of
science degree and then earned
his law degree from the Uni-
versity of Houston in 1968. A
member of the Phi Alpha Del-
ta legal fraternity, he entered
the Army in September 1968
and took basic training at Fort
Bliss. He has now been assign-
ed to the Staff Advocate Gen-
eral School at Charlottesville,
Va., for a 10 week course. Cap-
tain Davenport will then be
stationed at Fort Campbell, Ky
His wife, Dorothy, lives at the
Watts Road address.
Golf Is Big Business
Throughout Nation
College Station, Feb. 12 •
Golf course construction and
maintenance is big business in
Texas—about $15 million a
year.
On a national basis, invest-
ment in golfing facilities now
Istands at an estimated $2.12
billion.
It’s figures like these that
have brought increased empha-
sis on turf grass management
at Texas A&M University.
Dr. George McBee of the
Jubilee Committee
Discusses Plans
For Celebration
The Diamond Jubilee Com-
mittee of the Silsbee Chamber
of Commerce met in Silsbee
State Bank Thursday evening
with Robert A. Scott, chair-
man, presiding, and discussed
plans for a week long celebra-
tion of Siisbee’s 75 years of
history to be held Oct. 11-18
in conjunction with the annual
homecoming.
The. committee expressed
hopes that a carnival can be
secured and that a county fair
atmosphere can be created. In-
complete plans include an art
show with paintings depicting
the period, crowning of a Dia-
mond] Jubilee Queen, trail ride,
barbecue, street dance, beard
growing contest and other
events! If suitable location can
be found, displays of local in-
dustries and historians will be
made as well as results of a
quilting contest.
The next meeting of this
committee will be Thursday,
March’ 13, with location to be
announced later. Mr. Scott has
requested that all Silsbee or-
ganizations have representa-
tives present at the next meet-
ing as it is desired to have as
many people involved as possi-
ble in order that Silsbee may
have a celebration long to be
remembered.
A&M Soil and Crop Sciences
Department said teaching and
research in this field focuses on
turf production and manage-
ment in parks, home lawns, re-
creation sites, cemeteries
and industrial landscaping. But
considerable effort is aimed at
gold courses. Here is why:
National Golf Foundation fig-
ures show that the number of
golf courses in the United ject
States has risen from 5,691 in
1931 to 9,336 within the past Carman
few years. During that same
period in Texas, course num-
bers jumped from 275 to 424.
The figures include private,
semi-private and municipal
courses.
All this is fine, the agrono-
mist said, but there is the prob-
lem of keeping greens gnd fair-
ways in good shape under the
pounding and trampling o f o f
more feet, golf carts, mainten-
ance equipment, and grass ail-
ments than ever before.
The population in Texas is a
little more than 10.8 million,
which means there is an esti-
mated average of 23,844 per-
sons per golf course. In the
densely settled areas, that fig-
ure would be much higher.
McBee said not all these peo-
ple are users, but such statistics
indicate the importance of
careful course management.
“Texas ranks 38th out of the
50 states in number of people
per golf course,” he said. “This
means we have about as much
population as the courses will
The Eleventh Annual School
on Aleohol and Narcotics Stu-
dies, sponsored by Texas Alco-
hol Narcotics Education
(TANE) and Baylor Univer-
sity, will be held at Baylor in
Waco, Feb. 21-22.
Theme of the school will be
“Confronting Today’s Prob-
lems with Positive Methods."
It is designed for educators,
church workers, and social
workers.
‘The Cause of Alcoholism,”
and “Early Recognition of the
Alcoholic,” will be the subjects
of Jorge Valles, M. D., one of
the school’s featured speakers.
Dr. Valles is Director of Alco-
holism Research and Treat-
ment at the Veterans Adminis-
tration Hospital in Houston,
and Clinical Assistance Profes-
sor of Psychiatry at the Baylor
University College of Medicine.
He is the author of several
books, including “How To Live
With an Alcoholic.”
"Practical Help for the Al-
coholic and His Family” will
be the subject of Mrs. Geddes
Morris McLaughlin. She is the
Dean of the Baylor School of
Nursing, Dallas, and formerly
Director,- Galveston Public
Health Nursing Service, and
Supervisor, Dallas Visiting
Nurse Association.
“Relations of Smoking and
Lung Cancer” will be the sub-
of H. Frank Carman,
M. D., of Dallas, Texas. Dr.
is a specialist in dis-
eases of the lung, Associate
Professor of Medicine at the
University of Texas South-
western Medical School, and
former Chief of Staff, Terrell
State Hospital.
Other speakers and their
subjects include, Dr, F. C.
Vickery, Supervisor of Tem-
perance Education, Department
Education, Montgomery,
Ala.; “Positive Alcohol and
Narcotics Education in the
Public Schools”; and Donald
K. Fletcher, Distribution Pro-
tection Manager, Smith, Kline
& French Laboratories, Phila-
delphia, Pa.: “The Growing
Threat of Drug Abuse in
America.”
The annual school is subsi-
dized by TANE and Baylor.
Tuition, which includes some
$10 worth of printed materials,
and admission to a banquet and
breakfast, is $17.50. ^
‘Our purpose in sponsoring
this school is to enable school
teachers and church leaders to
better teach about alcohol and
drugs. These are the people we
depend upon to give our chil-
that certain time of year has
rolled around when Hardin
County residents who are grap-
pling with their income tax
figures have before them the
matter of tax deductions.
Are their itemized deductions
running bigger or smaller than
those of other taxpayers with
similar income? Have they
been giving more or less to
charity than most people in
their bracket? What about de-
ductions for medical expenses
and local taxes?
Some guidance, in answer to
these questions, comes from the
Commerce Clearing House, na-
tional authority on business
and tax law. The source of its
figures is the Internal Revenue
Service.
The CCH has just reelased a
chart, based upon these fig-
ures, showing just what the av-
erage-deduction is, by income
categories, for contributions!
interest, taxes, and medical
costs.
Among families with earn-
ings equal to the average in
Hardin County, the average to-
tal deduction is $1,570, equiva-
lent to about 19 percent of
gross income, the report shows.
For those with lower earn-
ings, the deductions taken usu-
of their income. The opposite
is the case in the higher income
brackets.
Local residents with adjust-
ed gross incomes of $7,000 will
hav/; deductions this year df
about $1,400 if they conform to
the average. For those who are
at the $12,000 level, they will
totdl $2,160, more or less.
In the lower income groups,
the figures reveal, the princi-
pal deductions are for local
taxes and for interest charges.
, People in higher brackets
also have such deductions, as
well as claims for medical ex-
penses and contributions which
increase as income goes up.
Nationally, of the $1,570 list-
ed as deductions by taxpayers
whose incomes approximate
the Hardin County average, the
report shows that $244 of it is
for contributions, $560 for in-
terest on installment debt and
other credit, $501 for local tax-
es and $265 for medical and
dental costs.
The Commerc e Clearing
House notes that these are
merely averages and not a
“how much can I get away
with” list. In any case, it adds,
claimed deductions must al-
ways be capable of substanti-
ation.
Joe Halter, member of the
Lions Club in Port Neches and
a candidate for the office of
District Governor for District
2-SI, was present and spoke at
last Tuesday's noon meeting at
the Silsbee Lions Club. Thirty
members and guests were pres-
ent for the meeting.
It was announced during the
business session that the Dis-
trict convention for 2-SI would
be held in Orange April 11-12.
Bob Flores announced a Zone
meeting for March 3, at the
High School in Spurger begin-
ning at 7 p. m. Flores said that
all members are invited and
that he needs to know by noon,
March 3, the number of meal
reservations.
The Board of Directors meet-
ing scheduled for March 3 has
THE SILSBEE BEE
Thursday, February 20, 1969
Silsbee, Texas
Section I, Page 8
Over $2 Billion Federal
AidlsGivenToStudents
College Station, Feb. 19—If dents.
college is in your future plans
but finances worry you, check
aids the Federal Government
offers, suggests Wanda Meyer,
Extension home management,
specialist.
Students in college and other
advanced training will receive
financial aid totaling more
than two billion dollars in the
current school year under fed-
eral programs, she says. Mrs.
Meyer is a specialist at Texas
been changed to Monday, Feb. A&M University.
24, 5:15 p. m., Neches National
Bank.
Leon Crum, a local attorney
and a member of the Club, will
present a program on law en-
forcement Tuesday noon, Feb.
25.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to take this op-
portunity to express our ap-
preciation to the many friends
and relatives who were so
thoughtful with cards, visits,
and phone calls. Special thanks
to the doctors and nurses dur-
ing the illness of our loved one,
David S. Barrow.
This figure includes direct
payments, subsidized loans
from federal and college funds,
loan guarantees, veterans’
benefits and payments for col-
lege to children of deceased
workers who were covered by
Social Security, Mrs. Meyer
adds. More than 3 million stu-
dents receive aid and many stu-
dents get more than one type
of assistance.
The Extension specialist ex-
plains the programs:
National - defense student
loans, with the Federal Gov-
ernment paying 90 percent and
colleges 10 percent, a total of
$183.7 million to 546,000 stu-
Guaranteed loans by private
lenders of $630.7 millions to
750.000 students.
Federal work-study program,
$149.7 million in wages to
360.000 students.
Educational opportun-
ity grants by the Federal Gov-
ernment to students from fami-
lies with low incomes, $136.3 to
293.000 students.
Social Security payments
past age of 18, normal cutoff
date, to children of deceased
or totally disabled workejrs,
$479 million to 466,000.
GI educational benefits to
veterans, $572 million to 818,-
000.
Benefits to children of veter-
ans who died or became to-
tally disabled as a result of ser-
vice, $38 million to 56,800.
Vocational - rehabilitation
training for veterans $31 mil-
lion to 19,600.
These estimates do not in-
clude about $330 million In fi-
nancial aid which colleges pro-
vide from their own funds or
many .millions more from
states, corporations and other
organizations, Mrs. Meyers
adds.
Time To Think
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carry. In the big city areas, ___________ __________
populations are often too high fjren right information. We
for available golf facilities.”
The agronomist said golfing
is hewing to a steady popular
ity increase* in Texas. About 30 tive Director.
hope, by these annual schools
to better equip them,” said Al-
bert F. Tucker, TANE Execu-
are currently under construc-
tion, some of them being built
with the help of government
loans.
Final Riles Held
Saturday For
TANE is a non-profit, edu-
cation organization, supported
financially by Texas churches.
Programs include publishing
books and teacher aids: produc-
tion of audio visual aids; a free
film lending library for church-
es, schools, and other organi-
zations; and a speakers bureau
of more than 100 men.
Dalton Lane Gels
BA Degree Jan. 18
Mrs. Nonie (lemenl Texans Drove Over
47 Billion Miles
Dalton Lane, the son
and Mrs. J. D. Lane of this
city, successfully completed all
the requirements for the
Bachelor of Arts degree at
Prairie View A&M College on
Jan. 18.
A 1965 graduate of the -for-
mer Waldo Mathews High
School, he entered Prairie
View in September, 1965 with
Funeral services for Mrs.
Nonie Metcalf Clement, 66, of
Silsbee were held at 2 t>. m.
Saturday in the Farmer Funer-
al Chapel. Rev. W. L. Williams,
of Mr Ipastor of Newton Assembly of
God Church, officiated. Burial
was in Resthaven Cemetery.
Pallbearers wdre Maurice
Metcalf, Charles H. Smith,
Sanford Jones. Earl and Merle
Kirchhbff and Rodney Seals.
Mrs. Clement died at 10:40
p. m.. Thursday in St. Elizabeth
Hospital, Beaumont, after a
long illness. She was a native
most of
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Upon graduation, £is parents She was a member pf the Sils-
received a letter from the Of-
fice of the Registrar at Prairie
View informing them that on
tne basis of high standards of
academic achievement the se
mester, he attained “Honor
Roll” status with a semester
average of 3 07. To qualify for
this honor, a student must have Mich.;
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grade below “C.&.
" Dalton'•■rec.qiv«A, is of
congratulations frorft Afie Presi-
dent, Executive Cabinet, qpd
the Prairie View Alumni Asso-
ciation.
bee Barracks Auxiliary o f
World War I veterans.
•Surviving are her husband,
Myron Clement of Silsbee;
two sons, Thomas L. of Zavalla
and Ronald Clement of Royal
Oak, Mich.; a daughter, 'Mrs.
Dixie McCarthy of Howell,
her mother, Mrs. Lula
Metcalf of Newton; two bro-
thers, J. W. Metcalf of Silsbee
and Kenneth Metcalf of Vi-
dor; four, sisters, Mrs. O r v a
Davidson of Newton, Mrs. Au-
drey Kirchoff of Silsbee, Mrs.
C. H. Smith of Lumberton and
Mrs. Juanita Downing of Koun-
tzc; 19 grandchildren, and eight
great-grandchildren.
Statistics indicate that Tex*
ans were on the move more in
1968 than ever before. The
American Automobile Associ-
ation reports that a total of
47,898,390,000 miles were rack-
ed up by passenger cars across
the state. To equal this figure,
astronauts Borman, Lovell and
Anders would have had to
make 208,254 trips to the moon.
Texans weren’t alone in their
travels — Americans every -
where topped old records, tra-
veling an estimated one trillion,
10 billion miles. In driving fig-
ures, that’s, 40,400,000 trips
around the wprld. .
The estimated mileage figure
for 1968 represents an increase
of 4.6 percent over 1967 mile-
age. The final figure for 1967
was 965 billion, up 3.7 over
1966.
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CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our friends
and relatives for the many
kind deeds shown us during the
loss of our loved orie, Thomas
A. Callaway.
The family of ■■
Thomas A. Callaway
The silsbee bee
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