The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 8, 1975 Page: 2 of 24
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Kinney of DiboU.
1116 North 5th Street
(Next to Kountry Kitchen)
COMPLETE LINE TRUCK AND PASSENCER G
TRUCK AND CAR WASH AND LUBRIC
Thursday, May 8, 1975
icfem Of Officials
; lien Around
A long Time
Hardin County Commissioner
Means says “he was a hit dog j
tofl many times.” As the fel- j
low used to say on the TV j
show, “Verrry interesting.” I j
can't help j but be, reminded of j
former .tax -asssesaor-collector, ;j
Willie Bean. .No county official j
has ever been ■ "hit” as. much'
as . he was by; lies, some mem-
bers of‘thejcopiniissioner's court
who (.consistently refused him
SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT SILSBEE, TEXAS;-
Published every Thursday at 410 Highway' 90, .SUsbee,
Texas 77688.
Subscription Rate: *4 00 per year In Hardin, Jasper,'
Mary Richard, Laura
Valedictorian
. Salutatorian
ROBBY EASON .
SANDY HERIARD
Dfatfs'---?
Jefferson Counties; $8.00 per year outside these ootpitles/ C
EDITORIAL STAFF "**:
R. L. READ
mna jjr.ur'i/i wnunmn
LEE KELLY _
MRS. PERN McADAMS _
MRS. LINDA NOLEN _
RICHARD WEATHERSBY
Editor and Publisher
Society and Personal Editor
_ Reporter-Photographer
____ Secretary
__— Receptionist
_ ■ Controller
Valedictorian At Warren
MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT
HAROLD LEIGH --_ Poreman-Operator
MRS. JOHN S. BASYE .......i Linotype Operator
JAMES JOHNSON , „■>----------i- Prinfor-PrelBman
BILLY JOE WILLIAMS-—--- Printer-Pressman
"Low Down”
FROM THI
Congreitional
RecordT^
By JOE CRUMP |
'xxxzstssrsi*
Mary Welch Richard, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. David
Welch of Village, Mm* has beeh
declared the valedictorian of
the 1078 graduating dass of
Warren High School. She has
four year scholastic aver-
of! 90.44.
.aura Worthy, with a schol-
astic average: of 08,62 is saluta-
tbrian of the, class. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Ben Wor-
thy of. Warreh.
Randy David, the high rank-
ing boy,, of the class has a four-
year average of, 03.44. Randy is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold
%
navis df -Warren.
. ' ■Other graduates with “A”
aye
rial:
•m
at
ar-
’ofn
reri;JoyFreeman, 94.04, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Artie Free,
tnan of Warren; Kathy Am
brose, 93.18, daughter of Mr.
and MrB. Ambrose of Village
Mills; Wlndell Brackin, 91.34,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Brackin of Warren; Micki
Prince, 91.33, daughter of Mrs.
Powers of Warren; Sharon
Smith, 91.14, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs, Smith of Warren;
Charlene Rice, 00.34, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Rice of
Village Mills; Suzanne Harris,
90,32, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Johnny V. Harris Jr. of War-
ren. r
Baccalaureate services have
been set for 8:00 p.m. Sunday,
“ ill;inMtHe,Warren Sch?0!
v be:, Kefd - af ’ 8 jO.l) pan. Thursday
- May 28, in :the Warren School
Auditorium. , , ■’ |
local Kountze Rag and it’s
“empty barrels editor”.
He never Jumped on a near-
ly blind man or anyone who
was twice as small as he. He
managed to hold his temper
which was strained to the
breaking point many times
While he was serving the peo-
ple of Hardin County.
Truly this underscores the
scripture, “He that ruleth his
spirit is greater than he t h a t
taketh a etty”. Maybe Means
should meditate on this awhile
I have heard he is or was Sun-
day School Superintendent???
Your truly,
George Wilson
,Rt. 2 Box 338
■' Kountze, Texas 77625
Graduate On May 28
Warren Junior High gradua- of 91.60 and Ralph Foreman
tion will be Wednesday, May
28, at 1:00 p.m. in the Warren
Junior High auditorium.
Highest ranking students for
the 1974-75 graduation class
are: '
Valedictorian - Robby Eason,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
Eason of Fred. Robby is gra-
duating with an average of
03.00.
Saluatorian - Sandy Heriard,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. J.
Heriard of Warren. Sandy’s
yearly average Is 92.50.
- The highest ranking boy is
Robert Shelton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Rpbert Shelton of Fred,
v JRohert’s yearly average is 90.00.
"i.^ie highest ranking girl is
has an average of 90.00.
PUBLIC HEARING
Notice to hereby given that the
SUsbee City Council meeting regular-
ly scheduled for Tuesday, May 13.
1873, has been postponed to Wednes-
day. May 14, 1975, at 7:30 p ro., in the
Council Chambers at City Hall.
/*/ James L. Hays-Mayor
Attest *
/»/ Edna E. Brown-City Secretary ■
PUBLIC HEARING
ice is hereby given Uuit the
ling and Zoning Commission will
noia a Public Hearing on a request-
ed zoning change pn Tuesday, May
20, 1875. at 7:30 P.M in the Council
Chambers at City Hall.
/*/ West Latham-Chalrman
Dr. H. I. Munden
CHIROPRACTOR
715 North 5th Streot
Phono 385-2611
*****
The Right Gift For
The Right Person
At The Right Price!
THE CARRIACE HOUSE
At the Traffic Light in Kountze
Phone 246-3033
■‘House
JAVIT’8 BILL OK’s
USE OF MARIJUANA
Senator Jacob K. Javits
(N.Y.) ”... I send to the desk
for myself, Mr. Cranston, Mr.
Brooke and Mr. Nelson for ap-
propriate reference, a bill re-
specting the decriminalization
of personal, private use of
marihuana ..,
“S.1450 the “Marihuana Con
trol Act of 1978, would change
existing Federal law in that it
would no longer be a criminal
offense to a person to possess
within a private dwelling up to
one ounco of marihuana for his
own use, or for the use of oth-
ers, so long as it, Is not possess-
profit,
“It would also no longer be
a criminal offense to possess In
public an amount not to exceed
one ounce of marihuana, if
such possession is Incident to a
private use and is not with the
Intent to sell It for profit
“Our bill would Implement
the civil fine approaah which
has met with demonstrated suc-
cess in the State of Oregon, In
that jurisdiction marihuana of- Marihuana and Drug Abuse re
fenders are given citations that
are processed like traffic tick-
ets. If the approach followed in
Oregon and in the bill We in
troduce today Were adopted
throughout the Nation, 90 per-
cent of all marihuana arrests
would be eliminated and
the indiscriminate wrecking of
people’s lives and careers
brought about by these unjust
laws would end . ..
“I do not support, and this
bill does not provide, for the
legalization of marihuana, and
I wish to clarify the distinction
between legalization and de-
criminalization.
"Legalization, as the term is
Used in the drug field,* means
that marihuana oouid^be*'leg-
ally sold, under appropriate
government con troll. This
could, though not necessarily
would, be similar to alcohol li-
censing. The important concept
here Is that both use and sales
would be legal.
■Decriminalization only per*
tains to the user. The user Is
taken out of the criminal Jus-
tice system, although selling
remains Illegal. This concept is
Intended to continue a dlscour
agement policy against marl*
Lamar U. Honor Society
Taps Three From Silsbee
ed with the intent to sell It for huana. By focusing the law en-
forcement attention against
t h e commercial traffickers,
rather than against the user,
over 90 percent of the marl*
huana arrests can be eUmlna*
ted.,
CRUMP'S GRASS
ROOTS COMMENT
Beaumont — Sixty
Lamar University Juniors and
seniors will be initiated into
Phi Kappa Phi, national honor
society, at 7 p.m. Wednesday,
May 7, in the Setzer Student
Center Ballroom.
Presentation of the annual $500
Phi Kappa Phi Teaching Ex-
cellence Award to a Lamar fa-
culty member will be a feature
of the banquet.
Dr. Russell Long, professor
of biology, will be guest speak-
er for the banquet. His
seven will be “Early Man on the Tex-
as Gulf Coast.”*
Senior students elected to
Phi Kappa Phi membership
rank in the upper 10 per cent
of the August 1975 graduating
class, and Junior* rank in the
upper five per cent of their
class.
Among the new initiates are
Melinda Bell, secondary edu-
cation; Charles R. Lewis, mass
communication; and Anna Jane
Craig Meigs, English, all of
topic Silsbee.
Sponsors Of Scholarships
At Lamar U. Are Praised
Beaumont — Sponsors of more thif JIB.OOO tn assistance
to top students from 25 area
sehdols.
Three graduates of Lumber-
Presidentlal Scholarships at
Lamar University wereTaised M
The National Commission on at a luncheon last week by Dr.
John E. Gray “for providing ton High and one graduate of
ports that, "The potential
harmfulhess of Marihuana to
the User is on a much lower or-
der of magnitude thah the po-
tential harmfulness of such
other drugs as alcohol, tobacco,
amphetamines, Mid barbitu-
rates . .
............
GORE’S SMOKEHOUSE
Smoked Bacon lb. $1.19
Smoked Ham lb. $1.29
Smoked Sausage lb. $1.49
Smoked Shoulder lb. $1.99
Smoked Bones lb. 69c
Hog Head Cheese lb. 89e
Pure Lard gal. $3.98
Pork Chops lb. 99c
Pork Bones lb. 49e
Pork Ham lb. $1.09
Pan Sausage lb. 89c
lb. 99c
lb. S9c
Last Rites Fer Eddie
Howard Sr., 29,
Are Held On Mai
iP*
ora from the Irea and recipients
ttf the scholarships. Initiated In
1973 as part of Lamar’s 50th
year celebration, • Presidential
Funeral
Howard Sr.
held at 1 p.m. May 4 in the
Hickory Grove Baptist Church,
under direction of Coleman Fu
neral Home.
Burial was In Hickory Grove
Cemetery.
He died April 26 of gunshot
wounds.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Georgia Mae Howard; four
song, Kevin, Eddie, Jr.; Elston*
and Cedric Howard, orte daugh-
ter, Yolanda Howard all -of
Silsbee, his mother, Mrs. Lillie
Pearl McKinney of Diboll, his
father, Joe Howard of Silsbee;
five brothers, Elester Whitmore
of Silsbee, Olee and Bobby Ho-
ward of Diboll, and OUie Mc-
not ohly dollars for the pro-
gram, but for givlnf hope, en-
couragement and inspiration to
deserving young men and wo-
men.”
The Setzer Student Center
luncheon brought together don
era from the Brea and recipient
Scholarships have provided tlonal Bank of Silsbee.
Silsbee High are among the 47
current Presidential Scholars at
Lamar University. They are
Robin Hawn, Sharon McNally
Dowden, ahd Margaret Lewis
of Lumberton, and Paula Webb
Of Silsbee.
Benefactors of the program
Include the Harain County Sav-
ings and Loan'Association, Sils-
bee State Bank, and First Na-
Edltor:
Sunday, May 11, is a very
special day. Not only is it Mo-
ther’s Day, but it also is the
first day of National Nursing
Home Week.
I am sure that many mothers
gte receiving better care and
more attention today because
of the Increasing range of ser-
vices provided by long term
care facilities.
Our home, as is every faci-
ity which is a member of the
Texas Nursing Home Associa
tion and the American Health
Care Association, is open to vi-
sitors at any time. However,
during National Nursing Home
Week we have planned a ser-
ies of special activities to ac-
quaint the community with our
services. During the week es-
pecially we invite the entire
community to visit our nursing
home.
The Silsbee Convalescent
Center will hold open house
Mother’s Day, May 11, from
2:00 tw 4:00 pjtii Yhetpuhlic is
invited.
I hope many of your readers
will tour our nursing home.
Sincerely,
Margie Anders,
Administrator
IMsiry Safar, daughter of Mr.
arid Mrs. Thomas Safar of Vil-
lage Mills. Miss Safar’s aver-
age is also 90.00.
The two highest ranking
girls and the two highest boys
of this year’s seventh grade will
be ushers at the graduation.
The two girls are: Jo Ann Cal-
laway, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Norman L. Callaway of
Fred, and Pam' Thigpen, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvis Thig-
pen of Warren. The two boys
are Bryan Griner, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Howard L. Griner of
Warren, and Ralph Foreman,
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Fos-
key of Warren. Miss Callaway’s
average for this year is 93.60,.
while Miss Thigpen’s is 93.00.
Bryan Griner holds an average
PINEHILL
SWIM CLUB
Open Every Day
Starting May 30
Lifeguard On Duty
Open 1:00 p.m. - 7 :Q0 p.m.
SWIMMING LESSONS START
JUNE 4-JULY 30
CALL ABOUT SWIM TEAM MEMBERSHIP
Phone 385-5311
#HopiR{lta1M
Sunbeam orCeneraf tlectric
Reg. $12.99
Workshop To Offer
On Economy
A‘ Workshop for parents will
be held’ today (Thursday) at
Roblnsoh Kindergarten library
from 8:30 a-.m.i to 2:15 p.m. It
is sponsored by.the ESEA Title
■I program.
This'workshop will be dlvid
edihto thifoe sessions, the first
from 8:30 to 10:00, will be
slide presentation on minor
home repairs and maintenance.
After the slide presentation
Henry Shavers,, maintenance
foreman for the school district,
will demonstrate how to make
simple home repairs such as
changing a washer in a faucet
to keep it from leaking and mi-
nor toilet repairs. Melvin Sha-
vers, from one of the local lum-
ber companies, will have home
appliances on display and ex-
plain the economical benefits
of careful purchasing.
During the second session,
from 10:20 until 12:00, Mrs. Toy
Smith from the home extension
tenter in Kountze will present
“Cleaning On A Shoestring”.
She will demonstrate how to
make home cleaning products
economically. After lunch, In
the 1:00 to 2:15 session, Mrs.
Melba Taff, from one of the
fabric shops in Silsbee, will
display different types of fa-
brics, patterns and accessories
She will offer advice and sug-
gestions for saving and sew-
ing.
Parents have been asked to
bring a sack lunch for the noon
break. Coffee and punch will
be furnished.
Last Rites For R. E.
Barclay Sr., 79, Held
On Saturday, May 3
Funeral services for Robert
Edgar Barclay Sr., 79, of Roe
ganville were held at 2 p.m.
Saturday at the J. O. Stringer
Funeral Home ip Jasper. Rev.
Clint Hines, pastor of Rogan-
v &&&£!£
Cemetery in Jasper. ' ,
He died Friday at the Jasper
Memorial Hospital after suf-
fering a stroke two weeks earl-/
ier.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Rena E. Barclay; two sons,
Rev. Ri E. Barclay Jr. of Sils-
bee, Randall C. Barclay of
Houston; three daughters, Mrs.
Edwina Neel of Nederland, Mrs.
Billie J. Ashmore of Houston,
Mrs. Bobbie J. Jeffrey of Bay-
town; one sister, Mrs. H. M.
Watts of Woodvllle.
Hand Mixer *9.96
Gingham Check Pattern, Porcelain enamel on steel — Choice of Colors
Cookware Set only $14.99
LADIES
Handbags
$
SPRINC COLORS
6 & *7
COOD SELECTION MATCHING ACCESSORIES, JEWELRY, SCARVES, ETC.
Choice of Blue Cornflower or Spice o’ Life
MENU-ETTE SET —KITCHEN STARTER SET—DOLLAR DAY SET
Corning Ware $12.95 - $25.98
Large Assortment of
Floral Pieces, Pot Plants, Arrangements
Flowers from *2.99
Teachers Sorority
Hears Book Review
Members of Texas Beta Eta
Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa,
national honorary teacher’s so*
rority, met in the home of Mrs.
Irene Holland for their April
meeting.
After a short business meet-
ing Mrs. Helen Read, an hon-
orary member of the chapter,
entertained those prsent with a
book review of “Upstairs In the
Whltehouse”, written by J. B.
West.
Mrs. Read, a retired teacher;
taught in Silsbee for many
years.
Hostesses for the
were Mrs. LaVerne Ross
Mrs. Irene Holland.
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CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our many
friends for the many kind
deeds and acta of sympathy
during the illness and loss of
our loved one, Robert Edgar
Barclay Sr. \
Rev. and Mr*. R. E. Berclay
and family
Nursing Hume Week
To It Us? 11-18
Silsbee Convalescent Center
and others across the U. S.
will celebrate Nursing Home
Week, beginning on Mother’s
Day, May 11.
“Mayor Hayes has proclaim*
ed the week of May 11-18 as
Silsbee Nursing Home Week
and urges all citizens to visit
nursing home patients during
this observance,” according to
Margie Anders, administrator.
Honorary Chairman for Na-
tional Nursing Home Week Is
Cesar Romero. “The theme for
this year Is *You Cate - We
Card/”
The Silsbee Convalescent
Center will conduct many act-
ivities during the week, inch ‘
lng an open house on Sundi
E-i.KLnSV
public to participate In this sa-
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LADY SUNBEAM SALON-STYLE
REC. $24.99
Hair Dryer only *16.88
Ladies—Good Selection Sixes and Colors
evening —
‘ " ’ Camp I
The
GirJ* met
present. The meeting was held
in the home of the Camp Fire
Guardian, Mr*. Hubert Black.
The program consisted of a
creative arts display and plans
for the yeat end ceremonial
were discussed. Refreshments
were served by the hostess,
Donna McKelthen.
Summer Gowns $3.00 to $4.50
Lime Carnival b Blue Carnival
26 Piece
cess Punch Set
LARGE SELECTION OF CARNIVAL CLASSWAR
$9.99
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5 & 10
DOWNTOWN SILSBE
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