The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 13, 1979 Page: 19 of 28
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NEW QUARTERS UNWRAPPED - Th« building had baan open for a week, but the
officers of First National Bank on Highway 96 in Silsbee held the ceremonial rib-
bon-cutting last Saturday. From left to right, First National Vice-President Stewart
Brown, President Nelson Long, Mrs. Charlotte Brooks, and Chamber of Commer-
ce President David Cobble.
NEWTON HOPKINS
Kiwanis Official
To Visit Silsbee
Club Wednesday
BY LOIS GROTE
The Kiwanis Club met Wed-
nesday at the Lumber Com-
pany. In the absence of a guest
speaker Kiwanians indulged in
a little friendly jesting. Pro-
gram Coordinator, Joe Bledsoe,
a dyed-in-the-wool Aggie, was
still gleefully basking in the
glow of the recent Texas A&M
13-7 victory over the Univer-
sity of Texas. He called upon
Newton Hopkins, a dyed-in-
the-wool Longhorn, and formal-
ly presented him with an
orange and white cap with the
7-13 score inscribed in large
maroon and white numbers on
the front.
Kiwanians are almost equally
divided between Aggies and
Longhorns and all enjoyed the
banter.
Dr. Jim Norwood introduced
two Key Clubbers, Clay Craw-
ford and Brooke Gilchriest,
president of the club. Paul
Miller introduced two guests,
Sam Bernardino and Arron
Satterthwaite.
Render Wilson is in charge of
the program on December 12
and his speaker will be Kiwanis
Lt. Governor, Karl Klein-
knecth, of Orange. Sammie
Wilson is program chairman for
the December 19 meeting.
First Caesarian
The first Caesarian Section
surgical procedure by which
both mother and baby sur-
vived is supposed to have been
performed by a Swiss fanner
on his wife in 1500.
Pfc. A. N. Allen Jr.
Completes Course
Marine Pfc. Albert N. Allen
Jr., son of retired Marine Corps
Lt. Col. A.N. and Kim C. Allen
ti Lumberton, has completed
the Basic Supply Stock Control
Course.
The seven-week course was
eonducted at the Marine Corps
Service Support School at
Camp Lejeune, N.C. The
eoorse was designed to prepare
students for future assignment
to supply administration and
Operation duties.
Students received instruc-
tion on the use of supply
publications and catalogs, plus
preparation and filing of naval
correspondence and directives.
Their studies centered on the
procedures used in the Marine
Corps to receive, issue, control
and account for government
property.
A 1975 graduate of Lumber-
ton High School, he joined the
Marine Corps in May 1979.
CARD OF THANKS
The family of Patrick H.
Landry gratefully acknowleges
the kindness and support ex-
tended to them in the loss of the
their father. Jeanette Love-
lady, Dale Landry, Pearl Tuck-
er, Gloria Smith.
Read the Book
Husband: “There's some-
thing wrong with this meat-
loaf. "
Wife: ",Don’t be silly. The
cookbook editor says it's deli-
cious. ”
13, 1979, Soctiea 1, Page 9
Services Held For
Mis. Anna Lou James
Funeral services for Mrs.
Anna Lou James, 58, of Hum-
ble were held at 2 p.m.
Saturday at Fanner Funeral
chapel with burial in the Franks
Branch Cemetery in Fred. Rev.
D. A. Calvin and Rev. W. L
Parton officiated.
She died at 1:80 a.m. Wed-
nesday in a Houston hospital
after an illness.
Survivors include her hus-
band, W. C. James of Humble;
a daughter, Mrs. Brenda Hugh-
es of Humble; four sons, Lloyd
James of Kountze, Howard
James and Glenn James, both
of Humble, and W. C. James
Jr. of Houston; parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John W. Lewis of
Silsbee; three brothers, A. C.
Lewis of Silsbee, J. W. Lewis
Jr. of Orange, and Milton
Lewis of Beaumont; three
sisters, Mrs. Mary Nell Hale of
Warren, Mrs. Lois Lund of
Dickerson, Texas, and Mrs.
Alene Goutreaux of Denham
Spring, La.
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Kirby Announces
Personnel Oranges
Wesley Gass has been ap-
pointed to the position of
production superinten-
dent-Silsbee Plywood, accord-
ing to an announcement this
week by C. B. Stevens, vice
president-manufacturing, Kir-
by Forest Industries.
Gass has been with Kirby
since June 1976, and has
worked as staff assistant and
supervisor - manufacturing
planning, he holds an MS
degree in management from
Texas A&M and resides in
Silsbee.
Frank Smith has been trans-
ferred to the position of produc-
tion superintendent-Bon Wier
Plywood. Smith, a graduate of
Jasper High School, has been
with Kirby since August 1974
and he and his wife Flora reside
in the Bon Wier area.
Hal Richards has been ap-
pointed to the position of
operations research analyst. He
has been with Kirby since June
1977, and has worked as sales
coordinator, administrative
assistant and staff assistant. He
holds an MBA from Texas
A&M and resides in Silsbee
with his wife, Christianne, and
son, Jason.
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A LIVE CHOIR will present the "SINGING CHRISTMAS TREE" on the grounds of the
First Assembly of God Church in Silsbee, located at 200 Durdin Drive (’/* block
west of Hwy. 96 S.). The dates are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Dec. 19, 20,
and 21, from 7:00-8:00 p.m. and a final singing Sunday, Dec. 23, 8:00-9:00 p.m.
Rev. J. A. Hendrix is pastor.
Drinking and Driving Is
U.S. No. 1 Safety Problem
Americans were shocked
when 275 people were killed
last May in the nation’s worst
air disaster, yet more than four
times that number are expect-
ed to die in traffic accidents
during the coming Christmas
and New Year’s holidays.
Many thousands more will be
injured in holiday traffic mis-
haps, according to the Depart-
ment of Safety and Research of
the Combined American Insur-
ance Company, which reports
that during last year’s three-
day Christmas and New Year’s
weekends, 1,100 were killed in
traffic accidents, for a total of
5i,500 highway fatalities for
the year.
The Insurance Information
Institute has determined that
about half of all highway
mishaps involve drivers who
have been drinking. A large
number of tipsy pedestrians are
also killed or injured every
year, adding to the carnage.
It has been established that
America’s No. 1 safety problem
is drinking and driving, despite
the fact that every state has
laws against driving under the
influence of alcohol and nearly
every safety organization has
mounted educational cam-
paigns on the subject.
What can and is being done
about it? New York State has
reduced the number of alcohol-
related convictions and acci-
dents through a program of
education and rehabilitation of
problem drinkers. Missouri is
approaching the subject with a
teen drinking and driving pro-
gram stemming from a study
showing that 90 percent of high
school students drink to some
extent.
The American Automobile
Association has published an
alcohol countermeasure pro-
gram developed at Columbia
University emphasizing the
dangers of driving after drink-
ing and urging motorists to
avoid situations in which they
might consume alcohol before
driving.
Wisconsin bartenders have
been attending seminars spon-
sored by the state government
to learn how to deal with
patrons who drink too much.
The Distilled Spirits Council of
the U.S., which represents the
distilling industry, has been
involved in a campaign stress-
ing "if you drink, don’t drive"
since the 1940’s and is credited
with the financing of develop-
ment of breath-test devices
used by police. The U.S.
Jaycees are conducting a na-
tionwide program urging re-
sponsible drinking.
In most states, a driver is
presumed to be intoxicated
when a blood test registers a
content of 0.10 percent or more
alcohol. To arrive at that state,
most people would have to
consume five or six ounces of
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However, the National Safety
Council aiai'itains that driving
ability is impaired long before
the legal alcohol limits are
reached.
Traffic statistics indicate in-
creased accident probability at
0.04 percent alcohol in blood.
For most drivers that would
represent 1V* to 2'/t drinks in
"A Christmas Carol”
To Be Broadcast
On Public Radio
BEAUMONT-The world
premiere of “A Christmas
Carol,” British composer Thea
Musgrave’s newest opera, will
be broadcast live on National
Public Radio member station
KVLU-FM (91.3), beginning at
1:30 p.m. Sunday (Dec. 16).
Based on Charles Dickens'
timeless tale of Christmas, and
set to a highly melodic score,
the Virginia Opera Association
in Norfolk will perform all the
familiar characters-Scrooge,
the Fezziwigs, Bob Cratchit,
the fateful figure of Marley’s
Ghost, the compelling Tiny Tim
and all the rest. Twelve singers
will create the multiple roles.
Says Ms. Musgrave, “In
writing an opera, I like to think
first in a series of vivid images.
And in ‘A Christmas Carol,’ it
was easy to visualize these
images in the setting of Dick-
ens' London-all foggy and
lamplit, where scenes would
cross-fade through the mist and
Scrooge's past be evoked with
mystery and dream-like light-
ing.”
The Virginia Opera Associa-
tion is now one of the outstand-
ing cultural attractions in the
state of Virginia, and the young
company (celebrating its fifth
anniversary season) is quickly
becoming a leading company in
the country today.
After its premiere of Ms.
Musgrave’s opera, “Mary,
Queen Scots,” the New York
Times’ critic Harold Schonberg
wrote, “There was no sugges-
tion of provincialism. The Vir-
ginia Opera Association was
absolutely tops by any stand-
ard.”
Musgrave has held a promi-
nent position in British musical
life over the past decade, with a
constant flow of her major
works brought to a wide
audience by the BBC and
performances at the Edinburgh
International Festival. In both
American and Europe, many of
her compositions are a part of
standard symphonic and cham-
ber music repertoire, and her
two recent operas, “The Voice
of Ariadne” and “Mary, Queen
of Scots,” are being hailed as
major achievements in the
music world today.
KVLU is a broadcast service
of Lamar University.
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an hour, a driver should wait an
hour for every drink consumed
before getting behind the
wheel.
For those who feel they must
celebrate the holidays with
liquid cheer, Combined safety
experts recommend the follow-
ing precautions:
-East a hearty meal and
drink milk before driving. That
helps absorb the alcohol you
imbibe later.
-Don’t drink highballs con-
taining carbonated water,
which speeds absorption of
alcohol in blood.
-Sip, don't gulp, pacing
yourself so that you give your
body a chance to absorb each
drink.
-Plan in advance to stop
after a certain number of drinks
and stick to that plan.
-Don't drink anything un-
familiar; be aware of what you
are drinking and how strong it
is. If someone serves you too
strong a drink, refuse it.
-Never drink to relax or
because you feel you really
need to, and never have that
“one more for the road” that
many a host and hostess tries to
force on guests.
And-forget about the notion
that a cold shower, fresh air or
black coffee will sober you up
for the drive home. None of
those measures have any effect
on the level of alcohol in blood.
If you’ve had too much to
drink-and know it-call a taxi,
ask someone else to drive you
home, or persuade your hosts
to let you stay the night.
“The best rule to follow is
that if you are going to drink
anything alcoholic, don’t
drive” a Combined safe driving
advocate advises. “And if you
are going to drive, don’t drink.
It’s the wise driver who accepts
the fact that drinking and
driving just don’t mix.”
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