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92 Elected Officials Are
Serving In County
New York, Feb. 10—For its ment of Commerce, based upon The North Central States, With
size, Hardin County has more
elected officials on its payroll
than most communities
across the country.
A comparative study of the
governing process shows that
the local area is administered
by 92 elected officials, equiva-
lent to 32 per 10,000 popula-
tion.
Throughout the U n i t v d
States, by way of comparison,
the average number of elected
officials at the local level is 26
per 10,000 people. The State of
Texas average is 21.
The figures are from a re
port released by the Depart
WWI Vet Units
To Hold Saturday
Meeting In Spurger
Second pistrlct Veterans of
World War One and auxiliaries
will meet-Saturday, Feb. 22, in
the educational building of
First Baptist Church of Spur-
ger.
A joint meeting will be held
at 10:30 a. m. Presiding will be
Harry Bruton, Woodville, and
THURSDAY, FEB. *0, 1969
Read Luke 10:25-37
“The second (command-
ment) Is this, ‘You shall love
your neighbor as yourself’."
(Mark 21:31, R8V)
Several miles In the distance,
St. Louis’ magnificent Gate-
way Arch on the bank of the
Mississippi River appeared to
„ _ „ _ us to be a mere black hairpijh
Grace Sheffield Spurger. On silhouetted against the cloudy_
this panel will be Rev. John
Mills, Bronson; Pru Benson,
Kirbyville; Wendall Martin,
its recent Census of Govern
ments. It is the first such sur-
vey since 1962.
Nationally, it shows, there
are 508,720 elected officials in
local government positions.
TODAY’S
Meditation
The World’s Most Widely
Used Devotional Guide
from
about one-fourth of the total serving Hardin County, 27 arc
connected with the count/ It-
self, 17 with municipalities, 38
with school districts and 10
With special districts.
In localities where there are
officials serving more than one
unjt Of government, the totals
population, accounts for nearly
half of them. Texas has 22,504.
In various parts of the coun-
try, it Is found, the ratio’ of
elected offlpials( to population
varies widely from the general
average.
there are great differences in
local government setups. In
most of the South, for example,
there is a comparatively sim-
ple governmental structure
which makes no provision for
organized townships.
Also, their school systems
commonly involve larger geo-
graphical areas than elsewhere
and are more widely adminis-
tered by appointive rather than
elective boards,
Of the 62 ttected MtieiUls
The reason for it is that have been adjusted according-
ly.
All told, according to the
Commerce Clearihg H o u* e,
there are nbw somfe 81,243 lo-
cal governments in operation
In the United States. This rep-
resents * reduction of about
10,000 from the number coun-
ted in 1962.
The drop was due, primarily,
to the decrease in the number
6f school districts, through con-
solidations.
Vh Million Highway
Maps To Be Distributed
Ftk 24-28
MONDAY: Barbecue oil
bubs, French tries, carrot and
celery sticks, pear salad, took*
lea, milk.
TUESDAY: Fork patties
Hce, gravy, ftridd blackeyed
peas, tosswl salad, yellow cake
with chocolate icing, rolls and
tnilk.'
WEDNESDAY: Italian spa-
ghetti, lettqce and tomato sal-
ad, purple hull
Dallas; William L. Caylot, Dal-
bright sky. Actually, it is over
six hundred feet high.
By the time we reached the
base of the structure surfaced
las; Mrs. Jessica Duhr, district stainless steel, the sun had
president; Mrs. Leora Caylor, broken throUgh the clouds. The
Dallas; Arthur
Beaumont
After lunch separate meet-
ings of the Barracks and Aux-
iliaries will be held, at 1:30
p. m. with District Commander
Austin—A field of bluebon-
nets beside a Central Texas
stream enhances the cover of Parks.
partment Tourist Bureaus and
Visitor Centers and State
the 1969 Official State High-
way map released recently by
the Texas Highway Depart-
ment.
Like the bluebonnet, the map
is a perennial favorite of Tex-
as motorists. Approximately
1.2 niitllon maps were distribu-
ted last year and projections
for 1969 call for distribution as
G. Lundine, arch becarne a .silver beacon, high as 1.5 million.
Added this year are 127 miles
on the Interstate Highway sys-
tem. They include important
links on IH 40 from east of
reflecting its blazing rays for
miles.
How often persons—perhaps
a neighbor—appear to us as but
silhouettes until we come clos-j Amarillo to the New Mexico
A. G. Lundine, Beaumont, and-er to them! It is by meeting!border and 20 miles of IH 635
District president Jessica Duhr. and talking together that we in the Dallas area from IH 35E
Buna, presiding learn to understand them. In eastward to IH 30.
All World War I veterans, many cases only then do we
their wives and widows are in- realize their true stature. This
vited,
Lundine said.
we especially discover when
we give them a helping hand,
offered with a smile and kind
words. Then we see a reflec-
tion from them which reminds
us that God ha* created them
in His image. On their faces
we see a glimpse of the glory
of God.
PRAYER. O Lord, let Thy
love and power possess me.
2 Silsbee Boys
To Participate In
Cali Scramble
Lm Through me may the brother.
Show and Ilodeo, to be held, ^
Feb. 19 through March 2, will UV - i
have two Silsbee boys partici- ™nc.od h> 'ny expref bIm-
paling in the calf ' scramble. I‘Therl,,ness‘0 ™-v nelghbor’ For
p . jJesus sake. Amen.
ts Tit,«,ArVl THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
The Houston LnestockT ]q God enough
Show’s calf scamble w.il again! f j He aso ]ov»,
qual.fy as the “world s great- neighbor as Himself,
est ’ when the first of a series: r . - ,
of 16 contests take place. Whem Benjamin C. LeRoy
384 boys scramble for 192
(Kentucky)
-•-
Jobs Available
For College Grads
In Many Fields
calves, each contest becomes an
exciting highlight of the show.
In 1942, when the first
scramble was held at the Hous-
ton Show, only 24 calves were
awarded. There was no idea
that the project would put over
a million dollars in livestock
into the hands of Texas boys
in the next 26 years. | College Station, Feb. 12—If
Since then, the calf scramble you complete a college educa-
has become so popular withi tion, a job awaits — if you are
rodeo audiences that there has in the right profession,
been a contest in every per- Mrs. Wanda Meyer, Exten-
formance of America’s Wildest sion home management spCcial-
Rodeo. 1st, reports that although 1966
Businessmen sponsor thejabd 1975 projections predict
calves in the Calf Scramble by the demand for college-educa-
contributing $200 for a dairy.oi ted workers will balance the
beef calf. Every cent of these I supply, an imbalance within
contributions goes into the | professions is expected.
’’Calf" fund for a certificate There will not be enough
for a boy. Many of the spon-1 physicians, dentists, engineers
sors become personally inter-
ested in '“their" boy and fol-
low up his activities through-
out the ensuing year.
and physical scientists, she re-
ports from a Department of La-
bor survey. A surplus of school
teachers, mathematicians and
The purpose of the Calf life scientists is expected.
Scramble is to encourage and
ftirlher the education of 4-H
Club boys and FFA boys in the
Raising, feeding and breeding
of high quality cattle in Tex-
as and all the participants find
it most rewarding.
At each performance 24 boys
are lined up within a square in
the center of the Astrodome,
and 12 calves are turned loose.
At a signal, the boys race
About 6.2 million college
graduates will be needed by
1975. Professional and techni-
cal fields will call for 4.3 mil-
lion; managerial occupations .9
million; sales and clarical .7
million and .3 million will be
needed in other fields.
Nation’s colleges and univer-
sities are expected to confer
about 6.5 million bachelor and safety
first professional degrees over1
Almost 2100 miles of Inter-
state highways in Texas are
now open to traffic.
Reflecting rapid urbaniza-
tion of the State, a special in-
set map of the Longview-Kil-
gore-Tyler urban region is In-
cluded on the map. The inset
is similar to one added last
year for the Rio Grande Valley
urban region.
In addition, the Beaumont-
Port Arthur inset map has
been enlarged to include the
Orange area.
Texas' new chief executive,
Gov. Preston Smith, adds
words of welcome to travelers
using Texas highways. In his
message, he stresses the diver-
sity of the State and invites
motorists to use the map in
tours on the unexcelled Texas
highway network.
Visitors will find expert as-
sistance in planning travels ih
Texas at 11 tourist bureaus op-
erated by the Highway Depart-
ment, including the newest at
the Roy Bean Visitor Center
and Cactus Garden at Langtry.
Ten bureaus are marked on the
map. The eleventh is in the
Capitol Building in Austin.
Three additional pairs of
safety rest areas are shown
along Texas Interstate routes.
Each new safety rest area in-
cludes a comfort station, drink-
ing fountains, fireplaces, spe-
cial travel displays featuring
both Statewide and local points
of interest and handy map dis-
pensers. Motorists will appre
ciate the familiar shaded pic-
nic tables and fireplaces.
Altogether, the Texas High-
way Department has provided
approximately 1,100 safety rest
areas, roadside parks and scen-
ic turnouts for the safety and
convenience of highway users
in Texas.
Safety rest areas are desig-
nated on the map with a small
green square, roadside parks
with the familiar green dot
symbol.
Other helpful information on
the map includes listings of
Highway Department district
offices, Department of Public
offices, Highway De-
Back again this year is a
handy conversion table i n
Spanish for the benefit of Lat*
in American visitors. The table
converts kilometers to miles
and liters to gallons.
The Official State Highway
Map is one of the most popular
of more than 7.3 million pieces
of travel - oriented literature
distributed each year by the
Texas Highway Department.
Copies of the map are avail-
able at Highway Department
Tourist Bureaus and at Depart-
ment District offices.
Tourist bureaus and visitor
centers are located in or near
Anthony (El Paso), Laredo,
Orange, Waskom, Texarkana,
Denison, Gaiiiesville, Wi-
chita Falls, Amarillo, “Langtry
and ih the State Capitol at
Austin.
Trained travel counselors in
these bureaus and centers as-
sisted almost one million tour-
ists last year. •
The map also may be order-
ed directly by sending name,
address and ZIP code ot Texas
Highway Department, Travel
and Information Division, P. O.
Box 5064, Austip, Texas 78703.
peas, pineapple
tipside down cake, rolls, milk.
THURSDAY: Hamburg-
ers with lettuce, tomatoes and
Onions, potato salad, fruit pies,
milk.
FRIDAY: Fried flah with cat-
sup or tartar sauce, augratin
potatoes, buttered English
peas, cinnamon foils, fruit,’
rolls, milk. .....
Plney Woods TB
Association formed
Piney Woods Tuberculosis
and Respiratory Disease Asso-
ciation was chosen as the name
Of the 16-county area tubercu-
losis and respiratory disease as-
sociation at its first organiza-
tional meeting Saturday in
Woodvilie. Its headquarters
will be in Beaumont, and a
staff will be chosen to provide
services regulgfly for each of
the 16 counties.
Representatives of each of
these counties called together
by Joe K. Wells of Austin,
president of the Texas TB and
R.D Association, composed Sat-
urday's founding group.
The Plney Woods TB and
RD Association, a part of the
network of Christmas Seal or-
ganizations, will consolidate
former County tuberculosis as-
sociations.
Three committees were ap-
pointed at the Saturday meet-
ing-covering bylaws, selection
of staff, and nominations for
membership on the area board
of directors.
Mrs. Christine Read, R. N.
of Kountze, is a member of the
steering committee.
ter the calves, the idea being {the nine-year period, says the
to place a halter on a calf and Texas A&M University special-
coax it into the square. The 12
boys who accomplish this re-
ceive a calf certificate for cith-
er a dairy or beef calf, which-
ever they prefer. With his cash
Certificate he purchases the
best animal he can find. He
must then take care of the calf,
furnish monthly records to the
Houston Livestock Show
his sponsor, then return
ist. About 1.7 million master’s
degrees and doctorates are ex-
pected to be , conferred from
June 1966 to June 1974, more
than 100 percent more than in
previous nine-year period.
Expected surplus of teachers
is currently the largest occupa-
tion for women graduates. Mrs.
and Meyer suggests that unless a
his'larger proportion of women
animal to the Show next year
to be shown in either the Ju-
nior Dairy or Junior Breeding
Beef Division of the Houston
Livestock Show.
Salt Grass Trail riders will
begin their annual 5-Day, 90-
nYile ride from Brenham to
Houston on Saturday, Feb. 15,
and arrive in time to partici-
pate in the parade with riders
from 12 other trail rides Feb.
19.
Top RCA professional cow-
boys will be competing for the
largest rodeo purse in the
world — approximately $100,-
000. Stars for the show are Roy
Rogers and Dale Evans, appear-
ing Feb. 19-21; Wayne New-
ton, Feb. 22-24; The NasKfpe
Sound, starring Boots Ran-
dolph and Sonny James, Feb.
25-26; Jimmy Dean, Feb. 27-28,
and Jim Nabors as Comer
Pyle, March*I-2*^
enter other high demand pro-
fessions, the outlook for em-
ployment for college-educated
women may be less favorable
than in recent years.
Short supply of physicians
and dentists can be alleviated
only if steps are taken to ex-
pand sufficiently the capacity
of medical and dental schools,
she clarified.
PRIVATELY OWNED
Of the South’s 198 million
acres of forestland, 40 million
are owned by industry with 17
million in public ownership.
The vast majority—141 million
acres—in in miscellaneous pri-
vate hands.
Herein lies the gf<$f‘est op-
portunity for further substan-
tial boosts in the South's tree
farm totals now standing at 48
million acres, the Southern Pine
Association says.
Jacana Invades
Brazoria Refuge
For the second time this sea-
son, National Wildlife Refuges
in Texas have reported a wel-
come invasion from South
America. This time the invader
was a Jacana, a long-legged
South American which rarely
finds its way north of the bor-
der.
The Jacana is a bird of the
tropics, with exceptionally long
feet which enable it to walk
along atop lily pads and other
floating vegetation. The rure
sighting wqs reported by Ray-
mond Fleetwood, veteran ref-
uge manager of the Brazoria
National Wildlife Refuge on
the Texas Gulf coast. Fleet-
wood commented that this was
probably' the northernmost
lighting ever for the bird.
Last summer, two pairs of
’he South American Masked
Duck were found on the Ana-
huac National Wildlife Refuge
near the town of the same
name. These Masked Ducks
raised two broods of young1 on
the refuge where they were
seen by thousands of bird
watchers, and photographed
by local eomera enthusiasts.
Barnes Predicts No
Compulsory School
Consolidation
Austin—Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes
predicted defeat of the pro-
posed compulsory consolidation
of school districts in Texas.
“The Governor’* Committee
on Public School Education has
made many constructive rec-
ommendations. I feel that the
Texas Senate will pas* many
of them," Barnes said in a
statement released this week.
“However, I feel that the
Texas Senate will not pass
compulsory consolidation,” the
new lieutenant governor said.
Barnes added that the rec
ommendation to consolidate
school districts with less than
2,600 students will probably
fall on deaf ears.
“The Texas Senate and this
Legislature will probably write
an attractive financial incen-
tive program to encourage vol-
untary consolidation but will
not adopt laws making consoli-
dation compulsory In Texas
this year," Barnes said.
Compulsory consolidation and
other recommendations of the
Governor’s Committee on Pub-
lic School Education are in-
cluded in Senate Bill No. 2
which was ‘introduced last
week by Senator A. R
Schwartz of Galveston and
Senator Oscar Mauzy of Dallas.
The bill has been referred to
the Senate Education Commit-
tee.
Silsbee Tiger 'cagers ended district
the District 9-AAA'- basketball and a
season Tuesday night with a was in
win and a tie for fourth place, points.
Liberty was the victim of The
the Tigers’ one sided 69-48 vic-
tory in the Silsbee gym. Both
teams dosed the season with
7-7 records, tied with Cleve-
land.
Tiger Grady Walters won the
district’s scoring honors after a
19-point output against the
Panthers, even though he was
double covered most of the
game. High point man for the
game was Tiger Randy Kolls
with 22 points on eight field
goals and six free throws.
Liberty’s Mike Dunagun had playoffs'
pulled two points ahead of Wal-
ters last Friday in the district
scoring race, but his 13
total Tuesday again gave
lead to the Tiger ace.
Walters finished the 14-game
PEACEFUL MOMENT In
South Vietnam. A GI re-
laxes on tie base of a sta-
tue of Ute Madonna near
Saigen. Sandbagged build-
ings in background con-
trast with serene scene.
iscopal Laymen
To Spend Weekend
At Pineland Retreat
Laymen, and womfen of St.]
John’s Episcopal Church will
spend a weekend with the
Bishop of Texas, Rev. J. Mil-
ton Richardson, in a specially
designed dialogue prayer and
meditation event at Lakeview
Methodist Assembly in Pales-
tine, March 7-9.
The unique event .Will fea-
ture informal conversations wij
tore informal conversations
with the spiritual leader of the]
57-cqunty Episcopal diocese,
open group discussions and in-
formal talks by the Bishop on
problems which concern all
Episcopalians in the diocese, as
well as prayer and meditation, the annual program.
District
distrh
ieam, West
with a slim
9-AAA:
Livingston won the District
9-AAA cage title Tuesday^
night with a big 48-32 victory*
over Cleveland. The Lions,
with a 11-3 record, will meet
either Aldine Carver or A&M
Consolidated representing Dis-
trict 16-AAA, in the Bi-district
, r
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Final 9-AAA standings place
West Orange in second with
point 10-4, Jasper third with 8-6,
Silsbee, Liberty and Cleveland
tied for fourth at 7-7, Bridge
City seventh at 4-10, ahd Fort
Acres eighth with 2-12.
Di*ie Gore' Wins
Homemaker Award
Dixi* D; Gore has been nam-
ed 1969 Miss Betty Crdektt of
Tomorrow for Silsbee High
School here because she achiev-
ed the highest score in a home*
making knowledge and apti-
tude test which she took along
with other senior class girls in
her school Dec. 3, it has been
announced. She will be award-
ed a special silver charm.
Also, her paper has been en-
tered with those of other school
wlnhers in the state in compe-
tition for the title, State Hpme-
jnaker of Tomorrow. The win-
ner of this hoonr will be gran-
ted a $1,500 scholarship from
General Mills, Inc., sponsor of
PASTE ON POSTCARD
PLACE
ENVELOPE
W. H. Beauchamp
Receives Promotion
W. H. Beauchamp Jr. of
Lumberton has assumed the
responsibilities of maintenance
construction foreman for the
North Jefferson County section
of the state highway headquar-
ters in Beaumont. He replaces
Ray Shaw, who is deceased.
Beauchamp has been em-
ployed with the State Highway
Department since Jan. 6, 1954
in the Beaumont area. He has
been the assistant foreman for
the past 10 years.
Mr. and Mrs- Beauchamp re-
side on Hooks Road in Lumber-
ton.
Bridal Shower
Miss Louise McLean was the
guest of honor at a bridal
shower held in the fellowship
hall of the First Christian
Church Friday, Feb. 14, spon-
sored by the Christian Woman’s
Fellowship of the Church.
Wedding bells will ring for
Miss McLean Imd William
Thomas McQaUion of this city
the evening of Feb. 28, 7:30.
The public is invited to this
wedding.
Garden Club Plans
Visit To Nurseries
Silsbee Garden Club will
hive their annual fiiU trip
Tuesday and will visit garden
centers and nurseries in the
Beaumont area.
The members Will meet at
the parking lot of the First
Baptist Church and be ready
to depart at 9:30 a. m.
The gf-oup will have lunch
at Don’s Seafood and Steak
House in Beaumont. A short
business meeting will precede
the meal.
/ didn't join the Peace Corps for
the greatest reasons.Not what you'd
call altruism.
If you want to know, I joined
because I had this idea of doing
something I wasn't supposed to do.
I mean, go far away. See thit; •.
Expand my mind. That stuff
What I was supposed to do was
Marry a split-level house. I never
exactly intended to teach.
Maybe what I really am is, different.
And maybe I wouldn’t ever have
married a split-level house. Maybe.
But I couldn’t give up after college.
I wasn't ready, if you could say
that. I Joined the Peace Carps and
I went to Some, Liberia.
It was so wild and new and, you
know, definitely scary. A small
plane with no landing field.
People Packing my gear on their
heads, Hke a safari.
But then the Hollywood part of it
comes to an end. It ends, I think,
when you craft wash your hands
when you want to. Or go to
a nice John.
Or you feel tired when you go to bed.
A nice tired. / neoa worked before.
Really worked.
And then something different starts.
J taught kids. I taught teachers,.
Me. I went home with them.
I’d si end we'd all worry about
something. A pickup truck with a
busted fuel pump. Could I get some
American lipstick. Maybe mention
that a woman wouldn’t have to
have a million kids if she didn’t
want to. Malaria.
Then tke next day I’d think I was
just a teacher. Except there’d be
fried plantain for breakfast.
And you get a magazine. And you
think about America. Marlin
Luther King. And you don’t know.
J never seriously thought I would
change the world. Does anyone
believe it any more?
Then t come back. And I’Ut a
teacher. And I’ve been seeing this
guy, Ronnie..He’s a teacher. Wt
teach at P.S. 201. Its in Harlem.
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