The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 1975 Page: 6 of 20
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Austin — The Legislature is Charles C. Gaither of El Paso il health aid.
racing toward its closing date
with most of its major assign-
ments unfinished but with rea
to the Board of Control. | a bil to require that insur-
The Governor appointed Jo-ance liclcs be wrUten in un-
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sonable hopes of finishing many man of the Texas Board of Pri- derstandable language has pas-
| of them.
School finance debate began
this week in the House, while
the Senate Education Commit-
tee wrestled with its version of
how to help equalize education-
al opportunity.
When all is said and done,
!a bill in the $600 million range
vale Investigators and Private sed the Senate.
Security Agencies. j Comptroller Bob Bullock s
LOANS EXPANDED | agents seized enough liquor and
assets from three San Antonio
100,000
Qualified veterans can now assets from
borrow up to $15,000 to pur- liquor stores to cover
chase a minimum of 10 acres n dcliquent taxes.^
of land under the State Veter-
ans Land Program.
A new law raised the limit
taigue To Meet
Interested citizens have been
asked to attend the Negro
Cemetery League meeting Sat-
urday, May 17 at 7 p. m. at
the Masonic Hall on West Ave-
nue J and Fifteenth Street.
“Plans wil be made toward
putting our forces and funds
together to clean our cemetery
on Memorial Day, Frank Gar-
rett, president, said.
Spurred by a recent 22.7 per-
cent increase in eduction al-
lowances and economic condi-
tions, a record 74,548 veterans
enrolled under the GI Bill for
the first time in February,
pushing the total enrollment to
1.6 million, the Veterans Ad-
ministration reported recently.
seems likely to emerge, withfrom $10,000. The down pay-
JgL Jg§
school teachers assured of a|
I starting pay of $7,600 to $8,000|
a year.
The Senate has passed a billl
ment is five per cent on the
maximum loan, with a 40 year
payback period at five and a
half per cent interest.
I to establish a three - member SHORT SNORTS
ARTIST EXHIBITORS who will display their
works at the Silsbee Public Library May 17 are
these students of Mrs. William L, Miller. Pictured
are (front row, from left) Sharon Calk, Gretchen
Derkits, Meg Jeffrey, Rennie Ratliff, and Gena Mil-
Forest Products Group
Names Orth Vice President
ler. Standing are Wendy Olney, Kirsten Seabrooke,
JuHa Hardy, Andrea Hedleston, and Carol Cook.
Not pictured are DeDe McLlain and Mary Arvella
Perlitz. Hours of the show are 10 a. m. - 2 p. m.
this Saturday.
Washington, D.C. — Thomas
M. Orth, president of Kirby
Lumber Corp., has been elected
first vice president of the Na-
tional Forest Products Associa-
tion, a federation of 26 associa-
THOMAS M. ORTH
tions representing wood pro-
ducts manufacturers and dis-
tributors and tree growers in
the United States and Canada.
He succeeds Eliot Jenkins of
Eugene, Ore., a vice president
of International Paper Co., who
was elected president of NFPA. ^“aTcVsodety
Election of officers concluded Ktsearcn soclely
association’s
pine plywood industry at a
time when all structural ply-;]
wood was produced In the
West. During the early 190O’i,
he promoted studies and pro'
duction tests proving that Sou-
thern pine could be manufac-
tured into plywood. To Insure
product acceptance, he headed
a U. S, Department of Com-
merce committee that eatablish
ed In 1963 a new commercial
standard tor southern pine ply-
wood.
He was the first Southern
member of the American Ply-
wood Association’s Board of
Trustees, serving from 1964 to
970, and is now a member of
the APA Plywood Research Ad-
visory Committee
Orth is chairman of
the Board of Governors of the
Southern Pine Inspection Bu-
reau; a trustee of the American
irest Institute; a Director of
Texas Forestry Association;
a member of the Texas Forest
Service Advisory Committee;
an alternate delegate on the
U. S. Department of Commerce
American Lumber Standards
Commlttoe, and a delegate on
the Department’s Softwood Ply-
wood Standards Committee; a
member of the Standards Re-
view Committee of the National
Bureau of Standards; a mem-
ber of the Economic Council of
the Forest Industries, and a
statewide utilities regulatory|
commission, and the action this
week switches to the House]
where a rival measure is pend-
ing.
Conference committees will]
get the job of working out dif-
ferences between the two hous
es over both school finance and
utilities regulation. Final agree
ment on a utilities bill is a rea-
sonable expectation.
Two-year budgets have now
been drawn by both the Senate
Finance and House Appropria-
tions Committees. Both are ex-
pected to leave close to $600
million in unobligated reven-j
ues — most of which will go
into the schools.
Some expect Comptroller]
Bob Bullock to revise his in.
come forecast to show $677 mil-
lion in unspent revenues over
and above the budget.
REDISTRICTING APPROVED
A prolonged fight over sin-
gle-member House of Repre-
sentatives districts has been
settled in the House but—with
minority groups still unhappy.
The House agreed on an
omnibus redistricting
for Travis, Jefferson, McLen-
nan, Tarrant, Lubbock, Nueces,
Both houses of the legislature
have now passed a bil to limit
smoking in public places. It re-
turns to the Senate for consi-
deration of House amendments.
The Senate voted to increase
unemployment compensation
from $63 to $70 a week maxi-
mum.
The Governor launched a
new program to create 4,000
new jobs during the next 12
months.
Twelve health service areas
have been delineated for Texas
to continue eligibility for feder-
Hugh D. Terry To
Be Seated As Evadale
P-TA President
The Evadale PTA will meet
Monday, May 19, at 7:30 p. m.
in E. C. Nash Auditorium at
Evadale School.
Guest speaker for the eve-
ning will be Mrs. Gary Branson
of Port Arthur. Mrs. Branson
was one of the eight women to
measure travel to the Peoples Republic
of China in a special delega-
________ _______tion headed by Shirley McLain.
E Paso, Galveston and Hidalgo The delegation’s purpose was
approval
and was
member of the Forest Products11970.
____ . He also la
Orth was born in 1927 In
“ALLELUIA! A Praise Gathering For Believers”
will be presented at the Beaumont City Auditorium
on Tuesday, May 20, at 7:30 p. m. This great Bill
Gaither musical program will be sung by a giant
350 voice Choir combining the talents from 15 Sou-
thern Baptist Churches of the Golden Triangle
Baptist Association. Directing this huge choir will
be Lowell Itollins, minister of music or the Calvary
Baptist Church in Beaumont. All soloists are resi-
dents of this area and are members of one of the
participating churches. The presentation has gained
wide popularity, and during the past year has been
sung by many church choirs of various denomina-
tions. Written in a popular country-gospel style
it presents live concerts by Bill and Gloria Gaither.
Pictured above from left are Lowell Rollins, Ed
Savage and Andy Elliott. There will be no charge
for admission. _ '
agement responsibilities In 1968, i n;. , r _ _ ij..
named president In UBl KII6S sOl ItllS*
counties. Senate
still required.
Jefferson, Tarrant and Nuec-
es county spokesmen threaten-
ed a challenge in federal court.
PENSIONS SWEETENED
Legislators, with few know
Ing what they were doing, ap-
proved substantial improve-
ments in their retirement bene,
fits.
House amendment, never de-
bated before adoption, altered
a state employee and officials’
retirement system overhaul to
gear elected officers pensions
a director of the
Walker Kurth Lumber Com-
pany in Houston and is active
attpnriort in the community. He is vice
La°< president of the Boy Scouts of
StMtord IM.mW 0..d«.<
jS for the participants to meet
women from China and to ob-
serve their working conditions
and family life. Mrs. Branson
is a clerk in the shipping de-
partment at Texaco Refinery ]
and plans to return to China
with a group for Texaco.
Slides of her trip will be shown
to the PTA.
Mrs. Barbara Sens, past pres-
ident, will install officers for
the ensuing year. Hugh D. Ter-
ry, president; Mrs. Patsy Ma-
han, Mrs. P. F. Costlow, Troyce
Taylor, vice persidents; Mrs.
WWW
Dr. H. E. Munden
CHIROPRACTOR
715 North 5th Street
Phono 385*2611
MVMdWMl
School of Business. During
World War II, he served as a
flight engineer for the U. S. Na-
val Air Corps. He joined Kirby
in 1950, assumed general man-
Modernjfliarmacy
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Walgreen
Milk of Magnesia
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$1.29
Sonokot 100 tablets $3.58
Clairol Final Net 1.39 val. 99c
the former Jacqueline Ann Far-
rar and has five children.
C of C To Meet |
The May meeting of the Sils-
bee Chamber of Comerce Di-
rectors will be held Tuesday,
May 20, at 7:30 p.m. in Silsbee
Slate Bank.
STUMP REMOVAL
Let us reduce your otumps
to shavings a foot below
the surface, We can work
in yards without damage
to lawns. Pasture work a
specialty.
CALL 994-2023, BUNA
For Free Estimate
D. G. Westmoreland
Frankie Rhodes, 87,
Are Held On May 10
Mrs. Frankie McGill Rhodes,
87, of Woodville, died suddenly
at 4 a.m. May 8 in Tyler Coun-
ty Hospital after suffering a
heart attack at her home.
She was a native of Alto,
Tex., and had made her home
in Woodville for the past 65
years. She was the widow of
the late Rev. Jeff Rhodes. She
was a member of the First
Baptist Church and also a mem-
ber of the O.E.S. Chapter 462
of Woodville.
Funeral services were held at
2 p.m. May 10 in the First Bap-
tist Church with Dr. Raymond
Parker officiating. Burial was
in Magnolia Cemetery in Wood-
ville.
Survivors include one daugh- h°n divorce settlement against
would mean legislators with 30
years’ service could get $18,-
600 a year in retirement pay,
instead of the present $10,800
maximum.
After newspaper criticism of
the undebated action, both
House and Senate went back
and passed a resolution endors-
ing their decision and urging
the governor to sign the bill.
PARK BUY URGED
Land Commissioner Bob
Armstrong is seeking $8 million
to buy 220,000 acres west of
Big Bend National Park for
about $36 an acre,
Armstrong has advised leg-
islative committees the area
has mineral production possi
bilities as well as vast tourist
attraction potential.
There are 700,000 acres in
Big Bend Park.
CURTS SPEAK
The State Supreme Court re-
versed itself and concluded in
a 6-3 decision that San Marcos
has authority to turn down a
Lower Colorado River Author-
ity electricity rate hike.
The High Court affirmed a
$358,180 judgement against
Ford Motor Company as the re
suit of a defective car which
overturned near Waco, serious-
ly injuring the owner.
In still another, case, the Su-
preme Court agreed to dismiss
a motion to review a $25 mil-
to pay of district judges. That Ted Baker, secretary; Mrs. Lu-
ter, Mrs. Frances Finley of
Beaumont; three sons, Arnold
Rhodes of Woodville, Harry
Rhodes of Beaumont, and Gene
Rhodes of Jasper; one sister,
Mrs. Ruth Whitten of Warren;
two brothers, Hamp McGill of
Silsbee and Roy McGill of San
FRIDAY
Through
THURSDAY
MAY 16-22
IN THE YEAR 2000 HIT AND RUN DRIVING
IS NO LONGER A FELONY. IT S THE NATIONAL
SPORT!
MVID CARRADINE
“DEATH RACE 2000"
COUNTRY ROAD WRECK
R * RESTRICTED
IVIRY TUESDAY NIGHT*
ijif*
INFLATION OUSTER
F. Lutcher Brown at Houston.
A Houston man won reversalj|
of a 15-year sentence for mur-
der because the prosecutor
raised questions about his ju-
venile record.
AG OPINIONS
Allocation provisions of a
proposed refinery tax do not||
violate the constitution, Atty.
Gen. John Hill held.
In other recent opinions, Hill|
concluded
• The Department of Public]
Safety can ask information on|
a person’s race and sex on the
driver’s confidential accident
report.
• Present composition of The
University of Texas System
board of regents is not illegally
constituted.
• Where a part of a county’s
federal revenue sharing funds
can be identified as solely at-
tributable to taxing efforts of]
| a hospital district, the money
can be transferred to the hoi
pitaL
• A commissioners court may
select a bank as county deposi-
tory when members of the court
collectively do not own more
than 10 per cent of its stock.
APPOINTMENTS
Gov. Dolph Briscoe ap-|
pointed Dr. George J. Betofl
of Huntsville, Ruben
of El Paso and Howard J. Mid-]
dleton Jr. of Houston to Ti
Youth Council.
He appointed Htlmar G,
Moore of Riatomond to the State]
Board of Public Welfare
ther Mock, treasurer; Mrs. Jane
Bomer, correspondence secre-
tary; Mrs. Boyd Young, year-
book and historian; Larry Dor-
man, parliamentarian; Mrs
Marilyn Terry, hospitality. Out-
going president is Mrs. David
L. Stanton.
- Sign of Waste
Replacing and restoring
deliberately destroyed and
defaced traffic signs costs an
estimated $16 million of the
nation’s yearly $110 million
maintenance bill for signs,
which ordinarily have a
lifetime of live to seven years.
NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS of th Silsbee Jay-
cees recently took office after swearing in cere-
monies. Officers (from left) are Charles Watts,
secretary; Ron Scarborough, president; Eddie Van
Winkle and Jeff Hobbs, vice presidents._
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"The churches
are full of
hypocrites”
— and liars, cheats, and gossips. Jesus
said, “Those who are well have no need
of a physician, but those who are sick.”
If you’re less than perfect, visit in church
next Sunday.
SUNDAY SERVICES:
Sunday School 9:40 A. M.
Morning Worship 11:00 A.M.
Church Training 6:00 P. M.
Evening Worship 7:15 P. M.
WEDNESDAY SERVICE:
yer Meeting 7:15 P. M.
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