The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 8, 1986 Page: 3 of 30
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Moving To The Sunbelt
You may be one of the few
lucky people who can afford to
relocate to the Sunbelt area of the
United States to spend your re-
tirement years. The choices you
have concerning lifestyle, cost of
living, climate, housing, and
other variables are staggering.
How can you pick a state to live
in that's right for you, much less
an area or city?
For example, the average cost
per square foot of living space in
a new house in Alabama is $34 47,
as opposed to $49.14 pet square
foot in California. The average
of a new home on a nationwide
basis is about $40.00 per square
foot, according to the National
Association of Homebuilders.
However, the number of resi-
dents per physician in California
is 397, while the number of resi-
dents per physician in Alabama
is 711 You must decide which
state is best for you. Are you
more interested in the cost involv-
ed to build or buy your new re-
tirement home, or is health care
your premium concern? II both
serve as criteria to pick your new
place of residence, maybe Georgia
is the place for you. The Peach
State hits a happy medium be-
tween Alabama and California.
It has 635 residents per physician
and the average cost per square
foot of living space is $41 37.
Many people believe the only
reason retirees move south is be-
cause ot climate Although mild
winters and pleasant summers are
a mator factor, there are many
more reasons today In general,
the South has adapted very well
to the rising influx of senior citi-
zens They simplv cater to re
tirees much better than the north
ern states from spccia1 govern
mental programs to free' counsel-
ing about insurance matters, the
elderly now have their “own"
place in America And don't
think for a minute that leaving
your friends will rum vour social
and recreational life Chances
are vou'll meet someone that used
to live forty or tittv miles awav
from vou that moved to the same
pla^e vou did for the exact same
Mothers Day Program
St Chapel Church of (k>d in
Christ will conduct a Mother's
Day program Sunday, May 11.
at 2 30 p m
Kev William Robinson will
preach Dinner will he served
at the Silsbee Community Cen
ter
The church is located at 1680
Sweat Road Pastor is Rev
H.J Simon.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE uxucutivu vie* president
Lola Burgoai, proaldont Lorry Cook and director Batty
Sklllorn stand by tho “Sllsboo noxt exit" sign tho
Chamber was responsible for getting Installed south
of Village Crook on Highway 94 South. Sklllorn had
requested that tho directors Investigate tho possibility
of getting tho State Highway Department to erect the
more easily soon directional sign.
Swim Party To
Benefit Scholarship
A benefit swim party for
third, fourth, fifth, and sixth
grade students will be sponsor-
ed by Delta Iota Chapter of
Beta Sigma Phi Wednesday,
May 14, from 3:30 to 6 p.m. at
the Pinehill Swim Club, located
behind Pine Plaza Shopping
Center.
Funds received from the
benefit will go to a scholarship
fund for a Silsbee High School
senior and other local organiza-
tions. Lifeguards will be pres-
ent, and members of the soror-
ity will be chaperones.
Refreshments will be sold.
Activities will include swim-
ming, pool tables, ping pong,
volleyball and horse shoes.
Parents have been asked to
not call the school about the
party. If it rains May 14, the
party will be rescheduled for
Wednesday, May 21.
Class Of 1976
The Silsbee High School
Class of 1976 has asked class-
mates who did not receive
invitations through the mail to
write to Class 1976, Rt. 6, Box
214, Silsbee, Texas 77656.
Those receiving invitations
have been asked to notify
planners if they will attend.
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Bentsen Bill Would
Aid Hospice Program
MRS. MICHAEL I. MUTTON
Diane Marie Robbins
Michael E. Minton
Middle School AnnouncesVows Saturday
Honor Roll Students
Students whose names ap-
pear on the Middle School
honor rolls for the fifth six
weeks have been announced by
lYtnctpal Ronny Nash.
7TH GRADE
Students with all "A's" and
good conduct;
Lisa Riggs. I-atriria Bourlon,
Jaaon Cooper, Karen Kelps.
Ix>n Garner, Joel Iuing, Mi
rhelle Michael. Ijsa Stephens
Students with all "As" and
''BY' and good conduct:
Robin Alexander, Sean Alls
bury, Brian Arnold. Brenda
Ashworth, Sabrina Bayless,
Margaret Ann Brawley, Mar
cus Brocato, Devin Bruan, Da
na Buckley. Amy Burdette.
Charles Burk. Donire Colbert.
Kns Collins. Misty Daniels.
Christie Dennis, Angela Dona
ghue. 1-atina Elam. Michael
Gallaspy. Brian Garrett, Qu
shana Gooch. I>oretta Gore,
Michelle Gore, Jason Graher,
Jennifer Granger. I.etlie Hoov
er. I^cona Jenkins. Matthew
Johnson, Jeffrey Jones, Ben
Bryan Kelley, Ginny Key, Ter
ry Landry, Angela Langham,
Gary McDonald. Tracy Mer
chant, Kellie Minton, Mary
Moore. Kristi Musick, Kelly
Retry, Brandy Philmon, Deraid
Powell, Kristi Reynolds, Bran
dv Roberts, Terry Rogers,
Crystal Seaman, James Sims.
Brenda Strmons, Javme Slank
ard, David Smith, Kristina
Sommers, Brandon Sparks,
Shandy Stneklan, Kent Tack
ett, Carla Tarkington, Lanae
Watts, Teri Westbrook, Myra
White, Penny Williams, Kelly
Wolff, Trina Wood, Brian
Wright
8TH GRADE
Students with all "As" and
good conduct:
Crystal Davis. Alicia Dren
nen. Stephen Kindrick. Chris
Lac v, Jar rod Parks, Anthony
Wells.
Students with all "A's" and
"BY' and good conduct:
Paula Abies, Tina Allen.
Kristina Amtson, Elizabeth
Barfield, Margaret Berczy, Da
vid Biddle, Karla Blackman,
Roxanne Brown, Brian Dab
ney, Virginia Elam, William
Boyd Fant, Blake Franklin,
Donald Fritz, William Georgas,
Iris Goins, Charles Hardy, Kal
ita Hodges, Robert Holliman,
Perry Jones, Randy Land,
Chris McAfee, Penny McClain,
John McDonald. Amy McGal
lion, Darlene McWilliams, Colin
Mann. Dennis Miller, Michelle
Mitchell, Rabecca Nash, Joan
na Nelson, Stacie Osborne,
Miranda Overstreet, Lisa Pen
ry, Jennifer Peveto, Rebecca
Price, Carol Quist, Amy Simp
son, Sonya Smart, Tommie
Stovall, Monica Thomas. Karen
Treese, Rick Welch, Michelle
White, Janie Whitney, Joshua
Williams, Deann Wood.
Diane Marie Robbins and
Michael E. Minton exchanged
marriage vows Saturday in a
patio wedding at the home of
the bride. Rev. James Bradford
officiated.
Parents of the couple are Mr.
and Mrs. James S. Robbins and
Mr. and Mrs. R.E. Minton, all
of Lumberton.
The double ring ceremony
took place beneath an arch
decorated with silk flowers and
greenery. The bride, given in
marriage by her father, wore a
tea-length gown made by her
grandmother and a shoulder-
length veil. She carried a white
orchid with white and blue silk
roses.
Music was provded by organ
ist Brad Bradford and soloist
Tina Hall.
Maid of honor was Kellie
Minton. Matrons of honor were
Darlene Stokes and Rhonda
Bradford.
Best man was David Ches-
ser. Groomsmen were Mark
Minton and Jody Parfait.
Flower girl was Kristin Cros-
by and ringbearer was Michael
Chad Minton.
LEARNING CONSULTANTS Hi
SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM
Rtmediui program: Far those stvtarti who need to
Improve reading end math skills.
Enrichment program: Far those students who are gifted
or want ■ bead start for the next school year.
Compwtor operation: For those students who wish to
learn to properly operate a computer using the latest
in educational software.
SAT preparation: For those high school students who
wish to prepare for the SAT using the HBJ computer
test preparation series.
leeming con ke tw sod rewerdfog. teeming ConieltenU in
divldeeliied leeming pregrami mean thet • student con begin
anytime. Ovr learning center often Undenti e eecond chance to
loam basics missed in an earlier grade or to onbance present
levels.
Sommer instruction begins Jant J and continves tho ontiro
saasmor.
CaM After 3:00 P.M. Mon. • Thur. For An Appointment
385-3315
3150-Foot Well Scheduled
To Be Drilled at Sour lake
by A. Charles I.ewis
The No. 1 Mclx*an Bowers, a
3,150 ft. Developmental well, is
scheduled to be drilled in
Hardin County's Sour I>ake
Field. Terra Resources of Hou
ston is the operator. The well
will be spudded in a six acre
lease one quarter mile west of
Sour Lake in the Stephen
Jackson Survey.
Ijurd Oil has abandoned an
undrilled location in the Arriola
Field, Hardin County. The well
had been designated as the No.
1 Sun Tatum. Drillsite was two
miles west of Arriola
WANT ADS GET RESULTS
After drilling to 3,451 feet
and testing an unspecified in
terval, Pam Petroleum is wait
ing on state potential tests at a
drillsite located one mile north-
east of Saratoga, Hardin Coun
tv.
Spudded January 22, the No.
1 Tradd Reiner was drilled in a
three acre lease in the J.B.
Reaves Survey.
Westland Oil Development of
Montgomery has revealed
plans to drill a 10,500-ft. devel-
opmental well in the McCoy
Field, Liberty County. The
operator bas 1,860 acres leased,
with drillsite in the James
McCoy Survey. The well will be
known as the No. 2 Kirby
McCoy. Drillsite is three miles
east of Cleveland.
THANK YOU
I take this method to thank each and everyone for their
votes and support on may 3 to re-elect me as Justice of <>
Peace, Precinct 1, of Hardin County.
I thank my campaign workers from the bottom of my <;
heart for their support and hard work.
“I promise I will continue to serve the people to the best ,
of my ability and be available 7 days a week."
YOUR VOTE IS APPRECIATED!!
Robert W. Ward
| Justice of tho Peace, Precinct 1, Hardin County
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The ceremony was followed
by a barbeque. Servers were
Annette Dequir, Stacy Self and
Joyce Pollard.
After a wedding trip to New
Orleans, the couple will make
their home in Lumberton. The
bride is employed by Beaumont
Physical Therapy. The bride-
groom is employeed by the
Beaumont Fire Department
and The Silsbee Bee.
Polling Place Added
To Silver Hair List
A new polling place has been
added to the list of locations
senior citizens can vote May 30
in Hardin County for candi-
dates for the Silver Haired
Legislature, a nonpartisan leg-
islature composed of persons
over the age of 60.
Persons over 60 will now be
able to vote at the Saratoga
Fire Station on Highway 326,
as well as at the county
courthouse in Kountze, Prince
Hall Villa in Silsbee, Hardin
Savings and Loan in Silsbee,
the Sour Lake Nutrition Site
and the Lumberton Nutrition
Site.
Absentee balloting for the
election will be May 19 through
23 at the courthouse.
County residents running for
the legislature are Cordie Cash
and Ruby Rives of Silsbee, R.T.
Milner of Lumberton and Aline
House of Kountze.
County Gets Check
For Drinks Tax
Hardin County has received a
check for $474.53 for their
share of the state's 12 percent
mixed drink tax collected dur-
ing the first quarter of 1986,
according to State Comptroller
Bob Bullock's office.
Bullock said the state collect-
ed $48.9 million in mixed drink
taxes compared to $48.7 million
collected during the same per-
iod in 1985.
Bullock said $37.1 million was
deposited in the state's general
revenue fund from first quarter
collections, compared to $37
million in 1985.
The mixed drink tax is col-
lected by the Alcoholic Bever
age Commission and city-
counfy rebates are sent out
quarterly by Bullock s office.
By Sun. Lloyd Bontson
Hospice service* provide
medical care for terminally ill
patients and coupling for
their families, usually at home.
The goal of these services is
to keep the patients as alert
and free from pain as possible
in comforting surrduBSffigs.
The modern hospice move-
ment, named after medieval
church-sponsored institutions
for the dispossessed and dis-
abled, began in *"|*«h* during
the 1960’s, then spread to
Canada and the United States.
It offers a compassionate,
low-cost alternative to long-
term hospital care for people
who would prefer to spend
their last days with their famil-
ies.
In 1982, Congress gave hos-
pices a boost when it ordered
that terminally ill Medicare
patients be allowed to choose
between hospitals and hospice
core.
The law had broad bipartisan
support, not only os a humane
measure, but as a cost-saver for
Medicare. Currently, the aver-
age cost of one day of hospital
care for on elderly patient is
$492. Hospice providers say
their costs run from $70 to $75 a
day for care at home.
A respected study of hospice
core, done by Brown Univer-
sity researchers in 1984, con-
cludes that the Medicare pro-
gram saved at least $2,221 per
patient in the last year of life,
when that patient chose hospice
care at home over hospital care.
Back in 1962, I helped pass
the law that brought hospices
under the Medicare program.
In 1984, after it was discovered
that the Medicare reimburse-
ment rate had been set at on
unrealistically low level, I push-
ed for a reasonable increase so
that more hospices could afford
to take Medicare patients.
Now, out of the 1,600 hospic-
es in the United States, 246 ore
Medicare-certified-almost
twice as many as in 1984-and
10 of those are in Texas.
That's a big improvement.
But there has remained a gap in
the availability of hospice care.
Although elderly patients
now have access to hospice care
through Medicare, hospices
have not been included in the
Medicaid program for low-
income patients.
Since hospital care for termi-
molly ill Medicaid patients al-
ready ia paid for by state and
federal governments, it is not
only humane but more economi-
cal to give these patients the
option of for less expenseive
hospice care.
Last year, I introduced legis
lotion to close this gap in the
Medicaid program. My bill was
included in the budget reconcil
iation package recently ap
proved by Congress.
The Bentsen provision gives
states the option of amending
their Medicaid regulations to
include hospice care.
At a time when both federal
and state governments are
searching for ways to cut their
expenses, hospice services of
fer a sensible and compassion
ate cost savings.
And they ease the final days
of terminally ill patients by
giving them the option of
staying home with family and
friends.
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