The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 26, 1936 Page: 1 of 6
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Commissioners' Cour! Meets
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SILSBEE DRUG COMPANY
DECORATED FOR XMAS
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Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Sullivan of
Houston grew tired of the city fare
and arrived home last night to eat
Thanksgiving dinner with Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. DuBose. Mrs. Sullivan win
a visit of several days.
One of the first of Silsbee’s busi-
ness houses to decorate for the Yule
season is the Silsbee Drug Company.
This store is completely dressed up
in holiday attire, and presents a very
attractive appearance. Mr. O’Neil,
the proprietor, has stocked one of
the finest stores of Christmas gifts
and decorations ever shown here,
and has them attractively displayed’
You will enjoy a visit to the Silsbee
Drug Company in its gay holiday
dress.
On one of our infrequent visits to
the seat of county government Mon-
day, the editor was allowed to sit in
the room where the austere county
commissioners were holding their
meeting. At the head of the table,
around which the four commissioners
were sitting, the county judge, Hon.
A. L. Bevil, was presiding. At his
left, with a sheaf of important look-
ing papers before him, was the pop-
ular and efficient county auditor,
Mr. E. Pedro Jennings. As the busi-
ness of the court was dispensed with,
Mr. Jennings shuffled through his
papers and held confidential conver-
sations with Judge Bevil.
The next man at the table was
none other than the Clerk of the
County, Hon. J. J. Bevil, the dean
of the county officials. He entered a
view now and then, and officiated by
taking an acknowledgement or two
during the session.
Meekly holding down the next
chair was none other than yours
truly, the editor himself. He was the
subject of a certain amount of joc-
ularity from the commissioners, but
he took it in good spirit—they were
all bigger men than he.
At the north end of the table was
the commissioner from Sour Lake,
Mr. Paul E. White, benignly smiling,
and more or less gloating over the
recent success of the bond issue in
his precinct. He was very happy over
the outcome, and told of some of the
things he hoped to do during the
next year.
Next to Mr. White was our own
commissioner, Frank S. Payne, who
complained to the court that the
editor always said mean things about
him in the paper. Whereupon, they
reminded him that he ought to do
his duty, thus earning only praise
from the press.
The long, tall,—well, we could go
on calling him other names—man
next at the table was Thos. H. Willi-
ford from Saratoga. He has recently
moved his home to Kountze, and is
now a citizen of both towns.
The commissioners and their of-
ficer, the judge, talked of many
things of vast importance to their
constituents, and their conversation
returned ever and anon to the sub-
ject of a Jersey male cow, which it
seems was playing an important part
in the meeting. We never did quite
get the connection, but then we are
nothing but a lowly editor, and they
are the governing body of the county.
But we are ahead of ourselves.
Next to Mr. Williford sat the most
astute politician in the county—ac-
cording to some of his contempor-
aries. He was Mr. O. O. Overstreet—
referred to during the discussions as
‘■“Street”. He also had valuable infor-
mation to disseminate at the confer-
ence.
While the meeting was in progress,
the high sheriff of the county walked
in and said a few words mostly
concerning the placing of several
traffic signal lights in'different pafts
of the county. He promisedMor look
into the expense connected with;4heir
installation, and. said he would see
that motorists heeded the'JjgfttsTif
they were installed. A
There was a great deal of signing
important looking documents by all
those present—except, of course^ th.e
visitors, and one or two of the men
even got out their pencils and dfd
some figuring. And the -judge jretsd
from his law book aboubposting son$e
kind of a notice that .commissioner
“Street” wanter posted. >
It was all a very interesting; "and
the editor hopes that the men will
allow him to sit in with them again
some time. We find out at such meet-
ings how the business of running
the county is carried on, and we
wonder that more people don’t want
to find out.
SILSBEE SLUGS
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ranch near Leakey,
DIES MONDAY
Old Age Investi-
gators Busy
Miller-Dunbar
To Feature
Safely Service
Tigers Lose Last
Game 1 to 6
Here Friday
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Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Wiggins spent
Sunday in Diboll visiting her rela-
tives and returned home Sunday
night,
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And talking about deer—how did
you like the looks of that bunch the
mighty hunters brought back, this
week from West Texas- There are
a lot of things about that hunt that
need inquiring into—for instance
about a hot water bottle and other
things.
In a hard fought game that was
fast and furious from beginning tq
end, the Kirbyville Wilcats emerged
victorious ovei’ the Silsbee Tigers by
the score of 7 to 6 last Friday night,
This was the last game the Tigers
are to play this year.
The Tigers, beginning the year 33
a practically green team, showed
great improvement from week to
week, and during the season no team
had an easy victory over them, They
lost only two district games—one to
Jasper by a lone touchdown, and the
last one to Kirbyville by one point.
The boys were led through the sea-
son by Captain Nash, who played
his last game for Silsbee High last
week.
The Tigers will concentrate their
efforts on basket ball from now on
and will give some lively competition
to enemy teams, They hope that the
fans will be as generous with their
support in baskst ball as they were
in football. All home games will be
played in the beautiful gymnasium
on the school campus.
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Well, this east wind seems to be
going deeper and deeper- into our
bones. Maybe it would be a good
idea for us to go up to the law of-
fices of Buchanan and Roark and get
warm by that enormous wood stove
h,?vS feF the' cgmlftrl
Pf ffiejp clients. A$y V/ay, wg have
a reqdy had about ail the winter we
Want, and jf next spring will just
hurry and get here it will suit us
fine,
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NEW MAGNOLIA
BUILDING OPEN
One of the prettiest ofices in Sils-
bee was completed last week when
Richard Collier’s Magnolia building
was open for business..The new place
is located on the vacant lot behind
the post office, and besides the bi-
tice, the building contains' room for
two pars or trucks. The office is on
the north side of the building, and
is finished inside with celotex and is
very beautiful. A massive door with
bronze fittings and a decorative
knocker admits you to the office. The
buiding as a whole presents a very
pleasing appearance, and adds a lot to
the looks of that part of town.
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A recent visitor to the Bee office
was Mr. T. J. Bradham who lives on
------ the Spurger road north of town. He
in the 1 regaled the editor with stories of the
early days of Silsbee, when the coun-
try abounded with wild game of all
kinds. Mr. Bradham is just recovering
B. U. Baldwin, a graduate chiro-
practor, has his office at Mrs. Mary
Richardson’s home near the Chev-
rolet garage. His office will he open
each Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-
day from 10:00 a. m. until 5 p. m.
Mt. Baldwin says no matter what
your ailment is, see him. He says if
you are not thoroughly satisfied with
your chiropractic treatment, it does-
n’t cost you a cent.,
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ANNUAL V-8 PARTY
HELD SATURDAY AT
MARKLEY CAMP
Sour Lake went to the polls last
Saturday and voted nearly four to
one for a $100,000 bond issue with
which to buil^d roads in their road
precinct, This action on the part of
the oitizesn of Sour Lake is the cul-
mination of many months of talk
concerning roads, and shows beyond
a doubt that Sour Lake wants to
come out of the mud. All the money
will be spent in Sour Lake and Gray-
burg, a small suburb and- most of it
will be used in hard surfacing their
present road system. Commissioner
Paul White says that only local labor
will be used on the job, and it will
be -sufficient to absolutely relieve
any unemployment situation in Sour
Lake.
Hardin County is badly in need of-
roads that can be traveled, and prom-.,
inent citizens in other parts of the
county are interested at this time in
looking further into the situation
with a view to improving the present
Kead system. Any further action in
this county will necessarily have to
be done by the two other road dis.-,
tricts that is, this one and the. one
in which Saratoga lies. The most
needed road is an East-West highway
across the county traversing these two
road districts. Equally as important
is: hard surfaced road north of Sils-
bee through the new oilfield to the
Tyler county line. Honey Island, Bat-
son and other towns need connecting,
roads badly.
The time seems ripe for doing
something about roads in this section.
A bond issue & a necessity, but right
now is a good time to sell bonds, and
the sentiment of the people is for
building roads.
It has been suggested by a man of
authority that a representative group
of men from the several towns in
the county get together and plan a
road system that eould be built with
_ a bond issue. The sooner such a meet-
ing is held, the more likely the issue
will be a success. With the country
growing as it is, roads are of great
importance to every town in the
county.
According to I. L. Stowe and oth-
er citizens of Avenue J, that street
is a fit place for a nice boat ride
after any rain. It is almost impossible
to navigate it with any machine that
runs on dry land, the water standing
deep in several places. One fellow
even went so far as to write the edi-
tor the following note about it, “Pigs
or Puddles! If you want pigs come
to town. If you want puddles, go
out on Avenue J and you will get
your satisfaction, for you can’t get
to town without a ferryboat.” He
also added something else relative
to a commissioner. Well, we’ll bet
that street is fixed pretty quick, or
we don’t know said commissioner.
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A couple of two gun deputy sher-
iffs of Hardin county laid aside their
side arms last Monday and loaded
up their shot guns and went hunt-
ing. They were not hunting criminals,
but were on the trail of fuzzy tailed
squirrels. In their rounds of trail
in the big thicket the boys came
across a fine ten point deer that
some hunter had killed several days
previously. Deputy Williford said that
that was the first time in his exper-
ience ever to find a deer someone
else had killed.
Some thirty years a<ro the late J.
N. Collier, Sr. purchased a fine violin
which he prized very highly. It was
often loaned to friends for various
entertainments, and .just before his
death some three years ago, it was
loaned again but was not returned.
The Collier family values this violin
for a keepsake even more than Mr.
Collier did, and would annreciate its
return at once. Any one knowing of
the whereabouts of this instrument
please notify, or return it to, Mrs. J.
N. Collier, Sr.
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Among the frequent visitors to this
office is the new Methodist preach-
er, Rev. A. A. Rider.-Brother Rider
is a tall well built fellow who looks
if He wotild enjoy ’ nothing more
than a tramp through the woods, or-
a session beside some Stream with a
fishing pole in his hand.' He has a
pleasant voice and a friendly spirit,
and has already grown to like the
people of Silsbee. We hate to admit
it, but it has not been our pleasure
yet to hear him preach, but from
those who have, we learn that he de-
livers an excellent sermon and is
gisl}y understood. If you haver# met
W, u?w preacher, get acquainted
Wjth him soon. You’ll like him. ’
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ill the mail today we received a
copy of a nice little’ magazine called
The Texas Booster, Featured there-
in is an article on Beaumont by our
friend P. F, Lawson of the Beaumont
Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Lawson
has put Beaumont on the map in re-
cent years, and keeps Beaumont be-
fore the eyes of thousands of people.
Silsbee could be much better adver-
tised through an active chamber of
commerce. No one has offered a good
reason why we should not have an
active body of that kind.
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We discoyered a new department
to the Britton-Cravens Lumber Com-
pany this week, We found that they
Rad a Jittle wall-paper room off to it-
• self, and that Bob Van Deventer was
busy seeing to it that everything was
shipshape there. They call him “Wall-
paper” Van Deventer down at the
Lumber Yard.
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Our old friend “Babe” Chance was
in the Bee office this week and told of
a curious thing he had seen i„ ___ '
woods near his home. It was a couple j
of trees that had grown to some size I
and had been joined together into '
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R. N. SHEFFIELD
DIES WEDNESDAY
As we go to press word comes of
the death of R. N. “Bob” Sheffield
of Silsbee. Mr. Sheffield was taken
to a Beaumont hospital in a Farmer
ambulance Tuesday where he was
treated for pneumonia. He died at
the hospital about two o’clock yes-
terday afternoon. Details of the fun-
eral arrangements could not be se-
cured in time for this week’s issue of
the Bee.
A new service is being instituted
this week by the Miller-Dunbar Mo-
tor Company, in which they feature
safety measures with regard to au-
tomobiles. According to Mrs. Vyrl
Miller, there are few vital points in
a car that make for safer driving.
Probably the most important of these
is the steering apparatus, and that
shop has recently installed the most
modern equipment for checking
steering gear. They are ready to
check your car without obligation, sq
you can be sure you are a safe driver.
Another policy just instituted is
that of checking other parts your
car when it enters their shop. The
mechanic doing the work on your
car will check your lights to be sure
they are working, and if one is found
out, you will be notified before your
car leqYOS the shop. Any mechanic
in their employ neglecting this im-
portant service will be assessed a
{small fine, according to Mrs. Mi 11 er.
The Miller-Dunbar garage is al-
ways progressive in its methods, and
their skilled mechapiqs are ready to
cooperate with you in making your
car safer to drive. In their ad in this
week’s Bee will be found several
suggestions that will help you be a
safe driver.
Austin, November 25.—Investiga-
tors were busy this week through-
out the 254 Texas counties re-investi-
gating present old age assistance re-
cipients granted aid under the old
age pension law, reported Acting
Director Orville S.. Carpenterr, of the
Texas Old Age Assistance Commis-
sion, today.
”No ope will be removed from the
rolls until a thorough re-investigation
of his case has been made,” he de-
claired.
Last week Carpenter explained
that there would be no arbitrary or
mechanical cut in the rolls but that
each case would be studjed and re-
investigated upon its own merits be-
fore any action ’was taken. Rumor
that 36,QO0 aged wguld automatieally
be dpopped from the assistance lists
was declared unfounded.
“Re-investigations are now ‘being
made in each district of all people
Oh thg rqlls whq possess income or
property. Their cases are being re-
investigated to determine whether
they are eligible under the new law.
But unttil they are found ineligible,
they will continue receiving monthly
checks,” Carpenter stated.
HEALTH SAFEGUARDS '
CAUSE-'FOR THANKS. ■
.Mrs. D. M. Wishard was honored
with a miscellaneous shower Satur-
day, November 21 at the home of
Mrs. G. M. Denson. She was the re-
cipient of many lovely gifts.
Delicious refreshments were served
to the following guests: Mesdames
Bill Ward, E. K. Ward, W. F. Wish-
ard, J. D. Dorion. J. O. Knunple,
Misses Ray and Dora Moody, of
Jacksonville, Texas and Emma Knup-
ple, Frances Franks, Ruth Denson,
and the honoree.
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PLEASE RETURN IT
Austin, November 2$,—“-A high^
s|ap^ard'of community^ health is the
best asset that a state can possess,”
said Dr. John W. Brown, State Health
Officer, in bpeqking of the progress
made in public health education
since the first Thanksgiving Day was
observed by our forefathers.
“The State of Texas has much to
be thankful for in this Centennial
Year,” he said, “in the steadily in-
creasing interest and cooperation of
the people of the State in matters
pertaining to sanitation and control
of communicable diseases.
“The coontrol of the water and
milk supplies, sewage disposal, vac-
cination against smallpox, immuniza-
tion against diphtheria, food inspec-
tion, housihg regulations, and many
Other measures have been spectacu-
larly successful in reducing the kill-
power of a number of maladies that
formerly took a teriffic annual toll.
“Responsibility for success and ad-
vancement of a public health pro-
gram lies not with the health depart-
ment primarily, but with the people
who support and encourage the com-
munity effort put forth and who ap-
ply in their own individual lives the
knowledge which they have acquired.
! “It inflows that the individual cit-
izen, to reap the benefits of public
health administration, must be more
concerned about' his well-being
than he |s today, His program should
involve a conscientious effort to abide
by the living rules prescribed by
nature, as well as a clearer concep-
tion of the value of a physician’s
services from a disease prevention
standpoint.
“In short, when the private citizen
fully appreciates the benefit of pub-
lic health administration and shows
that appreciation by a reasonable
personal concern for his own welfare,
medicine, surgery, and science gen-
erally will be able to do their won- ueen ,„m,
derful work with utmost efficiency.” one tree with two trunks.
returned home Tuesday morning
from a deer hunt that took them to a
far corner of West Texas. The hun-
ters were happy, because they had
been successful in bagging ten fine
bucks. In the above picture there are
seven of the deer, the other three
being brought back earlier by two
of the hunters. The men making the
trip were B. L. Moreland, John Du-
laney, R. R. Million, R. W. Collier,
R. R. McAlister and Emil Slavik.
The hunters left Silsbee on Sun-
day, November 15 and went fo a
ranch near Leakey, Texas, which
they had leased. In addition to the
fine hunting—every man getting a
deer--they enjoyed a wondeful camp-
ing trip. As one of the men expressed
CHIROPRACTOR LOCATES HERE
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The. annual V-8 party held each
year with Carl Markley and P. B.
Doty of Beaumont as hosts, was given
Saturday night at the Markley camp,'
with about five hundred guests in at-
tendance. The crowd began gather-
ing about six o’clock to enjoy the
wonderful barbecue simper prepared.
A total of fifteen hundred pounds of
the deliciously prepared meat was
consumed. Among the visitors were
eight or ten Silsbee men, who all re-
ported a wonderful party. The Mark-
ley camp is located on Village Creek
about two miles west of Silsbee, and
is the scene of many such parties
during the year.
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SHOWER
Bill
, Today is Thanksgiving, and all
business houses in Silsbee are closed.
. The day is being spent in manv dif-
: ferent ways by the various citizens,
i some attending the big football
games, some opening the duck season
with a big hunt, some just taking
it easy, and most of them eating all
they can hold of turkey and all the
fixings. Even the Bee office is taking
the day off—we hope—and the editor
will be found around the big table,
out at the Read home, with some
nineteen or twenty sisters and broth-
ers and nieces and nephews and oth-
ers. There is a big turkey fixed just
light, and all the other things that
we remember from those Thanks-
givings way back when. . .
In their numerous ways, the cit-
izens of Silsbee are showing their
thankfulness. This city has been un-
usually blessed in the past, and the
people have much to be thankful for.
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CLINTON GRAY
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FOR RENT: Bedroom with adjoining
bath privileges. All modern conven-
iences. See Mrs. Winifred M. Hyman
phone 49-W for particuJayrs, remain for
JIB!
TEN FINE BUCKS BAGGED ON SUCCESSFUL HUNT
Six tired, but happy, Silsbee men it—“It was the most perfect hunt
any one ever had.” R. W. Collier and
Emil Slavik returned home last week,
the others arriving in Silsbee in the
early hours of Tuesday morning.
As usual, many humorous inci-
dents happened that will make the
hunt a pleasure for many years, but
none of the men will tell of the oth-
ers’ worst moments, for fear some-
thing worse will be told on him.
About ail that could be learned wras
that one prominent member of the
party found a hot water bottle among,
his dunnage when camp wag made.
It was a great hunt by a congen-
ial bunch of men, and the results
were all that any one could ask. If
you don t believe it, look at the above
photograph again.
(P. S. ) And the editor hasn’t tast-
ed any of that venison yet.)
SILSBEE CI'OSES- UP
FOR THANKSGIVING
Sour Lake Voles
$T00r000 Road Bonds
Clinton Gray, 60, dropped dead
at 5 o’clock Monday afternoon at. thq
home of S. H. Ruggles in Woodrow.
Mr. Gray- was in apparent good health
and was fatally stricken while bring-
ing in firewood at the Ruggles home.
He was dead before a doctor could
arrive. -
Mr. Gray had lived in Silsbee for
a number of years. He was a brother
of Mrs. Emma Ventura of this city-.
Funeral services were held at 3:-do
o’clock Tuesday afternoon at the
Ventura home with Rev. J. H. Rlch-
: ardson officiating. Burial was in the
City cemetery under direction of the
Farmer Funeral Home.
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HERLE PUPILS ON
GOOD WILL TOUK
Miss Margaret Herle, teacher of
dancing in Silsbee and Beaumont, ac-
companied by two of her pupils from
Silsbee, went to High Island last
week on the Beaumont American
Legion Good Will Tour. The two girls
on the trip were Dorothy Jean Mc-
Mahon and Nancy Belt. According to
Miss Herle. they will probably make
another good will trip next week to
Jasper.
SILSBEE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1936
VOLUME 18, NUMBER 45
$1.50 A YEAR
—THE voice oe satsuma valley
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