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VOLUME 24, NO. 41
Local Scout I und Drive
Youth Center Opens
Brings In Total of $527.00
Enthusiastically Tuesday
J. B. Stinnett Funeral
Last Rites For "Uncle
Jake" David Are Tuesday Will Be Here Saturday
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Ransom Bell Dies at
Home Here Tuesday
al church in Silsbee with Rev. W.
A. Rashall and Rev. Albert Mc-
Kinney officiating. Burial was in
Knupple cemetery under the dir-
ection of Farmer Funeral Homee.
his for people like “Uncle Jake” hav-
। ing lived in it, and East Texas,
happiness, it has been well worth
the effort, and I hope he can for-
give us for neeglecting to stop
by for all those visits he would
have enjoyed. The world is better
into the main showroom, for the
editor and business manager.
On the south side of the main
building is an “L” extension, with
two beautiful little business offices
which will be occupied by other
types of business. They each have
large plate glass fronts, and will
and especially Silsbee, will miss
him now that he is gone.
Press Women will hold their con-
vention at Fort Worth on April
10, 11 and 12, in conjunction with
the National Editors Association
convention.
Mrs. Louise Hill of Silsbee has
been named chairman of one of
the committees.
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Pope Gives Dinner
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After your writer became the
home town editor, “Uncle Jake”
was one of the paper’s foremost
boosters, and during those lean
years when I was struggling to
make ends meet, he never forgot
me, and if he grew something un-
usual in his garden, he always
shared it vzith us and the folks
he loved.
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“Uncle Jake” was one of our
their Wednesday noon luncheon,
his subject being “My Town and
me”. He was presented by Joe
Markley, program chairman.
Mr. Lockhart used Houston as
an example when he said every
town has some fault that needs
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Pictured here is Oscar Baker,
the man responsible for the new
Bee office, and owner of the block
of buildings including the Turren-
tine Service Station and the Blue-
bonnet Cafe. Mr. Baker has a great
deal of faith in the future of Silsbee
and this area, and has done a great
deal to assure that future.
D. D. McGowan is general con-
tractor and supervisor in charge
of construction work. The archi-
tect, who drew the plans and wrote
up specifications for the structure
is Emory S. White of Houston.
The exact date of the comple-
tion of the building can not be
stated at this time, but will be
within the next few weeks. Wea-
ther has played a large part in the
speed of construction, and if the
weather is satisfactory, the time
will be considerably shortened.
At any rate, the picture above
’will give you some idea of how
the completed building will look,
and we’ll let you know the date
of the formal opening later.
Mr. Bell had been ill only
short while. He had made
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ing machines, and other office all of steel casement and factory
Tung NulsTo Be Shipped
From Here Next Week
Box cars will be spotted at the
siding near the depot in Silsbee
on Monday morning, Feb. 24, for
the shipment of tung, nuts, accord-
ing to local railroad officials. Of-
ficials plan to complete weighing
and shipping on Monday or Tues-
day.
This year’s crop is being ship-
ped in accordance with a letter
recently received from Mr. Good-
year of the Bogalusa Tung Oil
Company, in which he stated they
would pay $90.00 per ton, less
freight, which will be $8.40 per
ton this year, according to C. K.
DeBusk of Beaumont.
Upon sale of the oil they will
make adjustments based upon the
oil content as shown by the Fed-
eral inspection. In view of this
manner of handling farmers will
not be paid until a final settle-
ment has been made with the
Tung Oil company, according to
Mr. DeBusk, who added that he
does not know how long it will
take to make the sales arrange-
ment.
All shipments are being tagged
so that each will receive its prop-
er oil test.
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Funeral services for D. R. Bell,
58, who died at his home north of
Silsbee Tuesday afternoon, were most devoted fans, and right up
held at 2 o’clock Wednesday after- to his fatal illness, he continued
noon at the Triangle Pentecost- to read this column every week.
corner of the main building.
The man responsible for this
new building is Oscar Baker, who
also built the Bluebonnett Cafe
building and the L. O. Turrentine
Gulf Service Station several years
ago. The new Bee office will com-
plete the block, which will be one
of the handsomest and most mod-
ern business blocks in the city.
Mr. Baker believes in building for
permanence and beauty, and that
section of town will be a monu-
ment to his civic pride. People are
referring to it as “Baker Center”,
which we believe is an appro-
priate name.
The National Federation
The State House is hustling to-
day with many prominent visitors
on the scene. The speaker has just
mounted the rostrum and his
gavel will presently ring as an-
other day of work is begun. It
requires close attention, so I’ll
be seeing you all next week.
equipment. Two offices will open type. A large fireproof paper stock
room will occupy /the southwest
the new home of The Silsbee Bee
will look when it is completed,
which should be within the next
few weeks. Carpenters and masons
have been busy every day possib-
le for many weeks, and as this is
written, the outside walls are all
complete and the roof is in the
process of being put on. After that
there is the matter of the big con-
crete floor to pour the glass to put
in, the cabinet work to be done,
stucco and plaster to, spread on,
and a few miscellaneous other
operations, and then we’ll move in.
The new Bee office will be the
latest word in architectural design
and construction, using concrete
tile as the building material. The
Nedra Wingfield and
Doug Jordan Marry
The wedding of Nedra Wing-
field and Doug Jordan was solem-
nized in the First Methodist
church in Beaumont on Feb. 12,
with the Reverend Fort, pastor
officiating. The bride is the dau-
ghter of Mrs. W. H. McNeil of
Silsbee and has made her home
here for a number of years.
Mr. Jordan is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Miles D. Jordan of Sils-
bee and is a veteran of World
War II. Only attendants were Mr.
and Mrs. Conley Bradshaw, also
of Silsbee.
Mr. and Mrs. Jordan plan to
make their home in Silsbee where
he is employed as a fireman for
the Santa Fe railway.
। walls are double, with an air space,
between, which means a cool,
city.
He spoke impersonally but
frankly when he told Kiwanians
that the only reason any town is
small is because there are small
people in it,, and added that if
improvements are to be made the
citizens will hvae to make them.
“You may say a few have con-
trol of everything, but that should-
n’t stop you from taking action.
You have the power to speak and
write. And did you ever stop to
think that if those who have con-
trol had not had the . foresight
READ
About
Austin
BY DAVID READ
I’m going to forsake the subject
of Austin this week and write a
few words simply and sorrowfully
about a great citizen of East Tex-
as whose death occurred this
week. His life was an inspiration
to this writer, because his cour-
age overcame tremendous physi-
cal handicaps and he refused to
oe idle in the face of his handi-
caps.
76-Year-Old Native
Hunted Bears in '94
An interesting visitor in Silsbee
this week is Mr. J. C. Guynes of
Saratoga, 76-year-old native of
Hardin County, who was here be-
fore nearly anybody.
Born at Saratoga on June 14,
1870, Mr. Guynes has made his
home there practically the entire
time and the old Guynes home-
stead is the site of the original
Saratoga oilfield. He said he knew
of only one man who has been
in the county longer than he has
and that is Rev. Billy Teel, 80,
Baptist minister of Saratoga,
He drove an ox team logging
and in the oil field for 26 years,
when roads in the county were
scarce and you had to make them
as you went along—but then an
ox team didn’t - require quite as
good a road as automobiles.
Way back about 1894 Mr. Guy-
nes and the late John Jordan bear
hunted in Big Thicket for three
winters and they killed a total of
56 bears, captured two cubs. But
his most exciting hunt was late
one evening when the hounds
struck a trail and he knew it
would be dark before they could
get the animal at bay.
They tried to stop the dogs, but
to no avail, so Mr. Guynes rode
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Mrs. Hill Is Press
Committee Chairman
After the tragic accident that
crippled him for the balance of
his life, “Uncle Jake” was sel-
dom able to get around but he
kept in close touch with us
through messages by his family,
and he kept right on sending us
good things to eat from his gard-
en. He loved that garden, which
he worked in spite of the crutch-
es he was forced to use to get
about.
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Funeral services will be held
for Mrs. William Nichols, 38, to-
day, Feb. 20, in Merryville, La.,
at the Pentecostal church there
with Rev. Dallas Hayes officiating.
Mrs. Nichols died Tuesday after-
noon at a hospital in Beaumont.
Burial will be in Merryville ceme-
tery. ,
She is survived by her husband,
Bill Nichols of Merryville-; mother
Mrs. Daisy A. Hunter, Colfax; a
son, Norman Wayne; daughters,
Billie Louise, Evelyn Juanita and
Aline, all of Merryville; brothers,
John A. Hunter, Edward E. Hunt-
er, Carl A. Hunter, all of Colfax,
Thomas N. Hunter, U. S. Army;
sisters, Mrs. Albert Falkner of
Evadale, Miss Viola Hunter, of
St. Maurice, Mrs. J. L. Morell of
Buras, Mrs. Clayton Gentry of
Alexandria, Mrs. Leslie Barrett of
Flint, Mich., Miss Juanita Hunter
of Colfax.
Mr. and Mrs. Nichols have also
made their home in Silsbee for a
short while.
dry building, free of moisture see-
page. The concrete roof is support-
ed by dozens of massive steel
trusses, without central supports
of any kind. This will give full
floor 'space for the machinery
that will occupy the back part of
the main building.
The front of the building will
have a large plate glass show
window, big double entrance
doors, and one section of glass
blocks in the main office space.
The north side of the front office
will also have a large plate win-
dow. This part of the building will
be used to display office and
school supplies, typewriters, add-
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Rev. John R. Lockhart, pastor of
the First Methodist church, in
Silsbee, spoke to Kiwanians at
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An enthusiastic group of young
people flocked to their new rec-
reational center on its opening
day Tuesday afternoon, where
they enjoyed cokes, juke box
swing music, table tennis, maga-
zines, and coffortable lounge
chairs. The Youth Center is now
open from 4 to 6 o’clock in the
afternoon during week days and
is open later on Friday and Sat-
urday nights. It is located in the
Silsbee Auto Company building.
The various classes at Silsbee
High school have chosen student
council members, who govern the
organization with a supervisory
board of adults.
A good bit of work has been
done to make the center an en-
joyable hang-out for the . young
people with many 'local business
house'S contributing new and use-
ful furnishings and money for the
center. Mrs. Richard Collier has
done much of the work and pro-
motion necessary to get the cen-
trance installed.
The large room has been painted
inside and out and a separate en-
trnace installed.
Various age groups may sched-
ule special events to be held at
the center on evenings through the
week by making arrangements
with the council so that events
will not conflict with those pre-
viously made.
ness he said that 87%2 per cent 192
all business enterprises are fail-,
ures, such failures being largely
due to pool- management. He al-
to be rectified, some things that so said that 90 per cent of the I
need to be done, and he told of । business employes who lose their "
the trouble the new administra- ' jobs lose them, not because of in-
1----i- -ane loncect efficiency, but because ofdishones
ty and the wrong attitude
Mr. Lockhart brought out a
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number of improvements that
would help Silsbee, specifically
mentioning the post office situa-
tion, and said people should not
just complain about it but should
write the Postmaster General and
let him know how bad the situa-
tion is.
He told of several other things
that would make Silsbee a better
city and said it was the responsi-
bility of the citizens to do them.
Mrs. Addie Larose Laid
To Rest Here Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Cher-
ry Addie LaFose, 65, who died at
her home in Silsbee Saturday
afternoon after an illness of sev-
eral months, were held at the
First Baptist church in Silsbee
Tuesday at 4:30 p. m. with Rev.
C. B. Bass officiating. Burial was
in Resthaven (Silsbee City Ceme-
tery) in charge of Farmer Funer-
al home.
Mrs. LaFose moved to Silsbee
from Beaumont in 1929 and had
made her home here since that
time.
She is survived by two sons,
Murphy LaFose of Silsbee and
Willard LaFose of Los Angeles;
four sisters, Mrs. A. W. Roffe,
Mrs. J. E. Harris and Mrs. Betty
Hogan, all of San Antonio, and
Mrs. J. C. Galloway of Fort
Worth; two brothers, Will Chas-
teen of Rosebud and Joe Chasteen
of Bullhead City, Arizona,and
one grandchild, Bobby Lee Yawn
of Silsbee.
Pallbearers were: Philip Earn-
est, G. E. McLaughlin, French
Marshall, Flake Marshall, Frank
Nowlin and Elmer Yarborough.
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The Boy Scout fund, drive spon-
sored by the Silsbee Kiwanis club
with Terrell Buchanan as chair-
man of the committee; has been
completed and raised a total of
$527.11. Of that total $78.94 has
not yet been collected but has been
pledged. Mr. Buchanan said. The
money is turned over to the Trini-
ty-Neches Council of the Boy
Scouts, with headquarters in
Beaumont.
Other members of the Kiwanis
committee besides Mr Buchanan
are: .L A. Yankie, I. F. Daniel, Dr
W. J. Poshataske, Joe Markley,
and H. M. Tennis. Rev, C. B. Bass
also helped, with the drive.
The main work of canvassiing
for the drive was done by the
following ladies: Mesdames Vir-
gil Chance, Alf Fullingim, Vyrlie
B. Payne, Carolyn Smith, Coleman
Newman, J. K. Bower, C. B. Dav-
enport, Dan Lay, Joe Markley, V.
Harriett, John Martin, J. C. Mey-
ers, A. W. Dainwood, Bert Dur-
din, I. F. Daniel, G. C. Brackin,
F. H. Patterson and Miss Fay
Stone.
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Parents Challenge
Teachers in Cage
Game Next Thursday
The Parent-Teacher Association
will sponsor a basketball game
between the “Mothers” and “Tea-
chers” to be played in the local
gym next Thursday evening, Feb.
27, at 7:30 o’clock. Proceeds of the
affair will be given to the Youth
center, according to Mrs. R. W.
Collier.
The game promises to be a riot
if it is anything like last season’s
performance. Mrs. Don L. Hough
is chairman and coach of the tea-
chers team, while Mrs. L. E. Mar-
tin will pilot the mothers.
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SILSBEE, TEXAS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1947
Funeral services for Jewel
Brooks Stinnett, 55, who died
Thursday afternoon at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. W. E. Moore,
in Port Arthur, will be Satur-
day afternoon at 3 o’clock at the
First Baptist church in Silsbee
with Rev. C. B. Bass officiating.
Burial will be in Resthaven (Sils-
bee City Cemetery) under the
direction of Farmer Funeral
Home.
Mr. Stinnett had made his home
in Silsbee for many years, and
had worked for Kirby Lumber
Corporation for 33 years, as as-
sistant mill manager and sawyer
at the time of his death.
He is survived by his wife, a
daughter, Mrs. W. E. Moore of
Port Arthur; a ,son, Preston, of
Texas City; mother, Mrs. P. B.
Stinnett of Minden, La; four sist-
ers, Mrs. Fannie Pharr and Mrs.
Lillian Webb, both of Texark-
ana, Mrs. Pearl Rushing of Min-
den, and Mrs. Mary Patterson of
Camden, Ark; four grandsons and
one granddaughter.
During the years that your col-
umnist spent as an employee of
the Silsbee post office, “Uncle
Jake” was a part of the every
day scene, riding his horse there
twice a day to pick up the mail
for the Kirby mill. We enjoyed
long talks in those days and
“Uncle Jake”, although getting on
in years, maintained an active in-
terest in things and we looked
often to him for advice. He was
generous and kind and reliable
in all his dealings.
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Hardin County Rals
Carry Typhus Fever
Work is being continued this
week on rat eradication for the
purpose of Typhus Control by lo-
cal and State health authorities,
according, to information received
from Miss Hazel Son, Acting Di-
rector of the Hardin County
Unit.
Messers George Hay and R. D.
Morris, representing the State
Health Department, who dusted
business esablishments with DDT
throughout the County during the
latter part of January, are now
using 1080, probably the most
potent poison known, in killing
rats. The number of rats killed so
far is not as great as might have
been expected. Mr. Hay says a
number of business men are
combating the rats by one method
or another, which of course is the
proper thing to do, he added.
Mr. Hay points out that poison-
ing rats is only a “remedy” and
not a “cure” for the rat problem.
The urgent need is for rat-proof-
ing of buildings and the proper
disposal of garbage. In other
words, “build ‘em out and starve
‘em out”. We will always have rats
as long as we feed and house
them, he explained.
According to reports received
from the State Laboratory most
rats trapped in Hardin County
had fleas that carry Typhus Fev-
er germs and all blood from these
rats showed positive typhus.
V. F. W. Auxiliary Will
Initiate New Members
The Silsbee V. F. W. Auxiliary
Post No. 5685 will hold its regular
meeting next Tuesday night, Feb.
25 at the community center, and
new members will be initiated, as
well as important business dis-
cussed, according to Mrs. A. W.
Overland.
V. F. W. pins will be distribut-
ed to members and delegates will
be elected to the district confer-
ence to be held in Beaumont on
March 1 and 2. All members,
whether delegates or not, may at-
tend the conference.
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be ventilated with circulating
air systems.
The whole building is of com-
pletely fire-proof construction,
utilizing concrete and steel throu-
ghout. All partitions will be of
concrete tile, and the interior will
be plastered. The only wood used
in the building will be cabinet
work and trim. The windows are
to invest long ago when others
would not invest they would not
have control now? There are just
as many opportunities in 1947 as
there were in 1907,” he sard. A
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C. Z. Pope, one of Silsbee’s most
enthusiastic .Volunteer Firemen,
was host to a dinner given
at the Blue Bonnet Cafe Wed-
nesday evening and honoring the
wives of all members of the fire
department. Approximately 30
women enjoyed the fine dinner
and saw motion pictures of the
firemen in action. The pictures
were made and projected by Dr.
W. J. Poshataske.
I think I first remember “Uncle
Jake” David about thirty-five
years ago when Silsbee was just
a young village and your writer
was quite small. “Uncle Jake”
continued to be a prominent part
of the scene through the years as
I became better acquainted with
him and his family. It was in high
school that 1 of his charming dau-
ghters was a classmate of mine,
and I think it was through Jessie
Lee that I really began to love the
David family.
J. H. “Uncle Jake” David, 79
year old citizen of Silsbee, died
last Sunday night at his home in
Silsbee. He had been in ill health
for about a month. Funeral ser-
vices were held at the First Bap-
tist church with Rev. C. B. Bass,
pastor, officiating. He was assist-
ed by Rev. John R. Lockhart, pas-
tor of Silsbee’s First Methodist
church, and Dr. E. A. Maness,
Methodist minister of Nederland.
Silsbee Masonic Lodge conduct-
ed services in Resthaven (Silsbee
City cemetery) and Farmer Fun-
eral home was in charge. Pall-
bearers were all members of the
Masonic lodge.
Mr. David had lived in Silsbee
since 1903. For more than 30 years
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For Mrs. W. Nichols
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