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SILSBEE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1949
VOLUME 31
NUMBER 19
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Shriners To Gather
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citizens a vague idea of
locations of the proposed
new water and sewer line
Fletcher Man Killed
In Saturday Crash
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Dr. Chester Cook
Completes Training
Lion's Club To
Sponsor Square Dance
daughter, Theresa Lee, of Dais-
etta, are visiting her mother, Mrs.
H. E. Richardson of Silsbee, this
week.
The V.F.W. Post and Auxiliary
plan to have a picnic Saturday
night at 8 p. m. on the lawn at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Dehart’s. All members of the post
and auxiliary and their families
have been invited to attend.
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A Hardin County District Court jury, composed 50 per
cent of Silsbee men, found Robert Alex Leviness, 30, guilty
and assessed the death penalty in the September 28, murder
of Mrs. Eloise Twitchell of Beaumont.
The case went to the jury at 7:50 Monday night and the
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Mrs. W. H. Holland and chil-
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A post office department field
inspector was in Silsbee Wednes-
day checking on utility rates in
Silsbee. Local post office officials
had no information to reveal on
Silsbee’s new post office building.
However, a usually reliable source
indicated that the bid of Mrs. J.
N. Collier, Sr., would probably be
accepted, and announced as the
one receiving the contract within
the next 30 days.
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Four Local Nomads
To Attend International
Meet in San Diego
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Dr. Chester Cook completed his
training at Cumberland Hospital
in New York on June 1 and ar-
rived in Silsbee Friday for a visit
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Cook.
Before coming to Silsbee he
made a business and pleasure tour
of the United States and visited
many interesting places, among
them Yellowstone National Park.
Dr. Cook will go to Dallas Tues-
day where he will be joined by
his wife, and they will return here
to spend about a month with rela-
tives.
Rev. W. A. (Bill) Petty has ac-
cepted the pastorate of the Mid-
way Assembly of God Church.
Services are conducted Tuesday,
Thursday and Sunday evenings at
7:45 o’clock, and Sunday morning
following Sunday school, which
convenes at 10 o’clock. The pub-
lic has been invited to hear the
new pastor.
Three local women, Mrs. Bobby
Yawn, Mrs. John Busby and Mrs.
Russell Busby, are members of the
Nomad drill team of Dahna San-
tha No. 88 of Beaumont, who will
leave Friday in a special pullman
for San Diego, Calif., to compete
in the international competitive
drills during the DOKK conven-
tion to be held August 1 to 5.
These women have taken an ac-
tive part in affairs of the organ-
ization for the past three years.
Another local woman, Mrs.
Creola Oliver, is not a member of
the drill team, but will also at-
tend the convention.
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Baptist Young People
Schedule Friday Roundup
Young people have been urged
to attend the roundup which will
be held at the First Baptist church
at 7:30 tomorrow night. (Friday.)
Charles and Billy Bass are going
to sing a song backwards, and
there is promise of “stunts galore
and gobs of fun.”
These roundups, which are be-
ing sponsored by the Young Peo-
ple’s department, are open to
youths from the age of 13 and
older. A number of entertaining
games, songs and stunts are being
planned, and refreshments will be
served. The Girls Auxiliary will
be in charge of the program for
this week, and the program for
the next roundup will be planned
by boys of the R.A.
David D. Shine has been ap-
pointed worthy president pro-tem
of the Fraternal Order of Eagles
which will be instituted in Silsbee,
Sunday, August 7. The ceremony
will be held in the Community
hall at 2:30 p. m.
A special meeting will be held
tonight (Thursday) for the pur-
pose of submitting a slate of of-
ficers to the deputy organizer, and
a number of other important mat-
ters will be discussed.
“Every man who has signed an
application card is urged to be at
this meeting and to have any
prospects with him. Committee
members especially should attend
so that details of the institution
program can be completed”
Charles Manville organizer said.
“We hope to announce at our
meeting tonight where the new
meeting quarters will be located,
and if this is impossible it will be
necessary to arrange to get tem-
porary accommodations for the
institution,” he said.
A visiting degree team will be
present to initiate the local mem-
bers. Visitors from some neigh-
boring cities and some district and
) national officers are expected.
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V.F.W. Groups To Hold
Picnic Saturday
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City Tin Shop Is
Opened Here
J. E. Yeager of Port Arthur and
H. A. Cappen of Orangefield have
rented the facilities of McKinney
Tin Shop and plan to operate it
under the name of City Tin Shop.
Mr. Yeager has been in the
sheet metal fabrication business
for the past 22 years and Mr.
Cappen has seven years experi-
ence in the trade. They plan to
do general tin work and air con-
ditioning.
They plan to move their
families here as soon as suitable
housing can be located.
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Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Brown and
family visited with their sister
and family in Vinton, La., last
week end. \
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larged drawings of the
map will be available for
citizens to ’ study. One
Of course most everyone expects the City Water-Sewer bond issue to
carry by a large majority—but don’t let any such ideas keep YOU from
voting at Silsbee Fire Station on August 6.
For as long as we can remember the good people of Silsbee have
always supported worthwhile issues that meant improved standards of
living whether for better schools, roads, or municipal improvements. These
tragically needed water and sewer facilities will be no exception.
But, every qualified voter should go to the polls and cast his ballot.
The more votes that are cast and the larger the percentage in favor of
the issuance of bonds, the easier the bonds will be to sell. More bond
• buyers will want them, therefore they may be sold at lower interest rates.
Don’t pass up this chance to buy health protection for yourself and
your children, increased fire protection for your property, and the peace
of mind you’ll derive from knowing that should disease strike here the
blood will not be on your hands!
Scores of members of El Mina
Shrine Temple from all over East
Texas will gather Saturday night,
July 30, at Cravens Camp on the
Neches for their annual fish fry.
Red fezzed nobles will be on hand
from Galveston, Houston, Beau-
mont, Port Arthur, Kountze, Sils-
bee s and other towns throughout
the area.
The annual fish fry was insti-
tuted here several years ago, and
the Shriners look forward each
year to the event when they can
associate with fellow members
and eat the delectable fried cat-
fish that is prepared for them
there.
Two Silsbee Shriners, N. A.
Cravens and B. L. Moreland, were
recently made honorary life mem-
bers of El Mina Temple in Gal-
veston. Tom Shumate, popular
hotel manager formerly of Beau-
mont, is Imperial Potentate of El
Mina.
home is their daughter, Mrs. Mary
Sailor, of Yorktown.
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Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weathersby
attended a Beaumont Kiwanis
Club ranch party at the Edson
Hotel ballroom Tuesday night.
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Mason McSween, 31, who lived
six miles south of Silsbee at
Fletcher, was killed Saturday
night when his stripped down auto
struck another car and overturned
on Highway 69, two miles north
of Voth. The accident occurred
about 7:30 o’clock.
Mr. McSween, a carpenter by
trade, had made his home at
Fletcher for the past five months.
He worked in Beaumnot.
H. G. Heiselbetz, driver of the
other auto was not injured.
Funeral services for Mr. Mc-
Sween were held at Rockland in
Tyler county with burial in the
Rockland cemetery. Rev. W. King
of the Lamar Pentecostal church,
officiated.
Full military rites were under
the direction of the American
Legion post and the Veterans of
Foreign Wars post at Woodville.
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Santa Fe Announces
Train Schedule Change
Time of the four passenger
trains that arrive in and depart
from Silsbee daily will be changed
effective July 31, according to E.
F. Bistline, passenger agent.
Most noticable change has been
in train 206, westbound. Begin-
ning Sunday it will leave at 4
p.m. instead of 5:50 p.m.
The schedule follows:
A tremendous square dance is
in the making to be sponsored by
the local Lion’s Club, and will be
staged in the near future, accord-
ing to Herbert Elmore. Invita-
tions have been extended as far
as Houston, Nacogdoches and San
Augustine.
According to reports from the
Lions this affair will be one of the
biggest and most colorful shindigs
to be held in deep East Texas.
The proceeds from the square
dance will go into the Lion’s
Child Welfare program fund.
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Santa Fe Safely
Meet Held Wednesday
Conditions on the railroad that
need correction were brought out
at the safety meeting held by the
Gulf division of the Santa Fe
Wednesday afternoon at the com-
munity hall.
E. E. Baker, trainmaster of
Beaumont, presided at the meet-
ing and W. B. Miller of Temple,
safety supervisor of the district,
gave a resume of the accidents
covering the first six months of
the year. Mr. Miller stated that
he would conduct a class in first
aid here before the end of the
year.
Injuries were reduced from 22
last year to 11 this year over the
same period of time.
“If there is an unsafe condition,
fix it; if the accident is caused by
rule violation, study the rules and
eliminate them,” Mr. Miller said.
About 85 shop and road men
attended the meeting and at the
conclusion Mrs. Miller was hostess
to the entire group, serving home-
made cake and ice cream.
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New Minister Accepts
Midway Pastorale
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Creel of
Silsbee announce the birth of a
daughter, Mickey Irene, at Tenni-
son Hospital on July 21.
Carol Ann is the name given a
daughter born July 22 at Silsbee
Clinic to Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Par-
sons of Saratoga.
A daughter was born July 24 at
Tennison Hospital to Mr. and Mrs.-
Sam Procell of Hillister. The baby
has been named Sally Carol.
Mr. and Mrs. A. K. McInnis of
Kountze are the parents of a son
born July 25 at Tennison Hospital.
The baby was named Aubrey
Kenneth, Jr.
Janet Larue is the name given
a daughter born July 26 at Tenni-
son Hospital to Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Wisdom of Austin. The
baby is the granddaughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jud Oldham.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Johnson of
Silsbee announce the birth of a
son, Paul Bernard, born July 23
at St. Mary’s Infirmary in Galves-
ton.
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Those attending the Hooks re-
union Sunday, July 24th, near the
cemetery at Spurger were Mr. and
Mrs. Junius Warren and Mrs.
Beckie Ward and daughter of
Silsbee, Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Hooks
and grandson, Weldon Smith, of
Call, Mr. and. Mrs. Lee Hooks,
three children and one grandchild
of Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. Archie
Roberts and baby, Jackie, Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil Rollins and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. John Hoven and
daughter and little friend, Mrs.
Eudora Wright, all of Beaumont,
Mrs. Beatrice Guidroz and daugh-
ter of Vidor, Mrs. Winnie Wilt-
shire of Orange, Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Gilchriest and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Grant Perry, Mr. and
Mrs. Grover Hooks, Mrs. Fola
Pulliom and son, Mr. and Mrs.
Mack Wright and Will Wright of
Kirbyville.
This is to be an annual affair,
and all connections of the family
are invited to attend the next re-
union which will be the next
fourth Sunday in July.
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Louisiana Pastor Conducts
Good Shepherd Revival
There will be a revival meeting
at Good Shepherd Baptist Church
August 1-12. This friendly church
is located on the Spurger Road,
three miles north of Silsbee.
The guest speaker for this series
of meetings will be S. G. Rogers of
Eunice, La. Rev. Rogers is a man
with a board experience, and has
served both city and rural
churches.
The pastor and the congrega-
tion extended a hearty welcome to
the public to attend these meet-
ings. The song service will begin
each evening at 7:30 p.m. under
the direction of Mrs. I. R. Brown-
lee.
G. L. Smith
extensions for the City of
Silsbee. (Our error—we
Silsbee Kiwanis Club held its
birthday party, their 16th annual
fishfry, at Cravens Camp on the
Neches river last Monday night
at 7:30 One hundred and sixty
Kiwanians and their wives and
guests attended the anniversary
celebration.
F. L. McDonald of Denton, dis-
trict governor of the Texas-Okla-
homa district of Kiwanis, was
present and made a talk. Enter-
tainment for the evening was fur-
nished by Mrs. Eloise Milam and
a group of the Beaumont Melody
Maids.
Other out-of-town district
Kiwanis officials in attendance
were: Lt. Gov. Bragg Calloway
of Baytown, and Dr. Ernest Wright
of Houston, past lieutenant gov-
ernor of this district.
Also present were Mr. and Mrs.
Art Cooley of the Downtown
Houston Kiwanis Club, and a
number of guests from the Irish
Village and Beaumont Kiwanis
clubs.
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Negro Baseball Game
Scheduled For Sunday
The Center All Stars, Negro
baseball team, will play the Sils-
bee Black Cats at East Side park
in Silsbee Sunday afternoon at
3:30, according to F. C. Richard-
son, business manager for the
Cats. There will be special re-
served seats for white fans. Ben
Anderson is field manager for the
Cats.
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— EXISTING WATER LINES
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minutes later. The trial last-
ed a full week; selection of
the jury beginning the previous
Tuesday morning.
Tuesday afternoon H. I. Thomp-
son of Silsbee, defense attorney,
filed a formal motion for a new
trial for Leviness. Thompson has
20 days in which to file an
amended motion.
Judge Clyde E. Smith of Wood-
ville has set the date for hearing
the motion for a new trial for
Leviness fro 9 a.m., August 22, in
the District courtroom at Kountze,
according to W. L. (Doc) Selman,
clerk of the District Court.
In such cases the usual proce-
dure is: After the hearing the
judge either grants the new trial
or not, as the evidence indicates.
If the motion for a new trial is
refused the defense attorney has
from 30 to 90 days in which to
appeal the case if he desires to
appeal.
Jurors , in the Leviness case
were: Joe Markley, S. W. Worthey
Lee Evans, T. E. Alford, T. D.
Barclay and David Cook, all of
Silsbee; C. F. Daniel of Batson,
foreman; Charles McGraw and J.
K. Evans, both of Village Mills;
Willie Freeman of Kountze, Elmer
Lofton of Sour Lake and L. C.
Truett of Saratoga.
The end of the trial is the half-
way mark in one of Hardin Coun-
ty’s most sensational murder
cases. Darious Golemon, who is
charged in the same offense, will
be tried September 27, according
to Mr. Selman, and the veniremen
for the trial will be ordered Sep-
tember 5.
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Silsbee 10:30 a.m.
Train 206 — Westbound, leave
Silsbee 4:00 p.m.
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Hooks Family Reunion
Held Near Spurger
Train 201—Southbound,
Silsbee 2:21 p. m.
Train 202—Northbound,
Silsbee 10:35 a.m.
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Mrs. H. O. Edwards has return-
ed from New Orleans where she
visited with her daughter and son-
in-law.
Mr. and Mrs. Conner Overland
of New York City were visitors
last week in the A. W. Overland
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Street of
Wyoming were recent visitors of
her mother, Mrs. Mary Richard-
son.
Mrs. J. M. Stepps and son,
Charles, left Sunday for Simms-
port, La., where they will visit
relatives.
Mrs. E. E. Dunbar and Mary
Ann plan to leave Sunday to
spend their vacation in New York
City.
Recent guests in the R. W. Col-
lier home were Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Simmons of Crockett,
Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Demshock and
daughter, Mertie Ann, of Galves-
ton spent several days in the Jerry
Shackelfer home.
Mrs. Leon Boyett and children
and Mrs. Conley Boyett and
daughter, accompanied by Mrs. L.
Boyett’s brother of Mission, Texas,
will go to San Augustine Thurs-
day to attend the corner stone
laying ceremonies at McMahon’s
Chapel.
Mildred Richardson returned
Sunday from Mississippi, where
she was the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
L. L. Williamson and family dur-
ing her vacation.
Mrs. J. R. Phillips and son,
Stoney, returned to Silsbee Sun-
day after spending a week with
friends and relatives in Houston.
Recent visitors in the Albert
Cook home were Dr. and Mrs. R.
W. Pipkin and daughter, Bobbie,
of Baytown; Mr. and Mrs. H. T.
Ranieri and daughter, Avia, of
Galveston; and Mr. and Mrs. Far-
ley McClelland of Houston. Mrs.
Fannie McNamara of Oil City is
now visiting in their home.
Mrs. P. H. Flake and Mrs. J. B.
Stninett have returned from a
vacation trip which took them
through Louisiana, Mississippi,
Arkansas and several points in
Texas, where they visited rela-
tives and friends.
Water-Sewer Absentee
Voting Begins Monday
Absentee balloting on the $150,000 water-sewer bond
election for citizens of Silsbee who will be out of town on
August 6, will begin Monday, Mayor R. S. Farmer announced
this week after a long distance telephone conservation with
Gibson & Gibson assured him that election supplies and
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week-end.
In order to vote absentee,
citizens must be qualified voters
who will not be in town on the
day of the election. Ballots will
be cast in Kountze at the office of
T. M. Jordan, county clerk.
The election will be held at
Silsbee Fire Station on Saturday,
August 6, with L. D. Self, presid-
ing judge; John Busby, associate
judge, Mrs. Leon Jennings and
Mrs. D. G. Smith, clerks.
The official ballot will contain
five separate propositions. Word-
ing of these propositions will be
found near the end of the election
notice on an inside page of this
paper.
Of the $150,000 proposed bond
issue, $62,000 will be used for
purification facilities, pump house,
and reservoir for Silsbee’s number
two water well; for the extension
of water mains, waterworks im-
provements, and for the installa-
tion of 19 new fire hydrants. Sew-
er improvements, completion of
present system and addition of
new extensions where sewer
facilities are needed and will be
used will cost $87,000, according
to official estimates.
This amount of money is ex-
pected to be sufficient to give
sewer facilities to every house in
the city limits with the exception
of a part of the small Negro sec-
tion inside the city limits east of
the railway on the Jasper high-
way, and the Woodrow addition.
Officials have indicated a desire
to also include these sections when
enough citizens in these areas
want sewers and will avail them-
selves of the service to make it
practical to extend them. Many
of the houses in these outlying
areas are not equipped for sani-
tary sewer facilities.
A map, showing proposed ex-
tensions to water lines and sewer
extensions, has been prepared by
Koch and Fowler, engineers of
Dallas. Sewer lines that are al-
ready laid and present water
mains are hardly discernible on
the map, so persons observing the
map should bear this fact in mind.
The heavy black lines show only
the proposed EXTENSIONS to
present water and sewer lines.
A large scale map of the city
showing these lines very plainly
will be posted in the Silsbee Dry
Goods Company front display win-
dows this week-end, or as soon
as Mayor Farmer receives it from
the engineers. Another map will
be mounted in the front office of
The Silsbee Bee.
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