The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 10, 1957 Page: 2 of 16
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PAGE TWO - SECTION ONE
THE SILSBEE BEE
THURSDAY. JANUARY 18, 1857
Two Night Run Of Annual
Junior Play Starts Thursday
The Junior Class play, Ghost*
Road, a comedy-mystery, will be
presented Thursday and Friday
of next week, Jan. 17 and 18, at
8 o'clock Ih the high school audi-
torium, according to Cheryie Jo
Ennis, publicity director.
Ghost Road, similar to the
“smash” Broadway and movie hit
Bus Stop in situation, tells what
happens when a bus-load of pas-
sengers are stranded in an aband
oned stagecoach station during a
howling sandstorm somewhere
along the Mexican border.
' The similarity to Bus Stop is
continued in the fact that one of
the main characters is a nightclub
entertaiher of the more flashy
type. Miss Cleo Patra. The part
is being played by Barbara Red-
dell.
Love interest is provided by
Peggy Brookins as Mildred Ber-
ry, the beautiful daughter of a
couple of overly protective par-
ents.
Bobby Ford, playing Matt Wal
ters, is the strong, but-not-silent
“man of the world." In addition
to Milly’s parents, played by
Wayne Francis and Maq; Ellen
Blackmon, the other passenger,
an “old maid"' who can’t stand
the sight of ugly things." Miss
Potter is played by Lena Wells.
When these people of widely
differing backgrounds are forced
to take shelter in an abandoned
stagecoach station, they discover,
to their horror, that they have
more in common than they
thought: an enemy. For legend has
it that the station is haunted, and
that whoever enters the place be-
tween midnight and dawn will
surely die.
Other characters appear on the
.scene, but they only add to the
mystery and suspense which
builds to the final scene when the
startling outcome is revealed to
the audience. *
Tickets may “be reserved or
purchased at the high school of
fice, or from any member of the
cast Tickets reserved by phone
will be held at the box office un-
til 7:45 p.m. the night of perform-
ance, at which time they will be
released to the public. Tickets may
be purchased at the box office
both nights. Ail seats will be re-
served. .
Home Demonstration Council Report Shows
County Clubs Had Busy Time In Past Year
The Hardin County Home Dem- *■
onstration Council, made up pf
two elected '’representatives from
each club, assisted the home dem-
onstration agent in planning and
1 putting over the home demonstra-
tion program in the county in
1956. Mrs. A. W. Hart of Sour
^ Lake served as chairman; Mrs.
"Vernon Jacobson, vice chairman;
Mrs. George Walton of Sour Lake,
secretary-treasurer; Mrs. J. M.
Williamson, reporter.
Ten regular council meetings
were held with a total attendance
of 198. Two County wide recrea-
tional events and one county-wide
achievement meeting were also
held.
In addition to helping with the
home economics program on foods
and home improvement,* the
council through its committees
conducted- study and action pro-
grams recommended by the state
home demonstration association.
Through the work of the expan-
sion, education, exhibit commit-
tees, individual members, and the
agent, over 1000 non-club mem-
bers were reached with some
phase of the extension program.
Six of the seven clubs had a
program on family planning. Five
had one on family worship cent-
ers. Four clubs made a study of
jury service.
At three council meetings a rep-
resentative from the United States
Air Force explained the work of
the Ground Observer Corps and
asked for the cooperation of the
clubs in setting it up in their com-
munities. Each club took this in-
formation back to their clubs and
a general supervisor and chief ob-
server were named by six of the
clubs and one unorganized group,
Village Mills. As a result of this
work four communities are in the
process of setting up a Ground
Observer Corps in their commun-
ities. These are Village Creek,
Village Mills, Silsbee and Sour
Lake.
It was voted by club represent-
atives for the officers of council
and chairmen of standing com-
mittees to represent the Home
Demonstration clubs on the coun-
ty Planning Committee. These
council members attended the Fall
meeting of this committee and of
the sub-committee on homemak-
ing, tnd helped make the recom-
mendations for the year.
A total of $31.00 (100 percent)
was contributed by the Home
Demonstration Clubs to the THDA
fund.
Three delegates; Mrs. C. C.
Ewing, Mrs. A. W. Hart, and Mrs.
J. E, Smith were sent by the coun-
sel to the district meeting at
Wharton. Two delegates, Mrs. H.
C. Riley and Mrs. A. W. Hart were
sent by the counsel to the Nation-
al Home Demonstration Council
and the state meeting of the Tex-
JULIE BRITTON
SCHOOL OF DANCING
LAST MONTH TO ENROLL
Community Hall
Tuesday & Thursday afternoons
Savings and Loan Associations
OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
Of The >>
HARDIN COUNTY SAVINGS & LOAN ASS'N
at Silsbee, State of Texas, as of the close of business on the
31st day of December*1956.
ASSETS
First Mortgage Loans---------------------$468,136.39
Loans secured by shares of this association
Stock in Federal Home Loan Bank --—.
U. A. Government obligations .!——-—--
Cash on hand and in banks
Office Leasehold Improvements----
Furniture, fixtures and equipment, less depreciation
Deferred charges----—*—----—
TOTAL ASSETS-----—*---
6.500.00
1.900.00
74,443.10
66,659.09
794.60
4,434.93
213.48
$623,081.59
CAPITAL AND LIABILITIES <
Savings Accounts---———-——— $496,34440
Loans in process ■--—-------- 3,000.00
Advance payments by*borrower for taxes and ln-
C^Wran^i _ -
Deferred credits to future operations
Reserves and Permanent Stock--
491.99
___ 814.12
_____ 876.51
____ 119,054.57
$623,081.59
TOTAL CAPITAL AND LIABILITIES
• ■, ' ' • fp- . ■
STATE OF TEXAS,
COUNTY OF HARDIN
fk A. R. Neyllfldjilfresident, and R. A Neyland as
ment above hereof is true to the best of our knowledge and
belief. ^ ^
CORRECT-ATTEST ±
TERRELL BUCHANAN A.R-NJYLAm Preritort
LOUISE B. ELMORE ROBERT A. NEYLAND, Secretary
O. C BRACKIN f
Subscribed and sworn to me this the 7th day of January,
1957,'X
Soil Conservation
District NfgH|
1958 was a good year for con-
servation despite the lack of rain
in most sections.
Each year, as more acres of each
conservation practice are carried
out on cooperatars land, It it evi
dent that more people are becom
inf aware of the importance of
conservation farming.
During 1956, 30 new landowners
-jeame cooperators with our
Lower Neches Soil Conservation
District? on 9,045 acres of land.
This makes 9 total of 263 land-
owners cooperating with our dis-
trict on 51,278 acres of land.
"The Soil Conservation Service,
who devotes full-time technical
assistance to our district, assisted
these landowners in developing a
soil, water and plant, conservation
plan on their land.
All conservation practices in-
creased over last year. Seven hun-
dred acres were seeded to cover
crops, 571 acres land cleared, 649
acres seeded to pasture, 358 acres
of worthless hardwood controlled
in pine are just a few of many
conservation practices carried out
on cooperators land.
Woodland composes 510,000
acres of the district’s 561,300
acres of agricultural land. Man-
agement of it is an important
thing. Worthless hardwood crowd-
ing out young pine seedlings is
our main problem. Those coop-
erators who did this conservation
practice during 1956 were Frank
Carpenter, James Parker, ij*. S.
Erhard, John Tom Kirby, Hob
Warren and H. C. Hile.
It seems White Dutch clover is
being gradually replaced by its
cousin, S-l White clover. During
1956 more acres of land were
planted to S-l clover than any
other kind. This clover is more
drought resistant and also gives
a longer period of grazing.
Those cooperators who planted
S-l clover in 1956 were Fralise
Farms, 150 acres; Corvinpeg
Farms, 120 acres; E. H. Mau-
boules, 150 acres; Billy Matthews,
30 acres; Charlie Fritsche, 10
acres; Mrs. E. E. Ryan, 25 acres
and Bill Bush, 15 acres.
The supervisors would especi-
ally like to thank David and Bob
Read of the Silsbee Bee and B. F.
Cornwell of the Oil City Visitor
for publishing our weekly news
column, the 12 business firms who
sponsored our monthly newsletter
and many others who have helped
us make this a fine year.
We want to commend our chair-
man, Mr. C. E. Meadows, for de-
voting many unselfish hours in
helping keep conservation before
the people at all times. He spent
many hours in the making of a
movie on all phases of soil, water
and plant conservation in our dis-
trict. We say hats off to a man
who believes in conservation and
is doing a fine job of promoting It.
as Home Demonstration Associa-
tion held in San Antonio Sept.
23-28. These delegates gave a re-
port of this meeting to the Home
Demonstration Council and three
clubs.
Gifts were sent by clubs each
month to the two patients at the
Abilene Hospital.
A box of jams and jellies con-
tributed by the club members at
Christmas was sent to Boy’s Hav-
en at Beaumont.
Two clubs contributed books to
the library this year; 45 members
read a total of 76 books this year.
All of the clubs had a part in
the March of Dimes Drive In their
local communities.
Three dubs had educational
exhibits in the local show win-
dows during National Home Dem-
onstration Week. Two ol these
were on living room Improvement;
one on crafts.
Two exhibits were’ set up at
the Beaumont fair. The home
demonstration exhibit was on
weight control; 4-H exhibit on
home made games. Both received
blpe ribbons.
Through the cooperation of all
of the home demonstration dubs
a total of $327.90 was raised this
year. This was used in paying for
a monthly meeting place, for year
books, for expenses of home dem-
onstration and 4-H members to
district and state meetings and
for other miscellaneous expenses.
Officers for 1957 are as follows:
Mrs. A. W. Hart, Sour Lake,
chairman; Mrs. Vernon Jacobson,
Pine Ridge, vice-chairman; Mrs,
J. E. Smith, Silsbee, secretary-
isurer. Mrs. A W. Hart and
Mrs. Vernon Jacobson will again
re as chairman and #*»
chairman respectively for 1957.
(SaT J. K. Smith of Silsbee, has
n elected Secretary for ■•£$
year.
--.
Cub Scout Den 1
Elects New Officers
Dam 1 of the Cub scouts met
Monday afternoon in the home of
James Collins'with all cubs pre-
sent and fa uniform.
TB» following offices* 1
elected: Doyle McKeown, denner;
Britt Plunk, assistant dtnaar;
James Collins, secretary; J. Q.
Vandeeburg,teeasurar; and Billy
*^SS%ejri reviewed the cub
scout promis* gad made soap-eh*
laBritt Plunk, imrved refh
408 Marriage LicepsfMj|pw^
During 1956 County Clerk Reports Monday
A total of 408 couples were is-*
sued marriage licenses in Hardin
county during 1958, County Clerk
Clarence McNeely reported Mon-
day. By months, January had 27,
February 31, March 40, April 24,
May 38, June 47, July 34, August
38, September 27, October and
November 34 each, and December
36.
Licenses were issued to the fol-
lowing couples in the month of
December:
Clarence E. Davis and Carolyn
Frances Vieser. •
Johnnie Smith Sr. and Viola
Martin.
Thomas E. Chambers and Mrs.
Oma Mozeile Condrey.
Robert Allen and Mrs. Dorothy
Delia Jones.
James P. Rhodes and Mae Bell
Hutto.
Minor L. G. Wilson and Addie
Jenkins.
Rubin G. Huff and Betty Lor-
etta Leone.
Bert Van Pelt and Mrs. Bessie
Mas.Langston.
Curtis J. Dillon and Lillian Cla-
ra Glover.
Carl W. Golden and Mrs. Betty
Aline Moudeville.
Lonnie R. Shavers and Vera
Doris Clark, j
Jessie Kelley and Mrs. Velma
Robbins.
Dave M. Dixon and Charlene
Marie Cormier.
Elton Gore and Dannetta Nora
Stevenson.
Edward L. Brown and Eunice
Faye Odom.
Virg^ C. Johnson and Wilma
Henderson.
Leonard M. Driskell and Pat-
ricia Anne Powell.
William J. Gault, Jr. and Jo
Ann West.
L. R. Flowers and Lillian Ger-
aldine Parrish.
Elbert L. Foster and Minnie Ada
Wilson.
Harold G. Woods and Mrs. Sara
Clarice Spruell.
Tom Matthews and Mary Louise
Oliver.
John H. Chessher and Bertha
May Purvis.
Tommy Ard and Patsy Kirken-
dall.
Robert V. Harrington and Mrs.
Addie Bell Jordan.
Charles E.-James and Iris Jean
Weaver.
James H. Bra&hear and Tom-
my Jean Eaves.
Fred W. Glaze and Dorothy El-
len Landis.
Richard Gordon and Velma Ma-
rie Creel.
L. C. Landry and Ethel Cather-
ine Jones.
Clayton B. Stagg, Jr. and Mar-
garete Estelle Victor.
Stanley R. Hammond and Mary
Lou Norton.
Ralph E. Beazley and Jo Ann
Dobloins.
Leon Goodman and Mrs. Mable
Mitchell.
L. Alien Frye and Mrs. Maxine
TR^CMcLMn Fulton and Mrs.
Rosa Lee Christian.
11 9
Mrs. Doris Sirmons
Elected President Of
Boat Club Auxiliary
The Silsbee Boat Club Auxili-
ary met In the home of Mrs. W.
B. David Jan. 4 with 12 members
present. ’ ^ *
The meeting was opened with
prayer by Mrs. Renia Strahan.
Mrs. David presided over the bus-
iness meeting.
New officers were elected for
the year as follows; Mrs. Doris
xmons, president; Mrs. Edna
Earle Smith, vice president; Mrs.
Jo Allen, secretary and treasur-
er; and Mrs. Audie Maxwell, re-
porter.
Secret pals were revealed and
names drawn again for new pals.
Meetings are held the first
Thursday in each month. The next
meeting will be held in the home
of Mrs. Marie Edwards.
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greatly needed are brakes that
will automatically get tight when
the driver does.
Repossession Sale
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of it less than 9 months old!
12 FT.
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list $549.95 for only
$395
12 FT.
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list 529.95 for only
$350
10 FT.
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t
list $369.95 for only
$250
Black Bedroom Suite
2 pc. list $269.95 only
$145
Drum Tsblfi approx. 20 inches, lists $39.95 only
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Coffee Table
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Norge Wringer Washer
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$231
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Zuber, Jerry. The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 10, 1957, newspaper, January 10, 1957; Silsbee, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth770911/m1/2/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Silsbee Public Library.