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THE SILSBEE BEE
VOLUME 40
SILSBEE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1959
10c PER COPY
NUMBER 48
C of C Directors To!™™;*6?"11,
Name 59 Officers New Key Rate
Five new directors for the and an active civic worker
Silsbce Chamber of Commerce
for the ensuing year were elect-
ed by a vote of the member-
ship and their names released
this week.
New directors for the group
are l)r Sam P. Copeland, Rich-
ard Jones, John S. Hartman,
Paul Georgas, and Fred W.
Perlitz.
Dr. Copeland is a local phy-
sician and associated with Dr.
Wade Parker in Parker and
Copeland Clinic. He is a mem-
ber of the Silsbce Lions Club
and otherwise active in local
civic affairs.
Richard Jones is associated
with Buck Jones Lumber Com-
pany and a'member of Silsbce
Kiwanis Club. He is a graduate
of Texas A ft M College and
returned to Silsbce a little ov-
er a year ago after completing
a stint with the armed forces.
John Hartman is plant en-
gineer lor Fast Texas Pulp and
Pa(Kr Company and has been
associated with the paper mak-
ing company for over five
years.
Mr Georgas, who came here
two years ago from Baytown,
is manager of Biitton-Ci averts
Insurance Agency. He is also
a■''member of the Lions Club
Frank Aldridge
Embezzlement
Trial Is Set
The trial of Frank M. Al-
drrdgc, 28, charged with em-
bezzling Mime $43,407 from Kir-
in- I,umber Corp. here, liegms
today, Thursday, in R8th dis-
bud court in Koimt/e with
Judge It A Coe on the bench.
Aldridge was arrested last
July It) following a farewell
party given him by fellow em-
ployees at Kirby when he re-
signed his position there to go
into business for- himself. He
pleaded not guilty and htg> been
free on $4500 bond since that
tmio.
Aldridge is represented by
zUtomcy Gilbert Adams of
Beaumont Stanley Coe, district
attorney and and Karl Stover,
county attorney will represent
the state in the case.
The accused is a resident of
Beaumont.
Fred W. Perlitz is owner of
Nechcs Minimax supermarket
here and was in the wholesale
grocery business prior to mov-
ing to Silsbce late in 1954.
The new directors will be
seated at a meeting of the
chamber of commerce tonight
at the chamber of commerce
office in the Bee building.
Also, plans for the forthcom-
ing annual chamber of com-
merce banquet and the election
of new officers for 1959 are
scheduled for tonight’s meet-
ing at 7 p. m.
Second Annual
Hereford Sale Set
In Woodville
The second annual sale of
registered Hereford cattle will
be conducted by the H ft L
Ranch on Tuesday, Feb. It) in
Woodville. This will include!bring about
The city of Silsbee was in re-
ceipt of a letter last week from
the state board of insurance in
Austin relative to an inspection
of city fire fighting facilities of
the city made by a state board
engineer.
The letter was addressed to
City Manager Bill Pennington
and reads as follows:
Mr. William M Pennington
City Manager
Silsbee, Texas
Dear Mr. Penningtortr
We wish to than!? you for the
assistance given our engineer
on his recent reinspection of
your city. Based ujx>n the new
waterworks improvements, we
will proceed with an adjust-
ment in your key rate which
will necessitate a complete re
inspection and a republication
of a new rate book which will
take some time. In the future,
please be sure that any plans
for improvements in your wa-
terworks system or fire depart-
ment are-cleared through our
oft ice because we can often
point out changes which will
further reduction
about 25 bulls and about the as will be illustrated later on
same number of cows. in this lette'r.
The H A: L Ranch is located! The present key rate contains
two miles west of Colmesneitr* charge, of 2 cents because
your present elevated tank is
63 percent deficient in capacity.
To avoid this charge, we would
recommend that you install a
250.000 gallon elevated tank on
a tower of 100 feet minimum
and most of the cattle lieing
offered for sale are from pro-
duction from the ranch's herd.
These arc all registered cat-
tle and come from the finest
breeding stock in the country
promoters of the sale said.
The sale will be held at the
Woodville Auction Barn at 1:00
p. m. with Walter Britton,
world famous auctioneer, con-
ducting. H ft I owners are
H. J. and Lcota Hurst of Port
Nechcs.
Fireman’s Auxiliary
Plans Gumbo Supper
The Ladies Auxiliary of the
Silsbee Fire Department will
sponsor a chicken-gumlio sup-
per Thursday night in the Fire
Hall.
Hours will bo from i until
8 p. in.
This group will also sponsor
a Sweetheart Dance which will
tie given Feb. 14 in the Fire
Hall. Reservations may be
made by contacting members
of the Auxiliary.
B. G. Ward'returned Tuesday
aftej: making a business trip
to Tulsa, Okla.
Brief News Items - -
Of Local and Personal Interest
Mrs. Leona Whitman. Phone EV 5-3731
L K Martin and Frank Tan-
ner attended a district council
meeting of the OCAW in Hous-
ton Saturday.
David B8trow and daughter.
Kathy, of Orange vented Satur-
. day m (he home of his parents,
Mr. and Hrs. D. S. Barrow.
Mrs. Mary Lou Brown will
leave Friday for Dallas to at-
tend the all Texas Beauty Show
an educational program bene-
ficial to beauty operators.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Gabriel
and family have moved to Al-
buquerque. New Mexico to
make their home.
Mrs. Otelia Moore of San
Augustine is visiting in the
home of her sister, Miss Juantcc
Devil.
Miss Carol Griffith, a stu
dent at Texas University, visi-
ted over the weekend with her
grandmother, Mrs. Lloyd Grif-
fith.
Guests' in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Sam MeFlroy Satur-
day were Mrs. G F. McDonald
and da* ;hter. Ruth of San An-
tonio,‘and Mrs. Leslie Wood-
cock of Woodville..
Mr. and Mrs. J CL Foster
and children visited over the
weekend in Houston with rela-
tives.
Sim Ward returned home
last week after undergoing sur-
gery in Baptist Hospital in
Beaumont.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Payne
visited over the weekend in
Devine, Texas in the home 61
his sister, Mrs. Mattie E. Kir-
by. Mrs. Dati Lewis accompa-
nied them as far as San An-
tonio where she visited with
friends and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. B R. Norman
are moving to Midwest City,
Okla. to make their home. He
is being transferred by Sin-
clair Company.
/ Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Hollan-
der of Dover, New Jersey and
Mrs. Bea Eagrash of Dallas vi-
sited over the weekend in the
home of Mr.' and Mrs. Roy
Rodgers. The Hollander and
Hodgers families had not seen
f'arh other in 12 years “Mr. and
Mrs. Hollander have returned
•from England.
D. H. Cook, who has been
making his home in El Paso,
has returned to Silsbee, he is a
former resident of this city.
Rupert Horka, a student at
New Mexico Military Institute
in’ Roswell, New Mexico, and
Anti' Horka, a student at the
University of Texas, in Austin
visited over the weekend in
the home of their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H. T. Horka.
Wallace B. Hare, seaman ap-
prentice. USN, of Route 1, Box
1290. Silsbee, Tex., is serving
it the North Island Naval Air
Station, San Diego, Calif.
Visitors in the H, F. Wiggins
home this week were Grady
Shivers, son of Mrs. Wiggins,
who flew in from Manaus. Bra-
m1 Monday evening. He is em-
ployed by the Drilling and Ex-
ploration Company of Nevada
Other visitors were Mrs. Imo-
;ene Thompson and sons of Li-
icrty.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Herron,
Mrs. David Cook and daught-
ers, Mrs. R. E. Barclay ami
daughter, Ronnye Cones, Mrs.
I^ona Whitman, Mrs. B. R.
Walker and Mrs. F. A. Mc-
Mieken attended funeral ser-
vices for Mrs. Ed Jones in
Jasper Sunday.
Scout Troop 88
Plans Recognition
Ceremony Feb. li
The week of Feb. 8 through
Feb. 14 is designated as Boy
Scout Week and the local Bov
Scout Troop 88 will hold a
recognition ceremony in Ob-
servance of this week.
The meeting will be at 7
Wednesday night and will be
held in Cravens Hall of the First
Methodist Church. This pro-
gram is especially for the boys
and their parents,
Joe Hignett is scoutmaster
A. G. Murphev is troop com-
mittee chairman and invites the
public to attend.
Azalea Garden
Club To Meet
The Azalea Garden Club will
meet Wednesday in the home
of Mrs. F. M. Bowers, 315 Ave-
nue M, at 2 p. m.
Mrs. A. L. Tucker will be
guest speaker.
height to the bottom of the
tank and to be fed by an 8-
inch or larger main all the way
from pumping station through
the mercantile district.
We are enclosing a map upon
which we have indicated where
additional mains and fire hy-
drants should lx- installed. Your
special attention is directed to
an 8-inch supply main on Ave-
nue "J" to Fourth Street. This
improvement alone will elimi
nate a 2 cent charge now in
order in your key rate for sup-
ply main being deficient in size.
Your fire department and its
equipment is In very good con
ditton and we urge that the
good work be kept up withotif
fail and that the required drill
reports be sent into this office
on time.
Also, be sure that the depart-
ment is represented at the Fire-
men's Training School at Col-
lege Station next July. 19th. If
two firemen and your Fire
Marshal complete the courses
the present 3 percent credit
can be increased to 5 percent.
We are enclosing a copy of
the abbreviated edition of the
1955 National Building Code
which we recommend that you
adopt by reference and arrange
to enforce by proper supervi
sion. Through this code, buil-
ding hazards cat! be reduced
and attendant fire losses are
removed likewise.
Assuring you of our heartiest
cooperation, we are
Sincerely yours,
George C, Hawley, Chief
Engineer Town Rating Unit,
Fate Section
Services Are Held
For Mother Oi
Local Man Sunday
Mrs. Ed Jones, 73.
She died in llardy-Haneock
hospital in Jasper Friday hav-
ing beet) confined there since
Jan. 10 following a car acci
dent.
Arrangements were under
direction of Stringer Funeral
Home of Jasper.
Rev. Roy Miller officiated,
assisted by Rev. Dan Marshall,
pastor of Springhill Baptist
Church, of which she was a
member.
Survivors include her hus
band, Ed Jones of Jasper; four
oons, three of Jasper and E. J.
Jones of Silsbee; two daught-
ers, one of Jasper and one of
Kirby ville; 24 grandchildren
and two great grandchildren.
First Assembly
Of God Revival
To Continue
The revival' this week at the
First Assembly of God Church
will continue through this
week, according to Rev., J. A
Hendrix, pastor.
Week night services b»gin at
7:30 and Sunday evening ser-
vices begin at 7:15.
Rev. Doug Jones of Palestine
is the evangelist.,!
W. B Barge was called to
Lufkin Saturday due to the ill-
ness cl his mother.
Country (tub Will Stage Valentine
Dance Saturday, February 14
Silsbee Golf and Country paign is currently underway.
Club will observe its second
social affair in the newly
completed clubhouse Saturday
Feb. 14 with a Valentine’s
dance.
The Novatones of Port Ar-
thur will furnish music for the
dance and club members will
each bring a prospective mem-
ber-guest. A membership cam-
Lions Minstrel _
Tickets Go On
Sale This Week
Tickets, for the annual Sils-
bcc Lions Club minstrel show
went on sale this week. Dr.
Sam Copeland, publicity chair-
man, said Tuesday. It will be
staged Friday, Feb. 27 at the
high school auditorium.
The show went into produc-
tion Tuesday night with Dr. R.
O. Jackson as director.
Proceeds from the annual
minstrel go to benefit the
Lions scholarship * fund and
sight conservation work. Dr
Copeland said.
Tickets arc available from
A1 Mashburn at the Gulf
States Utilities office or from
any Lion, Dr. Copeland said.
Interlocutor for this year’s
show will he Director Jackson.
W, P. Crocket and G. W.
"Snub" Gilrhricst will appear
in their perennial roles of Rut-
tern :1k and January. Ernie
Dietrich will be Rastus, Paul
Georgas, Fertilizer, and Ray-
ford Birdweli, Snowball.
GulFOil Strike
Idles Estimated 50
In Silsbee Area
An estimated 50 men in
Silsbee and surrounding area
were idle (his week as the
strike at Gulf Oil’s Port Ar-
thur refinery neared the end
of its first week.
Worker’s went out on strike
last Friday evening after Oil
Chemical and Atomic Workers
u nion representatives and
company representatives failed
to resolve their difficulties.
Duration of the strike was
not climated but one strike-
bound worker here said Wed-
nesday, "It looks like it’s go-
ing to be a long, drawn out af
fair.”
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at 2 in North
Baptist Church in Jasper for|a',s° be explained by Miss Ma-
Wesleyan Service
Guilds Will Hold
Quarterly Meeting
Wesleyan Service Guilds of
the Beaumont district will hold
its quarterly meeting Sunday.
Feb. 8 in Temple Methodist
Church of Port Arthur, accor-
ding to Mrs. H. T. Pitts, dis-
trict publicity chairman.
A resume of pertinent facts
regarding Christian social re-
lations will be presented by
Mrs. W. E. Fonder of Port Ar-
thur, district CSR chairman.
Miss lads Mathews of Beau-
mont will act as co-ordinator
for a buzz session toward un-
derstanding finance. Monies
placed in the “world bank” will
tHews.
The business session will
convene at 2:30 p. m. with Mrs.
M. M. Brock of Orange, dis-
trict secretary, presiding. This
will be preceded by a quiet
time at 2 p. m.
All WSG units in the dis-
trict are urged to have repre-
sentation at this meeting when
plans for participation in the
annual guild weekend will be
cSthpleted. »
seeking a total of 25 new
members.
Memberships in the club are
$153 at present. President
Frank McClanahan said this
this week.
An overflow crowd of some
300 people attended the initial
dance at the club Jan. 24 and
all were enthusiastic about the
new clubhouse facilities.
Mr. McClanahan was recip
ient of a new set of golf cljibs
and1 bag from an appreciative
membership for his efforts in
bringing the country club to
its present status. This week
he, re-stated his thanks to the
club for the gesture of apprec-
iation.
A dance for member teen-
agers will be held this Satur-
day night at the clubhouse
El Mina Shrine
Publicity Team
Named This Week
Richard R. (Dick) Davis,
long active in Shrine and civic
endeavors of Port Arthur, was
apponted this week to the post
of Director of Publicity for the
El Mina Shiinc Temple of Gal-
vqston %nd its eleven county
district by El Mina Shrine Po-
tentate, Dr. J. R. Kucbler. Po-
tentate Kuebler commented, “El
Mina can feel proud of having
a man of such outstanding ca-
pabilities accept the charman-
ship of our very important
Publicity team for 1959.”
’’Complete coverage of all El
Mina activities, projects, and
goals, plus news releases on our
17 Shriners’ Hospitals will be
released regularly through the
press, television, and radio to
our over 2.700 Shriners, pro-
spective Shriners, and to the
public in general," Davis ex-
planed. “Our sincere thanks go
to the wonderful co-operation
of these news agencies in get-
ting out o^tr releases to the
pubjie Bn a correct and eondse
manner and in a minimum
amount of time,” Davis said.
Assistant Directors on the
Publicity team arc: George
Parks Jr., of Beaumont; W. R.
(Bill) Roberts, of Galveston;
Neal Miller Jr. of Orange; Dave
May, of Texas City; Paul A.
Milligan, of La Marque; R. E.
McBride, of Anglcton; H. H.
Pcpor, of Woodville; David
Read of Silsbce; W. E. Jones, of
Jasinr; L. D. Didrikson, of
Newton: and O. J. Bean, of
Kirby \i He.
Davis is a past President of
the Port Arthur Shrine Club,
presently serving on the Board
of Directors, past. President of
the Downtown Port Arthur
Lions Club, a former Deputy
District Governor of Lions In-
ternational. a member of the
North Port Arthur Lions Club,
and the First Baptist Church of
Port Arthur. He resides at 3900
Procter Street with wife' Ruth
and son‘Jon Richard and is em-
ployed by the Koppcrs Co., Inc.
Northern! Lumber
To Have Grand
Opening Seen
Impending grand opening of
Nprthend Lumber and Build-
ing Supply, located two and a
half miles north of Silsbee on
Spurger highway, was an
nounccd here this week by Eu-
gene Payne, owner.
The new business was re-
cently opened with Preston
Cherry, formerly of Orange, as
manager! Mr. Cherry was in
the lumber and “building ma-
terials business for several
years in Orange. '
Mr. Payne is a longtime res-
ident of Silsbee and has been
in the building and real estate
business here during that time.
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G. E. Hanks ‘'visited in Fine-
Und Saturday in the home of
his mother,. Mfs. Daisy |£|aS».
Selma Collier’s
Brother Dies
In Woodville
Funeral “services for Loucille
Collier, 71. who died at his
home at Pope’s Mill in Tyler
county Sunday, were held Mon-
day afternoon at the Edwards
Funeral Home in Woodville.
Burial was in the Ryall Ceme-
tery four miles west of Jas-
per.
Mr. Collier was a brother of
Selma Collier of Silsbee, and is
survii ed also by four other bro-
thers, Cordell Collier of Wood-
ville. Suggs Collier ef Hillis-
tcr, J. E. Collier of Coushatta.
La., and R. E. Collier of Stls-
bec; three sisters, Mrs. D. C.
Brackin of Woodville, M$$. L. A.
Whitley and Mrs. L. J. Scog-
gins of Hillister; and one
daughter, Mrs. Janies W
Shields of Woodville.
Mr.. Collier was well known
throughout east Texas for his
activ ities in the lumber busi-
ness,
Man Sentenced For Life
As Habitual Criminal
!■;
A jury of 10 men and 2 wo-
men gave Clinton Young, 31, a
life sentence in the state peni-
tentiary Tuesday about mid-
night, after he was proved to
be an habitual criminal. The
life sentence was automatic
when it was established that
Young, first, forged a state
Johnny Johnson
Holds Lead In
If AAA Scoring
Johnny Johnson of the Sils-
bec Tigers held a thin one-ppint
lead in District 11 AAA basket-
ball scoring Tuesday despite
his team’s 53-50 loss to Neder-
land.
A Nederland player, Georg<
DeVries; is close on Johnson’.-
heels. Johnson has dumped in
104 {mints in district play to
103 for DeVries. The two lads
scored in similar fashion foi
their respective teams Tuesday
with Johnson dropping 19 to
pace the Tigers while DeVrie.-
accounted for 18 of Nederland’s
total.
Billy Caraway scored 12
points for the Tigers while
Fred Molder and Ronald Willis
had 12 apiece for the Bulldogs
The loss left the Tigers tied
in second place with Nederland
with 3-3 records under French,
atop the heap.
The Tigers play French here
tomorrow night, Friday, with
the B game starting at 6:15
p. m. They go to Vidor next
Tuesday ana close out the sea-
son here Feb. 13 against Ne-
derland.
Box Score:
Nederland <531 Silsbee Can
OFT G
2 0 4 Cawley 2
3 5 12 Johnson 0
7 4 10 Caraway 7
6 0 12 Gelsend f 2
2 0 4 Keevcs 2
t 2 4 Hare 0
0 0 0 Totals 10
0 0 ft
24 II 53
4HrieN:
bank draft to read $79 15 and he has been awaiting trial.
second, was, the same Clinton
Young who received four pre-
vious prison sentences from this
county.
The cWck in question was
cashed at J. B. Wales store in
Village Mills on Dec. 10, 1957.
Young had pleaded not guilty
and Dwayne Overstreet,
Kountze attorney, was appoint-
ed by the court to defend him.
Young had been in jail in
Kountze sirice early last year.
He fled the Kountze jail in
September and was re-arrested
n Uvalde, Texas and returned
to Kountze in November where
\
Over 4300 Pay
Poll Tax For
Tear In County
Over 4300 voters purchased
their poll tax in Hardin county
prior to Jan. 31, Mrs. Jeanette
Morgan of the County Tax As-
sessor-Collector’s office said
this week.
Three sub-stations had not
reported their total by Wed-
nesday, they wore H. P Mo-
ran and A. A. Adams in Sils-
bee and the Thicket substa-
tion
In 1957, 5443 persons serur-
cd {will taxes, the year before,
5100: 1955, 6467: 1953, 5105:
and 1953, 5377.
Aulo license tags will go on
sale around the middle of Feb-
nr:.\, .Viiie Bean, county tax
assessor, said Monday.
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County attorney Earl Stover
said Wednesday morning that
it was the first time in a quar-
ter century that a man had
been sentenced from this coun-
ty as an habitual criminal.
Young was sent up from
Hardin county in 1946, 1948,
1951 and 1953 on car theft con-
victions. He began his career of
crime early in life, stealing his
first car at the age of 15, Mr.
Stover said.
Young had over 10 convic-
tions in all, including one in
the state of Louisiana, but only
four were submitted in evi-
dence in Tuesday’s trial. The
trial began Tuesday morning.
The jury returned its ver-
dict shortly after 11 p. m. Tues-
day. They got the case at 8:25
p. m. Jurobs were G. W. Gii-
chriest, foreman, W. F. Cay-
wood, .John Brewer, Jack H.
David, Mrs. S. Cochran, J E.
Marshall, R. T. Milner, and
A. R. Morgan all of Silsbee;
Frank Weaver of Saratoga, and
N. E. Wheeler, Mrs. Jessie. Lo-
well, and C. P. Dugat all of
Sour Lake.
Little League
Auxiliary To Meet
Bellow
Meldcr
DeCrics
Willis
Neely
Perkins
Skog
Salts
Totals
Si’ore b;
Nederland
Silsbee
Frank R. Becktol,
92, Dies Here
Tuesday A.
Funeral services for Frank
Rubin Becktol, 92, retired Santa
Fc engineer, were held at 2
p.m. Wednesday from the
chapel o f Farmer Funeqjl
Home with Rev. Bruce O. Po^-
cr and Rev. R. E. Barclay offi-
ciating.
They arc pastors of the First
Methodist church and First
Baptist church of Silsbee res-,
pectively.
Mr. Brcktql died at his home
at 540 N. 5th Street at 3 a. m.
Tuesday after an extended ill-
* * Mrs. Pat Ward, president _.
7- )•'the Silsbee Little League Auxi-
o Miliary', has called for me first
‘ J meeting of the new year. The
meeting will be hold Monday
in the Kirby School Cafeteria
at 9:30 a. m.
Mothers of all boys playing
and those who have sons that
are interested in baseball are
invited, according to Mis.
Ward. ^
New officers will tie elected
and plans for the new year
will be discussed at this meet-
ing.
in S3
1(4-30
ness.
He had worked for Santa Fe
since 1892. joining the com-
pany as a roundhouse employe
■n Temple. In 1897 he was pro-
moted from fireman to engin-
eer at Gamsvillc.
In 1936 Mr. Becktol retired
and moved to Silsbee in 1943.
He was a member of the Meth-
odist church and a member of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers.
Survivors include his widow,
Mrs. Villa Dilemmia Becktol of
Silsbee; a sdn, Frank C. Beck-
tol of Silsbee; and three grand-
children. .
r< Ibcarers were Pete Blan-
chari Elton Woodrum, Janies
E. Knt, Harold ClinefcItcF,
Kenneth Watson and Van Wal-
lace.
Honorary pallbearers were O.
T. Fennel, Jack Hill. R. R. Pal-
mer, C. D. Clinefelter, E. F.
Bistline, and R. A. Yoksh. Bur
ial was in Forest Lawn Mem
orial cemetery in Beaumont un-
der direction of Farmer Funer-
al Home.
Pii'il McClintoii left Tues-
day to return to Baylor Uni-
versity in Waco after a visit In
the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. G. McClinton.
DWI, Hoi (heck
Cases Heard In
County Court
Two hot cheek cases and one
driving while intoxicated case
have beqn tried in county
court since date of last report,
records in County Judge
Fletcher Richardson’s office
show.
There have also l>ecn 34 ar-
rests at the countv jail since ’
that time, Office Deputy Dave
Rountree said Monday Last
week there were 14 arrests and
the week previous 20. he said
K F. W'mkIs was fined $1
and costs- in county court on
pleading to hot check charges
Jan. 19 On Jan 31, J. W. Bv-
crlv of Jasper reee,veo a like
fine wiicn lie pleaded guilty to
the same charge.
Henry Stevenson of San An-
tonio was fined $50 and costs
and sentenced to three days in
iail when he pleaded guilty to
DWI charges Feb. 2.
', Of the 34 arrests reported
for jhc two week period, there
were 21 drunks, 3 affrays, one
drunk in ear, one felony DWI,
one felony , hot cheek, one
idultry, two traffic, 1 theft
and two insane.
Cubs Face Bears
For District Crown
The Silsbce junior high school
Tiger Cubs go to Port Arthur
this afternoon, Thursday, in a
do or die basketball gajne with
the Pott Arthur Bears for the
junior high school district
championship.
Silsbee and Port Arthur are
currently tied for first place
■standings with one district loss
each. The game will be played
in the Woodrow Wilson junior
office is located across the
street from the courthouse.
Mrs. L. G. Jordan, secretary,
says this is an important meet-
ing and requests all members
to attend.
J. N. Ashcraft, who fell and
broke his hip several weeks ago
and has been confined to John
Scaly Hospital in Galveston.
ha$ been trasuferred to Bethel
Cflsvilcfccaut _ Home in fceau-
awat
Red Cross Directors
To Meet In Kountze
There will be a called meet-
ing for the directors of the
American Red Cross Thursday
night at 7:30 in Judge A. L.
Bevil's office in Kountze. This E. Ashworth Sr. of Silsbee and
Mrs. Dora McKee
Is Buried Friday
Funeral services fro Mrs
Dora Irene McKee. 65. of Sils-
bee, were held at 3:30 - .... Fri-
day at the Christian Church in
Silsbee with Rev. P. F- Hern-
don officiating.
Mrs. McKee resided in Sils-
bee most of her life and attend-
ed school here. She was a
member of the order of Royal
Order of Neighbors of Ameri-
ca and a member of the
Christian church.
Mrs. McKee is survived by
her husband. Samuel A. Mc-
Kee of Silsbee, one brother. C. force at the Western Auto As
soeiate Store here.
Warren is a graduate of Sils-
three sisters, Firs. H. O. Ed-
wards of Silsbee, Mrs. E. H. bee High School and attended
Sabine School
Administrators To
Meet In Silsbee
The Sabine School Adminis
traters and School Board As-
sociation will have its regular
meeting here in Silsbee Feb. 16
at Read-Turrentine elementary
school. Supt. Don L. Hough said
this week.
R. W. "Bob” Akers, editor of
the Beaumont Enterprise, will
speak on Education in Far Eas-
tern Countries. Mr. Akers re-
cently made a tour of the Far
East.
Earl Wills, member of the
board of trustees, .Silsbee Inde
(jendent School District, will
give the-»invocation.
Music will be furnished b>
the junior high school choral
group under the direction o!
Mrs. Robert Ncyland and b\
the high school orchestra dt
rected by Melvin Winger.
high gym beginning - at 4;30
with the B game.
Monday night the locals
swamped the Port Nechcs quin-
tet 67-30 at the local high
school gym. Randy Read paced
local scorers with 16 followed
by Nicky Gilbert with 15 and
Billy Tarver with 11.
laist week Silsbee beat Carr
of Orange 45 to 36 in Orange.
In the B games, Silsbce lost
to Orange 42 to 13 and to Port
Nechcs 26 to
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Orin*r 1.4ft)
Tarver
14 Norwood
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Riddle
9 BarktM'
22
Gilbert
7 McClain
3
Read
9 King
3
Dr-kc
6 Stone
2
rout
45 Total
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Sili-hfK*
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Tarver
11 Ballman
4
Hargrove
ft Palmer
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Biddle
R Dews
8
Gilbert
15 Norman
T
Read
1ft Walker
3
Drake
10 Frederick
1
B Tarver
1 hblr’ev
3
Tour
ft 7 Total
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Score by qurlerv:
Nil;,bee
12 23 24
9 ftT
ft. Nechcs
10 8 t
8 30
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Hello World • -
.
Warren Bower Joins
Western Auto Store
Staff Here
Warren F. Bower, son of Mr
and Mrs. John K. Bower, hai
completed his service in the
Army and has joined the sales
Wheeler of Kountze and Mrs
0. L. Vickers of Beaumont,
Pallbearers, all nephews,
were Edwin, Raymond
Bill Wheeler, Claude Ash-
worth Jr., Leon Ashworth,
WilbOrn and Leroy Vickers
and Tully Edwards.
Burial was in Knupple cem-
etery under direction of'Face-
Wells, Funeral Honje cl
ttoiAfee.
Lamar Tech before entering the
armed services two years ago
He and his wife, the formei
and Mary Grace Jones, are making
their home here Where Mrs
Bower is a member of the fa-
culty of Silsbee Schools.
Gay Slaughter of Sweeny, i.
visiting in the home of her
grandparent*. Rev. and Mrs
Sftwe O. Power.
■Iy
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Himmel-
’•eieh of Silsbee are the per-
mits of a daughter, Peggy
Lynctte, born Jan. 23 in St.
Therese hospital in Beaumont.
Albert Earl, a son, was born
Tan 29 in Hardin County hos-
pital to Mr. and Mrs. Fv B.
Huffman of Silsbee.
Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Kirby
of Silsbee are the parents of
a son, David Farrell, born Jan.
28 in Hardin County hospital.
Barbara Ann, a daughter,
was born to Mr. and M,is. J.
C. Brown Jan. 28 in Hardin
County hospital in Kountze.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Burk of
Sour l-ake art the parents of
t daughter, Donna Marie, born
fan. 29 in Hardin County ho -
pita!.-
Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Hooks of
Silsbee are the parents 6f a
daughter, Debra M*rie. born
fan. 26 in Hardin County hos-
pital-- - ■—p-—■
John Dale, a son, was born
lo Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Williams
->f Sdsbee, Jan. 31 in Hardin
bounty hospital
Mr. and Mrs. L. L Harris of
Svadala are the parents nf a
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Zuber, Jerry. The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 5, 1959, newspaper, February 5, 1959; Silsbee, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth770988/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Silsbee Public Library.