The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 24, 1970 Page: 2 of 22
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Thursday, December 24, 1970
Silsbee. Texas
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___ Apprentice
Legal
Notice
NOT1C3 TO BIDDERS
Sealed bids will be re e e 1 v e d by
the Commissioners' Court of Hardin
County, Texas, at 10:00 o'clock A. M.,
on the 28th day of December, 1970,
for the purchase of the following:
TWO <21 FULL SIZE FOUR «41
DOOR SEDANS. SPECIFICATIONS
AS FOLLOWS:
POLICE PACKAGE
3-Speed Heavy-Duty Automatic
Transmission
H D. Vinyl Trim & Seal
6" Clear Lens Spotlight -Left Side
8 55 x 15 BSW High-Performance
Tires
42 Amp Alternator or Belter with
Dual Belts
80 Amp H. D. Battery
Color-White
Wheelbase—120" or more
Horsepower—300 or more
Power Brakes—Disc
Power Steering
Factory Air Conditioner
Radio—AM
Tinted Glass-All
PRICE TO BE FIGURED WITH
TRADE-INS
1.....1988 Plymouth, four 4i door sedan
—eon be seen at the Sheriff's Dept.
1—1969 Chevrolet, four 4/ door sedan
—can be seen at the Sheriff's Dept.
The court reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids or to accept
the bid most advantageous to it, and
must meet the approval of the Sher-
iff. Delivery date will be considered
Emmett Lack
County Judge,
Hardin County, Texas
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Tigers Take Third
In DeRidder Meet
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF
ONTARIO
NOTICE TO:
JOHN CULLEN WELLS
A Petition for divorce has been
presented by FLORENCE ANN
WELLS. You may inspect the Peti-
tion at the office of the Local Regis-
trar of this Court at the Court House,
2 Daly Avenue. Ottawa 2, Ontario,
Canada. If you wish to appear to or
oppose the Petition, or if you seek
other relief, your Appearance or An-
swer or Answer and Counter-petition
must be delivered in accordance with
the Rules of Court. In default of Ap-
pearance or Answer you will not be
entitled to notice of any further pro-
ceedings.
CHARLESON, CLARK &
FORSYTHE.
Barristers, and Solicitors,
276 Elgin Street.
Ottawa 4, Ontario,
Canada
Solicitors for the Petitioner
SHS Tiger cagers nabbed a
third place in the DeRidder
Tournament held there Dec. 17-
19 with an 87-71 loss to Min-
den Webster in the last game of
the tourney. Tigers overcame
Deweyville 77-72, but dropped
to 1969 Louisiana AA Champs
DeRidder by a score of 94-83.
Tiger high-point men were
Mark Yawn, 18, Joe Price, 17,
and David Brown (rebounds)
in the Webster match; Brown
and Price (21 and 18), also
Price and Yawn on rebounds 15
and 13 in the Deweyville bout;
and Yawn, Brown, and Price
(24, 17, 16) in the DeRidder
game. Brown led rebounds with
14.
Varsity defeated Kirbyville
75-59 in a rebound battle Mon-
day night. Yawn, Brown, Price
and James Hunter topped the
scoring list with respective tal-
lies of 16, 15, 12 and 12. Hunter
and Yawn shared rebound ku-
dos with 12 and 10 each.
The Tigers travel to Singer,
La., Dec. 29 for play in that
school classic, meeting DeRid-
der again at 6:30 p. m.
Junior Varsity also whipped
Kirbyville Monday with a final
tally of 61-49. The win brought
the JV to a 6-5 season record.
Rufus Cook and Herbert Sapp
were high scorers with 26 and
10 points, respectively.
Ninth graders took the con-
solation trophy in the Buna
Tournament last weekend by
soundly defeating Jasper and
Buna. They got off to a bad
start, dropping the opener to
West Orange.
Eighth and Ninth grade
schedule; (Complete)
Thursday, Dec. 17 — Eighth
24, Austin 23; Ninth 61, Forest
Park 70.
Monday, Dec. 21—Eighth 47,
Woodrow Wilson 29; Ninth 62,
Wilson 53.
Junior high teams will rest
during Christmas holidays, with
no games scheduled until Jan.
betters
Editor
Citizens Explain
About Lumberton
School Chief Job
it 4.
Dec. 21, 1970
Editor:
We, as citizens and taxpayers
of the Lumberton Independent
School area, wish to make a
written statement of facts to
the editor of the Silsbee Bee.
In, rebuttal to the statement
iven by Nelson F. Eichman,
Drmer school superintendent
of the Lumberton Independent
Schools, to the Silsbee Bee and
printed in the Dec. 18 issue.
Quote: They (the board) may
not look at it that way, but so
far as I am concerned I have
been fired.
After submitting a resigna-
tion on Oct. 8 to the school
board and then saying two
weeks ago he had mailed a let-
ter to each board member, ask-
ing that his resignation be
withdrawn.
Naturally during this lull the
board was studying other con-
siderations and procedures of
obtaining another superintend-
ent to fill this vacancy.
Now it must be known pub-
licly that what the school board
did do as a matter of fact, was
to recognize and honor Mr.
Eichman’s valid resignation by
a vote of 6-1 on Dec. 10. This
kind of a decision could hardly
be called being fired.
There has been malicious re-
marks, serious threats made
about and to the board mem-
bers, their wives and children,
even so far as their homes
threatened.
Common sense, sound judge-
ment and cooperation should
prevail in this serious matter
with everyone concerned.
To give the board members,
school faculty and students of
this district every opportunity
to proceed with normal activi-
ties, working together for better
education being equally fair to
every student, parent and citi-
zen of this community.
Myrteel Schull
Mrs. J. B. Castilaw
VE*N SANFr
Austin — Gov. Preston Smith
h?s called for re-evaluatiOn of
Texas’ water planning and pos-
sible restructuring of the $9
billion statewide water plan
proposed in 1968.
Smith told Chairman Marvin
Shurbet of the Texas Water
Development Roard that he will
block spending of all water
study funds appropriated to
WDB except those obligated
under contracts. More than
$1.4 million was appropriated
last year for topographic map-
ping, water studies and investi-
gations. About a third is obli-
gated under contracts.
Governor Smith called atten
tion to the fact that Texas vot-
rejected the $3.5 billion
ers
Houston Woman
Urges Appeal For
Vietnam Prisoners
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Heartiest
Christmas Greetings!
The individuals and organizations below send
. you best wishes for a holiday filled with joy
and happiness. Instead of mailing Christmas
cards to friends in the Silsbee area they have
contributed to the
CHRISTMAS BASKET FUND
LEO CLUB OF SILSBEE HIGH SCHOOL
THE DIETRICHS
SILSBEE LIONS CLUB
MR. AND MRS. WAYNE ROBINSON
' MR. AND MRS. TOM YAWN
THE ROY MARTINS
ANITA, BUDDY, CELESTE AND DANA LEONARD
OF BERWICK, LA. X
MR. AND MRS. R. W. HERRON
MR. AND MRS. JAMES C. PERKINS & ROSLYN
ST. JOHN’S BAPTIST CHURCH
A. A. Adams, Pastor
AND MRS. JOHN D. MORGAN & DORETHA
PINES MOTEL
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Editor:
I am sending this letter to
you in hopes that you will print
it in the Silsbee Bee in order to
help the people that care about
the American servicemen listed
as prisoners of war and missing
in action, receive a copy of the
letter and mall it to Hanoi. If
you could print the letter it
would help get them distrib-
uted.
Thank you very much,
Mrs. A. T. Durham
Houston, Texas
Example of letter follows:
Office of The President
Democratic Republic of
Vietnam
Hanoi, North Vietnam
Dear Mr. President:
The purpose of this letter is
to express my concern for the
American Servicemen listed as
Prisoners of War and Missing
in Action in Southeast Asia.
Please do not be misled into
thinking the American people
do not care about the plight of
these men. We do care and are
appealing to you to honor the
basic code of human decency
and release these men immedi-
ately.
Sincerely yours,
bond issue on Aug. 5, 1969, that
was designed to pay the state’s
share of the project’s cost.
“In view Of the critical short-
age of state funds, additional
expenditures for water studies
and investigations would be in
appropriate until we know that
they would support whatever
revised planning process we
should decide to pursue,” said
Smith in a letter to Shurbet.
“Accordingly it will be the
policy of the governor’s office
to support continued outstand-
ing efforts by the Board and its
staff as we chart a new course
in water resource planning.”
One source said Smith feels
that a long-range plan would
get more support if citizens
could see some concrete, short-
term accomplishments in water
development.
Smith reportedly may ask the
Legislature to submit to the
voters a bond program to fin-
ance aid to cities for sewage
treatment.
Original study plan to bring
surplus Mississippi River water
to Texas was turned down by
the voters. Concensus is that
Texans as well as Mississip-
pians look with disfavor on this
idea.
At the DeCordova Bend Res-
ervoir dedication*on June 19
Smith declared that Texas can-
not postpone development of
water resources on a big scale
until all controversies about the
long-range water plan are re-
solved.
COURTS SPEAK — State
Supreme Court declined to hear
arguments in a suit by several
state employees, who hold min-
or elective offices, to get their
November pay checks which
have been held up by
Comptroller.
High Court stuck by its Nov.
11 ruling which upheld the
constitutionality of part of the
state’s anti-obscenity law, al-
though it declined to .rule on
much of it in a Wichita Falls
theater case.
In other action the Supreme
Court:
Found Waco and the Waco
Independent School District are
authorized to levy taxes against
Henry W. Stilwell Memorial
Residence for retired school
teachers in Waco. Home claim-
ed exemption as purely public
charity.
Held against an El Paso firm
which wanted to sue a profes-
sional auditing concern which
failed to discover that a woman
employee had embezzled $40,-
000 during 1962-65.
BOUNDARY SUIT MOVES
ON—Louisiana waited 92 years
too long to claim its boundaries
extend to the west bank of the
Sabine River, Atty. Gen. Craw-
ford Martin argued in a hearing
on the boundary dispute.
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mated at 3,421,000 barrels
Martin and former Gov. Price
Daniel, serving as special doun-
sel, argued Texas’ ease before
Special Master (Senior Federal
Judge) Robert Van Pelt of Ne-
braska in Houston.
Ownership of hundreds of
millions of dollars in Oil and
gas is at stake from wells in
the Gulf of Mexico at the
mouth of the Sabine River.
Former Gov. Sam Jones, first
governor of Louisiana to stake
claim to all of the river, argued
as special counsel representing
his state.
Texas claims its boundary
extends to the middle of the
Sabine River, including a dis-
puted area of 36,000 acres on
which $2.6 million has been col-
lected from oil leases for the
permanent school fund.
Congress and the Louisiana
constitution agreed on the mid-
point of the Sabine as the state
boundary, Martin contended.
However, Louisiana bases its
claim on an 1819 treaty be-
tween the U. S. and Spain.
AG OPINIONS—Contract for
a $1$ million first phase con-
struction of Mustang Island fish
pass which was agreed to (but
not signed) on Aug. 28 with
Brown and Root Inc. is valid
and binding, Attorney General
Martin held.
In other recent opinions,
Martin concluded that:
Insurance companies do not
violate anti-trust laws by re-
quiring political subdivisions to
buy unneeded property damage
liability coverage in order to
get needed bodily-injury li-
ability, under the Texas Tort
Claims act.
Fact that ex-Governor Dan-
iel’s son serves in the Legisla-
ture does not bar the former
chief executive from the State
Supreme Court appointment
under the anti-nepotism law.
Governor Smith, who got an
early look at the opinion, an
nounced that Daniel will get
the fob on the High Court.
A law providing that the
county judge fill vacancies on
the county commissioners* court
is constitutional, and there is
no authority for calling apecial
elections to replace commis-
sioners. Resignations of com-
missioners become effective on
acceptance by the judge, even
though tendered for a future
date.
Matagorda County school
superintendent's office still ex-
jjjp ists.
Commissioners courts can re-
fuse to furnish office space to
county and district attorneys on
finding their private practice of
law is such as to prevent use of
the space for, public purposes.
Department of Corrections
can accept a contract to bind
textbooks and periodicals for
state agencies.
University of Houston is a
“public school” in the sense
that sale of alcoholic beverages
can be prohibited within 300
feet of the campus.
OIL ALLOWABLE CUT —
Texas Railroad Commission re-
duced the oil production allow-
able for January nearly 15,000
barrels daily, fiixng the maxi-
mum market demand factor at
83.1 percent.
Cut was the second straight,
although 10 of the 14 major
purchasers requested the same
amount in January as in De-
cember . . . 83.5 percent.
New allowable will permit
maximum January production
of 3,813,125 barrels a day, com-
pared with 3,827,904 in Decem-
APPOINTMENTS — Former
Governor Daniel of Liberty was
named by Governor Smith to
succeed State Supreme Court
.Associate Justice Clyde E.
Smith of Woodville, who is re-
signing.
Other recent appointments
Inrlude:
Judge Howard C. Davison of
Lubbock as presiding judge of
the Ninth Administrative Ju-
dicial District.
James Ellis of Lubbock as
Chief Justice of the 7th Court
of Civil Appeals and Max E.
Ramsey of Andrews as Chief
Justice of the 8th Court of Civil
Appeals. Smith named Robert
C. Wright of Lubbock as 137th
District Judge to succeed Ellis.
Col. Willie L. Scott, native of
Blue Ridge, as assistant adju-
tant general for Texas’ National
Guard Army.
Lt. Col. Leo E. Gossett to the
board of the Employees’ Retire-
ment System of Texas.
Mrs. Velma Ruth Bedford of
Dallas and Mrs. Mary Elizabeth
Hinds of Plainview to the
Teachers’ Professional Practices
Commission. Mrs. Alyce Marie
Hamilton of Kilgore, Mrs. New
ell Ann Burke of Freeport and
C. J. Cartright of Fort Worth
were reappointed.
DRAFT QUOTA UP—Texas
draft quota for January is 905,
a sharp increase from 489 in
December.
A total <?f 4,340 received or-
ders to take pre-induction ex-
ams. January call will be filled
by local draft boards from
those whose lottery numbers
had been reached in 1970 but
were not called.
SHORT SNORTS—Vernon A.
McGee, special assistant to the
governor for program develop-
ment, has resigned and will be
replaced by Jim Oliver, former
ly of Caldwell.
Legislative Budget Board has
raised its estimate of new tax-
es for 1971 to $845.1 million
House committee has recom-
mended a strong code of ethics
bill for lawmakers.
Legislative panel recom-
mends that schools change from
the two-semester plan to
quarterly system with districts
having the option of operating
a full year.
Secretary of State Martin
Dies Jr. was cited as Texas'
“handicapped person of the
year.”
William Steger of Tyler has
resigned as Republican state
chairman and will be sworn in
as Federal District Judge
Dec. 29.
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Camp Fire Group
The Tawasi Camp Fire Girls
met Dec. 16 at 3:30 p. m. in the
Prince Hall Villa meeting room
for their Christmas - program
meeting with parents invited as
special guests.
The theme of the program
was "Happiness is Christmas.”
Santa Claus visited the group
and refreshments were served
by the parents.
The children brought food to
be given to a family. They also
participated in the “Toys for
Tots” drive.
Denise Bass, scribe.
Mr. and Mrs. C». W. Calvert
and family visited relatives in
Fort Worth over the weekend.
Nash Boys Buy
Rayburn Superette
Four of the Nash brothers,
Ed, Dick, Jake and Bob, have
recently bought Rayburn Sup-
erette from Bob Herron, owner
of Silsbee Packing Co. Super-
market.
Rayburn Superette is located
on Highway 63 between Jasper
and Zavalla at the intersection
of FM 255. The business is to
be operated by Dick and Bob
Nash and it features fishing
supplies, groceries, trailer park,
boat rental and affiliated serv
ices.
Miss Peggy Graham
Initiated Into DST
At Texas Southern
Miss Peggy Graham, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Nehemiah
Graham Sr. of this city, has
been initiated into DST at
Texas Southern University.
The initiation was held on
Saturday, Dec. 5, and Miss Gra-
ham was one of 14 new mem
bers. Delta Sigma Theta hon-
ors finer womanhood, high
scholastic achievement and
public service to the commun-
ity. A minimum of 1.7 (on
3-point system) grade point
average is one of the require-
ments for membership.
Peggy is a 1969 graduate of
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Congratulations to
Silsbee High
School Choir
For Their Program of Fine
Christmas Music Presented
Wednesday Over Radio
Station KLVI
CRAVENS
Insurance Agency
Silsbee State Bank
385-2854
PAUL GEORGAS
Pfc. Bobby Outland Jr., who
has been stationed in Camp
Pendleton, Calif., with the US
Marines is visiting in the home
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs,
Outland Sr. After his visit here,
he will be stationed at Lake
Hurst, N. J.
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