The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 25, 1965 Page: 1 of 16
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VOLUME 47
SILSBEE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1965
10c PER COPY
NUMBER 4
Parking meters have been day informing parkers of the
Beaumonter Charged
With Attempt To Murder
James Hare, currently of tributing to the delinquency of
Beaumont, has been charged
before 88th District Court with
attempted murder of his wife
and was being held Wednesday
in the Hardin county jail un
der $1000 bond.
He was arrested Tuesday
night by deputy sheriff Billy
Paine at the home of his wife
on Barcfield Street after he al-
legedly threatened to kill her
with a pistol. .
According to Paine, Hare
pointed the pistol at Mrs. Hare
and told her he was going to
kill her. She grabbed the gun
and the two struggled briefly
before help arrived.
Silsbee police chief Grady
Tarver reported that Mrs. Hare
had complained of her husband
bothering her on numerous oc-
casions. They have been separ-
ated for several months.
A Silsbee youth was charged
Tuesday before the District
Court with breaking and enter-
ing and attempted rape. He was
being held in the county jail
Wednesday under $2000 bond.
The boy, a student at Waldo
Mathews High and 16 years
old, is reported by Chief Tar-
ver to have broken in a win-
dow at the home of the girl,
entered, and attempted to rape
her. Her parents heard the scuf-
fle and stopped the youth. He
was arrested by deputy Paine.
Sheriff Henry Overstreet re-
ported a total of 50 persons
held at the county jail during
the past week, including the
two above.
Most of the charges were
minor, involving 16 for being
drunk, five for affray, four for
disturbing the peace, two for
simple assault, three for mali-
cious mischief, one for con-
a minor and one minor consum-
ing alcohol.
Other offenders included
three for misdemeanor driving
while intoxicated, one felony
DWI, two theft, two hot check,
two for no driver’s license, one
for aggravated assault with a
motor vehicle, one burglary,
one removing mortgaged pro-
perty from the state, and three
for hunting at night.
Committee To
Plan Dedication
Of Rayburn Dam
A committee, headed by
W. F. Weed of Beaumont, and
including members from about
10 counties in Southeast Texas,
will meet in Woodville today
to plan for the dedication of
Sam Rayburn Dam. The com-
mittee hopes that President
Lyndon Johnson will dedicate
the huge stucture, and will
have an announcement con-
cerning this in the near future,
Mr. Weed said.
The committee will confer
with Col. J. H. Nash of the
Corps of Engineers, and others
from his office in Fort Worth,
concerning plans for the dedi-
cation program.
The program is set for early
in May, the exact date to be
announced later. It is expected
that some 50,000 or more peo-
ple will attend the affair, and
many details must be worked
out to handle the crowd.
Be
Held April 3 And 10
SPACE PILOTS John W. Young (left) and Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom advanced
the United States manned space flight program Tuesday when they maneuvered
their craft “Molly Brown” through a story book near perfect three orbit mis-
sion. Grissom, the first man on earth to have flown twice in space, was com-
mander of the two-man Gemini flight which roared off its pad at 8:24 a. m. Sils-
bee time and landed in the Atlantic Ocean near Grand Turk Island at 1:18 p. m.
after traveling 81,000 miles. The two astronauts have been invited to Washing-
ton on Friday by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The above photo shows them
some days before the historic flight as they undergo a test profile in a mock-up
Gemini spacecraft at McDonnell Aircraft Corp’s plant in St. Louis.
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Miss Diene Stevens, Miss
Silsbee - 1965, will represent
this city at the annual Dog-
wood Festival in Woodville
(his Friday and Saturday. She
will be sponsored by the Sils-
bee Chamber of Commerce as a
duchess. Her escort to the fes-
tival will be Mike Edwards,
They are both senior students
at Silsbee High School. More joring in merchandise and mar-
information may be found In
the Tiger Rag, Page 2, Section
2.
tlon Days for the
Silsbee Little League will be
April 3 and April 10 from 8
a. m. until noon at the Little
League Park.
This includes boys ages eight
years old through 12. Those
registering were reminded that
they must have birth certifi-
cates. Applications will be
available at Kirby and Read-
Turrentine schools Thursday
and Friday of next week.
Glenn Reid and Dale Grish-
am will be on hand to register
the boys wishing to play base-
ball this season.
Delegation Asks North
Silsbee Highway Loop
The possibility of a north Victor Norvell and Robert Ney-
loop road around Silsbee from
the intersection of Farm Road
418 and Highway 92 east to join
the Evadale highway near
where the south loop will enter
it came closer to reality Mon-
day morning when the Hardin
County Commissioners Court
told a Silsbee delegation that
they would request a hearing
with the Highway Commission
to ask programming of the ex-
tension.
Silsbee Chamber of Com-
merce President C. R. Baker,
land asked the commissioners
to initiate action on the exten-
sion in an effort to relieve
traffic conjestion at the Post
Office Corner in Silsbee where
estimates say as many as 500
tractor-trailer units (chip vans,
transport trucks, log trucks,
etc.) make the tight turn east
each 24-hour period.
In other action at the com-
missioners court meeting Mon-
Bids for a motor grader to be
used in Precinct 1, Silsbee,
were received. Browning-Ferris
Machinery Co. of Houston was
the successful bidder on a low
bid offer of *15,463.
Other bidders were Highway
Equipment Co., Boehck Engi-
neering Co., Brown - Fogle
Equipment Co. and South Tex-
as Equipment Co., all of Hous-
ton.
Bids for two cars for the
day morning Tom Burch, Sour sheriff’s department also were
Lake county commissioner, was
elected county judge pro tem
License Sales Lag With
Only 7 Days Remaining
Beth Singletary
On Dean's List
Beth Singletary, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Singletary,
has been named to the Dean’s
List at Texas Woman’s Univer-
sity in Denton, Texas.
She is a junior student ma-
keting and has a 2.5 average.
She is a 1862 graduate of Sils-
bee High School.
the firm from 812 and 1-5 Mon
day through Friday and until
noon on Saturday.
Total licenses sold in Silsbee
last year was 4446. That figure
is expected to hit 5000 this
year. About 11,000 are expected
to be sold throughout the coun-
ty.
Auto license sales are lagging
and there is only a week re-
maining before the April 1
deadline, according to Willie
Bean, tax assessor. He reported
that approximately 3500 licens-
es and been sold through Feb.
20.
Tire county tax office will re-
main open until noon this Sat-
urday, March 27, and will be
open late on the final day, April
1, he said. A certificate of title
and 1964 license receipt is
needed to obtain licenses.
In Silsbee All Fullingim re-
ported that Silsbee Auto Co.
had sold approximately 2700
licenses through March 23. Li- Houston where she recently
cense plates are available from underwent surgery.
Mrs. R. P. Chapman of Spur-
ger visited several days this
week in the home of her son
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
P. Chapman, enroute home
from St. Luke’s Hospital in
LAST SATURDAY MORNING
Fire Causes Extensive Smoke
Damage At Silsbee Packing
A costly tire about 9:30 a. m.
Saturday has forced Silsbee
Packing Co., 160 West Avenue
N, to close temporarily. Tenta-
tive plans now call for the
supermarket to reopen with
completely new stock on Mon-
day, April 5.
All units of the Silsbee Fire
Department answered the call
and fought the dense smoke
and flames at the back of the
building for almost two hours,
before the last spark was final-
ly tamped out, according to
Fire Chief John Busby.
Bob Herron, manager of the
business, said that the fire had
apparently started in the rear
of the building in a refriger-
ation unit on the big walk-in
meat cooler. All wood and oth-
er flamable material around
the unit were severely charred,
A brand new air conditioning
unit, valued at $4,000, which
was about 15 feet away from
the refrigeration unit, received
extensive damage.
Heat and smoke from the fire
was carried throughout the
store by an air conditioning
duct, causing all the merchan-
dise on the shelves to be lost
through smoke and soot dam-
age. The heat was so severe
from the duct that a plastic
panel at the front of the build-
ing was melted. Herron estima-
ted the damage to the shelf
merchandise, frozen foods,---------
dairy products, meats and pro- the contest.
duce in excess of *50,000.
He stated that most of the
merchandise in a storeroom at
the rear of the building had
been saved.
According to Busby, exact
cause of the refrigeration unit
catching fire could not be de-
termined, however, it did ap-
pear that one of the coils pos-
sibly overheated, igniting near-
by wood.
Herron said that damage to
the building had been relative-
ly slight, and he hoped to be
open for business again April
5.
The fire came in the middle
of the Saturday morning rush,
but remained unnoticed for
some time. Herron said that he
first discovered the heat com
ing from the duct system when
he saw a paper banner, hang
ing near one of the outlets,
catch fire.
Clerks and customers were
evacuated from the building
and no injuries were reported.
Sidtscription Drive Ends This Week;
Winners Are To Be Announced Friday
The BEE “Everybody Wins
subscription contest will come
to an end at 10 a. m. Friday,
JUDGES ANNOUNCED
No subscriptions are being
received direct at The Bee con-
with winners of the big prizes test headquarters during this
to be announced just as soon
thereafter as judges can com-
plete the tabulation of votes or
points due on subscriptions. ■
The contestant with the high -
est number of points will re-
ceive the first prize, a Ford
Custom 500 4-door sedan val-
ued at $3046.02.
The second grand prize win-
ner will receive *750 cash.
Third, fourth, fifth and sixth
place winners will receive
tra cash bonus awards on top
roll
of their regular weekly pavrol
check, in accordance with the
offer outlined at the opening of
final week of the campaign. In
stead, tomorrow an empty seal-
ed ballot box will be placed in
The Bee office where contest-
ants themselves will deposit
their final subscription collec-
tions in strictest secrecy during
the remaining time of the con-
test
At 10 a. m. Friday the contest
judges will break the seal on
the box, tabulate its contents,
and on the basis of total votes
determine the winners.
,*The judges arc: Cecil Cobble,
received. Dick Mize Motor Co.
of Sour Lake was the success-
ful bidder with a low bid offer
of *3,849 for both cars with
trade.
Other bidders were Simmons
Motor Co., Silsbee Auto Co.,
Inc. and Holmes Chevrolet Co.,
all of Silsbee, and Sour Lake
Motor Co.
removed from in front of the
Silsbee City Hall this week, ac-
cording to City Manager Wayne
Du Bose.
He stated that the removal
will be permanent as ordered
by the city council. A 30 minute
parking limit will be enforced
for city business only.
DuBose said that the meters
had been removed so that peo-
ple could transact business
with the city without having to
pay a penalty in the form of
parking fees.
He stressed that the parking
limit will be enforced and
tickets will be given to persons
overstaying their time.
Signs were erected Wednes-
Citizens Donate
$1,689.75To Taster
Seal Campaign
The Easter Seal campaign in
Hardin County to date i>ss
reached $1,689.75 and the drive
will continue through April 18,
according to Mrs. Thelma
Smith, area representative.
C. E. Meadows, parade chair-
man, expressed his appreciation
to members of the parade com-
mittee and the volunteers who
made thousands of calls at
homes during the drive, and
said he felt that "the leader-
ship, enthusiasm and devotion
to the cause of crippled chil-
dren was magnificent.”
He pointed out that the Eas-
ter Seal parade is the only form
of getting the Easter seals in
homes in the county. There -re
no business solicitations or pay-
roll deductions.
Persons who were not at
home when paraders called
may send donations to The Eas-
ter Seal Society, c/o Silsbee
State Bank.
new ruling.
The annual *1.00 voluntary
donation to the Silsbee Pub-
lic Library will be added to the
April water bill, DuBose said
This will be the third straight
year that this system has been
used. Persons who wish to make
the donation to the library are
asked to send in the dollar with
their April payment. The mo-
ney is turned over to the li-
brary board and is used to re-
tire the building note.
The city manager said that
street work is progressing at a
better pace than in past weeks
due to the relatively good wea- area.
ther. City crews have been at
work patching the chug holes
and should be finished within
the next two weeks, he said.
JAW Construction Co. and
Gerald Mora Construction Co.,
who are responsible for repair-
ing damage to city streets dur-
ing the laying of water and
sewer lines, are working in the
city this week. DuBose said
that J St W is surfacing por-
tions of Avenue C and should
finish Avenue J next week.
Mora is working along Maxwell
Drive and will finish with the
south part of the city before
moving to the Roosevelt Drive
FORMERLY PINECREST CHAPEL
New Baptist Church To
Be Constituted Sunday
Pinecrest Baptist Chapel,
Don Harlman Is On
Honor Roll At
Texas University
Donald Whitesell Hartman of
Silsbee is among 201 Univer-
sity of Texas students enrolled
in the college of engineering
who has been named to the fall
semester honor roll, according
to information received from
Silsbee, will be Constituted
Pinecrest Baptist Church, a ful-
ly organized cooperating South-
ern Baptist Church, on Sunday,
March 28. The organizational
service will begin at 2:30 p. m.
The work is a mission of First
Baptist Church, and began in
February, 1962. The education-
al director of First Baptist
Dean John J. McKetta. . _ ____
Hartman, WhtT lS' a"junior at ing performances from Forest
the University, is the son of
Mrs. John S. Hartman and the
late Mr. Hartman. He has con-
sistently maintained grades
which have placed him on the
honor roll since entering col-
lege.
All Stars - Stars All
IN THE
senior vice president of Silsbee
State Bank; Robert A. Neyland,
executive vice president oi Har-
din County Savings and Loan
Association; and Don L. Hough,
superintendent of Silsbee
Schools.
NO WAITING
There will be no waiting or
unnecessary formalities, but
simply a matter of adding votes
due on subscriptions contained
in the ballot box to votes pre-
viously issued the various con-
testants, all of which have been
carefully checked and attested
to in signed statements by each
individual contestant, up to and
including last Monday night.
It will probably require Jefcs
than an hour for the judges to
complete their work, and wins
ners will be announced im-
mediately “on the spot,” 11
SUBSCRIPTION CONTEST
FAST DRAWING TO CLOSE
Out of this group of Stars ONE of them will
stand out preeminently and alone as winner of
the first honors. One will be the proud possessor
of that beautiful 1965 Ford Custom 500 worth over
$3000.00, and that ONE will be hailed through-
out this area as being CHAMPION OF THIS DAY
WHO WILL WIN?
Contestants arc listed below in ofdfcr of their
last standing:
The Following Contestants Are
POTENTIAL MAJOR PRIZE WINNERS
Mrs. L. Y. Evans, Village Mills---
Mrs. Benford (Jo) Walters, Silsbee.-
Mrs. Larry B. Hargrove, Silsbee--
Mrs. Virginia Brown, Rt. 1, Silsbee-
Mrs. Floria Flanagan, Silsbee---
Mrs. Robert Greene, Chance-Loeb-
Thesc Contestants are,striving for a “place in the
money”
Mrs. Sidney Davis, Chance-Fletcher-
Mrs. Sarah Eason, Rt. !, Silsbee-
Mrs. Van (Angie) Landers, Rt, 2, Silsbee.
Mrs. Alma Lowe, Evadale—t----
Mrs. Jeanette Gore, Star Rt., Silsbee--
Arvie Hamilton, Silsbee.
Mrs. E. L. Teal, Votaw.
?
Forest Park Runs
Off With Silsbee
Relay Team Trophy
Silsbee Tiger* track men are
pointing for an improved team
performance Saturday when
they travel to Liberty for the
big Trinity Valley Relays.
Last weekend, the Tigers
managed to muster enough
points for fourth place in the
Silsbee Relays, without taking
a single first place ribbon.
Forest Park ran off with the
team trophy and most of the
individual awards with 161
11/20 points, more than double
runner-up Vidor’s 75. Conroe
and Silsbee finished third and
fourth, less than a point off Vi-
dor’s total, with 74 11/20 and
74 3/20, respectively.
West Orange, Evadale, Kelly,
San Jacinto “B” and Jasper
rounded utit the field.
Last Saturday’s meet was
sparked by three record-break-
Park tracksters, despite the
cold, windy day. Clif Larson,
heaved the shot 58 feet 10 inch
es and the discus 180 feet to
boost the old marks of 54 feet
four inches and 155 feet six
inches. John Heffner turned a
blazing 4:27.6 timing in the
mile run, 13 seconds better than
the old mark of 4:40.7.
Conroe's Chuck Hill took in-
dividual high point honors with
31 2/3 by winning the broad
jump, 220 yard dash and 440
yard dash, and taking a tie for
second in the pole vault.
Best finishers for the Tigers
were Dale Nolan, Sammy Ash-
worth, and Joe James who tied
for second in the pole vault;
arui Paul Neal who finished
second in the 880 yard run.
Third place winners included
Nelson Flanagan, discus; Steve
Diden, mile run; Bill Bellen-
ger, broad jump; and the mile
relay team composed of Beilcn-
ger, Dana Dean, Steve Eppes
and Jimmy King.
James tied for fourth in the
high jump, King took fourth in
the 440 yard dash, Darrell Den-
nis was fifth in the discus
throw, Jeff Hobbs finished fifth
in 120 yard hurdles, Jay Lloyd
Darrell was fifth in the mile
run, and Harold Blyth took
sixth in the shot put.
The 440 yard relay team of
Eppes, King, Bellenger and
James Collins, finished fourth
Church, A. A. Drennen, served
as interim pastor from Febru-
ary until May 21, 1962 when
Rev. Eddis Smith accepted the
pastorate. Since the beginning
of the mission the membership
has increased from 30 to 151
with 40 Baptisms. The average
Sunday School attendance is
about 90. The average Vacation
Bible School attendance for the
past two years was approxi-
mately 100.
A three-bedroom brick pas-
tor’s home was built in Decem-
ber, 1964. A11 indebtedness on
the pastor’s home and the
church building will be assum-
ed by the new church.
Plans have been made for or-
ganizational program personali-
ties to include Rev. R. E. Bar-
clay, pastor of the sponsoring
church, Rev. J. P. Owens, Sa-
bine Neches area missionary,
and other personnel of the mis-
sion and parent church.
Beginning Sunday, March 28
and continuing through April 4
Pinecrest Baptist Church, will
be in revival. Rev. J. P. Owens,
Sabine Neches area missionary,
will be the evangelist and Fred
Hobbs will lead the singing.
Morning services will be
held at 9:30 a. m., Monday
through Friday. Evening serv-
ices will be held at 7:30 p. m..
Monday through Sunday.
High attendance for March
28 has been set at 150 in Sun-
Sunday Morning Services have
been invited to remain for the
noon meal to be served at the
church.
Dr. Dorman Winfree of Aus
tin was guest speaker at the
League of Women Voters meet-
ing held March 18 in the aud-
itorium of American National
Bank in Beaumont. “Services
of a State Library’’ was the tl
tie of his talk In which the Fed-
1 Library Act was discussed.
J. Dio!rich, chairman of the
local library board, and Mrs
H. T. Horka, librarian, attend-
cd. .
C of C Banquet
Tickets Available
Tickets for the annual Silsbee
Chamber of Commerce banquet
to be held April 13 in Silsbee
High gymnasium go on sale
today and only 500 will be
available, according to Paul
Georgas, chairman of the ticket
sales committee.
Persons planning to attend
may obtain the tickets from
Georgas at the office of Britton-
Cravens Insurance Agency.
Dr. Karl F. Simpson Jr. of
Des Plaines, 111., well known
speaker and former instructor
in the Illinois Institute of Tech-
nology, will deliver the princi-
pal address.
The Chamer of Commerce ia
completing a membership cam-
paign that will greatly increase
the annual budget and permit
expanded activities.. New offi-
cers and directors will be in-
stalled at the annual banquet.
Mrs. Sam Farrell and Mrs.
Bruce Watts Jr. attended a unit
meeting on credit bureau fun-
damentals presented by ihe
state association Tuesday. The
meeting which was held in the
community room of the First
Security National Bank in
Beaumont was attended by
credit bureau personnel from
area cities.
Allen Campbell Johnson ar-
rived March 17 to spend a week
in the home of his parents, mg:
and Mrs. A. E. Johnson, before
returning to his graduate stu-
dies at Georgia Tech in Atlanta*
He is doing work toward a
master* degree in civil engi-
neering.
Mrs. N. B. Risinger, Star Rt._-_
Participants in the Subscription Contest are
requested to call in person at this office and verify
our count of their individual vote total to date
with campaign manager before these figures
turned over to official contest judges
count — otherwise our figures, which !
carefully checked, shall be considered
Winners will be determined by cc
ballot box.
Complete Move To New Building
Holmes Chevrolet
House Is This
Holmes
is now open
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will
HELP YOUR FAVORITE NOW
See page 7, section 2, for winr
merchandise prizes.
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