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Tiger Relays To
Be Held Saturday
Arthur Churchwell, Marvin
Watson, and Terry Gordon were
bright spots in a rather unlucky
outing for the Silsbee High
track team March 3, Coach
Charlie Woodard told the BEE.
Competing in the Llvingstor
relays, Churchwell took a third
place in the 880-yard dash, and
Watson and Gordon tied foi
fifth place in pole vault com-
petition.
Tigers get another chance
this Saturday, March 10, wher
they host the Silsbee Relays at
Kirby Memorial Stadium. Four'
teen events, including five field
matches, are scheduled for both
4A and 3A classes. “All mem
bers of 21-22 A AAA Districts
have been Invited to attend,”
Woodard said. Three-A schools
entered include Silsbee, Jasper,
Little Cypress, Bridge City
West Orange, and Hardin-Jef-
ferson. , ., , I
Field events begin at 9 a.m.
Preliminaries start at 10:30 a.m.
with finals set to begin at 3:30
p.m.
Coach Wayne Riley’s girls’
Tigers Duel
’Jackets In
Double Bill
Silsbee High School’s base-
ball Tigers make up a called
game when they meet Port Ar-
thur in a doubleheader here to-
day (Thursday) with games at
2 and 4 p.m.
The teams' first match was
called due to rain on Monday,
as was a game with Orange
Stark set for March 6, Coach
Pat Day said.
Tigers had bad luck last
Thursday, dropping an 8-3
match to Beaumont French. Ti-
ger scores came when Butch
Smith gained home from third
on an overthrow, and when
David Moss smashed a two-
run homer. “It waa pretty near
all pver in the third inning
when French scored seven
points," Day said. “Their pit-
cher hit a grand-slam homer."
track team competed in pre-
liminaries only at Dayton last
Saturday, and their next meet
is set for March 24 at Evadale.
Riley raid.
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The Silsbee Bee
VOL. 55 — No. 3
SILSBEE, TEXAS 77656, THURSDAY* MARCH 8, 1973 20 PAGES IN 3 SECTIONS - 10c PER COPY
Miss Nancy Wood underwent
tonsillectomy in St. Elizabeth
Hospital in Beaumont Monday.
She returned home Tuesday.
Ricky Wood, who was injured
also. They both may have com-
pany.
Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Carpen-
ter of Shreveport, La., visited
over the weekend in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Holland.
Charges Are
Filed In
Shooting
Paul Guilder, 63, of Kountze,
was being held in Hardin Coun-
‘y Jail Monday on a charge of
tssault with intent to murder
>n the Saturday shooting of a
75-year-old Kountze man, ac-
-ording to the Hardin County
Sheriff’s office.
Guilder was booked in at
the jail at 9:45 p.m-. March 3,
and arraigned before Justice of
the Peace Charles Lambert who
set bond at $5,000, Deputy She-
iff Herman Holland told the
BEE.
Officials at Hardin Memor-
ial Hospital in Kountze report-
ed that Dock Wilson, 75, the
victim, hadibeen released from
the hospital Monday morning.
The shooting took place at Wil-J
son’s home in Kountze about
9:30 p.m. Saturday, Holland
said.
Chief Deputy Jesse Cart-
wright, as well as Forrest
Laughlin, L. J. Foux, Claude
Lindsey, and Gordon Hart, in-
vestigated the incident.
Absentee Voting
Begins Next Week
In Local Races
Absentee Voting in two up-
coming elections — City and
School — will begin next week,
following closing of filing dead-
lines recently.
Voters who plan to be out
of town on Tuesday, April 3
may cast their ballots for the
City Council - Mayor's election
from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday
through Friday at Silsbee City
Hall on Earnest Avenue begin-
ning Wednesday, March 14, and
continuing through Friday.
March 30.
District Trustees” race may be
cast Thursday, March 15.
through Tuesday, April 3, a'
the School Administration Of-
fice, 215 West Avenue H, from
8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Monday through
Friday.
W-
LL..Ji
TIM FARROW EDDIE BURTON AUDIE MILNER
EDDIE VANWINKLE
Eddie Van Winkle
Is Candidate For
Council Place 6
Eddie VanWinkle of Silsbee
will seek a term on the Silsbee
City Council, announcing hi?
candidacy for Place 6 on Fri-
day, March 2, the last day for
filing pursuant to the April 3
election.
VanWinkle, a lifetime resi-
dent of Silsbee, is employed by
Eastex, Inc. at Evadale as
Manager of Financial Account-
ing. He graduated from Silsbee
High School and received a de-
gree in acounting from Lamar
Tech (now Lamar University).
He and his wife, the former
Miss Janette Donalson of Sils-
bee, have four children — Ed-
die Jr., 17, a senior at Silsbee
High School; Keith, 16, a soph-
omore student; Nora, 10; and
infant daughter Nancy, 19
months.
“I believe Silsbee Is a very
progressive town, and I’m hap-
py to have the opportunity to
serve on its governing body. I
think it’s time lor
an active part in the
our community,” ’
said Tuesday.
Newsmen Subpoenaed
For Mar. 12 Young Trial
As of .Tuesday afternoon,Ifiied by Beaumont attorney .Young Jr., whose trial for arson
subpoenas had been issued for Joe Goodwin. Goodwin is de- is set in Kountze for March 12,
15 area newsmen to appear injfcnse lawyer for Fred Foy|District Clerk Mrs. Aline Har-
88th District Court for a possi-| ' I per told the BEE.
blc hearing on a change of Young has previously been
venue motion expected to be convicted of the Jan. 5, 1972
murders of Mrs. Mable Mc-
Cormick and her granddaugh-
ter. He received a total of 15
years in probated sentences
from Belton and Tyler juries
following an earlier change of
venue. His companion, Dennis
Thomas E. Arnold,
Former Resident,
Dies In Houston
Funeral services for Thomas
Everest Arnold, 57, of Hemp-
hill, were held Monday in the
Starr Funeral Home. Burial
was in Little Flock Cemetery,
Arnold, a former resident of
Silsbee, died Sunday in a Hou-
ston hospital. He was a sign
painter.
Among survivors are h i s
mother, Mrs. C. F. Young,
Beaumont: and a sister, Mrs.
Kenneth Foote, Sinton.
CHANGE OF VENUE MAY BE SOUGHT
Rain, Hai| Hit
Area Saturday
A violent rainstorm accom-
panied by hail hit the Silsbee
area around midnight Saturday
and continued for about five
hours.
Precipitation amounted 10
about three inches and flood-
ed some roads in outlying areas
near small streams. The hall,
reported in some sections to be
the size of sweetgum balls,
made a lot of noise pelting
trailer houses, cars and build-
ings but it was a soft variety
which melted rapidly in the
deluge of rain.
ROY BREWER
Roy Brewer Is Employed
As New School Tax Officer
Roy Brewer of Beaumont ttve April 1, SISD SupC Don
was employed as Tax Assessor-
Collector for the Silsbee Ini'
pendent School District, ef:
Larry Callaway,
22, Dies In Auto
Accident Sunday
Funeral services for Larry
Callaway, 22, will be at 10 a.m.
[today (Thursday) * in Farmer
Funeral Chapel with Rev. R. J.
Simpson officiating. .Burtal will
be in Resthaven Cemetery in
Silsbee,
Callaway died in an auto ac-
cident al 3 a.m. Sunday in
Cherryhill, N. J.
Survivors include his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Cal-
laway, Cherryhill; one sister,
Miss Debbie Callaway, Silsbee;
two brothers, Michael Calla-
way, Cherryhill, and Steven
Callaway, Silsbee; and grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rupert
Montalvo and Mrs. Ada Callo-
way, all of Silsbee.
Lumberton Group Silsbee Public School Kindergarten Sponsor Pageants
To Attend DEC A Registration To Begin March 19
Meet In Houston
Children who will be five-
years and seven-months old by
A state political campaign inj^d ’plibnc^ehwifkindergar-
mtniature . . . this is the his-|*^EC thV 1913-7( SJh™l Elementary School beginning
• nn annaUHr /lltr. * ** .. .. 1 •• 1 art Alt f.___(
lory of campaign sessions dur-
ing the Slate Leadership Con-
ferences of the Distributive
Education Clubs of America
(DECA). And this year's cam-
paign session for State DECA
offices begins on March 9, at
the Astro world in Houston and
ends March 10.
DECA delegates from Lum-
berton are chapter president
Audio Milner, senior delegate
Tim Farrow, and junior dele-
gate Eddie Burton.
Marcus Bowman, Distribu-
tive Education Co-ordinator
said, “Favors for the voting
delegates from the local chap-
ters is the basic idea used by
many campaigners. Orange
juice from Florida, apples from
Washington, and peanuts from
Virginia—to name a few. At a
recent campaign session, one
candidate used Scott tissues,
and campaigned with the slo-
gan “A blow to the opposition."
“These young Distributive
Education high school students,
training for careers in market-
ing and distribution, take their
politics seriously,” he added.
Each year, eight leaders are
chosen as Slate Officers,
U i) like input campaigns
DECA’s Slate Leadership Con-
ference limits the actual time
devoted to this activity. During
most of the two days these
young people are in town, they
participate in workshops and
contests based on the Distribu-
tive Educational program.
These include advertising,
job interviews, public speaking
display, and sales demonstra-
tion. They present their own
research study reports as well
as listen to outstanding state
pnd national business leaders
alscuss marketing and distribu-
tion.
for attending Silsbee Public children entering Silsbee
year. Eligibility of children who
will be five years old up to five
years seven months will be de-
termined by testing and/or in-
come, Mrs. A. J. Ragan said.
Registration and application
Children who will be six on
or before Sept. 1, 1973 should
register for first grade at Kirby
Optimists To
Monday, March 19. All first
graders should register during
this week; however, late regis-
trations will be accepted, Mrs.
Ragan explained.
Kindergarten and first grade
School Kindergarten will begin
March 19 al the Robinson Kin-
dergarten School on Frcsenius
Road, and will continue until
the end of school. In order to
Schools for the first time are
required to have a birth certi-
ficate and health record on file
by the first day of school, which
will be Monday, August 20,
1973. The health records and
provide adequately for the kin- birth certificate should be pre-
dergarten enrollment, we would sented at registration,
appreciate having all applita-i Children who are presently
tions in during the first weekjenrollcd in the Robinson Kin-
of registration," Mrs. Ragan dergarten do not need to regis-
said. iter for first grade.
The Optimist Club of Silsbee
Is sponsoring the Universal
Pageants, LaPetite, Our Little
Miss, and Ideal Miss Pageant.
The Pageant will be April 28
in the Junior High auditorium
in Silsbee. Entries will be taken
from a 35-mile radius of Sils-
bee. There will be (hree age
groups. 3-8, 7-12, 13-17.
The 3-6 age group will model
party dress and sportswear. The
7-12 and 13-17 age groups will
model party dress, sportswear
and have three minutes for tal-
ent. A meeting for interested
parents will be held at the
First National Bank of Silsbee
at 7 p.m. March 9 to discuss
rules and regulations for the
Pageant. The entry fee which
includes insurance will b e
$20.00.
Jerry Pond, president of the
Optimist Club, any member, or
Silsbee Print Shop can furnish
further information.
L. Hough told the BEE this
week.
Brewer's employment was
reccomended to the Board by
a screening committee at a spe-
cial Trustee meeting held on
Wednesday, Feb. 28, and the
motion to hire him was unani-
mous, Hough added. Screening
committee was composed of
Board members D. D. Shine.
C. R. Baker, and Horace Whit-
tington.
“The screening committee
reccommended that Mr. Brewer
be employed, for the members
said they felt he had the best
experience and qualifications
of the applicants interviewed,’
Hough said. Other applicants
included E. J. Dietrich of Sils-
bee, a tax office employee, Ro-
bert Grote of Houston, Carl C.
Taylor of Pasadena, and Billy
David Norsworthy of Port Nc-
ches.
Brewer was first employed
by the Beaumont Independent
School District Tax Office in
1968 as a real estate appraiser.
He was promoted to his pre-
sent position — Chief Deputy
Tax Officer of the BISD — in
1971. He is a member of the
Texas Association of Assessing
Officers, and holds a position
on the Board of Directors of
the Golden Triangle Chapter of
that organization.
Brewer has attended courses
in several phases of tax work
at Lamar University. He and
his wife are parents of three
daughters, and they are mem-
bers of the Calvary Baptist
Church, Beaumont.
The Board was to have held
another called session at 5 p.m.
Wednesday, BEE presstime, to
hear principals of the various
school plants conduct teacher
evaluations, Hough said. Reg-
ular meeting of the Board will
be held on Wednesday, March
14.
Ray Anderson, plead guilty to
both murders and is now serv-
ing life sentences at Huntsville.
On Monday, Young is to stand
trial for arson, a charge stem-
ming from an attempt to burn
the McCormick home after the
murder-robbery last year.
Mrs. Harper told the BEF
Tuesday that she expected
Goodwin to file change of ven-
ue motions in the case "at any
time.” She said that Goodwin
had addressed a letter to Judge
Clyde E. Smith indicating he
would seek a venue change in
the arson case. Reading from
what she said was a copy of
Goodwin’s letter, Mrs. Harper
quoted the attorney as writing,
‘This is to advise you and the
District Attorney that I intend
to file a motion for change of
venue and a motion of former
jeopardy.”
The Clerk added that Good-
win had not yet been able to
obtain the two signatures re-
quired from Hardin County ci-
tizens to enable a change of
venue motion to be filed.
Young is currently free of
Hardin County Jail and living
in Houston.
Hicks Jordan
Remanded
From Prison
Hicks Jordan of Kountze
sentenced to 20 years in the
State Penitentiary for rape in
May, 1971, has been ordered re-
manded to the Hardin County
Sheriff’s Department by the
Court of Criminal Appeals, Dis-
trict Clerk Mrs. Aline Harper
said Wednesday.
Jordan was to have been re-
turned, to Hardin County by
Sheriff’s officers on March 7.
Mrs. Harper said the appellate
court had issued the order on
grounds that Jordan had not
been “admonished properly” by
the trial judge.
Rites Are Held
In Woodville For
Jesse E. Hyde
Funeral services for Jesse E.
Hyde, 64, of Warren were held
at 2 p.m. Sunday in Edwards
Funeral Home in Woodville.
Burial was in Hester Cemetery.
Hyde died at 2 p.m. Friday
in a Woodville hospital. He
was a building contractor and
a native of Tyler County.
Survivors include two sons,
(See Hyde, Section 1, Page 3)
R. DAVID SHOWS
David Shows
Asks For Place
5 Council Seat
2 Suspects
Charged In
Burglaries
Wesley Wooten, 21, and a 15-
year old juvenile, both of Sils-
bee, have been arrested by
Silsbee Police on separate char-
ges of burglary, Police Chief
Bob L. Ogden told the BEE
Wednesday.
Wooten was arrested Feb. 27
by Officer James Fulgham on
a warrant charging him with
the June 1972 burglary of t h e
jHurricane Cafe, 810 Avenue J
in Silsbee. In that burglary,
coin - operated machines were
forced open and some change
was stolen, Ogden said. Wooten
1 was arraigned before Justice of
’’ the Peace B. L. Como, who set
bond at $5,000. The suspect was
being held in lieu of bond Wed-
nesday in Hardin County Jail.
A 15-year old Silsbee boy,
charged with the Dec. 16, 1972,
burglary of Week's Conoco
service station, was referred to
.County juvenile authorities on
March 7, a spokesman for the
Sheriff’s Office told the BEE.
The boy was arrested March 4
by Officer Fulgham and ar-
raigned before Justice Kyle
Reeves of Silsbee.
Change was taken from a
forcibly-opened coin machine
inside the service station, Og-
den added.
R. David Shows, District Fo-
rester for Southwestern Tim-
ber Co. here, has announced
his candidacy for the Silsbee
City Council, Place Five, sub-
ject to an April 3 election.
Shows, a native of Louisiana,
has lived in Silsbee for the
past ten years, and has been
employed by the timber firm
for approximately the same
period of time. He graduated
from Bogalusa High School and 4
received a bachelor of Science
degree in forestry from Louisi-
ana Tech at Ruston. He and
his wife, the former Miss Fran-
ces Barclay, are parents of two
sons, David Jr., 7, and Douglas,
4.
Shows told the BEE, “I have
an interest in City government,
here as a taxpayer and a citi-
zen, and I just want to help
the City continue to progress
in the proper direction.”
He is currently chairman of
the City Zoning Board of Ad-
justments and Appeals.
Final Rites For
Mrs. Jefferson,
73, Are March 4
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Rich-
ards of Palacios and son, Jack,
a student -at Lamar University'
visited Friday in the home ot
Mr. and Mrs. Don L. Haw-
thorne and family.
Funeral services for Mrs.
Eunice C. Jefferson, 73, of Sils-
bee were held at 2 p. m. March
at Weldon Davis Funeral
Chapel in Nederland with Dr.
Jimmie Heflin officiating. Bu-
rial was in Forest Lawn Ceme-
tery.
Mrs. Jefferson died at 5:55
p.m. Friday in Hardin Memor-
ial Hospital. She was a 35-year
resident of Nederland before
moving to Silsbee.
Pallbearers were Fred No-
land, Jasper Harrington, Ernest
and Herbert Findley, Ben Kil-
lian, and Curtis Savage.
Survivors include two
daughters, Mrs. Jimmy Walk-
er, Spurger, and Mrs. Monroe
P. Findley, Vidor; two brothers,
Mack Rhoden, Houston, and
Roland Rhoden, League City;
and three’ sisters, Mrs. Siddie
Jefferson, Spurger, Mrs. Ray
L. Slleox, Shepherd, and Mrs.
Lena Hathaway, Livingston.
ALL STATE IN TEXAS AND ARKANSAS
Skinner Signs
With Razorbacks
SHS Choir Earns Top. Ratings
At Region X Solo, Ensemble Meet
“Silsbee High School choir
students fared well in the Re-
gion X Solo and Ensemble Con
test held at South Park High
School last Saturday with 10
students participating,” accord
ing to SHS choir director Roy
Bean.
New York, Feb. 21
cast upon the waters during
the past year by Hardin Coun-
ty residents in the form of
charitable donations are now
returning as blessings.
So are various other expendi-
tures made by them, such
for local and state taxes, t
doctors' bills and the like.
To people who are going over
their financial figures, prelim-
inary to working up their in-
come tax returns, the outlays of f
yesterday are the tax deduc-
tions of today.
How much do these deduc-
tions amount to normally?
Family Tax Deduction
County Is *1,800 |
Bread What have other people who ranges from 16 to 25 percent of deductions is $260, for interest
itemize their deductions and
are in similar income brackets
been listing for charities, medi-
cal expenses and such?
Answers to these questions,
based upon information pro-
vided by the internal Revenue
M Service, have been prepared by
0F the Commerce Clearing House,
specialist in tax law.
They show that most families
n the United States that have
of the size reported by
.ge family living in
County list deductions
Of $1,800, equal to 21 percent
of their income.
adjusted gross income.. The
percentage is higher among
those in the lower brackets and
lower for those with large in-
comes.
Local families with an in-
come of $7,000 to $8,000, for
example, would have a deduc-
tion of 23 percent if they con-
formed to the average, where-
as those at the $15,000 to $20,-
000 level would be taking 17
percent.
Nationally, for those earnings
equal to the average prevailing
in Hardin County, the amount
In general, it is found, it normally listed for charitable the claims.
paid on loans and instalment
debt, $00, for local and state
taxes, $592, and, for medical
and dental costs, $348.
If a family's deductions run
higher than those taken by most
others, it does not mean that
they will be disallowed. Nor
does conforming mean that they
will be automatically approved,
it is pointed out.
The IRS requires that all
items listed as deductions be
properly documented and that
records be available to back up
Soloists receiving a Division
1 rating on Class I (difficult)
Solos were Connie Gilder, Ros-
ann Davis, Lynn David, G a r y
Shelton, and Gary Grisham.
Students making a I rating
on Class II Solos were Sandy
Bean,, Leslie Birdwell and
Laura Allen. The Girls’ Trio
composed of Rosann Davis,
Lynn David, and Sandy Bean,
and the boys quartet composed
of William Patton, Gary Shel-
ton, Gary Grisham, and Bill
Wright also received a Divi-
sion I rating in the Class 1 en-
semble category.
All Class I Solo and Ensem-
ble winners are eligible to par-
ticipate in^the State Solo and
Ensemble Contest to be held in
Austin in June.
Accompanists for the stud-
ents were Mrs. S. Bowie, Mrs.
B. L. Coldren and Vivica
Brown, Lynn David and Ros-
ann Davis.
Mrs. W. H. Holland returned
home last week Mter visiting
several days in Jsrckson, Ala-
in the home of her son and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Harrell
Holland.
GERALD SKINNER
firemen Answer
22 Calls la Feb.
Silsbee Volunteer Firemer
answered a total of 23 fire
alarms during the month ot
February, including a call u
the Santa Fe railroad yard or
the last day of the month. Fire
Chief Russell Busby told tin
BEE.
That call came at 2:34 pm
Feb. 28,when a tank car filled
with ethyl acetate begin to ov-
erflow, Busby said. “That
chemical has a very low flash
point,” he explained, “bu'
luckily we were able to con-
trol it with water.”
Grass and woods fires were
reported on March 2 (Watt:
Road, 5:08 p.m.) and on March
4 (two miles west of FM 92
3:32 p.m.).
In his monthly report, Chief
Busby revealed that during
those 23 calls in February, fire
trucks made 34 runs covering
222 miles, used 96,425 gallons o'
water and laid 5,665 feet of
hose, consumed eleven fire ex-
tinquishers, accounting for 201
and one-half man hours. In ad-
dition, an average of 23 men
attended .three drill meetings
and one business meeting held
during the month.
|| Many Silsbee football fans
| will suffer acute cases of divid-
i ed loyalty this season — but
Tiger fans who also happen to
| be Razorback fans will be in
| for a treat — Gerald Skinner
| has signed a letter of intent
|] with the University of Arkan-
t sas.
i Skinner, the 6’ 5”, 260 pound
I former Tiger tackle, was the
■ only high school junior in Tex-
. as to be named to the All-
State squad in 1971 — but Sils-
ijbee’s loss became Arkansas’
[gain when he moved to Mal-
jivern with his parents early in
1972.
His record as a senior first-
stringer with the Class 7AA
Malvern Leopards made him a
prime target for college re-
cruiters — he was named to
the Arkansas All-State learn,
the State “Super Team", and
the District 7AA squad at both
offensive and defensive tackle,
even though he cut his teeth
primarily as a Tiger defender.
Skinner was one of the
sparkptugsv'on Silsbee’s top-
ranked 1971 3A team, doing a
big part to make that defen-
sive squad one of the best in
Texas.
He’s the biggest man on the
“Super Team”, which is made
up of the best Arkansas foot-
ball players in all high school
class, as well as the largest of
33 prospects signed by the Uni-
versity of Arkansas recently.
Cong. Wilson
To Be C of C
Banquet Speaker
U. S. Congressman Charles
Wilson of Lufkin is scheduled
lo be guest speaker at the an-
nual Silsbee Chamber of Com-
merce banquet this month.
Chamber manager Art Cawthon
announced this week.
Banquet will be held al the
Silsbee High School cafeteria
at 7 p.m. on Thursday. March
29. A catered buffet meat will
be provided.
Information regarding ticket
sales will be announccdi soon,
Cawthon said.
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