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Called Meeting Fails To
Produce Council Quorum
A called meeting of the Sils-
bee City Council, originally set
for Tuesday night, failed to
materialize when a quorum did
not attend.
The meeting was called by
Mayor Claude Coward last
week for the council to study
and act on a request from the
Silsbee Fire Commission to
provide $200 each for firemen
to attend the training school at
Texas A&M University later
this month.
All three members of the
fire commission, John Price,
Billy Slaydon and Elmer Mc-
Laughlin, were at City Hall
Tuesday night. Members of the
City Council present included
Mayor Coward, Councilman
Pete Landolt, Dr. N. G. Ferrell
and Duane Beck.
Instead of a regular meeting,
the council held a work session
and heard the request of the
fire commission for $1200 to
send six firemen to the school.
After studying the budget for
the fire department, and dis-
cussion with members of the
commission, it was determined
that $1135 was available for
the school.
Mayor Coward told the com-
mission that since only $65 was
needed to send all six firemen
to the school, he and the coun-
cilmen present would give ten-
tative approval, but the action
could not be official until a
quorum was present and a vote
taken.
Both the councilmen and the
commission were in agreement
that the city would benefit
greatly from 1he training these
men would receive at the
school. A vote on the citys pro-
viding the extra $65 is expec-
ted at the next regular council
meeting.
The Bee has also learned that
the council has held at least
one work session on the pro-
posed electricity rate increase
by Gulf States Utilities Co.
According to Ross lies, man-
ager of the Gulf States office
in Silsbee, his company is ask-
ing for an eight and one-half
;pereeht rate increase through-
out the system in both Texas
and Louisiana. The utility hike
is tentatively scheduled for
, Oct. 1, he said.
Vandals Break
Windows At High
School Band Hall
The Silsbee Bee
VOLUME 53
SILSHEE, TEXAS 7765B, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1971
10c PER COPY
NUMBER 19
AFTER TUESDAY PROTEST
Order Giving County Use Of
A-R Escrow Fund Rescinded
m
An anticipated source of des-
perately needed funds on which
to continue the operation of
services in Hardin County was
abruptly cut off at a hearing
before Judge Brookshire in
Kountze Tuesday morning at 10
when attorneys for Atlantic-
Richfield protested the propos-
ed use by the County of $75,-
713.33 which A-R has deposi-
ted in the registry of the court
against their tax indebtedness.
In a tax suit hearing several
weeks ago Hardin County won
a $140,000 judgment against
A-R. but the oil firm has ap-
pealed. Atlantic-Richfield had
previously placed $75,713.33 in
the registry of the court against
their tax. The County had
Vandals struck at the Band fought to use that money in
Hall on the Silsbee High School its operation s and Judge
Brookshire had issued an older
directing District Clerk Aline
The County was of the opin- “The County Auditor has said
ion that A-R would not take that he believes the County
the position they did in pro- can meet its August payroll,
testing the County's use of the but after that the County will
money on deposit, County At- probably have to borrow money
torney Dwayne Overstreet told
the Bee Wednesday.
“Atlantic-Richfield is not go-
ing to let the County use the
money, and apparently there
are some cases which back up
their position in use of the
funds," Overstreet said.
against the money deposited by
A-R. If the County had been
able to use the money on de-
posit, the payroll through Oc-
tober might have been met by
transferring into the general
fund all money which can
new taxes being collected in
October the County might have
gotten by, but now there seems
to be no question but that the
County will have
money'
Youth Dies
In Saturday
3-Car Crash
A six-vear-old boy was fa-
tally injured and four others
hurt in a three-car accident six
miles north of Beaumont Sat-
urday afternoon on U. S. 69.
Scbtt Donovan Debcs, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Donovan Debes,
5556 Tyrrell Park Road, died in
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legally be moved. Then with in sight.
to borrow'^1' Elizabeth Hospital at about
Overstreet said. '* '"V* 11 '' . .
Just how much time will be!, 'n|u',''d ^ blS, ,motl;er'
required for all appeals in the!Ml's‘ Alm;l °6bes_ lusted in fair-
tax suit to be heard cannot bej00"^10" !n St, Elizabeth Hos-
determined. In the meantime'^1'’ Htf" Carnwhac! of
the Countv has its back to theiKo,un‘zc- ten condition m Bap-
relief tls Hospital, and Sharon
wall financially with no
Campus on Highway 327 East
on the night of June 23 break-
ing $165.00 worth of tinted
glass windows, SUpt. Don L.
Hough told the Bee this week.
It was the first major case of
outright vandalism at the lo-
cation other than a large front
window which was broken last
year, and City Police, who are
investigating, have been pe-
troling the area. Hough said.
The Band Hall building is
Harper to turn the funds over
to the County, but at the hear-
ing held Tuesday in Kountze
Atlantic-Richfield lawyers pro-
tested the County's use of the
money, so Judge Brookshire
rescinded his order which
would have given the County
use of the funds.
The oil firm’s attorneys took
the position that if the County
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Miss Deborah Leah Freeman
........
Miss Silsbee Dill
located near the rear of thejused the funds that would be
campus and persons responsi- the total taxes the lirm owed
hie apparently used a club to|foi that year. In other words
tear up the screens, break outithe County would forfeit its
glass and damage some of thejright to collect the remaining
window frames. Altogether 10 $64,000 - plus in taxes they
windows were broken. Therejmaintain that A-R owes (and
was no evidence that the build- the County won a court judg-
ing had been entered. |mcnt to that effect).
15 Persons Are Indicted
'Royal' Treatment On By County Grand Jury
Tap For Miss Silsbee
New Tax Brings
Single Copy Price
Of Bee To 11 Cents
The increase in the State
Sales Tax, which becomes
effective within the City of
Silsbee today, means that the
single issue price of The
Silsbee Bee goes to 11c in
the City today, July 1. The
price includes a one-cent tax.
Present interpretation is
that there will be no fax
charged on the ,$4.00 annual
Silsbee area subseription
price because that 'igures a
per issue price of less than
nine cents. However, .he
S5.00 annual subscription
price charged for Bees sent
out of the area will require
a 25c State Sales Tax.
Unincorporated areas
where the le city tax is not in
effect ma^;, still sell single
topics at the 10c rale.
Local Teenage Girls
Missing Since Sunday
Two local teenage girls have I Sharon Allen, 17, daughter
been reported missing from
their homes since about noon
Sunday, according to their par-
ents.
of T. K. Allen of Silsbee, and
Baughman, of Baytown, and
Jean Baughman, of Highlands,
both treated and released from
Baptist.
Investigating Highway Pa-
trolmen Ralph Scamon and
R. T. Dougherty said the acci-
dent occurred at about 3:30
p. m.
Drivers of the cars were Mrs.
Debes, Helen Carmichael and
Sharon Baughman, they said.
Young Debes and his mother
were returning from Woodville,
u
Highlighting Miss S i 1 s b e e, her of Commerce, encourages
Week, Miss Deborah Leah Free- all people of (he area, "to conn
man, the current Miss Silsbee,
will be honored with a Send-
off Tea. Thursday, 3 to 6 p. m.
by and give Miss Freeman your
support and wish her well."
She will leave Sunday. July
in the Heritage Room of Silsbee14. for Fort Worth where she
State Bank. will participate in the annual
Silsbee Mavor Claude Cow-] Miss Texas Scholarship Pag-
ard has proclaimed the entire cant, Miss Texas, the title for
week of June 28 through July w'hieh Miss Freeman will be in
4 as Miss Silsbee Week honor-
ing Miss Freeman.
The tea Thursday is open to
everyone, and Mayor Coward
with other city officials andjP'de in the Miss Ameucu Pag-
metnbers of the Silsbee Chum-leant.
competition, will receive a
$10,000 scholarship plus many
gilts and a chance to partici-
Fifteen bills of indictment lan of Kountze, theft; Charles
were returned by the Hardin[Edward, McCarter of Silsbee
County Grand Jury in Kountze joyriding, and Uleas
on June 21 and three persons
were no-billed, according to in-
formation received from Mrs
Aline Harper, district clerk.
True bills of indictment were
handed down in the case of
James Thornhill of Lumberton,
burglary; Bobby Leon Hussey
of Beaumont, Waldo Price Co-
wan of Silsbee, Charles E.
Grozc of Kountze, Louis Wade
Jefferson of Colmesneil, and
Elmer Lee Tanton of Silsbee,
driving while intoxicated, sec-
ond offense; Henry Dudley
Johnston and Harrison McMil-
DPS DIRECTOR ESTIMATES
Adams
Jr. of Silsbee, joyriding.
No-billed were Samuel E.|
Roach, theft, and R. A. Davis
[and Belton Baird of Vo taw,
child desertion.
Five of the persons indicted
by the Grand Jury had not
yet been picked up Tuesday
morning and their names were
not released.
In other separate action last
week the Criminal District
Court Grand Jury in Jefferson
County on June 24 returned a
bill of indictment against Har-
vey Lee Fregia, 27, of Silsbee,
who was indicted for felony-
theft and driving without own-
er's consent.
Traffic To Claim 48 Lives
In Texas Over Weekend
Austin — Colonel- Wilson E.
Speii\ director of the Texas De-
partment of Public Safety, to-
day estimated that traffic acci-
dents over the long July 4 holi-
day weekend will claim 48 lives
in the Lone Star State.
In addition', Speir'said it ap-
pears that between 6 p. m. Fri-
more injuries, and a monetary
loss running into the millions
of dollars.
The DPS dirootor. in a spe-
cial appeal, said, “We urge
Texans to reduce the toll by-
obeying the laws of safety,
driving defensively, avoiding
fatigue while driving, and.
drinking. The ultimate solution
to lessening the toll obviously
lies in the h a n d s of each
driver.”
Speir said as many DPS pa-
trolmen would be on duty as
possible, including some from
uniformed services other than
the Highway Patrol. He noted
that many local law enforce-
ment agencies will place simi-
lar special emphasis during the
holiday period.
The Department of Public
Safety will also conduct its
day Julv 2 and midnight Mon- above all, by not driving while
day! July 5—the official holi- ’ " ”’u~
day weekend—these same col-
lisions could result in hun-
dreds, perhaps a thousand or
Joe K. Watson
Named To Office
At Silsbee State
Joe K. Watson, formerly of
Nacogdoches, has been elected
an assistant vice president of
Silsbee Slate Bank, President
E. M. Wilson Jr. announced to-
day.
Watson, 34, a native of Big
Springs, is a graduate of F o r t
Stockton High School and Lip-
ports Business College. His spe-
cialized e d u c a t i o n includes
management and marketing,
credit analysis and collection,
IBM systems, personnel rela-
tions, and career training.
He was associated with Pa-
cific Finance Corporation 11
years- and held credit manage-
ment. positions with that firm
In Abilene, Dallas. Houston.
Longview, and Nacogdoches
where he was branch manager
for the past five years.
He and his wife, Louann, are
active in civic and social or-
ganizations and are members of
the Presbyterian Church. They
will reside with their two sons,
Joel 4, and Bryan 11 months, at
102 Oglesbee Road.
Post Office To
Hold Open House
In Silsbee Today
The inauguration of the new
United States Postal Service on
July 1 will be celebrated in
every post office across the!
country.
Silsbee Postmaster Conley|
Bradshaw has announced that
all jpembers of the community-
are invited to visit their local
post office today (Thursday,
July 1) and enjoy the hospi-
tality of the men and women
who comprise the new U. S.
Postal Service.
Visitors to the Post Office
will be given a souvenir en-
velope imprinted with both the
old and new insignia of the!
SHARON ALLEN
W&SM
t: a
Vicky walters. jj>, daughter ol visiting
Mrs. Lucille Matthews of Eva-. &
dale, left the Matthews home!wdb hL'r Parents,
about noon Sunday driving a A1™ surviving are grand-
u■, parents. Mr. and Mrs. Wvatt
white 1966 Rambler automo-* , , ,
, ,,,. i , , , . Spur ock of Woodville and
bile. Thev had told Mrs. Mat-1, ’
, ,, . ■ ‘ Tommv Debes and Mrs. Nell
thews that they were going , ,, ,
Debes. both ol Beaumont.
swimming.
When they did not come-
home Sunday night, authorities
were notified. The girls were 1 O (aOSP
reported to have been at an
uncle’s house in Houston brief--J?Qy /f//v I
lv Monday night, and were! "
thought seen driving between; f J (tf j(J(( y //
Beaumont and Silsbee Tuesday] J
by a friend.
Miss Walters is 5’ 1" tall,
weighs 115. has dark brown!
hair and brown eves Miss Allen!
is 5’ 4" tall, weighs 115 pounds.!
| has light brown hair and blown
eyes.
Anyone with information
about the girls has been asked!
to report to the Hardin or Jas-[
per County Sheriff's office oiq
to local police.
r M
VICKY WALTERS
Dr. and Mrs. H. E. Mundenj
recently vjsited her parents,;
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Peters
in Tampa, Fla. While there,!
Mr. and Mrs. Peters celebrated
their 50th wedding anniver-j
sary.
Most of the Silsbee area
retail businesses will dose at
least one day this weekend
in observance of .July 4, In-
dependence Day. which falls
on Sunday this year.
A majority of the stores in
the downtown area and Pine
Plaza Center will close Mon-
day, as will most govern-
mental offices and hanks.
THE SILSBEE BEE, which
still has to print a newspaper
next Wednesday night, holi-
day or not, will be open Mon-
day as usual, but will close
for a long weekend Friday,
July 2 (tomorrow).
Oil Activity Accelerates
In Hardin County Fields
Funeral Services
For 0. C. Seely,
66, To Be Friday
O. C. Seely, 66, a resident >f
Silsbee since October. 1950,
“Operation Motorcide” pro-
gram during the holiday which.|died at 2:30 a. m. Wednesday
in cooperation with local police!1'1 Silsht'C Doctors Hospital
and
Postal Service,
will also be made available in
limited numbers as a first day
cat gas well in the West Village
Mills field, and locations being
This will be the first time
first day covers have been
available in all U. S.
Offices.
----—__
The search for oil and gas in|feet through the troubled sec-|547. The new drill site is 708
Hardin County continued on.lion. feet west and slightlv south of
an accelerated pace this week ,H- <lkc> Po?lc„!,alf ^Sinclair Oil & Gas Co.’s No. 1
This envelope with the compk'lion of a^wilcl- jjndult as*a^Yegua ’after’^Sindair
sion to the West Village Millsjdril!cd ta 6,909 feet jn the orig-
field of Hardin County. ;inal hole; plugged back and
Poole’s No. 1 Kirby-Rich had|sjdctracked, then made a devi-
a calculated absolute open hole atect"Ho)e to 7.478 feet,
flow of 37.500.00 cubic feet of j CuIjs Hankamer will drill a
*“ a" 'mgaugedjnjount^ooolfoot venture for the* Sour
Lake field of Hardin County.
Designated as the operators’
No. 7 Hooks, et al, the opera-
tion spots on a 12-acre tract in
the J. A. Veath survey, A55.
cancellation for just the price staked for three additional
of an 8c stamp, by stamping wildcat explorer wells. Work
and cancelling half of the sou- was also continuing at several
venir envelopes in advance, 'other sites.
Post
Rites Held Here
Saturday For -
Jesse Lee Leach
Graveside rites were conduc-
ted at 2 p. m. Saturday in
Knupplc Cemetery for Jesse
Lee Leach, 61, of Inglewood.
Cailif.
Officiating was Rev. Rowat
Smith, pastor of First Baptist
Church in Lumberton.
Leach died in I n g 1 c w o o d
June 19 in his home after
brief illness.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Leach; two brothers, Ken-
agencies and the news media
of Texas, attempts to focus
public attention on accident
hazards through the rapid
compilation and release of in-
formation on fatal traffic mis-
haps during the period.
“We are hopeful," Speir said,
"that all street and highway
users will make the slogan
‘Drive Friendly’ a reality during
the July 4 weekend."
Rites For Mrs.
Johnnie Parsley
Are Held Here
Funeral services for Mrs.
Johnnie Lois Parsley, 37, of
Port Neches and formerly of
Silsbee. were held at 2 p. m.
Saturday iri the Farmer Fun-
eral chapel here with Rev.
C. M. Duplissey, pastor of the
First Pentecostal Church, offi-
ciating. Burial was in Franks
Branch Cemetery.
Mrs. Parsley died at 2*20
p. m. Wednesday at Park Place
Hospital in Port Arthur. She
was a native of Bessmay and
lived most of her life in Sils
bee. She moved to Port Neches
10 years ago.
Surviving are her husband.
Cody Parsley: one son, Gerald
W. Parsley of Port Neches; one
daughter, Cynthia Dianne Pars-
ley of Port Neches: her pnr-
neth and Ross”Leach,''both of ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hinson
California; three sisters, Mrs. of Silsbee; two brothers, Ray-
Dorothy Overland of Califor- mond Hinson of Port Neches
nia, Mrs. Lucille Kimbrough of and Orville Hinson of Kountze
Lawton, Okla., and Mrs. Flor- and one sister, Mrs. Shirley
retta Bradshaw of Ada, Okla. Strother of Silsbee.
Funeral services will be at
2 p. m. Friday in Mexia, Texas
at the Blair-Stubbs Funeral
Home. Interment will also be
in Mexia.
Seely was born in Limestone
County, Texas, and was raised
in Mexia. He worked there for
J. K. Hughes Oil Co. He lived
briefly in Arp. Texas, before
moving to Silsbee. Ho owned
and operated Seely Gulf Serv-
ice Station here until retiring
in 1976.
A member of the First Uni-
ted Methodist Church, he was
Little League
Queen Coronation
To Be Tonight
The 1971 Little League Queen
Coronation will be held tonight
(July 1) al Kilby Stadium at
7:30. This year’s queens will be
crowned for the Senior, Major
and Minor Leagues.
Trophies will be awarded to
winning teams,' managers and
sponsors. A “Mother of the
the first president of theiYL>a,r” PlaRuo wil1 be §>ven
Methodist Men’s organization,
a member of the Men’s Sunday
School Class and its president
for two years, and served on
the official board of ihe church.
He had been a member of the
Silsbee Kiwanis Club.
Survivors include his wife
Margaret; two sons, Claxton of
San Antonio, and Steve of San
Frapcisco, Calif.; and two bro-
thers, O. E. Seely of Moore,
Okla.. and O. T. Seely of Alex-
andria, La.
His family has requested that
contributions to the First Uni-
ted Methodist Church building
fund be made in lieu of send-
ing flowers.
Miss Mary Campbell return-
ed Sunday after a weeks visit
in Pasadena in the home' of her
aunt, Mrs. George Allison, and
other relatives. While there she
visited Astroworld and other
places of interest.
well as Manager of the Year
for ihe ihree leagues.
In the immediate Silsbee
area of special interest has
been the location one mile west
Of the City where Mobile Oil
Corp. is drilling beyond 11,600
ft. at the No. 1 ARCO Fee Block
“D" wildcat which is projected
to 19,500. (There has been
some speculation that the well
is slated to go even deeper.)
Casing has been set at 4,045
feet and at that depth a mud
logger was attached. The deep
explorer is on a 640-acre lease
block in the Leman D. Lessley
survey, A-35.
Some problems were encoun-
tered this week around the
11,600 foot level as the well
apparently tried to "Kick-out”,
and the drilling mud had to be
weighted-up. The additional
mud weight caused to hole to
of condensate. Production is
from an interval from 6,747.5
to 6.749.5 feet.
While on a 10-64-inch choke
the well rated a flow of 1.324,-
000 cubic feet of gas plus 37.73
barrels of condensate daily,
posting a tubing pressure of
2,197 pounds. Shut in tubing
pressure gauged 2,235 pounds.
Location is two miles north of
Sour Lake.
Coline Oil Corp. crews were
waiting on cement at the opera-
Loeation is five miles west of tor s No. 1 Kirby Lumber Corp.
Village Mills in the Peter Rich wildcat in the north Silsbee
survey, A-433. Lease is 160 field of Hardin County a 11 o r
acres. making hole to 7,710 feet and
The well not only extends
the Village Mills field west-
ward, but apparently reopens
gas production from the Ycgua.
On a Hardin County location
101 ■> miles north of Silsbee and
approximately three-fourths of
a mile west of production in
East Beech Creek field, Ranger
lose return, but the problems Oil Co. will drill an 8.000-foot Bragg
have since been corrected and
they are now in the process of
setting 9r>8 inch casing to 11,600
setting casing at total depth.
Proposed as a 7,800-foot ven-
ture, the well ;s resting a 150-
acrc lease in the H & TC Rail-
road survey, A-326.
On a Hardin County location
one mile northeast of Bragg
and approximately two miles
southwest of the one-well
field, Bock & Bacon
wildcat designated as the No. 1 ]plugged and abandoned the
Section 198. Lease is 640 acresjNo. 1 Kirby Lumber Co. wild-
in the J. J. Copley survey, A- (See Oil, Sec. 1, Page .1)_
Larry Wiley Wins Silsbee's
Fourth Annual Golf Tournament
Mrs. R. L. Read and Mrs.
Margaret Hartman returned
Sunday from a two weeks va-
cation in Hawaii.
By TOMMY RUSSELL
Larry Wiley of Beaumont
won the fourth annual Silsbee
Country Club Invitational Golf
Tournament here Sunday with
a 72-hole score of 289.
Silsbee's Wayne McClanahan.
defending champion, came in
second two strokes back with a
291. Frank Randall was third
with a score of 293. Wade Jor-
dan finished fourth with a 294
and Beaumont Country Club’s
Ned Johnson was fifth at 297.
Wiley, former Lamar Tech
golfer, made a statement
Thursday before the Tourna-
ment got underway that he felt
to win his first major tourna-ifeated Reuben Allison of Lib-1 The seventh flight was a bat-
ment. He has come close in pre- erty, 1-up in the finals. Gerald! tie between Silsbee s Wilmer
vious years, but has never won I Hatton of Bayou Din CC de-
until Sunday. His 289 total wasHeated Silsbee’s Bill Fuller, 1-up
t no u i for the second flight title. Dan
one-over-par for the 72-hole Lubbnock of Houston won over
grind.
McClanahan, behind by seven
strokes going into the final
round, made a strong bid for
the title as he picked up five
strokes, but tell short by two
as he posted a two-under-par
70 in the finals. He has finished
second every year with the ex-
ception of last year when he
won the, title.
The first flight winner was
Morgan and Pete Bullock with
Morgan the winner by a 3-2
decision. Sam McKim of Beau-
mont won out over Silsbee's
Jack Brooke of Beaumont fovjKenneth Leslie in the finals by
third flight honors, 6-5. '.only one hole.
The fourth flight title went' Jerry Jones, lprmer presi-
to Robert L. Thomas of Beau- dent of . SCC, presented the
mont as he defeated J. R. Hop-
kins of Dallas, 3-2. Carroll
Weaver of Houston won the
fifth flight with a 1-up deci-
sion over Ray Singletary of
Beaumont. Bill Dophied of Dal-
las copped the sixth flight with
winners with gift certificates
at the conclusion of the tour-
nament and recognized the
various committee chairmen
and the women’s golf associ-
ation lor an outstanding job in
putting on one of the best tour-
like this was the year tor himOlen Crump of Orange. He de- Evadale.
a 2-up margin over Ed Nash of naments ever held at the club.
(See Coll, Sec. 1, Page 3)
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