The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 12, 1972 Page: 1 of 26
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Inc,
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Texns 75235
Four Men
Get Prison
Sentences
Four men received prisor
sentences of two years each or
guilty pleas to burglary charg-
es in 88th District Court last
Thursday.
Sheriff Billy Paine said that
Darvis Leon McCartney, 19, of
Baytown, James Kenneth Dan-
iels, 20, of Baytown, and Pat-
rick Glenn McCraney, 20 of
Lake Charles were sentence!
by Judge H. A, Coe after plead
ing guilty to the Sept. 18 burg
lary of Morris Pharmacy in
Silsbee.
Also sentenced was James A.
Warner, 19, of Silsbee, who
pleaded guilty to burglarizing
the home t>f R. B. Warden of
Kountze, Paine added. |
The Silsbee Bee
VOLUMN 54
SILSBEE, TEXAS 77656, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1972 10c PER COPY
NUMBER 34
**’r* *• ^ Council To Study Zoning Changes,
" ' ' New Industrial Waste Older
Cool mornings and shorter
days will help remind citi-
zens that Daylight Saving
Time Is fast drawing to a
close. On Sunday, Oct. 29,
clocks will be set back an
hour as the country returns
to Standard Time.
STUDY SPECIFICATIONS — Hardin County Com-
missioners Virgil Caraway 6nd Hugh Bevil Means'
(seated left to right), T. D. Whitaker (center) and
W. K. Barton of a Tyler firm, study specifications
for a solid-waste disposal system fot Hardin Coun-
ty. Means and Caraway, along wth Commissioners
Howard Barrington and Bob Kerr and County
Judge Emmett Lack, have requested a feasibility
study for implementing the system here.
A recommendation for les-:City, and includes a rate sched-
sening zoning area and width ule for City treatment of indus-
restrictions and a proposed in- trial waste,” he said. “It
dustrial waste ordinance for the includes provision for a sur-
City were accepted for study by charge applicable to waste
the Silsbee City Council at a treated which is in excess of
regular meeting Tuesday night.;the acceptable strength levels,
City Manager Ronald Hicker-.and has an enforcement clause,
son explained that the Plan-! The City manager added that
ning and Zoning Commissionj the ordinance would have to be
had recently recommended [approved by the Texas Water
adoption of a change in the CityjQuality Board before the Coun-
Zoning Ordinance (71-3) whichjcil could take action. “I will
would set the minimum lot (forward a copy of the ordinance
width at 50 feet and the mini- to the Board this week,” he told
mum area requirement at 6,200lthe Council,
square feet for existing sub-j A speclal gession o{ the Coun-
divided lots. The ordinance Ljj was tentatively set for 6:30
originally set a 65-foot mini- 0ct. n (BEE presstime)
mum width requirement and an for consideration of a resolu-
10 containers at $535.00 each;
and Garwood of Houston, $250
also each, 30-day delivery.
tion to borrow some $25,000 on
short-term loan to allow t h e
City additional operating capi-
tal until tax receipts begin to
come in, Mayor Hays explain-
area minimum of 7.500 square
feet.
Mayor James L. Hays replied
that the Council would accept
the proposal for study and call
a public hearing on the zoning!^"
change. . , I Upon Hickerson’s recommen-
Hickcrson also presented » ,ja|joni Council accepted a low
13-pagc proposed ‘ industrial,b|d of $182 cach {or two-cubic-
uaste ordinance for Council,varfj garbage containers offer-
review. He said that recent cd jjy pakMor Maufacturing
State legislation required cltics|Co of San Antonia-if PakMor
A Kountze man was arrested
Sunday and charged with pos-
session of dangerous drugs. He
was free on bond of $2,500 Oct.
9, according to Sheriff Billy
Paine.
The Sheriff said that Gilbert
Roberts, 22, of Kountze, had
been arrested by Deputy Sher-
iff Jesse Cartwright and Koun-
tze Police Chief Claude Lindsey
on a charge of possessing Vali-
um tablets. The suspect was
arraigned before Justice of the
Peace Itay Martin.
The containers will be used
in the City’s new garbage-com-
paction system. A similar sys-
tem was recently adopted for
use by Tyler County, and Har-
din Count y Commissioners
Court is currently studying the
plan.
Alter review of specifica-
tions, the Council authorized
Hickerson to advertise for bids
for purchase of two new autos
for the Police Department, a
station wagon for the Chief of
the Silsbee Volunteer Fire De-
partment, and a half-ton pick-
up truck for use by the Water
Department. Bids are due in
the City' Manager’s office by 5
p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24, date of
the next regular Council meet-
ing.
Also, Council voted to renew
a First National Bank of Sils-
bee note on the $22,400 unpaid
balance on the Gradall purchas-
ed last year, and to accept $600
as full payment for a 1941 Ford
fire truck purchased by the
Fred Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment.
THE MAN behind Silsbee’s gridiron success, now in
his 13th season here, is Head Coach and Athletic Di-
rector Ray McGallion. His Tiger teams won their
100th game last week in the continuing success story
of this great coach. During his career here, Tiger
football teams have lost only 20 games and tied
three. Worst years were 1964 with six wins and
four losses, and 1969, when the school was placed in
4-A classification. Coach McGallion is shown here
giving instruction to fullback Steve Caraway.
to establish acceptable strength
limits for liquid waste. “This
ordinance sets forth the
strength levels that will be ac-
cepted for treatment by the
County Studies Compact
Waste Disposal System
equipment for that price could
be made to meet City specifica-
tions. Hirkerson stipulated that
the bid go to the next lowest
bidder, Davis Truck and Equip-
ment Co. of Houston, if Pak-
Mor failed specifications.
Davis bid $190 each for a
minimum of 12 two-cubic-yard
containers, plus $10.00 each for
freight, with delivery in 45-60
days. PakMbr pledged inunedi-
jatc delivery. Other bidders
iwcre Industrial Welding, Inc.
iof Silsbee, minimum order of
Tigers To Open Zone Play Here
Friday Against Bridge City
Hardin County Commission-
ers are set to meet with a Dal-
las solid-waste disposal engi-
neer to study the possibility of
implementing a new County-
wide garbage disposal system.
Upon a motion by Commis-
sioner Hugh Bevil Means and a
unanimous vote of the Court,
T. D. Whitaker of Tyler, sales
manager for George P. Banc,
Inc., was asked to set up meet-
ings between the Dallas engi-
neer and all Commissioners.
Engineer is expected to study-
possible sanitary landfill sites
in each Commissioner's pre-
cinct.
Whitaker and Salesman
W. K. Barton explained t h at
their company had recently
sold solid waste containers and
necessary garbage packers to
Tyler County. He estimated that
some $145,000 would be re-
quired to set up the system in
Hardin County — a purchase
that would Include 200 four-
cubic yard waste containers, a
32-yard packer body and loader
truck, and a three-yard craw-
ler loader.
Under the system, the four-
cubic yard containers would be
placed in strategic locations
throughout the County. Resi-
dents would place solid waste
Tractor Is
TakenFrom
Job Site
A trartor with backhoe and
bucket attachments valued at
several thousand dollars was
stolen from a Job location on
Highway 326 Oct. 8-9.
Chief Deputy Howard Grant-
ham said the theft was report-
ed Monday by Jerry Barber,
construction superintendent for
wotrld be bu r I e'd a Ms nd f i tTsi t"es 1!°* Cou"dl of 4>e «*P'Eaf
hv the rr»wter.im„w Texa* Development Council,
in nearby containers, and the
truck bearing the loader-pack
er would then dump this waste
into the packer, where it would
be hydraulically compressed.
Tbeu. the compressed
Jehu
by the crawler-loader.
In hi* motions, Means asked
that the Court advertise for
equipment bids from manufac-
turers when the survey is com-
plete.
A request for office and
classroom space for a traffic
offender’s DWI rehabilitation
class in Hardin County was
tacitly denied, presumably un-
til Commissioners can have
Silsbee High Band
To Play At Lamar
Game Saturday
Beaumont—More than 2,000
young musicians will come to-
gether on the Cardinal Stadium
turf Saturday night for the
fourth annual Band Night per-
formance hosted by Lamar Uni-
versity.
Jimmy Simmons, director of
the Lamar inarching band, said
16 area and Southeast Texas
bands have accepted invita-
tions to appear for the show.
They will join the 225-mcmber
Lamar unit on the field at
halftime fpr the playing of Mr.
Touchdown, Grandioso March,
and the Lamar alma mater.
The Cardinals will duel Abi-
lene Christian College in Sat-
urday’s game.
High school bands (o parti-
cipate in the musical spectacu-
lar are as follows:
Silsbee, directed by R. W.
Ross; Dewe.vville, Buddy Ry-
land; Orangefield, John Fling;
Charlton-Pollard, Gerald Stew-
art; Lumberton, Delane Cassel;
time for study. County Judge!
Emmett Lack's assistant, Son-
ny LaLunnc, explained that the
Texas Alcoholic Commission,
working with the Criminal Jus
Burn Victims
Are Reported
To Be Improving
Four men burned Oct. 4 in
an explosion and fire at Sour
Lake were reported to be in
fair condition on Tuesday, ac-
cording to a hospital spokes-
man.
An official of St. Elizabeth
Silsbce’s undefeated, once] Year in
tied Tigers return to Kirby Me-1 Cardinals come up with one of
morial stadium at 7:30 p.m. (he most consistantly good
Friday to open the East Zone, teams to face the Tigers, and
District 10-AAA title chase this year will be no exception
against the Bridge City Cardi- when coach Chief Wilson's
nals.
The Cardinals come to town
with a 3-2 season record, los-
ing to Orange and Sulphur, La.,
and the most recent win last
week 36-0 over Bishop Byrne.
had asked each County in its
13-County jurisdiction to pro-
vide space for periodic classes
to be given DWI first-offend-
ers. Commissioner Howard Bar-
rington made the motion to
grant the request and JudgelHospital, Beaumont, said that
Births
Lack seconded, but no other
Commissioner responded when
the “for” vote was called. Com-
missioners Bob Kerr and Virgil
Harvey Eanes, 57, of River
Oaks, Rodney Uptigrove, 37,
and Larry Winberry. 42, both
of Sour Lake, and Marion
Caraway said they wished time;Crow, 28. of Louisiana, were
to give the program further doing “as well as can bn ex-
study. ipected for burn patients.” She
County Clerk Clarence Mc-|»dded that the men would re-
Neely presented an award to ceivc new dressings on Oct. 10.
Mrs. Jeanette McCreight. chief1 Fire Chief V. W. Townsend
deputy Tax Assessor-Collector, of the Sour Lake Fire Depart-
in behalf of Tax Departmentimcnt said that the explosion
head Fred Anders. McNeely said and resulting fire which broke
that Anders, who is now recov-
ering from surgery, had receiv-
ed the award from the State
Democratic Executive Commit-
tee for Hardin County's high
level of voter registration.
“The State of Texas was di-
vided into 10 divisions for this
test, and Hardin County won
first place in Division Three by
registering more than half of
its total population,” McNeely
explained.
out in an 80,000 gallon barrel
tank was apparently caused by
a spark from an electrical oil
mixer, which the men were op-
erating. The City Services Oil
Co. tank is located about one-
half mile north of FM 105 off
Highway 326.
Chief Townsend added that
members of the Sour Lake Vol-
unteer Fire Department con-
trolled the blaze in about “15
or 20 minutes” after the call
came in at approximately 3:30
Mrs. McCreight told the BEE p m
that an estimated 16.400 voters _q_
had registered through Oct. 7, # #
the deadline for signing up tojCiwo PpAlfAnf|A||
vote in the Nov. 7 General Elec- 1 11 c 11 Vf C1IIIWII
tion. Current population of;««j ■ ■ _ * ■ a
Hardin County is 29,996. ff g0|f |C Oft O" 1 4
Aso, the Court authorized:
purchase of $3,500 in postage |H II f Im
for the Tax Office; accepted a III U« vQIIQUU
plat and dedication presented by
deveoper H. K. Maxey for the
Deer Park subdivision; and ac-
cepted Commissioner Kerr’s
motion to sell a 1955 model
truck for a bid price of $110.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Byron
McAlister of Silsbee are the
parents of a son born Oct. 4 in
St. Elizabeth Hospital.
A daughter was born Oct. 5
in St. Elizabeth Hospital to Mr.
and Mrs. David Marion McGill
of Silsbee.
A daughter, Sondra Anda-
lena. was born Oct. 3 in Sils-
bee Doctors Hospital to Mr. and
Mrs. Michael Ray Loftin of
Kountze.
Juanell Jcnice, a daughter,
was born to Mr. and Mrs.
James Paul George of Vidor
Oct. 5 in Silsbee Doctors Hospi-
tal.
Mr. and Mrs. Oric Sharwin
Richardson of Silsbee are the
parents of a daughter, Saman-
tha Fair, born Oct. 7 in Silsbee
Doctors Hospital.
A son, Roderick Grant, was
born Oct. 8 in Silsbee Doctors
Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Hutto of Silsbee.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Lester Ar-
nold of Silsbee are the parents
of a daughter, Leigh Ann, born
Oct. 6 in Hardin Memorial Hos-
pital in Kountze.
and year out, thejthrough good workouts this
- -* week and should be ready to
give Bridge City a tough match
Friday.
Most of the early season in-
juries on the Tiger squad have
cleared away and the team is
physically in the best condition
of the year. Both Monday and halfback.
Tuesday drills were spent
working on defense for the Car-
dinal’s wishbone.
Mitch Dinkle, starting full-
back early in the season, is re-
covering from
sustained in
charges roam the field.
Bridge City has the biggest
offensive line to oppose the
Silsbee defense this year, and
perhaps the best blocking, ac-
cording to Tiger head coach Ray
McGallion. “They have an ex-
plosive wishbone running at-
tack sparked by senior running
back Keith MacCammond and
senior quarterback Roger Eas-
terling,” McGallion added.
MacCammond gained 66
yards in only five carries
against Bishop Byrne, and had
t w o touchdown gallops of 60
and 36 yards cancelled because
of penalties. Easterling is the
key man on the wishbone for
the Cardinals. He is a good,
consistant runner, and knows
when to give the ball to anoth-
er back for additional yardage.
The Cardinals have had many
of the same problems which
have plagued the Tigers this
season. Turnovers and penal-
ties have done their damage
with the scoring punch of both
teams.
Coach McGallion said that
the Cardinals will be “up” for
the Tigers since Silsbee is t h c
defending district champions,
but the Tigers have
only on defense, though, with
the offensive starting unit re-
maining as is.
Offensive starters for the
Bridge City game will be Bubba
McGallion at quarterback, Phil
Hill at wingback, fullback Da-
vid Moss and Butch Smith at
Anchoring the offensive line
at center will be Ricky Wel»
born, guards Handy King and’
Jim Kirby, tackles Oliver Jones
and Keven McClusky, and ends
taheknHuntSj®Jl3sy J0C Wc'stbrookand Jesse
game, and will likely be back, '
in his Tiger uniform by next! , Davis and Westbrook are also
week. He will probably be Used '■stvd on the defensive starting
---—.---unit. Other defensive starters
include Gary Dean, Steve Cara-
way, George Jeffcoat, James
Grubbs, Charles Stanley, Tom-
my Dunnigan, Arthur Rodri-
guez, Jerry Galloway and Her-
man Haynes.
Freshmen Meet
Forest Park Today
Coach Ronnie Nash’s Fresh-1
man Silsbee Tigers will be af-j
ter win number four when they,
meet the freshmen of Forest j
Park High School here at 5:30;
p.m. today (Thursday).
The freshmen now boast aj
3-0 record, scoring a total of j
89 points so far, and giving up!
just 16 points to opponents!
South Park and Lincoln. Tigers! , , . . . ..
took South Park 55-8, and ,n;a™Jd ,h°u«e and aut°
games with the Lincoln and 8 8“ ’fk ref°jjed"t Stls-
House, Auto Fire
Calls Keep Silsbee
Volunteers Busy
Silsbee Volunteer Firemen
two
Bees, took the edge by scores
gone of 26-8 and 6-0.
Cindy Bowman Reigned At
Lumberton Homecoming
Miss Cindy Bowman was! ball game
crowned Queen of the Lumber- Broncos,
ton Homecoming halftime cere-
monies at Friday night's foot-
with the
bee Convalescent Center Oct.
4-9, Fire Chief Russell Busby
|said Tuesday.
! Busby explained that the roof
had fallen in when firemen ar-
rived around 6 a.m. Sunday to
jeontrol a fire that destroyed
the home of Adolph Winegeart,
' near Lee Miller Road. “The
Davton 1k'usc was completely destroy-
ed.” he said, “but there were no
Charles Coker Construction Co. , , ,,
of Dallas, whose crews are now1 Nacogdoches, Troy Lilly; War-
engaged in bridge - wideningjrf. Bill Bartin, Little Cypress-
work at Cvpress Creek on the|M&uric*villet Hj^hard Keyton,
Kountze-Sour Lake highway. Beaumont, Chuck Lisman;
Grantham said tracks indi- Kountze Ronnie Page; Dayton,
cated the 580 Case tractor - Tett* Bourd»er; Forest Park
which Barber said would have
had to be “hot-wired" to start
—was driven from under the
bridge onto Highway 326. down
the highway, and then onto a
dirt road, where it was loaded
on a large trailer.
County authorities are cur-
rently Investigating the theft.
Bob Janecek: Nederland. Blan-
ton McDonald; and Livingston,
Jim McCutcheon.
Also on the program will be
two junior high bands from
Nederland, Central, directed by
Charles Roberts, and C. O. Wil-
son, directed by Charles Par-
sons.
Rites Held For
Robert Beason
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Hare of
Silsbee attended the funeral of
Mrs. Hare's nephew, Robert
Beason, in Lake Charles, La.,
last week.
Beason, 28, died Oct. 5 and
was buried in Lake Charles
Oct. 7. He is survived by his
wife and two small children
and is the son of Mrs. Vorice
Fontenot and Manuel Beason
of Pasadena. He was born in
Silsbee and lived most of his
life here.
Old Timers To Meet At
O’Neil School On Sunday Hall WeiisT76,
“This is Fire Prevention
Week—Oct. 8-14—in the Uni-
ted States and Canada," County
Fire Marshal John Busby an-
nounced this week, “and I, in
behalf of the Hardin County
Fire Prevention Bureau, want
to ask County citizens to please
take more care when burning
trash, and to use common sense
to prevent fires.”
Busby added that local Vol-
unteer Fire Departments
throughout the County would
also take note of the 61-year
old observance. It originated in
1911 as Fire Prevention Day,
but was extended to a week in
1922.
Fire Prevention Week is al-
ways the Sunday - Saturday
period in which falls the Oct.
9, the anniversary of the Great
Chicago Fire of 1871. That fire
killed more than 200 persons
and destroyed 17,430 buildings
at a cost of $168 million.
injuries ns no one was at home
at the time of the fire.” That
call was turned in at 5:58 a.m.
Monday, firemen controlled
She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Marcus Bowman of
Lumberton. She is a member of
the ost Outstanding American „ ,
High School Students, member-11 dama8°d * Ford
of Future teachers of America, owm'd lyJ' ° Jylcr. Auto
Homecoming Duchess her ‘ocaU ,d on East Avenuc H-
freshman and sophomore yekr.j1 usf'<"
freshman vice president and Last Wednesday. Oct. 4, a
class favorite, sophomore presi- P'lot light on a Silsbee (on-
dent, Student Council seen- valesccnt Center stove had gone
tary, Leo Club vice president.!011*1 Busby said, causing some
three-year member of t b e 8a> to escape into the building.
Raiderette Drill Team and Var- Firemen answered the call, and
sity Cheerleader for throe no damage or injuries were re-
years. ported.
Senior princesses were Sher- At about 3:50 p.m. Tuesday,
ron Gray, Jannette Hargraves. Volunteers answered a fire call
and Cathy Cunningham. Duch- to the home of David Whitman
esses, representing the junior, on Gentry Road. Cause of the
sophomore and freshman cass-blaze, which caused no dam-
es were Ruth M c F a d. d i n page, was a smouldering rag
Cheryl Sheffield, and Debbie,found near a hot yvatcr heater.
Mason.
Silsbee’s Old Timers Reunion
will be held Sunday in the
cafeteria of O'Neil Intermedi-
ate School, Highway 96 South,
across the street from the First
Baptist Church.
Registration will begin at 10
a.m. and lunch will be served
a* 12:30. Tickets may be pur-
chased at the door or reserva-
■ t * -41
/'■jr.
tions may be made "with Mrs.
Grace Daniel, secretary, 535
North 6th Street.
Richard Hicks of Beaumont,
a former resident of Silsbee, is
president of the group.
Special recognition will be
given to the oldest man and
woman and to the person trav-
eling the farthest distance to
attend.
Dies On Oct. 11
Funeral services for Hall
Wells, 76, of Silsbee, were pend-
ing at Farmer Funeral Home
Wednesday afternoon.
Wells died at 1:10 p.m. Oct.
11 in Silsbee Doctors Hospital
following a sudden illness.
Miss Vicki Long
Pledges Sorority
Ninety-one coeds at the Uni*
versity of Houston pledged sor-
orities this fall following a se-
ries of rush parties.
Among them was Miss Vicki
Long, daughter of Nelson Long,
Jr., of Silsbee, who pledged
Zeta Tau Alpha.
Dr. Poshataske
Receives, Degree
Shotgun Is Stolen
At Pine Plaza
Theft of a Remmmgton Mod-
Dr. W. J. Poshataske of cl 1106 shotgun was reported to
I Silsbee has been named a “Fel- Silsbee Poller Oct. 7 by Johnny
Plow" in the American Academy .Willard Jr.. Patrolman James
Hof Family Physicians. Fulgham said this week
The new membership rata-! Williard told Police that he
| gory was created by the Acade-ihad set the gun—in a light tan
MISS CINDY BOWMAN
[my in late 1971. To achieve the
honor members must have at-
tained diplomate status of hav-
ing completed 600 hours of ap-
proved continuing education
study.
The degree was conferred
during a special ceremony at
the academy's Annual Scientific
Assembly in New York on Sept.
27.
case—between two stores ,in
Pine Plaza Shopping Center
while he used the telephone.
When he returned, the gun and
case were missing, Fulgham
said.
Mrs. G e 1- a 1 d Peveto of
Orange visited last weekend in
the home of her mother, Mrs.
J. H. Richardson,
r* 1
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