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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1960
Page
4
The Silsbee Bee lists second class mailing permit dated April 10 1919 with publication every Thursday at 410 Highway 96 Silsbee Texas. Subscription rates are 3.50 per year in Hardin Jasper Tyler and Jefferson Counties and 4.00 per year outside these counties.
Harold Leigh Mrs Ruth Stirling Tommy Read James Johnson Louis Johnson, Editorial Staff, David Read and R L Read co owners and publishers. Jerry Zuber City Editor. Mrs Leona Whitman Society and Personal Editor. Mechanical department includes Printer-Operator Linotype Operator Printer Pressman Stereotyper.
A party including D D Shine Marion Walton Jay Wingfield David Diden W W Howell and Bill Howell landed 45 bass at Neches River bottom with Diden's 5 lb 5 oz lunker the top fish. Salt water anglers also reported good catches at Bolivar jettys with several redfish and drum. The Bay City Fishing Tournament is set for four weekends in late June and July with $2000 plus in prizes and 3000 anticipated anglers. Ground doves are said to mate for life.
A long list of visitors and locals in Village Mills blends church revival attendance, family visits, and weekend guests. Names include Langston, Wilkinson, Dunlap, Neely, Edmond, Overstreet, Beil Johnson, Cummings, Griffen, Warren, Jenkins, Thomas, Newshafer, Scotten, Collier, Johnson, Hearn, Robinson, Wiggins, Jordan, Cain, Wallet, Wallet, Grawunder, Gieger, Bruton, Arrant, Leatherwood, Foxworth, Davis, Bass, Hays, Taylor, Guidry, Shaffer, Guidry plus many northern and nearby towns. A stroke hospitalization for Sid McNeely is noted.
Texas Forest Service reported March wildfires at their highest since January 1959. Hardin County had 36 fires burning 1 081 acres, Tyler 34 fires for 556 acres, Polk 13 fires for 57 acres. Debris burning and incendiaries caused about 90 percent. District No 4 at Woodville logged 1.21 inches of rainfall, 2.79 inches below normal.
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