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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1972
Page
2
The notice shows subscription rates of four dollars per year in Hardin Jasper Tyler Jefferson counties and five dollars elsewhere. The text also lists names linked to the newspaper’s staff and roles including publisher editor and various editorial positions.
A tea at the home of Mr and Mrs Henry Kolls Belton honors Ricky Kolls of Silsbee and his fiancé Miss Joanne Slaydon of Silsbee. Attended by guests including cohosts and families, the event featured blue and white decor, daisies, and a blue thermal blanket as a gift. Slaydon, who also turns 21, and Kolls plan to marry August 5 at First United Methodist Church Silsbee.
Marine Pfc George L Whatley son of Mr and Mrs Q P Whatley of Route 3 Silsbee completed Firex 72 a live artillery firing exercise at the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune North Carolina
Mrs Myrtle Holshouser is named as the Newcomer Greeting Service host for the Silsbee area. The group aims to welcome newcomers and acquaint them with the city and its merchants. The local club meets Thursday at 9 a.m. in the First National Bank with Mrs H B White in charge. The new hostess can be reached at 385 3358.
A Beaumont social security representative familiar with Medicare provisions will answer questions about coverage and claims. Officials advise bringing Medicare card and itemized bills to the Silsbee City Hall Annex on Monday August 14 and 28 from 9 to 11:30 am for assistance in filing claims and understanding which items are paid.
Silsbee Lions Club will sponsor the annual Labor Day broadcast on IKKAS with proceeds for charitable projects. Announcers are local comedians masters of ceremonies and volunteers in two hour shifts. The club aims for 200 advertisers starting August 8 and will contact businessmen. Farley M. Bowers invites participation.
A mother alleges her 20 year old daughter Can di Hill was stopped by City Police officers James Martin and Morris Cole for improper lane change and failing to use signal. Hill says she was searched and fingerprinted at City Hall and told she would spend the night in jail before authorities released her with no rights explained. The family plans to fight the case and seeks local support in Silsbee.
Louise Hill reports she has permission to address the Silsbee City Council at the Aug 8 meeting to seek an investigation into an incident on July 25 involving her granddaughter Candi Hill who was arrested and fingerprinted on a minor traffic charge. She asked the Police Chief for transcription of that afternoon's records and stated no malice, only a desire to improve community relations.
Savings bond sales rose in June with new Series E and H purchases totaling 20 234 in Hardin County. First six months sales reached 138 209 or 69 percent of the 1972 goal, while Texas month sales hit 16 451 782 versus 15 781 727 a 4.2 percent gain.
A wide string of deeds and transfers lists numerous transactions in Hardin County including transfers of property by J. Sykes to William Miles, H. L. Jackson to Elmo Pitts, and A. J. Ward to Curtiss Har. trusts, assignments, and mortgage moves involve Texaco Inc. and Beaumont Sav. & Loan Ass'n among others, with numerous individuals named in buy, sell, and lien activities.
Butch Nolen and Don Hawkins led the two man team with 29 pounds one ounce to win the second annual Silsbee Municipal Police Association bass tournament held July 29 at Twin Dikes Marina on Sam Rayburn Lake near Jasper. Proceeds fund a Silsbee High School senior scholarship. Big bass was five pounds 13 ounces by David Galier of Lumberton. Top ten teams listed with weights. turnout included 60 anglers forming 30 teams.
Thirty seven couples received licenses in July per county clerk Clarence McNeely. licensees include William Edward Burden with Rebecca Ann Kronke Joe Babe Woodcock with Linda Joyce Vaught Terry Stewart Smith with Carolyn Ann Smith Douglas Hollister with Anna Nash Gabriel Marceaux with Florence Bernard Billy Northcutt with Annie Northcutt George Vinson with Nina Evans Eugene Sims with Gwyn Walker and others.
A garbled OCR item lists multiple real estate actions including surface deeds, warrantee deeds, deeds of trust, and contract transfers among parties such as Sun Oil Co Marion Yarber Sye Huddleston Piet Fed Sav Loan Ass'n William Rosser Clinton Wright Goreeavis, and firms like Jim Perlite Builders Colony Dev Co Buck Jones Lumber Co and Amos Laird.
The family thanks friends neighbors hospital staff and doctors for flowers visits and kindness during the hospital stay.
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