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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1962
Page
1
The Hardin Tyler County Medical Society sponsors a Sabin oral polio vaccine clinic Sunday Sept 9 from 2 to 6 pm in Silsbee Kountze and Sour Lake with 20 000 doses ordered. A 25 cent donation is requested but no one refused. Minors require guardian consent and a permit.
Silsbee announces dedication ceremonies for its new City Hall at 2 30 Sunday afternoon with a bronze plaque unveiling naming the mayor and city council. The open house runs 2 30 to 5 00 PM, following ribbon cutting by Mayor McClanahan.
Chance Loeb School announces first time fall registration for incoming students on August 20 21 and 22. New entrants must bring last year transcripts birth certificates and small pox vaccination cards. Under age six by Sept 1 1962 must pass readiness test if by Oct 1 they turn six. Seventh grade registers Aug 20 eighth Aug 21 ninth Aug 22 with 8 am to 12 pm and 1 pm to 4 pm sessions. Monthly tuition applies.
Silsbee and Waldo Mathews schools announce opening Sept 4 with registration for Silsbee High on Aug 29 and Waldo Mathews on Aug 28. New students mustbring birth certificates and be six by Sept 1. principals will answer questions from Aug 15. Free lunch applications to be filed at the administration office with Bruce Watts Jr. before opening.
Edwin Moore 40, driver for Herrin Tank Line, was severely burned when a caustic soda hose detached during unloading at Hast Texas Pulp and Paper Co. The Lake Charles resident received first and second degree burns over much of his body. He was taken by ambulance from Tennison Clinic to Baptist Hospital in critical condition. A second note mentions visitors Nancy and Joe Earl Good staying with grandparents in Port Arthur.
Hello World Mr and Mrs Jerry Grisham of Silsbee welcomed a daughter Lisa Ann born August 12 to Don and Dale William Roberts of Kountze welcomed a son Aug 12 Mr and Mrs J H Gandy of Saratoga welcomed a daughter Linda Sue born August 9 Sharon Kay daughter born to Mr and Mrs Lawrence Davis of Village Mills August 12.
Hardin County voters go to the polls Saturday Aug 18 to approve a 275000 bond issue to fund a 531700 addition to Hardin Memorial Hospital in Kountze. If approved Hill Burton funds will match the local bonds to expand from 32 to 68 beds and create private obstetric rooms, with polls open 8 am to 7 pm at 14 precincts.
The Silsbee Public Library will close Saturday and Thursday hours are 1 to 5 PM for this week. The move to new quarters will occur Friday and Saturday with the library reopening Monday at 1 PM. Books turned in Saturday may be returned Monday without fees. Mrs H T Horka is librarian and Mrs Dixie Donelson will oversee the move.
A county court this week handed jail terms for DWI and theft. J Isbell, unnamed age and address, fined 50 dollars plus costs and three days in jail after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated. John Glider from Colmeswell pleaded guilty to theft, fined 23 dollars, ordered to pay costs, and sentenced to nine days by County Judge Fletcher Hicherdson.
Tigers begin fall football workouts as 75 players report, including 11 returning lettermen. McGallion will mix field usage with coach led sessions starting Monday with formal training and physicals Sunday at 4 p.m. Key returnees include Johnson at quarterback, Parks at fullback, Upshaw and Roy at halfback, and linemen like Puntes and Lindsey.
Silsbee Quarterback Club will hold its first meeting of the season next Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the high school cafeteria. The organizational session will elect officers and map a membership drive. David Upshaw is president. Bubba Freeman is secretary. the club supports the Tiger team with rides home and special trains for away games. Jack Hardy is hospitalized in Beaumont for a Woeetment.
Two Beaumont accidents this week involved Silsbee residents. Dana Dean, 14, was treated for abrasions after a three vehicle crash and released. His mother Mrs. Julia S. Dean escaped injury. truck driver Louis O. Johnson, 22, of Silsbee, was uninjured in a separate collision at 10th and Delaware.
S. L. Stanley of Kountze faces felony driving while intoxicated and aggravated assault charges after a three vehicle crash on Highway 770 two miles south of Kountze. W. L. Pray of Kountze was rear ended and injured, while Mrs. Tom Elmer of Kountze avoided injury. Sheriff’s deputy Dave Rountree said 24 others were jailed last week for DWI or drunken and disorderly conduct.
Season football tickets go on sale Monday morning at the administration office on West Avenue H per Asst. Supt. Bruce Watts Jr. The six dollar tickets grant a reserved seat at all five home games. The opener is Sept. 14 in Silsbee against Bishop Byrne of Port Arthur. practice begins next Monday and the first game is Sept. 7 at Center.
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