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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1962
Page
1
The 88th District Court session for January-February begins in Kountze on January 7 at 9 a.m. Civil cases are set for trial the first four weeks, followed by ordinary felonies in the fifth week starting February 4 and criminal capital cases in the sixth week. Judge H. A. Coe presides with weeks seven and eight left open for resets.
Saturday marks the formal opening of the Silsbee Public Library Building in Santa Fe Park with a 10 a.m. ceremony. Don L. Hough presides, Rev. Eugene Jonte gives the invocation, and Mayor Frank McClanahan oversees the ribbon cutting. The event honors former mayor Dusty Jones and features hospitality by local clubs and garden groups.
Four cases heard in county court with Judge Fletcher Richardson imposing fines and jail terms totaling 160 dollars and 33 days. William J. Browning received 80 days plus costs after guilty plea. Vernon Lyons paid 810 dollars for trespassing, Elton Cochran 50 dollars and three days for driving while intoxicated. W O Stringer pleaded guilty to transporting in a wet area and was fined 100 dollars plus costs.
Dr John Tate of Kountze will administer the Polio Type II vaccine at the Hardin County courthouse auditorium today from 6 p m to 8 p m for residents who have not yet received the vaccine.
A 1962 Silsbee Basket Drive meeting called by Chairman Johny Duval meets at 7 p m at the Old Ford Place to plan packing and distribution. Officials and chairmen urged to attend as names are screened and forms prepared for needy families with a December 12 deadline. Donations and volunteer support encouraged from local churches and groups including Explorer Post 88 and the Travelers' Protective Association toy drive.
Mrs. Mary Ollie Richardson of Silsbee died Sunday at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont after clothes caught fire from a heater. Funeral services were Monday at Southside Church of Christ in Lusbeck, with burial at Fellowship Cemetery near Warren. Survivors include husband A J Richardson, a son Cecil W Richardson, two daughters Gaye and Rave, two sisters, six grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Silsbee Tigers face Jesse Jones High of Houston in the Beaumont YMBL tournament Friday at 1 p m at MacArthur gym South Park. Coach Jimmy Rand’s squad seeks improvement after four losses to class 4-A foes.
Hardin County deputies report 26 individuals placed in the county jail during the past week ending Monday. Included arrests feature two traffic violations, three drunk in vehicle incidents, one first offense driving while intoxicated, one simple assault, three hog thefts, one motor vehicle theft, two isodomy, and 13 cases of public drunkenness.
L M Prather of Silsbee will be installed District Deputy Grand Master of District 26 A of the Grand Lodge of Texas in ceremonies at the Silsbee Masonic Temple. Prather, a long time Masonic leader, has held multiple offices and serves with Pure Oil in Smith Bluff. He succeeds W T McNeill of Beaumont as district officer.
The Christmas Festival of Music funded by the Silsbee PTA Units will be at 3 p m Sunday Dec 16 in the Silsbee High School auditorium. Mrs Robert Neyland directs the program featuring the Silsbee Woman's Chorus and choirs from local churches along with junior and senior high school choruses and bands. junior high art class decorations complete the staging. Public attendance invited.
Dr. M. Wyatt Haisten a Beaumont physician sustained hand and chest wounds from shotgun pellets during a quail hunt near Silsbee Saturday morning. He rests well at Baptist Hospital with no permanent hand injury and superficial chest and stomach wounds. Dr. Denton W. Smith and Dr. Herbert M. Hiennington also of Beaumont were present. the incident occurred about 10 a.m. 20 yards from the covey. The sheriff's office in Hardin County was notified.
Morris Windham arrives Wednesday to visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Windham. He is stationed at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi Mississippi.
Two separate collisions on Highway 414 left Bill Wilcott and Jack Jones seriously hurt and hospitalized after a head on crash six miles west of Silsbee. A second single vehicle rollover on Highway 418 near Village Creek injured J C Cheshire and Kathleen Cheshire.
The Texas Highway Commission approved 153 400 for Hardin County highway safety and betterment in 1963 involving 148 miles under J P Landgraff Sr Silsbee supervision. District engineer W E Simmons noted 199 9 total miles statewide in this district with 1 015 400 cost.
Mr and Mrs CB Duinwood of Nederland visited Mr and Mrs H M Jayroe Sunday in an informal family gathering noting cordial hometown hospitality and shared conversation about local affairs.
Civil cases listed for trial in Judge Fletcher Richardson’s county court at Kountze begin Tuesday morning Dec. 11 at 9 a.m. with numerous dockets including Dowell vs Wilson, Admiral Distributors Houston Division vs Boyd, Lewis vs Texas Employment Commission, and several Department of Public Safety actions among others.
Hardin County Bar Association schedules a 2 PM ceremony in Kountze honoring Judge A L Bevil for 50 years of service with a 4 PM reception in the Home Demonstration room. Attendees include Congressman Jack Brooks State Senator Martin Dies Jr and the Ninth Supreme Court District Court from Beaumont. J J Lee of Houston leads the remarks followed by others. Bevil has served as county attorney district attorney county judge and in Boy Scout work. The event is open to the public.
About 5 000 people in Silsbee and surrounding towns received Sabin polio vaccine at final Sunday clinics in Silsbee High gym Waldo Mathews gym Kountze courthouse and Sour Lake sponsored by the Hardin County Medical Society with Dr Wade M Parker as drive chairman. The Evadale clinic completed the three city series with roughly 600 vaccinations.
Two 15 year olds closed their season at Hardin County Wildlife Association hunting preserve near Ariola by each bagging a second buck. James Henry Donelson killed an eight pointer with a neck shot at 7 50 Sunday morning and donated the deer to the club barbecue. Louis Grisson Jr added a four pointer at 7 45 Sunday morning with a neck shot from a thirty thirty at 45 yards and had previously taken a six pointer on November 24. The season total at the site rose to 31 bucks as other members added two eight pointers and a four pointer. Mickey Nash also donated a four pointer from a West Texas hunt for the barbecue.
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