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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1972
Page
1
Silsbee Volunteer Firemen responded to a gasoline leak from a pickup truck at Pines Plaza Shopping Center washing away about a gallon of fuel. The leak was reported at 12 08 p m on Saturday December 2 by a Pines Plaza merchant.
The North Hardin Water Supply Corp. seeks about 160 easements for a 500000 expansion with a tentative Jan 2 1973 deadline. FHA funding and route options are discussed as directors urge customers to form teams and secure permissions for the project including a new well and storage tanks.
A man identified as Fredman is jailed in Hardin County on a 1500 bond for breaking and entering a coin operated machine. James Henry Carrell 19 of Fred was arraigned for breaking into a Jack's Laundry soft drink machine in Silsbee. Police also report a burglary at ARCO service station on Avenue 4 and Bonner Street with nine cases of empty soda bottles stolen.
Funeral services for Mrs. Adeline Rose McCloud, 57, of Silsbee, were held Saturday at Farmer Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Bernard Stott officiating. Burial followed at Knapple Cemetery. She died Thursday in Silsbee Doctors Hospital. Survivors include her husband K. McCloud of Silsbee, son W. C. McCloud of Silsbee, and her father Jake Stuerd of Baytown.
Silsbee Lions Club secretary Roberto Flores reports a shortage of toys for the Toys for Tots drive. The distribution is planned for Wednesday morning December 20 alongside Christmas food baskets by the Ministers Fellowship. Contributions can be made via Weeks Crawford at 385 5574 or left at Etex Typewriter Co. through December 19.
Silsbee Tigers finished fourth at the Beaumont YMBL Tournament after a 70-58 loss to 4-A powerhouse Reagan. Mike Dabney led Silsbee with 27 points and tied a SHS single game record with 18 FG, earning All-Tournament honors as Dabney and James Simmons paced a late rally while Mitch Dinkle added 14 points and 11 rebounds.
Junior High School presents its annual Christmas program with parents and friends invited. The event begins at 9 a.m. in the Junior High auditorium on North Seventh Street, under the Choral reporter Sondra Leigh.
Trevor Pinder 24 Kathy Pinder 20 of Pasadena and John Henry King 48 of Houston were arrested in Tyler County on Tuesday and charged with passing forged twenty dollar bills. Bonds set at 25000 each. Bills passed at 11 stores in Kountze and nine in Silsbee.
Mr and Mrs Bert Riley of Kountze formerly Lumberton residents returned home after visiting in Indianapolis Indiana at the home of their son and daughter in law Dr Thomas Riley and Dr Bonnie Riley who practice at Methodist Hospital in that city.
Silsbee residents living within five miles of Avenue H and Fifth Street may enter the Chamber of Commerce Holiday Decoration Contest. Entries must be submitted by noon Monday Dec 11 with judging by a panel of 12 Beaumont area judges from 6 pm to 10 pm. Cash prizes totaling 375 dollars will be awarded across four categories for each entire block, house and yard, house only, and winners.
Horace Daniel Feagin 49 of Lumberton was crushed and killed when an 8,000 gallon Gulf Oil tanker jackknifed and the trailer swung into the cab as DPS and Beaumont fire units responded to a gasoline spill near Pine Island Bayou. Investigating officer Barrow reported the crash occurred around 5:30 to 6:15 a.m. Justice of the Peace Ray Martin pronounced Feagin dead at the scene.
Funeral services for J. J. Taylor aged 66 of Silsbee will be held at 10 a.m. today at the Former Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. R. E Barclay officiating. Burial will be in Turner Branch Cemetery with Masonic rites. Taylor, a former San ta Fe Railroad station agent, died Monday. He is survived by his wife Mary Frances Taylor of Silsbee, two sons Bobby of San Antonio and Joey of Albuquerque, a daughter Elizabeth Anne Freeman of Schweinfurt Germany, a sister Mrs J C Warren of Center, two brothers Floyd Taylor of Huntsville and George D Taylor of Center, with pallbearers named Rudy Ernst Homer Holland Lawrence Prather Louis Bond Tony Zager and Dean Duffle.
Robert and Judy, children of Mr. and Mrs. J. C Glenn, underwent tonsillectomy surgery on November 30 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont.
Garbage pickup for the 120 family area annexed to Silsbee starts Monday with three evening routes. City officials note uncertain residents as map shows the 849 acre zone east and south of the old limits and include Silsbee High School within the city boundary.
Paul Partin, a burglary suspect, held a room in City Hotel along with two other suspects, avoiding misperception that all three shared hotel residency.
Andrew Jackson Kiker 91 of Silsbee died at 7 p m Sunday in Silsbee Doctors Hospital Funeral services were at 10 a m Tuesday at New Covenant Assembly Church with Rev Carl Lindsey Sr officiating Burial followed at Resthaven Cemetery He was a Fort Worth native and a 26 year Silsbee resident a retired farmer Survived by wife Nora Kiker Silsbee and two sons A P Kiker Beaumont and R C Kiker Silsbee
Deputies traced two night breaks at the Neches Club this week. Entry was gained by prying a door. A pool table and cigarette machine yielded about $100 in change on Monday, and a jukebox was damaged for about $200 on Tuesday.
Mrs J H Richardson returns home December 2 after visiting her daughter Mrs Edna Gibson in Bellaire and her sister Mrs Bessie Read in Corpus Christi.
Lieutenant Colonel Donald E. Martin, Air Force officer stationed in Fayetteville North Carolina, is presumed killed after a mid air collision Tuesday night. He and wife Sue Robinson of Kountze once lived in Silsbee at 107 Moffett Courts and planned to move there after retirement next year following 20 years of service. He is mourned as brother in law to Mrs Fave Hill of Silsbee.
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