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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1966
Page
1
Hardin County 88th District Court opens January 3 1967 with civil cases first. Ordinary felonies begin February 6 for weeks six and seven. week eight returns to civil docket. List of civil trials includes McMillan versus Mora and many others against corporations firms and individuals.
R-TP-TA To Hear Christmas Program. The Turrentine Parent-Teacher Association will meet at 2:30 p.m. in the Read- Teacher Auditorium. Sixth grade teachers supervise. The program titled Christmas Stories in Song features children with piano accompaniment by Etta Mae Johnson. Jack Rolls presides. B. L. Williams introduces. Joe Nelson and committee handle refreshments. Nursery in teachers lounges.
Graveside funeral services for Joe Ellis Ard of Fred will be held at Cunningham Cemetery north of Silsbee this afternoon at 2 p m. Rev Marion Drake will officiate and Farmer Funeral Home will handle arrangements. Ard died at his daughter’s home in Baytown after a short illness. He was a native of Fred and a former sawmill worker. He is survived by four sons, four brothers, two sisters, and one other daughter. Pallbearers named.
Mr and Mrs Louie Carruth of Silsbee announce the birth of daughter Lorre Ellyn born November 26 in Baptist Hospital Beaumont. Born in Hardin Memorial Hospital Kountze Mr and Mrs Fred Howard Johnson of Kountze announce the birth of son Eric Wayne born November 20.
The Silsbee Little Theater reading committee searches for a spring show to pair with the Lions Club. Readings for casting will follow after a selection is made, with spring try-outs announced soon after the new year.
Jack Hill who fell about two weeks ago and broke a rib is reported recuperating nicely at his home here.
Mrs Robert Collier and sons visited Corrigan at her mother s home with Mr and Mrs Grady Crecelius. Candi Hill Martha Richard son and Nancy Harger to be honored Friday night at Hardin County Country Club. George Badge of Bravoria visiting Eldredge Jr family. E B Simpson visited Jasper with ill father G Bri Simpson in Mary Dickinson Hospital. Iris Pendergrass returned home after hospital confinement in Kountze and Beaumont. Tilford Cocks of Lebanon Conn with her mother W L Brigance. Alvin Ward visited his mother Sam Woodburn in Bohne Hospital Brenham. Pfc George E Cox visiting father Clayton Cox. stationed at Camp Pendleton. Donna A Nolen of Beaumont visited J H Richardson. Gladys Wagner visited relatives in Houston and Austin.
Gary Goats 16, son of Mr and Mrs L S Goats of Evadale is recovering from a broken neck suffered in the Evadale Cold Spring regional football game in Silsbee. He dislocated and fractured two neck vertebrae and is in St Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont in traction for at least six weeks. Doctors say he will likely make a complete recovery though he has periods of pain.
Frank E. Short son of Mr and Mrs D M Short of Silsbee will receive the bachelor of divinity degree during graduation exercises Dec 22 at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Seminary President Robert F E Naylor will present diplomas to 105 students at 730 p m in Truett Auditorium.
Silsbee City Council, in a called session, heard a Baytown firm and Federal Housing Authority representative seek a hearing on a proposed low rent housing development. The plan would be privately owned, with street paving upgrades under a 15,000 program. The manager also noted dirt street resurfacing and changes to garbage collection including red tagging for cans without lids or over 20 gallons.
Five people in a pickup driven by Mrs N C McGowan were rushed to St Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont after a Sunday two car collision north of Silsbee near Payne's Grocery. Doris McGowen, 14, had a badly strained neck but was sent home Tuesday. A L Corn and four in his car were not treated. Light rain and mist accompanied the crash at about 11 a m on Highway 92.
U S Rep John Dowdy will address the Second District of Texas veterans at Dan's Cafe. Registration starts 9 a m with a joint session at 10 20 a m led by John J Richardson commander Bar racks 2641 Silsbee. District Two officers and Beaumont auxiliaries to be introduced. The district covers multiple cities and 1205 barracks members.
Texas produced 1,000,749,000 barrels of crude oil in 1965, valued at over $3 billion, with 200 of 254 counties reporting output. Andrews County led with 76,908,300 barrels, while Hardin County totaled 296,196,700 barrels since discovery. Gregg tops county totals at over two billion barrels.
Dagma Fay Rudisaile of Sus bee is among 35 Texas Christian University students named to Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges for 1966-67. She is a senior Marketing major, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Rudisaile, treasurer of Phi Chi Theta, vice president of the Marketing Club and Beta Gamma Sigma.
Silsbee Public Library receives nine volumes from the Silsbee Lions Club titled Encyclopedia of World Art valued over 300 dollars. Librarian Mrs H T Horka notes the set covers art history from all cultures and periods and enhances displays of porcelain, glass, tapestry, furniture, coins, jewelry, mosaics, and more. Additional volumes will be purchased as funds allow along with other new reference works.
Hardin County jail housed 28 persons during the past week according to office deputy Curtis Davis. Drunk charges led the list with 11 held for overnight stays. Other charges included two for hot checks, four for disturbing the peace, one for forgery and theft, three for driving while license suspended, one for contributing to the delinquency of a minor, one for no drivers license, two for simple assault, two for driving while intoxicated, and one for drunkenness carrying a pistol.
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