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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1965
Page
1
An early Tuesday morning blaze eight miles north of Silsbee on Highway 92 leveled the home of Mrs. Mattie Tipton. Fire crews arrived after a 5:15 alarm, two engines and 11 firefighters battled the flames, and Tipton reported a heater or stove explosion as the cause.
Hardin County Commissioners Court unanimously approved $63,200 toward curb and gutter drainage for the Silsbee underpass at the Highway 327 extension, speeding a project from about five years to roughly one year. State cost is $324,400. plan changes and railway negotiations loom as bids are let.
Sheriff Henry O Overstreet, Chief Grady Tarver, and Sgt J R Allen issued a safety appeal in Silsbee urging extreme care during Christmas. Ten rural Hardin County deaths and three in Silsbee this year prompt heightened patrols and extra DPS cars over the 10 day period. Officers focus on violations and belt use, with drunken driving reports encouraged to be called in.
Weekend visitors included Mr and Mrs W G Carpenter of Shreveport La Miss Johanna Thomas of Houston Mr and Mrs W H Holland Jr and family of Lake Charles La Mr and Mrs Harrell Holland and family of Buna and Mr and Mrs J C Jones of Beaumont
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Cawley visited Thursday and Friday in Huntsville at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Cawley, sharing time with local acquaintances.
The Silsbee city council authorized free parking in downtown meters from Saturday December 18 through Sunday December 26. The council extended the free parking courtesy for the fourth straight year during the busy pre Christmas week and all city police officers were instructed not to issue parking meter citations during this period.
Mrs. Joan Lambert Stephens, 24, of Silsbee, died after a Monday morning collision at Highway 96 South and Dardin Drive. Her three children, Kenneth 9, Eric Nolan 5, Terris Faye 3, were injured. The dump truck driver, Joe Sestrunk Nichols, 56, of Beaumont, was uninjured. The accident adds a third city limit traffic fatality in four weeks and a total of seven in the Silsbee area since November.
Congressman Jack Brooks announces that Ellis and Marie Bohler of Silsbee will visit their son Pvt. Virgil H. Bohler USMC who is recovering from a head injury at Bethesda Naval Hospital. The trip, funded by the Bethesda Junior Chamber, includes free air travel from Eastern Airlines and a new 1966 car from Avis.
Silsbee School Trustees approved the Preliminary building plans for the new high school including gym and vocational shop with architect George Ingram. Cost estimate stands at 1 196 320 and will be funded by 1 500 000 tax bonds. six percent planning fee plus 2500 for plan conversion.
The Silsbee city council unanimously approved a first reading of an ordinance to annex about 40 acres east of the current limits, including highway right of way and the site of a new high school. A 30 day waiting period is required before a final vote. A later report notes the ordinance and voting names will appear inside.
Hardin county Sheriff Henry Overstreet reported 23 persons lodged in the county jail during the past week. Traffic violators led in numbers with eight held for various offenses. Other offenses included five for passing bad checks, six for drunkenness, one for felony driving while intoxicated, two for child support, and one for car theft.
Officers of the Community Christmas Basket Drive report today a deadline of December 16 for basket applications. General Chairman B W Graves must receive forms by 6 p m. Local pastors and applicants may obtain forms at the Silsbee BEE offices and return them to a minister.
Earnest A Bohler USMC son of Mr and Mrs Arlen B Bohler of Silsbee has graduated from Marine recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego California.
In a Christmas party ceremony Mayor Frank J. McClanahan Jr. pinned 25 year service pins on Chief of Police Grady Tarver Miss Edna Guynes secretary and Leslie Raney superintendent of the water and sewer department. The event included a city history recount and a buffet supper prepared by city employees under Mrs. Louise Barnes supervision.
Silsbee resident Edgar A. Eaves announces his candidacy for County Judge in the Democratic Primaries. He pledges honesty in county offices, opposition to alcohol sales, and to run the office as a Christian man, asking church and voter support.
North Hardin Water Supply Corporation is officially formed on December 9 1965 to provide reliable potable water north of Silsbee. The 150-member nonprofit will be governed by a steering committee with E E Spell as chairman and Pete Calvert as secretary, with Terrell Buchanan appointed attorney. Financed by a Farmers Home Administration loan, construction will begin for wells and a distribution system. Members may join until early 1967 or until engineering progress dictates otherwise, with a $50 membership fee and a $6 monthly minimum for 3 000 gallons.
Graveside rites for Stump Glawson 70 of Fred were set for 2 p.m. Monday at Jack Cemetery in Pineland with Rev. Jesse Hughes officiating. Farmer Funeral Home directed arrangements. Pallbearers included James Stewart Carlos Rogers George Forse Jr. Leo Desorneaux Jr. Larry Granger and Floyd Brown. Glawson, a Garrison native and World War I veteran, died Saturday night in Hardin Memorial Hospital Kountze after a brief illness. He lived near Hemphill most his life and moved to Fred three years ago. He survived by his wife Lona Glawson a son Eskel Joe Glawson of Orange five daughters Marie Williams Frankie Downs Johnnie Sue Galloway Blanche Burns of Fred and Lois Gant of Nederland two brothers Clifford Glawson of Orange Curtis Glawson of Diboll two sisters Mrs James O Rilley of Pineland and Mrs Willa Bickham of Deweyville.
County Judge Fletcher Richardson heard four cases in county court. Carol Reddell of Silsbee was fined one dollar plus costs for passing a hot check on December 9. Charles Brown of Kountze was fined two hundred fifty dollars and costs for driving while intoxicated on December 10. Pies Stewart Jr. of Kountze faced similar fines and costs the same day, while Curtiss Levias of Silsbee also appeared with unspecified penalty and costs.
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