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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1963
Page
7
In April the oratorio Messiah by Handel was first performed after a process starting in August and finishing in September, a piece often heard in December still has spring creation notes.
A 60 foot star brightens the Bethlehem countryside in Georgia during Christmas. A Christmas night carol service is held beneath the star attracting local residents.
As Christmas mood settles in Austin, speculation grows over who will oppose Sen Ralph Yarborough in 1964. Names floated include Lloyd Bentsen Jr Jim Wright Wag goner Carr and Allan Shivers with Carr likely staying out. Also noted are Republican rivals George Bush and Milton W. Davis. Redistricting fights prompt legal appeals while a constitutional amendment would expand state legislative representation.
Capt. Grady D. Stripling of Beaumont is awarded the United States Air Force Commendation Medal for meritorious achievement as a weather officer at Bentwaters RAF Station England. He now serves with the 16th Weather Squadron at Fort Leavenworth.
The report notes a 28 percent payment increase from 1962 and a 6 percent rise to 271,800 people paid unemployment benefits. Texas employers covered by the Act grew 2 percent. Despite the gloom, the Commission found jobs for 900,000 persons in 1963. Contempt hearings were set in Austin for four legislators and other officials.
Funeral services for Elizabeth Scarborough 80 were conducted at 10 a m Saturday in the Former Funeral Chapel by ministers T C Freeman and J T Jolly. Burial followed in Zion Hill Cemetery between Kirbyville and Jasper. She died Thursday night at Hardin Memorial Hospital after a four week illness. A Tyler County native, she lived in Jasper County and resided at 1240 Gerson in Silsbee for 12 years. She was a Church of Christ member and survived by husband J C Scarborough of Silsbee, son Dafton Scarborough of Orange, brother John Norris of Beaumont, and three grandsons including Donald Scarborough of Silsbee. Pallbearers were Mark Kelley A R Hardison J H Davis H A Porter Charles Shaver and R E Hawkins.
A report confirms the capture of multiple king cobras exceeding fifteen feet in length in Malaysia, highlighting record sizes and local wildlife agency involvement.
The printers' union, organized in 1853, is the oldest labor union in the United States.
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