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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1960
Page
1
The Silsbee Bee office wishes readers a Merry Christmas while recounting an Electoral College duty in Austin casting ballots for Kennedy and Johnson. The editor’s brother Bob underwent emergency appendicitis surgery in Beaumont and is recovering, with family health updates.
U S Congressman Jack Brooks and Miss Charlotte Collins married in Cameron last Thursday before noon in a quiet ceremony led by Rev. Jewel Strong of First Methodist Church. Attendees included Brooks family and associates. couple to go to Washington to set up house ahead of Congress convening January 3, 1961.
Two junior engineers in Sinclair Oil & Gas Co. Houston South Texas division moved to new posts. Paul D. Bergeron joined in 1957 and moved from Corpus Christi to Silsbee district. Eddie M. Mahfood, with the company since 1958, moved from Silsbee to Corpus Christi.
Two fires Tuesday night and Wednesday morning destroyed buildings miles apart in Silsbee. The Ray Finley home on old Kountze highway suffered a total top floor burn while the old Willie Green dance hall near Camp Wilburf was a total loss. Fire Chief John Busby noted winds fueled the blaze and power outages hampered response until crews returned from a Christmas party.
The Silsbee Tigers won two charity games at Purple Gym in Beaumont, 35 34 loss to French after Charles Manley clinched it with two free throws with one second left, Russell Walters led with 10 points. They beat Kirbyville 53 44 and down Kowntze 62 42, with Drake scoring 20 in the Kowntze game. Tonight they meet Kirbyville again at Kirbyville for a rematch before Port Arthur tourney action starting December 29 vs Deer Park.
Funeral services for William Pratt DuBose 72 were held at Mount Olivet Baptist church with Rev. Jack Lee and other ministers. He died after a short illness in Beaumont and was a retired Brookeland school bus driver. Survived by wife, eight children, siblings, and grandchildren. Graveside rites by Masonic Lodge at Franks Branch Cemetery. Burial under Farmer Funeral Home.
Miss Virginia Weeks chief operator at the Southwestern Bell exchange in Silsbee marks 35 years with the company this week. She began in Corpus Christi and has served as acting chief operator and assistant chief at Beaumont. She belongs to Silsbee BPW club and First Methodist Church of Silsbee.
Southwestern Settlement and Development Division of East Texas Pulp and Paper offers 20 free pine seedlings by mail under the Grow Your Own Christmas Tree plan. A coupon, mailed from Jasper offices, starts the trees to recipients. Deadline is December 30.
Waldo Mathews Panthers seek first district win as coach Wesley Shaw notes a shutout at 0-0. The team has played Dayton 36 30 Charlton-Pol lard 70 34 and Lufkin in non district action with mixed results.
Trustees of Silsbee Independent School District completed final steps to sell 267000 dollars in bonds voted December 5 and signed the order last Wednesday. They reviewed proposed classroom additions, ordered planning, and heard bids likely around February. Architect George Ingram of Beaumont leads planning. Superintendent Don Hough will oversee bids, with buses and census duties discussed.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon for Tammie Lynn Jeans infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Randall Jeans of Beaumont. Burial followed at Forest Lawn Memorial Park with Rev F E Castilan officiating. Inquest verdict was accidental suffocation. Survivors include grandparents D P Greene of Silsbee Sanford Jeans of Marshall and Eloise Collins of Bryan.
Silsbee post office workers hustled through the peak Christmas mail period as the branch handles a surge in parcels. Postmaster L. A. Yankie noted Monday’s mail was the heaviest in four years with extra help on duty since December 12 to clear incoming and outgoing mail daily.
The 1960 senior class plans an informal dance and annual singing party at Silsbee Country Club Tuesday night from 7 30 to 12. Only class members and dates admitted. Also note Milton Bradshaw and wife returned to Jacksonville after two weeks with his parents. Keitha Bradshaw visited Nahunta before heading home.
Silsbee groups warn the Community Christmas program is short by over $200 for groceries and meat. With 24 hours left before delivery, organizers urge donations to cover baskets for families with limited means. Contact local volunteers listed in the Bee for contributions.
Christmas shoppers fill Silsbee shops as merchants report brisk trade and extended hours this week. Downtown free parking funded by the city runs through Saturday while Santa will skip this Saturday bowing out due to Christmas Eve rounds. the Chamber says the usual Saturday program at 3 p m proceeds.
City employees will take a holiday Monday along with residents of Silsbee. The City Manager noted the office will also close Monday Jan 2. Sanitation and police will operate both days. Tax collections total $19 000 through last Thursday about 36.2 percent of the roll with an expected additional $10 000 by January first. Dec 31 payments may be deducted on the 1960 income tax return.
Texas voters face a Jan 31 1961 deadline to pay the 1960 poll tax to be eligible for any election next year. Hardin County details exemptions for seniors disabled and others, and explains methods to pay by mail or in person. It notes a potential special election to fill Lyndon B. Johnson's Senate seat and outlines county procedures for Sour Lake Silsbee and Kountze residents.
Funeral services for Bertram Anderson Graves 64 of Silsbee were held at 10 a m Tuesday at Farmers Chapel. Graves died Sunday at Missouri Pacific Hospital Palestine Rev Eugene Jonte officiated Interment New Hope Cemetery Nest Center under Farmers Funeral Home direction He is survived by his father W W Graves of Newton a daughter Mrs Frank M Jonson of Freeport two brothers A B Graves and Bascom Graves of Silsbee and two grandchildren Pallbearers were W L Miller A L Tucker H A Richardson Frank Payne Louis Sellers and Toby McDonald.
Silsbee Lions contributed 25 to the Community Christmas basket fund on Tuesday. Harvey Jones of the Agricultural Stabilization Conservation service explained the agency's work to the group, with W. W. Howell serving as program chairman.
Bee Co-Publisher R. L. Read was taken to Baptist Hospital in Beaumont Monday night for emergency appendicitis surgery. He was reported to be improving and expected to return home this weekend to continue recuperation.
The Texas Highway Department approves 15,400 for Hardin County highway safety and betterment in 1961 under District Engineer W. E. Simmons. About 6.2 miles in the county will be improved with level ups, seal coats, and shoulder paving under supervision of Resident Engineer Lester P. Lendgraf Sr. The statewide plan totals 40 million across 224 counties, funding 2,799 miles of U S and State Highways and 3,694 miles of Farm to Market roads.
Co. F. Crawford, a patrolman handling driver licenses, will not be in Silsbee Friday but will be at the Fire Hall as usual on Dec. 30.
Texas railroads paid 53 603 in taxes in Hardin county during 1959 according to the Texas Railroad Association. The school tax totaled 32 571 with city and village taxes 1 045 and the county's operating expenses 11 044 paid by railroads. Other taxes brought the county total to 53 608.
Mr and Mrs Billy D Moore Pennington Ala proud parents of David Wayne born Dec 14 at Meridian Miss Grandmothers Ruby Bledge Beverly and others listed In Beaumont Buna Silsbee Kountze Sour Lake Daisetta and Spurger families announce newborns including Tony Lee Rebecca Denise Jo Helen and Melissa Elizabeth with dates from Dec 14 to 20 plus several other infants named with parental lines.
Mr and Mrs James Young of Columbia Maine and Mr and Mrs Vilous Fox of Jacksonville Texas with children will visit their parents Mr and Mrs Morris Belt over the weekend in an extended family gathering bringing together members from three states for a reunion.
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