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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1967
Page
1
The 1968 postal overhaul will lift costs for individuals and firms in Silsbee from 128 966 to an estimated 158 600 dollars. The shifts include 6 and 10 cent stamp increases and a 25 percent rise in second class mail rates affecting newspapers and magazines.
Funeral services for Mrs. Etta S. Stanley 76 of Silsbee were conducted at 1 p m Saturday at Farmer Funeral Home with Rev. Charles Willis officiating. Burial followed in Zion Hill Cemetery near Jasper. Pallbearers were Frank Preston Milton Ray Rocky Randolph and Charles Kelley. She died at 9 30 a m Thursday in Hardin Memorial Hospital. She was a Holly Springs Texas native and member of Good Shepherd Baptist Church in Silsbee. Survived by four sons Rev J D Kelley Kirbyville Wiley B Kelley of Silsbee Elmer W Kelley of Devers and Jesse Lee Kelley of Devers one daughter Mrs Beatrice Walker Jacksonville Fla one brother Douglas Adams Kirbyville 14 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
Funeral services for Joseph Etue 77 of Evadale were at 10 a m Saturday at Farmer Funeral Home in Silsbee with Rev. Sam Starks and Rev. W A Rashall officiating. Burial followed in Morse Cemetery near Buna. Etue died Thursday at St Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont after a long illness. He was a native of Rockland a retired mechanic for Kirby Lumber Corp and had lived in Evadale 20 years. Surviving are his wife five daughters two sons 18 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Mr and Mrs C G McClinton spent the Christmas holidays at the home of their son and family Mr and Mrs Paul McClinton in Waco.
Silsbee Volunteer firemen answered five calls Tuesday, one house fire on Winters Street quickly extinguished, and four grass fires north of Silsbee along Highway 92. Chief Joan Busby cites extreme dryness from a recent dry spell and brisk winds as factors in a busy day.
Silsbee city council authorized paying three notes on equipment totaling 25 596 dollars with renewal on three more notes. Full payment 7 500 on the grader note. 6 000 on the 1967 garbage truck. 12 096 34 on the two 1967 pickups and three 1967 dump trucks. Interest and renewals arranged with Neches National Bank and Silsbee State Bank. A city hall note was assigned to Neches National Bank for 10 754 26 dollars. A 1 915 dollar 1968 Dodge pickup note was renewed. Rates set at 2.5 percent. A revised Gulf States Utilities rate schedule was postponed until the city attorney could explain. Possible city sales tax election discussed with a work session set for January 11.
Silsbee Tigers completed basketball warmups with a Hardin Jefferson tournament in Sour Lake. They faced Bishop Byrne of Port Arthur and faced potential follow-up games depending on results. Coach Dan Montgomery noted injuries and shuffled lineups as the team eyed District 9-AAA play starting next week.
E. O. Cravy, 46, of Silsbee, was charged with assault with intent to murder after a knife attack near Old Hickory Barbeque Grill, 11 miles north of Silsbee. Jeff Hutto, 1941, was seriously injured, later improving in Beaufort hospital. Deputy Billy Paine arrested Cravy at the scene following the 3 p.m. incident, which may have stemmed from a family argument.
Mr and Mrs Nelson Tenni of Falls Church Va announce the birth of daughter Can dace Caprice on December 1 at New Alexandria Hospital Alexandria Va. Grandparents listed include Mr and Mrs D P Greene and Dr and Mrs George Tennison both of this city. The rest of the report notes a jail intake over a quiet holiday with 27 held for various charges including assault, drunkenness, and traffic offenses.
Richard E. Jones, Buck Jones Lumber Co. manager, was installed as president of the Silsbee Kiwanis Club on December 19 at the Blue Bonnet Cafe. He served last year as first vice president. Victor Norvell was named first vice president and Basil Rodgers second vice president. Directors for the coming year are Horace Whittington W L Caraway Arthur Carruth Glen Claybourne John L Williams Lester Langraff and Wayne Robinson. Installation was led by Wilton White of Orange, lieutenant governor of Division 10 Kiwanis International.
Pfc. Eddie Lynn Lancaster 19 of Lumberton Glen Acres died December 19 near Quang Nam Vietnam from fragmentation wounds after a brief week in country. He was born Sour Lake and a Silsbee High School graduate class of May 1967 active in FFA. He is survived by his parents and two grandmothers. Funeral services by Kelley-Hixson Beaumont.
The Silsbee Chamber of Commerce joins 82 outlets across 72 counties selling HemisFair '68 tickets at discount. Single admissions and four bonus book types offer up to 50 percent savings. Bonus books not available at the gates. fair runs April 6 to October 6, 1968. Over $250,000 in tickets were shipped to the East Texas Chamber for distribution.
Most Silsbee businesses will close Monday for New Year’s Day with groceries and service stations exempted. Open shops plan early closures. all federal county and city offices will close except law enforcement. Sheriff Overstreet says deputies on overtime to keep peace. Traffic Chief Blood reports strict traffic control and one major city accident in the Christmas weekend.
A Woodville court barred East Texas Wildlife Conservation Association wardens from preventing public use of roads and river banks within leased land. The ruling opens Neches River banks from Sheffield Ferry to Evadale for public access, with a later BBQ and turkey shoot planned to celebrate.
Navy man Bobby Jack Nash of San Diego returns home for Christmas, first since 14 years. Silsbee families host relatives from Houston Beaumont Abilene Conroe Deweyville Lawton Singer Fort Worth and Pensacola with varied holiday visits and family gatherings.
The season brings remarkable deer stories. Henry M. Donelson Jr. of Hardin County recovers a buck after a neck wound and a life restart, then finishes it with a second shot. Other locals like Billy K. Fuller and Dr. R. O. Jackson claim notable racks as 60 plus legal bucks are reported in Hardin County and about 90 in the Silsbee area leases.
Rev. Grant Herbst formerly vicar of St. John’s Episcopal Church in this town is reported in serious condition in St Luke’s Hospital Houston. He lies in the intensive care ward with pneumonia and complications Mrs Vyrl Miller reports Herbst is presently vicar at the Episcopal church in Angleton.
Mrs A J Brown and Mrs Victor Norvell were overall winners in the Silsbee Garden Club Christmas decorating contest judged by Opal Ellison W E Emigh and R H Ernst. Other winners included Mrs J D Donalson for door and Mrs Mary Dale Nelms for most unique. Jack McAnulty is club president.
Bobby Jack Copprell of Dallas will be brought to Silsbee this week on three felony forgery warrants from Silsbee and two from Jasper County. He allegedly passed forged checks last October and is also sought in Holbrook Arizona. Copprell was reportedly captured in Del Rio after placing his Dallas address on one forged document.
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