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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1965
Page
1
Hardin county sheriff's department listed 28 persons held at the county jail during the past week. Eight were jailed overnight for drunken and disorderly conduct, 10 for disturbing the peace, six for traffic violations, one for affray, one for simple assault, and one for theft. One person was held for felony driving while intoxicated.
James Sims a 16 year old Silsbee High School junior is reported resting well at St Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont after a 5 30 am Saturday crash on FM 418 Mill Creek bridge involving a car driven by Sims and a B M Oil Co truck driven by Bill Gaddy of Mt Enterprise Sims suffered a broken neck and a severe scalp wound but his father says no paralysis and X rays show no additional injuries Sims was pinned in his car and taken first to Parker s Clinic Silsbee then to the Beaumont hospital Patrolman James Johnson investigated the crash.
Silsbee High beats Victor Pirates 58 56 to stay 5 5 in District 9 AAA with two games left Forest Park visits Friday then Liberty visits Tuesday for season finale West Orange Chiefs prevail 47 35 as Doyle Sanguin and Bill Bellenger top Silsbee scorers with 12 and 11 points respectively
Mrs Bur Bradshaw and Mrs Allen Freeman visited Friday at the home of Mr and Mrs Charles Mc Candless in College Station. The Mc Candless family are noted former presidents of the city.
K L Frank of Silsbee received a 90 day jail term after being found guilty in 88th District Court for a second offense DWI. Separate second offense DWI case, Thomas Valentine Howard of Silsbee, was fined 250 dollars. Several cases on the docket resulted in guilty pleas with probationary sentences including Marvin Wiggins for cow theft and five individuals for burglary with intent to commit theft. The criminal docket continues in the 68th District Court under Judge H A Doe with clerk W L Selman noting ongoing proceedings.
Five cases were heard in Judge Fletcher Richardson’s bounty court over the past week. Charles Allen Powell of Beaumont was fined $100 and costs for pistol toting on Jan 27. E L Wright of Silsbee paid $25 and costs for driving while license suspended on Jan 28. Ned Tippitt of Silsbee received $1 and costs for theft on Feb 2. Joe S Langley of Call was sentenced to six months in Hardin County jail and costs for theft on Feb 2. Mrs. James D Morgan of Silsbee was fined $1 and costs for passing a hot check on Feb 6. All five pleaded guilty.
Local March of Dimes drive in Silsbee concludes with city chairman Cesar Dominguez predicting final totals will exceed 1500 dollars. Mother's March raised 380 dollars, Kiwanis and High Key Club added 169.77, bringing recorded total to 1345.30 with school and poster funds still pending.
Diane Stevens, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Stevens, won Miss Silsbee 1965 at the seventh annual pageant before a standing room crowd. She is to represent Silsbee at regional festivals and was awarded a $250 college scholarship from the ABWA Pine Burr Chapter.
Miss Patricia Ann Cook 18, daughter of Mr and Mrs John French Cook, is chosen by faculty to receive the DAR Good Citizens Award for dependability service leadership and patriotism. A senior in high school she belongs to National Honor Society Student Council Thespian Club and Latin Club and teaches in Sunday School at Friendship Baptist Church. She will travel to Jasper February 21 to receive the award.
Members were notified of a February 9 meeting at 7 30 p m in the Heritage Room of Silsbee State Bank to approve a 12500 budget for a fulltime chamber manager a secretary and office costs. The plan includes a strong membership drive starting February 10 with ten two person teams renewing and soliciting members.
Visitors last week included Mr. and Mrs. Randy Read of Houston, who visited the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Robinson and Mr. and Mrs. K. L. Read.
The Silsbee Bee announces a campaign offering a new Ford Custom 500 V eight sedan as top prize to the most industrious reader in the Bee trade area. Second prize is 750 dollars. multiple cash prizes and weekly commissions are offered to participants. The program is managed by Mal Nelson of Nationwide Liner Circulation Service with emphasis on fair opportunity and paid results.
The notice offers $25 special prizes to aggressive early starters who gather new or renewed subscriptions by Monday night, February. Prizes are in addition to a 20 percent regular commission. A minimum subs collection is needed to qualify, with extra incentives hinted for high totals in the first week.
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