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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1954
Page
1
Silsbee Kiwanis Club prepares for a large charity hotcake breakfast at the junior high cafeteria. Ed Nash says advance ticket sales point to a bigger turnout than last year’s nearly thousand. Proceeds benefit welfare work. Doors open 5:30 am with two hour shifts and two concert hauls by the High School orchestra at 11:30 am and 5 pm.
M. H. Almond new manager for the Morgan Lindsey store in Silsbee was injured last weekend en route to Louisiana. He suffered a severe head trauma and remained unconscious for hours. Booth of Jasper will manage the store until Almond can return.
Two candidates for Silsbee Little League queen are Miss Shelia Donalson and Miss Trudis McLaughlin. Donalson, 11, sixth grade, sponsored by Crockett and Gilchriest White Sox. McLaughlin, 10, fifth grade, sponsored by Fire Department Indians. Voting at one cent each runs through the season and the queen is crowned at a ball park ceremony on April 12.
Mrs Inez Adrian Hamilton renowned flower arrangement authority will lecture in the social hall of the First Methodist church next Wednesday February 24 The event runs 9 30 to noon and 2 to 4 00 pm with a light lunch served at noon The Silsbee Garden Club sponsors the program and the speaker will demonstrate while explaining design and color use.
Mrs. M. McBryde, president of the Lumberton Home Demonstration Club, handed $12 to Ed Nash, county polio fund chairman, from a Mother’s March fundraiser in the community.
Tinkle's Furniture marks its first anniversary in Silsbee at 840 N. 5th Street this week. The store is part of a three-shop chain with locations in Beaumont. David Tinkle is principal stock holder. Silsbee managers Hubbard King and Albert C. Watkins own interests. King has been with the store since its founding. Watkins joined last June after returning from the Middle East. A special sale commemorates the anniversary.
Two auditors from the Texas Education Agency arrived in Silsbee on Monday to conduct an official audit of attendance and enrollment figures for Silsbee schools. The review covers 1950 through 1953 and is expected to finish Friday.
Funeral services for Claude Ford Shavers four year old son of Mr and Mrs Henry Shavers were held Sunday at Silsbee Church of Christ with Rev Murphy McNeil officiating. Burial was in Hooks cemetery near Kountze under Farmer Funeral home direction. Survived by parents four siblings and two grandparents. Pallbearers included Ross Iles John Frazier Harold McDonald and W C Roy. Ushers were A M Bradshaw and Harold Shavers.
Mr and Mrs Pete Magnum and their children from Houston spent the weekend visiting Mr and Mrs L C Avery.
The 80 member Silsbee High School band departs Tuesday at 6 am for New Orleans to view parades and attend a municipal auditorium ball. They will tour the historic city Wednesday and return Thursday. Chaperones include E C Nash W H Taylor and several staff spouses. Funding comes from the school board and booster donations totaling 225.
Justice of the Peace Louis Sellers announces his candidacy for a second term. A long-time Silsbee resident, he stresses continued efficient service and civic involvement, asking for local support in the July election.
V. J. Withers, convicted of murder in Hardin County District Court, is sent to Huntsville by Sheriff W. Whittaker to serve a four year term. He had been out on bond pending an appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeals, which upheld the verdict.
The Hardin County Hospital Board in Kountze accepted administrator Estell Tannehill s resignation and named Hazel Matthews to replace her. In Silsbee R. S. Farmer announced a second bid for mayor with a record of city projects and a list of improvements and six alderman candidates were named Howard Hargrove R K Million J L Shine A R Neyland with more to come.
Bill Hartman, who recently broke both heels in a fall, was returned to his home from Hotel Dieu in a Farmer ambulance Monday.
The Pony League held a 7 30 p m meeting at the Junior High School to elect officers. Link Skillern was named president Grady James vice president Mrs W C Caraway secretary treasurer Eddie Van Winkle player agent. Directors include Pete Farmer B I Hutto Elmer Hollyfield and Frank Payne. No managers were elected and C F Earnest Jr arranged a playing site with work to start this week.
Barney A. McMahon accepted the post as superintendent of wood procurement with East Texas Pulp and Paper company. He will oversee buying wood and production in 10 East Texas counties and Bouregard Parish, La. A Newton native, he and his wife with two sons plan to live in Silsbee.
Curley Fox and Miss Texas Ruby with their troupe will present a two hour show at the high school auditorium next Thursday night February 25 at 8 o clock. Sponsored by the High School Key Club and the Student Council the event aims to raise funds for a new public address system. Admission 75 cents for adults 35 cents for students and advance money will be kept in Silsbee. Tickets may be obtained by calling Number 4 and a student will respond.
Silsbee schools will start an evaluation program this month. Don L. Hough says questionnaires will go to former students and graduates to assess why they withdrew and how school prepared them for work or college. Check lists will track current students in college, and patrons will be polled. Self evaluations by teachers will use pupil attainment data across Sabine-Neches area.
Rev R E Barcay pastor of the First Baptist church says ground breaking could occur within a week or two and construction start the day after. Bonds totaling 125000 were sold quickly with 75000 arriving this week and 43000 of the second issue sold earlier. Remaining 32000 in bonds at five percent await sale next week as drainage work moves on and the architect has marked the site.
East Texas Pulp and Paper Company took an option on 80 acres on the city’s eastern edge known as the old golf course north of Knapple Cemetery road. The site could host about 60 new homes for employees if surveys deem it suitable. Planning engineers and architects are surveying utilities, sewers, water, and roads. The option, expiring April 1, could mark a period of growth for Silsbee, requiring cooperation from officials and business leaders.
Reports from Silsbee describe repeated dog poisonings in the northwest area. A boy begged for a new puppy after his dog was poisoned, urging residents to inform him of anyone giving away a pup.
L. M. Prather of the Silsbee Masonic Lodge announced that Lou Moore secretary of the Scottish Rite Masonic Bodies of Galveston would appear Friday night February 19 for a George Washington program at the Masonic Hall. The meeting starts at 7 30 p.m.
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