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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1965
Page
1
Silsbee schools shut for the week until Monday March 1 after rising illness. Superintendent Don L. Hough reported 624 pupils absent Wednesday morning rising to 671 by noon, with illness from virus infections and chicken pox cited as reasons.
Claude Tarver 14, top rank with 95.233 three year average and elected junior high president. Bev Buchanan 15, second with 95.200 average and active in annual staff and poetry contest teams. Both natives of Silsbee.
Silsbee City Council voted to extend water service on 22nd Street at the regular monthly meeting. City Manager Wayne DuBose said 15 to 25 homes could be connected and 1250 feet of two inch line would be installed with city crews. The council also discussed a potential taxi permit for West Side Taxi Co and re studied downtown cross traffic amid enforcement of double parallel lines.
Officers of the Silsbee Little League were reelected with Jim Conner as president and Tommy Clark as first vice president. Other officers include Harry Grubb as second vice president, Jeannette Wright as secretary treasurer, H W Boddie as player agent, Link Skillern as chief umpire, Emmitt Powell as groundkeeper, and W A Barclay Jr as scorekeeper. A meeting tonight at 7 30 p m in the Neches Room of Neches National Bank will discuss plans for the new season.
Hardin County Commissioners Court heard Gene Lunsford an industrial evaluation engineer advocate submitting a contract for county property appraisal work. Willie Bean recommended Lunsford. past contract with Pritchard and Abbott expired in 1964. Other actions included approving depository pledges and accepting bids for a dump truck and shell. Right of way parcels in Village Mills ordered condemned for U S 69 287 project. Sheriff authorized to buy four bloodhounds and bids sought for two cars and a motor grader.
Silsbee groups for high school and junior high hold a joint meeting at the high school auditorium to review state testing results for seventh through eleventh grades. Counselor Joe Hignett says profiles showing test outcomes were sent home and parents should bring charts for detailed explanation. The session begins at p.m. on Tuesday March 2.
Frank L. McClanahan Jr., mayor of Silsbee since 1961, files for reelection with April 6 vote set. He notes debt reduction, new city hall and garbage dump, 24 hour police and fire service, expanded water and sewer lines, and urges residents to support continued growth under his leadership.
Judge Fletcher Richardson will address the Methodist men Monday night at 7 p m in the fellowship hall of the First Methodist Church. All Methodist men and friends are invited to attend the covered dish supper, announced Alvin Ragan, president.
The Skin of Our Teeth play sponsored by the National Thespian Club is postponed due to illness in Silsbee Schools. It was set for Thursday and Friday and will now be staged March 4 and 5.
Cesar Dominguez Silsbee tax collector says the city filed a suit with district clerk Leon Tull in Kountze for 767.95 in delinquent taxes dating from 1949 to 1963. C L Chance Austin tax attorney filed Jan 14. sheriff's sale notice posted Feb 1. sale at courthouse on March 2 unless paid. Delinquent taxes now total about 15 000 plus unpaid 1964 taxes. grace period allowed in February to avoid interest.
The Silsbee Chamber of Commerce reports 60 percent of its goal to raise 12 500 dollars for an expanded program with a meeting at Neches National Bank at 3 30 PM for the ship committee. Plans include an individual membership push once the business menu campaign is secured. Participants include Earl Stover Tom Tennison A E Johnson Travis Votan V O Holmes Nelson Long Cecil Cobble Robert Neyland Ross Eppes Rex Worley Victor Norvell C E Landolt Jr Lenox Hawthorne Paul Georgas Richard Jones Leon Rabilais C R Baker and Clifton Caraway.
Silsbee Retail Merchants Association will hold its regular monthly meeting in the Heritage Room of Silsbee State Bank next Tuesday at 10 o'clock. President Allen Warrick says important committee reports will address future association work. The group of 42 area businessmen has grown since formation two months ago and invites all merchants to join. officers include Joan Ferdinal as vice president and Paul Georgas as secretary-treasurer.
Bert Slaydon longtime Silsbee City Council member filed for reelection for another term. Slaydon a Santa Fe conductor and progressive figure in civic affairs. Billy Dan VanWinkle East Texas Pulp and Paper employee and Silsbee native filed for a council seat last Friday. Filing deadline is March 5 and election set for April 5. mayor and two council terms expire next month.
Frank Taylor of Silsbee sues Storm Drilling Co in Beaumont District Court seeking 41000 dollars in damages for injuries allegedly sustained January 6.
Supt Don L Hough urges all residents to visit Silsbee area public schools during Texas Public Schools Week March 1 through 5. Visitors may observe classes and eat in cafeterias, with a schedule guiding school visits and related activities at Waldo Mathews Kirby Elementary Silsbee High Read Turrentine and Junior High campuses.
A 1965 Ford Custom 500 worth 3046.02 will go to the contestant with the most votes from new and renewal subscriptions in this campaign. Second place earns 750 cash, with several cash bonuses for 3rd through 6th. The list names 19 top vote earners with vote counts and locations from Silsbee and nearby towns. The paper notes that final ballot counts may adjust totals as votes can be held in reserve. The closing slogan reads The World Is Full of Starters it s The Finishers That Count.
Hardin County court heard three cases last week with guilty pleas for driving while intoxicated. E S Mitchell of Hot Springs Arkansas and E A Loggins of Evadale each received $50 fines and three days in jail, while Johnny Horton of Houston was fined $1 and costs for passing a hot check. A separate robbery case in Jefferson County saw Bobby Yeagin age 22 of Silsbee and two 19 year olds held on $10,000 bonds after armed entry at a Beaumont area grocery with a $46 theft.
The notice urges residents to enter the Bee's big Everybody Wins contest before deadlines. It promises thousands in prizes and earnings for contestants with a plan, highlighting a potential weekly share of 20 percent of collected funds and substantial payouts during the next five weeks.
About 550 LSU freshmen on the main campus earned Dean's List status for a B average in the fall semester. Dean George H. Deer noted nearly 15 percent of the 3875 freshmen qualified, calling the class one of the best and emphasizing pride in academic achievement.
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