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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1961
Page
1
Silsbee city council votes 4 1 to table a master plan citing financing while a Jan 17 special session will discuss annexing territory on east and south city limits. Budget reports show an estimated 2500 overspend and details on the Allison and Associates plan costing 11400 for nine to eleven months.
Silsbee residents are urged to vote in January as the last month to obtain poll tax receipts for the year 1961. The upcoming elections include U S Senate races with Lyndon B Johnson a leading candidate, city mayor and council, school board races, and potential bond issues. Emmett Lack took the oath as Hardin County’s new state representative, pledging to serve his district, while concerns linger over Jefferson County law enforcement probes and calls for careful electio n.
The Evadale Lions club met in the Evadale high school auditorium to view the film Mail Call about modern mail service for Navy ships and personnel. Bruce Gravis, Evadale postmaster, organized the program. The next meeting on January 23 will feature Tom House, Jasper County tax collector, as guest speaker.
The Silsbee PTA will meet Tuesday night at 7 30 in Kirby Elementary School. Mrs Brown health chairman says a member of the Texas State Department of Health from Austin will be guest speaker. Mrs RL FP will preside over the business meeting.
A Silsbee woman, Mrs. Biela Ford, was in critical condition at Baptist hospital Beaumont after a Tuesday morning crash on the Evadale bridge over the Neches River. Her car struck a transport tanker, causing a jackknife and injuries including head trauma, internal injuries, and a broken arm. Traffic halted for almost two hours. icy bridge surface blamed. About 50 East Texas Pulp and Paper workers were stranded. a mill train was sent to shuttle them to work as the bridge reopened. State Patrolman Robert F. Hutchinson investigated the wreck.
Hardin County Sheriff records show fines and fees totaling 43 852.56 for 1960. Breakdown lists 29817.51 by the sheriff, 12734.05 by Justice Courts, and 1301.10 by the county and district clerks. A total of 1461 prisoners were lodged and served 11174 days in lieu of fines. 758 paid fines. Prison feeding cost 9021. sheriff’s office expenses 12420. personal expenses 1856. Last year began with 18 jailings and arrests include 14 drunks 2 traffic 1 second offense DWI and 1 affray.
Funeral services for John Hardeman Reeves 77 retired Kirby woods foreman of Silsbee were held at 2 pm Friday at First Baptist Church with Rev R E Barclay officiating He died at 4 am Thursday in his West Ave home He was a native of Silsbee member of the IW Lodge Survivors include wife Cora Reeves of Silsbee five sons Milton Reeves of Kountze Everett Reeves Stewart Reeves and Emory Reeves all of Silsbee Lynn Reeves of Pasadena two daughters Mrs Hazel Roberts of Longview and Mrs Marla Meyer of Silsbee five brothers J C Reeves of Silsbee L F Reeves of Port Arthur H C C Reeves of Carlabad N M and R Reeves of Little Rock Ark three sisters Mrs Mattie Pickett of Silsbee Mrs J B Ennis and Mrs J J McMinn both of Port Neches eighteen grandchildren Burial was in Knapple cemetery under direction of Palmer Funeral Home Odd Fellows Lodge conducted graveside rites and fored pallbearers.
Two Nederland oil industry representatives Miss Jo Anne Tyer and Miss Quatavine McGraw will present an original skit titled The Magic Suitcase at the Kiwanis noon meeting January 18 at the Bluebonnet Cafe. Sponsored by the Texas Mid continent Oil and Gas Association Oil Information Committee the performers show how crude oil becomes products like cosmetics and fabrics.
Read Turrentine Elementary principal Mrs W E Sheffield says the annual 1961 62 school census will be completed in January. Principals oversee counts and new pupils born by Sept 1 1955 should be reported. Accurate counts aid planning and state per capita funds.
The second series of Civil Defense survival and preparedness classes starts Monday Jan 16 in Silsbee. Coordinator Weeks Crawford says the free 12 hour course runs over four nights January 16 17 23 and 24 from 6 30 to 9 30 pm with separate venues for whites and colored at the high school and Waldo Mathews auditorium. Instructors include Hall Gregory B L Williams Phillip Allen Charles Stevens M W Stringer and Hilliard Lewis.
Funeral services for Mrs H Schuler Sr 76 longtime Silsbee resident were held at All Souls Catholic church with Rev Joseph Dazio officiating. She died at 1 am Monday at 505 North Tenth after 40 years in Silsbee. Survived by son J H Schuler Jr daughters Mildred Poshataske and Mrs Gilbert Rivet and Mrs M A Sikora and Mrs Agnes Kucera plus brothers and sisters and four grandchildren. Rosary said Monday. burial at Resthaven under Farmers Funeral direction. Pallbearers listed with honorary pallbearers.
Dan Gavin of the Soil Conservation Service in Kountze spoke to Silsbee Lions about SCS work, Soil Conservation Districts, and the Lower Neches District. President J. Donalson introduced him. EB Landolt Jr. announced next week’s program focusing on a future Silsbee study with city projections to 1970 and 1980.
County Judge Fletcher Richardson announced construction of a railroad grade crossing at Loeb two miles south of the interchange. The crossing will connect the T&NO line from Kountze to the Santa Fe track and extend into Beaumont as part of a road widening project from the interchange to Pine Island Bayou. Right of way purchases, estimated at 1 million dollars with half funded by the state, begin immediately to yield a 300 foot width. A second bridge over Pine Island Bayou is planned to support one way traffic in each direction. Acquisition may take about a year, after which the highway will be widened to a four lane divided road into Beaumont. The crossing will be grade until the highway is complete, then be spanned by an overpass.
Huntington High School, AA basketball champions in 1960, won the Silsbee Invitational with a 46-32 final over Big Sandy. Silsbee finished third after beating French Junior Varsity 34-29, with Nederland taking Consolation by 34-21 over Victor. All tournament picks included Drake Tarver Jones Lilley Walker and others.
City police made 762 arrests in 1960 with 11893 dollars in fines paid in city and county courts. Justice of the peace court saw some fines and county offenses included drunk driving. Grady Tarver notes breakdown shows 3832.50 dollars in city court and 806 in justice court.
Silsbee Shriners will handle street collections on Saturday for the ongoing March of Dimes drive. Herbert Jake chairs the event this week, with the drive running through January. David Lee White of KRAS is named county drive chairman.
Nederland dominated Silsbee in the district opener at Jecal gym led by Jack Skag with 12 points as the Tigers fell behind early. Russell Walters led Silsbee with 13 points, followed by David Drake with 10 as the Tigers prepared for a road trip to Conroe and a Tuesday date with Jasper in the TOAAA playoffs.
Mr and Mrs Orth of Seattle Washington visited the Bee office in Silsbee on Wednesday during a Texas trip. They have been in Houston for a few weeks with their son Tom Orth vice president of Kirby Lumber Camp, and accompanied him to Silsbee. They toured the Kirby Mall nearby.
Ed C. Nash, Evadale school superintendent, signed a three year pact on Jan 3 with a $1000 annual pay raise. The total salary reaches $10,600 plus a $600 expense allotment. Evadale, in a special pilot program, is cited among ten outstanding small high schools nationwide.
Hardin county voters approve consolidation of Batson and Saratoga districts after a Saturday election. The Batson tally was 188 for 128 against while Saratoga was 192 for and 4 against. a new district named West Hardin County Consolidated School District will enroll about 180 students with a mid point between current buildings for a new plant.
Silshee Freedom Forum to hold an organizational meeting Monday at 7:30 pm in the high school. Dr. George D. Tennison announced a group of about 40 has been contacted to study communism and promote freedom. Public meetings planned. last year the group sponsored Martin Dies Sr. appearance and a tape of Dr. Robert Morris speech will be played.
Supt. Don L. Hough returned Friday from Austin where he attended the annual mid winter advisory conference of school administration. Supts. E. C. Nash of Evadale and W. E. Martin of Kountze were among area administrators at the conference held Thursday and Friday.
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