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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1969
Page
1
Pre registration for children who will be six on or before Sept 1 1969 will be held Jan 27 from 8 am to 2 30 pm in the Junior High School gym. Parents should bring birth certificates and small pox vaccinations. Nurses will be on hand to give inoculations if desired. Officials say accurate enumeration before Sept 1 helps the system plan for first graders.
Mrs. John D. Costner of Roosevelt Drive Lilsbee received a telegram from Warrant Officer John D. Costner stating he was not harmed in the Enterprise carrier explosion Monday. She had checked with Washington and learned his name was not listed among victims. He said he would call later this week.
Funeral services were held for Hardin County Deputy Sheriff Sidney Nelson Padgett 28 of Silsbee after a Saturday head on collision on Texas Highway 527 near Silsbee. Driver Verity Lee Kelley 38 of Lumberton was critically injured and later moved to Beaumont hospitals. Padgett served since November 1 with the Hardin County Sheriff's Department and previously with the Beaumont Police Department.
Six people were injured in a Lumberton collision at 2 05 p m Saturday as a car driven by Mrs Helen Parks of Silsbee collided with a pickup driven by Marvin J Spafford of Beaumont at Four Corners Lumberton The Parks car was en route to Beaumont Spafford s son Marvin Jr was riding with him Mrs James Perkins of Silsbee sister of Mrs Parks was the most seriously injured She was thrown through the windshield and sustained deep lacerations facial fractures and head injuries. She remained in St Elizabeth Hospital in good condition.
The Silsbee Little Theater opens Luv by Murray Schiseal at the Silsbee Junior High auditorium with 8 15 curtain. Box office opens 7 30 both nights. members may pick up two tickets at the box office. Cast includes Rev Garrett Wingfield as Milt Manville and Mrs Jan Dunnigan as Ellen Manville with Miss Kelly Muckleroy directing.
Rex Moore, justice of the peace in the Silshee precinct, reported 1968 totals of 1952 misdemeanor cases tried and 58,835.50 in fines, the busiest year since 1965. He filed 112 felony cases for higher court and noted 118 births since May 6 at Silsbee Doctors Hospital.
The Silsbee Bee seeks a May 16 1968 issue to complete perpetual files. The first two delivered to the Bee office will be paid at one dollar each. Mrs J H Richardson and her daughter Mrs Bryan Mays visited Fort Worth over the weekend with Mr and Mrs Billy Worsham and family.
Miss Yolanda Davis 23 of Silsbee died Thursday after a brief illness. Funeral services were held in Silsbee with Rev. R Eugene Jonte officiating. Burial was in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. She taught second grade at Kirby Elementary and was a Lamar Tech graduate. Surviving are her parents a sister two brothers and grandparents.
An outside audit of each county office for the year 1948 was approved on a 3-0 vote by the Hardin County Commissioners Court at their regular meeting Monday.
Roger Ratliff is named to practice law with Earl B. Stover at 957 North Fifth Street Silsbee after military service. He is a 1957 Silsbee High School graduate, earned a Texas A&M degree in 1961 and a UT law degree in 1964, and served as a captain in the Army JAG in Vietnam. Ratliff is married to Helen Robinson and admitted to practice before the US Court of Military Appeals.
Federal mediator sets 10 a m Wednesday sessions in Kansas City to resume negotiations between OCAW Local 4592 and Sinclair Oil. OCAW demands include a 72 cent per hour raise over 23 months with fringe benefits. strikes continue with about 200 workers in Silsbee.
Mrs. Jerald Peveto of Orange visited last week at the home of her mother, Mrs. J. H. Richardson, in town.
Mrs Sim Ward and Mrs Truman Ward of Houston have returned after attending a furniture market in Dallas.
A city council vote approved closing a section of South Third Street from Dardin Drive to join Knapple Road in exchange for a $6500 payment and a right of way easement. The measure followed a 1963 vote in favor of street widening and joining Dardin Drive with Knapple Road.
Rev Vincent M Harris Bishop of Beaumont will dedicate the new All Souls Church Educational Building on North 9th Street Sunday Jan 19 at 4 PM. Attending are Rev William J Bosworth Rev Francis Burlston Rev Louis Conrooms and Sister M Annatasia with James Perlitz Builders Inc as contractor. The $90000 facility provides seven classrooms and rooms for religious instruction for All Souls parish children from pre school to 12th grade with air conditioning heat and complete interior religious decor.
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