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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1964
Page
1
Hardin County voters prepare for the June 6 second Democratic primary in Silsbee and Hardin County. Polls at the Silsbee Junior High School cafeteria run from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. with a sample ballot mirrored to the official ballot.
County Clerk Clarence McNeely reports 675 absentee ballots submitted by 5 p.m. on deadline day with an estimated 100 more likely by mail. Absentees postmarked by midnight June 2 will be accepted. About 223 ballots were mailed, with around 100 returned. Prior-year absentee ballots voided due to an early start error were identified, and results hinge on tight races across several county offices in Silsbee and Caney Head. The newspaper schedules an Election Returns Party at 7:30 p.m. to post county results.
Silsbee Lions Club announced two scholarship awards at the Tuesday business meeting. James Marvin Bell and Billy Winger, recent Silsbee High School graduates, received the Mack Williams Scholarship. Bell is the son of Mrs. M. M. Bell of 520 S. 4th Street and Winger is the son of Mrs. See Lions, Page 5.
Silsbee High School held its 1964 awards in the auditorium on May 28. Multiple scholarships were awarded including $250 each to Bill Winger and James Marvin Bell from the Silsbee Lions Club. Joanna Smyly earned the Silsbee Classroom Teachers Association Scholarship of $200. George Landry received $150 from the Silsbee Woman's Club. Robert Hare got $150 from the SHS Industrial Arts Club. Suzanne Morian and Leon Stokesbury won $180 each from the Silsbee PTA. Sally Lakey received $100 from Beta Sigma Phi. Carolyn Cline got $50 from the American Businesswomen's Association. Valedictorian Robert Parks received tuition scholarships from Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin State Colleges and the Texas Council of Church Related Colleges.
C E Shutter 56 a foreman with H J Hurst Construction was critically burned in an 8 45 am Tuesday accident when his clothing ignited after contact with a live electrical line at Avenue P and South Third in Silsbee. He suffered third degree burns over about 37 percent of his body.
Three Jasper county men James R. Moore 24 William A. Moore 24 both of Jasper and Robert C. Reid 24 of Buna were arrested Monday after allegedly attempting to force a car off the Rountze Sour Lake highway. Chief Deputy Dave Rountree of the Hardin county sheriff's department said the men were picked up at the scene.
Summer school begins at Silsbee High with sessions for grades seven through twelve in social studies math English and drivers education. Registration for driver education is in Room 109 and morning signups start at 7 a.m. Principal Weeks Crawfford says one and a half credits may be earned for courses only if previously failed, with about 125 to 150 students expected from nearby communities.
Campaign expense affidavits from six candidates in county and precinct races were filed with County Clerk Clarence McNeely. Expenditures include Henry Overstreet 588.00 Ira W. Moore 709.48 Frank S. Payne 1156.22 Virgil Caraway 901.97 E E Cotton 509.80 Houston Fields 404.00. Filing dates varied with three on May 29 and three on May 30, all late by one day for two. A second expense report is due within 10 days after the June 6 primary.
John S Hartman 58 of Avenue extension Silsbee died at 520 p m Wednesday in John Sealy Hospital Galveston after falling ill on the return from Austin where his son John Sinclair Hartman graduated from the University of Texas He was chief engineer for East Texas Pulp and Paper Co Eva dale since 1953 Survivors include wife Margaret two sons John and Don and daughter Sally Funeral plans were incomplete as of press time Tuesday night and the family remained in Galveston.
In a special session the City Council approved extending waterlines in the Avenue J and 19th Street area. The 8 inch line will run about 1600 feet from the existing line to Roosevelt Drive Extension, and a 6 inch line will run about 1800 feet on 19th Street to Highway 327, serving about 40 families.
Hardin County hosts a 2 p.m. June 9 hearing in the Commissioners Courtroom Kountze to gather input on proposed hunting regulations. Local sportsmen are invited to attend and comment. The notice cites regional wardens and biologists proposing changes including night hunting for vermin only, sparking concern among conservationists over deer restoration.
Mrs Eddie Plunk and her children Britt and Mary along with J Q Vanderburg intend to leave Monday for a visit to the New York World’s Fair.
Hardin county sheriff's deputies and state officers captured Berlis Trammel and Charles Johnson after a Friday sting tied to the Kountze post office break in. The duo admitted to multiple burglaries across Hardin and Jefferson counties and were jailed on bond while being sought in Liberty County.
Sill Ibee Public Library will operate Saturdays 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. during the summer with a biweekly story hour from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. on the second and fourth Saturdays. Storytellers include I V McWhorter Sims Plunk Olsen and Tutt will stage puppet shows for ages five to nine.
Silsbee Junior High School held its annual awards presentation last Thursday. Certificates were given in many categories including student council officers Steve O'Dell, Barbara Benson, and Bonnie Slaydon, with class presidents Bo Roy Alice Fullingim and Jerry Redkey.
Mrs. Christine Read, Hardin County Public Health Nurse, will immunize pre school children at Kirby Elementary School on June 10 from 9 a.m. to noon and at Waldo Mathews School on June 11 from 9 a.m. to noon. No charge for service. All children starting school in September must be immunized.
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