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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1972
Page
2
Rate schedule lists $4.00 per year in Hardin, Jasper, Tyler Jefferson counties and $5.00 outside these counties. Mechanical Department names Foreman-Operator Linotype Operator among staff.
The board reviewed staff resignations and new hires for various positions including high school vocational, social studies, kindergarten special education, and junior high language arts. They accepted a $75 bid for a 1963 school bus and authorized bids for janitorial and teaching supplies and driveway repair at Read Turrentine school. Attendance for 1971-72 averaged 92.65 percent of 3680 enrollment with cafeteria net profit of 5865.73. Watts reported SFA workshop plans for August 17 18 and the Walter Junker firm earned its third audit term covering 1971-72 school accounts.
Police responded to a shooting at a new stand on Fifth Street in Silsbee. After a exchange of gunfire the suspect Schembre, unarmed at last, surrendered. Officers recovered a Winchester 30 30 rifle and five empty shell casings. Damage was extensive and the stand was rendered uninhabitable by tear gas.
Final decisions will rest with Young and the Department will consider citizens' views before setting any execution plan.
A long list of Friday golf matchups is detailed with multiple flights and pairings. Matches include Cullough with Huddleston versus Perkins and many others such as Lee Bellaire against James Long and Pete Bullock against John Short across early morning sessions.
Silsbee Fire Chief Russell Busby warned local merchants about salesmen soliciting donations for a publication named the State Fireman's Journals with offices in San Antonio. He noted the Dallas publication Texas Fireman's News has no record of the journal and asked merchants to report any approaches to him or the chamber of commerce.
Ronnie Carter son of Mrs Janie Carter of Silsbee and a 1969 Silsbee High School graduate left June 16 to attend a six week Army ROTC camp at Fort Riley Kansas. He is a business major at Prairie View A&M College and will receive his commission as a second lieutenant after graduation next spring.
The First Baptist Church at 625 North Second Street will host Vacation Bible School from June 26 through June 30. Daily sessions run 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. led by Mrs. Doris Perkins. The first 50 registrants receive VBS baseball caps. A pre-registration social is set for Sunday, June 25, from 5 to 6 p.m. in the church cafeteria.
The Hardin County election contest between Means and Hooks saw the initial June 8 result at 1381 to 1361, a June 10 recount narrowing to 1363 to 1359, and a post canvass adding ten votes for Means to 1363 to 1349. Betty Ann Worley Mitchell cited a ten-vote tally error on Hooks, while Hooks contends improper recording of disallowed ballots and ineligible votes.
Firefighters from the Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department battled an undetermined origin blaze that consumed a frame home off Fresenius Road outside Silsbee city limits. The department received the call at 4 15 am Tuesday June 20 but the house was a total loss before crews could reach it.
Mr and Mrs Don D Williams of Lumberton announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter Donna Elizabeth to Jessie T Whatley son of Mr and Mrs Q P Whatley of Lumberton Both graduates of Lumberton High School He works in Beaumont wedding rites are planned for July.
Fire crews connected to hydrants outside the city and laid about 1,501 feet of hose to reach the smouldering remains. Neighbors were unsure who lived in the house, but some recalled a man named Miles who had recently left for Houston.
Honey Island plans its annual Homecoming on June 25 at Emmanuel Baptist Church. Rev B B Dubose will preach at 11 00 a m. A basket lunch will be served at noon and a gospel singing program follows with area quartets invited to participate.
Exquisett Club holds its monthly meeting at 7:00 p m in the home of Mrs Etta Land tonight June 22. Mrs Birdie Singleton serves as club president and records the proceedings.
Silsbee Independent School District invites applications for full time or part time bus drivers. Applicants must be 21 or older, in good health, and hold a valid chauffeur's license. Apply at School Administration Office 215 W Avenue H.
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