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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1954
Page
1
A 1954 Pathfinder questionnaire lists 40 civic-boosting prompts for Silsbee and similar towns. It gauges conditions from high school retention and paper advocacy to fire safety, zoning, volunteers, and clean-up weeks, inviting residents to score the town’s vitality.
American Republics Corporation officials and OWIU Local 592 leaders met Willis Raye of the Federal Conciliation Service in Hotel Beaumont on March 23 to avert a strike by about 175 members. Some progress was reported as a strike vote had been held weeks earlier. operations in southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana could be affected.
The Twentieth Century Club annual meeting elected Mrs. W C Britton as president for the new year with Mrs. M M Bell as vice president. Other officers named include secretary Mrs C W McGinty treasurer Mrs L D Self parliamentarian Mrs J W Bower and reporter Mrs W J Poshataske. Next meeting planned for October.
Mrs. Wayne DuBose and her son Keith are staying this week with Mr. and Mrs. A. E. DuBose in Jasper, according to local notices.
Posts around the six point six swimming park area are set except the 200 foot front section. Workmen will string barbed wire today. A chain link front fence will be installed. George Bellenger’s crew and equipment drilled a water well for pool supply. The well location will be staked next week. H M Jones chairs the pool project which has progressed rapidly since receiving the land deed from Kirby Lumber.
The First Baptist Church in Silsbee schedules groundbreaking at the building site Sunday at 2 30 p m with Rev R E Barclay pastor and Rev Don O Covington as speaker. Charter members will be recognized and bids on the foundation open at the church offices tonight.
A. R. Neyland announced on March 18 that he rented his quonset building beside the fire hall to Odell Stansbury of Newton who has purchased steam laundry equipment and expects to start operations in Silsbee soon.
Little League officers directors managers Auxiliary and others interested in the May 10 season opening will meet in the Junior High auditorium next Tuesday night March 30 at 745. Discussion will cover opening day double header and fencing for the area. Attendees at the March 9 meeting included Esca Tebbs Tru man Hassel Frank Caskey Jerrell Donalson Tom Barclay and others. A season schedule has been completed by Mr Tebbs and is listed below.
Schedule list for Silsbee and neighboring towns in May 1954 includes matches among Fire Department Gulf Buna Crockett Gilchriest Kountze Silsbee Dry Goods with dates from May 10 to May 24 and notes a continuation on page 4.
Sub division 5 of the Lower Neches Soil Conservation District holds a 7:30 PM meeting at Chance School tonight. C. E. Meadows, district supervisor, says the program will be varied and of interest with all conservation-minded people invited.
E. M. Prewitt remains at home due to illness, with family and local community noting his condition and requesting prayers for recovery.
R A Dick Richardson county attorney seeks renomination on the Democratic ticket. Since 1946 he has held the office and in a statement to voters outlines his background ages 52 high school 1920 and varied early work before practicing law.
Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize play Our Town directed by L Duane Newell will be presented by the Senior Class at 8 p m in the high school auditorium on April 1 and again later. The three act drama follows Grover's Corners New Hampshire detailing town history family life and a moving wedding scene followed by a cemetery sequence. Emily Webb and George Gibbs are central figures as life choices and memories unfold.
A Pony League meeting is scheduled for April 1 at 1 30 at Farmer Funeral Home per secretary Mrs. O B Caraway. All interested players and others are invited to attend. Groundwork on the league ball grounds will be done this Saturday at 1 30.
The Silsbee Chamber of Commerce announces its April 8 meeting of directors at 7 30 pm in the Gulf States Utilities office. Doyle V Swarthout, secretary, issues the notice.
Interest grows in two upcoming Silsbee elections with the April 3 school district trustee vote and the April 6 city election. Mayors, a city secretary, and seven aldermen are to be chosen, with multiple candidates named for each post. Absentee ballots expected. sample ballots to appear next week.
Pfe Rufus F Choate of Silsbee joined 750 men of the 511th Airborne RCT in a record airborne jump from 7000 feet altitude and 1000 feet ground level from a C 124 Globemaster. Lt Col Robert C Duddy led the unit, with earlier Globemaster jumps at Fort Campbell Kentucky in December. Choate, a 1953 Silsbee High School graduate, entered service June 5 1953.
Hardin County voters will decide on horse law allowing horses and other draft animals to run at large. Balloting is scheduled for April 10 at polling places in Silsbee Caney Head Kountze Chance Loeb Plank Village Mills Honey Island Thicket Wotan Saratoga Batson Sour Lake Grayburg with local presiding officers listed.
Mr and Mrs L P Skinner travel Wednesday to Aiken South Carolina for a multi day visit with their son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs L P Skinner Jr and their children
Rice Owls coach and Southwest Conference co champion Jess Neely will be the principal speaker at the Silsbee Athletics Booster Club first annual all-sports banquet set for May 1 in the Junior High cafeteria. The event features sports awards, a dance, and appearances by Silsbee High athletes and their dates with orchestra music for dancing after.
The annual Time Inc stockholders report emphasizes the Evadale pulp and paper mill project near Silsbee and a second mill in Southeast Texas. It notes capacity plans rising from 250 to 300 tons per day, total cost near 27.5 million dollars, and an expected 100000 tons per year when complete. Net 1953 revenues reach 170.449 million, up 13.663 million from 1952. The report also mentions a forthcoming sport magazine and Time editorial operations.
Mrs C D Cline felter and Mrs N H Marutzky reeled in a 37 percent pound catfish on Pine Island Bayou south of town. They used a trotline and worked from Mrs Marutzky's home, drawing witnesses when the fish was landed. This follows a 27 pound catfish Marutzky caught two years ago.
The Bee corrected a report stating the Azalea Garden Club is sponsored by Silsbee Garden Club. Mrs C J Thorn, president, says Silsbee is not the sponsor. Mrs A L Tucker helped organize the Azalea club but acted as organizer, not sponsor, for the year.
Hardin county records five traffic fatalities in 1953 down from eight in 1952. Patrolman C. S. Sherrell reported four rural deaths and one in the city of Silsbee.
The American Legion plans a Friday night picnic at the American Republic grounds if weather permits, otherwise at the Legion hall. Commander H. J. Garrison leads a brief meeting, then lunches will be served. Veterans of World War I II and Korea invited. Dave Inman and Emery Windham oversee arrangements.
Lynwood Jones pitched a no hit game as Silsbee battered three Buffalo mounders for 14 hits and 12 runs. Hodges hit a three base shot and Turk added two doubles for Coach Moe O Brien's squad while Courville DeBennon and Martin struggled to stop the onslaught. French managed only two safeties.
Rev E H Burjes announces a non denom sermon series titled The Uplifted Christ at First Christian Church for the coming weeks. Topics include His Unshakable Faith on March 28, His Compassionate Love on April 4, His Absolute Certainty on April 11, and His Inexhaustible Power on April 18. The series draws from John 12 32.
James Jackson Jordan 72 longtime Batson resident and county official died at Kersting hospital Liberty after illness. He served as Precinct 3 county commissioner and was a former Batson school board president with church and lodge memberships. Funeral at First Baptist Church with burial at Jordan cemetery. Survivors include wife Wynn and eight grandchildren.
Fire Chief John Busby announced that after a February inspection the City of Silsbee's fire insurance key rate dropped from 53c to 4lc and a 15 percent good fire rate was granted. 1953 activity included 122 alarms, 48 drills, 2 deaths, 1 drowning, 4 autos burned, 5 lost-person calls, 4000 feet hose, 325 feet ladder, 1200 miles driven, and an average of 11 firemen per fire, with a chicken gumbo supper for about 100 at the hall.
Presbyterian church sets March 28 at 9 00 a m for regular services in the fire hall. Adults worship 9 00 to 10 00 a m with Sunday school for children. Rev James D Caldwell of Liberty conducts first and third Sundays, Beaumont elders lead on other Sundays. Committees named at Caraway home include steering finance evangelistic Sunday School and visitation groups.
About 300 high school students and guests attended the Mardi Gras ball hosted by the Silsbee band in appreciation for the trip to New Orleans. Billy Paine and Patsy White were named king and queen by a secret ballot. A cake decorated with a lyre and “Silsbee Band” was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Register. Mothers of band students provided refreshments with help from Mrs. Bill Taylor, cafeteria supervisor.
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