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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1966
Page
1
The Silsbee Merchants Association stages a giant Easter Egg hunt at the old Santa Fe ball park on North Sixth Street. Prizes include 50 plastic eggs worth 1.00 each and 50 dollars in cash. Competition is at 2:30 p.m. with four age groups 0 to 1, 2 to 4, 5 to 7, and 8 to 10.
Hardin County Auditor Donald Allums told the Hardin County Commissioners Court that no funds are available for salary increases or for hiring additional deputy clerks and assistants. The court approved a pickup truck bid of 2535 from Donalson Motor Co. of Silsbee for Commissioner Precinct 1 and accepted nine right of way appraisals for FM 418 and FM 2937 projects. Dr. H A Hooks was named county health officer for a two year term and each of five volunteer fire departments will receive 800 for firefighting outside city limits. The court agreed to cooperate with the Southeast Texas Resource Planning and Development Committee on flood, drainage, recreation, and pest problems.
Hardin county sheriff Henry Overstreet reports 24 persons held at the county jail last week. Offenses include drunkenness four times, drunk in a car three times, one drunken and aggravated assault on a peace officer, two cases of misdemeanor driving while intoxicated, two minors for consuming alcohol, three for affray, three for disturbing the peace, one for fondling, and five for traffic violations.
Silsbee High track team heads to Victor for the first annual Vidor Olympics on Saturday with 13 area schools. Prelims at 1 p.m. and finals at 7 p.m. Tigers rely on miler Steve Diden and pole vaulter Dale Nolen after recent golds at Liberty meet and Silsbee Relays.
West Orange Chiefs opened with a four run first inning and defeated the Silsbee Tigers 4 0 Tuesday. Tiger pitcher David Harrell took the loss after issuing four walks in the first inning before being relieved by Kenny Gibson. The Tigers stand 4 2 on the season and travel to Kelly High for a Beaumont Coaches Tournament opener led by Bob Roberts. The finals are set for Saturday.
Silsbee Junior High School will compete in the Tri-County Interscholastic League spring contests at Austin Junior High School in Beaumont. Ninth and eighth graders will represent in declamation, poetry interpretation, prose reading, ready writing, spelling, number sense, and more with various students and alternates listed. Winners will be announced Friday night with ribbons awarded.
Pvt. Oscar Eddings son of Mr and Mrs Oscar Eddings of Caney Head remains in critical condition after a shotgun wound last Thursday. He is treated at Brooke Army Medical Center San Antonio after emergency surgery at St Elizabeth Hospital Beaufort. He was found near his home at 12 10 last Thursday with wounds to the lower right side and right leg. Sheriff Henry Overstreet and Deputy Billy Paine investigated. He was home on leave from Fort Polk La and was to report to Fort Gordon Ga on March 26.
Mrs. F. A. McMicken of Richmond underwent surgery in Polly Ryan Hospital in Richmond Tuesday. She is a former resident of this city.
Three elections loom in Silsbee and Chance Loeb with trustee races in both districts this Saturday. Silsbee ISC incumbents and Walters vie for two seats at the Fire Hall 8 am to 7 pm, while Chance Loeb incumbents Milner and McConnell face four challengers. City ballots next Tuesday 5 April present 20 charter amendments and three council seats.
Two Silsbee area men were hospitalized after a three car crash on Highway 92 north of Silsbee Saturday evening. James Spell suffered shock, Willie Gore had a fractured ankle and concussion, and both were treated and Gore released Wednesday. The other involved drivers, Sidney Dauphin and H C Muckleroy, escaped serious injuries thanks to seat belts.
Funeral services for Mrs. Pauline Wornick 39 of four miles west of Silsbee were conducted Monday at 2 p.m. at Farmer Funeral Chapel Silsbee with Rev George McCall and Rev R Eugene Jonte officiating. Burial followed at Resthaven Cemetery. She died after a seizure at her home Saturday at 1 30 p.m. Survived by husband Art L Wornick two sons Tommy Gary Wornick a daughter Judy Wornick her mother Mrs Jessie T Rudolph all of Silsbee. Pallbearers were Roy Brown Virgil Eason Charles Kent Jim Cawley Alvin Ragan and Dr Sam P Copeland.
Graveside services for Howard Matthew Hoberg 51 of Silsbee were held at Rest Haven Cemetery in Silsbee with Rev. Steve Barrett officiating. Hoberg died at 9 a.m. Monday in Hardin Memorial Hospital after a short illness. He was a native of Boyd Minnesota body man for Ae11 Paint and Body Shop and a Lutheran. Surviving are his wife Antoinette Marie Hoberg of Silsbee a son Howard Hoberg and a daughter Ellen Hoberg.
Funeral services for Wallie Ralph Duhr of Buna were held at 2 30 p m in Kirbyville. Rev Robert Dean officiated with burial in Antioch Cemetery near Buna. Duhr, born in Willows California, was a retired Sinclair Oil Field superintendent and WWI veteran leader. He is survived by his wife Jessica Duhr of Buna.
Miss Carole Cobble of Silsbee, daughter of Mr and Mrs Cecil Cobble, is invited to membership in the Lamar chapter of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. Cobble is a senior in the top 10 percent of her class and the society honors outstanding students.
The notice lists multiple birth announcements across Silsbee Buna Eva dale Saratoga and Beaumont. It records newborns including Peggy Jean Jett Frank James Roy Ella Mae Janet Kay and others with their birth dates and parent names.
Parents for Progress will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the High School auditorium. Speakers include L B Griffith Weeks Crawford B L Williams and Joe Hignett discussing next term curricula and courses. It will be the final meeting of the year. Martin Nevill has been discharged from the US Air Force and will reside in Beaumont with Gulf States Utilities Co.
Articles of Incorporation for the Silsbee Doctors Hospital at Silsbee Texas were filed in Austin by Dr. George D. Tennison Dr. Sor Copeland and Dr. W J Poshataske The board includes Tennison Copeland Poshataske Wilde Neyland Cole Eppes Paret Birdwell Wilson Stover Beaumont architects George L Ingram and Associates oversee the project About 90000 in common stock at 100 par value is offered for sale and inquiries should be directed to any listed director.
At Hardin Memorial Hospital a group of nurse aides protested for better pay and conditions last Friday. When told there would be no raises they quit, with four or five employees leaving. Hospital officials reported no disruption and replacements have been made.
Chance Loeb voters will elect school trustees Saturday in the old school auditorium. Polls open from 7 a m to 7 p m. Election judge is K R Kirkendall with H Pippin as assistant.
Mrs. Mary Mildred Gleason 83 of Silsbee and formerly of Beaumont died Sunday in Hotel Dieu Beaumont after a long illness. Funeral at All Souls Catholic Church Silsbee with Rev. W. J. Bosworth officiating. Burial at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Beaumont. Survived by three daughters two sisters four grandchildren eight great grandchildren. Pallbearers named.
Mrs. George D. Badge and granddaughter Marjorie Mae Johnston of Brazoria stayed with Mr. and Mrs. I. F. Eldredge Jr. and family last week. Other residents and visitors include C. A. Rose moving from Hardin Memorial to the VA Hospital in Houston, and Mrs. G. W. Gilchrist with Mrs. Carl Paramore visiting Angleton. Mr. and Mrs. James Eason of Longview called on Lonnie Jones’s family, while Mrs. W. J. Roebuck and Mrs. Lola Williams visited Robert Roebuck in a Houston hospital. Mrs. W. T. Hobson traveled to Richmond to stay with the McMicken family.
Mrs C A Rose 75 died March 16 at home. Native of Rosebud Texas she lived most of her life in Beaumont and 18 years in Silsbee. Member of First Baptist Church. Services March 18 at First Baptist with Rev Barclay and Rev Drennen. Survived by daughter Mrs C D Thompson two grandsons and one brother. Burial Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont. Farmer Funeral directed.
Paul Georgas city council member and Britton Cravens Insurance Agency manager had emergency appendix surgery last Friday at St Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont. He progresses satisfactorily and will likely remain hospitalized for another week.
Ira Wilson 60 a former Silsbee resident died Sunday morning in Baltimore Maryland. He was the son of E J Wilson of Silsbee and spent most of his life there after graduating from Silsbee High School. A Navy veteran of World War II he worked as an electrician at sea after his discharge. Survived by his father two daughters and three sons and two sisters funeral details were not available at press time.
Jack C. Greene, 61, longtime Silsbee resident, died March 23 in Pasadena Hospital after a lengthy illness. A Humble Oil retiree, he lived in Silsbee from 1951 to 1954. Services were held Friday at 10 a.m. in the Colonial Chapel of the Roses, with burial at Cedar Vale Cemetery at 2 p.m. Survivors include his wife Myrtie, two sons Eugene and Charles, his father, a sister, four brothers, and three grandchildren.
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