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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1966
Page
4
Family gatherings mark the week with visits across Texas. Attendees include Ladners, Butchees, Morris, Mastersons, and many neighbors from Beaumont to Silsbee, with church and hospital updates noted. Election figures and school menu items are also listed alongside ongoing volunteer fire department activities.
Sealed proposals for 4.428 miles of graded base and surfacing from Neches River area to SH 327 and from Pres US 96 in Silsbee to new US 96 location will be opened May 24, 1966. Low bidder wins under civil rights and wage rules with notices at Lester P. Landgraf office. Specifications list two standard police cars for Silsbee Police Department.
Explorer Scout Post 89 of Evadale elected new officers at a regular meeting on Monday night. Newton Hopkins was named president for six months with Joel Allen as vice president and Chuck Whitmire as treasurer. Secretary is John Rush and quartermaster is Bo Welborn. Cabinet representatives are Butch Conners and Rocky Skillern. An installation ceremony followed.
A report from Rocky Skillern, committee chairman, described the Post sponsored dance at the Fire Hall Saturday night as a great success for the teenagers. A deep sea fishing trip rescheduled for June 3-4 due to bad weather. The next Post 89 meeting is May 23 at 7:00 p.m. in the EasTex conference room.
Town and Country Home Demonstration Club met Thursday at Mrs. L B Goolsbys home with seven members. Mrs Carl Peppers chaired the meeting and members named their Favorite Texas Wildflower for roll call. Mrs R F Sanford and Mrs S W Simmons led the program How To Prepare Common Foreign Foods. Next meeting set for May 19 at Mrs N I McMillans home.
An open house will honor F A Harvill Sr on his 86th birthday at his home on Lindsey Drive. Calling hours are 5 to 9 p m Tuesday May 17 and friends are invited to attend.
The Silsbee High School cheerleaders hold a rummage sale Saturday at 7 A.M. in Santa Fe Park to raise funds for new uniforms.
Notice lists missing depositors with unclaimed funds held by Easthao Lovees Federal Credit Evadale Texas. Owners must prove ownership at the depository within nine months. after that period funds may be reported to the State Treasurer under Article 3272b. Missing depositor: K. V. Alson.
The seventh annual reunion of former residents of Fullerton Cravens and Rustville will be a picnic on the first Sunday in June at Fullerton Park Kisatchie National Forest. Once a 5000 person saw mill town Fullerton vanished after 1927 and now hosts a park with facilities aided by the National Park Service. Admission to the park is free this year.
The Jaycee-ettes met with six members present in Mrs. Jesse Sanchez’s home. Mrs. Richard Worley presided as plans were made to purchase two coffee urns. A coffee event is set for June 9 at 7 30 p m in Neches National Bank to enlist new members.
From 1930 to 1962 the U S population rose by more than half while firearm homicides declined about 30 percent. This contrast highlights shifting crime dynamics across mid-century America.
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