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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1959
Page
2
The Silsbee Bee in Texas published Thursdays at 410 Highway 96 Silsbee TX with rate 3.50 per year in Hardin County and 4.06 outside. The paper notes second class mailing under 1919 act and post office entry in 1919.
The clipping lists editors and publishers including David Read and R. L. Read as co-owners and publishers, Jerry Zuber as news editor, Mrs. Leona Whitman as society and personal editor, with the mechanical department led by R. R. Burgess and Tommy Read. It also names James Johnson as printer, Louis Johnson as pressman, and a stereotyper.
Santa Fe Railway machinist and relief roundhouse foreman Robert I. Parks won the Golden Shoe Award May 19 for wearing safety toed shoes after dropping a 20 pound engine air filter on his right foot January 7, 1959 at the Silsbee roundhouse. The award includes badge lapel pin and certificate.
The Veterans Administration announces many openings nationwide for medical technologists at VA hospitals and clinics. Positions are supervisory GS-7 through GS-10 with salaries from 4980 to 8230 annually, requiring a four year chemistry based bachelor’s degree. Applications reviewed on experience and training. no written exam.
Rev D L Ross of Deer Creek Baptist Church near Kirbyville will evangelize at Sunny Acres Baptist Church revival. Begins May 31 with daily 7 30 pm services. Church sits two miles north of Silsbee on the Spurger highway. A new church building is under construction. Rev F G Harding is pastor.
The women of the First Pentecostal Church sponsor a rummage sale on Friday and Saturday May 29 and 30 at Santa Fe Park to raise money for air conditioning of the church.
Hardin County Home Demonstration Council met May 19 at the American Legion Hall in Kountze with six clubs present. Mrs E T Wood chaired, prayers and song led by club members. Ruth Causey county agent announced a June landscaping meeting in Beaumont and two representatives will attend. Summer rally planned for Aug 5 at Honey Island. next meeting to finalize activities. Judge Fletcher Richardson toured the new courthouse. council reporter is Mrs E W Laird.
The Hardin County Singing Convention meets at the Assembly of God Church in Honey Island. Events begin Saturday night at 7 30 with singing and resume Sunday morning at 10. A basket lunch is served at noon. H W Ener of Honey Island is president.
Camp Wilburr on Village Creek will hold a church camp program with about 100 swimmers daily in June at the Silsbee pool. Burke Hargrove, pool owner, confirms the facility will host church youths and mentions I R L Nichols as camp director.
By Jerry Zuber a coastal fishing report details catches by Douglas Grimes, Cecil Skinner, Felix Koonce and others. It notes muddy Neches water, good white perch and bass, and strong snapper hauls. Updates on Kirby Elementary departure, district leaders, and a new city post office and utilities improvements are included.
Parents hosted a Friday night party at the Fire Hall honoring a group of ninth grade graduates led by Ann Hayes Margaret Scoggins Bobby Jo Shepherd Virginia Woodard Kay Yoksh Sharon Simmons Diane Creasy Beth Singletary Carmen Dominguez Carol Cobble Cecile Cobble and Wanda Caraway. Candy Land theme featured red and white decorations.
K. E. Langhammer was taken to Hotel Dieu Hospital in Beaumont on Tuesday for foot surgery. He has been staying with his sister Mrs. Jack Hill for the past days and his condition is listed as serious.
Bastrop visitors J C Snider and family visited Rev J W Lovett. Pasadena visitors J H Waters and sons called on Wayne Hicks family. Woodcrest Methodist WSCS starts Understanding Other Cultures study. next meeting June 3 at 9 30 a m taught by Katherine Guilbeau. Vacation Bible School at local Baptist churches runs June 1 5 daily 8 30 11 30 a m.
The article answers veterans questions on reinstating term policies after lapse, reporting unemployment income for VA pensions, GI home loan deadlines for World War II and Korea veterans, GI Bill training termination dates, no penalty charges for extra principal payments on GI loans, earning reports for Korean GI Bill students, income effects on death compensation, and options to reinstate disability riders or obtain new riders. It provides timelines, conditions, and policies from VA guidelines.
A compact verse urges readers to slow their speed to truly read and reflect, warning that haste harms time. The rhyme emphasizes mindfulness and safe driving as a metaphor for valuing moments over speed.
Mrs. NFLL Kaine reports visitors from Freer and Arkalayla as Buna hosts family visits. Dorothy Washington returns to Amory to stay with her uncle. Olan Curtis travels to Oklahoma City for funeral services of his brother. First Methodist announces vacation church school from 8:30 to 11 with 4 to 11 year olds and a Parents night Friday at 7:30. Buna high school homemaking class adds 26 girls earning half credits with a June picnic at McFaddin Beach. A play school runs June 1 to 5 at the homemaking cottage 9 to 11. Rev J C Marshall preaches in Buna Sunday at 8:30 during pastor absence.
Governor Price Daniel signed House Bill 421 establishing the Texas Tuberculosis Code requiring compulsory isolation of contagious TB cases and penalties for non compliance. The act also mandates disinfection of premises and reporting of contagious cases, with input from medical and health agencies and TB associations.
R E Barclay pastor of the First Baptist Church of Silsbee was named to a committee to nominate trustees for the Baptist Hospital of Southeast Texas Beaumont. The committee will select leaders to fill vacancies this year and trustees will be elected at the convention in Corpus Christi November 2 4. The Baptist system operates eight hospitals with a total property value of 39470429 and last year cared for 131658 patients including 19000 charity cases.
Names listed include Mrs Lillian Allison Mrs Jel Heard Mrs Cora Cook all of Navasota and Mrs Ruby Garrett of Silsbee. G R Higginbotham entered Baptist Hospital in Beaumont Sunday for treatment this week. The John Wesley prayer group will not meet this week. If you care not whether you die. How about the other guy.
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