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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1968
Page
1
Silsbee Fire Chief John Busby announced Fire Prevention Week nationwide with local observance. First graders from Kirby Read Turrentine and Robinson Elementary Schools will ride city fire trucks on Wednesday Thursday and Friday.
Silsbee hosts Jasper in Kirby Memorial Stadium for the district opener. Silsbee, 3-0 after beating Jesuit French and Orange, faces a resurgent Jasper at 2-1 with a potent offense led by QB Deryl McGallion and back Randy Wallace. The Bulldogs boast a stout line and strong defense, while Silsbee relies on a balanced attack and a lockdown defense led by Claude Coward and Kilpatrick.
Robert Walter Gore 26 of Silshee was convicted in Atlanta, Ga., on four burglary counts and given a total six year sentence, with three years concurrent to the fourth. The case linked him to a burglary ring in the Atlanta area with about 150 burglaries and over half a million dollars in goods. Gore’s brother Garland and Garland’s wife Sue were charged but not yet arrested.
Freshman Class officers at Lamar State College of Technology were selected in a run-off election held Friday October 4. Officers for the Class of 1972 include Sidney C. McKinney Beaumont president Wesley L. Yawn Silsbee vice president Martha J. Brown Beaumont secretary Sally E Fitch Port Arthur treasurer Brenda F. Montgomery Beaumont and Kevin B Hoffman Park Forest TI will serve as Freshman Cheerleader.
Silsbee School Trustees held a short regular meeting Wednesday night with plans to discuss outside groups using school facilities and to review special education units for the new term. The cafeteria reported 33 522 meals served in September with 2 914 free meals in 20 days and a first month deficit of 11 112 08 dollars. Superintendent Don Hough noted deficits are typical early in the year as federal funds later offset costs. Average district enrollment reached 3 647, 96.9 percent of start figures, while Silsbee High School led with 1 928 students and Robinson Elementary posted 136.
Funeral services for Para P Stutts 47 will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in Central Baptist Church Livingston Rev Eddis Smith will officiate Burial will be in Camp Ruby Stutts died suddenly in his Oakland home Monday evening A native of Polk County he had lived here before moving to California three years ago Survivors include his wife Elizabeth of Oakland two stepsons eight grandchildren three brothers seven sisters Mrs Sharon Glover left for Kaiserslautern Germany to join her husband Sgt Ervin Wade Glover stationed there until August 1970 Mrs EB M Gainer returned from surgery in Beaumont’s Baptist Hospital last week
A race incident in Silsbee Saturday night left two juveniles Charles Whittaker and Randy McDonald with knife puncture wounds treated at Silsbee Doctors Hospital. Police reported no serious injuries and no charges filed yet as investigators continue.
John Henry Wilson a 63 year old Negro man from Silsbee was seriously injured in a Saturday evening auto pedestrian collision on Highway 96 East near Division Street. He sustained possible skull fracture and continuous bleeding and was hospitalized at Silsbee Doctors Hospital and later St Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont. The driver Jewel Hartman Star Route Silsbee said he did not see Wilson until he was in the road. The crash occurred with Hartman traveling west into the setting sun and skid marks showed no speeding. No charges were filed.
The Music Makers of Silsbee begin their third year with a Houston trip this weekend. The junior group travels by bus Saturday at 8:00 AM to attend a lunch at Sakowaty tea room and a fashion show, then shops and tours before an overnight at the Rice Hotel. They return Sunday morning. the senior group heads to Fort Polk for engagements the following weekend.
Wiley C. Wallace, 82, of Hardin County, a retired carpenter and Good Shepherd Baptist Church member, died Tuesday night in Silsbee Doctors Hospital. Funeral services are today at 2 p.m. at Good Shepherd Baptist Church, with Rev. C E Willis officiating. Burial in Holland Cemetery near Village Mills. Survivors include Alma Silsbee two daughters and a son Clarence Haab Inglewood Calif sister Mollie Jordan Kountze four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Silsbee Old Timers plan their annual gathering at the O'Neil Intermediate School on Highway 96 South with lunch at noon and a 2 pm program led by Weldon Gilchreist. The event draws former residents for an afternoon of reunion and conversation. Allen Ashworth underwent an emergency appendectomy in St Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont.
The Silsbee City Council tentatively approved direct dialing across Evadale 276, Silsbee 385, Kountze 2468, and Lumberton 755 exchanges with a $1 business listing fee boost. residential rates stay unchanged and calls to Lumberton and Kountze avoid long distance charges. The Kountze council also backed the plan. No start date set by Southwestern Bell. Basil Rodgers presented a City insurance study. he will renew policies. Mrs. J R Sims named to the Planning Commission replacing Aline McMahon.
Lemuel Arline of Kountze was charged with burglary after Drake Drive In was robbed near Silsbee. Bond set at $1000 as two juvenile suspects were caught with stolen pipe. fathers admitted ordering the boys to return the items.
The annual 36-hole member-guest golf tournament is set for Friday and Saturday at Silsbee Country Club. Jerry Jones says the event features a shotgun start, 18 holes on both days, full handicaps for team scoring, and a $15 entry fee per player. Local members without out-of-town partners can contact Wilson Lee to pair with interested golfers, plus a fish fry Saturday and a dance that night.
Eight men from Hardin Liberty and Chambers counties are called for induction today October 10 by Selective Service Board 86 at Liberty. The list names Milton Lewis Arline from Silsbee as the only one not from Kountze Sour Lake Dayton or Liberty with many others slated for physical examinations.
Specialist Four Carl L. Green of Silsbee receives the Bronze Star with V device for valor during a March 12 1967 action in Vietnam. Serving with Company A 2d Battalion 35th Infantry 4th Infantry Division, he exposed himself under heavy fire to set up a machine gun and cover the withdrawal, aiding his unit’s safe perimeter.
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