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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1962
Page
1
Voters in the Chance-Leeb area rejected incorporation on Tuesday with 381 against and 196 for the proposal from a 577 turnout. The 1960 results also showed more opponents than supporters.
The polio inoculation program for Hardin and nearby counties runs Sunday afternoon September 9. Silsbee High School gym hosts Sabin oral vaccine from 2 to 6 pm, same time at Waldo Mathews High for Negro citizens. A 25 cent voluntary contribution supports vaccine costs. Locations include Kountze courthouse and Sour Lake with 30,000 doses ordered. An organizational meeting for Silsbee volunteers is set Friday at 7:30 pm in the high school gym.
The Hardin County Commissioners Court acting as a board of equalization will meet with all corporate property owners in the county at the courthouse on September 14. The session is expected to follow the pattern set by the Silsbee Independent School District meeting where several major taxpayers obtained a restraining order against adjourning. County valuations were $54,900,000 last year and are not expected to change materially this year.
Theo Robbins 55 of Silsbee was charged with statutory reported incident of a 13 year old girl last Friday Aug 31. Deputy Ira Moore transported Robbins to Kountze where he was charged before Justice of the Peace C A Kimball. Robbins is free on a $10 000 bond and the case will be referred to the current Grand Jury. Marvin Lewis Evadale was fined 200 and costs for a deer out of season. 36 people were jailed over Labor Day weekend for various offenses including five DWI trespassing two affrays four disturbing the peace one traffic one statutory reported incident and one game violation.
Evadale’s school system set a new enrollment record as 307 students entered the classrooms on Tuesday. Principal Bert Fling reported 83 students signed up in the top four grades and predicted total enrollment would rise this week beyond last year’s 306 pupils.
Silsbee city council approved purchasing a $925 time clock for hourly staff and a large capacity water meter to track flow from two wells. Auditors reported the city operated in the black for 1961-62 with $6,914.69 surplus, delinquent taxes at $16,600.88, and renewed plans to implement Roberts and Neushafer recommendations while retaining Beaumont firm for ongoing audits.
In Kountze District Court Judge H A Coe will hear a motion to enforce a restraining order against the Silsbee Independent School District equalization board. Plaintiffs include East Texas Pulp and Paper Co and other timber and real estate firms challenging valuations and assessments. a permanent injunction may be sought to block adjournment.
The Evadale school cafeteria will host Sabin oral polio vaccine Type I on Sept 9 from noon to 6 pm with transportation offered by calling the school. Type III is planned for Oct 21 and Type II for Dec 2, arranged by the Lions Club and Evadale PTA. vaccines will be delivered to shutins on request.
Mr and Mrs W H Holland traveled to Lake Charles Louisiana to visit their son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Homer Holland over Saturday and Sunday.
Two people were hospitalized with what were believed to be not serious injuries after separate one car crashes in Silsbee last Saturday night. Annie Lou Hare 25 hit a marker post at the 4138 and 92 intersection at 9 45 p m suffering a lacerated head and was taken to Hardin Hospital in Kountze. Thomas C Cunningham 24 lost control 10 15 p m striking the esplanade in front of Nifty Drive In on North Fifth Street and knocked over a marker post with passenger David H Bogue 25 Beaumont treated for a head gash. Both incidents were investigated by State Highway Patrolman Leo Hickman.
The Silsbee Tigers open the football season at Center Friday night at 8 00. Injuries cloud the lineup but Lindsey expected to play and Parks may miss action while Dunn recuperates. In a scrimmage at Little Cypress the Tigers showed strong defense and potent offense with multiple scorers and sharp play.
A new City of Silsbee police officer started Sept 1, bringing the force to four. Douglas Arnold, 22, a 1958 Silsbee High School graduate, began duty last Saturday and previously worked two years as a telegraph operator for the Texas and Pacific Railway at El Paso. Arnold earned an athletic scholarship to Ranger Junior College and played football, was district FFA president, and runner-up for state FFA president. He is married and will reside in Silsbee.
J. T. Nelson of Silsbee pleaded guilty to selling wine without a permit and possessing alcohol in a wet area. Judge Fletcher Richardson fined him $100 plus costs for each count. Annie Lou Hare of Silsbee was fined $50 plus costs and given three days in jail for driving while intoxicated after a minor weekend accident. Raymond Walters of Honey Island received 10 days plus costs for abandonment of children.
Chance-Loeb School reports 585 students enrolled in the first nine grades, surpassing last year’s 525. Superintendent L. J. Garner notes one new teacher for a total staff of 238. Five new junior high courses expand the curriculum: home economics industrial arts speech driver education and commercial arithmetic. Senior students attend Susbee.
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