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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1959
Page
1
Silsbee head coach Maurice Hobbs begins the 1959 season with a lighter lineup and a mostly new starting unit led by senior quarterback Charlie Woodard. The Tigers, heavier but less experienced, face the weighty Cleveland Indians who hold past game jitters but pose a formidable early test.
Public hearing set for Monday in Kountze on a proposed 1,375,198.56 budget for 1960. County Auditor Donald Alums notes estimates may change. income includes 1,152,716 plus 862,184.88 beginning balances. Tax increases discussed earlier would add about 45,765. raises for employees are provided for in the plan.
The Ladies Association of the Country Club will hold a monthly bridge tournament and covered dish luncheon. Association chairman Mrs John Spillar said the October schedule changes the tourney to the second Tuesday each month due to PTA conflicts.
The executive committee of the Silsbee Pony League will meet Tuesday night at 7 30 at the J A Fuller Sporting Goods Co E Simmons president urges full attendance of all committee members.
Chance Loeb voters favored remaining dry in Justice Precinct 2 for the third time, with 295 against and 162 for the off premises sale of alcoholic beverages. C. E. Reed served as election judge.
The Azalea Garden Club held its first meeting of the season on Wednesday at 2 p m at Mrs. Leon Boyett's home with co hostess Mrs. E A Rees. President J M Huddleston led the business session and a Perennials program by Mrs. W S Ray featured two floral arrangements. Guests included Mrs. R E Switzer Mrs Leon C Lee and Mrs T M Tennison Sr. The next gathering is set for October 14 at Mrs Curtis Isbell's home.
Mr and Mrs Severin of Riverdale announce son Daniel Merton born Aug 11. Grandparents Elizabet h McClelland and Ray Severinson. Also listed are births for Dryden Evadale Deborah Ann Fountain Sour Lake Georgia Denise Rhodes Kenneth Wayne Rebecca Ann and Roger Dale with corresponding parents and hospital in Hardin County.
Mr and Mrs L R Willermin take daughter Rita to Denton for her enrollment at North Texas State College.
The Silsbee Junior High Tiger Cubs announce a larger squad for 4 man football under coaches Jimmy Rand and W P McGarahan. Eighth and ninth graders total 33 while seventh graders number 31. Key players include Nash Upshaw Holland Johnson Parks Green Lindsey Read Reed Pontes Adams Russ Adam. Roy injury hurts squad though. Schedule includes Liberty here Sept 17 at 7:30 and Beaumont district play.
District Attorney Bob Murphy of the Second Judicial District will present 20 year service pins to Silsbee volunteers at a ceremony at the fire hall on September 21. The event honors long-serving members including Chief John Busby and others with two decades of service.
County officers busy as 55 arrests logged for the week. Sheriff Whitaker reported 41 inmates Sunday morning, 39 Monday, and 33 Tuesday with offenses including five traffic violations, one DWI second offense, one enticing a minor, one child desertion, three drunk in car, and 44 listed as drunk. Two hot check cases heard by Judge Fletcher Richardson resulted in fines of $1 and costs for Garfield Seale and Oscar Brewer.
Mike McMahon, 1958 Silsbee High all-district fullback and captain, enrolled at the University of Houston and joined the freshman football squad. An A student, he will major in electrical engineering. The 44 man unit opens Sept. 24 in Houston versus Wharton Junior College with several road games to Kilgore Texas A&M Mexico Poly Mexico North Texas State.
Hilton Gore of north of Silsbee received a $500 fine and costs on two counts of aggravated assault in county court. He was jailed pending payment after Tuesday night arrests for allegedly assaulting his daughter in law and his 10 year old daughter.
Elizabeth Wilson left Sunday for Austin to enroll in Texas University as a music major. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs R C Wilson who accompanied her and returned home Monday.
The Silsbee Woman's Club meets at 3 p m today at Mrs I F Eldredge home Maxwell Drive. Co hosts are Mrs John K Bowser and Mrs Alf Bartle. Mrs A T McDonough returns from Hawaii to present My Impression of Hawaii And Its People assisted by Mrs A J Husmann and Mrs O D Heffner. President Jess L Odom will chair the business session.
C R Baker has been appointed Director of Purchasing and Traffic at East Texas Pulp and Paper Co in the newly created department. R M Ward becomes purchasing agent, E R Colling remains traffic manager, and A G Natwick cites growth and improved service as reasons for the changes. Baker, a Woodlea Addition resident in Silsbee, has long served as the company’s purchasing agent and is a Silsbee School Board member.
D. J. Knighten and Andrew Hilton Gore were fined 50 dollars and costs each, totaling 67.50, in Judge Louis Sellers’ justice court. The pair, residents north of Silsbee, pled guilty to night hunting with a headlight in a deer area after being arrested 4 a m Sunday in Sam Gordon’s pasture, with State Game Warden Olan Davis and Elmo Kirkendall making the arrests.
Two highway crashes during the Labor Day weekend in Hardin County left no serious injuries. Friday night a Mercury driven by John Shirley Moore of Silsbee hit a pickup driven by Ed Curtis of Silsbee. Linda Hare, a Moore passenger, was treated and released. Saturday near Loeb a two car wreck sent eight to Baptist Hospital Beaumont, two with broken legs. The Marlin E King family of Beaumont and Mrs Lois Pressley were among those transported. other vehicle occupants unnamed.
Menus for the week list meals for each day. Monday offers hamburgers with pickle tomato lettuce and onions plus shoe string potatoes fruit cobbler and milk. Tuesday features stewed meat with vegetables apple celery raisin salad cornbread lemon bisque and milk. Wednesday serves spaghetti with cabbage slaw apple sauce cake hot rolls and milk. Thursday includes baked Bologna with potatoes and cheese green beans fruit cup cubed jello bread and milk. Friday provides fish patties creamed potatoes mixed vegetables buttered molded vegetables cake squares and milk.
Frank Green pleaded guilty in Justice J. G. Hargrove's Buiva court to using a telephone type device to fish in the river between Evadale and Yellow Bluff. He was fined $200 and costs and lost fishing privileges for one year. the device was confiscated by Game Warden Olan Davis.
Howard Hargrove of Silsbee spoke at Buna Tuesday night for the East Texas Wildlife Conservation Association. He outlined the group aims and their conservation work in East Texas as memberships begin and a new 10 000 acre lease near the Neches river in Jasper County is reported.
Robert Allen Mann son of Mrs D P Mann was elected president of Citheens State Bank of Woodville at a Tuesday reorganization. He succeeds his late father as bank president. Directors named Herbert Sutton as director and Emory Mahan as assistant vice president and auditor. Mann a Southern Methodist University graduate served in the U S Air Force and has been with the bank seven years, most recently as vice president.
The Silsbee Garden Club opened its 1959 60 season with a covered dish luncheon at Mrs. B A McMahon home. Officers for the year include Mrs. McMahon president Mrs. Georgas third vice president Mrs. Paret second vice president Mrs. Brown first vice president and other officers. Planned programs include a landscape design talk by W J Rogers and lectures by Mrs. E O Barton and Mrs. K Saibara. A Teas Nursery Company field trip and spring flower show with silver tea are planned.
Mr and Mrs Jerald Peveto and their sons from Orange visited Sunday in the home of her parents Mr and Abts J H Rich.
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