The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1937 Page: 1 of 6
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SILSBEE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1937
VOLUME 19, NUMBER 1
$1.50 A YEAR
SILSBEE SLUGS
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MICKIE SAYS—
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Brooks Number
Four Due in
This Week
Kiwanis Club to
Hold Installation
And Banquet Sat.
Traffic Lights
To Be Installed
Very Soon
Palace Theatre to
Feature Week of Hits
Basket-Ball Tournament
To Be Held Jan. 22-23
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FOUNDATION FOR NEW
BUILDING BEING PREPARED
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DOUBLE WEDDING
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METHODISTS TO HOLD QUAR-
TERLY CONFERENCE SUNDAY
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WINTER CAMP AT MITIGWA
CONCLUDED LAST WEEK
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Road Committee Meets
In Kountze Last Saturday
VOICE OF SATSUMA X//ALLEY
Figures just handed us by Post- •
master W. J. Davis, show that the
total receipts for the year just ended
reached the high figure of $10,101.74. ;
This is one of the biggest years in
the history of the local post office, ■
and is more than enough to assure
the advancement of the Silsbee post
office from third to second class. The
figures given represent stamp sales
only, and do not include the enor-
mous amount of money handled here
for money orders, C. O. D.’s and
other government business.
Wtih a second class post office the
clerks are under civil service and :
are much better paid than clerks in ;
a third class office. Thus a better
class of service will be assured Sils- ‘
bee patrons when the office is ad- :
vanced to second class.
Another indication of increasing
business, according to Mr. Davis, is
the fact that the first time since 1928 1
there are not enough boxes to supply '
patrons of the post office. A waiting .
list is now maintained, and custom- 1
ers desiring the lock box must take
their turn.
The Hardin County Woolgrowers
Association met in the district court-
room Saturday morning and signed
contracts to sell their 1937 clip at 42
cents pei’ pound.
Mr. W. P. Barrett, county agent ex-
plained that those members of the
association not present could come
into his office and sign the contracts
anytime before January 14, since the
signed contracts must be in the of-
fice of the Louisiana Woolgrowers
Association by January 15.
It was estimated by the 51 mem-
bers attending the meeting that their
wool clip would increase from 16000
pounds sold in 1936 to 25000 pounds
this year. Last yeai’ the clip was
sold for 40 cents.
The affiliation of the Hardin Coun-
ty Association with the Louisiana
Association has helped the local
growers to realize a much better
price for their wool.
Fourteen births were recorded in
Silsbee during the month of Decem-
ber, eleven white and three negroes.
Of these, nine were boys and five
were girls. The number of deaths
during December was 5; three whites
and two negroes. During the same
period last year there were thirteen
births and seven deaths. The statis-
tics are 'furnished the Bee by Judge
J. E. Crawford.
i to cook for the camp.
Mr. Gunn announced also that the
annual Scout meeting will be held in
I Beaumont at Hotel Beaumorjl.on Jan-
uary 22, both afternoon and' nigh-i.
The annual banquet will be held at
the night session. There will be a
special session for scout mothers who
might wish to organize ladies auxil-
iaries. Everyone is cordially invited
to attend who is interested in scout-
ing.
According to O. P. Ellison, repre-
sentative of the Southwestern Set-
tlement and Development Corpora-
tion, that company sold 116 farm
tracts in Silsbee and vicinity during
the year just ended. This record has
been exceeded by only one year—
1927—when 134 tracts were sold.
According to Mr. Ellison, at least
twenty-five percent of these farms
will be used the coming season, and
more farm families will be making
their homes here. The average size
of the tracts sold was 20 acres.
According to Mr. Ellison, that many
new farm families moving into this
vicinity means a possible increase in
population of approximately 500 peo-
ple. The type of people buying land
and settling here is the highest, and
the people are progressive, ambitious
citizens. They will do much for the
country, and will assure this country
of good, productive truck farms.
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COMMISSIONERS APPROVE
BONDS OF OFFICIALS
The razing of the old building on
Avenue H across from the Silsbee Bee
was completed this week and the
grondwork for the foundation of the
new building to occupy this site
made. A bevy of workmen are busy
all day long, leveling off the ground,
hauling off old lumber, and other-
wise preparing the place for the im-
posing edifice that will soon occupy
the lot.
The new building will be of
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HOME FOR SALE!
Want to sell my home on S. Fourth
Street. Leaving Silshee so must sell.
W. H. HARRIS
Hon. Alf Roark will leave Silsbee
Sunday to attend the long session
of the State Legislature. Mr. Roark
has been listening for weeks to the
pleas of his constituents about need-
ed legislation in every line. This pop-
ular young Silsbee man is one of
the most popular of representatives,
and is greatly interested in his job.
Mr. Roark is a member of the law
firm of Buchanan and Roark.
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TENT THEATRE COMING
HERE NEXT WEEK
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REPRESENTATIVE ROARK
LEAVES SUNDAY FOR AUSTIN
Rev. W. R. Swain of Beaumont,
presiding Elder of the Beaumont Dis-
trict, will preach at the Methodist
Church here Sunday, January 10 at
7:00 p. m. Immediately following the
preaching service he will hold the
business session of the first quarterly
conference for this church. Rev.
Swain is an outstanding preacher and
you will enjoy his sermon Sunday
night. Everyone is cordially invited
to attend.
Dr. C. F. Osborne, who for the past
year has practiced medicine in Sils-
bee moved this week to Cushing,
where he will make his future resi-
dence. Dr. Osborne had his offices
while here in the Hardin Drug Com-
pany, and both he and his charming
family made many friends here who
regret to see them leave.
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WOOLGROWERS SIGN
1937 CONTRACTS
According to word from J. F.
Weathersby, secretary of the Hardin
County Fair, there will be a meeting
of directors of that organization at
7:00 o’clock tonight. This meeting
will be the first since the 1936 ex-
position, and will be very impor-
tant. All directors are urged to
present.
The editor received a letter from
John Dulaney last week, in which
Mr. Dulaney explains the extent of
his injuries in his recent automo-
bile accident. He had a number of
broken ribs, a back injury and pos-
sibly internal injuries, but was ex-
pected to be out of danger in a day
or two. Mrs. Dulaney had a severe
cut on her leg, but was out of the
hospital.
John’s friends here had wired and
written him when they heard of his
accident, and he asked the editor "’to
answer these letters and telegrams
for him, as he was unable to do so
in his. condition. He said it was good
to know that he was remembered at
a time like that. His friends here
will be glad to know that he is im-
proving, and that he appreciates their
sympathy, We hope he is soon able
to be back in Silsbee, fully recover-
ed from his injuries.
The Commissioner’s Court of Har-
din County met Monday at the court
house in Kountze and approved the
bonds of the officials of the county.
Other routine business was attended
to at this meeting, including a dis-
cussion of the proposed traffic light
for Silsbee. The light was to be pur-
chased by citizens of Silsbee and is
to be maintained by the county.
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CATHOLIC SERVICES SATURDAY
Judge R. E. Briggs, district ad-
ministrator of Works Propress Ad-
ministration, has advised the Bee
that a meeting of sponsors of pro-
jects and planning boards will be
held at Hotel Beaumont Roof next
Monday. The following letter was
sent out by Judge Biggs to all spon-
sors in District Three, and to plan-
ning board members:
Dear. Mr. Read:
This isto advise that certain chang-
es have been made in the operation
of the Works Progress Administration
program for all projects now in op-
eration and projects to be under-
taken by the Works Progress Admin-
istration for this year.
In view of the necessity of meet-
ing such changes which are manda-
tory of us, I have called a meeting
to be held Tuesday morning, January
12th, at 10 o’clock at the Hotel Beau-
mont Roof, At this time your pro-
ect will be discussed also the pro-
gram to be operated in your county,
therefore you are cordially invited,
and we respectfully urge your at-
tendance at this meeting.
Very truly yours,
R. E. Biggs, Director
District No. Three
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DR. OSBORNE GOES TO CUSHING
Through the enterprise and collect-
ing ability of Walter Stoeppleman.
and the cooperation of the Sheriff’s
repartment and the Commissioner’s
Court, Silsbee will have a traffic-
light installed on the corner near
the bank within the next few day§.
The subject of traffic regulation at
this dangerous spot has been dis-
cussed for some time, and various
methods were discussed, but the in-
stallation of a red and green traffic
light seemed to be the best way to
prevent possible accidents. Last Mon-
day at Commissioner’s Court the
county agreed to pay for the opera-
tion of the light if it were installed.
Mr. Stoeppleman promptly volun-
teered to see the citizens of Silsbee
and attempt to collect enough money
to buy the light, which he did.
Although no trouble is anticipated
in getting the people to obey the
light, the Sheriff assures us that he
will have plenty of men on duty to
see that no one runs the red light.
There are four deputy sheriffs and
two deputy constables here, which
should be sufficient in enforcing the
law. People are educated to that sys-
tem of controlling traffic, and people
passing through the town from other
places will know to stop,
The installation of this light is just
one move toward making Silsbee a
safer place in which to live. With
the greatly increased amount of traf-
fic through the town, it would have
been only a question of time before
a serious accident occurred at this
corner. Now there will be no excuse
for such an accident, and people will
feel safe while navigating this stretch
of highway.
No doubht the near future will see
one or two more such traffic lights
installed in Silsbee. One is needed
near the railroad tracks to protect
the school children who must cross
the streets there on their way to
school. Other needed traffic regula-
tions will follow the installation of
such lights.
Since this is the first issue of the
Bee to be published in 1937, we might
reverse our last week’s program and
look forward a little. And that isn’t
going to be hard to do. The first thing
we see is a lot of activity across the
street where a fine new building will
soon be erected. It will be occupied
by that popular and progressive mer-
chant, E. M. Prewitt, who plans to
show Silsbee and vicinity what can
be done wtih a really ‘‘uptown”
store.
One thing we don’t see for the com-
ing year is water standing in every
gutter and along the streets of the
city. The drainage project will soon
be finished and should be worth
thousands of dollars in money and
health to the citizenry.
By the time 1937 is ready to die
there will be dozens of oilwells where
there are now two good producers.
And according to Perk Ellison, there
will be about thirty or forty new farm
families making their home here.
Among other improvements sched-
uled for the early part of the year
is the completion of a new duplex
apartment house by U. C. McDaniel
on his lot just south of the railroad
crossing. It is rumored that several
other porperty owners are consid-
ering the erection of apartment
houses soon.
Within a few days Silsbee will step
up among the other progressive small
cities with a traffic light at the prin-
cipal street intersection of town.
Thpse are just a few of the im-
provements Silsbee may look forward
to in 1937. We hope there will be
many more, and with wide-awake,
progressive civic leaders, there will
fee.
Apd since it was the beginning of
g new year, the editor made his us-
ual Neyv Year’s _ ResoJutiQQ^wflfer <
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JBWSome of these
Hpg to make a reso-
sikk.
gBBH’speaking of traffic lights—
Walter Stoeppleman says that some-
one ought to be stationed at the in-
tersection to see that the pigs, cows,
horses, goats, etc, cross only on the
green light, Maybe an election should
be held for that job. We have a few
good nominations,
And if this column is short this
week, blame it on the norther that is
supposed to hit some time today.
Right now it is so warm and balmy
that we have a positive case of spring
fever, and can think of nothing but
those fish we didn’t catch last week.
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JOHN DULANEY IMPROVING
Beginning at 1:00 p. m. Friday-
January 22nd the second annual
basket-ball tournament sponsored by
the Silsbee High School Athletic De-
partment will get under way. The
tournament this year will be made
up of sixteen of the best basket-ball
outfits in East Texas. Such teams as
Port Arthur Yellow Jackets, the Liv-
ingston Lions, Cushing Eagles, last
year’s State Champions, South Park,
Newton, Jasper and other classy
teams will provide plenty of action
and thrills. Special effort has been
made to secure the very best teams
of this section. To those people who
know nothing about basket - ball
tournaments let us say that a 16-
team tournament is a big undertaking
and if it is put on successfully the
backing of the entire community will
be needed. Some 160 athletes will be
in Silsbee on those dates all deter-
mined to win.
Since some of the teams are trav-
eling considerable distance, it will
be necessary for them to spend the
night in Silsbee. It is customary
to provide sleeping quarters for
those teams traveling more than 40
or 50 miles distance. Mrs. A. W. Lew-
is, history instructor in the high
school, has accepted the chairman-
ship of a committee to arrange for
sleeping quarters for a number of
athletes. So if you wish to help out
in putting on the tournament and
have a place for one or two boys to
sleep Friday night January 22nd,
please get in touch with Mrs. Lewis.
Details of the tournament will be
completed and published in next
week’s Bee.
Hila Morgan and her own com-
pany are scheduled to play in Sils-
bee next week according to the ad-,
vance agent here this week This
big tent show has played many towns
in this country for the past £<w
yeras, and is known as one of the
best. There are 25 artists in the com-
pany, including four R. K. O. vaude-
ville acts. The cast includes a com-
edy team. The Dancing Herberts, a
cowboy rope artist, Toby Vetter, that
funny redhead, and others. The tent,
show is heated and has many seats.
This is a sister show to the Monroe
Hopkins Players now in their fifth
year in Houston.
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FOWLER SCHOOL TO
present program:
The Fowler School of Dancing will
present an informal program Friday
evening for parents and friends of
the pupils. This is ananual affair of
the school and is usually given in
connection with the Christmas party,
but was postponed due to the passing
of Mr. Tuxworth.
Maureen Fowler Jackson, director
of the school, announces that it will
be given in the High School Auditor-
ium and is scheduled to begin at 7:30.
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A very successful winter camp of
Boy Scouts and Scouters was con-
cluded last week at Camp Mitigwa on
Beech Creek. This was the first win-
ter camp held in several years, and
both boys and leaders showed a great
deal of interest. Among the boys at
the camp were four from Silsbee,
four from Sour Lake, five from Hull
and twelve from Beaumont. Leaders
at the camp were Dewitt Day, Will
L. Smith, “Lefty” Schuster, Joe
Galbraith, Tom Balmer, Cruise Fu-
qua and Walter Gunn, The old camp
Cook, Frank Sessums, was on hand
Miss Elsie Jane McKim and
S. W. B. Stewart, and Miss Fannie
Vannoy and Mr. P. A. Geary were
married December 25th at the First
Christian Church in Beaumont in a
double wedding ceremony, with Rev.
E. S. Baker officiating.
Miss McKim was attired in a black
velvet afternoon dress with matching
accessories. She was Secretary to
County JudgeA. L. Bevil and is a
lifelong resident of Kountze. Mr.
Stewart has long been connected with
the Gulf Oil Company of Houston.
Miss Vannoy was attired in a blue
afternoon dress with black access-
ories.
Miss Vannoy was employed as
Home Demonstration Agent for Har-
din County and has resided in
Kountze for the past three years.
Mr. Geary is assistant manager
of the Piggly Wiggly Store in Beau-
mont. After a short wedding trip,
Mr. and Mrs. Geary will be at home
at 560 Campus Street, Beaumont,
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FAIR DIRECTORS TO
MEET TONIGHT
According to information from the
oilfield north of town, the Brooks
No. 4 will be brought in within the
next day or two. Casing was set in
ill is well this week and all tests
completed. From all appearances
this well is a better well than the
number 3, which was completed a
short time back. The oil is fine high
gravity oil, and the production capac-
ity of the well is very high. The wells,
of course, are pro-rated, and are al-
lowed to flow only 125 barrels per
day.
The surface casing has been set on
the Brooks Number 5, which is on
the east side of the Spurger road and
about fifteen hundred feet from the
crater of the Number 1. Indications
seem to show that the oilfield runs
northeast and southwest, and possibly
extends over a great distance.
The independent promoter, Deskins
says that his Mary V. Collier No. 1
will be spudded in by the first of
February, and he is very enthusiastic
about the possibilities on this tract
of land. Mr. Deskins has been in
Silsbee for the past few months and
has been very active in oil circles.
He is an old timer in the oil busi-
ness, and has plenty of information
to stake his judgment on.
When the Brooks No. 4 is complet-
ed this week it will bring the total
of producing wells to three in the
new field. The Vaughn Company,
who has a contract for driling the
wells, will move at once to a new
location.
There is still lots of activity in the
vicinity of the oilfield, and more peo-
ple are finding employment there
and in Silsbee every day. There will
oe no let-up in drilling activity for
time, if rumors are correct.
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TWO NEW REGULAR ADS
BEGIN IN BEE THIS WEEK
Rev. J. M. Cody of Beaumont will
conduct Catholic services Saturday
morning at 7:30 o’clock at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Sagstetter here.
This is Rev. Cody’s first visit here,
and everyone is cordially invited to
attend the 7:30 mass at the Sag-
stetter home.
A number of citizens from Silsbee
and other parts of the county met at
the courthouse last Saturday to hear
the discussion of roads in Hardin
County, and the report of the en-
gineer, Mr. McCormick. Preliminary
plans were completed for the survey,
and discussions of plans from both
road districts two and three were
made.
Nothing definite concerning the
proposed roads has been agreed upon
yet, but another meeting is set for
next Monday at the courthouse, at
which time it is hoped that the en-
gineer making the survey will have
more definite and complete informa-
tion at that time.
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DECEMBER VITAL STATISTICS
The Silsbee Kiwanis Club will hold
its annual installation of officers and
banquet at the High School Gymna-
sium Saturday night, January 9, at
7:30. E. M. Prewitt is the new pres-
ident of the organization, and his
program for the year calls for a
membership drive which he hopes
will bring the total membership up
to thirty or more. Mr. Prewitt is one
of the town’s leading merchants, and
his progressive methods and untir-
ing energy assures the club of an
active year.
Other officers to be installed in-
clude L. D. Self, vice-president, and
Percy Bailey secretary and treasurer.
A fine program of entertainment
has been arranged foi’ during the
evening, and following the banquet
there will be a public dance to which
everyone is invited. The proceeds
from the dance will go toward help-
ing to purchase instruments for the
Silsbee High School Band.
This annual banquet is one of the
highlights of the Kiwanis year, and
all Kiwanians and their ladies are
expected to be on hand. The Kiwanis
club is the only active civic organ-
ization in the city and, deserves the
support of every citizen. This club
has been instrumental in securing
many needed projects for the city,
and takes an active lead in spon-
soring such improvements as roads,
drainage and others.
The outgoing president,
Yankie, has given a great deal of
time to the Kiwanis Club, and he
can look back on a year of progress
for his club. He is one of the hard-
est workers of the club members, and
deserves much praise for his admin-
istration.
One of the most impressive lists
of motion pictures ever to show in
Silsbee has been scheduled by the
Palace Theatre for the next two
weeks. Walter Stoeppleman, owner
of the theatre here and in several
other east Texas towns, left last night
for Dallas to secure several big pic-
tures, and added to his program for
next week, they will furnish the peo-
ple of this section with the best en-
tertainment they have had in many
a day.
Among the hits to be flashed on
the local screen are such pictures as
“Ambassador Bill” featuring the
most beloved of all Americans, Will
Rogers. This picture shows tonight
and Friday. Saturday, with its double
bill, includes “Piccadilly Jim” at the
regular hour and “Murder by an
Aristocrat'1 at the Owl Show.
Sunday Stoeppleman is bringing
one of the finest pictures of the year
when “The Georgeous Hussy” featur-
ing Joan Crawford and Robert Tay-
lor comes here. This picture also
plays at the local theatre Monday
of next week. Tuesday the old fav-
orite, Gene Autry, comes in “The
Old Corral.”
Next Wednesday Maurice Cheval-
ier reappears here in “The Beloved
Vagabond.” Chevalier is one of Amer-
ica’s favorite actors. In addition to
these fine pictures, Mr. Stoeppleman
has several others to offer local cit-
izens within the next two weeks. It
is the most unusual entertainment
bill ever to be offered in Silsbee with-
in a period of two weeks.
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Postal Retells for
1936 Total $10,101.74
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W. P. A. MEETING TO BE HELD
IN BEAUMONT TUESDAY
This week finds two advertisers
using the columns of the Bee to ad-
vertise their business every week
during 1937, One of these is the
Texaco dealers of the vicinity, headed
by G. C. Bracken, agent. Mr, Bracken
has chosen an interesting feature to
give the readers of this paper. It is
a weekly almanac of historical hap-
penings, and will prove very inter-
esting reading for the public. It is
authentic in every way, and will ap-
pear each week. The other advertiser
is the Britton-Cravens Insurance
Agency. With so many new citizens
arriving every week, and the majority
of them reading the Bee, this agency
decided that the best way to let peo-
ple know where to buy insurance was
to put their ad in the Bee.
These two regulars, together with
the many others found regularly in
these columns, appreciate your pa-
tronage, and deserve it. Advertisers
in other or similar lines will find
the Bee an effective advertising med-
ium, reaching thousands of prospec-
tive customers each week. It might
pay you to try it.
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The new building will be of sub-
stantial cQnstruetion and will have
two front openings between large
plate glass show windows. A glass
front, resembling tile, will set off the
show windows, and make the front
very attractive.
Inside the building there will be
lots of floor space on the ground flooi'
and a large balcony will almost en-
circle the store. The ofices of the
Silsbee Dry Goods Company, to-
gether with a millinery department
will be on this balcony. Showcases
and display counters will all be of
modern construction and will com-
pare favorably with any in this part
of the country.
Silsbee’s skyline will be much im-
proved with the addition of the new
structure, and the town will have as
fine a dry goods store as can be
found anywhere.
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