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THE SlLSBEE BEE
Dalles, Texas
VOLUME 46
SlLSBEE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE U, 1964
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NUMBER 15
IN LARGE VOTE
Lack, Overstreet, Caraway
Win Democratic Majorities
out swept into the Precinct 1 Coun-
ty Commissioner’s office with a
400 vote majority, 1857 to 1440
AT POLLS SATURDAY
Silsbee voters turned
2779 strong for the Second
Democratic Primary election
last Saturday in one of the big-
gest votes in the runoff election
recorded, according to Richard
E. Jones, Silsbee election judge.
Incumbent Rep. Emmett
Lack, of Kountze, won his third
nod to the state Legislature
from district 19 as the Demo-
cratic candidate. He tallied an
1800 vote majority in the three
county area over newcomer
George Kirkpatrick, also of
Kountze. The district comprises
Hardin, Polk and San Jacinto
counties.
In Silsbee and Hardin county,
Lack held about the same per-
centage lead as in the other
counties. The Silsbee vote was
1958 for Lack and 1121 for
Kirkpatrick. Over the county,
Lack polled 4260 votes to 2656.
Henry Overstreet of Kountze, the idea—it had to come from
reversed the results in the first adults and could have been a
over Frank Payne. Payne who
has served as commissioner for
the past 32 years, carried only
Children Conduct City's
First Racial Exhibition
Silsbee had its first racial
demonstration last Saturday. It
was non-violent, rather comical
and apparently very entertain-
ing to those participating. It is
also highly questionable whe-
ther the demonstrators actually
realized what they were doing.
The serious aspect is that the
demonstrators did not originate
primary in winning the race
for Hardin county sheriff from
Ira Moore, of Silsbee. Over-
street won a good majority in
all the county voting precincts
except the absentee box and
Silsbee. His total vote was 4225
to Moore’s 2857.
preclude to test local reaction.
Apparently innocent enough
the demonstrating group was
composed of about eight or 10
small Negro boys whose ages
appeared to be from five to
eight, and they were carrying a
placard which appeared to be
Virgil Caraway, of Silsbee in support of Sheriff-elect Hen-
ry Overstreet and Commis-
sioner-elect Virgil Caraway.
They darted around the Ju-
nior High School cafeteria in a
sort of follow the leader or
modified snake dance carrying
their placard, and election of-
ficials, after finally catching up
with them, had to warn them to
stay beyond the 100-yard dis-
tance markers at the polls.
It seemed to be a game to
the children involved. (Silsbee
Negroes have never been de-
nied equal voting rights.) It
was more like a miniature pa-
rade promoting certain candi-
dates. To the adults who pro-
moted the demonstration the
game was likely much more
serious.
Trustees Study Proposed
1964-65 Budget, Salaries
the absentee box. Caraway sur-
passed this lead and outdis-
tanced Payne in both the Sils-
bee and Caney Head boxes.
In the Precinct 3 County
Commissioner's race encom-
passing the Thicket, Votaw,
Saratoga and Batson voting
precincts, incumbent E. E. Cot-
ton narrowly won re-election
over his opponent, Houston
Fields, by two votes. Fields
held the lead in the Votaw,
Batson, and Thicket polls, but
Cotton carried the Saratoga box
strongly enough to squeeze by.
Winning the Democratic pri-
maries in Hardin county is al-
most the same as winning the
office outright. However, all of
the Democratic candidates still
have to place their names on
the ballot for the November
general election. No opposition
has been forseen. The overall
winners will be sworn into of-
fice in January, 1965.
The County Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee met in the
courthouse Tuesday night to
canvass the returns from the
Second Democratic Primary. A
complete check and count re-
vealed no irregularities and the
vote was certified. The results
shown on the box on this page
are correct. An anticipated pro-
test in the Precinct 2 Commis-
sioner’s race did not develop
and E. E. Cotten was certified
the winner by a two-vote mar-
gin.
Silsbee school trustees were
scheduled to meet last night
(Wednesday} for their roguteo 4-of
June meeting.
As the top item on the agen-
da the school bpard was to re-
view and adopt if possible a
temporary budget for the forth-
coming school year. According
to Supt. Don L. Hough, the
temporary budget is used .each
year to give the board a pbance
to study their needs and income
before the official budget is
New Game Laws
Are Proposed Al
Public Meeting
s' Five Game Commission per-
sonnel and 15 area citizens and
sportsmen attended a public
meeting on proposed changes
in hunting regulations held at
the courthouse in K o u n t z e
Tuesday afternoon at 2 p. m.
A number of changes that
may have a widespread effect
on conservation and enforce-
ment of game regulations were
proposed by the game depart-
ment.
One of the changes was a
proposal to open the deer sea-
son on Saturday, Nov. 14, in-
stead of Nov. 16, to give per-
sons working weekdays an op-
portunity for first day hunting.
Another proposal seen as po-
tentially dangerous by some
sportsmen and enforcement
personnel was that any firearm
wold be legal to hunt deer
with. This could conceivably in-
clude pistols as well as .22 cali-
ber rimfire rifles.
Another proposal was that
“fur-bearing animals may be
taken in any number at any
time but pelts may not be taken
for sale except during the open
season. Means of taking fur-
bearing animals is not re-
stricted, (now get this) except
that mink may not be hunted
with does.” This proposal would
make it legal to hunt with a
(See Game Laws, Page 6)
adopted. The permanent bud-
get must b^approved by Aug,
Hough said that the tempor-
ary budget shows some in-
trease over the previous stand-
ard, but that the incerase was
not large. Some increase in the
tax rate was indicated on the
budget, before the board met
to discuss' the figures.
Resignations were expected
to be accepted from Anita
Pope, second grade; Lela Park-
er, cafeteria manager at Read-
Turrentine; and Philip Allen,
sixth grade.
Four recommendations for
employment were to be made
by Supt. Hough. They include
Dannah Ford, home economics;
Martha Hull, seventh grade
English; Robert H. Schlieker,
high school chemistry and
math; and Mary Schlieker,
seventh grade language arts.
Hough said that teacher’s sal-
aries, including the coaches and
administrative personnel, were
to be discussed with regards to
the-permanent budget.
Operation of the school cafe-
terias ended its second year in
the black, according to the sup-
erintendent, Net profit for the
year amounted to $6,093.63.
During May, with 18 serving
days, the cafeterias served 29,-
045 meals. Of that number,
2,885 were free meals.t
According to the agenda is-
sued to the board, the average
daily attendance for the six
campuses of the Silsbee school
district was 3350.86 students.
Total enrollment at the end of
the school year was 3507.
Final item on the agenda for
Wednesday’s meeting was to
be a discussion on the school
bond issue. Hough said that the
board would probably not de-
cide at the present what to do
about gaining additional class-
room space for the immediate
future.
DUTY IN VIETNAM
Silsbee Soldier Awarded
Bronze Star Medal
FORT POLK, LA. JUNE 10:
Platoon Sergeant George A.
Glasspool, who now makes his
home in Silsbee with his wife,
Esther, has been awarded the
Bronze Star Medal at Fort
Polk, La., for duty in Viet-
nam with the U. S. Military
Assistance Command.
Sergeant Glasspool served
meritoriously with the Third
Battalion 2nd Vietnamese In-
fantry Division, on the cen-
tral highland near Ha Than
from August 1962 to August
1963.
A native of DcQuincy, La.,
he is a member of the Fifth
Training Brigade.
Three officers also received
the Bronze Star Medal for du-
Commissioners Rehire I. W. Moore,
E. W. Coleman As Deputy Sheriffs
Applications from Ira Moore demonstration agent was ap
and E. W. Coleman for employ,
ment with the Hardin county
Sheriff's Department were ac-
cepted by the commissioners
court Monday at their regular
monthly meeting.
, Both men had formerly been
Employed as deputies and were
rehired in that capacity. Both
had formerly made the race for
sheriff.
Sheriff Willie Whitaker, in
requesting that the applications
be accepted, told the commis-
sioners that the sheriff’s office
had been operating two men
short since before I the First
Democratic Primary'in May.
Th* appointment of Miss
proved.
Miss Taylor, whose appoint-
ment is effective Aug. 1, will
replace Miss Ruth Causey who
retires June 30. The appoint-
ment was made by the Texas
A&M University extension ser-
vice.
Miss Taylor has been serving
as assistant home demonstra-
tion agent in Brazoria county
for the past 22 months.
As the final order of business,
the commissioners ordered con-
demnation proceedings on a
tract of land on FM 1393. The
land Is owned by A. L Bcvil
of Kountze. Under the order,
5.284 acres will be used for the
roadway and .247 acres will be
Taylor as county home used for a drainage channel.
ty in Vietnam. They were Capt.
Julian H. Smith of Leesville,
La.; Capt. Donald M: Fann of
Leesville; and Capt. Paul J.
Osborne, Crowley, La.
Captain Smith served as an
Infantry Ranger Advisor to the
22nd Infantry Division and was
instrumental in the develop-
ment of seven newly formed
ranger companies into highly
effective, combat ready units.
He is the son of Mrs. Juani-
ta Smith, Box 708, Route 3,
Deland, Fla., and the late Col-
onel Homer Smith. Capt Smith
and his wife, Elizabeth, live at
1213 Anderson Dr., Leesville,
La. He was graduated from
Dreher High School in Colum
bia, S. C. and The Citadel,
Charlston, S. C.
Capt. Fann was cited for su-
perior performance of duty
while Civil Guard Training
Advisor, and assistant opera-
tions and training advisor to
the Vietnamese, 22nd Infantry
Division, between June 1962
and June 1963.
He is a graduate of Manatee
High School, Bradenton, Fla.,
and is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
John D. Fann there. He and his
wife, Sue Ann, live at 1516 Aa-
ron Drive in leesville.
Captain Osborne earned the
award for meritorious service
as battalion advisor to the 21st
Infantry Division and as as-
sistant training advisor to the
IV Corps, Army of the Repub-
lic of Vietnam. He left Viet-
nam in March 1964.
He is the son of Maureen W.
Osborne, 13127 Castleton Dr.
Dallas 34, Texas, and lives
with his wife, Betty, at 306
E. llth St., Crowley, La.
a native of Houma, La.
Slatam E. Durant,
Vidor, Injured At
Eastex Saturday
Statam E. Durant, 28, of Vi-
d6r rfehvaihed in very serious -
condition in St. Elizabeth Hos-
pital Wednesday following in-
juries suffered in an accident
at East Texas Pulp and Paper
Co. at Evadale at 9:25 a. m. Sat
urday.
Durant suffered third degree
burns over about 65 percent of
his body from hot liquor escap-
ing from a pipe, plus a head cut
and broken wrist as he jumped
or fell about 15 feet from a
catwalk or walkway, according
to his wife, Mrs. Shirley Durant.
She said her husband felt a
fine spray hit him seconds be-
fore a pipe apparently broke
covering him with hot liquor.
Mrs. Durant said that doc-
tors reported his “output good”
Tuesday night, and his burns
were looking better, but she
said that he was delirious most
of the time and talked con-
stantly. He is not permitted to
have visitors other than mem-
bers of the family.
She said that attending phy-
sicians said most of his burns
appeared to be from heat ra-
ther than chemical bums.
Durant is a second helper in
the recovery unit at Eastex and
was employed there in October
1959, moving there from Oak-
dale, La.
Following the accident he was
brought to Tennison Clinic in
Silsbee in a station wagon. He
received emergency treatment
and was transferred immedi-
ately to St. Elizabeth Hospital
in Beaumont in a Farmer am-
bulance.
Nedies River Takes
Life Of Vidor Boy
Near Evadale
Funeral services for .John
Gilbert Cone, 13-year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Andy M. Cone
of Vidor, were held at 2 p. m.
Wednesday in the Ebenezer
Baptist Church near Colmes-
neil.
Young Cone was the victim
of drowing in the Neches River
at Evadale last Monday about
7:10 p. m. The accident occur-
red at the Highway 98 bridge
while the boy and another of
his brothers were swimming in
the river. His father was on
the bank with a younger son.
According to reports from the
Hardin county Sheriff’s office,
Cone saw his two sons having
trouble in the water and waded
out to them. He maanged to get
one to shore, but lost young
John.
Other persons watching the
drama from shore, hurried a
call to the Evadale Fire De
partment, who, in turn, called
the Silsbee Fire Department
rescue unit. The two fire units,
together with Hardin county
deputies Ira Moore and Doug
Arnold, and many helpful citi-
zens, searched the waters of the
river until 9 p. m. when mem-
bers of the Evadale unit finally
found the body.
Artificial respiration was at-
tempted for a while, but was
finally given up. A Farmer Fu-
neral Home ambulance rushed
the boy to Tennison Clinic in
Silsbee where he was pro-
nounced dead of drowning.
Cone was a sixth grade stu-
dent in the Vidor school. A na-
tive of Woodville, he had lived
in Vidor for the
years.
Rev. J. D. Wooden officiated
at the funeral service. Burial
followed in Ebenezer Cemetery.
Survivors, in addition to his
parents, include four brothers,
Andy Milton, Michael Condard,
Paul Edward and Steve How-
ard, all of Vidor; and his grand-
mothers, Mrs. Jewel Cone of
Vidor and Mrs. elda Morgan
of Houston.
Silsbee Packing
Co. Tigers Win LL
First Half Race
The second half of Little
League play got under way
Monday night with a bang
when the Silsbee Packing Co.
Tigers defeated the East Texas
Transit Mix White Sox in a no-
hit game pUehed by Matt Duv-
kle. In that same game, Deryl
McGallion hit one of the long-
est homeruns this season.
This week is National League
Week. All Little Leaguers are
to wear their uniforms to
Church this Sunday, June 14.
STANDINGS
Majors
W L T
Mrs. Earl McAllister of Flint,
Mich, returned home Tuesday
evening after attending the fu-
neral of her brother-in-law,
John Hartman. Dr. Howard
MeClusky and son Frederick of
Ann Arbor returned Friday
evening and Mrs. MeClusky,
sister of Mr. Hartman, will re-
main in Silsbee for a short time.
Silsbee Packing Co.
Tigers 8 0 1
Hardin County Sav.
& Loan Oilers 5 10
South Hampton
Braves 4 2 0
V. F. W.
Yankees 2 2 1
Hardin Drug
Indians 2 3 1
Lions Club
Colt .45’s 2 4 0
Silsbee Auto Co.
Pirates 150
East Texas Transit Mix
White Sox 0 6 1
Minors
Dixie Queen
Mots 4 2 1
Kiwanis Club
Cubs 330
Jaycee’s
Yanks 330
Best Maid Drive-In
Rams 231
Curry Gulf Service
Colts 2 4 0
Batting Averages
15 or More Times at Bat
AB H Pet.
David Newsum
Oilers 19 10 .526
(Sec Little League, Page 6)
Council Sets Hearing On
Record Budget For June 23
City Manager Kirby Lillje-
dahl presented his record high
proposed budget to the Silsbee
city council at their regular
monthly meeting last Tuesday
night.
The proposal submitted rep-
resents a balanced budget for
the upcoming fiscal year, ac-
cording to Lilljedahl, with the
General Fund revenue and ex-
•eoditwres balanced at $187*-
44 and the Water and Sewer
Fund balanced at $149,700 He
stated that each (hows a mark-
ed increase over the current fis-
cal budget.
In his budget message to the
council, Lilljedahl said that in
order to finance such a pro-
* *4*-
Pierce Oliver, 27, who told
Hardin county sheriff’s depu-
ties that he was from Califor-.
nia and Richard J. Sharpino,
20, of New Orleans, La., were
arrested Monday in Saratoga
for the Sunday night burglary
of Brown’s Service Station in
Saratoga.
Dave Rountree, chief deputy,
said the two men were accused
of entering the station and tak-
ing several cartons of cigar-
ettes, a pistol and about $10 in
change.
Deputy L. C. Kirk made the
arrest. The men were charged
with burglary in the court of
Justice of the Peace C. A. Kim-
ball where they were placed
under $3000 bond each.
Rountree reported that the
past eight two uien believed to be respon-
sible for a rash of house-
breakings across East Texas
had been arrested in Conroe,
Tuesday. He said they slipped
through a trap set for them in
Newton Monday.
The men being held for ques-
tioning by law officers in seven
coutics arc identified as E. W.
Dennis and Charles Allen Na-
gle, home addresses unknown.
The chief deputy said that the
Conroe officers would turn the
men over to Hardin county
Sheriff’s department In the next
few days for questioning about
three burglaries in this county
Rountree said that 18 persons
had been lodged In the Har
din county jail the past wcekj
including the two men in Sara-
toga.
Held in the jail were three
persons for petty theft, one for
felony driving while intoxica-
ted, one for misdemeanor driv-
ing. while, injpxisaicd. two for
traffic violations, two for vag
rancy, two for affray, and five
gram as proposed, the present
tax rate of $1.25 per $100 valu-
ation based on an assessment 35
percent of value, would have to
be maintained. He also stated
that the current rates in the
water and sewer system would
have to be maintained.
According to the city man-
ager, the outsanding increase in
the general fund budget is the
work the city plans to do in re-
building and surfacing streets.
“With the acquisition of
street construction equipment,”
he’said, "over four miles of new
streets are planned during the
1964-65 fiscal year." He added
that over $21,600 is proposed in
the new budget for this pur-
pose, He hopes to maintain this
pace for the next five years,
thus bringing Silsbee’s many
miles of streets up to a main-
tainable level.
Lilljedahl stated that most
of the street work proposed
would be in the Woodrow area
where they have deteriorated
the most. Work is currently in
process on Avenue J in re-
building and surfacing.
Another new item in the bud-
get will be a fund to retire and
replace certain pieces of equip-
ment as that equipment wears
out, he said.
Another item of interest to
many Silsbee residents is the
proposed $1200 increase in the
library funds. The city manager
said that the circulation at the
city library increased 184 per-
cent during 1963 and that funds
from the city had not kept pace.
He added that should this pace
continue additional funds
should be made available in
future years.
A public hearing on the pro-
posed-budget has been set for
Tuesday, June 23, at 7:30 p. m.
in the city council chamber at
the city hall.
In other city business trans-
acted Tuesday night, the coun-
cil accepted the bid from
Johns-Manville for 1800 feet of
six-inch asbestos water pipe at
$1.18 per foot. The pipe will be
(See Council, Page 6)
Lillian Whitman
Still Unconscious
Alter Accident
Lillian Whitman, 23, of Sils-
bee remained in a serious con-
dition in St. Elizabeth Hospital
in Beauont this week- after suf-
fering head injuries in a traffic
accident on Interstate 10 in
Beaumont last Saturday morn-
ing at 5:23 a. m.
Two others in the one-car ac-
cident were Fred Cutrer, 27, of
2006 Eighteenth in Port Neches,
and John Rex Cluck, 23, of 3455
Quinn in Beaumont. Cluck,
who was reported to have been
driving the auto, suffered a
back injury. They were both
reported in satisfactory condi-
tion this week.
Miss Whitman, daughter of
Mrs. Leona Whitman and Virgil
Whitman of Silsbee, was still
unconscious Wednesday but
seemed to be resting pretty well
at night and had been given
nourishment.
Investigating patrolmen M. B.
Day and S. W. Jolly said the
driver apparently lost control
of the car which knocked down
a speed sign, went down the
embankment near the Pine
Street exit, and landed on its
right side next to h Cyclone
fence. All occupants were
thrown out of the car and Miss
Whitman was pinned beneath
the fence.
Miss Whitman is employed
by Gulf Sttaes Utilities Co. in
Beaumont.
9 From SilsbeeTo Attend
Boy Scout Jamboree
Eight local boys and one
adult leader will be part of the
group of 80 from the Trinity-
Neches Council, Boy Scouts of
America, who will leave by
train July 11 to attend the Boy
Scout National Jamboree at
Valley Forge, Pa., being held
July 16-24.
From Troop 88, sponsored by
the First Methodist Church, at-
tending are Joel Allen, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Allen;
Mack Brown, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Brown; James Conner,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Con-
ner; and Randy Wallace, son of
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Wallace.
Representing Sea Explorer
Ship 203, sponsored by the
Silsbee Lions Club, are Lance
Latham, son of Mr. and Mrs.
for being drunk and disorderly. Wesley Latham; John Meyers,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Mey-
ers Sr.; Brad Norvell, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Norvell;
Russell Wright, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Wright; and Stuart
Lee, son of Mrs. Mary Ann Lee
and Jim Lee.
Joe Hignett, scoutmaster of
Troop 88, will be scoutmaster
of one of the two troops organ-
ized from this area for the trip.
Latham, Meyers, Allen, Norvell
and Wright along with 13 other
boys from the area will be ju-
nior leaders at the jamboree,
which will be attended by over
55,000 boys and adult leaders
from every state in the Union
and several foreign countries.
The Trinity - Neches group
will be divided into two jam-
boree troops of approximately
Carol McWhorter
Wins Highest
Honor At Lamar
Miss Carol Andcss McWhor-
ter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ira V. McWhorter of Silsbee,
graduated with the highest
honors of any graduate in the
School of Education at the 12th
annual commencement of La-
mar State College of Technolo-
gy in Beaumont recently.
Miss McWhorter has accep-
ted a position as teacher in Sils-
bee schools next year and will
(See McWhorter, Page 2)
each. They will travel by train
to and from the jamboree. Their
trip will include a tour of the
United Nations, a New York
Yankee baseball game, sight-
seeing in New York and Phila-
delphia. and trips to other his-
toric sights in the Northeast.
At the jamboree itself, em-
phasis will be placed on patri-
otism and world friendship.
The highlight of this emphasis
will be on July 18 with a re-
lnactmcnt of George Washing-
ton’s historic winter at Valley
Forge. On that same day,
which has been declared
American Heritage Day, there
will be a nationwide observ-
ance by Scouts which will in-
clude local camporees, cook
outs, and other events.
On the return trip the group
will leave Valley Forge on July
24 and arrive in Beaumont
July 26.
Crippled Children
Group To Meet
The Hardin County Society
for Crippled Children and
Adults will meet tonight
(Thursday) at 7:30 in the
county health office of the
courthouse in Kountze.
Mrs. Jess Odom, president,
will preside at the election of
officers and will hear commit-
tee reports. The public is in-
37 boys and three adult leaders vited, Mrs. Thelma Smith said.
Way Cleared For Bids On
New Downtown Parking Lot
“The way is finally clear to
receive bids on construction of
the parking lot.” Rayford Bird-
well, chairman of the commit-
SECOND
PRIMARY
RUNOFF
RESULTS
Pool
Baker
Kirkpatrick
Lack
Moore
Overstret
Payne
Caraway
Cotton
Fields
Kountze
406 |
532 !
365 j
714
289 |
808 |
i
1 1
Silsbee
1170 |
1374 j 1121 |
1598
1558 |
1203 |
1174
| 1591
1 . 1
Caney Head
73 |
. 85 |
57 1
135
82 i
115 1
53
| 142
Chance-Loeb
314 1
302 |
218 I
440 ! 197 |
466 j
Plank
20 1
34 )
24 j
38
11 i
51 j
1
Village Mills
34 |
45 |
32 j
61
11 !
80 j
!
! 1
Honey Island
50 |
85 i
51
112
11 1
154 !
1,
Thicket
34 !
37 |
16 !
92
17 |
94 r
1 rig1
81
Votaw
351
,i 44 |
28 i
~6T
6
88 ]
{
i ti.
.55
Saratoga
114
179
110
269
90 i
30i 7
J -'l 231
161
Bats’on
56 j
155 |
90 I
148
43 1
209 j
TW
137
Sour Lake
179 |
250 )
191
260
■ 104 !
355 )
1(
1*' !
Grayburg
25
40 1
34 1
37 |
25 |
48
]
h: 1
Absentee
193 |
272 [
319,1
294
413 j
253 |
213
! 124 r 46
26
TOTAL
2703!)
■ ■>
3434 j
2656 !
4260
2857 i 4225 -j>1440
1 1857 4. 462 j 460
tee for the city parking lot, said
Tuesday.
He was referring to the final
removal of the last of the large
chunks of concrete from the
middle of the city park in
downtown Silsbee.
They were the chief cause
Library Officers
To Be Elected Al
Board Meeting
The annual meeting of the
board of trustees of the Silsbee
Public Library will be held at,
7:30 p. m. at the library, Mon-
day, June 15 Election of offi-
cers for the ensuing year and
the annual reports of officers
will be the order of business,
according to Mrs. Jim R. Sims,
president. /
A special invitation is ex-
tended to former trustees,
presidents^ of sponsoring or-
zations, alternate repress-
es to the board, city offi- dren will aim go to Gertm
, and all interested to at-
this meeting, Mrs. Sims
of delay, he stated, since they
were bulky and no work could
be carried out until they were
moved.
The concrete came from the
old dump in the park which
formerly was the foundation of
a Harvey House. The dump wag
leveled early in May and the
dirt and concrete chunks left in
a pile in the park.
Birdwell said that most of the
dirt will be used for fill and in
leveling the parking lot base.
He stated that bids will be
accepted at Birdwell'* Depart-
ment Store within the next two
weeks for the construction of
the 89-space asphalted lot.
Work will be started as soon
as the contracts can be signed
after the bids are opened, he
added.
Sp/5 William C. Pharria,
serving with the 36th Infantry
Division of the U. J5. Army in
Germany is now home on leave
with his wife and children of
Rounte 1, Silsbee. He will re-
turn to Germany later this
month and his wife and chil-
this month. His daughter, Pa-
tricia, is with the Marine Corps
stattooed in Pensacola Ha.
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