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THE SlLSBEE BEE
VOLUME 46
SlLSBEE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1964
10c PER COPY
NUMBER 7
MONDAY, APRIL 20
TrusteesTo Meet With Local
Taxpayers For Building Talk
School trustees were due to brief discussion followed on
review the first plans for two raising the head coaches salary.
new high schools proposed for
construction later this year,
a called meeting Wednesday
night.
Architect George Ingram no-
tified the board Tuesday that
he had finished the preliminary
layouts of the much needed
buildings. He told the BEE
Tuesday that the estimated
cost of construction would be
lower per student than any
other recently constructed
school unit in the Southeast
Texas area.
A petition calling for a $1,-
500,000 school bond election on
Saturday, May 23, vitas being
circulated this week by school
board members. According to
state law, at least 20 valid sig-
natures are required on such
petition to call the election.
J. E. "Pete” Farmer, board
member, said that all of the
trustees were trying to get as
many names on their petitions
as possible to have a good
cross-section of the voters.
The new buildings include i
34 room unit located on a 15
acre tract just north of the
Silsbee High baseball field, and
a 14 room unit on the grounds
of Frank Robinson school.
These rooms are actual
teaching stations and include
labs, shops, etc. Libraries and
combination gym - auditoriums
are extra.
The public has been invited
to a special meeting next Mon-
day, April 20, at the Silsbee
High cafeteria at 7:30 p. m. to
hear board members explain in
detail the proposed building
program. On Wednesday, April
22, the school board will meet
with all the major taxpayers to
ekpianr the why’s an* possttrty
the wherefore’s to that group.
At the regular monthly bust
ness meeting last Wednesday
night, the board canvassed the
returns from the April 4 school
trustee election and swore in
two of the three returning
members. A total of 210 per-
sons voted in the election. J. E.
Farmer with 209 votes and Alf
Fullingim with 208, were
sworn in by board secretary
C. R. Baker. Dr. George Tenni-
son with 209 votes was absent
from the meeting due to an in-
jury received. All three men
were uncontested in their bid
for re-election.
Re-organization of the board
was postponed until Tennison
could be present and sworn in
AH teachers whose contracts
expire at the end of the present
school year were rehired on the
recommendation of Supt. Don
L. Hough. All of the eligible
teachers and personnel were
given two-year contracts. A
Elementary School
P-TA Officers To Be
Insfalldd Tuesday
Mrs. Jack Shepherd and Mrs.
N. G. Ferrell will be installed
as PTA presidents of. Read-
Turrentine and Kirby Elemen-
tary Schools at a joint meeting
to be held Tuesday afternoon at
3:30 in the Read - Turrentine
cafetorium. Mrs. Stuart Smith
will be installing officer.
Other officers to be installed
at Read-T’urrentine are: Mrs.
Zach Tayhwr. Mrs. W. E. Al-
brecht, Mrs. Flo Stark, vice
presidents: * Mrs. Bill Sellers,
secretary; Mrs. Bob McClel-
land, treasurer; Mrs. H. B. Cou-
ture, historian; Mrs. H. L.
Lackey, parliamentarian.
Mrs. N. G. Ferrell is presi-
dent-elect at Kirby. Others to
Head Coach Ray MCGallion,
currently in the second year of
a three year contract had asked
the board for a salary increase.
He is earning $7533 per year,
according to Supt. Hough. All
the trustees were in favor of
the raise but they said that ad-
ministrators salaries would
have to be increased in line
with the coach’s. They took no
formal action on the matter,
but postponed the salary ques
tion until later so that it could
be placed in the new budget.
Four new teaching positions
were approved for the next
school year, all in high school.
New stations will be created
for English, Math-science, in
dustrial arts and homcmaking.
Transfers from the Chance-
Loeb school district in the top
three grades were discussed
Drowning Victims’ Rites
To Be Held On Friday
Funeral services for Mrs.
Evelyn Thomas and her four-
year-old son, Darrell G u s
Thomas, will be held at Old
Hardin Cemetery south of
Kountze Friday afternoon at 2
o’clock. The bodies are sched-
uled to arrive in Silsbee Thurs-
day night.
Mrs. Thomas, her husband,
Weldon E. Thomas, 40, and
their son were three of five
persons from the Dallas area
who drowned when a boat cap-
sized in Lake Tawakoni in
Northeast Texas Sunday. Three
children, including their daugh-
ter, Janie, were rescued from
the wind-swept waters.
Funeral services for Mrs.
Thomas and her son will first
be held at Malcolm Holcombe
Funeral Home on Lake June
Road in Dallas this afternoon
(Thursday) at 2 p. m. Then the
bodies will be shipped to Sils-
morning and should it be re- Josie Haynes, lives in Silsbee.
covered before the time of the
scheduled funeral services for
Mrs. Thomas and Darrell Gus
the services will be delayed.
Also drowned in the tragedy
were Mrs. Ivan Tipton, about
30; and Jimmy Thompson, 40.
Thomas was the only brother
of H. A. Thomas, owner of
Thomas Auto Service on Farm
Road 418 in Silsbee. For many
years they lived in Honey Is-
land where they operated a
service station and garage.
Mrs. Thomas is survived by
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Jones of Silsbee; two daughters,
Mrs. Rene Shoehorn and Miss
Jamie Thomas, both of Dallas;
a son, Elbert, stationed in Cali-
fornia with the Navy; five sis-
ters: Mrs. Juanita Shepherd of
Buna, Mrs. Patsy Gage of
Lakeview, Mich., Mrs. Sue
Rhodes of Kountze, Mrs. Gladys
thoroughly. Hough said that 170
students are currently attend-
ing the Silsbee High school
from Cance-Loeb with an in
crease probable next year. At
present, a $75 tuition is charged
for each of the students. Cost to
the local district is $103.72
which leaves a $28.72 deficit
taken out of the local revenue.
Trustees voted to continue to
accept the transfers but to in-
crease the tuition to $125 which
will cover the increasing costs
of educating the high school
students.
After a short discussion on
the purpose and effect of the
summer recreation program,
the board voted to cancel it for
the coming summer. Concensus
of the members was that the
program had degenerated into
a “free-for-all” with very little
real good obtained.
The superintendent submit-
ted a calendar for the coming
school year to the board for its
approval. First day of classes
will be Tuesday, Sept. 1. A holi-
day will be taken the following
Monday for Labor Day.
Thanksgiving holidays will fall
on Thursday and Friday, Nov.
26 and 27. School will let out
for the traditional Christinas
vacation on Monday, Dec. 21
and reconvene on Monday, Jan.
4. The first semester will end
Jan. 15 and take up again
for the second semester on Jan.
18. The Easter holidays will be
Thursday, April 15 through
Monday, April 19. Graduation
and Awards Day will be Fri-
day, May 28.
Hough said that the required
175 days of instruction are pro-
vided in the calendar, and 178
bee for burial at Old Hardih Frankie Simpson of Houston;
Friday. B
The body of Thomas had not
recovered Wednesday
California and Dalton Jones offti*
Austin. Her grandmother, Mrs.
Three Cases Heard
In County Court
The Past Week
Three cases were heard in
the Hardin county court of
Judge Fletcher Richardson the
past week.
On April 10, C. L. Bean,
Deweyville, was fined $10 and
court costs for not having a
valid license on his commercial
fishing boat. ft
The same day, Emmett Han-
cock, Kountze, was fined $1.00
and court costs for passing a
hot check.
Bobby Segrest, of Silsbee and
Port Arthur, was sentenced to
30 days in the county jail on
April 13, and fined the court
costs for contributing to the de-
linquency of a minor.
Service 4 Sales Co.
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IT’S CIRCUS TIME’
Curtain Goes Up Friday On
15th Lions Variety Show
A circus of fun and -good ety of acts with singing, danc-
hometown entertainment will
highlight the 15th annual Lions
Variety Show tomorrow night
(Friday) with nationally known
singer and entertainer Ray
Frushay leading the way.
“It’s Circus Time,” the theme
of the presentation this year,
will open the curtains at 8 p. m.
sharp in the Silsbee High audi-
torium with a fanfare by the
Silsbee High orchestra, under
the direction of Melvin Winger.
Show director Jerry Jolly
said that preshow ticket sales
had passed the 250 mark, and
he was looking for a sellout
crowd at the box office Friday
night.
A total of i3 acts will be fea-
tured with Frushay in the last
spot, traditionally given to the
star performer. The entertain-
ment will run through a vari-
ing, pantomine, humor, as well
as a variety of , instrumentals,
according to Jolly.
G. W. Gilchriest will be the
announcer and furnish his usu-
al fine humor between the acts.
ous projects of the Silsbee Lions
club.
Jolly announced that the fi-
nal dress rehearsal for the show
will be held tonight (Thurs-
day) at 7:30 at the high school
auditorium. He requested that
Proceeds from the variety all Lions and performers taking
show will be used in the vari-lpart in the show be present.
Sour Lake Negro Is
Charged In Shooting
CAYCE MOORE BIG SUCCESS
400Attend Annual
C of C Banquet
An estimated 400 people en-
joyed a juicy steak and the
choice humor of featured
speaker Cayce Moore of Hearne
at the annual Silsbee Chamber
of Commerce banquet Tuesday
night.
Only a few spotted vacancies
remained when the near-capa-
city crowd jammed into the ju-
nior high cafeteria. According
to ticket sales chairman Paul
Georgas, over 450 tickets were
sold. Almost half of that num-
ber went to out-of-town guests
of the Chamber.
Retiring president Frank R.
Grote introduced the guest
speaker, a nationally known
humorist and philosopher from
Hearne. Moore was immedi-
ately accepted with rousing ap-
plause and laughter as he mix-
ed fun with a bit of serious
philosophy.
New officers seated at the
banquet included C. R. Baker,
president; Victor Norvell, vice
president; and Mrs. Aline Mc-
Bryde, secretary. New Cham-
ber of Commerce directors for
the coming year include John
Fordinal, J. E. Farmer, V. O.
Holmes, Richard Jones and
Robert Neyland.
Brief News Items...
Of Local and Personal Interest
- Mrs. Leona Whitman, Phone EV 5-3731
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Yoksh
were called to Shreveport Sun-
extra holiday is provided dur- day due to the serious illness of
two brothers: James Jones of tag the Easter period in case Mrs. Yoksh’s mother, Mrs.
Nunn of Cfcamwlvtaw sad Mrs. days for teacher’s salaries. An
school has to dismiss for Bonner. Mrs. Tommy Hare and
Tigers Control District Meet;
Take First In 8 Of 14 Events
The Silsbee Tigers set a tor- in the pole vault. Walker, Tiger points (78 points behind Sils-
quarterback last season, was
not expected to finish in first
place.
Defending champion Neder-
land finished third with 95
rid pace and won going away,
49 points ahead of second place
Orange, in the District 9-AAA
annual track and field meet
held here last Saturday. They
took first place in eight of 14
events.
Silsbee, with 172% points,
captured individual high point
honors when Paul Johnson tal-
lied 35 points, taking firsts in
high hurdles, low hurdles,
broad jump and was a mem-
ber of the first place 440 yard
relay team.
Clyde Drake ran Johnson
close second with 29 points. He
took first place in the 220 yard
dash, tied for fjrst in the high Monday, April 21, from 7:30-
Hifa 9:30 p. m. in the League head-
quarters at 1475 Calder.
At this time, members of the
League will have paintings in
various media for sale. Some
Art League To
Hold Showing In
Beaumont Monday
In an effort to put original
pieces of art into homes, the
Beaumont Art League is hav-
ing “Art in Action Night” on
. ump at 5-9 with touted Steve
Daniels of Orange, and ran
leg of the winning 440 yard
relay and mile relay.
In another surprise that
broke the district record Ger-
ald Walker and Sammy Ash-
worth tied at 12 feet, 5'/j inches
vadale Wins 53-B
rack Meet Monday
Evadale amassed 218 points
and completely dominated track
and field events to win the Dis-
trict 53-B track championship
held at Kirby Stadium in Silk
bee Tuesday.
High Island was second in
team point standings with 132.
Eight meet records were bro-
ken. Evadale’s Stan Beasley
ran a 2:14.1 in the 880 yard run
led at Kirby are: Mrs. for a new mark while Bill
Whitsite erased the mile run
be install'
Ray Hardison, Mrs. W. J. De-
rouen, vice presidents; Mrs.
A. A. Callaway, secretary; Mrs.
Charles King, treasurer; Mrs.
Trey Greenwood, historian;
Mauripe Hobbs', parliamentari-
an. jMELj
Political Rally
To Bo Tonight
Al (hame-loob
The Ladies Auxiliary of the
Chance-Loeb Civic Club will
sponsor a political rally tonight
(Thursday) at 7:90 o’clock in
time with a 5:12.1.
Other record falling included
marks in the 440 yard relay
(Evadale), Mile relay (High Is-
land), discus, (Carl Moss, Eva-
dale) shot put, (David Hansen, w
Sabine Pass); pole vault (Felix $5.oo £r year.'
Harrington, High Island) and
the broad jump (Monty Bal-
lard, Sabine Pass).
of the paintings will be framled
and ready for hanging. '
During “Art in Action Night,’’
Robert Madden, assistant pro-
fessor on the art faculty of
Lamar Tech will be conducting
class. This will give the public
an opportunity to see artists at
work.
On exhibit in the League gal-
lery will be the Lamar Print
Show done by students at Tech,
under the direction of Robert
O'Neil, assistant professor at
Lgmar and Mrs. Myrtle Kerr.
On display in the League’s
rental gallery will be a number
of more expensive paintings
which may be rented by the
month or purchased with the
rental fee applied to the pur-
chase price.
Due to past inquiries, Mrs.
Roy Batchelor, League presi-
dent, states that there is never Martha Elizabeth Singletary,
an admission fee required of Dean’s List, sophomore mer-
the public to view art on dis- chandising major, daughter of
play. Only persons who partjci- Mr. and Mrs. Tom R. Single-
pate in League activities are tary, 835 North 8th Street.
any cause such as storm, epi- Oehe Yoksh made the trip to
demic, etc. Shreveport with their parents.
Mrs. Yoksh remained with her
mother, who underwent emer
gency surgery Sunday night,
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sanders
and Mrs. Virginia Brown at'
tended funeral services in De-
Riddcr Monday for Mr. San-
ders’ nephew, Jeff Harper, 59.
Mrs. Marion Walton of Fort
Worth spent last weekend in
Silsbee visiting in the home of
her parents, Supt. and Mrs.
Don L. Hough.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Grimes of
Kirbyville viisted Saturday in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed-
ward Boyett and family.
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Daniel
and Mrs. Wiinford A. Barclay
visited last week in Anglcton
in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Melvin Daniel and family.
Miss Lovis Miller received
word last week of the death of
her uncle, Fred A. Dulaney of
Carthage. Mr. Dulaney was a
former resident of this efty and
was a retired Santa Fe em-
ployee.
Mrs. Edith Yankie and son,
Wayne, visited over the week-
end in Kirbyville in the home
of Mrs. George Claude.
Mrs. Betty Northcutt and son
and Mrs. Frank Hooks return-
ed home Friday after visiting
several weeks in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Troy West in
Canton, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. 0. R. Sher-
brook and children of Lake
Jackson visited over the week-
end in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Wesley J. Jackson and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Willey and
children of Nederland visited
Saturday in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. I. R. Brownlee.
Mrs. R. P. Owens is confined
to Baptist Hospital in Beau-
mont for treatment.
Mrs. Lee Roy Hanzel and
children visited relatives in
Conroe Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller of
Oma^a, Texas, visited over the
weekend in the home of Miss
Chamber of Commerce ban-
quet.
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Hatton of
Warren visited Sunday in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil L.
Caraway.
bee); Vidor was fourth with 68,
Jasper fifth with 20%, and
Bridge City sixth lylth 12.
Nederland's Billy Joe Orr set
a hew district record in the
880 yard run or 2:02.0 to beat
the mark set by Silsbcc’s Rich
ard Ratliff in 1961 of 2:03.1. In
the mile run Vidor’s Gene Al-
len broke his own record of
4:43.1 set last year with 4:36.3.
Other Tiger point-makers arc
listed in the Tiger Rag in sec-
tion two of this BEE.
Junior High Meet
Last Saturday Silsbee Junior
High eighth and ninth grade
trackmen both took third place
in the District 18-J meet held
in Purple Stadium in Beau-
mont. The Tigers amassed 68
points, behind Bowie 75 and
MacArthur 219.
required to pay a membership
Pony League To
Elect Officers
the Chance-Loeb School.
Candidates for county and
state offices have been invited
to express views and platforms
for the May 2 primary election.
fCoffee will be served to the
adults and a free movie will be
available for tb* children.
The Silsbee Pony League will
meet Friday at 7:30 p. m. in the
Industrial Welding building to
elect officers, make plans and
organize for the new baseball
season.
W. E. Anderson, president,
invites all mothers and fathers,
who have boys pla| mg ta Pony
League, to be present at this
igtajPUg -rwifsSf*>.
Keith Wingfield
Gels Appointment
To Graduate School
Keith Wingfield, son of Mrs.
M. D. Jordan Jr. of Silsbee, has
been notified at A&M Univer-
sity that he has been appointed
to the graduate school of that
institution. He will continue his
work there after his graduation
in August and work on a mas-
ter’s degree in engineering.
Keith is a graduate of Silsbee
High School.
Beth Singletary
On Dean's List Al
Texas Woman's U.
Denton, Texas—The names
of those Texas Woman’s Uni-
versity students achieving high
scholastic averages for the fall
semester have been announced
by Dr. James Newcomer, dean
of faculty and graduate stu-
dents.
Students earning a perfect
3.0 average on the “A” list and
those earning a 2.3 or better
average are on the Dean’s List.
A Silsbee student.recognized:...
for her scholastic attainment is Lovis Miller.
I. R. Brownlee attended the
annual Quarter Century Club
meeting of the Texas Company
in Port Arthur Thursday. He
is a retired Texas Company
employee.
A. L. Tucker is confined to
St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beau-
mont for treatment.
W. B. Miller of Temple, a
former resident of Sjilsbee, visi-
ted his sister, Miss Ixivis Miller,
Mrs. Alma Hall and daugh-
ter, Joyce, and Renee Hall of
Houston visited relatives here
over the weekend and attended
the wedding of Miss Barbara
Ann Doyle and Rev. Thomas
Wesley Jackson in Starks, La.
Seizure Is Fatal To
Beaumonler On
Construction Here
Funeral services for Law-
rence Royc, 52, of 1279 Oregon,
Beaumont, were held at 9 a. m.
Monday in Assumption Catho-
lic Church with burial in Forest
Lawn Cemetery.
Carroll - Wallace Funeral
Home was in charge of ar-
rangements.
Royc was dead on arrival at
Hotel Dicu Hospital at 9:15
a. m. Friday after suffering an
apparent heart attack while
working on a plywood plant in
Silsbee for Kirby Lumber
Corp.
W. S. Bellows Construction
Co. of Houston, for whom Royc
worked, is constructing the
plant.
Roye was a native of Duson,
La., and a Beaumont resident
for 40 years. He was a member
of Assumption Catholic Church
and Carpenters Local 573.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Eunice Roye of Beaumont;
two daughters, Mrs. Jean Istrc
of Savanhah, Ga., and Mrs.
Hunts-
Elijah Barnes, Negro from
Sour Lake, is being held in the
Hardin County jail without
bond for the Sunday morning
shooting death of Sam McElroy,
also a Negro from Sour Lake.
Barnes was charged hefore
Justice of the Peace J. M. Bow-
man with murder with a .22
caliber pistol last Sunday. He
was denied bond and placed in
the county jail to await a hear-
ing before the Grand Jury.
According to Chief Deputy
Dave Rountree, Barnes shot
McElroy near his home in. Sour
Lake early Sunday morning.
He was apprehended later that
morning by sheriff’s deputies.
Both of the men were sup-
posedly sawmill transient
sawmill workers and were at
the time of the shooting, em-
ployed at a tie mill near Sour
Lake. Both were originally
from Arkansas, according to
Rountree.
Other persons held at the
Classroom Teachers
Hear Speakers
From Credit Union
county jail during the past
week included three for felony
driving while intoxicated, one
for serious threat, two for af-
fray, one simple assault, one
drunk in car, two traffic and
one for enticing a minor.
Rountree said that 13 persons
were held at the jail for being
drunk and disorderly.
Georgas,
Fordinal Are
Sworn In
City council met briefly last
Thursday afternoon at a called
meeting to canvass the vote
from last week’s city election
and to administer the oath of
office to the two new council-
mcn and one returnee.
The council counted 1187
votes cast in the election which
made it the largest vote ever
for city officials.
H. C. Hopkins, the only re-
elected member of the city
council, officially received 773
votes. Paul Georgas received
666 and John J. Fordinal polled
575, as reported in last week's
BEE.
After canvassing the votes
and approving the voting lists,
Turrentine Elementary School. C^^lln^nllenox Hawthorne
Also appearing on the program
was Supt. Don Hough and Mrs.
Wilfred Long and H. D. Pca-
vey of the Teachers Credit
Union of Beaumont were Mon-
day afternoon guest speakers
for the Silsbee Classroom
Teachers Association when they
met in the cafetorium at Read-
Darrell Shine, who sang “The
Hills of Home” and “Without a
room Teachers.
A brief business meeting pre-
ceded the introduction of the
guest speakers during which a
nominating committee was ap-
pointed to select candidates for
election to offices for the com-
ing year. Serving on the com-
mittee are Mrs. Ermine Van-
derburg of Kirby Elementary,
Harold Gardner of Silsbee High
School, Mrs. Hannah Robinson
of Read-Turrentine Elementary
and Mrs. Jean Ratchford of the
Junior High School.
Following expanatory re-
ifnarks by Mr. Hough, who
welcomed the speakers, the
representatives of the Credit
Union spoke briefly to the as-
sembly, pointing 'out that all
teachers in the Silsbee system
are eligible to become members
of the Credit Union on a per-
sonal basis.
Long noted in his remarks
that the Union was founded in
1952 for members of the South
Park System and it was later
extended to include Lamar
Tech and the Beaumont School
System. At present the Hardin
County schools, East Chambers
and Fannett are eligible. At the
present time approximately
$1,200,000 is included in the
Union’s holdings. Long explain-
ed the inner workings of the
Union and noted that free life
iHnn«nbA rrv°fKVnneth in*urah«8 was also offered up
SA"iA£S;“!ir .«*-»«'«'««* *»»««•
of Beaumont, and James Alford
Roye of Huntsville; three bro-
thers, Raymond Roye of Beau-
mont, Abra Roye of Savannah
and Voorhies Roye of Crowley,
La.; two sisters, Mrs. Adolph
Grimes of Jennings, * La,, and
Mrs. Theo LeComp of Lake Ar-
thur, La._ ,
Saturday Evanfs
To End Libraiy
Week Activities
National Library Week is be-
ing observed this week by the
local library.
Open house was held Monday
night. Second grader* from the
elementary schools have made
tours of the library this waak.
A story hour by Miss Merrle
Sims and a puppet show by
Derry Tult will be held at 10
a. m. Saturday.
“Read More in ’84” is the
Tuesday and attended the slogan.
H. D. Peavey, treasurer of
the Union, emphasized that the
Credit Union was organized as
a co-op and that each member
has a vote. Depositors are re
quired to deposit at least $5
and not over $8,000. Peavy also
re-stated Long's definition that
“a credit union is a group of
people with a common bond of
interest, operating as a co-op.
He noted thst it was a non-
profit organization and that all
revenues are paid back in the
form of dividends at the close
of the year.
•We carry more than 12 mil-
lion dollars insurance on our
members,” he said. He fur her
stressed that it was • thrift and
service organization.
Light refreshments were
served members of the local
teachers organization and their
guests prior to the meeting
. _-•-—
Mrs. Minnie Greer has been
returned to the home of her
iflpb Mrs. George Hart, after
undergoing surgery in St.
Elizabeth Hospital in Beau-
mont.
aside from the council table
and their places were taken by
Georgas and Fordinal. The new
Jaycees To Sponsor Political Rally
A giant, old-fashioned politi-
cal “rally has been tentatively
set for downtown Silsbee on
Saturday, April 25 at 2 p. m..
according to Warren Bower,
president of the Silsbee .Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
The Jaycees, who are plan- seekers have already voiced a
ning the event, plan to send in-
vitations to all candidates for
local, county and state offices
affected by the first democratic
primary election on Saturday,
May 2. Several of the office
tentative acceptance to attend
the rally.
Bower said that approval has
been obtained from the city to
hold the speech-fest in the City
Park.
He added that everyone in
^Bpea is invited to attend the
rally and hear the candidates
argue why they should receive
your vote on the following Sat-
urday.
Clanahan.
Neither Hawthorne nor Jack-
son had filed for re-election.
The mayor welcomed the
new councilmcn to the city
government and, in a brief
ceremony, charged them with
the duties and responsibilities
of the office.
First official business trans-
acted by the new city council
was to award the contract for
the city’s gasoline and oil sup-
ply for the coming year to
Steinhagen Oil Company. Bids
were accepted from all of Sils-
bcc’s oil products distributors
three weeks ago. Steinhagen
was lqw with 12.97c bid on the
gasoline and similar low bids
on the oil.
All of the road building
equipment recently bought in
used condition from Summer-
ville Construction Company has
been delivered,, according to
Kirby Lilljeduhl, city manager.
Some of the equipment, such as
grader and front-end loader arc
now in use knocking off the
high shoulders on many of the
city’s streets. Lilljedahl said
that with the coming of good
weather, the city will likely
start rebuilding some of the
streets that are in the worst
condition in the near future.
Work on the new sewage dis-
posal plant in the northwest
corner of the city is at a stand-
still, according to the city man-
ager. He said that the ground
is still too wet in the area to
hold the heavy equipment
needed for construction. He
added that work on the collec-
tion system covered by the re-
cent federal grant has been
started and equipment ta now
being gathered here t+ Ms
completion. The main transmis-
sion line to the new plant
should be started within two
weeks, he said. *,
JayteMei
The Jaycettes met '
night in the clubroom
Tommy C
F. Sanford
din County Savingi
with Mrs.
and Mrs. R
esses. i
Committees were
as follows:
Mrs. Chari
Don Rench
R. F. Sanford,
rey and Mary Larry H
constitution and by laws,7
Harold Bean and Mrs.
Worley, publicity.
Mbs. Helen Gonzalez, State
vice president, was guest
speaker. She discussed the pur-
pose and fundamentals of the
club.
The next meeting will be
April 28 at 7:30 p. m. in the
Hardin County Savings and
Loan botkitag. A slate of offi-
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