The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 12, 1964 Page: 2 of 14
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THE SILSBEE BEE
Thursday, Xaveembrr 12, 1964
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Entered under a second class mailing permit April 10,
1919, at the Post Office at Silsbee, Texas, under the Act of
March 3, 1879
Published every Thursday at 410 Highway 96, Silsbee,
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Austin—Gov. John Connally members of the Texas Legisla-
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DAVID READ angH. L. READ
TOMMY READ
MRS. LEONA WHITMAN
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HAROLD LEIGH
MRS. RUTH STIRLING
JAMES JOHNSON_
CHARLES GREEN__
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remains the dominant figure on
the statehouse scene. He re-
ceived over 1,800,000 votes in
the general election, to lead the
Democratic ticket.
An overwhelming
of Texas voters liked the Demo
ticket headed by native son
Pres. Lyndon Baines Johnson.
Republicans were left with
little to be encouraged about.
However GOP leaders insisted
their party has "the seal and
spirit to make a fast comeback"
and will begin the 1966 cam-
paign immediately.
Statisticians for the two po-
litical parties have gone to
ture.
Makeup of the Legislature in
general remains conservative-
moderate. Leadership will con-
tinue in the hands of Lt. Gov.
majority Preston Smith and House
Speaker Byron Tunnell The
latter is assured another term
as speaker on strength of mem-
ber pledges. (
Texas voters also approved
all three state constitutional
amendments on the ballot.
In so doing they knocked out
legislative authority to trans-
fer one percent of the perma-
nent school fund to the avail-
able school fund; authorized
work to explain the tremen- the Legislature to enact a pro
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R. E. Barclay, Henry
Shellies Named
To Baptist Boards
Two Baptist pastors from
Silsbee and vicinity were elec-
ted to influential state Baptist
boards by messengers to the
Baptist General Convention of
Texas meeting in Corpus Chris-
ti, Nov. 3-5.
Rev, R. E, Barclay, pastor of
Silsbee First Baptist Church,
was elected as a new trustee
for the Baptist Hospital of
Southeast Texas in Beaumont,
tist Church near Silsbee was
elected as a new member of the
influential 192-member Texas
Baptist Executive Board.
The election came during the
Thursday morning session of
the three-day state Baptist con-
vention in Corpus Christi.
The 192-member board is
composed of pastors, laymen
and women from throughout
the state. It meets four times a
year to conduct the denomina-
tion’s business between annual
sessions.
The board’s primary purpose
is to promote all phases of Tex-
as Baptist missions both at
home and abroad, and to teach,
enlist and train in Christian
dous Democratic sweep of Tex-
as. One logical explanation of
Johnson’s landslide simply was
that 400,000 more Texans than
ever before appeared at the
polls. And apparently they
were about all Democrats.
Turnout was some 88 percent of
the qualified voters, also a new
record in this century in Texas.
President Johnson received
64 percent of the 2,700,000 Tex-
as votes cast (to 36 percent for
gram of medical aid to the aged
not on welfare rolls but having
difficulty paying their doctor
bills; and required bills cre-
ating or substantially altering
conservation and reclamation
districts to be published in
newspapers and cleared by
Texas Water Commission.
LBJ AT HOME — President
Johnson closed out his cam
paign and celebrated his land
slide victory in the
Sen. Barry Goldwater). This Texas congressional district
represented the largest total in where he got his political start.
one of eight hospitals owned service and stewardship in all
and operated by Texas Baptists.
As a trustee he will have a part
in setting the operating policies
for the hospital.
Rev. Henry Shettles, pastor
areas of life.
Members of the board serve
as representatives for more
than 1.7 million Baptists who
are members of the denomina-
a presidential raee since the
late Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 71
percent margin for a fourth
term in 1944.
Sen. Ralph Yarborough de-
feated GOP candidate George
Bush by carrying nearly 56
percent of the total. But Bush
got more votes than any pre-
vious Texas Republican candi-
date for senator. The Houston
oilman was the first GOP sen-
ate candidate to rack up more
than a million votes.
Republicans, although better
organized and financed than
ever, lost every statewide and
congressional race and all leg-
islative races except one. GOP
Frank Cahoon of Midland won.
In the scramble the Republi-
cans lost two congressmen,
Bruce Alger of Dallas and Ed
of the Fletcher Emanuel Bap- tion’s 3,908 churches in Texas. Foreman of Odessa, and nine had failed to transfer their poll
Final speech of his nation
wide vote hunt was made to
100,000 at an Austin rally in
front of the State Capitol.
He voted at his old precinct
in Johnson City on election
day.
Johnson returned to Austin
to make his first statement to
the nation after the election—
a call for American unity and
a pledge to work for a govern-
ment offering equal opportuni-
ties to all.
CHANGES — Some Texans
learned to their dismay that, if
they had moved from one
county to another within the
last six months, they lost their
right to vote.
Others found that if they had
moved from one precinct to an-
other in the same county, but
taxes by the Thursday before
election, they had lost the right
to vote.
These situations naturally led
to talk of making changes in
the law or of lawsuits to set
aside the laws which cut off
rights to vote on technicalities.
SALT WATER — District
Judge Herman Jones heard
three days of evidence as to
whether the Texas Railroad
Commission or the Texas Wa-
theter Pollution Control Board
should regulate the disposal of
the salt water which comes to
the surface in oil and gas wells.
Oilmen contend It should be
wholly under the Railroad
Commission. Users of surface
and ground water contend that
the new Pollution Control
Board has the authority, and
Nov. 7, 1964
Letter to the Editor:
Please accept our thanks for
the coverage you gave to the
recently concluded campaign,
and to those of you who en-
,, dorsed the candidacy of Presi-
should exercise it, to prevent dent Lyndon B. Johnson, our
wilt Prte®l2L
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Look for more of our AG specials Thurs-
day in the Enterprise and Journal
pollution.
After filing on briefs and
oral arguments, Jones will
reach a decision about Nov. 20
COURTS SPEAK — Nation-
al chain loan companies got
the word they wanted from
the Texas Supreme Court.
It upheld lower court deci-
sions that an effort by the Leg-
islature to restrict non-Texas
companies from opening new
loan offices in Texas was clear-
ly unconstitutional.
Small Texas firms had con-
vinced the Legislature that
Central loan licenses should be issued
only to companies owned at
least 51 percent by Texans. But
the court said that is not valid,
under both state and federal
constitutions
On request of Uushur Rural
Electric Cooperative and
Southwestern Electric Power
Co. of Shreveport, Supreme
Court dismissed appeals in a
dispute involving construction
of a $9,000,000 rural power
generating plant near Ore City
in East Texas
claimed the Upshur Coop, serv-
ing 10 North East Texas coun-
ties, had no authority to dis-
continue buying power and to
start generating its own. All
matters in dispute reportedly
were settled.
An Austin district court re-
fused the Houston House of
Tobacco’s request for a tempo-
rary restraining order to re-
tain its distributor’s permit.
But it set a Nov. 12 hearing on
an injunction to keep the State
Comptroller from revoking the
permit. Firm’s operator was
charged with participating in
cigarette tax stamp fraud
scheme said to run into mil
lions of dollars.
El Paso Electric Co. is chal-
lenging constitutionality o f
state gross receipts tax on its
energy sales in El Paso, Van
Horn and Anthony. It seeks a
$300,000 refund in appeal to
Third Court of Civil Appeals
here.
COLLEGE GROWTH — The
32 junior colleges which are
supported in part by state mo-
ney gained 16.7 percent in en-
rollments this fall.
Growth of community col-
leges was even greater than
state colleges and universities,
which checked in 144,309 stu-
dents, again of 9.4 percent over
last year.
New emphasis on the need
for higher education, plus the
simple fact that the bumper
war baby crop” is reaching
college age, accounts for
growth.
Commuhity colleges, to give
vocational and technical cours-
es, are a major part of the rec-
ommendations of the Gover
nor’s Committee on Education
Beyond the High School. Need
for at least a dozen new com-
munity colleges is indicated.
AG OPINIONS — Atty. Gen.
Waggoner Carr said a section
of the state driver responsibili-
ty law requiring “immediate”
surrender of driver licenses
when accident liability require-
ments are not met is unconsti-
tutional. Department of Public
Safety said it still is unlawful
for anyone to refuse to sur-
render a suspended or revoked
license.
In other opinions, Carr held
that:
El Paso Commisioners have
no authority to lease the coun-
ty coliseum to individuals for
a furniture sale; construction
of a highway bridge with fen
der system which may inter-
fere with a landowner’s access
to a navigable stream is not
unconstitutional seizure of pro
perty; State Board of Plumb
ing Examiners has authority to
set minimum apprenticeship
period for license applicants
and to adopt necessary rules.
WATER — A committee of
legislators and citizens headed
by Rep. Bill Clayton of Spring
lake is considering a recom
mendation to the Legislature in
the field of soil and water con-
servation.
A daylong hearing revealed
that oil and water regulatory
bodies don’t mix. Spokesmen
for oil companies want the law
clarified so their salt water dis-
posals are regulated only by
the Railroad Commission. Bill
Abington, counsel for the Tex-
as Mid-Continent Oil and Gas
Association, outlined that view.
But J. W. Buchanan of Du-
mas, pollution control chairman
for the Texas Water Conserva
tion Association, felt different-
ly. He thought the Texas Wa-
ter Commission should be giv-
en the power to veto applica-
tions for salt water disposal in-
to the ground, a a means of
making sure that underground
water supplies are not polluted.
Committee will meet again
to reach decisions on this and
other proposals before it.
HEARING ON DREDGING
SET — Parks and Wildlife
Commission has set a hearing
for 9 a. m. on Nov. 16 on appli-
cation of Heldenfels Brothers
of Corpus Christi to take 100,-
000 cubic yards of
from a 2,500 acre area of Co-
pa no Bay to use in road con-
struction.
special appreciation is added.
Many of you cooperated in
helping our county chairmen to
prepare advertising for local
purchase, and we are most
grateful. There are never
enough hours or enough people
to do everything that needs to
be done in a political campaign,
and if it were not for the as-
sistance given by thousands of
others, we in the state head-
quarters would have an impos-
sible task.
(HANCE-LOEB SCHOOL NEWS
By MRS. ROBERT GREEN
In the Chance - Loeb voting board, said patrons will be no-
precinct, 1033 persons cast their
ballots in the General Election
setting a new record for this
precinct.
The first planning session for
the proposed bond election for
a high school was held Wed- this includes $1.27 for the op-
nesday night. This meeting was
the first in a series of meet- the outstanding bonds.
ings to be held to discuss the
coming election. The election
will be held Saturday, Dec.
The board members discussed
the coming election and the fu
ture needs of the school. Otis
Worry, president of the school
Peace Corps Tests
To Be Saturday
Early Saturday morning .
(8:30 a. m.) Nov. 14, thousands pie, bread and milk,
of prospective Peace Corps Vol
unteers will march into ap-
proximately 800 Civil Service
resident of Texas to serve our
nation as President, and he
joins me in expressing his
thanks to all who made it pos-
sible.
Sincerely yours,
Wm. Hunter McLean
State Campaign Chairman
Silsbee, Texas
Nov. 9, 1964
Mr. David Read
Editor, Silsbee Bee
Southwestern Silsbee, Texas
Dear David:
Many people are now pur-
chasing Christmas cards and
making a mad scramble to find
their last year’s list of the ones
they received cards from.
Sending seasonal greetings to
friends living away from Sils-
bee is a nice holiday gesture,
but to mail cards to a long list
of people we see from day to
day is time consuming and ex-
pensive.
I wish to contribute my
Christmas card money — and
volunteer the time I save to
the Christmas Basket Fund
Project.
Here is my check for $10.00
for this purpose. My mother
liked the idea and asked that I
enclose her check for $5.00 to
be used in the same manner.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Vyrl Miller
testing centers across the na
The result was a wonderful tion. For most readers of this
tribute to the first native born paper, the nearest testing cen-
ter is in Beaumont Federal
Building.
When Peace Corps applicants
take this Placement Test their
mailed-in Questionnaires will
be fully evaluated. Those who
have not yet mailed in a Ques-
tionnaire can obtain the form
at a local post office or college
placement office and fill it out
They must bring it along to the
Test center.
Applicants don’t need to
worry about flunking the
Placement Test—there are no
passing or failing grades. Nor
will they learn their scores. The
results are used, along with the
character references and Ques-
tionnaires, to determine if the
applicant has the potential for
completing a tough training
program. The scores also help
in deciding the most appropri-
ate overseas assignment.
The Placement Test has two
parts: a general aptitude test
and a modern language apti-
tude test—for which no know-
ledge of a foreign language Is
necessary. The total time re-
quired is about one and a half
hours, unless an applicant
wishes to test his ability in
Spanish or French. For this op
tional test, another hour should
be added.
Peace Corps applicants must
be American citizens at least
18 years of age. Married coup-
xt i - nn, les are eligible if they have no
Nov. 7, 1 “64jdependentg under 18. College
degrees are not necessary, but
are looked upon with favor un-
less an applicant has learned a
skill or trade such as carpen-
try, raising chickens, or auto
mechanics.
Editor
The Silsbee Bee
Dear Sir:
On behalf of the Chance
Loeb Volunteer Fire Depart
ment I would like to take this
opportunity to publicly thank
you for the fine coverage you
gave the recent annual turkey
shoot. This coverage along with
that given by the various other
news media in the area helped
in making this event a big suc-
cess.
Thanking you for your many
past favors and services.
I am
Yours Very Truly,
Mrs. Jo Ann Fairchild
Publicity Chairman
have entered strong protest, in-
Beth Singletary
Is Named To
TWU Fraternity
Fifteen students have been
selected as new members of
the Texas Woman’s University
chapter of Sigma Tau Delta,
national honorary and profes-
sional fraternity for students
excelling in English studies.
Principal objective of the or-
ganization this year is to stimu-
late creative writing by TWU
students.
Miss Beth Singletary, 635 N
8th Street, Silsbee, was among
those chosen. She is a junior
merchandising major.
Miss Singletary participated
in Gold Rush, Corn Huskin’,
and Stunts last year. This year
she is secretary of the Campus
Government Association.
Her parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Tom R. Singletary of the above
address.
sisting dredging would kill live
oyster reefs and damage fishing
and tourist attractions.
tified when the next meeting
will be held and all interested
persons are invited to attend
these meetings.
The Equalization Board has
adjourned for this year The
tax rate has been set at $1.45,
erating fund and 19 cents for
The administrators and fac-
ulty attended the TSTA meet-
ing and dinner at West-Hardin
School, Monday night, Nov. 9.
MENUS—NOV. 16-20 ~
Monday: Tamales, cole slaw,
pinto beans, pineapple pudding,
hot rolls, butter and milk.
Tuesday: Hot dogs, green
salad, apple pie, bread and
milk.
Wednesday: Cutlets, creamed
potatoes, cut green beans, peach
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Thursday: Roast beef, rice
gravy, English peas, pineapple-
cheese salad, hot rolls, butter
and milk.
Friday: Salmon patties, cat-
sup, pork and beans, green
salad, peach halves, bread and
milk.
Woman's Club To
Hear Beaumont
Trust Officer
The Silsbee Woman’s Club
will meet today (Thursday) at
2:30 p. m. in the home of Mrs-
W. C. McNeil with Mrs. A. R.
Neyland and Mrs. Stuart Smith
as cohostess.
Mrs. R. W. Collier, Mrs L. H.
Wade and Mrs. Pete Farmer
will present a program entitled
‘Legal Advice For Woman-
Estate Planning.”
John D. Sargent, trust offi-
cer of the American National
Bank in Beaumont, will be
guest speaker.
Mrs. J. R. Sims will preside
over the meeting.
While Oak Parents
liscuss Transfer Of
Students te Kounlze
A meeting was held at the
White Oak School Saturday
night, Oct. 31, to decide on the
transferring of the White Oak
and the Votaw high school chil-
dren to Kountze.
A number of parents attend-
ed and a decision was made to
meet at a later date in Kountze
to discus* the problem.
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WM Library Club
Observes Book Week
The Waldo Mathews Library
observed National Children’s
Book Week by presenting
panel discussion in assembly in
conjunction with homecoming
activities.
"Seven Ways School Library
Helps Your Child” was the
topic of discussion and panel-
ists were Ben Jackson, Jac-
queline Esters, Helen Tyler,
Wanda Cooper, Gwendolyn
Trotti, Patricia Fortson, Mary
Ewing and Janice Ackins.
A book fair was presented
by the club Nov. 2 through 10
Pat Fortson, president of the
club, spoke to the student body
Monday with her topic being
“Education Pays Dividends."
The club meets each Monday
in the school library,
of the club.
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