The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 17, 1964 Page: 1 of 12
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By DAVID READ
VOLUME 46
If you think some of the
modem day mansions are elab-
orate, you should just take a
stroll through the Governor’s
Palace In Colonial Williams-
burg. This elegant edifice was
the home of the governors sent
from England to govern the
colohy, and was later the resi
dence of the early chief execu-
tives of Virginia when the War
for Iindependence was won.
It was the center of society
more than 200 years ago, and
all the great men of that time
had been entertained there. The
house itself is beautiful beyond
description, inside and out, and
has been preserved in its origi
nal state. The rooms are filled
with costly furnishings of the
period, and it would be a para-
dise for people interested in
genuine antiques.
Among the rooms in the pal-
ace was the little dining room
the warming room, the great
dining room and the parlor. ... ,
Joined to these at the rear is necessary noise with tires, two
the ballroom, with all its ele-
gant accouterments, and be-
yond that was the supper room
Upstairs was the great bed
chamber, the small bedcham-
ber, the governor’s bedchamber
and the governor’s study. And Unions.
there was also what was called
the upper middle room. Ten
fireplaces kept the palace warm
in the cold winter wonths, but
there was ho heat provided in
the ballroom. For that reason,
all the big social events were
held during the spring and
summer months, when the leg-
islative bodies were in session.
The grounds surrounding the
palace were maintained beau-
tifully as gardens, formal and
utilitarian, and also in the en
closdre was the graveyard con-
taining the remains of many
historic persons. Behind it all,
and just in front of the ice
house, was a garden of trim'
med holly called the “maze” in
which one often found himself
running into a dead-end path
Surrounding the forecourt
and palace green, which ex-
tended several hundred yards
in front of the palace were
holly, catalpa, willow oak and
osage orange trees, all inter-
spersed with English ivy. Fruit
trees consisted of dwarf apple,
pear, nectarine, peach and per-
simmon. Dozens of other
shrubs, some dating back to
England before the Revolution,
grew around the place.
But the palace wasn’t the
only place of interest there.
The Capitol where the House of
Burgesses sat, and where the
original Declaration of fpdf-1
pendence was adopted, is main-]
tained in its original state.
Such other places as Rawleigh
Tavern, the powder magazine,
the public goal (where the pi-
rate Blackboard's men were
imprisoned and hanged) the
craft shops, such as the print
shop, the bakery, the wig'
maker’s, and others, line the
restored section of the town.
One of these other places is
a; trim little frame house, al
most as old as Williamsburg it
s^lf, which has rested beside
tjie Palace Green for more than
840 years. It was lived in con-
tinuously until 1946, and is now
restored to its original appear-
ance. The first part of the
The Silsbee Bee
SILSBEE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1964
10c PER COPY
NUMBER 29
Warning Letters To
Parking Violators
Gel Good Response
Eight traffic tickets were
filed this week with the Sils-
bee Corporation Court, accord-
ing to Judge George A. Goynes.
Two of the offenders pleaded
guity to charges and paid mini-
mum fines of $15 each. The
other six were given 10 days
to make a plea.
Two of the tickets were is-
sued for speeding, two for un-
Class Agents To Mail
Homecoming Invitations
for parking in a no-parking
zone, and two for failure to
yield right-of-way.
The failure to yield citations
were given by city police fol-
lowing two separate minor col-
In response to the newly ap-
proved letter reminders issued
by the city judge, for delin-
quent parking tickets, five paid
fines during the past week to-,
fating $8.00. Since the system
was placed in effect, 28 delin-
quents have paid a total of
$49.00 in fines, according to
Judge Goynes.
Class agents for the Silsbee
High Ex-students Association
received their final instructions
Tuesday night for the 1964
homecoming gathering set for
Oct. 16 and 17.
All of the agents were given
letters to send to members of
their respective classes inviting
them to homecoming. Accord-
ing to Ex-Student President
C. E. Landolt, the letters were
to be addressed and mailed this
week.
Landolt told the agents that
the major change in this year’s
celebration would be in Hie
time. of the ex-students’ and
teachers’ general reception. In
previous years, it had been held
after the football game Friday
night, but this year will be
held following the assembly on
Saturday afternoon. He said
that the ex-student’s associa-
tion hoped more people would
be able to attend the reception
with this change.
A hospitality com-
mittee, headed by Mr. and Mrs.
Alf Bartle, will be in charge
of refreshments for the recep-
tion.
Most of the classes will hold
their individual receptions af-
ter the football game, although
some have been scheduled for
Saturday evening.
This year, the general re-
ception will honor all present
and past teachers from Silsbee
schools. According to Landolt,
names and addresses for the
ex-teachers are needed so they
may be sent special invitations.
Anyone having the names of
these teachers may call them in
to Tommy Read at the BEE,
EV 5-3731.
Landolt said that about 40
class agents and other workers
in the ex-students association
attended the meeting Tuesday
night.
The complete program for
homecoming has jelled with the
change in the general reception,
some of the times still need
verifification and will be re
ported at the next meeting.
On Thursday, activities will
'kickoff with a shirt-tail parade
through town by high school
students, and a bonfire at the
old ball park.
i&fl
and Mrs.
>A R O f,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Roy, are the Sils-
bee Lions Club sweethearts for the current year.
Both of the girls are seniors at Silsbee High. Gail-
da is in her second year as the club sweetheart.
They are selected from the daughters of active
Lions and represent the club throughout the area.
Eastex Buys Folding
Carton Firm In Penna.
East Texas Pulp and Paper ton manufacturing
announcement was
hbusc was built by John Brush, Co. has purchased the Edwin
gunsmith, armorer and first J. Schoettle Co. Inc. of North
MM — a folding car
Wales, Penna.,
keeper of the magazine, who
purchased the lot In 1717. It is
also famous in fiction, having
long been identified as “the
small white house” of Mary
Johnston’s novel, “Audrey."
The whole of Colonial Wil-
liamsburg was restored by
John D. Rockefeller Jr. who
spent untold thousands of dol-
lars in research and investiga-
tion so that the present day
area would be exactly as it was
in colonial times. Our regard
for the Rockefellers has in-
creased since we visited the
city.
And so the vacation went-
from Williamsburg to James
town, then to Charlottesville
where we visited Thomas Jef-
ferson’s hotnc, “Monticelio
then to Alexandria where we
stopped by George Washing-
ton’s “Mount Vernon.” And as
if all this were not enough, we
went on to Washington where
wc sat in the House and Senate
galleries while our government
went about its business; stood a
Kennedy; watched « 1
monial changing
at the Tomb of
Soldier; toqred tl
and man? Ather government
buildings, and had lunch with
our Congressman, Jack Brooks
and his lovely wife, Charlotte.
Junior High Cubs
Open At Jasper
Next Thursday
Junior High head football
coach S. A. Walace boiled all ing business
his words about the coming
season into a few choice state-
ments—the team needs lots of
work, and emphasize the aerial
game.
Both the eighth and ninth
grade Tiger Cubs kickoff their
season sit Jasper next Thursday,
Sept. 24, at 6 p. m. for the
eighth and 7:30 for the ninth
grade games.
The younger Silsbee squad
will be playing the combined
seventh and eighth grade Jas-
per team, while the Cub ninth
will play the Jasper ninth and
tenth grade junior varsity.
Wallace said that he wants
to use the platoon system for
the opener, if the boys come
firm. The
made this
week by R. M. Buckley, presi-
dent of Eastex.
Eastex, which operates a
large, modern mill at Evadalc,
will assume all property and
assets of the Schoettle Co. and
will continue operation of the
business as a division of Eastex.
The Schoettle Co. was found-
ed in Philadelphia in 1862. It
has operated continuously in
the folding carton manufactur-
er more than a
century. Four years ago,
Schoettle moved into a modern
plant in North Wales, Penna.
It manufactures folding car-
ton for the food, textile, tobac-
co, cosmetics and other re-
lated industries.
The acquisition of Schoettle
is a major advance by Eastex
in its long-range program of
expanding the scope of its pro-
perties, Buckley said. The com-
pany recently increased the
Assault, DW1 Heard
In County Court I
Only two cases were heard
during the past week in the
county court of Judge Fletcher
Richardson.
On Sept. 12, Earl B. Morris,
Kirbyville, was fined $25 and
court costs for aggravated as-
sault.
Troy F. Stafford, Beaumont,
was-Oned J50 and court costs
and sentenced to three days tn
Hardin County jail on Sept. 14
for driving while intoxicated.
Both men pleaded guilty to
charges.
Richard Joseph Capo, 17, of
Silsbee, pleaded guilty to burg-
lary Tuesday in Jefferson
County Criminal District Court
and received a four-year pro-
bationary penitentiary sentence
He admitted participating in
the May 19 burglary of Plaia’s
Harmony Shop in Beaumont in
which $624.05 was taken. He
was ordered to make restitu-
tion in the amount of $184.73.
James D. Moore, 20, of Sils-
bee, was returned to a federal
correctional institution, ac-
cording to Andrew P. Cokinos,
U. S. probation and parole offi-
cer. He is said to have admit-
ted violating the conditions of
his parole.
Originally, Moore was sen-
tenced for taking a car across
the state line while knowing
the car was stolen.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Morgan
visited his mother, Mrs. A. M.
Morgan, in Newton Sunday.
Friday will be devoted to reg-
istering ex-students all day at
the high school, followed by
the Silsbee-Bridge City football
game at 7:30 Friday night. Af-
ter the game, most of the class-
es will hold their receptions.
During the game, the home-
coming queen will be crowned
and the Silsbee Fire Depart-
ment will put on a fireworks
display.
On the final day Saturday,
the parade will start at 10
a. m. and will likely be the
longest in Silsbee's history with
commitments already received
from various area bands, or-
ganizations and businesses. Af-
ter the parade ,a luncheon will
be served at the high school
cafeteria. The general assemb-
ly and class meetings will be
held in the high school audi-
torium beginning at 2 p. m.
This will be followed by the
ex-students and teachers' re-
ception in the cafeteria. Several
of the classes have announced
plans to hold their receptions
after the general assembly. Sat-
urday night at 9:00 o’clock, the
homecoming dance will be held
at a place to be announced.
President Landolt has issued
an open invitation to all towns-
people to attend the home-
coming activities, whether or
not they ever attended Silsbee
High. He said that most of
them were as much a part of
the school as the students.
Commissioners Buy U.S.
96 Right-Of-Way At Loeb
Hardin County’s Commis- categories of reserve conserva-
sioners Court Monday morning
purchased two pieces of rights-
of-way totalling $25,820, Judge
Fletcher Richardson said.
. Right-of-way on the north-
bound section of U. S. 96 was
purchased from S. W. Avery,
et ux for $400 and on the south-
bound U. S. 96 from Gulf
States Utilities Co. for $25,420.
The Gulf States right-of-way
was property on which a sub-
station is located near the
Cook’s Lake Road.
Commissioners approved an-
other section of Wildwood Re-
sort City subdivision near Vil-
lage Mills. They approved a
bond for Asa Hickman, new
Hardin deputy.
A resolution supporting Na-
tional Highway Week, Oct. 4-
10 was passed. Another resolu-
tion endorsing a resource con-
servation and development
plan in a nine county area was
passed.
The plan would record and
file for easy reference all area
projects coming under the
tlon and development.
Proposed counties to come
under the plan are Polk, Tyler,
Jasper, Newton, Liberty, Jef-
ferson, Chambers, Trinity, and
Hardin.
Mrs. Sim Ward, Mrs. Doro-
thy Clopp, Mrs. Truman Ward
and Mrs. Pearl Whitney at-
tended the Sixth Annual Edu-
cational Seminar of the Harris
County Medical Assistants As-
sociation at the Sheridan-Lin-
coln Hotel in Houston over the
weekend.
School Board Hears Of
Record Enrollment
Silsbee School Board went
through one of the shortest
meetings of recent months last
Wednesday night, according to
Acting Supt. Bruce Watts.
Sam Murray and Ray Smith,
with the Houston office of
Houston Natural Gas, talked to
the board briefly on the merits
of gas air conditioning in a
modern school plant.
They said that while the ini-
tial cost of the absorption type
gas unit is higher than a com-
pressor type electric unit of
like capacity, the maintenance
and operation costs of the gas
unit is considerably lower.
Board President Alf Fullin-
gim thanked the men for pre-
senting their story to the trus-
tees, but told them that plans
for the new schools had been
halted by the defeating of the
bond issue and further work
the year.
Rail (rash Fatal
To Former Resident
Leslie Himmelrelch
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at 4 p. m. in Dillon
Watts told the board that en-
rollment figures for the new
school year were considerably
lower than had been anticipa-
ted. He said that the white
schools had gained only 30 stu-
dents over last year, while the
Negro schools had lost 21. He
stated that these figures were
for the end of the first week
and would probably increase
gradually all through the year.
The trustees voted to sign a
Belly Ann Mitchell
Named To Slate
Democratic Group
Mrs. Betty Ann Mitchell,
Silsbee school teacher, was
had been deferred until later injelected a member of the State
termite control contract with
Oliver Goldsmith Extermina-
tors for several buildings with-
in the system. Watts said that
an inspection had turned up
termites in the Waldo Math-
ews annex, Silsbee High heat-
ing plant, Kirby and Read-
Turrentine schools. He urged
that the board sign the con-
tract to have the termites ex-
terminated immediately. He
was instructed to look into the
possibility of a contract for the
entire system.
Discussion on the purchase
of an automatic check signer
was deferred until all the board
members were present. Absent
was C. R. Baker, board secre-
tary, and one of the check
countersigners.
Watts reported that he had
hired, pending approval of the
board, one extra part-time
worker in the high school cafe-
teria. He said that the large
number of high school students
' and the lack of student help
conventions, and has taken an
active part In party affairs
locally.
Mrs. Mitchell will serve from
the 3rd senatorial district,
which includes Hardin, Tyler,
__________ __________________Jasper, Newton, Angelina, San
Funeral Home in Cleburne for1 Augustine, Sabine, Nacogdoch-
es and Cherokee counties. Serv-
ing with her on the committee
from this district will be Clyde
Thompson of Diboll.
Also attending the state con-
vention in Dallas this week was
Earl Stover, attorney from
Silsbee, who was serving as
delegation leader from Hardin
County. He was named to the
Credentials Committee of the
convention. Some 3,000 dele-
gates from all over Texas elec-
ted party officials, adopted a
platform, and took care of oth-
er business at the convention.
The executive committee will
take care of party affairs for
the next two years in Texas.
Leslie B. Himmelreich, age 38.
A resident of Cleburne, he
was trapped in the flaming
cab of a diesel locomotive
which was in collision with a
gasoline truck in Clifton, Texas,
in Central Texas. He was fire-
man on the Santa Fe Chief No.
16 from Galveston to Chicago,
111. The truck was loaded with
8000 gallons of gasoline.
Mr. Himmelreich is a for-
mer resident of this city and
attended Silsbee Schools.
Among other survivors in this
area he was the brother of Fred
Himmelreich of this city, and
a sister, Mrs. Rosie Jones of
Kountzc.
Democratic Executive Commit-
tee at the State Democratic
Convention in Dallas Tuesday
Mrs. Mitchell has been a dele- . . .... . ,
gate to the past several state *1<u* a
necessity. The board voted ap-
proval.
19(5 Stale Motor
Vehicle Inspection
Slickers Available
Captain N. C. Pugh, of the
Texas Department of Public
Safety announced today that
the 1965 state motor vehicle in-
spection stickers arc available
at some 11 stations throughout
Hardin County.
Captain Pugh stated as the
days grow shorter and the
nights longer, more people are
going to be on the road after
dark. With the opening of
school and the approach of
heavy holiday traffic, now is
a good time to have your car
safety checked.
Zebedee Harrison
In Serious Condition
After Rail Mishap
The condition of Zebedee
Harrison, 59, who was serious-
ly injured in the Santa Fe rail-
way yards in Silsbee at 1:15
a. m. Sunday remains serious.
Relatives said Wednesday
morning that he was “resting
pretty well and doing as well
as could be expected under the
circumstances.”
The night roundhouse fore-
man for the Santa Fe at Sils-
bee, Harrison was walking
across the tracks from the yard
office to the roundhouse when
he apparently walked in the
path of 4 moving boxcars which
had been shunted down the
track in a switching operation.
Injuries received in the mis-
map included loss of his left
leg about halfway between the
knee and foot, right foot sev-
ered across arch, and right hand
severed above the wrist. He
also had a number of cuts and
bruises on his face.
A Farmer ambulance took
him to St. Elizabeth Hospital
after the accident.
Harrison is a former resi-
dent of Silsbee but moved to
Temple in 1946 and then was
transferred t o Brownwood
about 1953. He returned to
Silsbee last year and has a new
brick home about a mile west
of Silsbee on Farm Highway
418.
Quarterback Club
Views Silsbee And
Huntsville Film
Quarterback club members,
over 75 strong, watched movies
Tuesday night of the Tigers
winning their first football
game of the season and listen-
ed to head coach, Ray McGal-
lion.
The club, which meets each
Tuesday night at 7:30 in the
high school cafeteria, viewed
iha* actual game movies as
Coach McGalllon pointed out
•some of the highlghts, The
coach gave a short talk after
the film about the team in
general and the work they will
be doing In the next two weeks
before the French High game.
Due to the open date next
Friday, a different type of pro-
gram will be presented next
week, according to Club Presi-
dent Edwin O'Dell. He said that
something of interest to all lo-
cal fans will be in store, but
failed to comment further.
Membership in the organi-
zation continues to climb, he
reported. At the last count of
membership card sales, over
500 Silsbee backers had signed
with the club. He stated that
the figure was higher this year
probably because of opening
the membership to women.
O'Dell said that Tuesday's
meeting was the largest ever
recorded for the Silsbee Quar-
terback club. *-
Herbert Drake is confined to
Hardin Memorial Hospital in
Kountzc for treatment.
IDLE THIS FRIDAY
Tigers Crush Huntsville 24-0
Silsbee's Tigers draw an [worth turned in an outstanding! On the offensive side, the
open date in their football Iganic on defense and camcj7'i8®t’s found some needed
schedule Friday night, and an through with some of the best strength in the fullback posi-
capacity of its mill at Evadalc extra week to correct some |offensive blocking Silsbee has tion- Harold Blythe, who filled
— ... t}lc ^stages which cropped up had for a long time. Tackle in tor James Collins, gained 31
at last Friday’s season opener Earnest Plaunty, new man on yards in eight carries, or almost
by some 50 percent, and has
since approved an additional
$8.5 million capital spending with Huntsville, won by Silsbee the Tiger varsity, went a long
program designed to increase “
the pulp and papermaking ca-
pacity by another 25 percent
that time. He commented that1
heat and the late start for the
It all begins to become a lit-
tle hazy in our memory—New
York, Philadelphia, Gettysburg,
aod many other wonderful
places. Some time, perhaps,
we’ll try to recall some of those
memories and tell you more
about what we’ve seen of this
great country of our*.
Jiycettes To
Colled Meeting Today
The Jaycettes will have a
called meeting Thursday (to-
day) at 6:30 p. m. in the home
of Mrs. Green Miller. It is im-
portant that all Jaycettes at-
tend this meeting, according to
Mrs. Charles Stephen, publi-
The group will sponsor a
rummage sale Friday In the
fiesta « Park.
junior high team had held up
the physical conditioning. He
said that moat of the boys are
working hard to nail down a
2 Local Attorneys
To Receive Law
“*ifcw^U(BKej Sept. 21
would improve rapidly with the!
season
Emphasis this year would be
do passing, he remarked, since
the ground game is not what ft
was last year. Both ninth grade
quarterback hopefuls are show-
ing promise in that department,
especially Joe Bellenger. Wal-
lace said that the other quar-
terback, Gary Bryant, stfll
needs lots of work but has the
makings of a fine passer.
Assisting Wallace with the
ninth grade coaching is W. P.
McGarahan. Eighth grade
are Bill SpUlar and
Leonard Barnett.
Fundamentals are being
ressed In all the workouts,
Wallace said. He reported that
all the boys still need plenty of
work on the basics before the
opening kickoff. None of the Monday after undergoing sur-
first positions have been filled 2«y in St. Elizabeth Hospital
yet, according to the coach. in 8eauo>oat.)|
Henry Oren Getchell, 309
Pecan, and Lee Roger Ratliff,
118 Cravens, both of this city,
will be licensed In the Supreme
Court in Austin Sept. 21 to
practice law in Texas.
They were among 326 per-
sons who passed the bar exam-
ination in June. Gctchel will
participate in the 11 a. m, li-
censing ceremonies while Rat-
liff will receive his licenses in
Ihe 2 p. m. ceremonies.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Getchell
are the parents of Getchell.
Ratliff is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. L- J. Ratliff and the hus-
band of the former Miss Helen
Jane Robinson.
Buddy Moore returned home
24-0.
However, several other Dis-
trict 9-3A teams will be tang-
ling in the area in games which
should interest local fans.
Probably the number one con-
test, as far as Silsbee is con
cerned, will be the French-
Vidor tiff tomorrow night in
Vidor. The Tigers themselves
tangle with French next week.
Huntsville will face Forest
five yards. Guard Sammy Ash* came through wall.
way toward gaining a starting
berth with his aggressive de-
fense play. Arthur Witte, who
alternated with Nelson Flana-
gan at center, was also excep-
tional on defense.
Starters Phillip Bufkin,
tackle, and Harold Graves,
guard, were steady all through
the game and were instrumcn
tal in keeping the highly pub-
licized Huntsville passing game
Park In Beaumont, and Little from materializing. The entire
Cypress plays at West Orange
tomorrow. All the games arc
scheduled for 7;30 p. m.
The Tigers came home from
Huntsville without any serious
injuries, other than a few char-
lie horses. Jeff Hobbs, tackle
who went into the game with a
special set of shoulder pads, is
recovering from a deep bruise
on the shoulder sustained in
practice last week. No other
injuries were reported by
Coach Ray McGallion Wednes-
day.
As expected, the Tiger’s de-
fense displayed the finesse of
veterans in holding the highly
reported Hornets scoreless.
They yielded only 46 yards on
the ground and gave up only
one completed pass for a minus
Tiger line was filtering through
the Huntsville offense regu
larly causing the Hornets’
passer to rush his tosses and
miss 12 of 13. This same line
was offering good protection
for Tiger quarterback Bill Bel-
lcngcr on his passes, allowing
him to complete six of 10 for
155 yards.
Coach McGallion used depth
on the bench to completely
wear Huntsville down by the
end of the third quarter. In the
first half, Silsbee’s starting
unit saw most of the action
while the Hornets were wear-
ing out two units against the
impregnable Tiger forward
wall. During the second half,
Coach McGallion played every
man on the bench, and most
STATISTICS
Silsbee Huntsville
18 First Down* 4
12 for 100 Penalties 9 for 45
0 Fumbles
4 for 29 Punts, avg. 8 for 42
6 of 11 Passes Compl. 1 of 12
0 Passes Intercepted by 1
155 Yards Passing
213 Yards Rushing
363 Total Offense
Score by quarters:
Silsbee 7 0 7 1
Huntsville 0 0 6
accounted for the three Tiger
touchdowns, and Flanagan
added six more paints with
three point after kicks and one
20 yard field goal
The quarterback, Bellenger,
started Tiger scoring with a
five yard keeper play around
left end with nine seconds re-
maining in the first period. His
run climaxed a 75 yard drive.
Brown put the ball in scoring
6 position with a 34 yard break-
away gallop to Huntsville’s
seven. Short gainers by Brown
and Collins set up the final run.
Huntsville crossed the double
four yards per carry. Collins
was not far behind with 41
yards in 11 carries.
Doyle Brown, starting half-
back, was the Tigers’ top
ground gainer with 71 yards in
nine tries. He was' also effec-
tive in the defensive secondary
In the passing department,
Silsbee showed more promise
than can be remembered by
most, with Bellenger’* five for
five in the second half. End
Jimmy King was his favorite
Blythe and Collins pulled in
one Bellenger pass lor another
70 yards total.
stripe in the second quarter on »t the season opener. In the
a 75 yard pass plajr, but had
it called back as the ball car-
riers knee had touched the
ground on Huntsvill’s 39-yard
line.
In the third period, the Tig-
ers lost one near touchdown on
penalty for Illegal procedure
nally got to paydirt with 4:03
remaining in the quarter on a
three yard Junge over left
tackle. A 43 yard pass from
Bellenger to © Dell set up the
score.
Collins scored the final
touchdown, officially, when be
crossed five yards over tackle,
2:20 deep in the final period. A
target, snagging three long 85-yard Bellenger to King
heaves for 85 yards. Ted O’Dell, pas* get the stage for the score.
Wythe crossed into the end
zone shortly after but the play
was again called back oh a
Bellenger, O’Dell add Collins penalty. The Tigers gave up been lining up properly.
100 yards CVcn on 12 penalties
during the night to only 45 lor
the Hornets. Seven of the mis-
cucs were caused by offsides.
Flanagan came through with
the final points for the Tigers
with his high, sailing field goal
with 3:26 left in the game. He
made another successful kick
with less than a minute re-
maining with a perfect shot
from 32 yards out,, but had It
called back on another pen-
alty.
The Silsbee team came
through with several surprises
first place, thgy did not fum-
ble the ball once. They showed
that they have developed a
definite passing attack, and
they have strength in reserve
at all positions, including the
backfleld. Consider also the
great number of penalties
when Collins galloped 34 yards which would have thrown
to the five yard line O’Dell fi- most teams for a loss. Had the
17 points lost
lies been on the scoreboard, the
Tigers might have merited a
ranking in the statewide polls,
rather than Uie seventh ranked
Vidor Pirates.
Coach McGallion told the
BEE that he was pleased at the
showing his team made in the
first game, but they made
many mistakes which would
be corrected during the next
two weeks. He said that sever-
al of the penalties could have
been avoided if the team had
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