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■■■ __ ___ AGREEMENT EXPIRES TONH
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VOLUME 47
SlLSBEE, TEXAS - 77656, THURSDAY, JULY 15,1965
10c PER COPY
NUMBER 20
Deposits For City Reach
Total Of $14,359,517.87
Silsbee’s two banks have
shown a healthy increase in
deposits during the past three
months, as shown by their fi
nancial condition statements
published in this issue of the
Bee
Deposits at the Silsbee State
Bank increased $183,448.53 dur-
ing the three month period. On
April 28, the total amount de
posited In this bank was $7,-
775,468.42. The statement, as
of June 30 indicates total de-
posits of $7,958,916.95.
Loans and discounts at Sils-
Civil Defense
Officials Attend
Beaumont Meeting
bee State Bank showed an in-
crease of $149,824.78 over the
previous statement. Total was
$3,687,711.51,
At the Neches National Bank
deposits for the April 26 to
June 30 period increased $84,-
703.38 for a tptal of $1,815,-
Two Civil Defense
from Silsbee attended the hur-
ricane preparedness conference
for Monday night in the Pri-
vate Flyers Building at the Jef-
ferson County Airport. They
were Tom Tennison, represent-
ing Fire Chief John Busby who
is Silsbee Civil Defense direc-
tor, and Cesar Dominguez, sec-
retary of the Civil Defense
unit.
The conference, sponsored by
the Office of Defense and Dis
aster Relief of the Texas De-
partment of Public Safety, was
designed to instruct civil de-
fense officials in disaster re-
lief.
Local officials were told that
the day of the volunteer civil
defense director is over. A full-
time civil defense director with
adequate organization of police
and fire facilities is needed for
a state of emergency prepared-
ness to exist.
At the meeting hurricanes
were.the featured topic of dis-
cussion, but nuclear attack p~“
paredness also was discussed.
Silsbee’s Civil Defense Direc-
tor Busby said, “All required
forms are being submitted to
headquarters and residents of
the area can be assured that
Silsbee will have an active or-
ganization ready to function in
any emergency on short no-
tice.”
P & A Contract For
County Industrial
Appraisal Is $9,750
Hardin County Commission
ers Court signed a contract
with appraisal engineers
Pritchard and Abbott of F6rt
Worth for $9,750 Monday
morning. The firm was hired to
appraise all industrial proper-
ty in the county.
A second bid to do the coun-
offidals ty’s industrial appraisal was
received from Gene Lunsford
Of Houston for $10,000. The
county accepted the Pritchard
and Abbott bid, County Judge
Fletcher Richardson said.
The one-year contract calls
for furnishing the results of
their appraisals to the board of
equalization of Hardin County
and for making all information
available to the tax assessor for
such use as he may need in his
office.
At a meeting of the commis-
sioners court on June 28, com-
missioners unanimously voted
to enter into the contract with
the appraisal firm.
Mrs. George Bellenger Jr.
returned home last week after
being confined to St. Elizabeth
Hospital in Beaumont where
she underwent surgery.
600.92. Loans and discounts at
the Neches National on April
26 were $943,295.89, and on
June 30 were $1,163,303.14, an
increase of $220,007.25.
Silsbee’s other financial in
stitution, Hardin County Sav
ings and Loan Ass’n, showed
an increase in deposits over the
past three months of $135,000
for a total of $4,585,000.00.
Loans and discounts there
show a total now of $4,450,-
000.00.
By adding the deposits of all
tal of $14,359,517.87 which is a
high point for Silsbee. Bank
deposits are generally accepted
as a barometer for an area’s
three institutions, there is a to-
healthy situation for Silsbee
E. M. Wilson Jr., executive
vice president of Silsbee State
Bank, announced a dividend to
stockholders of $1.00 per share,
declared at directors’ meeting
Stockholders July 12. He said
that the bank’s net earnings in-
creased to 3.28 percen, com-
pared to 3.07 percent over the
same period in 1964. Loans are
up $493,000 over the same peri-
od a year ago, and deposits are
about on the same level, he
said.
“It has been a very satisfac-
tory six months operation,”
business, and this indicates a Wilson concluded.
Burglars Hit Alford
Furniture Fourth
Time In Year
Alford’s Furniture and Hard
ware Co., 220 North 5th Street,
was broken into Friday for the
fourth time in the past year.
Burglars broke a glass in the
back door and entered. From
the size of the hole in the glass,
the burglar was evidently a
small person, Alford said.
In addition to the change
from the cash register, over
$100 in merchandise was taken,
including four battery transis-
July 6, which was mailed to all tor Motorola radios, six pocket
To Negotiate Net
The contract between the In- gotiations were tied up on
ternational Woodworkers o f
America (CIO) Local S-114
and Kirby Lumber Corporation
expires at midnight tonight,
July 15, and representatives of
the two groups met in Houston
at 10 a. m. Wednesday in an ef
fort to complete negotiations,
J. K. Herndon, executive vice
president of Kirby, told the Bee
Wednesday.
The Wednesday session was
the fifth meeting since negoti-
ations for a new contract began
on June 1. The expiring con-
tract was for three years.
Joe Rivers, international rep-
resentative of the IWA-CIO,
told the Bee this week that ne-
wages and union shop. He said
that the union has asked for a
15 percent increase over three
years (5 percent a year), or a
12 percent increase for two
years. He said the company
had offered a mine cent in-
crease over a three year period.
Both Herndon
pressed the
contract could
negoiated.
Rivers said
were not successful
tiations might have to
mitted to Federal
a last resort.
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Nervous Gunman Returns $10
Of Loot To Kountze Grocer
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knives, fishing reels, hand lan
terns, and other small Items.
Only small items have been
taken in each of the previous
incidents, Alford said-
Also Friday night Parsley’s
Humble Station, 710 Highway
96, was broken into. Two panes
of glass on the back of the sta-
tion were broken and appar-
ently the only thing taken was
12 cans of. oil.
Former Silsbee Man
Coaches Team With
Perfect Record
Council Awards Contract For
Hospitalization Insurance
Silsbee City Council awarded
the employees’ group hospitali-
zation contract for city em-
ployees for the coming year to
South Coast Life Insurance Co.
at its regular meeting Tuesday
night at City Hall. The contract
is awarded each year by the
City Council.
Dr. Sam Copeland was ap-
pointed city health officer for
the next two years by the
Council, a position previously
held by Dr. Wade Parker who
is moving to Temple.
DOWN DEWEYVILLE 10-2
Pony Stars To Play In
FI Beaumont Friday Night
Pony League All-Stars begin
the area playoffs Tuesday, July
20 irt Gateway Park in Beau-
mont at 7:30 p. m. The park is
located behind the Circle Drive-
In Theater on College Street. If
they win this game, they will
advance in the playoffs.
Tuesday night the All-Stars
played Deweyville All-Stars
and defeated them 10-2 to ad-
vance to the area game. They
practice each evening at 6:00 in
the high school baseball park.
Miss Lynda Ferguson
Honored By City, C of C
In a short simple ceremony Tom W o r t h e y, and V. O.
last Friday morning at 10 a. m.,
Silsbee saluted one of its na-
tionally recognized residents,
Miss Lynda Ferguson, by
presenting her a key to the
City. Mayor Frank McClana-
han made the presentation to
Miss Ferguson, who was selec-
ted July 3 as “Miss Louisiana.”
Mayor McClanahan commented
that the people of Silsbee would
be willing to “loan Lynda to
Louisiana for the Miss Ameri-
ca Pageant as long as she
claimed Silsbee ay her home.”
The ceremony, held in the
Ferguson home south of Sils-
bee, began as Vic Norvell, presi-
dent of the Silsbee Chamber of
Commerce, gave Lynda a bou-
quet of red roses.
Following the presentation of
the key to the city, Norvell, act-
ing on behalf of the Chamber
of Commerce and the people of
Silsbee, presented Lynda with a
diamond pendant. As he ex-
pressed it, “We wanted to give
Miss Ferguson something last-
ing, something to wish her good
luck and to show how proud
Silsbee is of her.”
Throughout the Ferguson
home is evidence of Lynda's
many accomplishments. Med
als she has won in singing com
petition, trophies from horse
shows, and her “Miss Louisi-
ana" trophy occupy positions of
honor. Lynda, who will be .a
junior student at Centenary
College in Shreveport in the
fall, will be traveling through-
out the month of July and most
of August on tour as “Miss
Louisiana," appearing in beau-
ty pageants in other states. Her
ultimate goal, the Miss Ameri
ca Pageant, will be Sept. 11 in
Atlantic City.
In addition to Lynda’s par-
ents, Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Fer-
guson, several other relatives
were present. Chamber of Com-
merce representatives besides
Norvell were Bill Loden, man-
ager; John J. Fordinal Jr., vice
Richard Jones, Ed
Holmes, directors.
Another compliment paid
Miss Ferguson by the people of
Silsbee was a coffee honoring
her. The coffee was given by
the Silsbee Junior Chamber of
Commerce at the Neches Na-
tional Bank from 10 a. m. until
lb noon last Saturday.
In Silsbee Pony League play
the Yankees, coached by James
Ferguson, captured first place
with a 13-2 record.
The area All-Star team is
composed of the following
boys: Gary Lynn Tousha, Jerry
Redkey, Mack Brown, Charles
Frazier, Randy Wallace, Jerry
Rodrigues, Claud Coward, Dar-
rell Ray McGallion, Grady Wal-
ters Jr., Gary Woods, Larry
Miller, David Hoover, Larry
McLoftin, Dolen Dunn, and
Lynn Langston, all of Silsbee;
Buddy Tasser, Eugene Nash,
and Jesse Jones, Buna; Steve
Moody and Richard Skinner,
Kirbyville.
Pony League teams have no
sponsors; they are financed
through donations. However, in
playoff games half of the re-
ceipts from admissions goes to
each team to help defray ex-
penses.
“This year’s All-Star team
seems to have a good chance of
going all the way in the play-
offs. They will play some real
good games at ahy rate,” says
W. E. Anderson,
Association president.
could be laid by the city to ac-
commodate six houses belong-
ing to the J. C. Reeves Estate.
The houses are within the city
limits, but water wells will
have to be drilled unless the
city lays additional water lines.
City Manager Dubose was in-
structed to study the matter
further and report back to the
council.
A proposed agreement with
Santa Fe Railroad was discuss-
ed at the meeting. The pro-
posed agreement concerns a
portion of Bonner Street which
curves onto railroad property.
By signing the agreement the
city felt it would acknowledge
that it is leasing the property
from the railroad, Cesar Do-
minguez said. City manager
Wayne DuBose was given au-
thority to write a letter to San-
ta Fe stating that he city did
no find it advantageous to sign
the lease agreement at this
time.
In a street progress report
City Manager DuBose discussed
the program for repair of city
streets. At present work is be-
ing done to overlay 6,200 feet
of Woodrow Road. Overlaying
ms a x «sa
every street in Silsbee will
probably be overlaid this year.
At least 26 miles of pavement
will be overlaid.
Next on the agenda was the
discussion of an ordinance
regulating the drilling of oil or
gas wells within the city lim-
its. This was tabled until each
councilman could obtain a copy
of the ordinance.
Installation of 250 feet of 24-
inch culvert for a storm sewer
on North 6th Street behind
Ward’s Furniture Co. was dis-
cussed. Property owners bor-
dering the storm sewer jointly
purchased the culvert at a cost
of $1,200. The city is to install
it.
John Lewis appeared before
the Council and raised the
question of whether water lines
Three Kountze Men
Pay County Court
Fines For Theft
Three Kountze men were
fined $l ahd costs for theft in
the County Court of Judge
Fletcher Richardson July 8.
Pony League They are W. B. Allen, O’Dell
demon, and John Glider.
Stripe (rossers To
Be Prosecuted
Citizens of Silsbee who drive
across the double yellow stripes
marking center traffic lanes on
highways through Silsbee
should get ready to pay the
malty for such violations,
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ver warned this week
“Traffic Is not permitted to
cross these double yellow
stripes. Drivers must go to an
intersection before turning, or
around the block to keep from
crossing them. I have received
my instructions from the City
Council and I Intend to carry
them out. Persons crossing the
double yellow stripes will re
ceive citations for traffic viola-
tions,” Tarver said.
In a write up appearing in
The Richardson Digest, Charles
Quinsenberry, coach at Rich-
ardson West Junior High
School, and his football team
were given special recognition.
The team holds a record of
six wins and no losses during
the concluding football season.
His basketball team won 11
games while losing none. His out
track squad ran away with high
point total in the three track
meets entered.
This is his sixth year in. the
school profession. He received
his BS at Sam Houston State in
Huntsville and is a 1949 gradu-
ate of Silsbee High School.
Quinsenberry has been asst*
dated with the
A left - handed, conscience-
ridden, nervous young armed
robber is still at large this
week after a Friday night hold-
up in Kountze that produced a
$46.00 haul . . . $10.60 of which
he returned to the owner be-
fore leaving.
It was 8:30 Friday night and
Phillip Burton, 61, was about
ready to dose shop after an
opening day for his brand new
“Phil’s Drive In Grocery” 1.3
miles north of Kountze on
Highway 69 when a youth en-
tered the building holding a
handkerchief over his nose and
mouth with his right hand.
Thinking he was injured
Burton asked the young man,
whose age was believed to be
22 to 25, if he could help him.
The robber didn’t answer but
approached the counter near
the cash register and whipped
a pistol (a .22 caliber)
his left hand. The hand was
shaking as the young gunman
told Burton to put all the bills
and the big change in a paper
bag.
The bags were under the
counter and Burton did not
want the youth to think he was
reaching for anything else so
Richardson he told him he would have to
“Phil’s Grocery” Is in the
south end of the same neW
building with Williams Farm
and Home Supply, and H. S.
Williams, who owns the build-
ing, is Burton's son-in-law. It
was the first day the grocery
had been open and that mad*
it a long day for Burton, who
opened Friday morning at 9
o’clock. :
Sheriff Henry Overstreet and
Constable Ricks made a trip to
San Angelo Sunday and picked
up a suspect but the man waS
released when it was found he
was not the robber. Burton arid
Overstreet went to Orange to
check on another suspect but
he was not the man, either.
So, the nervous young gun
man who hated to take all of
Burton’s money, is still at lari
and needs help. It is just
__ sible that this was his
in holdup and if help reaches him
in time he might be saved from
a life of crime.
schools for the past two years
and lives there with his wife,
Martha, who teaches fourth
grade at Northrich, and one
daughter, Melanie, four years
of age.
Mrs. Margaret Shaw of this
city is his sister.
Thomas, White Gel
Grid Scholarships
To Wiley College
get a sack from underneath,
which was okay with the rob-
ber. Burton stuffed $46.00 in
bills and change into the sack
and handed it over.
Then the short (5’ 5") dark
skinned and dark greasy haired
man asked where Burton kept
his tape. Burton asked what
kind and the robber told him
some to tie him up with.
“Partner, I’m here by myself
with no telephone. You don't
have to do me thataway,” Bur-
ton told him. So the young man
told Burton to get in the store-
room and closed, but did not
Waldo Mathews
Panthers To Begin
Workouts Aug. 27
Football practice will begin
Aug. 27, 1965 at 4 p. m. in the
field house at Waldo Mathews
School. This will be an organi-
zational meeting and all boys
interested in playing football
are asked to be present, ac-
cording to Wesley Shaw, coach,
and Chester Burks, assistant
coach.
This year’s schedule is as fol-
lows:
Sept. 11—Liberty (Liberty
' Training)—there
Sept. 17 Anahuac—here If
lock, the door. He told him if Kountze (Carver
Thomas, age 19, and
Rudolph White, age 19, receiv-
ed four year scholarships to
Wiley College in Marshall.
Both boys, four year letter-
men in football and track, are
May graduates of Waldo Math-
ews High School. They will re-
port to begin practice Aug. 31.
Thomas is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Silas Thomas, and White
Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Les-
ter Williams, all of this city.
he knew what was good Tor
him he would stay there for at
lease five minutes. Presently
Burton heard a kind of knoci
on the door, the youth mumbled
something unintelligible and
slid a $10 00 bill under the
door! Burton said, “Thanks.
After what he thought was
a safe time Burton pushed the
door open a little, saw no one,
went across the highway to the
Bryant residence and called
| the sheriff.
Trustees Scheduled To Hear
Building Committee Report
High)—there
Oct. 1—* Jasper (Rowe High)—
v here
ic Oct. 8—Kirbyville (West 2tMfi(
■B here
Oct. 16—"Woodville (Scott
High)—there
Oct. 23—*San Augustine (Lin-
coln High)—there
Oct. 30—* "Madison ville (An-
derson High)—here
Nov. 6—"Livingston (Dunbar
High)—there
Nov. 12—"Crockett (Bunch*
High)—there
* Conference Games
** Homecoming
Silsbee School Trustees were Michael Waidley, industrial
WINNERS OF THE MAJOR LEAGUE pennant in Silsbee Little League base-
ball are the Lions Club Colt .4ys. They ended the season with a record of 11
games won, two lost and one tied. Standing, left to, right, are Manager Charlie
Wright, Wayne Conner, Bobby Woodard, Royce Warner, Steve Buffcin, Ricky
Skillern and Rufus Cook; kneeling; Roddy Farmer, Don Wright, Gary Drake,
Bill Wright, James ^owen and Jerry Galloway. Members of the team not pres-
ent when the photo was made are Dan Brown, Jeffrey Lowe and Glenn Tread-
way. The 1965 Little League All-Stars will play their first game next Wednesday
night at 7:15 in Silsbee Little League Park. Kountze All-Stars will be their op-
ponents. If they win that game they will play Evadale-Buna All-Stars Thursday
night. Manager for the All-Stars is Charlie Wright, twisted by Travis McDoanld.
scheduled to hear a report on
the progress of the building
committee at the regular meet-
ing scheduled last night. The
agenda prepared for the meet-
ing called for a report from
that group which has been
making a comprehensive study
of building requirements for
the school and trying to work
out a plan that will be accep-
table to the citizens when a
bond election to finance the
program is called, possibly la-
ter this year.
Members of the building
committee are Trustees C. R.
Baker, Earl Wills, J. E. Farmer,
Supt. Don L. Hough, Asst. Supt.
C. B. Watts Jr., and Weeks
Crawford, high school princi-
pal.
The Board was also schedul-
ed to review the student insur-
ance program, review the tem-
porary budget, discuss gasoline
bids for 1965-66, discuss the
purchase of five electric type-
writers and to give approval to
pay expenses of the coaching
staff to attend the annual
coaching school.
Resignations to be presented
to the board are from Mrs.
Mary Nell Gardner, third grade
Kirby; Mrs. Jean Dinkle, busi-
ness administration high school;
Twenty Are Held
In County Jail
The Past Week
Twenty persons were held In
Hardin County jail during the
past week, according to Sheriff
Henry Overstreet.
Six were held for being
drunk, two for being drunk in
a car, two for driving while In-
toxicated misdemeanor, and
three juveniles for consuming
and possessing alcohol.
Other offenses included three
passing hot checks, one child
desertion, and one driving
without license. Two insane
persons were held until trans-
ferred to
arts high school; and Mrs. Sam-
mie Armour, sixth grade Read-
Turrentine.
Recommendations for em-
ployment will include Janet B.
Rust, speech - English high
school; Walter R. Pythian, so-
cial studies-coach junior high;
Fred W. Miller, industrial arts
junior high; James L, Leigh,
language arts junior high; De-
lores Wiggins, third grade Kir-
by; Wanda Morgan, fourth
fifth grade Kirby; Judith Al-
phin, sixth grade Kirby; Helen
Parks, secretary junior high;
and Hardy Jones Walters, cus-
todian Read-Turrentine.
Fund balances listed on the
agenda, as of June 30, 1965, are:
Local Maintenance, $119,625.28;
State Available, $26,470.52;
Transportation, $1,358.09; Sink-
ing, $43,120.52; Athletic, $2,-
781.82; Athletic S/A Hardin
County, $5,132.31, Silsbee State,
$7,301.05; Cafeteria, $18,413.18;
grade Kirby; Sherridan Tutt, Cafeteria Special, $805.96.
Lee Neely, 77,
Dies In Woodville
Lee Neely, 77, died Friday In
the Howell Nursing Home in
Woddville. He was a native of
Hillister and retired a number
pf years ago because of ill
health. He was a member of the
Hillister Baptist Church.
Funeral services were held
Monday at 10 a. m. in the Ed-
wards Funeral Home chapel in
Woodville. Rev. Lester Sim-
mons officiated.
Burial was in the Mt. Pisgah
Cemetery near Woodville.
Among his survivors is a bro-
ther, Ben Neely, of this city.
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THE HARDIN DRUG COLTS, first place winners in the minor league
bee Little League play, finished the season with a perfect 10-0-0 i
left to right are: Front row: Kenneth Stevens; second row: Noel
Gallaspy, Garry Manino, Franklin Fielder, Kenneth
Larry Manino, Doc Mullins and Gary Davis; third row:
Tarver, Robert Hollis, Francis Westmoreland, Tim
Zeller, Kenny Wilson and Mark Muckleroy; back
Davis, managers. Not pictured are Glen Dav
winners of the Silsbee Minor League, defeat
minor league, 17-10 in Evadale Little League I
managed by Fred Davis and A1 Ashworth. T3
night at 7:00 in Kountze Little League Park. 1
Kountze Minor League.
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