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Accident Victims P
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Mrs. Willie Stackpole and
Thomas Eddy, both passengers
of two cars involved in a colli-
sion Tuesday afternoon, were
reported to be in good1 condi-
tion Wednesday,
Eddy, riding with his son,
Thomas Jr., 17, was thrown
against the windshield of their
with another car driven hy Wil-
lie Stackpole in which Mrs.
Stackpole was a passenger.
Both Mrs. Stackpole and
Eddy were taken to Tennison
Clinic by a Farmer Funeral
Home ambulance. After receiv-
ing multiple stitches in his
head, Stackpole was transfer-
aai
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Rev. F. C. Drake
To Head Silsbee
Ministers Group
car when it was in collision red to Hardin Memorial Hos-
pital in Kountze for observa-
tion of possible chest injury.
Mrs. Stackpole was taken to
St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beau-
mont for treatment of chest and
side injuries.
They were said to be resting
well Wednesday.
The accident occurred about
4:40 p. m. Tuesday just south
of the Highway 96 and Durdin
Drive intersection when the car
driven by Stackpole, headed
south, made a left turn in front
of the Eddy car, which was
headed north.
The Eddy car hit Stackpole’s
car at the door on the passen-
ger’s side. Both driver and pas-
senger in die Eddy car were
thrown against the windshield,
but Thomds Jr. received only
one minor cut.
A TWO-CAR COLLISION just south of the intersection of Highway 96 and
Durdin Drive at 4:40 p. m. Tuesday sent two Silsbee residents to hospitals for
treatment and observation. Neither was reported to be in serious condition Wed-
nesday afternoon.
At a regular meeting of the
Silsbee Ministers’ Fellowship
held Tuesday, at First Presby-
terian Church, Silsbee, Rev.
F. C. Drake, pastor of Ever-
green Assembly of God, was
elected president for the com-
ing year. Other officers elec-
ted were Rev. George McCall,
pastor of First Presbyterian
Church, vice president; Rev.
Eugene Jonte, pastor of First
Methodist Church, secretary;
and Rev. J. A. Hendrix, First
Assembly of God, treasurer.
The Ministers’ Fellowship is
a voluntary association of local
and area ministers. It meets
once a month for the purpose
of fellowship, conversation, ex-
change of ideas, and common
action.
At the Tuesday meeting the
ministers present took several
actions, including tentative
plans for the annual Commun-
ity Thanksgiving Service. Rev.
Joseph C. Harrison, vicar of
St. John’s Episcopal Church
and immediate past president
Of the Fellowship, presided
over the meeting.
The next meeting of the Fel-
lowship will be at 10 a. m.
Tuesday, Oct. 12, at the First chajrman 0f the dance to be
Methodist Church in Silsbee. heid on 0ct r?9 and coniey
According to Mr. Drake, all
ministers in Silsbee and sur-
rounding area are invited to
participate in the meeting.
Oscar (. Staley
Funeral Services
Are Held Friday
Oscar Charles Staley, 83, of
Rt. 1, Silsbee, died at 2:20 a. m.
Thursday in his home after a
lengthy illness.
He was a native of Chatta-
nooga. Tenn., and had lived in
Silsbee the past 40 years. He
was a retired farmer and
rancher and a Christian Scien-
tist.
Surviving are his wife: three
sons, James Staley of Orange,
Charles of Silsbee and Jesse of
Houston; a daughter, Mrs.
Pearl Page of Orange.
TttSeral services were held
at 9 a. m. Friday in Fanner
Funeral Home chapel, with
Rev. R. E. Barclay, pastor of
First Baptist Church, offici-
ating. Burial was in Resthaven
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Martin and
Tommy Yawn, J. L. Mathews,
Robert Mott, Ed Shannon and
L. C. Gossett.
Class Agents To
Meet Tonight And
Plan Homecoming
Class agents who represent
the past graduating classes at
Silsbee High will meet with
other Homecoming officials to-
night (Thursday) at 7:30 at the
Heritage room of Silsbee State
Bank to formulate plans for the
Oct. 8 and 9 celebration, ac-
cording to Robert Neyland,
vice chairman.
Mrs. Betty Ann Mitchell is
Bradshaw is chairman of the
parade which is scheduled to
begin at 10 a. m. on Saturday.
Response to the parade has
been enthusiastic and more
floats than usual are expected,
Neyland said.
The Homecoming football
game will find Silsbee’s Tigers
meeting the West Orange
Chiefs.
Trustees Call Bond
Election For Oct. 9
Trustees of the Silsbee Inde- administration office, and will between valuation and rate in-
By TOMMY READ, Editor
Silsbee city voters face an
important election Saturday
when they decide whether or
not a portion of South Third
Street will be closed and trad-
ed for additional right-of-way
to extend Durdin Drive.
The election will be held at
the Silsbee Fire Hall, Satur-
day, Sept. 18, with voting be-
tween the hours of 8 a. m. and
7 p. m. E. J, Dietrich will be
election judge.
Basic question of the elec-
tion, whether or not the coun-
cil should allow the closing of
a main thoroughfare for the
expansion of private Industry,
has been entangled with a lot
of other subordinate questions.
By decision of the council,
the definite progressive steps
of Improving the intersection of
Third Street and Knupple
Road, of extending Durdin
Drive from Third Street to the
railroad tracks, and rebuilding
pendent School District meet-
ing in a called session Monday
evening, set a school bond elec
tion for Saturday, Oct. 9.
A petition signed by Paul
Georgas and 169 other quali-
fied voters of the district was
presented to the Board Monday
which requested that an elec-
tion be called authorizing the
sale of $1,500,000 in bonds for
the construction of a new high
school.
The election will be held in
the Silsbee Fire Hall with vot-
ing between the hours of 8 a. m.
and 7 p. m. E. J. Dietrich will
be election judge.
Absentee voting will start on
Monday, Sept. 20, at the school
SP/4 and Mrs. Edward Ni-
chols of England telephoned
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Barrett, Sunday. Mr. Nichols is
stationed in England with the
U- S. Army Security Agency.
39 Persons Held
In County Jail
Hardin County Sheriff Henry
Overstreet reported 39 persons
held at the county jail during
the past week.
Those held included 15 for
being drunk and disorderly,
four for hot checks, two felony
theft, three simple assault, one
misdemeanor driving while in-
toxicated, one felony driving
while intoxicated, one abandon-
ment of children, four disturb-
ing the peace, four affray, one
contributing to the delinquency
of a minor, and three traffic
violations.
Reception Saturday To
Honor Lynda Ferguson
A coffee reception honoring nior Chamber of Commerce.
continue through Tuesday, Oct.
5. Mrs. Elizabeth Williams will
be the absentee clerk.
According to Supt. Don
Hough, the proposed high
school as planned by the school
board, will contain 53 teaching
stations (classrooms) including
laboratories, home economics,
physical education, vocational
and music sections.
Three buildings are planned
creases for the school to stay
within its 10 percent net debt
ratio.
Tax increases will not be
enacted until after the Board
of Equalization meets next
summer, he pointed out.
Previously a 15 percent in-
crease had been talked but
would not have given sufficient
Third Street and Knupple
Road have been mixed with the
important issue of the closing
of a public street traveled by
at least 2025 cars a day.
Voters have been placed in
I the position of having to Weed
out the unnecessary parts of
the ballot to get at the meat
whether or not to close Third
Street behind Apache Lumber
The petition calling for the
referendum, which was pre-
sented to the city council Aug-
ust, asked only that the voters
decide whether that portion of
the minutes where the council
had approved the right-of-way
trade should be stricken from
the record. Tfii council decided
to cloud the issue with the gen-
ed that voters carefully con
sider the implications of clos
ing a main thoroughfare for
the benefit of any private in-
dustry.
The BEE strongly advocates
the improvement of Third
Street as a main traffic artery,
and the construction of ade-
quate intersections and streets
into the growing southeast sec-
tjon of the city, but not at the right.
price of closing
Third Street.
Private industry
needed by the city, 1
better streets.
This writer cannot
that private industr
expand unless it is
streets to do so.
Vote Saturday — it is
privilege, not a I
Council Votes To
Alley To Sitsbee Pad
Silsbee City Council voted to ing or rerouting the water line.
Hi
sell a part of the alley next to
Silsbee Packing Co. at their
On a four to one decision,
. , .. . .. the Council approved sale of
and modernizing the bridge at the land Mike and Fred Her.
regular meeting Tuesday night, line through the alley should it
be encased.
In another property transac-
tion by the city, city owned
in the high school complex leeway for school operation,
Miss Lynda Ferguson on her
return to Silsbee from the Miss
America pageant will be held
Saturday from 9:30 to 11:00
a. m. in the Heritage Room of
the Silsbee State Bank, accord-
ing to Vic Norvell, president of
the Silsbee Chamber of Com
merce.
The reception will be jointly
sponsored by the Chamber of lected as Miss Shreveport and
Commerce and the Silsbee Ju
LOSE TO DANBERRY 10-8
RebelsToOpenAtHome
Against Orangefield
Evadale’s Rebels football yard line and punted to Dan-
team will play their first home
game of the season Friday night
at 7:30 when they meet the
Orangefield Bobcats in Rebel
stadium.
Coach Jim Van Haverbeke’s
Rebels opened the season last
Friday with a close loss to Dan
berry, 10-8.
Orangefield managed to
squeeze out a win from Buna in
their season opener last Friday,
8-6. ;
Teamwise, the Rebels appear
to hold the weight advantage
over the Bobcats both in the
ljne and in the backfield. The
Evadale backfield is also sup-
posed to be one of the fastest
In the state in their classifica-
tion with quarterback Young,
halfbacks Burrell and White,
and fullback McCormack all
regional track finalists.
In last week’s game, the
Rebels were plagued with bad
breaks. Damberry chalked up
their winning margin on the
' irst play of the game when
hey tackled Young in his own
‘ zone on the opening kick-
After the safety, Evadale
might the ball out to the 20
berry, who ran the ball back to
the Evadale 20. On the next
play, Danberry scored and then
ran for two points after the
touchdown.
Evadale could not mount a
scoring drive until late in the
third period when McCormack
plunged over the goal line from
six yards out with 3:06 remain-
ing in the quarter. Quarterback
Young circled left end for the
two pointer.
Danberry never again threat
ened, but the Rebels pushed
inside their opponents’ 20 sev-
eral times in the final quarter.
They could never muster the
drive to cross the goal line and
the game ended in Danberry’s
favor.
Statistics were all in favor of
Evadale except for passing.
STATISTICS
Evadale Danberry
8 first downs 6
1 of 2 fumbles lost 5 of 5
3 for 15 penalties 5 for 25
3 for 60 punts, avg. 4 for 30
2 of 7 passes completed 5 of 10
6 yards passing 31
187 yards rushing 122
Miss Ferguson, who was Miss
Louisiana in the pageant last
week, returned to Silsbee Wed-
nesday with her parents, Dr.
and Mrs. W. W. Ferguson.
She was selected as one of
the 10 finalists as several mil-
lion television viewers watched
last Saturday night.
Previously, she had been se-
with the main building contain-
ing 86,000 square feet. A voca-
tional building with 9,888
square feet will have space for
various shops, industrial arts
and vocational agriculture
classrooms. A combined music
building and field house will
contain 9,862 square feet.
Supt. Hough said that 68,500
square feet of the main build-
ing WttTbe air conditioned, ex-
cluding the 1500-seat capacity
gym. It was the decision of the
board that air conditioning was
essential in a modern high
school plant, since the building
is in use most of the year with
both regular terms and sum-
mer school.
The Trustees have planned
the building for a 1500 student
capacity, which Supt. Hough
stated should be sufficient at
least through 1970. It is pro-
posed to house the top four
grades in the new high school,
which totaled 944 last week.
If the bond issue is passed
by the voters of the district,
Supt. Hough said that he plans
to have fifth and sixth grade
classrooms on the present ju-
nior high campus, seventh and
eighth grade classrooms at the
present Silsbee High campus,
and the top four grades on the
new campus. The board decid-
ed to continue to operate Waldo
Mathews as a 12 grade system
as long as necessary.
Total taxes to finance the
sale of the bonds will increase
approximately 22 per cent, ac-
cording to Harris Fender, a
representative of James C.
Tucker Co., the school’s fiscal
agent,■til
He reported that the total 22
percent will have to be divided
Miss Louisiana on her way to
the Miss America spectacle
She attends Centenary College
in Shreveport
On returning to the city,
Miss Ferguson said that she en-
joyed the week long pageant
activities.
“It was a real experience just
to make the trip and see all the
activity of the pageant,” she
said.
Waldo Mathews Panthers
will play their first game on
their home field Friday night
at 7:45 against Anahuac, in a
non-district match.
Coach Wesley Shaw reported
that all of the players are in
good shape after their opener pita], the entire person Is con-
Panthers Play
Anahuac Here
Friday Night
Supt. Hough stated.
Street and Knupple Road area
In its editorial columns, the
BEE has asked that all quali-
fied voters in the city turn out
to the polls Saturday and exer-
cise their privilege of voting on
the question. The BEE has ask-
ron, owners of the grocery, for
$1800, with the understanding
that the Herrons will pay the
cost of having a six inch water
line through the alley either
encased in concrete pipe or re-
routed around the block.
An appraisal of the property,
furnished by Wes Latham at
the request of the city, set the
value of the land at $2300 for
commercial use.
Councilman H. C. Hopkins
stated that he objected to the
property being sold for less
than the appraised value. He
voted against the sale on ac-
count of the lowered price.
Hopkins said that he thought
the city should not sell the
land for less than $2300 since
eral improvement of the Third they are the ones who had re-
quested the appraisal.
Councilman C. E. Landolt,
who made the motion that the
land1 be sold for $1800, said
that the lowered price was fair
since the Herrons would have
to stand the expense of encas-
DUMP HUNTSVILLE 16-6 IN OPENER
Tigers Use Off Week To
Stress Fundamentals
The city will maintain a per-
petual easement for the water
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land In the Winters Street area
was traded to W. W. Howell
for some land he owned at the
end of Winters Street. City
Manager Wayne Dubose told
the council that he was re-
questing the trade of land so
that the city would have a
through right-of-way to open
Winters Street onto the new
Highway 327 right - of - way,
Council approved the trade
unanimously.
Moving of water lines on
Avenue N, between Highway
96 and the railroad tracks was
also approved by the council at
the recommendation of the
city maanger. He reported that
the lines would have to be
moved for the Highway 327 ex-
tension, and proposed that they
be run down each side of the
highway right-of-way for ease
of maintenance. He said that
most of the water lines in that
area at present are 114 to 1 Vi
inch lines. He told the council
that he plans to replace the
lines with 2-inch pipe to in-
crease the volume flow to the
area. ,H
The council approved 13 new
street lights for the city, bring-
ing the total number of lights
within the city limits to 291.
DuBose said that the increase
would help many areas, but
that other areas of the city
would have to wait until fi-
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Silsbee Tigers will have an
open date Friday, but are being
given little rest by Coach Ray
McGallion.
With the next game, against
French High here next Friday,
still a week off, the Tigers have
been drilling all this week on
fundamentals. McGallion said
that the entire squad has been
working on basic blocking,
tackling and faking, and that
he had been looking at new
personnel, especially in the
line.
Silsbee Tiger Junior Var-
sity will open its season
against French High tonight
(Thursday) at 7 p. m. when
the two teams meet in Beau-
mont High stadium.
Last Friday night, the Tigers
managed a 16-6 win over a
scrappy Huntsville Hornet
team.
Ail of Silsbee’s scoring came
showed some promise, they
tightened up on the passing of
Huntsville’s ace left handed
quarterback in good fashion
during the second half. Of six
Hornet passes attempted dur
ing the final two periods, none
was completed and two were
intercepted by Wallace and
Mike Doiron. The entire line
was putting a real squeeze on
the passer and most of his toss-
es were wide of the mark. He
was dropped behind the line
four times for a minus 19 yards.
After the opening kickoff to
the Tigers, they failed to get a
drive going. After swapping
the ball with Huntsville, the
Silsbee squad came back on
their second chance and drove
64 yards for Blythe’s score. A
20-yard romp by Bruce Parten
and a 14-yard run by Spell put
the fullback one yard out from
the Huntsville goal. He dove
over on the next play, with 3:01
remaining in the first quarter.
Diden circled right end for the
last Friday with Liberty Train-
ing, which they lost 26-6 ■■
•In the starting lineup will be
quarterback William Robert-
son, halfbacks Marvin Lee and
Glenn Cooper, fullback Equinn
Jackson, ends Bobby Simmons
and Wallace Lewis, tackles
Leonard Garrett and Theodore
Hollis, guards Cleo Howard and
Ralph Davenport, and center
Sammy Richardson.
Jackson managed the only
Passes lntcpt by
week on a four yard plunge
across the goal line, in the
open minutes of the game.
Liberty pushed across touch-
1 downs in all lour quarter*.
Kenneth Keown
Is At Gonzales
Warm Springs
Kenneth Keown of Silsbee,
was admitted to the Texas Re-
habilitation Hospital, Ganzales
Warm Springs Foundation on
Sept. 9.
At the Hospital, he will have
a program of rehabilitation
treatments prescribed for him
by the medical director, a spe-
cialist in physical medicine and
rehabilitation.
The medical program at the
Texas Rehabilitation Hospital
is made up of physical therapy,____
occupational therapy, clinical Blythe for 61 yards,
psychology, speech therapy, 24
hour rehabilitation nursing, and
recreational therapy. These are
prescribed as needed for the in-
dividual patients.
In rehabilitation at the Hos-
in the first half with fullback two points after.
Harold Blythe and halfback
Melvin Spell crossing the goal
line. Quarterback Steve Diden
added two points after each
touchdown with wide runs.
Defensively, the Tigers did a
creditable job through all four
periods. Bolstered by the ter-
rific defensive play of Blythe,
Buddy Witte, Larry Wallace,
John Nichols, Steve Jordan and
Tibby Scarborough, the Sils-
bee team held Huntsville to
only eight first downs, and
stopped their touted passing at-
tack for only five completions
in 15 tries
On offense, timing was slow
through most of the second
half and the Silsbee runners
netted only 26 yards. In the
first two periods, the Tigers
had romped for 129 yards.
Bright points in the Tiger
oiiense were the exceptional
running of Spell, and three pass
completions from Diden to
goal in four plays for their on-
ly score of the game. A pass at-
tempt for extra points failed.
Three times during the re-
mainder of the game, the Tig-
ers penetrated Huntsville ter-
ritory inside the 20 yard line,
but failed to score.
STATISTICS
Silsbee Huntsville
13 first downs 8
4 for 30 penalties
2 of 4 fumbles lost 1 of 4
2 for 33 punts, avg. 3 for 34
3 of 8 passes compl. 5 of 15
2 passes intercep. by 1
42 yards passing 39
155 yards rushing 57
nances allowed any more addi-
tions. Total city electric bill just
lor the street lights will now
197 total net yards
be $5591 per year.
As the final order of business,
the council gave the city man-
ager authority to work city
crews and equipment extra to
assist the Silsbee Chamber of
Commerce in its proposed city-
wide cleanup day on Saturday,
Oct. 30.
DuBose reported that street
repair and drainage projects
were progressing on schedule.
He said that city crews have
resurfaced almost six miles of
2 for 20 streets this summer, and will
continue to work on the pro-
ject until stopped by the win-
ter rains. He stated that re-
surfacing had been held up re-
cently because of no materials,
but that a new shipment had
96 just oeen received.
sidered. Church services are of-
fered, there is a school for chil-
dren. and entertainment pro-
grams are held regularly. The
goal is maximum rehabilitation
physically, socially, and emo
tionally—so the person can live
and work to the best of
abilities.
Texas Rehabilitation
of Gonzales Warm Springs is a
non-profit, non-sectarian hos-
pital which assures needed care
score for the Panthers last to Texans of *11 ages who have
been disabled by many kinds of
accidents and diseases. About
55 percent of the operating bud-
get must come from contribu-
tion of Texas citizens.
Spell broke through the Hor-
net secondary for runs of 14
and 20 yards, and another for
25 yards which was nullified
with a penalty.
Back to the Tiger defense,
which Coach McGallion said
Kirby P-TA To
Meet Tuesday
Afternoon
Parent-
Kirby Elementary
Teachers Association will
in the cafetonum at the school
Tuesday, Sept. 21, at 3:30 p. m.
Mrs. Troy Greenwood, pre-
siding officer, has reported that
the program will offer the par-
ents a chance to meet
teachers.
Four minutes deep into the
second period, the Tigers again
crossed the goal line, this time
with Spell plunging over from
the one. A 20-yard run by
Spell, and runs of 10, five, five
and three yards by Blythe set
the ball in position for the
score. Diden circled left end
for the two pointer and the
Tigers led 16-0 at halftime.
In the third quarter, the
Hornet defense, which played
heads up all night, covered a
Tiger fumble on Silsbee’s 10,
and moved across the Tiger
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Boy Accused Of Theft
Not Shearer Employee
Born In Hardin Memorial
Hospital In Kountze
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kelley
of Silsbee arc the parents of a
daughter, Jan Lorce, born
Sept. 14. ’
Rosemarie, a daughter, was
born Sept. 6 to Mr. and Mrs
Bobby Joe Kilpatrick of Sils-
bee.
Rebecca Lou, a daughter, was
bom to Mr. and Mrs. R. C.
Watts of Silsbee on Sept. 7.
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Daigle of
Kountze are the parents of a
daughter, Fay Ann, born Sept, ardson, but did not sign it, T;
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas McKin
non of Silsbee, are the parents
of a son, Dana Wyan, born on
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bom Sept. 10 to Mr. and Mrs.
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Sept. 11.
Last week, in a newsstory
about a Silsbee boy charged
with felony theft, the BEE sta
ted that he had been employed
at Shearers Shoe Store. Offi-
cers had given the BEE this
information.
According to Silsbee Police
Chief Grady Tarver, the boy
did not work at the shoe store,
but was caught with $157 in
marked money in his posses
sion while in the store, last
Wednesday morning.
The money was taken from
Nifty Drive In Grocery earlier
that same morning.
Chief Tarver said that the
Nifty Drive In, and apparently
had seen where the money had
been hidden.
The marked money had been
planted by Tarver.
Tarver obtained a warrant
for the ,17-year-old boy’s ar
lest from Justice of the Peace
Rex Moore on a charge of fel-
ony theft.
After the boy, Mark Messer,
had been taken to the county
jail in Kountze last Wenesday,
he allegedly made a statenv
to District Attorney R. A. Rich-
ver stated. He was freed
$1009 bond by his attor
In Jefferson County Crim-
inal District Court, Ruby J.
Gilley of Silsbee received a
four-year probationary peni-
tentiary sentence Monday alter
she pleaded guilty to felony
worthless check. She admitted
to issuing a worthless $50
check to Maes Discount Center
in Beaumont on July 28, 1964.
She was ordered by the court
to make restitution for $010.58
worth of bad checks.
Louis Johnson of Houston,
formerly of Silsbee, was asses-
sed a one-year probationary
county jail sentence by the Jef-
boy was known to frequent ferson County Court at Law
last Wednesday after pleading
guilty to negligent homicide.
He was charged with the death
in a traffic accident of a Beau-
mont woman, on Aug. 14, 1962.
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