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SILSBEE, TEXAS
VOLUME 50
taslex Official
Speaks Wednesday
At Kiwanis Club
FANCY FOOTWORK from Silsbee’s flying halfback, Glenn Ray Cooper (35)
led to a 20 yard gain late in the fourth quarter of last Friday’s Bi-District clash
with Conroe. Fullback Randy Wallace (40) had just blocked down Conroe defen-
sive standout Herbert Johnson (21) opening the way for Cooper. Cooper was
the leading Tiger ground gainer of the game with 64 yards in nine carries. Sils-
bee won 17-10, scoring all 17 points in the second half.__
Council Votes To Annex
Area North Of Pine Plaza
An ordinance annexing an
area north of the present Siis-
bee city limits has been ap-
proval on first reading by the
city council at their regular
meeting Tuesday night. The
annexation ordinance is pub-
lished in full in this issue of
the BEE.
Before final approval, a 80-
day waiting period is required
for such annexation.
The area to be annexed lies
north from the present city
limits to the south property
line of Evans Products between
Highway 92 on the west and
the railroad tracks serving the
oil storage racks on the east. A
small portion of the new Pine
Plaza Shopping Center is in he
proposed area, along with pro- cable TV system in the city,
perty owned by Smltty’s Sup
ply and W. C. Britton.
Donations Are Slow In
Toys for Tots Campaign
Donations to the Silsbee the evening duty. Hours will
Toys for Tots campaign were be the same as Monday,
lagging badly, according to J. The house-to-house pickup
R, Sims, chairman. Saturday will be the last pick-
Dolls in particular were up, according to Sims. Dona-
needed urgently so the Silsbecltions after Saturday must be
Rainbow Girls, the Town and left at the workshop in a spe-
Country Home Demonstration
dub and Mrs. Laura Ashcraft
will have time to clean and
dress them before Christmas.
Boy Scouts from Silsoee
Troop 88 will conduct a door-
to-door pickup Saturday, Dec.
2 between 8 a.m. and noon. All
rial box near the front door
Sims has asked that any-
one with toys to donate which
need repair get them in before
Dec. 15 so workers will have'
time to do the necessary fixing
and painting. New or clean,
ready to use toys and dolls tnay __
toyr to~ be donated should be be*uM«'fo through Wwtow ftw!
placed at the front of the house day, Dec. 20 at the workshop. _ . . . ,
and plainly marked for Toys'--
also passed first reading by the
council. This ordinance also re-
quires a 30-day waiting period
before final approval.
Great Western Television
Cable Co. Inc. had requested
several months ago that the
city grant them a franchise to
operate the cable system here.
The proposed ordinance is a
result of study of similar fran-
chises in other area cities.
The franchise calls for Great
Western to pay the city five
percent of its income per year
in addition to 32.50 per pole
per year on poles which the
company has to erect. Spokes
men from the cable TV comp-
any said that most of the ca
ble service would be on ex
isting utility poles which will
be leased from utility compan-
ies. The franchise is for a 25
year period, but may be open-
ed for negotiations at the end
of 10 years apd every five
for Tots pickup.
Xi Zeta Rho chapter of Beta
Sigma Phi sorority will have a
workshop at the old Morris
Pharmacy building on North
Fifth Street Monday, Dec.
from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. clean
ing and sorting toys. Optimists
Club members will take over
the workshop Monday night, 7
to 10 p.m., painting and re-
pairing items.
Tuesday, Dec. 5, members of
Nu TJpsilon chapter of Beta
Sigma Phi will be in charge of
the morning workshop session
and the Silsbee Lions will have
C. (. Herndon Sr.,
Former Resident,
Dies In Liberty
Funeral services for Charles
C. Herndon Sr. 68, of Liberty
were held at 3 p.m. Nov. 21 in ^
the Allison "Memorial Chapel
with Rev. Jimmy Burks offici-
ating. Burial was in Fairluwn
Memorial Park Cemetery.
Herndon died enroute to the
Kersting Hospital as a result *ld Allums to
of a heart attack. A member
of the Baptist Church and Ma-
sonic Lodge AF&AM, he has
been a resident of Liberty for
the past 25 years. He is a for-
mer resident of Silsbee.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. C. C. Herndon Sr. of Lib-
erty; one son, Charles C. Hern-
don Jr. of Liberty; one broth-
er and two sisters.
He is he grandfather of Mrs.
Charles Worry, and the great-
grandfather of
Worry, both of
Commissioners
Borrow Money,
"Sell Land
Hardin County Commission-
ers Court, meeting Monday at
the Courthouse, authorized
Commissioner Tom Burch of
Sour Lake to borrow $18,270.00
from the Sour Lake State Bank.
The money is to be used to pay
the unpaid balance owing on
one Gallion motor grader pur-
chased by the county. The loan
will pay 5 percent interest to
the bank.
The Commissioners also gave
Dudley Keith, administrator of
Hardin Memorial Hospital, au-
thority to have his employees
dismantle old obsolete equip-
ment in the hospital.
In other business, the Court
tabled a claim by Gulf States
Utilities Co. in the amount of
for further study; con-
demned the property belonging
to Paraffine Oil Co. in Batson:
and authorized Judge Emmett
Lack and County Auditor Don-
borrow money
from any bank to take off any
bonded indebtedness of the
county that may become neces-
City Manager Wayne DuBose
told the council that an eight ^ies, when they go
inch city water main runs
through the property to Evans
Products plant, and immediate
service could be rendered to um~e,,rhe said, “Eastex'wilf of-
anyone requesting it.
Another ordinance, this one
authorizing the operation of a
Cable television service
should" be available to city res-
idents by the middle of 1968, a
company spokesman said.
The auditing firm of Ncu-
shafer A Browning of Bei-u-
1000 persons, henaid, and pur- ger football team has ever won
chases wood, chemicals and a bi-dlstrict contest, although
fund exceeded expenditures by Texas Society of Certified Pub
*“ *• *• lie Accountants.
$825.08 for the 15 month fis-
cal year just past. This did not
include $5,570,400 expenditure
for a billing machine which
was charged to surplus.
A study of the water works
and sewer system records
showed expenditures exceed
ing revenue by $26,988.88. The
auditors said that the deficit
had been caused by a depreci-
ation deduction of $53,844.97
an dother charges of $35,523.19
which had not been budgeted
In the past.
City Tax Assessor Cesar
Dominguez gave the council
data on a tax study he had
completed covering all area
cities except Woodville and
Jasper. He said these two had
been deleted because they own
The Court also asked the utilities and derive revenue
State of Texas to quitclaim Its from them outside of taxes.
LSL v Usin« the total tax rate for
SS5S£$"vs wtlitJSuKvS
joining the property of George
P. Hart, and which the cop'ntfefJ?.
desires to convey to Mr. Hart.lJ,!1, actUl cost *or taxes in €ach
All members of the court,01^ . . . .
for Monday’s' Wllh thls adjusted tax rate,
Silsbee Is the lowest in the
little Randy wer« Present
this city. meeting.
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■ 10 Is Deadline For
Basket Applications
Silsbee Community Silsbee
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Fellowship:
T. G. Washington, J. A. Hend-
rix, Sampson Booker, R. E. Jon
te, Robert A* Scott, John Wil
Hams. A. C. Johnson, Garrett
Wingfield, and F. C. Drake.
making an ap-
10.
Southeast Texas area with 43.8
cents per $100 valuation. Sec
ond lowest were Kirbyvllle an
Liberty with 45 cents. Highest
city taxes on the list were paid
by Beaumonters at $1,104 per
$100 total valuation.
Dominguez said that, accord
ing to the last Tc
pal Report on Ts
Debt, Silsbee has
lowest tax rates in
and yet maintains
services offered by
of the same size,
Completion of a $41 million
expansion program by Eastex
Inc., at the company’s Evadale
mill will create 200 new jobs
and will generate “millions of
dollars in added payroll which
will be spent in the area,” the
Silsbee Kiwanis Club was told
Wednesday.
Eastex Secretary-Treasurer
Clyde E. Cole spoke to Kiwanis
Club members during their
meeting in the Bluebonnet
Cafe.
In an “Eastex Community
Report,” illustrated by color
slides of Eastex operations,
Cole said the expansion pro-
pram nearing completion “is in
r-mtity, a complete new mill—
another $41 million investment,
fi”d another 33 percent increase
in capacity.”
Cole said Eastex’ new facil-
into oper-
ation in December, will boost
production of paper to 1200
tons per day. “For the first
Silsbee’s Tigers, for the first
time in football history at Sils-
bee High School, have progres-
sed to the state quarterfinal
playoff round.
Saturday night at 7:30, the
Tigers will face the El Campo
Rlcebirds at Jeppesen Stadi-
um in Houston. The winner
will advance to the semifinals
in class AAA to challenge the
winner of the Seguin-Donna
game.
Silsbee moved into the quar-
terfinals by defeating Conroe
last Friday night 17-10 for the
bi-district championship.
fer what we call ‘fine paper’
,for sprinting and business use.”
The Eastex executive noted
that “the latesLpollution -abate-
ment Seviees^available to our
industry are as much a part of
the new facility as the machin-
ery required to produce paper.
We have been working with
experts for over two years to
utilize everything known to us
in this area, and the equipment
will be in operation by the end
of this year.”
The new Eastex facility con-
tributes to reduction of air pol-
lution in the entire East Texas
area, Cole noted, because equip-
ment in it processes sawdust
purchased from East Texas and
Western Louisiana mills here-
tofore burned. He noted that
Eastex will spend approximate-
ly $2 million annually to pur-
chase sawdust.
Tracing the growth of Eas-
tex, Cole said “initially, the
mill provided jobs for 350 peo-
ple who put $2 million in new
payroll into circulation.”
The company now employs
The Tigers have played in served seats will be sold for
two previous bi-district clash-!the game, according to Supt.
es, in 1937 when Groveton won'Don L- Hough. He urged fans to
13-0, and again in 1938 when1 purchase tickets before going been exceptional. Silsbee has
Crockett won 18-0. Silsbee was to the game to avoid the usual scored 320 points while ihe de-
in District 24-B then. long lines at the stadium. Sils- fense has given up only 81 to
Jeppesen Stadium is located bee will have the east side of some of the toughest competi-
on Cullen Boulevard directly the 21,000 seat stadium, and tion in the state.
many other supplies locally.
“We are proud of the East
Texas area, and we are proud
to be cltltons here,” Cole said.
“Our growth has been possible
because of the many people in
mont reported to the council the area who work for us, buy
that its annual audit of all ci
ty records had been completed
and all books were found to be
in order. In past years, the
auditors have always made
some comment about improve-
ments to the city bookkeeping
system, however his year, they
made no recommendations.
In their report, they showed
that revenue in the general
our products and otherwise
have a part in our develop-
ment. We are grateful to this
area and all the communities
in it.”
Cole is a long-time resident
of Silsbee and is a director of
the Silsbee State Bank and the
new doctor’s hospital now un-
der construction.
He is also a member of the
Tigers, Ricebirds Duel
In Quarterfinal Match
will drive to the game can get
to the stadium by turning left
onto Wayside Drive from IH
10. Stay on Wayside to McGre-
gor Park and turn right on
South Park Boulevard. Turn
left at Wheeler and then right
on Cullen Boulevard to the
stadium.
Tickets for the game are
available at the Silsbee School points themselves. Most sports-
business office annex on Ave-
nue H and North Sixth Street.
Adult tickets are $2.00 and stu-
dent’s are 75 cents through 4
p. m. Friday. At the gate, all
tickets will be $2.00. No re-
“E1 Campo has one of the running ability of tailback Bil-
best defenses we’ve faced this
year,” commented Silsbee head
coach Ray McGallion, “and an
explosive offense that is al-
ways dangerous.”
In the records, the Rlcebirds
have a perfect 11-0 season, al-
lowing only 85 points by their
opponents while chalking 329
writers over the state have
picked them a one touchdown
favorite over Silsbee, but this
is not the first time this year
that the Tigers have overcome
the underdog role.
The Tiger’s 8-2-1 record is
not too impressive, but for the
past six games, the team has
west of the University of Hous-| should enter through the east
ton campus. Local fans who1 gate.
The Ricebirds base most of
their offense on the outstanding
Silsbee Recovers To Win
17-10 From Tough Conroe
After a rather average first Crockett won both of
half of play in last Friday distant playoff games.
The Tigers from Silsbee won
night’s bi-district play - off
game, the Silsbee Tigers roared
back in the second half to show
Conroe’s Tigers the best of Dis-
trict 9-AAA.
Silsbee won the play-off 17-
10, all 17 of their points com-
ing in the final two quarters.
This is the first time that a Ti- hometown Tigers
they have played in two others,
back in 1937 and 1938 while
members of District 24-B. boggei
those fourth down. Conroe’s Billy
Martin split the goal posts from
38-yards out to put his team
the opening toss and chose to;fhcad 3-°.fwith 9:58 remainin*
receive the kickoff. After two ln e a
first downs, however, their
steam ran out and Gary Bryant
punted to the Conroe Tigers.
After four plays, Conroe had to
punt back to Silsbee, but the
still
Late in the initial period,
Conroe began marching toward
Silsbee’s goal but the drive
ged
Again Silsbee took the kick-
off but an intercepted pass cut
short any offensive hopes. Be-
ginning on their own 26-yard
line, Conroe put together four
Jy Joe Polasek. He has only
played in eight and one-half
games this season, but has 146
times for 971 yards and 12
touchdown:* Fullback Billy
Humphrey, at 165 pounds,
shares much of the running
with Polasek, having carried
101 times for 438 yards in 11
games.
Ricebird flankerback Cliff
Dowden, 154 pounds, is the fa-
vorite passing target for quar-
terback Wayne Zaskoda, 175
pounds. Dowden has caught 10
passes for 269 yards and five
touchdowns. He has also scor-
ed seven times on the ground.
Zaskoda has completed 31 of
67 passes for 526 yards and has .
run with the ball 72 times for
another 284 yards. Zaskoda
has the reputation for being a
real sparkplug field general
that can pull his team through
the tight spots. Most of his pas-
ses are short, just over the line,
usually when the running game
bogs down.
Roland Lundy, besides being
one of the best defensive ends
in the state class AAA, is also
a capable pass receiver with
11 catches for 138 yards.
The Tigers don’t have a run-
ning back with the exceptional
statistics compiled by Polasek.
but the total for the four start-
ing backs looks better. Half-
back Nathan Broussard, in 11
games, has carried 124 time*
for 695 yards and seven touch-
downs. Fullback Randy Wal-
lace is pushing close with 682
yards and six tallies on 105
carries. Halfback Glenn Cooper
has scored three times with 62
carries and 532 yards. He has
played in 10
first downs and a 15 - yard
co'dd, touchdown pass to step further Q , , „ , „
ahead of Silsbee with 3-54 left Quarterback Beryl McGal*
TiZ Kon has run 89 times for 111
down 24-yards short. On
Tiger Cagers To Open
At Jasper Tournament
Silsbee Tiger cagers will fi-
nally take to the court this
weekend at Jasper after having
to cancel the first four games
due to the extended football
season.
Coach Dan Montgomery said
Individual Members
Given Vote In Chamber
A special general member-
ship meting was held by the
directors of the Silsbee Cham-
ber of Commerce in the Heri-
tage Room of the Silsbee State
Bank Tuesday night.
President J. R. Sims Jr.
stated that the purpose of this
special meeting was to discuss
ways and means of raising ad-
ditional funds to meet expens-
es for the balance of the fiscal
year.
Two constitutional amend-
ments were adopted. One am-
endment changed the time al-
Final Riles For
Former Resident
Held In Beaumont
Funeral services for Mrs.
Bertie Herrington Wiggins, 78,
were held at 10 a.m. Monday
in the chapel
Broussard’s ites
lowed for appointing a nomin-
ating committee from 100 days
to 120 days prior to the end of
the chamber year. The second
amendment made will allow in-
dividual Chamber members
full voting rights. Sims skid
that removal of voting restric-
tions on individual members
should encourage interested in-
dividuals to join the Chamoer
of Commerce and have a voice
in the future of Silsbee.
A discussion was held on re-
ports received in the Chamber
Office from all other cities in
the East Texas area of com-
parable populations. It was no-
ted that all the other Chambers last season.
the basketball team will still
be short three returning letter-
men who are playing football.
Three other lettermen, Eugene
Pattillo, Mike Shuff and Man-
uel Tyler, have been working
with the team.
Scene of the first cage action
will be the Jasper Tournament
this Thursday and Friday. Sils-
bee will jump against Shelby-
vilje at 2 p.m. Thursday in the
first round, and will play again
at 8:45 p.m. Friday if they win
Should the Tigers lose, they
will play in the consolation
round at 11:30 a.m. Friday.
Games with Port Neches, Bu-
na, French High and Woodville,
originally scheduled for the
past two weeks, have been can-
celed and will not Me played
later in the season.
Last year, Silsbee finished
with a 20-11 Season record and
9-3 in District 9-AAA for a
second place. Three starters
from that team will be return-
ing this year to bolster Tiger
chances. Besides Pattillo and
Tyler, Ralph Davenport start-
ing end for the football team
will also be back on the squad.
Footballers Claude Tarver and
Newton Hopkins also lettered
listed
higher
were operating with
budgets than Silsbee Shelbyvillc
Tyler, Pa
and with from two to five Urn
es the number of paid mem- Maxfield
berships. Sims stated that the or Jerry
Chamber’s financial problems
could be solved if all the bus-
in Silsbee would join
the Chamber and carry their
share of expenses as
first downs. Silsbee had to punt 18
three times for a 39 yard av-
erage. Conroe punted once for
40 yards.
Whatever Silsbee coach Ray
McGallion and his assistants
sqid to the team during half-
time intermission, or whatever
the boys themselves said to
each other, it worked because
they came out for the next
period a new team,
Silsbee kicked to Conroe to
open second half action, and
that was as far as the 10-AAA
(See Football on Page 2)
Probable starters against
HP-be
tti)lohUShuff, Bobby
and Raymond Stout
------ Redkey. Redkey at
five feet 10 inches is the short
est man on the starting unit.
in the first half. Kick for extra
point was good and the 10-
AAA champions led 10-0 al
the half.
Conroe completely dominat
ed statistics in the first two
quarters. Offensively, Conroe
polled up 181 yards and 10 first
downs, while Silsbee could
manage only 91 yards and four
Freight Line To
Study Possible
Franchise For City
Some 30 members of the Sils-
bee business community met
with representatives of Central
Freight Lines Company here
Monday night to discuss a pos-
sible new truck freight fran-
chise for this city.
Representatives of the com-
nany told the businessmen that,
survey within the SUsbee area
during the ne*t few weeks as
to the feasibility of the new
franchise, and would have a
return meeting, possibly late in
December.
Most of the larger busi
Silsbee who receive freight *x<*Pt
by truck were represented at
the meeting ln SUsbee State
bank.
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yards and two touchdowns, and
has passed 119 times, complet-
ing 53 for 1022 yards and 17
touchdowns. McGallion’s total
offense record of 1333 yards in
11 games is high by anyone’s
standards.
Tiger end Ralph Davenport,
who also plays a good defensive
one of the best pass
receivers ever to grace the
Silsbee High campus. He has
caught 26 this season for an ev-
en 600 yards and nine touch-
downs. Broussard is also a top-
notch receiver with seven cat-
ches for two scores and 169
yards.
In the line, where football
games are won or lost, Silsbee
has been blessed with one of
the best. Although they out-
weigh most of their opponents,
as they will Saturday night,
the Tiger line has speed and
quickness seldom found in a
high school team. The Tiger
starting offensive line averages
201 pounds from end to end,
while the Ricebirds tip the
scales at only 176, but that is
pounds of TNT according to
Coach McGallion.
On defense, El Campo Is
bound to be good or more
points would have been scored
against them, but we doubt that
they have ever played an en-
tire half like Silsbee did last
Friday night against Conroe.
The Silsbee Tigers did not
yield a single first down to the
Tigers from Conroe in the sec-
. . .. ond half of their bidistrtet
they wocld be coatf$6fftg match. Here, Silsbee has a ml
advantage over El Campo. file
Tigers have a capable defen-
sive unit and more capable re-
serves on the bench.
Most of the Ricebird starting
11 work both offense and de-
positions. Bobby Ryan and :
Hensley switch in as
linebackers, relieving
Charles Wendt and Polasek,
The Silsbee team appears to
cal
nal
quarterback
Brad Norvell
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Fish Aoainsl
of
Mortuary. Dr. John Wesley L,
Hardt, pastor of the First Me-Li
thodist Church, officiated.
Pallbearers were \||igglns of
Welch, Osborne Wiggins, Wel-
teii Wiggins, William S. Wig-L
gins, Luther Stubblefield andj”,
J. W. Wiggins. iJJ
Burial was in Magnolia Cem-Lt
etery. *. or
A resident of Beaumont 25 pe
years Mrs. Wiggins died at 2:30 m
p.m. Saturday at Hamilton m
Nursing Home. She had been Si
t that dollars
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entering its filial phase, B. W,
Graves, general chairman, an-
now
Brad Norvell, son of
School will Mrs. Victor Norvell oi
tour- :md a freshman at Tes
school University, made a
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