The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 1, 1968 Page: 2 of 16
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to the Editor
Iwnberton Parents Businessman
Entered under a second class mailing permit April 19,
If!I, at the Pott Office at Silsbee, Texas, under the Act of
March J, 1W9
Published every Thursday at 410 Highway 96, Silsbee,
Texas - 77656.
Subscription Rate: 13.50 per year in Hardin, Jasper, Tyler,
Jefferson Counties; 14 00 per year outside these counties.
EDITORIAL STAFF
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City Wins Certificate
On Clean-Up Drive
Washington, D. C. — Silsbee play during the Feb. 18-20 con-
has earned a certification of
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honorable mention for its suc-
cessful dean up, civic improve-
ment, and beautification activi-
ties in competition with other
communities ot less than 25,000
population in the 1967 National
Cleanup Contest.
Mrs. Stuart Smith was chair-
man of The Woman’s Club
committee which sponsored the
city-wide clean-up campaign.
A member of the city's dele-
gation wii! receive the certifi-
cate in person at an awards
ceremony which is the high-
light of the National Cleanest
Town Conference in Washing-
ton, D. C., on Feb. 20.
In addition, the contest judg-
es have chosen the city’s scrap-
book entry to be placed on de-
ference at the Statler Hilton
Hotel. This will enable dele-
gates from other communities
to see first hand the public re-
cord of what the city has ac
accomplished.
The honorable mention certi-
ficate was earned because of
Want ISD School
Status Unchanged
January 25. 1968
Messrs. David & R L. Read,
Publishers
The Silsbee Bee
410 Highway 98
Silrbee, Texas 77656
Dear Sirs-
With parents’ stnceVe sense
of, responsibility for the educa-
tion of our son and daughter
and the many other wonderful
children of this growing Lutr-
berton Community, wc find it
necessary to write you in ref-
erence to a letter from O L
Moore that appeared in today’s
Bee.
The “exhaustive” study the
Luinberton Taxpayers’ Associ-
ation made and the solution
they came up with is not in
the best interest of our chil-
dren, regardless of how high
our taxes are. A common dis-
trict education is not what our
children need to build their fu-
tures on nor to prepare them
to be the citizens of tomorrow.
W" want them to have 'he
school they have now, the sup-
erintendent they have now, the
principals they have now, and
the teachers they have now. A
common district can not sup-
port the quality educators that
we now have in our school dis-
trict.
Everybody knows census is a
yearly enumeration of pre-
school and school children re-
quired by the State of Texas.
Our teachers’ taking census
Lauds Polite For
Catching Burglar
Lumberfon High
To Offer Adult
education (lasses
Votaw Happenings
MBS. E. L. TEAL, Reporter
Lumberton High School an- . „
nounced that it will institute an Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wer-
ariult night school program this vt" anf* son- Vidor,, .v*s',,e"
semester. Courses in English 1, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Perk ills. his
11, 111, and IV and Typing i mother.and stepfather, over the
and-11 will be offered. Classesiwce*,:en^ hero.
Gentlemen,
I would like to thank the
Silsbee police department and
the Hardin County sheriff’s de-
partment through your paper
for the fast and efficient work
early Wednesday morning.
With the aid of two alert pri-
vate persons, the officers inter-
rupted two couples as they
were entering my service sta-
tion business just, alter 3
o'clock Wednesday morning.
Thanks to Chief (Edgarl
Blood who was himself work-
ing the graveyard shitt, loss of
property from the burglary was
small. I've often seen Chief
Blood patroling our streets at
night, although apparently,
some of our citizens don’t
know about this.
This was the second time in
the past six months that this
service station has been broken
into, and each time, Chief
Blood has arrested the person
responsible.
Again, thank you Chief
Blood.
Johnny Ruggles
will meet twice each week in
three-hour sessions for a term
cf 18 weeks, and students will
cam full high school credit for
ouch course in which tney are
enrolled. Tuition will be $30.00
per semester.
A minimum of 15 students
are necessary before a class can
be offered, and class sizewill
be limited to 30 students. Reg-
istration will begin at 7 p. in.,
Feb. fi. in the high school cafe-
torium.
For further information those
who arc- interested can coll
Mr. Nelson, High School prin-
cipal, at PL 5-1443 between 8
a. m. and 4 p. m.
the excellent civic improve-
ment program which began tiijs year was planned prior to
with the division of the city
into 17 sections for a city-wide
the Lumberton Taxpayers’ As-
sociation’s gaining their full
project to clean up vacant lots head of steam for abolishing the
and store fronts, in addition,
there were special trash pick-
ups in the spring and fall,
many youth activities, and the
city-purchased litterbug signs
to keep people on their toes.
‘The excellent results
achieved by the people of this
city indicate that a great many
citizens here have an active in-
terest in their community and
are aware of the value and im-
portance of civic improve-
ment," said R. H. Hackendahl,
Director of the National Clean
Up Bureau.
A panel of nine judges was
responsible for naming the win-
ning cities in three population
classifications Under 25,000;
Between 25,000 and 250,000;
and Over 250,000.
Statler Hilton, and is fol-
by an awards luncheon
which closes the conference.
district.
We resent the implication
that our teachers have “brain
washed” the school children,
This is untrue. Those who real-
ly have respect for the great
job these teachers are doing
really know how disgustingly
untrue it is.
Propaganda ? ? ? Abuse ? ? ?
Brain-washing ? ? ? These are
war terms” Mr. Moore has
used, and in reference to the
education of our children, too.
May we say through your
press . . , See you at the polls,
Parents.
Respectfully,
Robert G. McFadden and
Mrs. Robert G. McFadden
8025 Ginger Lane
starts Country Lane Estates
Silsbee, Texas 77656
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lumberton ISD
Teachers Resent
Accusations
January 25, 1968
Editors
The Silsbee Bee
Dear Sirs:
We teachers cf Lumberton
ISD have been unjustly accused
of unprofessional conduct in
the classroom or on school as-
signments. Our job is to teach,
never indoctrinate. Takeing the
census was an opportunity for
teachers to observe and to fa-
miliarize themselves with the
district. Only when an official
activity directly concerns the
welfare of the district is school
dismissed.
Mr. Moore states that it is
“unfair to allow or encourage
teachers to engage in politics.”
Let me say as an American, as
a district resident, and as a
parent deeply concerned with
the education of “my" commun-
ity: I will say anything any-
where I wish except while
serving in a professional ca-
pacalty.
Sincerely,
Evelyn Butler
Route 2, Box 989
Silsbee, Texas 77656
Service Officer
Helped Secure
Veterans Benefits
Kountze, Texas
Jan. 25, 1968
Mr. Boh and David Read
Silsbee Bee
Silsbee, Texas
Dear Sirs:
Please publish this letter in
your paper, in order for public
to know our office is able to
assist veterans i n securing
benefits.
Many thanks.
Yours truly,
W. H. Dunlap
Hardin. County Service
- Officer
VETERANS AFFAIRS
COMMISSION
Drawer il, Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711
January 3, 1968
Mr. W. H. Dunlap
Hardin County Service
Officer
Box 969
Kountze, Texas 77625
Dear Mr. Dunlap:
Our records for the past year
indicate that vou assisted in se-
curing benefits in the amount
of $250,515.00, for veterans,
their dependents and survivors,
in your County.
It is significant that your of
fice was instrumental in the re-
covery of monetary benefits as
set out above, yet this total ex-
cludes scores of benefits from
agencies other than the VA, and
if such accumulations were in-
cluded, the total would be mul-
tiplied many times over. Na-
turally, these thousands of dol-
lars further the economy of
your County, and affect direct-
ly and indirectly all Texas citi-
zens.
Through your office and ser-
vices, repayment is made, at
least in part, on the tremen-
dous debt we owe to gallant
men, and you are to be com-
mended for furnishing such
outstanding service to those
who have fought to preserve
our freedom.
Sincerely yours,
Charles L. Morris
Executive Director
Bobby Peeler
Takes Job With
KLVI Radio Station
Radio Beaumont, Inc., an-
nounced this week the addition
cf Wilson Peeler to its air staff.
He will be on the air Monday
through Saturday morning on
KLVI beginning Feb. 6.
Peeler, a former resident of
this city and a graduate of Sils-
bee High, is a 1961 graduate of
Port Arthur College and work-
ed at WTAW in College Station
before fulfilling his military
obligation in the US Navy. His
radio experience includes time
at KERC in Eastland and the
local KKAS Radio Station.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
F. C. Spivey of hlis city. .
Ground Hog Is
Unreliable In
His Predictions
which was a big day’s job. The world’s most unreliable
Mrs Tina Moore of Cleve- weather prognosticator is about
land visited ir. the Teal home to make his annual progno .ti-
Thad Holden, 72,
Dies On Thursday
Funeral services for
Holden. 72, of Silsbee wci e
held at 2 p. m., Saturday, in
the J. B Coleman Funeral
Chapel with Rev. Samuel Bo-
wie officiating. Burial was in
city remetery.
Holden died Thursday morn-
ing at Hardin Memorial Hos-
pital, after a brief illness.
Survivors include two sisters
and four brothers, among them
Charlie Holden of Silsbee.
Mrs. Grace McMillan of
Cleveland spent last week here
with Mr. and Mrs. Phil Eason,
her brother and family.
P. L. Williams of Hollygrove
visited Mr. and Mrs. Bob Bai-
ley, his mother and step-father,
h»re Friday.
Oakley Teal of Kountze vis-
ited his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E L. Teal. Friday. He had just
been released from Hardin Me-
morial Hospital after o'
coining a case of flu.
Mrs. Mary Martin reports
she received a message from a
friend of hers stating that Miss
Mary Autry in Dallas died
suddenly Saturday.
Mrs. Eddie Martin and sons
of Livingston visited with her
mother. Mrs. Velma Edge, Sat-
urday. Mrs. Edger is now stay
ing with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. E Perkins in Votaw at
their old home here.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Davis,
Thressa and Glen, of Arlington,
spent the weekend here at their
home and also visited her mo-
ther and family, Mrs. Opal Lee
Allamantf
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dettling
visited in the home of Mrs. Ada
Rhodes, and also Mrs. Anna
Harrison Sunday giving a help-
ful hand.
Alfred Eason is visiting with
Mrs'. Eason and daughters in
League City this week He is
suffering a severe cold or tin,
and cannot work at this time.
Mr and Mis. S. F. Hobden of
Orange spent Wednesday here
with her purents, Mr. and Mrs.
Tea1, enjoying a dinner cooked
on the old wood stove country
style
Attending I h e revival in
Houston with Evangelist Low-
ery Friday were Mr and Mrs.
W. H. Tanton, Mrs. Lucy Com-
Thad rnatK,er' Brother Loftin and
'son, Yancy Brackin, Lorean
Marcantell, Helen McKinney
and Ed .Graham.
Grany Mae of Houston spent
the weekend here with Mr. and
Mrs, Cecil Collins, her daugh-
ter and son in law.
Mr. and Mrs. Beeman Rhod-
es had a hog killing day at tin-
home of Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Bailey, her parents, Friday.)
They butchered two large hogs,
Thursday and reports her hus
band, Eck Moore, is in the hos-
pital not doing any better. He
has been in the rest home for
several years now.
Debbie. Sandra Kay Fletcher
spent the weekend with
grandmother, Mrs. Ethel
ler.
cation.
According to American folk-
lore, the ground hog, or wood-
chuck. awakens from his long
winter sleep on Feb. 2. He
sticks his head out of his home
their -m (he ground and looks around.
Ros-
lf he sees his# shadow he
crawls back into his hole and
Mr and Mrs. Gene Cori’nranjthis is supposed to mean that
and children of Orange visiiedlthere will be six more weeks of
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hi winter weather.
L. Move Sunday. If he doesn't see his shadow,
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Collinsjhe stays out of his hole, and
visited friends in Liberty Mon- this is supposed to mean theft
day. spring weather soon will come.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Shivers Well, what about this.'
of Cleveland visited with her Not much. World Book F.n-
brether and family here Thurs- cyc’opedia’s article on Febru-
day, Mr. and Mrs. Phil Eason, ary" says blunt y. Only super-
iors. Joyce Tanton is on the Mitious people believe this sto-
sick list this week. rv." while World Book s article
Little Mclorie Burnett and.™ “Ground-Hog Day says
her brother missed school;more tactfully, ’ Science has not
Monday with the flu.
Mrs. Marvin Burnett o! Tnic-
ket v isited in the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. P.
Burnett, Monday.
onfirmed this."
So it seems that on the
whole, the Weather Bureau is
more reliable than the average
ground hog.
V
Dear Jane
Willie McGuire
Funeral Is Held
Funeral services for Willie
MrGuife. 38, of Silsbee were
hell} at 2 p. m. Sunday at the
Good Hope Baptist Church in
Huntsville. Burial wall in the
old Colony Cemetery there.
McGuire died at his resi-
Public
Notices
I have just heard a precast of
“the news."
Starting THURSDAY. FEB 1st.
at 8:30, there’s to be a FINAL
CLEARANCE SALE at JACQUE’S
DRESS SHOP."
Lots of goodies including a rack
of DRESSES for $10 00. Imagine.
So meet me early.
Love —
NOTICE FOR BIDS
Sealed bids will be received in the
.office of the Superintendent. Lum-
dence jfln. 21, after a long nl- bet ton Independent School District.
or or before February 6th .1961, on,
one «1 > 1953 :?ord <60 pGMStfngc’i j
school bus. being offered for *ale tnj
running condition. This equipment
may be seen at Lewis Garage in
ness.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Cora Lee McGuire, and
five children: two sisters and
four brothers, including George
McGuire of Silsbee.
Lumberton. Bid " proposal, may U*j
secured by contacting Nelson F Fich-!
man. Superintendent. 482!
Meet a
The first Farm to Market
Road built by the Texas High-
way Department—50 years ojd
last year—was built in 193(3.
It extended 5.8 miles from
Mount Enterprise to Shiloh in
Rusk County.
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