The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 8, 1958 Page: 8 of 16
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PAGE EIGHT — SECTION ONE
THE SILSBEE BEE
Brief News Items - -
Of Local and Personal Interest
Mrs. Leona Whitman, Phone EV 5-3731
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. McMicken
and son, Jerry, visited in Hunts-
ville over the weekend with anoth-
er son, Gene, who is a student at
SHSTC.
Miss Marla Reeves visited over
the weekend in Somerville in the
home of her sister and family, Mr.
and Mrs. A. L. Roberts.
Terri and Ronald Calvert are
visiting their grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. M. M. Barnes, in Cle-
burne.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Conner visit-
ed friends in Houston over the
weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Spencer and
children of Clayton, Texas visited
recently in the A. L. Moore home.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. McKay
spent the weekend in Galveston.
Miss Sherry Skinner of Wood-
ville visited over the weekend with
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
E. L. Skinner.
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Hanley
and children of Nederland, Mrs.
Billie Stanley and Mrs. Mildred
Hatch of Buna visited Wednesday
in the A. W. Hanley home.
Carl Harrison of Longview visit-
ed Sunday and Monday in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Gos-
sett.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Roy Lawson of
Newton and Mrs. Herbert Har-
grove of Kountze visited Tuesday
and Wednesday in the home of
Mrs. A. E. Hargrove.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Daigle of
Beaumont visited over the week-
end with his mother, Mrs. Mabel
Daigle.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Quave and
children of Valasco visited over
the weekend in the Jack Harris
home.
Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Stansbury
and children visited his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Stansbury, in
Newton over the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Ruggles of
Escondido, Calif, are viaiting in
the home of his mother, Mr*. Sam
Ruggles.
Mrs. Wm. Pennington and child-
ren visited over the weekend in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Pennington in Woodville.
K. C. Simmons left Tuesday to
return to his job in Intercoastal
Candidates
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Milner; and in precinct 4, incum-
bent Vernon Westbrook is being
opposed by A Wicks.
For the state board of educa-
tion, A. D. Moore and W. W. Ben-
nett have filed. Mr. Moore is cur-
rently representing this area on
that board.
In county commissioner’s pre-
cincts two and four which come
open this year there will be con-
tests. Tom Burch, incumbent com-
missioner of Sour Lake, precinct
4, faces Nell Ewing and Frank M.
Swain. In die Kounte precinct, 1,
Incumbent D. W. “Rocky” Rich-
ardson will run against O. O.
Overstreet, Ben Williams, and
Billy Joe Maddox.
Wafer Well
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eminent will give aid on such
plants in certain cases to avoid or
help halt stream pollution.
Councilman A. R. Neyland made
the motion to award the contract
to Layne-Texas on the water well
and plant with Councilman Berl
Slaydon seconding. Councilman
Frank Choate voted aye and
Councilman H. C. Hopkins ab-
stained. He indicated he favored
the lower bid of Katy Drilling
company. Councilman C. E. “Pete”
Landolt was absent
Bids were well within estimates
of engineers.
City, La. after a visit with his
family.
Recent visitors in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Lindsey were
Mr. and Mrs. John Branch of
Camden; Mrs. Archie Gore of
Honey Island, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Lindsey of Houston.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Hooks Sr.
and son, L M. Jr., returned Tues-
day night after visiting their
daughter and sister and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Hancock, in
Wilmington, North Carolina, They
toured places of interest enroute.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Read, Randy
Read and Miss Sally Dee Cole
spent last week end at Buchanan
Dam where they visited with Mr.
and Mrs. O. B. Haught of Lubbock.
Miss Cole visited Misses Gay and
Sylvia Haught
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hargrove
and children and Mrs. A E. Har-
grove spent the weekend in Bon
Wier.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry A. Smith
and daughter of Beaumont visited
Monday with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Smith and Mr. and
Mrs. J. N. Poland.
Visiting in the Cecil Skinner
home Sunday to celebrate the
birthday of Mrs. Skinner were
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gholson and
children of Port Arthur, Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Gholson of Orange,
Mrs. Durwood Godwin and child-
ren of Liberty, Mrs. M. M. Alford,
daughter and two grandchildren
of Fostoria; Mr. and Mrs. D. E.
Crager of Burke, Mr. and Mrs.
Carroll Crager of Lufkin, Mr. and
Mrs. Foster Gholson and children
of Pollok, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ghol-
son and Miss Ada Blankenship of
Beaumont and Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Gholson of Silsbee.
C. Z. Pope and Russell Busby
attended the funeral services Wed-
nesday at Mountain Home, Texas,
for W. W. Meadows of Ingram.
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LL Auxiliary
Names Workers
Al Park Sand
The Little League concession
stand will be open for all games,
both major and minor, Mrs. B.
G. Ward, Auxiliary president an-
nounced.
The precedes from the stand are
for the benefit of all Little League
teams, she said, and designated
the following ladies to work in the
stand; Mrs. Doyle McKeown, May
3-10; Mrs. J. E. Powell, May 11-
17; Mrs. Eddie Shuff, May 19-24:
Mrs. James F, Lee, May 26-31;
Mrs. James Downey, June 2-7;
Mrs. W. F. Wood, June 9-14; and
Mrs. W. C. Wright, June 16-30.
Mrs. Ward invited all baseball
fans to “come out and see the
games and support the boys.”
New Camp Fire
Group Organized
A new group of camp fire girls
has been organized with Mrs. Al-
vin Ragan as their leader.
The group will meet each Tues-
day afternoon in the home of Mrs.
C. C. Bradshaw.
There are nine members in-
cluding Kathleen Burgess, Connie
Bradshaw, Beth Barclay, Carolyn
Williams, Carolyn Vaught, Linda
Hulin, Edna Earl Eledge, Carol
Kay Ragan and Brenda Gallien.
The following officers were
elected; Kathleen Burgess, presi-
dent; Connie Bradshaw, vice pres-
ident; Carolyn Williams, secretary
and treasurer; and Beth Barclay,
scribe.
At a traffic intersection, the
U. S. Mail truck has the right of
way over all other vehicles, at all
times.
The Road Toll
by Jerry Marcus
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JACK BROOKS
Congressman Jack
Brooks Files
For Reeledion
Congressman Jack Brooks of
Beaumont, one of the most popular
representatives the Second Con-
gressional District has ever had in
the House of Representatives, re-
cently filed his name as a candi-
date for reelection to that office.
Mr. Brooks went to Congress
following a six year period of ser-
vice in the Texas Legislature,
during which he almost single-
handedly pushed through legisla
tion creating Lamar State College
of Technology in Beaumont He
was active in all legislation af-
fecting the East Texas area, and
was responsible for a great many
beneficial laws.
When he was elected to Con-
gress he took up the battle for
construction of McGee Bend Dam
on the Angelina river, and his
tireless fight for that great asset
is known throughout Texas. In
addition, he has distinguished him-
self in many other ways, especial-
ly as chairman of the cub-commit-
tee investigating government pro-
jects. His investigations into the
operation of the Nacaro nickel
plant has attracted national at-
tention, and is expected to be re-
sponsible for saving the American
taxpayers millions of dollars.
Congressman Brooks is known
as one of the hardest-working
members of Congress, where he
has the respect of members of all
political beliefs.
In a letter to the Bee the Con-
gressman expressed his apprecia-
tion to all his Silsbee constituents
for their past courtesies, and
asked for their continued support
in his work.
Texas Employment Commission To
Sol Up Itinerant Service Here
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The Texas Employment Com-$>
mission will open an office in the'
fire hall in Silsbee on Wednesdays
of each week beginning May 21 to
serve the 467 persons in the Sils-
bee-Kountze area who have filed
claims for unemployment insur-
ance, an announcement from John
M. Gatewood, manager of the
Beaumont office, said today.
The itinerant office being set up
to carry on service of the Texas
Employment Commission will
open its doors at 9 a.m. on May
21 and each Wednesday thereafter.
Four persons will staff the Silsbee
office and they will attempt to
schedule a certain number of
claims each hour so that claimants
will not have to wait all day, and
also to eliminate, the congestion of
so many gathering at the same
time.
Mr. Gatewood pointed out that
there may be additional claims
filed by persons who have had no
way to travel to and from Beau-
mont, and the Silsbee office will
New Drill Unit
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twirling drill squad and cheer-
leader schools.
The following girls have been
selected: Cecile Bendy, June Car-
away, Jeannie Collier, Ronnye
Cones, Betty Sue Cravey, Alice
Curry, Sheila Dona Ison, Norma Jo
Drake, Shirley Jean Eldridge,
Carol Fleetwood, Kay Gossett.
Gloria Grant, Edna Ruth Hall,
Florine Hargraves, Polly Ann Har-
rison, June Hartman, Linda Hart-
man, Sherry Hinkel, Judy Jack-
son, Jo Ann Johnson.
Barbara Kirchoff, Judy Moore,
Naomi Payne, Joyce Rice, Myrtis
Skinner, Sherry Smyly, Gwyn
Stephens, Gloria Trahan, RitaVil-
lerman and Ruth Ann Watkins.
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Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Lancaster
of Austin are the parents of a
daughter, Christiana, boro April
26 in Austin. Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Landolt Sr. are the grandparents.
William Gibson Jr., a son, was
boro May 1 in Hardin County hos-
pital in Kountze to Mr. and Mrs.
W. G. Tanton of Silsbee.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Coudrain of
Silsbee are the parents of a
daughter, Patricia Sue, boro May
3 in Hardin County hospital.
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Tri-State Singing
Convention Slated In
Shreveport May 17-18
The original Tri-State Singing
convention will meet at Shreve-
port, La. Saturday and Sunday
May 17 and 18 according to Burl
Carter of Beaumont
Featuring Gospel music of all
kinds, the convention will feature
special music by some of the fore-
most religious song groups in the
country including Stamps Quartet
of Dallas, Stamps-Baxter Quar-
tet the Wills family of Fort
Worth, Lee Baker Quartet Camp-
bell family and Gospel Four all of
Houston and many others.
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Farms to he visited will be Er-
ma and Bob Andersons, R. B. War-
daw, and O. G. Smith. Planting of
coastal bermuda, 8-1 Clover and
crimson clover and Kobe Lespe-
deza as well as value of rotation
grazing and fertilization and oth-
er conservation practices will be
Two Men Fined After
Fight In Front Of | f;
Post Office Saturday
Richard Reeves of Silsbee and
Leon Curtis of Evadale were fined
$1 and costs last Saturday in Jus-
tice Louis Sellers’ court on charges
of fighting.
Reeves and Curtis had an alter-
cation in front of the Silsbee post
office Saturday afternoon in which
a 12-gauge shotgun was involved.
Reeves allegedly accosted Curtis
with the gun, according to witnes-
ses.
The shotgun was taken from
Reeves in some manner and the
two men fought it out in the
street. They were arrested by City
Police Officer Albert Sharp, tak-
en to jail at Kountze, and charged
with fighting. Both pleaded guilty.
eliminate that expense for persons
^SUrifiS^e^Usbee office will
be Jack Hallum, claims supervisor
in the Beaumont office, John
Dickenson, Rock Robertson, and
John Piriano, interviewers.
The City of Silsbee and Fire De-
partment have cooperated to fur-
nish office space in the fire hall
to the Commission free of cost.
Two Pay $50 DWI
Fines In County Court,
Twenty Are Arrested
Two men were fined $50 and
costs and sentenced to three days
in jail in county court last week
after pleading guilty to charges
of driving while intoxicated, re-
cords in Judge Fletcher Richard-
son’s office show.
They were Bobby Lee Perry and
Harry Snyder. No addresses were
given. Perry appeared in court
May 3 and Snyder on May 5.
A total of 20 arrests were made
in the county during the week,
Office Deputy Dave Rountree re-
ported at the county jail Monday.
Arrests included 2 DWI, 1 mur-
der, 1 traffic, 2 theft of timber, 2
affray, and 12 drunks.
Six of the drunks arrested were
picked up Thursday afternoon in
downtown Silsbee near and in
Santa Fe park by Police Chief
Grady Tarver. On recommenda-
tion of Sheriff William Whitaker,
they were assessed fines of $100
and cost each In Justice Louis
Sellers Court on May 2.
Thex were Basil Jones, Willie
Lee Dennis, Mose Green, Dumas
Hooks, Jesse Harvill, and Joe
Williford. None of the six are
strangers to Judge Sellers’ court.
Mack Lewis of Silsbee was
fined $5 and cost on charges of dis-
turbing the peace May 2.
MISS LINDA CRAFT
Linda Craft Named
Duchess To Buna
Homecoming Event
Linda Sue Craft, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Craft, will
be duchess representing the Sils-
bee Fire Department at the Home-
coming in Buna Saturday.
The parade will begin at 1 p.m.
in downtown Buna. It is anticipat-
ed that there will be 60 duchesses
from this area.
The coronation services will be
held at 8 p.m. in the Bob Cum-
mings Gymnasium and “Miss
Buna" will be crowned. Follow-
ing the coronation services a
dance will be held which will be
open to the public.
Odis Gore will be escort for Miss
Craft.
The homecoming celebration is
sponsored by Buna Volunteer Fire
Department.
This tour will begin at 9:00 a.
m. on this day gathering in front
of County Agent and Health unit
building in Kountze.
THURSDA
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Y. MAY 8, 1958
Two New Oil Field
Discoveries Reported
In Hardin County
Two new oil field discoveries
were reported in Hardin county
last week with an initial potential
test was completed southwest of
the Segno oil field as a dry gasser
and J. P. Owen brought in the No.
I Jackson-Doty “F” Wildcat about
II miles north of Silsbee.
Oil Reserves Corp. brought in
the gas well at the No. 1 Kirby
Casanova wildcat which was fl-
naied as a gas producer. This well
was completed from perforations
at 5571-75 feet.
The Jackson-Doty new sand dis-
covery was completed at 7591-95
feet and was flowing at a daily
rate of 66 barrels of 39.4 gravity
oil on a 7-64s inch choke, reports
said.
Mr. And Mrs. Bruce
Reid Donate Land To
Be Used As Sanctuary
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Reid of
Chance have donated an 11% acre
site to be converted to a wildlife
park to Magnolia Garden club of
Beaumont it was reported this
week.
The tract is located on the south
bank of Village Creek along High-
way 96. The park will be named
"The Winnifred Turner Wildlife
Sanctuary”. Miss Turner, a form-
er veteran Beaumont school teach-
er who died In April, was a long-
time friend of Mrs. Reids.
Mrs. Reid is a nationally known
naturalist and author.
The purpose of this tour is to see
conservation practices being car-
ried out on various farms, neces-
sary for the development of es-
tablishing and maintaining im-
proved pastures.
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Zuber, Jerry. The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 8, 1958, newspaper, May 8, 1958; Silsbee, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth790434/m1/8/?q=%22~1~1%22~1&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Silsbee Public Library.