Silsbee Kountze vote on toll-free exchange plan faces long odds
Local election voters prepare for a mayor and two council seats as the Greater Hardin County Chamber of Commerce backs a plan to remove toll charges between Silsbee and Kountze and unify dial exchange. Proposals hinge on cost, cable needs, and potential revenue loss.
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Silsbee
Kountze
Greater Hardin County
Johnson
GHCC
Elmer Ingle
Southwestern Bell
Liberty
Burt Lloyd
Beaumont
Copeland
This Is Big Entry Week In Circulation Contest
Readers urged to join The Silsbee Bee big Everybody Wins subscription contest with seven weeks left. The prize Ford Ranch Wagon valued at 3179.42 plus cash options entice wide awake residents of The Greater Silsbee Trade Territory to enter now.
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Silsbee Bee
Silsbee
Susbee Bee
Fortune
Tigers Open 11 AAA Baseball Play This Monday
Tigers start District 11 AAA play Monday at French High School in Beaumont facing the French Buffaloes. They split a Bridge City series last week, losing 10 to 6 away and winning 5 to 4 at home. Next home game is Thursday April 9 at 7 30 against Victor Pirates.
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Maurice Hobbs
Silsbee Tigers
French High School
Beaumont
French Buffaloes
Tigers
Bridge City
Pirates of
Victor
Little League Player Auction Friday in Silsbee
Silsbee Little League holds player auction Friday at the camp site after 78 boys reported Tuesday at Santa Fe park. Regular workouts start Monday with three Silsbee teams led by managers from Moris Pharmacy Glen Fed and East Texas Transit Mix Concrete.
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Silshee Little League
Silsbee
Old Santa Fe Park
North 7Th
Ave. F
Neches Mintmax
Grady Walters
Morris Pharmacy
Glen Fed
East Texas Transit Mix Concrete
Travis McDonald
Kountze
Buna
Chance- Loeh
Jordan confined at Baptist Hospital for treatment
lL. G. Jordan is confined to Baptist Hospital in Beaumont undergoing treatment for an illness.
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Ll. G. Jordan
Baptiet Hospital
Beaumont
Road Runner And Snake Die In Battle At Kirby School
A four foot water moccasin and a Texas road runner battled on Kirby elementary school grounds during Easter holidays. Both animals died, found entwined on a blacktop court with blood smears. authorities note road runners are rare in East Texas and recount local wildlife lore.
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Road Runner
Snake
Kirby
Weeks Crawford
Texas
East Texas
Cancer Crusade Opens In Silsbee April Cancer Month Declared
Mrs. Herbert Flynore will lead the 1959 Cancer Crusade in Silsbee begun April 1 designated Cancer Control Month by a Presidential proclamation. Governor Price Daniel and President Eisenhower proclaimed April as Cancer Month. Cancer Sunday is set for April 12 with a house to house canvass planned and local workers to be announced.
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Herbert Flynore of
Silsbee
Elmore
Special Awards Offered for First Week of Contest
The Silsbee Bee announces 20 special cash prizes of 25 dollars for early starters in the circulation drive. Qualifiers must gather at least 100 dollars in new and renewing subscriptions by April 6. An extra 25 dollar prize rewards substantial first week effort, with total earnings possible over 100 dollars and votes toward major prizes.
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Silsbee Bee
Collier Family Hosts Weekend Visit From Austin and Beaumont
Mr and Mrs Joe Bob Golden of Austin and Mr and Mrs Jay Collier and family of Beaumont visited their parents Mr and Mrs Richard Collier over the weekend.
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Joe Bob Golden
Austin
Jay Collier
Beaumont
Richard Collier
Firemen To Check Rooftops Seek Lower Key Rate
Silshee volunteer firemen survey every roof of each residence in the city to gauge non combustible material. If 60 percent are non combustible the key rate will drop five percent permanently, the chief explained. Assessments occur weekly and may extend three months or more. Firemen received fifteen dollars from Gore's Television Service after a run to his eight mile north of Silsbee business on Spur-Lee highway.
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Silshee
John Busby
Busby
Gore
Silsbee
Lee
Large Field Expected at Pro Am Golf Meet in Silsbee
A field of over 100 is anticipated for Friday's Pro-Am at Silsbee Golf and Country Club with players from Jasper, Nacogdoches, Sabine and Gulf Coast areas. Play starts at 7 a.m. The club championship runs April 3 to 12 with finals April 11 and 12. A Babe Zaharias telecast from Beaumont CC airs April 9 on KPAC Channel 4. A golf clinic will be led by a circuit follower.
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Silsbee Golf and Country Club
John Spillar
Jasper
Nacogdoches
Sabine Gulf Coast
Beaumont Country Club
Kpac Channel 4
Dog Vaccination Day At City Warehouse
Today a veterinarian will vaccinate dogs at the city water department warehouse from 2 30 to 4 30 p m across from the city office. The event is announced due to last week's incorrect Bee headline. Mr and Mrs Wayne Lea and children spent the weekend in Carthage Ark visiting relatives.
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City Water Department
the Bee
Wayne Lea
Carthage
Ark
Book review and luncheon honor in Gold Coast author event
Mrs. W. C. Britton Mrs. A. L Tucker Mrs. L. P. Skinner and Mrs. Jack Hill attended a book review by Harnett T Kaine of his last book Gold Coast. They also joined a luncheon in his honor hosted by the UDC at the King Edward Hotel.
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W. C. Britton
A. L Tucker
L. P. Skinner
Jack Hill
Harnett T Kaine
Gold Coast
UDC
King Edward Hotel
Dynamite Fishing Fines Total $520 for Two Beaumont Men
Beaumont men Robert W. Shuff and Harold Wilburn Hicks pleaded guilty in Justice Bowman's court to illegal fishing with dynamite and fishing without a license. Each was fined 200 dollars plus costs for the dynamite charges and 25 dollars plus costs for the license violation after arrest by Game Warden W. A. Gentry on the Neches River north of Lakeview. Four and a half sticks of dynamite and four caps were seized. Also fined Sunday were Victor couple Mr. and Mrs. Barney Courts for fishing without a license at Big Cooks Lake.
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Beaumont
Justice of the Peace
J. M. Bowman
Loeb
Robert W. Shuff
Harold Wilburn Hicks
W. A. Gentry
Gentry
the Bee
Lakeview
Neches
Barney
Big Cooks Lake
Bowman
Pony League To Meet On April 9
The Silsbee Pony League will meet April 9 at 7 30 p m in the Junior High School Auditorium to complete plans for the year. Prospective managers coaches graduates of pony league and parents are invited. The auxiliary will be organized and officers elected at this meeting.
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Silsbee Pony League
Pony League
C. E. Simmons
Hen drixs and McKays host Deer Park visitors
Mr and Mrs Carroll Hendrix and family from Deer Park were weekend guests at the home of her sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs C M McKay.
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Carroll Hendrix
Deer Park
C. M McKay
Jasper County votes for 250000 road bond in District 7
Voters in Evadale Gist Jasper County Road District 7 approve a 250000 road bond 126 to 45 two thirds required. Funds buy right of way for Neches River bridge approaches at Evadale and widen existing roads to become state highways.
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Evadale-Gist
Jasper County
Neches River
Evadale
Hardin County
Weiss Bluff
East Texas Pulp and Paper Mill
Gist
Five Men Seek Two Positions On Buna School Board
Five candidates vie for two Buna Consolidated Independent School District board seats in Saturday elections. P. N. Mixson seeks re election, while Wessie Enmon Warren Richardson Bo Weaver and H R Wegener are challengers. Mixson is the sole incumbent.
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Buna School Board
Buna
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Dusty” Jones
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