Slaydon and Landolt Elected To City Council
In Silsbee, Tennison wins a school board seat, Alf Fullingim and G W Gilchriest retain their posts while Ben Walker loses. Slaydon and Landolt win city council seats with light turnout. council and school board plan upcoming meetings and canvass vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slaydon
Landolt
Tennison
Silsbee Independent
Conley Bradshaw
D. J. Knighten
Silsbee Caney Head Bradshaw
Fullingim
Gilchriest
Walker
Knighten
Bery M. Slaydon
C. E. Landolt, Jr
Boat Club Easter Picnic and Fish Fry at Evadale
The Silsbee Boat and Sporting Club will host an Easter gathering at Bankston's Fish Camp Evadale on Sunday starting 9:30 a.m. Members and wives attend free with a catfish meal served 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Boat rides demonstrations and an Easter egg hunt for children are planned with 15 to 20 boats and potential boat races if weather allows. Herman Allen, president, says a public address system will be used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Boat and Sporting Club
Bankston
Evadale
Orange
Herman Allen
French High Stops Silsbee Tigers 11-Game Win Streak
French High School of Beaumont edged Silsbee 7 to 6 to end the Tigers 11 game winning run. Sanford Jones and Keith Parker led Silsbee with multiple hits and home runs while Smokey Skinner and Norman Reddell contributed key drives. Red Willett pitched five innings for Silsbee as the club notched eight or more hits in a tight Midwest district matchup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French High School
Beaumont
Silsbee Tiger
Tiger
Silsbee
Smokey Skinner
Tigers
Keith Parker
Billy Dan van Winkle
Metcalf
Sanford Jones
Larry Hargrove
Norman Reddell
French
Red Willett
Lynwood Jones
Willett
Jones
Jasper
Parker
Skinner
L. Jones
B. D. van Winkle
N. Reddell
B. McDonald
L. Hargrove
J. Willett
G. Darby
Pony League Faces Low Turnout for Auxiliary Meeting
Two members attended a meeting of the auxiliary Pony League as Pete Farmer, president, warned that the league may be disbanded if turnout does not improve at Wednesday's 7:30 gathering at Farmer Funeral Home. The agenda includes considering lighting the Pony League park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pony League
Pony League Auxiliary
Farmer Funeral
Pete Farmer
Farmer
Japanese Industrialists Visit East Texas Pulp Plant in Silsbee
Three Japanese officials from Kokoha Rayon and Pulp Co. Ltd visited the East Texas Pulp and Paper plant in Silsbee last Wednesday with A G Natwick and Ray Brown of Eastex. The group, in Texas about six weeks, toured the Bee office and noted the Texas flag at a Junior High, then planned a Seattle flight home via Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
East Texas Pulp and Paper Company
A. G. Natwick
Ray Brown
Eastex Company
Bee
Seattle
Washington
Japan
Alaska
Texas
Kokoha Rayon and Pulp Co., Ltd
Toyama
Brown
Gairo Fuji
Yukio Arisawa
Tokumi Koshizawa
Natwick
Ground Breaking Set For New First Presbyterian Church
Ground breaking for the new First Presbyterian Church of Silsbee is Sunday at 3:00 p.m. on Highway 96 South. Dr. David Worth Roberts will officiate with visiting ministers from Beaumont and Liberty. Members include Elders Tom D. Barnes and Harry M. Tennis, with Deacons led by Dr. R. O. Jackson. Construction starts April 11 aiming for a June 15 completion. The brick veneer building will seat 150 in an auditorium and include four classrooms on 2.4 acres. Burke Hargrove is contractor. Services are now at the Fire Hall at 9:30 a.m. Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church of
Silsbee
Highway 96 South
David Worth Roberts
Westminster Presbyterian Church of
Beaumont
Edwin Pickard
St. Andrews Church
John Gaston
Second Presbyterian Church
Elroy Weikel
Robbins Memorial Church
Jas. D. Caldwell
First Presbyterian Church
Liberty
Tom D. Barnes
Harry M. Tennis
Tom Creekmore
R. O. Jackson
Joe S. Savage
Melvin Winger
Walter Murphy
Clifton Caraway
Caraway
Burke Hargrove
Oscar Baker
Calves and country life flourish at Double R Ranch
The writer describes newborn calves and their playful antics in the piney woods. Smokey the cow pony remains a steady helper as branding and dehorning approach. Wildlife roosts, weeds bloom, bluebirds feed, both bass and lilies thrive in the lake, and evenings by a pine tree offer quiet, intimate ranch moments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piney Woods
Smokey
Dolly
Bob
Boys kill two foot coral snake at home near Silsbee
Irvin Jones eleven and Ronnie Spears five years old killed a coral snake at their home a mile north of Silsbee last week. The snake measured about two feet in length.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin Jones
I. R. Jones
Ronnie Spears
Silsbee
Silsbee State Bank adopts five day week with Saturday closed
The Silsbee State Bank announces a new schedule effective May 6 1955 reducing weekly hours to Monday through Thursday 9 am to 12 noon and 1 to 3 pm Friday 9 am to 12 noon and 1 to 6 pm Saturday closed The bank will observe six holidays including New Year s Day San Jacinto Day Independence Day Labor Day Thanksgiving and Christmas and will remain open on eight other minor holidays. President N A Cravens notes equal weekly hours and promotes after hour depository and bank by mail services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee State Bank
N. A. Cravens
Cravens
Mr. Cravens
Rejuvenation Plans Discussed for Silsbee VFW Post 5685
Silsbee veterans meet at Clarence DeHart home to discuss Howard Clinefelter VFW Post 5685 status and steps to rejuvenate. Seven veterans attended last week to urge leadership and action, aiming to restore the post to community respect and solid footing. Present were DeHart Pete Farmer J H Hall W A Bell Johnny Fordinal Grady James and Jerry Zuber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Veterans of Foreign Wars
Clarence DeHart
Howard Clinefelter
VFW
DeHart
Silsbee Post
Silsbee
VEFW
Veterans’ Organization
Post
Mr. DeHart
Pete Farmer
J. H. Hall
W. A. Bell
Johnny Fordinal
Grady James
Jerry Zuber
Banquet set by Silsbee Chamber as 100 tickets remain
About 100 tickets are unsold for the Silsbee Chamber of Commerce annual banquet to be held April 19 at 7 p m in the Junior High cafeteria. Principal speaker will be Earl M McGowin of Chapman Alabama, introduced by J Kirby Herndon. A program featuring Emile Parra and the Bell Aires is planned with A W Dainwood presiding and L D Self as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
L. D. Self
Kirby Lumber Corporation
McGowin
W.T. Smith Lumber Company
Alabama House of Representatives
A. W. Dainwood
W. P. Crockett
Mr and Mrs Tryon Gibson Visit Smiths in Fields Louisiana
Mr and Mrs Tryon Gibson visited her parents Mr and Mrs F M Smith in Fields Louisiana Sunday continuing family ties in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tryon Gibson
Mrs
F. M. Smith
Fields
Louisiana
Little League Player Auction Set For Friday Night
Jerrel D. Don alson president said the Little League base ball player auction will be Friday at 7 pm in the Junior High auditorium. Rookie camp concludes Friday afternoon as teams prepare for practices starting Monday ahead of the May 7 opening game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerrel D. Donalson
Richardson Former Deputy Sheriff Dies in Beaumont
Funeral services were held for A B Frank Richardson, longtime Hareden county deputy sheriff and former chief jailer of Jefferson County Jail, who died Friday April 1 after a lengthy illness. He was a native of Village Mills and is survived by his wife a stepson a stepdaughter five brothers and a sister. Burial was in Resthaven Cemetery in Silsbee with pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.B
Frank) Richardson
Haredin
Beaumont
Richardson
Silsbee
Jefferson County
Village Mills
Lavielle Richardson
W. W. Selman
Frances Brookins
A. J
J. J
H. A. Richardson
W. L. Richardson
Baytown
J. D. Richardson
Dobbin
J. E. Wiggins
Resthaven
C. H. Meyer
T. O. Grant
Bill Richardson
Harvey Phillips
Curtis Humphreys
Dale Aubrey
Move Into New Kirby Office Building Opened Friday
Kirby La. company completed a new 12 000 square foot office building at the plant gates. The facility houses 17 offices with three pay windows and centralized operations for traffic and tie divisions. The architectural award winning building features a central patio, open offices with natural light, planned landscaping, and planned transfer of established landscaping from the old site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Dainwood
Kirby Force
Lumber Corporation
A. C. Hussman
Houstoin
Martin Wilson
Beaumont
Dainwood
Kiwanis Club Studies Lights At Silsbee High Baseball Diamond
The Silsbee Kiwanis club voted to study costs and details of lighting the high school baseball diamond with intent to underwrite if feasible. Preliminary plans exist while remaining details are worked out. The Junior High glee club performed at the noon luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Silsbee Kiwanis Club
Glee Club
Rethke Guests of OConnor Family in Houston
Mr and Mrs R W Rethke visited with her son and family Mr and Mrs L C OConnor in Houston on Sunday confirming family ties and travel plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Rethke
L. C. O'Connor
Houston
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H. A. Coe
R. C. Brackin
Kountze
Hardin County
Ellis Loftin
Thicket
W. E. Arnold
Batson
A. C. Mitchell
Saratoga
Brackin
E. H. Sullivan
W. F. Caskey
Joe Dettling
Wotaw
L D. Gardiner
H. E. Lewis
L. R. Brim
A. C. Moye
Honey Island
M. J. Johnson
Sour Lake
Ed Brookins
W. C. Boyett
H. M. Jones
E. M. Prewitt
Sim Ward
Newt Hopkins
Howard Hargrove
A. RK. Newland
H. C. Hopkins
Boat Club
David Read
Shivers
Susbee
Mr. Dainwood
Neches River Duchess
Ann Horka
Neches River
H. T. Horka
C. Z. Pope, Jr
A. F. Richardson
Kirby
Her Corp
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