Incumbents Re-elected in Silsbee City Elections
In Silsbee voters re elected Mayor H M Dusty Jones by 418 to 411 over Cou UnCol HmMan Jr C Hopkins. Councilmen Bert Slaydon C E Pete Landolt won by solid margins as Dr Louis Thacker withdrew after announcing plans to move. Four year term proposition failed 641 184 with one six month write in. Odis Alexander received eight council write ins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee City
H. M. “Dusty” Jones
Cou Uncoi HmMman Jr
C. Hopkins
Bert Slaydon
C. E
Pete” Landolt
Slaydon
Landolt
William Free
Sam Cerniglia
Louis Thacker
Thacker
Silsbee
Odis Alexander
Booster Week Opens Way To 59 Ford Ranch Wagon
Area residents urged to join Silsbee Bee's Everybody Wins contest running through May 25. Prizes total 7000 dollars including a 1959 Ford Ranch Wagon, 750 cash, and multiple local rewards for new and renewal subscriptions. Commissions paid weekly. aims to grow local readership for Hardin County communities.
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Bee
Hardin County
Cancer Control Day Proclaimed in Silsbee
Mayor H. M. Jones proclaims April 16 as Cancer Control Day in Silsbee with 18 workers to canvass the town. April is Cancer Control Month nationwide. Silsbee schools join the drive and Horizon Club of Senior Camp Fire girls will host National Street Clean-up Tag Day on April 18. Free items for cancer patients include hospital beds wheelchairs external medicine and dressings. Fire truck tours streets at 9 am signifying the start of the drive and volunteers urge public support.
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Silsbee
Elmore
Horizon Club
Camp Fire
Plans Laid For Annual C of C Dinner April 23
Robert Neyland will become president of the Silsbee Chamber of Commerce at the annual banquet Thursday night April 23 in the Silsbee Union High School cafeteria. Dr Laurence Haskew UT development services VP will be the after dinner speaker. officers and directors from local banks and companies will be installed. The event features local entertainment and tickets are on sale at the chamber office and Hardin Drug.
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Robert Neyland
Hardin Country Savings and Loan Association
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
C of C
Hesj Union High School
Laurence de Fee Haskew
University of Texas
Chamber of Commerce
Cecil Cobble
Silsbee State Bank
Richard Jones
Buck Jones Lumber Co
Mr. Jones
Fred Perlitz
Sam Copeland
John Hartman
Paul Georgas
Silsbee High School
Marion Walton
Chamber of Commercce
Hardin Drug
Darrell D. Shine
Cobble
Haskew
Austin
University
U. of T. College of Education
U. S&s
Eight men fined for illegal undersized catfish and missing licenses
In Hardin county eight area fishermen pleaded guilty to possessing undersized catfish under 11 inches and fishing without a license. Judge Louis Sellers imposed fines of 25 dollars plus costs for six men from Silsbee and Fred and Beaumont residents faced 10 dollar fines with costs. Additional visits note family gatherings in nearby towns.
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Justice of the Peace Court
Hardin County
Louis Sellers
Elmer Eddings
Frank Harvill
Joe Clark
Eddie Peppenhurst
Silsbee
Gie Gore
Fred
C. D McFaddin
M. R. Boston
Beaumont
E. L. Dunlap
G. K Dunlap
W. G. Powell
N. L. Bell
Local Woman Injured In Auto Wreck Near Silsbee
Mrs. David Upshaw of 455 Ninth St was hospitalized at Baptist Beaumont after her car left the highway near Bonner Street and struck a parked old truck. She was treated for possible head and chest injuries and a knee fracture. Local visitors over the weekend included several Rabalais and Coco family members from Beaumont and Louisiana.
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David Upshaw
Ninth St
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Farmer Funeral Home
Upshaw
Silsbee
Bonner Street
Services Held Monday For Dam 6 Drowning Victim
Funeral services for A. F. McMillan 41 were held at Pace Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Robert Walters and Rev. R F E Barclay officiating. McMillan reportedly drowned after falling from a fishing boat on Town Bluff Lake north of the Woodville Jasper highway near Wolf Creek. Bailey of Silsbee, the boat companion, said McMillan was operating the craft and disappeared after the accident. a body was recovered soon after. An inquest returned a verdict of accidental death by Brown-Wie. McMillan worked for Atlantic Refining Co. and was a Polk County native. He is survived by his wife Agnes, daughter Landa, three brothers, and was buried in Menard Cemetery near Livingston.
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McMillan
Town Blutt Lake
L. C., Bailey
Silsbee
Bailey
Woodville-Jasper
Wolf Creek
Billy Nowlin
Tyler County
Justice of the Peace
R. Smith
Smith
Brown- Wie
Atlantic Refiring Co
Polk County
Agnes McMillan
Silsyee
Landa McMillan
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Troy McMillan
Warren
Edmon McMillan
Livingston
Billy Wilkerson
Houston
First Baptist Church of
Masonic Lodge
Buria
Menard Cemetery
Seizure Fatal To Buck Jones
Buck Jones 57 died of a heart attack at his home 530 N Fourth Street Silsbee while eating supper Wednesday night He was a prominent local business man and brother of Mayor H M Jones Jones came to Silsbee in 1929 and held posts at Kirby Lumber Britton Cravens and Buck Jones Lumber He is survived by his wife Essie Mae Jones a daughter Mary Grace Bower a son Richard E Jones his mother Julie Jones and three brothers H M Jones J D Jones and Iris Jones
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A. N
Buck) Jones
N. Fourth Street
Mr. Jones
Silsbee
H. M. Jones
Bee
Press
Jones
Voth
Kirby Lumber Company
Britton-Cravens Lumber Company
Buck Jones Lumber Company
Essie Mae Jones
Mary ‘Grace Bower
Richard E. Jones
Julie Jones
Tigers host Vidor in second district baseball clash
Silsbee and Vidor meet at 7 30 after Silsbee suffered a 24 0 loss to French in the opening 11AAA district. Vidor beat Nederland 6 2 in their opener as Bobby Frank pitched for French with a no hitter until Gus Geisendorff delivered a seventh inning single for Silsbee. Buff batters collected 16 hits and Silsbee made 11 errors in the defeat.
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Maurice Hobbs
Silsbee
Tiger Baseball Nine
Vidor
Nederland
Bobby Frank
French
Gus Geisendorff
Tiger
Tigers
Sunday Guests At C. C. Barclay Home
Mrs. M. F. Dorehoe and daughter hosted guests including Mrs. Beatrice Clark of San Antonio Mrs. Pearl Stapleton Mr and Mrs R D Stapleton and family of Elizabeth Louisiana and Dr and Mrs James Welch of Alexandria Louisiana for a social gathering Sunday.
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C. C. Barclay
M. F. Dorehoe
Beatrice Clark
San Antonio
Pearl Stapleton
R. D. Stapleton
Elizabeth
James Welch
Alexandria
Work On New Post Office Is Started
Dr Louis H Thacker Jeptometrist will close his Silsbee office and move to Pasadena in about three weeks He was a city council candidate who withdrew to move Foundation work on Silsbee post office should be finished by Saturday Bradford Construction Fort Worth is the contractor Prade of Fort Worth is the superintendent Building to be ready by June 1 1959 estimate
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Louis H. Thacker
Silsbee
Pasadena
Thacker
G. L. Wyatt
Bradford Construction Company of
Fort Worth
Prade
Local school board seats filled with wide margins
Baker Dainwood win re election to the local school board without opposition. In Silsbee and Caney Head precincts the incumbents Baker and Dainwood earned 166 and 168 votes respectively in Silsbee and supplemental write ins. County and area races saw incumbents largely re elected with several newcomers joining boards.
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Baker - Dainwood
Miller
Cook
Conley Bradshaw
City dispatcher urges residents to wait for firefighters
Max Zeller night dispatcher at City Cab Stand asks citizens not to call night fire alarms unless they are Volunteer fire department members. He stresses firefighters must learn location of fires immediately to avoid delaying response and risking greater damage.
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Max Zeller
Bird Sanctuary To Be Dedicated Today In East Texas
The Winifred Turner Wildlife Sanctuary near Silsbee will be dedicated at 10 45 AM with Magnolia Garden Club of Reawnont leading the ceremony. Donated by Mr and Mrs Bruce Reid the 13 acre tract will be preserved for wildlife and as a study site. Bessie Reid a noted naturalist contributed years of nature work and writings. A sign marks the sanctuary across Village Creek.
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Winifred Turner Wildlife Sanctuary
Silsbee
Magnolia Garden Club of
Reawnont
Magnolia Club
Bruce Reid
East Texas
AT Reid
Bessie
Qualifying Rounds Extended For Silsbee Golf Tourney
Qualifying rounds in the Silsbee Golf and Country Club annual membership tournament have been extended to Thursday, April 16, per chairman Jim Rand. Bad weather kept several contenders off the course, and the extra time allows more players to qualify and enter the event.
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Silsbee Golf and Country Club
Wen
Jim Rand
Silsbee Firemen Fight Blaze At Beech Creek Mill
Silsbee volunteer firefighters responded Sunday afternoon to a blaze at the Beech Creek Lumber Co. sawmill north of Warren on U S Highway 69. The fire destroyed the sawmill and shipper, with crews from Woodville and Kountze helping. flames were kept from the debarker, planer mill, dry kilns, and nearby lumber stacks.
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Silsbee
Beech Creek
Beech Creek Lumber Company
Warren
U. S. Highway 69
Hillister
Woodville
Kountze
Debarker
Planer Mill
Bee Ads Deliver Quick Calls for Building Sale
E M Prewitt reports by Friday 6 pm twenty two calls after running a Bee Want Ad to sell a 30 by 40 building last Thursday. He says canceling the ad preserved results and proves Bee readers respond promptly.
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Bee
E. M. Prewitt
Silsbee Tiger trackmen win two meets
Silsbee Tigers under Coach Ray McGalion dominated a five team meet scoring 104 points, with Larry Wilson winning three events including shot put and discus. James Cawley and John Wartman added multiple wins as Silsbee led evading rivals Kountze Vidtor Evadale and Kirbyville, ahead of a four way meet and ahead of district plans at Nederland April 16.
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Silsbee Tiger
Ray McGallion
Tiger
Elads
Silsbee
Kountze
Vidtor
Evadale
Kirbyville
Larry Wilson
Wilson
David Drake
James Cawley
Niger
John Wartman
Tommy Milstead
Bill Wade
M Kountze
Lions
Tigers
Norman Rucker
Johnny Barr
Harold Bean Silsbee
Tier Crosby
Nountze
Tarkington
John Hartman
Cawley
John Arrell
Woodward
Robert Modise
Wimner
Nash
Barr
Crosby
Bean
B. Wade
G. Gore
C. Tarver
R. Nash
Harrell J. Blackmon
Hartman
Gene Roberts
Ward
W. Gilbert
T. Crosby
Coytey
R. Read
A.we
D. Drake
Silbee
Lewis
Svadale
Aueot
Pllebee
Wilisiss
Owe
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Beal Slaydon
Bill
Doris Gupton
Silsbee Bee
San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Louise Elmore
College of Education
Dr. Haskew
Alabama
Mary Lou Brown
Virginia Brown
A. F. Butler
E. E. Castilaw
Bobby Gore
Estelle Griffis
Jackie Grisham
Arvie Hamilton
Burke A. Hargrove
Guy Hoke
Sam Hughes
Jim Jenkins
E. E. Kaine
Minnie Moran
L. N. Nelson
H. D. O'Brien
Nellie Odom
Tony Sealisi
C. H. Shawver
S. Sherrell
Edgar Stimons James Smart Wayne Smith
E. L. Teal
G. V. Youngblood
Chance
Fletcher Kountze
RFD
Buna Silsbee
Silsbee Village Mills
Buna Loeb
Warren Silsbee
Wotaw
Leon Rabalais
Gilmore Rabalais
Moreauville
Murry Covagillion
BE. FE. Coco Sr
BE. Coco Jr
A. F. McMillan
Pace Funeral Home
Livneston
Robert Walters
R. F E. Barclay
First Baptist Church
Buck Jones
Ande
C. R. Baker
A. W. Dain
Wood
Louis Frayte
Silsbee School
Leroy Templeton
Henry Okun
Berris Riggs
Oscar Adams Sr
Centavedicar
Senovr
Eradale
Bruce Gravis
Jack Hardy
Gravis
Hardy
F. L. Anerus
Buna
P. N. Mixson
Warren Richardson
Wessie Eamon
Osborn Weaver
Bob Wegener
Wader Griggs
Spurger
H. E. Jordan
Kenneth Odom
Jordan
Odom
J. B. Grissom
Raymond Calloway
Frank Coller Jr
J. B. Pate
County Board of Educcation
Jim Jordan
Oxx
Amos Hutto
Chence-Loeb
Louis Pravter
Village Crees
High Hurdies
Charles Woodward
Williams
Aountze
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