McGallion Named New Tiger Head Coach at Silsbee High
Raymond Stud McGallion 33 former Silsbee star was selected as head football coach and athletic director at Silsbee High School. He brings three years as a coach at Tyler Junior College and North Texas State Teachers College, with a two year contract after three years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond “Stud” McGallion
Silsbee High School
Maurice Hobbs
Jimmy Joe Rand
S. A. Wallace
Jack Hetherington
Tyler Junior College
Tyler
MecGallion
North Texas State
Teachers College
Denton
Dallas News
North Texas
Greenville
Silsbee
McGallion
McGullion
Drake's 11-4 Sets District Pole Vault Record
Silsbee athletes shined at the 11-3A district meet at Purple Stadium Beaumont as David Drake cleared 11-4 to set a district pole vault record. William Black starred in discus and shot, while Richard Ratliff won the 880 and Charles Tarver led in the mile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drake
Silsbee
David Drake
Purple Stadium
Beaumont
Tiger
William Black
Black
Richard Ratliff
John Hartman
John Clawson
David Palmer
Blackmon
John Harrell
Bowling Center Project Planned Near Silsbee
Silsbee moves forward on a new 16 lane automatic bowling center on a 1.25 acre site near Kirby Drive and Highway 92. Warren Miller says construction chief S. D. Armour will supervise with plans due soon and foundation work to start in 10 to 12 days. No alcohol will be served. Estimated cost about 136000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Kirby Drive
Highway 92
W. C. Britton
N. A. Cravens
Warren Miller
Silsbee Lanes
the Bee
S. D. Armour
Miller
Tiger Nine Defeats Jasper Bulldogs 14-7 in Home Victory
Coach Maurice Hobbs leads the Silsbee Tigers to a 14-7 win over the visiting Jasper Bulldogs on Tuesday. This was their only baseball outing since last week, with a rematch scheduled for next Thursday in Jasper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Hobbs
Silsbee Tiger Baseball Nine
Jasper Bulldogs
Tigers
Jasper
Commissioners Approve Plastic Covers for Record Plats in County
Hardin County commissioners authorize a plastic cover for all subdivision plats in the county clerk’s office. J W Dolley Co will install the covers at 1139 dollars. The court also names a bookmobile program committee and hires two tax office staffers at 225 dollars monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Commissioners Court
Kountze
J. W Dolley Co
Dr. Jackson Named Mayor Pro Tempore in Silsbee Council
Raleigh Jackson, new Silsbee City Council member, was elected mayor pro tempore at last Friday’s meeting. Lenox Hawthorne and Jackson were sworn in as councilmen. H. C. Hopkins, reelected, was not sworn in due to illness. April 5 election results were canvassed before swearing in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Jackson
Raleigh Jackson
Silsbee City
City Hall
Lenox Hawthorne
H. C. Hopkins
Swimming Pool To Open Saturday In Silsbee
Silsbee Swim Pool opens this Saturday at 9:00 a.m. with owner Burke Hargrove announcing the season. Located near the old Kirby mill site, it offers a wading pool, a dance pavilion with a juke box, volleyball courts, picnic grounds, and a snack bar. Hours are 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays and 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sundays with Hargrove also teaching swimming lessons this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Swim
Burke Hargrove
Kirby
Silsbee
Hargrove
Club To Make Cancer Bandages At All Souls Church
The Silsbee Home Demonstration Club will host an all day workshop to sew cancer dressings on April 21 from 10 a m to 5 p m at All Souls Catholic Church North 7th Street. Volunteers bring clean used sheets and will receive noon sandwiches and coffee. Call EV 5 4607 to donate sheets or help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
All Soul
North 7Th Street
Elton Jardell
Cancer Drive Golf Tourney Begins Today
The Hardin County Golf and Country Club hosts an 18 hole Cancer Crusade golf tournament starting today with men and women divisions. April 14 to 17 are the playing dates. Entry is 3 dollars. Prizes include a set of golf clubs for each division winner and numerous prizes donated by local merchants. A bridge tournament with the same entry fee is also held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County ‘Golf and Country Club
Cancer Crusade
Louise Elmore
County Cancer Drive
Man Fined for Pistol Carrying in City Court
Charles R. Erwin of Silsbee paid a 100 dollar fine and costs after pleading guilty to unlawfully possessing and concealing a revolver in city court. Harmon Perryman was fined 25 dollars for fighting. Police logged 11 traffic arrests and four other arrests for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Erwin
Silsbee
Erwin
Harmon Perryman
Grady Tarver
Max Zeller
C. Z. Pope
Silsbee Parents Welcome Three Newborns in April
Hello World Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hickman of Silsbee welcomed son Jimmy Nathaniel born April 6 in Hardin County Hospital. Selman Keith son born April 12 to Mr. and Mrs. 8S. E. Alexander of Silsbee. Wesley Hugh born April 7 to Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Staley of Kountze in Hardin County Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Hickman
Silsbee
Jimmy Nathaniel
Hardin County Hospital
Selman Keith
Bank To Be Closed Thursday In San Jacinto Day Observance
Silsbee State Bank will be closed all day Thursday April 21 in observance of San Jacinto Day per an announcement by E M Wilson Jr executive vice president. The bank will reopen for business on Friday April 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee State Bank
San Jacinto
E. M. Wilson Jr
Jail term for husband over wife and children abandonment
In county court Charles Morris of Saratoga was sentenced to 30 days in jail and costs after pleading guilty to abandonment of wife and children. Judge Fletcher Richardson presided. Cleophers Glee received a 50 dollar fine, three day jail term for driving while intoxicated. A report noted 25 arrests at the county jail including one child desertion and multiple drunken driving cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Morris
Saratoga
Fletcher Richardson
Cleophers Glee
Banquet Tickets Silsbee Chamber April 21 Plan
Silsbee's annual Chamber of Commerce banquet at the junior high cafeteria is nearly set for April 21 at 7 30 pm Tickets go on sale through Friday from Paul Georgas or L D Self Entertainment will be provided by the Silsbee High School Orchestra and Melvin Winger will direct E M Wilson Jr will MC and introduce guests R M Kobdish Sinclair's Southwest Division will be a keynote speaker The menu includes broiled chicken rice asparagus fruit salad rolls and drinks Lamoyne Goodwin will become chamber president that night The 18 member committee led by Georgas reports early progress and will issue a fuller update later
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Chamber of Commerce
Robert Neyland
Mr. Neyland
Paul Georgas
L. D. Self
Chamber
Silsbee High School Orchestra
Melvin Winger
E. M. Wilson Jr
R. M. Kobdish
Sinclair's
Southwest Division
Lamoyne Goodwin
Gulf States Utilities
Neyland
Georgas
Donalson Elected President Of Lions Club For 1960 61
Jerrel D. Donalson was elected president of Silsbee Lions Club for 1960 61 at the officers election Tuesday at the Lions Club meeting. Acclaimed after nominating committee slate headed by Paul Georgias. Other officers include D M Short first vice president Al Ragan second vice president Paul Georgas third vice president Horace Whitting secretary treasurer Warren Bower tail twister directors W W Howell Warren Bower and Charles Suitt S M Micars Jr new director Retiring president Al Mashburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerrel D. Donalson
Silsbee Lions Club
Lions Club
Mr. Donalson
Paul Georgias
D. M. Short
al Ragan
Paul Georgas
Horace Whitting
Warren Bower
Tail Twister
Lenox Hawthorne
Lon Tamer
W. W. Howell
Charles Suitt
S. M. Micars Jr
al Mashburn
Power Mower Injures Sixth Grader on School Campus
Willie McGallion, 11, son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Mc Gallion of Silsbee, suffered a compound fracture to his left foot when cut by a power mower on the junior high campus Tuesday about 2:00 PM. He was taken to Baptist Hospital in Beaumont by Farm er ambulance and underwent surgery Tuesday evening. The injury occurred to the instep of the foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie McGallion
Elmer McGallion
Silsbee
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Farmer Ambulance
Cancer Films To Be Shown Tonight
Two screenings of Time and Two Women will educate women on early cancer signs. Morning session at 9 a m with Dr Sam Copeland. evening session at 7 30 p m with Dr Wade Parker at the Fire Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Copeland
Wade Parker
Family Visit Budgeted in Livingston Weekend Hosts
Mr and Mrs Cecil Skinner and daughter Myrtis Evelyn and Mike Ryan visited in Livingston Saturday and Sunday in the homes of Mrs BE Skinner and Mr and Mrs D BE Crager. Mrs Skinner returned home with them for a visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Skinner
Myrtis Evelyn
Mike Ryan
Livingston
BE. L. Skinner
D. BE. Crager
Skinner
Surge In Interest For Food Store Ads
The 6th Annual Burgoon Grocery and Drug Index shows 44.7 percent of supermarket shoppers read newspaper ads in 1955 rising to 73.5 percent in 1959. Over three quarters read more than one ad and 50 percent read three or more. Local ads increased from 1958 to 1959 as The Bee Journal with a 3500 circulation delivers ads weekly to area homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgoon Grocery and Drug Index
The
Grocery and Drug Index
the Bee
Pre-School Age Registration Set For May 4
Read-Turrentine Elementary School announces pre-school registration in the high school gym on Wednesday May 4 from 830 am to 330 pm. Parents urged to bring birth certificates proving six years old by September 1 and to receive smallpox vaccination from the county and school nurses attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Sheffield
Read-Turrentine
Local Club Women Attend Woodville Meeting Tuesday
Silsbee Woman's Club members led by Mrs. J. W. Oldham and Mrs. B. L. Moreland attended an organizational meeting of a new district of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs in Woodville. About 150 area women gathered at the First Methodist Church. Moreland was elected trustee and will serve on both the District and State Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Oldham
B. L. Moreland
L. E. Martin
A. R. Newland
A. T. McDonough
L. H. Wade
Earl Stover
I. F. Eldredge
Silsbee Woman's Club
Jack Hill
Beaumont Woman's Club
District of Texas Federation of Womens Clubs
Woodville
First Methodist Church
TFWC
Masons Plan Past Masters Night in Temple
Masons gather Tuesday at 6 30 p m in the Masonic Temple for Past Masters night with guest speaker W L King of Beaumont district deputy grand master.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
W. L. King of
Beaumont
Roten Family Takes Weekend Trip to Lake in Cleburne
Mr and Mrs Leonard Roten and their children left Saturday for a lake retreat at Cleburne. Roten is employed by the Santa Fe Railway Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Roten
Cleburne
The
Santa Fe Railway Company
Eastex Sells 35 000 Acres of Land in Nine Counties
East Texas Pulp and Paper Company and its Southwestern Settlement and Development Division completed the sale of about 34 997 acres to two Jasper men Carl T Bledsoe and A P Hart on April 1. The land spans nine counties Jasper Hardin Newton Tyler Polk Liberty Jefferson Orange and Harris with deeds filed in each county and the master deed in Jasper County courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Texas Pulp and Paper Company
Southwestern Settlement and Development Division
Jasper
Carl T. Bledsoe
A. P. Hart
Southwestern Settlement
Hardin
Newton
Tyler
Polk
Liberty
Jefferson
Orange
Harris
Jasper County
PTA To Meet Next Tuesday In Silsbee High Auditorium
The Silsbee PTA will meet Tuesday evening April 19 at 7 30 in the high school auditorium. The program titled Vision and Venture The PTA Story will feature music by the high school band. Mrs V V Gerber of Sour Lake president of the Hardin County Council of PTA will install the new officers for 1960 61. Refreshments will be served. This is the final meeting of the current year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee P-T. A
P-T. A
V. V. Gerber
Sour Lake
Hardin County Council
P T. A Vs
Pony League to Meet Tonight at 7 30 in Silsbee
The Silsbee Pony League schedules a public meeting at 7 30 PM in the Junior High School auditorium to organize for the baseball season. Ben Walker is elected interim president and asks owners to bring Pony League equipment or ball suits to his service station north of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Pony League
Ben Walker
Pony League
Silsbee
Barrow Family Visited Over Weekend
David Barrow of Orange visited over the weekend with his parents Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Barrow, reporting a pleasant family gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Barrow
Orange
Mrs
D. S. Barrow
Search Continues For Willie Samuel Shooting Suspect
Hardin county jail reports Willie L Samuel a Houston suspect in the pistol slaying of Gracie Mae Branch. Samuel fled after the Houston shooting and remains at large as officers pursue leads. Branchs daughter Ollie Scott 22 is hospitalized and alleged to have identified Samuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Samuel
Willie L. Samuel
Houston
Ben
Samuel
Gracie Mae Branch
Ollie Scott
De Molay to Install New Officers Saturday
The Silsbee Chapter Order of De Molay will hold an open installation at 7 30 p m Saturday night in the Silsbee Masonic Temple. Harry Lee Allen will be installed as master councilor with a slate including Tommy Stagner Bur itice Ray Whitney Nelson Bruns Robert Ward Gene Richardson Kenneth Whitney Charles Tarver Joey Taylor Lonnie Beard George Haynes Jack Clark Claude Jergens David Davenport Tommy Butts Tommy Langhorne Shelby Croucher Ronnie Capps Joseph Carter Jamies Moore Pat Richardson preceptors. The lodge invites Masons Eastern Star and Rainbow girls. Refreshments and a social hour follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lee Allen
Tommy Stagner
Burtice Ray Whitney
Nelson Bruns
Robert Ward
Gene Richardson
Kenneth Whitney
Charles Tarver
Joey Taylor
Lonnie Beard
Sentinel
George Haynes
Jack Clark
Claude Jergens
Marshall
David Davenport
Tommy Butts
Tommy Langhorne
Mrs. Earnest Nerren Plans Weekend Visit
Mrs. Earnest Nerren and her son Clarence will travel Friday for a weekend visit to Longview to stay with her mother Mrs. K A Barnes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earnest Nerren
Clarence
Longview
K. A. Barnes
Silsbee Girls Sweep District Tennis Titles
Silsbee high school girls dominated District 11 3A play at Purple Stadium Beau mont. In doubles Sally Dee Cole and Myrtis Evelyn Skinner defeated French's team 6-4 1-6 7-5. Jola Griffith captured the singles with 7-5 6-1 as all champions advance to the regional meet in Houston. Coach Joanne Hignett leads the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtis Skinner
Sally Cole
Jola Griffith
Silsbee High School
Purple Stadium
Beaumont
Sally Dee Cole
Myrtis Evelyn Skinner
Sally
C. BE. Cole
Myrtis
Cecil Skinner
J. B. Griffith
Houston
Joanne Hignett
Also Mentioned on This Page
Raymond McGathon
Tops
Kountze Highway
Tommy Hartman
Tommy Milstead
Marvin Gordon
Gordon
Hartman
Nederland
Victor
Modisette
Woodard
Burrow
Tarver, Grissom, Milstead and
Palmer
Sammy Barrow
Keith Wingfield
Harrell
Ratliff
Clarence McNeely
Helen Read
B. L. Cornwell
Texas State Library
Hardin County
Willie Bean
Larry Creekmere
Frank Means
Tri- County
Hardin, Jasper
Fletcher and Silsbee
H-l
Cancer Drive
Dave Rountree
Donalson
Masons
Eastex
PTA
de Molay
Silsbee Masonic Temple
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