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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1959
Page
9
The Silsbee Bee promotes a big prize contest with rapid vote credits for subscriptions. Each 3.5 year subscription yields 25 000 votes at $10, with 20 renewals earning 500 000 votes and 50 000 extra votes per $20 club. An early report and deadline boost could push totals to over 1.25 million votes for a single contestant and a 1959 Ford Ranch Wagon V-8 prize.
Mr and Mrs Walter Graham of Woodville visited Rev and Mrs T J Patrick Tuesday night and found their home burned on return. Mr and Mrs Henry Doucett of Saratoga visited Sunday in the home of Mrs Sidney Newthafer and Mrs Rae Scantin. Mrs Bertie Robinson of Orange visited Sunday and Monday while visiting her brother Jim Jenkins in Hardin County hospital. A revival meeting will begin.
Morgan Lindsey chains sold to Murphy Company in a cash deal creating Murphy’s Jasper area subsidiary. The merged firm, with 92 stores, serves Louisiana Mississippi Arkansas and Texas. Murphy plans no staff changes. a $10 million seven year loan funds part of the acquisition.
Gulf States Section of the Society of American Foresters meets in Tyler May 7 8 to discuss Conflicting Land Uses with Dr Arne Kemp chairing and panel moderators and sessions on eminent domain forest land value rights of way water development wildlife and timberland loss. About 300 foresters and wives from Louisiana Mississippi and Texas expected with tours of local forest industries and a ladies program.
The Friendship Baptist Church of Silsbee joins the 1959 Texas Baptist Church Achievement Program. Sponsored by the Baptist General Convention of Texas, it seeks to boost small-church work with goals in church, community, and world improvement. In the prior year over 354 Texas Baptist churches entered and pastors in BGCT districts received recognition parchments.
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