Eleven Absentee Votes In Silsbee ISD Bond Election
Silsbee Independent School District voters prepare to decide a $1,150,000 bond issue this Saturday with polls from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Silsbee at the fire station and in Caney Head at Wiley Mae Pentecostal Church. Absentee ballots totaled 11 cast at the county clerk's office in Kountze before the deadline. Supt. Don L. Hough and School Board President E. M. Prewitt urged a large turnout.
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Silsbee Independent School District
Silsbee Fire Station
Silsbee
Wiley Mae Pentecostal Church
Caney Head
John Busby
Claude Coward
Kountze
Don L. Hough
E. M. Prewitt
Man Indicted for Murder in Loeb Slaying Over Dog Dispute
Myron Duke of Loeb has been indicted on murder charges connected to the Saturday shooting death of Wendell W. Peoples in Rountze. Duke posted a $5000 bond and a trial date had not been set. The incident followed a dispute over a dog, with Peoples, Leroy Revitte, and Jack Jones attempting to retrieve the animal. Peoples was hit in the head by a bullet fired during a second confrontation as they returned to Duke’s home. he died at Baptist hospital in Beaumont.
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Myron Duke
Loeb
Hardin County Grand Jury
Wendell W. Peoples
Beaumont
Dave Rountree
Rountze
Duke
Rountree
Berniece Seale
William Whitaker
Ira Moore
Whitaker
Peoples
Leroy Revitte
Jack Jones
Amelia
Jones
Revitte
Baptist Hospital
L. C. Kirk
I. W. Moore
Texas
C. S. Sherrell
Silsbee
Clearfield
Penn
Roberts and Pipkin-Brulin Funeral Home
Lee L. Peoples
A. W. Dainwood
E. M. Prewitt
A. W
Dainwood
Alf Fullingim
Supt. Hough
County Law Officers Jail 20 Persons In Week's Activity
Hardin county deputies reported twenty arrests in the past week led by 15 drunkenness incarcerations. Other arrests included theft burglary murder child desertion and traffic with Myron Duke of Loeb charged in a murder case. further details appear in this issue of the Bee.
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Hardin County
Dave Rountree
Imbibers
Myron Duke of Loeb
The
Bee
Two Night Run Of Lions Home Talent Show Starts Tonight
Silsbee Lions present a two night home talent jamboree at Silsbee High School auditorium with curtain at 7 30 p m both nights Proceeds support the Mack Williams scholarship fund for a deserving Silsbee High graduate The event features MC H G Elmore musical and comedy acts Jay Collier piano the Rockets string band and other performances by local residents including Barbara Jane Hough Joy Fullingim Nancy Holland and a male quartet led by A G Mashburn among others Thomas E Bell handles advance sales and Boy Scout Troop 34 helps with ushering and refreshments
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Mack Williams
Silsbee High School
H. G. Elmore
Jay Collier
Bobby Battle
Sidney Ester
Gladys Ruth Ester
Cynthia Neely
Lillian Whitman
Richard Ester
George Tennison
Barbara Jane Hough
Joy Fullingim
Nancy Holland
A. G. Mashburn
Carl Jones
L. G. Jordan
Evergreen Assembly Of God Church Revival Set
The Evergreen Assembly Of God Church announces a revival starting Sunday night April 22 led by evangelist Coleman McDuff of Texas City. Rev. F C Drake says McDuff, a top youth evangelist, will deliver ministry and song. The pastor invites all to attend.
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Evergreen Assembly of God Church
F. C. Drake
Coleman McDuff
Texas City
McDuff
Masons Honor Two For 50 Years Of Service
An called meeting at the Masonic Halls Friday April 20 at 7 30 p m will present awards to Tom M Pic kett and Tom Wren for 50 years of faithful service to the Masonic order. All members invited per G E Phillips.
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Masonic Halls
Tom M. Pickett
Tom Wren
Masonic Order
G. E. Phillips
Let’s Vote For Silsbee School Bond Issue
The Silsbee Independent School District seeks 1 150 000 in bonds to build three new elementary schools with 48 classrooms and fund major repairs to existing facilities. Editors urge every voter to participate on Saturday, stating the plan is endorsed by major taxpayers and will relieve crowding with modern educational facilities.
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Silsbee Independent School District
The
Bee
Silsbee
Red Cross Drive Kicks Off Friday Morning At Breakfast
The Silsbee Red Cross drive opens Friday at 6 30 am with a kickoff breakfast in the junior high cafeteria. Carey Williamson, local chairman, says about 400 cards list solicited names. Majors Thomas Bell D H Suitt Robert Neyland and Darrell Shine head the drive as captains will select five workers each. Wintford Birdwell of Kountze is county chairman.
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Silsbee
Red Cross
Carey Williamson
Clifford Wilson
Thomas Bell
D. H. Suitt
Robert Neyland
Darrell Shine
Williamson
Wintford Birdwell
Kountze
Woodlea Mail Delivery Feasibility Report Issued
Woodlea residents may get door to door mail service by July. President Thomas E. Bell reported at a meeting of the new civic organization last Friday night. A two member committee was appointed to study a possible Woodlea garden club and will report at the April 27 meeting.
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Woodlea
Thomas E. Bell
H. S. McGill
I. W. Cooper
C. E. “Pete” Landolt Jr
Little League Park Set for Move and Paint Day
Little League President Robert Neyland calls a work day at Silsbee II stadium on Saturday April 21. Directors managers fathers and some players urged to attend from eight am with lawn mowers hammers and paint brushes to repair paint and improve the concession stand stadium fences and surrounding areas in preparation for the May 12 opening day. Four Silsbee teams will wear new uniforms with Buna and Kountze also in new outfits after recent events and workouts.
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Little League
Robert Neyland
Silsbee II Stadium
Park l
Neyland
Silsbee
Buna
Kountze
Silsbee school board adds two coaching posts
The Silsbee school board last Wednesday created two new coaching positions for the athletic department, bringing the staff to six. Joe Wayne Lloyd of Nederland was hired as baseball coach and assistant football coach, to start this fall.
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Silsbee
Joe Wayne Lloyd
Nederland
Don L. Hough
Lloyd
Maurice Hobbs
Ray McGallion
Jack Hetherington
Johnnye Lou Hile
Sammie Ci Armour
Sue Nell Killion
Autie Lois Hill
Flo Ellen Stark
Betty Hetherington
Faye Welk
Margaret Nance
Clifford Baker
Bill Hulin To Head VFW Post For Coming Year
Bill Hulin installed commander of Silsbee VFW Howard Clinefelter post at ceremonies April 12 in the VFW hall on Highway 96. District 2 installing officer Karl Ash of Port Arthur led the event. Lindsey outgoing commander. officers include DeHart, Remel, James, Lindsey, Hall, Harrison, Reed. Trustees Brackin, Zuber, Turrentine. Post reported 38 members, up 30 from last year’s reactivation.
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Bill Hulin
VFW Post
Silsbee Veterans of Foreign Wars
Howard Clinefélter
VFW
Highway 96
Karl Ash
Port Arthur
Stanley Lindsey
Clarence DeHart
Julius Remel
Grady James
J. H. Hall
H. H. Harrison
Levi Reed
Jerry Brackin
Jerry Zuber
L. O. Turrentine
Lindsey
Silsbee Bandsmen Headed to Fiesta Flambeau in San Antonio
Silsbee high school band will depart Friday for the Fiesta Flambeau parade in San Antonio to be led by Director Melvin Winger. Funds for the trip come from advance tickets to next Wednesday’s Lee Grabel illusionist show at the senior high auditorium, 8 p.m. The event features a staged “sawing a lady in half” act with a Silsbee participant.
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Silsbee
San Antonio
Melvin Winger
Lee Grabel
Mr. Grabel
Ed Sullivan
Mr. Grable
Showtime
Wildlife Group To Charter Friday Night East Texas
East Texas Wildlife Conservation Association will complete its charter on Friday night at H and H Dry Goods in Howard Hargrove's words. Meeting time is 7 30. Thirteen members voted last Friday to make Friday charter night and invite Sportsmen to attend and sign. If unable to attend they may come by H and H next week to sign before the charter is mailed to Austin. About 250 people have written they wish to join once hunting and fishing land is secured.
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East Texas Wildlife Conservation Asociation
H and H Dry Goods Company
Howard Hargrove
H and
Austin
Hargrove
Mrs. Ira G. Markham Jr Returns Home After Pneumonia
Mrs. Ira G. Markham Jr. returns home after a two week hospital confinement in Beaumont. She is recovering from pneumonia and hopes to be able to go out soon.
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Ira G. Markham, Jr
Beaumont
Shrine Circus Scheduled April 28 in Beaumont
The Beaumont Shrine Club and El Mina Shrine Patrol sponsor a circus at Greenie Stadium Beaumont on April 28 with aerial acts. A morning street parade starts at 10 30 in downtown Beaumont, and all proceeds support Shrine welfare work. Tickets are sold in Silsbee by Shrine members.
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Beaumont Shrine Club
el Mina Shrine Patrol
Greenie Stadium
Beaumont
Martin Wilson
Silsbee
Wilson
Shrine
Kir-B-Co Club Hosts Fish Fry Honor for Sheriff Whitaker
The Kir-B-Co club hosted a fish fry and barbecue at Richard Reeves Camp on the Neches River on Saturday afternoon. More than 100 employees and their families attended and club members thanked Sheriff and Mrs. Whitaker for the event.
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Silsbee High
FFA
Cravens
Neches River
Douglas Arnold
Joe F. Combs
Beaumont Enterprise
Richard Gordon
O. O
Pete” Miller
Silsbee High School
William Whitaker
Kir-B-Co Club
Richard Reeves
Sheriff
Mrs. Whitaker
Webb Family Visits Relatives in Jasper
Mr and Mrs Donald Webb and their daughters visited relatives in Jasper on Sunday providing a family reunion moment amid spring travel.
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Donald Webb
Jasper Sunday
Prison Terms Handed Two In 88th District Court Session
Two men received two year sentences in 88th district court at Rountze for forgery and burglary. Marvin Hutchinson of the Nacogdoches area faced a two year term and Frank Stevenson of Houston also drew two years after being found guilty of burglarizing Rogers store at Batson. Deputy Deve Rountree said authorities planned to move them to Huntsville to begin serving.
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88Th District Court
Rountze
Deve Rountree
Marvin Hutchinson
Frank Stevenson
Houston
Rogers Store
Batson
Hutchinson
Nacogdoches
Sheriff's
Huntsville
Lindsey enters sheriff race with renewed bid
A. D. Red Lindsey former Hardin county sheriff announced this week his candidacy for sheriff again after a four year retirement He cites his past record of fair impartial law enforcement and asks voters to weigh his qualifications and vote for him in July to continue a clean friendly campaign and uphold his record if elected
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A. D
Red” Lindsey
Hardin County
Lindsey
Spen
Teel
A. D. (Red) Jr
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Lions
Silsbee Lions
John Skinner
Red Cross Drive
Club
Little League Park
Suzanne Collier
Richard Collier
Collier
San Antonio Fiesta
Shrine Circus
Dam B
Earl P. Woods
Fifth Street
Woods
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