County OKs 15 Condemnation Awards for Highway Projects
County commissioners approved 15 awards from three special commissioners for right of way along highways 418 in Silsbee and 770 in Saratoga. Awards ranged from 9 to 16,440 dollars with payments to residents including Tyne Gregory, Joe Hunt, and James C. Brown. J. J. Stegall, 37, received a five year sentence for assault with intent in a case tied to a 12 year old girl. jury deliberated 3 p.m. to 4:12 p.m. and Stegall expressed remorse.
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Silsbee
Saratoga
Tom Burch
Sour Lake
Lester Landgraf
Austin
Frank Payne
H. O. Edwards
L. E. Martin
Tom Ea
Tyne Gregory
W. G. Winters
Joe Hunt
James C. Brown
DeWitt Etheridge
J. J. Stegall
H. A. Coe
88Th District Court
Stegall
Stanley Coe
Local Boy Struck by .22 Bullet in Silsbee
Anthony Wilson 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Mathis, was hit in the back of the head by a nearly spent .22 slug while playing in a field near his Gentry road home. Dr. Sam Copeland removed the slug at Parker and Copeland Clinic. Wilson’s friend Bobby Monasco helped and both boys heard no gunshot. Mrs. Mathis notes frequent target practice in nearby woodlands and warns of nearby Woodlea addition's population.
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Anthony Wilson
T. F. Mathis
Silsbee
Young Wilson
Bobby Monasco
Mathis
Gentry Road
Ave L
Anthony
Young Monasco
Parker and Copeland Clinic
Sam Copeland
Local Bands to March in Neches River Festival Parade
Silsbee high school and junior high bands will march in Beaumont for the Neches River Festival parade on Saturday at 10 a.m. Director Melvin Winger announced. The high school band will host a spring concert Thursday at 7 30 p.m. in the high school auditorium featuring a cornet trio, cornet solo, and other selections. The orchestra and Dixielanders will perform vocal pieces and novelties, with instrumentalists. The band heads to Corpus Christi Friday morning for the Bucaneer parade next Saturday night.
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Silsbee High School
Beaumont
Melvin Winger
Ochestra
Corpus Christi
Winger
Satsuma Valley Radio Club Meets Tonight at Fire Hall
The Satsuma Valley Amateur Radio Club convenes at 7 30 PM at the Silsbee Fire Hall for regular business and classes in amateur radio. President Ernest Williams appointed George Turk as General License instructor and Cliff Francis as Novice instructor.
Rebekah Lodge to Hold Monthly Luncheon
The Rebekah Lodge will host its monthly covered dish luncheon Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Oddfellow Lodge Hall at North Eleventh Street and Roosevelt Drive. Mrs. R. E. Alsleben, noble grand, extends invitation to Rebekah and Oddfellow members and their families.
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Rebekah Lodge
Oddfellow Lodge
North Eleventh St
Roosevelt Drive
R. E. Alsleben
Noble Grand
Rebekah and Oddfellow
Boy Scout Hobby Merit Badge Show Set in Silsbee
About 250 Boy Scouts from the Dogwood District are expected at Santa Fe park in Silsbee on Saturday April 27 from 10 am to 3 pm for a public hobby and merit badge show. The event, a prelude to the Trinity Neches Council show in Beaumont May 10 and 11, features booths by Pack 34 37 72 88 Troops 34 37 52 72 82 88 and Posts 34 72 88.
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Dogwood
Santa Fe Park
Silsbee
E. C. Nash
Dogwood District
Trinity-Neches
Beaumont
Woodville
Kountze
Warren
Silsbee Auto Co Opens Branch In Kountze
Silsbee Auto Co local Ford dealer opens The Ford Place in Kountze as a branch office run by Scott Walker. The firm also takes over SACO Magnolia Service station on Highway 96 S beside Buck Jones Lumber. Alf Fullingim says the move will better serve customers and the public.
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Silsbee Auto Company
Ford
Kountze
Saco Magnolia
Highway 96
Buck Jones Lumber Company
Alf Fullingim
Little League Auxiliary Meeting Set for Today
The Little League Auxiliary will meet April 25 at 4 30 p m in the Junior High School auditorium to plan the season. Officers for the new year will be elected. All parents are invited to attend and assist. Mrs. Doris Hartman is the outgoing president.
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Little League
Doris Hartman
Eugenia Nixon Installed As President Of VFW Auxiliary
The VFW auxiliary held a 7 30 p m meeting at Mrs. Clarence Dehart home with 15 members. Mrs Eugenia Nixon was installed president for the new year, with officers announced including senior vice president Mrs Clarence Dehart and others. Plans were made to sponsor the annual Poppies sale and Ella Brown was named committee chairman. The next meeting is set for May 13 at Mrs C E Ashworth Jr home.
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VFW
Clarence Dehart
Curtis Haj
Port Arthur
Eugenia Nixon
Minnie Greer
R. R. Palmer
C. E. Ashworth, Jr
Ruby Eledge
Alice Marshall
A. L. Tucker
Stella Cook
Elizabeth McClelland
Earnest Nerren
Co. M. McKay
G. J. Wood
Norma Walker
Ella Brown
Cairman
Silsbee Dry Goods Co. Marks 23rd Anniversary
Silsbee Dry Goods Co owned by E. M. Prewitt began its 24th year in Silsbee with a month long 23rd anniversary sale. Prewitt praised long time support and a full page ad in the current Bee carries sale details.
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Silsbee Dry Goods Co
Silsbee Dry Goods Company
E. M. Prewitt
Silsbee
B&PW to Sponsor Civil Defense Meeting
The Silsbee chapter of the B&PW Club will sponsor a civil defense program at the junior high school auditorium at 7:30 p m Thursday. Sgt Phil Paddgett of the Houston Civil Defense office will lead the program with the public invited. Five members will attend the district meeting at Kilgore Sunday.
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Silsbee
B&pw Club
Phil Paddgett
Houston Civil Defense Office
Kilgore
Shipyard progress on Rosie Ridge and farm work delay
The piece notes slow progress on an 18 foot boat at Rosie Ridge ship yard with frames nearly planked and the craft nearing launch. It also mentions delaying farm work at Dou ble R Ranch due to rains while a red tractor breaks sod, and observes plovers feeding near the nesting area with young birds just hatched.
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Rosie Ridge
Double R
Hello Gran fodder and spring weather musings
A granddaughter's evolving greetings lead to playful weather talk as the author predicts spring. The column playfully warns readers to prepare light sport clothes while acknowledging uncertainty and joking about weather forecasting.
East Texas Surveyors To Get Charter Tuesday
The Deep East Texas Chapter of the Texas Surveyors' Association will receive its charter at a Jasper meeting Tuesday night. About a dozen members from Silsbee and guests attend. Chester Terry will present the charter. Earl Rudder will be principal speaker. Officers include J. D. Mayberry as president and R. P. Hicks as secretary treasurer.
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Deep East Texas
Texas Surveyors’ Association
Jasper
Silsbee
Chester Terry
State Association
Earl Rudder
General Land Office of Texas
J. D. Mayberry
John R. Hunter
Joe
Six Local Youths Jailed In Beaumont
A group of six Silsbee youths aged 17 to 19 were jailed after a wild pre induction spree. A bottle was reported to have been thrown through a car window and a window at Bonwit Lennon in Beaumont was broken with $50 in merchandise damaged. They were released after damages were paid and left by bus for induction into the army.
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Silsbee
Armed Services
Beaumont
Bonwit-Lennon
Pearl Street
Two Juveniles Arrested After Store Burglary
Two boys aged 11 and 13 were arrested Tuesday night after a break in at Odoms Grocery on Spurger highway two miles north of town. Mrs. Odom heard a noise, surprised one in a back room, one escaped through a back window, and the other was seized. Chief Grady Tarver and Deputy Ira Moore took them to jail. Juvenile Judge H A Coe was to meet with the boys and parents Wednesday morning.
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Odom
Spurger Highway
Odorma's
Turney
Grady Tarver
Tarver
Ira Moore
Silsbee Council to Hear Grand Visitor
M. M. Bauman of Orange, grand visitor of the Grand Council of Texas Royal and Select Masters, will visit the Silsbee Council next Monday April 29. The meeting at the Masonic Hall starts with a chili supper at 6 45 p.m. Rev. Charles Poston of Bridge City will be the speaker honoring past Thrice Ilustrious Masters.
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M. M. Bauman
Orange
Grand Council of Texas
Silsbee Council
Melvin Winger
Masonic Hall
Charles Poston
Bridge City
Warm Weather Brings Snakes Out of Hiding
R L Jones of 414 Lincoln Drive and Avenue J killed a coral snake at his home Wednesday morning. The two foot venomous viper was red, yellow and black and thicker than a pencil. Other snake sightings and near misses prompt warnings for campers picnickers and fishermen to stay alert. Snakes are moving from hibernation into urban areas, often under boards shrubs and near trash around homes.
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R. L. Jones
Lincoln Drive
Avenue J
Revival Underway At Full Gospel Church
Lucille Chandler an evangelist from Los Angeles opened a revival meeting Tuesday night at the Full Gospel Church 214 miles north of Silsbee. Services are scheduled each evening at 7 30 p m with Mrs Geneva Busley, pastor, inviting public to attend.
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Lucille Chandler
Los Angeles
California
Full Gospel Church
Silsbee
Geneva Busley
DWI Plea Outcomes and Fines Highlight Week
County court records show two guilty pleas on DWI charges with 250 dollar fines and 30 day jail terms. In district court a felony DWI resulted in 250 dollar fine plus costs and 30 days in jail for Armand Marshall of Silsbee after a trial. Deputy Rountree notes 17 area arrests, including two DWIs.
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Fletcher Richardson
Armand BB. Marshall
Silsbee
Marshall
Chester Samuel
G. G. Nicholson
Dave Rountree
Silsbee Tigers End 1957 Baseball Season at Home
Silsbee closes out the 1957 baseball season against French High here today at 4 15 p m. The Tigers saw a chance at a district tie fade after an 8 1 loss to Victor on the local diamond. Last week they beat Nederland 6 5 and Vidor 7 5.
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Silsbee Tigers
Silsbee
French High
Tigers
Naaa
Victor
Nederland
Vidor
Unele Ed Cartoon Debuts in The Silsbee Bee
Graham Ward introduces Unele Ed, a new weekly cartoon in The Silsbee Bee. Sponsored by Silsbee Chiropractic Clinic, the strip aims to mix philosophic humor with a promotional message about local chiropractic care.
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Graham Ward
Silsbee Bee
Silsbee Chiropractic Clinic
Mr. Ward
Rho Upsilon Sorority Marks Anniversary Founders Day Plans
Rho Upsilon chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met at Mrs. Barbara Lee with 14 members. The Ritual of Jewel ceremony conferred the degree on Peg Heddleston and Hester Faye Rudisaille. Mrs. Lee presided. W. C. McNeil received a love gift. Founders Day banquet planned at Colonial Inn in Beaumont with officer installations next week.
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Rho Upsilon
Beta Sigma Phi
Barbara Lee
Peg Heddleston
Hester Faye Rudisaille
Lee
W. C. McNeil
Colonial Inn
Beaumont
Baptist Association To Meet In Beaumont
The Baptist Business Women’s Federation of Southeast Texas holds its quarterly meeting at First Baptist Church Beaumont on Tuesday April 30 at 7 30 p m in the chapel Mrs Fate Johnson of Port Arthur serves as president and Miss Mithu Advani is guest speaker The next quarterly meeting is set for July 30 in Silsbee First Baptist Church
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Baptist Business Women's Federation of Southeast Texas Association
First Baptist Church
Beaumont
Fate Johnson
Port Arthur
Mithu Advani
First Baptist
C M McKay Returns Home From Hospital
C M McKay district manager for Houston Natural Gas Corp returned home Tuesday from St Therese hospital in Beaumont where he spent five days under treatment.
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C. M McKay
Houston Natural Gas Corporation
St. Therese Hospital
Beaumont
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