National Library Week Observed By Silsbee Unit
The Silsbee Public Library hosts National Public Library Week events with Kirby and Read-Turrentine Elementary second graders viewing activities this morning. New children's titles include The Singing Hill and Lance of Oak Valley. adult fiction features The Sand Pebbles and The Primal Yoke. Nonfiction adds Eleanor Roosevelt Autobiography and Listen to Leaders in Business among others with more science titles expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirby
Read-Turrentine
Silsbee Public Library
National Public Library
Charlotte Gunn
Singing Hill
Judy Varge
Oak Valley
Margaret Johnson
Sand Pebbles
Richard McKenna
Harper Prize
Tom Lea
Eleanor Roosevelt
Seymour Freidin
Al‘bert Love
James Childer
Silsbee Council Activates Housing Authority Plan
The Silsbee City Council voted unanimously to activate the Silsbee Housing Authority to study and implement a federal low rent housing program. A five-member board will oversee the unit, separate from the council, with federal loans and a 40 year note guaranteed by the FHA. A 60 day window begins today, with a referendum possible if 5 percent of registered voters petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Slaydon
H. C. Hopkins
Lenox Hawthorne
Dr. R. O. Jackson
City of
Silsbee
Texas
Silsbee Housing Authority
F. L McClanahan
The
SHA
Federal Housing Authority
McClanahan
Santa Fe Railroad
Avenue J
Fifth Street
Thirteenth Street
Silsbee Man Charged After Friday Knife Attack
Oliver Gore about 30 of Silsbee was arrested in Kountze after an Friday evening assault on Highway 1122 left Carl Bouknight of Buna seriously injured. Bouknight, a Brown and Root employee, received deep knife wounds and was treated at Tennison Clinic before to Baptist Hospital. Gore posted $1000 bond and was released Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Gore
Silsbee
C. A. Kimball
Kountze
Carl Bouknight
Buna
Bouknight
Brown and Root Construction Company
Tennison Clinic
Farmer Ambulance
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Gore
Dave Rountree
Local Social Roundup of Visiting Friends and Family
A dense list of visits spans cities from Alvin to Beaumont and Houston. Residents such as Mrs. F A McMicken, Mr and Mrs Leon Boyett, and Rev R E Barclay are shown hosting or traveling, with family ties in Minden, Monroe, Owl City, and Bellaire. Missouri and North Africa mentions appear via service ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. McMicken
Alvin
W. T Hobson Jr
McMicken
L. Almond
Minden
M. H. Almond
Leon Boyett
Alexandria
Bertis Burns
Jack Curtis
Monroe
Eddie Shuff
Lish King
Phil Potter
Owl City
David Cook
Ed Nash Elected Jasper County United Fund Leader
Ed Nash of Evadale was elected president of the United Fund of Jasper County at a Friday night meeting in the Kirbyville Community House. Other officers include Willie H Whitehead of Kirbyville first vice president Mrs A P Walters of Buna second vice president W L Neal of Jasper third vice president Tom W Herbst of Jasper treasurer and John W Bryan of Jasper secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Nash
Evadale
United Fund
Jasper County
Kirbyville
Willie H Whitehead
A. P. Walters
Buna
W. L. Neal
Jasper
Tom W. Herbst
John W. Bryan
Mrs Goins Improves After Auto Collision Near Silsbee
Mrs Rose Goins, 35, injured April 16 when struck by a car driven by her husband three miles west of Silsbee, is reported improving and expected to return home this week. Goins said fogged vision on a dirt road caused the crash. she was unconscious briefly with bruises contusions and a back injury but no broken bones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Goins
Goins
Silsbee
Shrubeberg
Junior High Band to Present Concert Tonight
The Silshee Junior High School Band will perform tonight at 7:30 in the high school auditorium. About 100 junior high students and 60 sixth graders will take part, with free admission and invitations extended by Band Director G. L. Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silshee Junior High School
G. L. Vernon
Bruders
SHS Golf Team Captures Regional Third Place
Silsbee High School’s top golf squad, led by Wayne McClanahan Mike Spillar Jack McMahon and Richard Head, finished third in the regional meet in Houston last weekend the best showing by a SHS athletic team this year. Lamarque took first with Jacksonville second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee High
Houston
Tiger Athletic
Wayne McClanahan
Mike Spillar
Jack McMahon
Richard Head
Lamarque
Jacksonville
Tigers Suffer District Setbacks in Onslaughts by Nederland and Jasper
Silsbee and Nederland combined for heavy hits as Jasper explode for 11 runs in the sixth to beat the Tigers 18-4 in district play. Donald Hines pitched all nine innings for the winners while Tigers Gerald Walker and Buddy Upshaw each collected two. Nederland beat Silsbee 12-1 last Thursday. Bridge City leads the district as Silsbee prepares to host Orange Tuesday night at 7.
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Jasper
Bulldog
Tigers
Donald Hines
Gerald Walker
Buddy Upshaw
Silsbee
Punky Parks
Robert Mare
Phillip Hennigan
Hugh Hamilton
Nederland
Yald Walker
Bridge City Cardinals
Cardinals
Silsbee I
Orange Tigers
Tucker visit anchors Baytown and Woodville families weekend
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tucker and daughter of Baytown and Osh Tucker of Woodville visited over the weekend in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Olen E. Tuckey and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Tucker
Baytown
Osh Tucker
Woodville
Olen E. Tuckey
Edwin Read to Attend Texas U Science Symposium
Silsbee High School will be represented at the third annual Texas Nuclear Science Symposium at the University of Texas June 9 12 under Gulf States Utilities sponsorship. Edwin Read and Charles Stephen will join 38 area delegates in Austin to hear nuclear science lectures and ask questions about scientific careers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee High School
Texas
University of Texas
Gulf States Utilities
Don L. Hough
Hough
Edwin Read
Charles Stephen
Austin
Edwin
A. E. Read
Stephens
Texas Atomic Energy Research Foundation
Gulf States
W. R. Norvell
Gulf States’ Silsbee
The
Foundation
Judy Jones to Enter State Meet in Typing at Austin
Judy Jones, a Silsbee High School sophomore and daughter of H. D. Jones of this city, won first place in typing at the regional Interscholastic League meet in Houston and will compete in the State meet in Austin on May 5 with coach Mrs. Betty Ann Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Jones
Houston
Weeks Crawford
Austin
Crawford
Betty Ann Mitchell
Joey Taylor
Vivian Dietrich
Nelson Tennison
Southeast Texas
Judy Jones
Silsbee High School
Robert Parks Elected President of SHS Students
Robert "Punky" Parks was elected president of the Silsbee High School student body for next year. Vice president will be Leslie Ashworth. Other winners include senior cheer leader Jean Poshataske and head cheerleader Sandra Savage with junior cheerleaders Ellen Ford and Kristi Fuller. Mrs. Howard Scoggins of Texas City visited last Mrs. H C Scoggins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Parks
SHS
Robert “Punky” Parks
Robert I. Parks
Silsbee High School
Weeks Crawford
Leslie Ashworth
Willie Ashworth
Jean Poshataske
Sandra Savage
Ellen Ford
Kristi Fuller
Double Stripes Kept On By City Traffic Crackdown
Violators warned to observe double yellow stripes as Fifth Street repaints guide traffic. Chief Tarver says crossing the line is a traffic violation. extra patrols scheduled in day and peak hours. Mayor MacClana han hopes fewer accidents after recent spate of hot rodding.
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Fifth Street
Grady Tarversaul
Tarver
F. L. MacClanahan
McClanahan
Silsbee State Bank
Little League Barbecue Set for May 11 at High School
The Little League Baseball Auxiliary announces a barbecue fundraiser on May 11 at the high school cafeteria from 5 to 8 p m. Tickets go on sale today with auxiliary members and participating men selling them. Billy Dinkle is president of the Little League and Mrs Jimmy Wright leads the auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little League Baseball
Jimmy Wright
Little League
Billy Dinkle
Jimiy Wright
Richmonds Return After St. Francisville Visit
Mrs C E Richmond came home last week from a stay with her daughter and family Mr and Mrs J Boyd Williams in St Francisville Louisiana. She says her grandson is recovering from his fifth eye operation thought to save the eye after being struck by a BB shot that glanced off an oil drum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Richmond
J. Boyd Wiliams
St. Francisville
Two Teenagers Placed on Probation for Camp Theft
Two Silsbee teenagers, aged 16, were placed on probation and released to their parents by Judge H A Coe in Kountze after Police Chief G C Tarver recovered items stolen from a Village Creek camp on April 15. The haul included 18 boxes of 22 caliber shells two bottles of rum two cartons of beer a machete and a hatchet. Entrance was gained by raising a window at the camp owned by Russell Watson of Beaumont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
H. A. Coe of
Kountze
G. C. Tarver
Village Creek
Chief Tarver
Russell Watson
Beaumont
Tarver
Ministers Group Chooses Silsbee High School Speakers
Silsbee Ministers' Fellowship met April 23 to discuss the Community Good Friday Worship of April 12 and to appoint a committee to choose baccalaureate speakers for local high schools. A report with recommendations will go to the Silsbee School Board.
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Silsbee
Silsbee School Board
New Bethel Baptist Church
H. L. Foster
Three Are Fined In County Court Last Week
Three men appeared before Judge Fletcher Richardson in county court. Melvin K. Cooley of Kountze was fined 50 dollars and jailed three days for driving while intoxicated. Jessie J. Siles of Kountze also fined 50 dollars and jailed three days for the same offense. James Dickie of Silsbee was fined 200 dollars for illegal sale of alcohol and tried on April 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher Richardson
Melvin K. Cooley
Kountze
Jessie JL. Siles
James Dickie
Silsbee
Visit of the Jarrells at DeRidder Homes
Mr and Mrs Paul Jarrell of DeRidder Louisiana visited Sunday in the Edward Davis and Ramsey Hooks homes with family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Jarrell
DeRidder, la
Edward Davis
Ramsey Hooks
Last Rites Held for W. S. Parks 79 in Honey Island
Willis Samuel Parks 79 of Honey Island died in Hotel Dieu Hospital after a long illness. Funeral services were held at Pace-Wells chapel with Rev. Carroll Cole. burial in Jordan Cemetery with Masonic rites. He retired from Kirby Lumber Co. as planer mill foreman after 33 years. Survivors include wife Vivian, two sons Hugh Willis and Willis Samuel Jr., three daughters Terese Huffman Inez Goins and Dorothy Dietrich, two brothers El and Jim, and three sisters. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Samuel Parks
Honey Island
Hotel Dieu Hospital
Pace-Wells Funeral Home
Carroll Cole
Jordan Cemetery
Parks
Kirby Lumber Co
Vivian Parks
Hugh Willis Parks
Willis Samuel Parks Jr
Terese Huffman
Inez Goins
Dorothy Dietrich
Silsbee
el Parks
Saline
Jim Parks
Glenmora
Bob Itson
J.C. Markentell
Lester Holmes
Archie Gore
H. A. Thomas
Willie Yeagin
Services For W. T. Arrington Set For Friday
William T. Arrington 75 of 965 Dardin Drive died Wednesday at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. He was a retired Kirby Lumber Co. planer and had lived in Silsbee 15 years. Funeral Friday at 10 a.m. at Woodrow Baptist Church with Rev. R. L. Bateman and Rev. Eddis Smith officiating. burial Beech Grove Cemetery in Jasper County. Farmer Funeral Home in charge. Survivors: two sons James Arrington Nederland and Worthy Ratcliff Groves. three daughters E A Jordan Houston, Doris R. Marshall Dallas, C F Darden Beaumont. one brother Henry Arrington Deridder La.. three sisters Mrs Harvey Rice Derr idder, Mrs Danny McPatter Baton Rouge, Mrs Annie Johnson Orlando Fla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Arrington
Dardin Drive
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Arrington
Silsbee
Kirby Lumber Corp
Woodrow Baptist Church
R. L. Bateman
Eddis Smith
Pinecrest Baptist Mission
Beech Grove
Jasper County
Farmer Funeral Home
James Arrington
Nederland
Worthy Ratcliff
Groves
E. A. Jordan
Houston
Doris R. Marshall
Dallas
C F. Darden
Henry Arrington
Deridder
Harvey Rice
Derridder
Danny MecPatter
Baton Rouge
Annie Johnson
Orlando
Fla
Pre-School Pupils Register at Silsbee High Gym
Pre school registration set for April 30 at Silsbee High Gym from 8 30 a m to 3 30 p m for children entering school next year. Parents must show birth certificates proving six or younger by Sept 1 and provide smallpox vaccination with county nurse administering shots during registration. Children in the school district must register if planning to attend in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee High Gymnasium
W. E. Sheffield
Raney And Allen Receive Certificates
Water Supt. L A Raney and Charlie Allen received certificates for a year of perfect attendance at monthly meetings of the Trinity Neches Sabine Water and Sewerage Association. The awards were presented at the April 18 meeting held at the Harvest Club in Beaumont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.A. Raney
Charlie Allen
Trinity - Neches - Sabine Water and Sewerage Association
Harvest Club
Beaumont
Mrs. Lera Halpin Visits San Antonio Friends
Mrs. Lera Halpin of San Antonio recently visited friends, sharing news of her travels and reconnecting with longtime acquaintances during a brief social call.
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Lera Halpin
San Antonio
Lions Donate To Kerrville Camp in Texas
Silsbee Lions voted to send the Crippled Children's Camp at Kerrville 440 dollars at Tuesday's meeting to defray operating expenses. The camp is the top project of Texas Lions Clubs. Dr. A E Templeton joined the club. G W Gilchriest led the induction. Ernie Dietrich named four delegates Henry M Donelson Jr C E Landolt Jr E J Dietrich W W Howell to the district convention in Orange. Alternates are George Goynes and Al Mashburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Lions
Kerrville
Texas Lions Clubs
A. E. Templeton
G. W. Gilchriest
Ernie Dietrich
Lions
Orange
Henry M. Donelson i Jr
C. E. Landolt Jr
E. J. Dietrich
W. W. Howell
George Goynes
al Mashburn
Baptist City-Wide Crusade Planned Here
City Baptists plan a city wide crusade with committees named from Woodrow First Baptist Friendship Pinecrest and Good Shepherd churches. Services run June 17 to June 30 on the First Baptist Church lawn with evangelist Jack Stanton of Dallas formerly Colorado evangelism secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow
First Baptist
Friendship
Pinecrest
Good Shepherd
First Baptist Church
Jack Stanton
Good Shepherd Baptist Church
Alex Drennen
Victor Norvell
Charles Breaux
Jack David
Oscar Hoffpauer
V. L. Caraway
Weeklong detainees at county jail total 35
Dave Rountree, office deputy for the sheriff's department, reports 35 persons held at the county jail during the past week. Suspected offenders include two minors for beer possession, one liquor sales violation, one felony theft, one driving while intoxicated, one drunk in car, two for traffic violations, two for making serious threats, two for night hunting, and three for affray. The remainder were booked for drunk and disorderly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Rountree
Sheriff's Department
Cook family returns from New Mexico visit
Mr and Mrs David Cook returned home last week after visiting their son and daughter in law in El Paso and touring Carlsbad Cavern and other points of interest in New Mexico. He is stationed at Fort Bliss with the US Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. McWilliiams
Abbeville
David Cook
A. J. Husmann l
Houston
C. E. Richmond
L. W. Coldren
Midland
Bill Coldren
George E Samuels
Bryant Butler
Munson Wingate
Kirbyville
L. W. Belt
Santa Fe Hospital
Temple
Belt
Ben Walker
Laura
Leona Whitman
L. L. Huff
T. A. Scully
Port Arthur
R. L. Stone Sr
George .O'Quinn
Alice Cones
Beaumont
J. D
Ask David Cook
Fort Bliss
Carlabad Cavern
New Mexico
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National Library
Housing Authority
R. H. Ernst
Eugene Bell
Frank Allen Bell
Herbert Thompson
Brunswick
Earnest Hutto
Hutto
J. T. Strahan
W. H. Craft
Ed Harper
B. L. Sargent
H. L. Lackey
Mary Fiegel
Galveston
Gertrude Fields
Hazel Scoggins
Ridgewood Motor Hotel
Paul Barnes
Oklahoma City
Hair Fashion Authority
R. E. Barclay
Japan Baptist New Life Movement
Tokyo
Japan
Jasper County United Fund
Texas U. Science Symposium
Howard Scoggins
Texas City
H. C. Scoggins
W. 5. Parks
W. T. Arrington
Raney
Allen
Baptist
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