Silsbee Bee Postal Details and Staff Note
The Silsbee Bee lists its second class mailing permit dated April 10, 1919 and notes publication every Thursday at 410 Highway 96 Silsbee Texas. It sets subscriptions at 3.50 plus tax for hardy and nearby counties and 4.00 plus tax for outside Jefferson Jasper and Hardin counties. The note also lists printer roles including Linotype Operator Pressman and Stereotyper.
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Silsbee
Texas
Highway 96
Exas
Hardin
Jasper
Tyler
Jefferson
Peace Corps tests offered in Beaumont and nationwide drive
The article notes President Kennedy's Peace Corps founded under R. Sargent Shriver and praises its progress. It details April 27 placement tests in Beaumont and over 800 cities, the noncompetitive one hour exams, age 18+ with no upper limit, and eligibility via Peace Corps questionnaires. It cites thousands already serving in 45 countries and urgent demand for 4000 more volunteers.
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Kennedy
Peace Corps
R. Sargent Shriver
Federal
Beaumont
Silsbee
Sinclair Oil and Gas Plans Five New Wildcat Locations
Sinclair Oil and Gas Co announced five new wildcat locations in Hardin and Jasper counties aimed at a Yegua test. Drilling plans include No. 1 H. & T. C. Fee in Hardin County, No. 48 G. W. Brooks near Silsbee, No. 3 Martin Flores near Buna, No. 5 John D. Johnson Fee in North Buna, and a Pan American sidetrack at No. 1 C. G. Hooks in Batson for a 10,000 foot test.
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Sinclair Oil and Gas Co
Hardin
Jasper
Yegua
Hardin County
Silsbee
Sinclair
Beech Creek
H. & A. T.C. Railroad
J. T. Copley
Jasper County
Buna
Martin Flores
Castillo Field
John D. Johnson
North Buna
Wildcat
Pan American Petroleum Corp
C. G. Hooks
C” Wildcat
Batson
Jose C. Lopez
Game violations rise in February after hunting season ends
February saw a drop in total game law violations to 192 from 336 in January as hunting seasons closed. Violations fell in licenses and hunting from an automobile while fishing license breaches rose. Oysters violations appeared, with four charged for unsanitary containers and one for selling bad oysters.
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Game and Fish
Game and Fish Commission
Akins Earns Second in District Number Sense Meet
Janice Akins, president of Waldo Mathews High School freshman class, claimed second place in number sense at the district meet held April 10 in San Augustine. The Bee’s list shows Walter Irvin as second place, but he is listed as a third place winner.
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Janice Akins
Waldo Mathews High School
San Augustine
Walter Irvin
Loeb Church Plans Homecoming Guest Speaker
First Baptist Church of Loeb marks its ninth anniversary with a homecoming service on May 5 at 11 a.m. Rev. O. D. Martin of Dallas will speak. he has served as pastor at Ninth Avenue Baptist Port Arthur and as District Three and Four missionaries. A basket lunch follows at noon.
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O. D. Martin
Dallas
Baptist General Convention of Texas
First Baptist Church of
Loeb
Martin
Ninth Avenue
Texas Group Wins ATA Summa Cum Laude Safety Award
The Texas Motor Transportation Association received the American Trucking Associations top Summa Cum Laude Safety Award for its comprehensive safety campaigns. The program highlighted Truck Safety Contest Driver of the Year awards road patrol State Truck Roadeo safety education and a Council of Safety Supervisors, praised by ATA official Galey Sontheimer for reducing accidents.
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American Trucking Associations
Texas Motor Transportation Association
Texas Motor Carrier Group
Lone Star State
State Association
ATA
Council of Safety Supervisors
Galey D. Sontheimer
Black Family Reunion Honors L. G. Black at Victor
The annual Black reunion gathered at Mr. and Mrs. George L. Black home in Victor with about forty attendees. Activities included music games and fellowship Saturday night and barbecue planned for Sunday dinner, honoring the late L. G. Black on the Sunday nearest April 22. One daughter has not attended for three years.
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George L. Black
Victor
L. G. Black
Shirley Ann Goolsby to wed Glover Houston Johnson
Mrs. Jessie Mae Goolsby and Wil bert Giles announce the engagement of Shirley Ann Goolsby to Glover Houston Johnson son of Mrs. Leslie Lee Johnson of Silsbee. They plan a June 9 wedding at St Beulah Baptist Church. Shirley is a Prairie View A&M graduate and Waldo Mathews High School teacher. Glover works for the Santa Fe.
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Jessie Mae Goolsby
East Avenue E
Wilbert Giles
Angleton
Shirley Ann
Glover Houston Johnson
Leslie Lee Johnson
Silsbee
St. Beulah Baptist Church
Prairie View A&m College
Waldo Mathews High School
The
Santa Fe
Texas lawmakers push overhauls as poll tax debate lingers
Texas Senate advances a comprehensive overhaul of the election code amid debate over abolishing the poll tax. A constitutional amendment to let voters decide its fate moves slowly in the House, while a national ratification inches toward making poll taxes unconstitutional nationwide. Senate also weighs a May adjournment and tackles major budget and ethics bills as rural development and education funding loom large.
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Austin
Texas
Senate
House
Court House
Abraham Karen Jr
Laredo
Preston Smith
Byron Tunnel
John B. Connally
Grady Hazlewood
Amarillo
Bill Heatly
Paducah
Speaker Tunnel
Conally
Joe Cannon
Mexia
Cannon
H. G. Wells
Tulsa
Rural Development Fund
J. Collier Adams
Lubbock
Ben Jarvis
Tyler
Donald K. Shipley
Houston
Texas State Teachers Association
Victor Sumner
The
Texas Education Agency
Outstanding Negro Student to Be Married in June
Lenora Busby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Busby of 640 South 15th Street is engaged to Melvin Allen son of Mr. and Mrs. N A Allen of Needville. She a 1962 Cum Laude graduate of Prairie View A M College and Homemaking teacher at Charles Drew High School Crosby He a Baylor University laboratory technician and former Prairie View student now at Texas Southern University a Marine Corps veteran and Marine Corps Reserve member A June wedding is planned.
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Oliver Busby
South 15Th Street
Lenora
Melvin Allen
N. A. Allen
Needville
Prairie View A&m College
Baylor University
Texas Southern University
U. S. Marine Corps
Marine Corps Reserve
Waldo Mathews Panthers Rout Kountze Pirates In Non-District Win
Waldo Mathews Panthers defeated Carver High Pirates of Kountze 12 to 2 in a non-district baseball game on April 23. Winning pitcher was Walter Collins. Bobby Simmons hit the Panthers only homer this season. The item also notes a prior district loss to Scott High and a later 13 to 6 win on April 19. The text briefly mentions the 1920 start of the first transcontinental airmail route between New York City and San Francisco.
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Murray
Connally
Railroad Commission
Eugene Locke
Wally Scott Jr
Claude Brown
Democratic Executive Committee
U. S
Joe Kilgore
Crawford Martin
Scott
State Securities Board
Texas
Conroe
David Crews
House
George Cowden
Waco
Don Kennarr
Fort Worth
Senate
Martin Dies Jr
Lufkin
Waldo Mathews
Panthers
Carver High Pirates
Kountze
Scott High
Wood‘ene
Walter Collins
Bobby Simmons
New York City
San Francisco
Inheritance of Grace Through Faith in Christ
A devotional excerpt interprets Galatians and Colossians to affirm that inheritance of eternal life comes through faith in Jesus Christ not merit. It contrasts wealth and worthiness with grace and emphasizes redemption through Christ’s blood and forgiveness of sins. Prayer asks guidance into God’s everlasting kingdom and invites sharing this gift broadly.
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God
Jesus Christ
Christ
Paul
Colossians
Jesus
Claudia M. Higgins
California
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Leona Whitman
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James Johnson
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Washington
Asia
Africa
Latin America
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Britton-Cravens Insurance Agency
Paul Georgas
Silsbee State Bank
Sinclair Company
Yazoo
A. E. Read Co. N. Ltd
Loeb Church
Texas Trucking Group
Sumner
Capitol
William J. Murray Jr
Bob Eckhardt
James Nugent
Kerrville
Travis Peeler
Corpus Christi
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Longview
House State Affairs Committee
Hardin County Oaving4 and Loan Association
Silsbet
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Steele
Sune
North Fifth Street
Silshee
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