City Passes On Britton Cravens Water Sewer Deal and Meetings
Silsbee plans to implement a pay as you earn water and sewer agreement with Britton Cravens for installations in Kirby No 2 and North Silsbee additions totaling 42374 52 dollars with 75 percent repayment from earnings. The council also schedules a Pony League meeting and reviews highway widening plans for Farm Road 92 and related right of way needs.
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City
Deal
Britton- Cravens
City of
Silsbee
W. C. Britton
N. A. Cravens
Kirby Addition No. 2
North Silsbee Addition
Evadale Realty Company
Woodlea
Britton-Cravens
Britton and Cravens
T. Spence Love
Houston
Charles R
Highway Department
Jack Hedge
Payne Road
North Fifth Street
Hedge
G. C. Brack
Texaco
Tom Burch
Sour Lake
School Building Plans Ready In Three Months
Silsbee ISD board heard from architect George Ingram that preliminary plans for new school buildings should be ready within three months with bids for steel to follow. He said facilities could be usable by September 1957, while noting steel delivery could be delayed up to a year.
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Silsbee
George Ingram
Silsbee Independent School District Board of Trustees
Ingram
Board of Supervisors
Caney Head
Pioneer Resident F. T. Woolum Dies at 93
F T Woolum, a Silsbee pioneer and former Santa Fe railroad conductor, died Monday at a Beaumont nursing home at age 93 after a long illness. He helped build the city’s early structures and remained active, a Shrine member, Presbyterian, and a familiar figure. Survived by three daughters, one son, seven grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. Funeral held Wednesday at Farmer Funeral Home with burial Magnolia Cemetery Beaumont. Mason graveside rites conducted.
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Silsbee
F T. Woolum
Beaumont
Mr. Woolum
Santa Fe Railroad
Silsbee Drug Company and Crockett and Gilchriest
Woolum
Presbbyterian Church
Gertrude Faulkner
Port Arthur
Frankie Allen
Houston
Elizabeth Hostetter
Washington State
Percy Woolum
New York
Farmer Funeral Home
M. Wallace Faris
First Presbyterian Church
Magnolia Cemetery
Masonic Lodge
Ladies Softball League Opens Practice Sessions
The Ladies' Softball League begins practicing three times weekly at the old Santa Fe ball park on 7th Street. Mrs. Harriet Stutts says practice is Monday Wednesday and Friday at 6 pm and invites all interested women to join the league.
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Santa Fe
7Th Street
Harriet Stutts
Twenty Arrests Made During Week in County Court
Sheriff and county judge records show twenty people jailed for various offenses over the past week. One man paid a $1 fine and costs for a hot check. W. D. Herrington pleaded guilty to the same charge. Arrests at the county jail covered DWI, theft of boat, aggravated assault, drunk in car, traffic offenses, three affrays, and other drunken incidents.
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Fletcher Richardson
W. D. Herrington
Dave Rountree
Billy Turney 44 Dies Suddenly. Services Set
Billy T Turney owner of Turney's Grocery on Spurger highway died suddenly Monday at about 9 45 a m. Services held 2 p m Tuesday at Good Shepherd Baptist Church with Rev J W Joiner officiating. Survived by wife Martha Turney of Silsbee father W F Turney of Houston two brothers Otis of Dallas and Glenn of Jacksonville five sisters Ruby Turnipseed Daleno Calif Y D Lolley Dallas Clyde Walston Standfield Ariz Leon Os good Houston Heggie Clark Houston. Body shipped to Jacksonville for funeral at Graggard Spraggins Swofford chapel with 2 p m Wednesday services. Burial in Jarratt cemetery.
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Billy T. Turney
Turney
Spurger Highway
Good Shepherd Baptist Church
J. W. Joiner
Martha Turney
Silsbee
W. F. Turney
Houston
Otis Turney
Dallas
Glenn Turney
Jacksonville
Corsicana couple visits weekend at McKay home
Mr and Mrs C L Beauchamp of Corsicana visited over the weekend in the home of Mr and Mrs C M McKay.
Tiger Nine Drops Three Close Games In A Row
Silsbee Tigers baseball team lost three straight by three runs. On April 20 they fell 5 4 to Vidor at Silsbee, April 23 lost 7 6 at Buna, and on Wednesday Jasper won 5 4. Next game is Friday April 27 versus Liberty at home.
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Silsbee
Vidor
Tigers
Buna
Jasper
Liberty
Silsbee Youth Anticipates New Pool Grand Opening
Silsbee prepares for the grand opening of its new pool with a 102 by 35 65 foot layout, a 10x12 foot wading area, two diving boards, and dual lifeguard stations. The pool site spans three acres with brick bath houses and future picnic grounds. swim lessons begin June 4 under coach Jack Hetherington, with tickets honored from the Silsbee Swimming Club.
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Wwrea
Hargrove
Silsbee Swiming Club, Inc
Hubbard King Admitted After Stroke at St Therese Hospital
Hubbard King manager at Tinkle Furniture in Silsbee was admitted to St Therese Hospital in Beaumont on April 18 after a light stroke. He is listed in serious condition.
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Hubbard King
Tinkle Furniture Company
Silsbee
St. Therese Hospital
Beaumont
Little League Paint Day Planned for Saturday at Stadium
Silsbee Little League hosts a paint day this Saturday April 28 at the baseball park. President Rob ert Neyland invites volunteers to finish painting started last weekend, with at least a dozen workers and a brief directors meeting for May 12 opening day plans. Shrine circus tickets are offered to Little League players and managers through Sheriff William Whitaker. managers may pick up tickets from Rob ert Neyland at Harden County Savings and Loan Association.
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Little League
Silsbee Little League
Robert Neyland
Neyland
Shrine Circus
Beaumont
William Whitaker
Hardin County Savings and Loan Association
Demos Set Hardin County Precinct Conventions May 5
Hardin County Democratic Party kicks off 1956 events with precinct conventions on May 5 at 7 p.m. Delegates chosen there advance to the May 8 county meeting in the district courtroom at Kountze. The state convention is slated for May 22.
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Demos
Hardin County
C. W. McGinty
Lester Caraway
Silsbee
Earnest Nerren
Rountze
Dave Rountree
Kountze
Kountze Petition On Stock Law Tabled For Legal Study
Hardin county commissioners tabled a stock law election petition for the Kountze and Village Mills areas pending legal analysis. The vote split centered on whether the election could be called within petition boundaries. Judge Fletcher Richardson questioned legality. Right of way issues dominated highway talks, with commissioners unsure about funding and future purchases. Architects Dickson and Dickson presented courthouse drawings including floor plans.
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Kountze
Village Mills
Hardin County
Justice
Fletcher Richardson
A. L. Bevil
Frank Payne
Silsbee
Highway Department
Payne
Bill Dickson
Dickson and Dickson and Associates
Wildlife Group Seeks More Members At Charter Meeting
The East Texas Wildlife Conservation Association reports 19 members signed the charter at a Friday event at H and H Dry Goods. More supporters may sign April 27 at 7 30 p m, with the charter mailed to Austin for approval next week.
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Wildlife Group
East Texas Wildlife Conservation Association
H and H Dry Goods
Howard Hargrove
H and H
Austin
Hargrove
Ed Nash Heads New Sa bine Junior High Athletic League
E. C. Nash principal of Silsbee Junior High was elected chairman of the newly formed Sabine Junior High School Athletic League at a meeting of member schools. The league includes Victor Groves Nederland Port Neches Carr Orange Silsbee and two Woodrow teams from Port Arthur.
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E. C. Nash
Silsbee Junior High School
Sabine Junior High School Athletic League
Victor
Groves
Nederland
Port Neches
Carr Junior High School of
Orange
Silsbee
Woodrow Junior High School
Port Arthur
Wayside Inn
Bridge City
Woodrow
Wilson
Carr
Vidtor
Revival and sermon set at Neches church this week
Rev. R. E. Barclay conducts a revival at the First Baptist Church in Neches Texas this week. Rev. W. A. Corkern chaplain of the Baptist Hospital Beaumont will be the speaker at the First Baptist Church Sunday.
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R. E. Barclay
First Baptist Church
Neches
Texas
W. A. Corkern
the Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
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Paper Company
East Texas Pulp and Paper Company
T Me, Inc
Eastex
Southwestern Settlement and Development Corporation
East Texas
R. M. Buckley
R. A. McDonald
Charles Stillman
Time, Inc
Artemus Gates
Time
W. J. Carter
Stillman
Silsbee Pony League
Farmers
Pete Farmer
Jones
Houston Natural Gas Company
John Busby
F. T. Woolum
Billy Turney
Tiger
Evans
W. H. Wilson
Honey Island
Moore's
Archie Moore
Thickett
Hall
Eddie Loftin Uotan
O. Parrish
Batson
James Donohoe
Saratoga
Eddie L. Legendre
F. F. King
Grayburg
Mullholan
S. G. Short
Kountze Stock Law
Ed Nash
New Junior High Athletic League
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