Silsbee Man Killed in 1954 Traffic Crash East of Town
Merlon Curry Jr., 22, died at 12:15 a.m. Monday when his westbound car failed to negotiate a curve on U.S. Highway 96, struck trees, and rolled twice near Silsbee in Hardin County. Funeral held at Antioch cemetery Buna with Rev. Barclay officiating. Survivors include his parents, a sister in Silsbee, and a brother in England. Pallbearers listed.
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Hardin County
Merlon Curry, Jr
Silsbee
Curry
C. 8. Sherrell
Antioch Cemetery
Buna
R. E. Barclay
First Baptist Church
Farmer Funeral Home
Blume
Merton Curry, Sr
Alice Faye
Larry Eugene
Air Force
England
James Wiley Curry
Rayburn
Noah Bradshaw
Hitchcock
Johnny Ayd
Elgie Gore
L. E. Musgrove
Isaac Moore
Woodrow Brown
L. J. Davis
Silsbee City Council Sets Tuesday Meeting at 7 30
Mayor H. M. Jones announced the regular Silsbee city council meeting will be held Tuesday night at 7 30 in the city office. Routine municipal government matters will be discussed.
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Silsbee City
H. M. Jones
Silsbee Lions Club
American Republic
Golf Club To Meet Friday At Coca-Cola Plant
Silsbee Golf Club met last Friday evening at 7 30 at the Coca-Cola plant. Reports were made by the land and membership committees. Another meeting is being called for 7 30 p.m. Friday and will be held again at the Coca-Cola plant.
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Silsbee Golf Club
Coca- Cola
R W Akers To Address Silsbee High Graduates May 27
Beaumont Enterprise editor R W Akers will address the 1954 Silsbee High School graduating class at 7 45 p m May 27 in the high school auditorium as part of a multi event commencement program led by Supt Don L Hough Also scheduled are Baccalaureate on May 23 Junior High graduation May 25 Waldo Mathews High School May 26 and Student Awards Day May 27 with listed graduates including Lois Blackmon Dollie Calloway Ella Marie Delaune and many others from Silsbee and area schools.
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R. W. Akers
The
Beaumont Enterprise and Journal
Silsbee High School
Don L. Hough
Hough
Akers
Far East
State Department
Orient
Charles C. Oldenburg
First Assembly of God Church of
Beaumont
Waldo Mathews High School
Colored School
Time Inc executive speaks at Silsbee banquet
Bernard Barnes vice president of Time Inc addressed the Silsbee Chamber of Commerce annual banquet to about 4000 attendees. He discussed a new mature individualism shaping schools churches and communities and the drive for freedom and security within the home and neighborhood.
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Bernard Barnes
Time, Inc
Silsbee Bee
Chamber of Commerce
Don L. Hough
Silsbee Schools
Jim Pitt
New York
E. M. Wilson, Jr
Silsbee State Bank
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Barnes
R. M. Buckley
East Texas Pulp and Paper Company
Beaumont
Bob
David Read
Evadale
Hardin County Bond Issue Is Defeated
Official returns show the 650000 Hardin County right of way bond issue defeated with 343 votes against and 232 for. A two thirds majority was required. Results canvassed by the commissioners court. Warrants will be issued to fund the project. Interest on warrants set at 4 percent versus about 2 percent on bonds, county judge Fletcher Richardson said.
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Hardin County
Fletcher Richardson
Silsbee Booster Club Banquet Also Highlights Sports Drive
The Silsbee Athletics Booster Club hosts an all sports banquet Saturday at the Junior High cafeteria with Rice Institute coach Jess Neely as speaker. Awards include outstanding athlete trophies and a sportsmanship trophy. Rex Worley becomes president, with Bill Sellers as vice president and Mrs. H. M. Jones as secretary treasurer. A dancing event follows with music by Winger and the high school orchestra. Tickets are available through club members. Separately a $50,000 swimming pool and park drive launches Monday May 3 to fund a new pool, baths, tennis pits, and picnic area. Memberships at 25 dollars will grant 25 dollars in pool use. Mayor H. M. Jones urges public participation.
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Fiirst Swim Club
H. M. Jones
H. Newton Hopkins
Silsbee
Jess Neely
Rice Institute Owls
Rice
Alabama
M. L Winger
L. A. Yankie
Rex Worley
Bill Sellers
Winger
Carl T. Paramore
Worley
H. N. Hopkins
Silsbee Swimming Club, Inc
Jack Evans
Joe Bell
Nick Slavik
Hopkins
Fuller Building Under Construction on North Fifth Street
Work started today on a new masonry building 85 feet wide and 60 feet deep in the 900 block of North Fifth Street. The Fuller building will house three firms with Owen W. Morris opening a pharmacy and Mrs. C. C. Barclay operating Barclay Department Store in the second unit. Construction is led by Burke A. Hargrove and is slated for completion in a little over two months.
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North Fifth Street
Fuller
H. F. Fuller
Magnolia
Owen W. Morris
Burke A. Hargrove
Area Episcopalians To Form Mission Sunday
Area Episcopalians to meet at Mrs. Elizabeth Williams home 350 South Third Street Sunday at 4 p.m. for the purpose of organizing a Mission.
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Elizabeth Williams
South Third Street
City Administration Recognizes Silsbee Chamber Committee
A Silsbee Chamber planning committee of six members received official recognition from the city administration. The group includes R. L. Read H. C. Hopkins Joe Markley Dr. R. O. Jackson C. M. McKay and L. D. Self. The action followed February 16 1954 guidance about recognition before League cooperation.
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Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
R. L. Read
H. C. Hopkins
Joe Markley
R. O. Jackson
C. M. McKay
L. D. Self
League of Texas
League
Bass Named Builder for Orange Pulp and Paper Subdivision
W E Bass of Orange was selected by East Texas Pulp and Paper Co to construct the first 70 homes in a new subdivision east of town. O Neil Ford and Sam B Zisman will supervise, with sales handled by Bass. About 20 homes remain planned plus a 12 acre land purchase, costing up to $20 000 each.
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East Texas Pulp and Paper Company
W. E. Bass
Orange
Bass
O'Neil Ford
Sam B. Zisman
Associated Architeccts
Ford
Zisman
C. B. Bass
First Baptist Church
Bee
Texas Pulp and Paper Company
F. B. Dardin
Burks Announces Candidacy for Justice of the Peace Precinct Two
Jerry Y. Burks owner of Burks Super Service Texaco at the highway 69 96 interchange between Loeb and Chance announces his bid for Justice of the Peace in Precinct Two. A longtime Hardin county businessman he purchased the F G Reid property in 1952 and has been active in local civic affairs.
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Jerry Y. Burks
Burks Super Service
Texaco
Loeb
Chance
Office of Justice of the Peace
Precinct
Loeb-Chance
Burks
F. G. Reid
Hardin County
Pio
Leon Brown and Shirley Harding Named Silsbee Honor Graduates
Leon Brown son of Mr and Mrs Edgar Brown earned valedictorian honors with a 96 97 four year average at Silsbee High School Shirley Harding daughter of Mr and Mrs F G Harding was named salutatorian with a 95 39 average Both students traced their school progress from early grades and held leadership roles in National Honor Society Student Council and other activities Brown plans to study engineering at Lamar Tech while Harding intends to attend business college after graduation
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Leon Brown
Edgar Brown
Silsbee High School
Leon
Silsbee Schools
Lamar Tech
Shirley Harding
F. G. Harding
Shirley
Silsbee
National Honor Society
Tiger Rag
Future Teachers of America
Business College
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Golf Club
Lois Blackmon
Dollie Calloway
Ella Marie Delaune
Wanda Drake
Jean Erwin
Gertrude Fannett
Marie Ferguson
Malqueen Flanakin
Eva Gene Flores
Ann Fuller
Essie Lou Golden
Wanda Hawthorne
Ann Jenkins
Claudia Vee Jones
Eloise McDonald
Jan McKinney
Barbara McKnight
Iris Moore
Shirley Bob Moore
Martha Sue Murphy
Elsie Jo Parker
Eloise Shavers
Anna Lou Stackpole
Jo Ellen Trahan
Mary Jo Ward
Leonard Brown
J. W. Bumstead
Kenneth Busby
Charles Caraway
Clemit Cotton
Leon DeMary
Oscar Dominguez
Jerry Esmond
Archie Fridelle
Tommy Joe Goins
Eugene Greene
Keith Gregory
Sam Harvill
Herman Hodges
Harrell Holland
Douglas Hutto
I. W. Landry
Ward McDonald
Doyce McNeill
Harold Madeley
Talmage Metz
Roland Million
Bill Mitchell
David O’quinn
Doyle Riley
Gene Sawyer
Henry Earl Smith
Jimmy Spell
Alvin Strother
Nelson Swiger
Ivan Theus
James Paul Thomas
George Thompson
Clifford Turk
Paul Vanderburg
Eugene Wheeler
Byron Rutledge
Wade M. Parker
5Th St
Area Episcopalians
Texas
E. E. McAdams
Austin
McAdams
R. L
Justice Peace
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