United Gas Campaign Marks 23 Years Of Gulf South Ads
The Bee highlights United Gas Corporation and its 23 year ad campaign begun in July 1939 promoting the Gulf South region including Silsbee and Hardin County. The piece notes ads in major papers and magazines and praises the company for supporting newspapers and local readers while stressing mutual benefit for advertiser and publication.
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Bee
Gulf South
United Gas Corporation
Gulf Coast Country
Silsbee
Hardin County
United Gas
Time
Newsweek
U. S. News
Business Week
Wall Street Journal
Statutory Rape Charge Faces Silsbee Youth
20 year old Silsbee resident Don Cunningham was charged with statutory rape of a 14 year old Kountze girl. He appeared before Justice of the Peace C A Kimball and was ordered held in county jail with bond set at 10000. Authorities say the girl was reported missing by her parents and Cunningham was found with her. he remained jailed.
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Don Cunningham
Silsbee
Kountze
Justice of the Peace
C. A. Kimball
Kountie
Cunningham
County Jar
Grand Jury
Judge Kimball
Dave Rountree
Sheriff's Department
Rounts
Explosion Injures Silsbee Man Near Unoccupied House
At about 4 10 a m Wednesday Melvin Graham 28 owner of Graham Tire Store Silsbee was badly burned when a violent blast rocked an unoccupied house he went to inspect after hearing a noise his wife woke him and he went outside to check The house burned as the Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department fought to contain the flames with no water supply nearby and county officials investigated further details continued on page 6
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Silsbee
Willis Road
Melvin Graham
Graham Tire
Highway 96
St. Liizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Graham
Jack David
David
Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
Dwayne Overstreet
Melvin Gra
Ham
Eugene Payne
Chester
John Busby
Toearn
Elbert Willis
Dock Ray
Grady Walters
E. J. Jones
Willis
Jones
Warren Bower
Moore
Board to Inspect The New High School Music Building
The 3182 square feet space includes a choral room band hall restrooms office and storage. Foster Brothers of Port Arthur are contractors and Geordce Ingram of Beaumont architect. The former band hall was at the east end of the athletic fieldhouse with the partition removed and the remodel repainted for athletic department use. Uniform storage added. A summer project enlarged Kirby Stadium seating and re-decks stands with new lumber. Reserved seats numbering on the Silsbee side is nearing completion and stands will be numbered next week.
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Foster Brothers of
Port Arthur
Geordce Ingram
Beaumont
Kirby Stadium
Silsbee
Four Silsbee Scouts Elevate to Eagle Rank in Ceremonies
Four members of Silsbee Troop 88 received Eagle badges in special ceremonies on July 23. Lan Latham Gerald B er z Rosell Holtwy James Henry Donelson and others, among only six Eagle Scouts in 34 years of local scouting history, were lauded by Mayor Frank L. McClanahan and leaders Joe Hignett Rev R Eugene Conte and others. Troop 88, sponsored by the Methodist Men, has 48 active scouts.
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Rour Scolts
Troop 88
James Henry Doneian
Russell Holt
Lathe
Cerald Hugers
Joe Higuett
Kb Ocoutaideler
Lan Latham
Weslathan Gerald Berz
Mire
E. A. Rogers
Rosell Holtwy
Harry Helt
James Henry Donelson
Henry M. Donelson
Silsbee
Troup Bo
Weis
Methodist Men
Silsbee to Hire Part Time Night Policeman
Silsbee city council moved to hire a part time night policeman after a surge in thefts and burglaries. The two man night protection plan could become full time later and aims to cover vacations in the police force. Mayor McClanahan reported new garbage fee options and bids were accepted for drainage ditch work north of Prewitt Addition. The council also approved hiring two to three extra workers to clean drainage ditches before fall rains and discussed open house details for the new city hall. The next meeting is set for August 6 at 7 p m with possible bids on a Brush Hog and other street department gear.
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McClanahan
Prewitt Addition
Water and Sewer Department
Hopkins
Partment
Silsbee
Civil Defense
Three Cases Tried in County Court This Week
Three cases were heard by Judge Fletcher Richardson in County Court at Kountie Irene Phillips of Silsbee was fined 100 dollars and costs for selling beer to minors last Friday. On Monday Curtis Shoulders of La Berte Negra was assessed 50 dollars and costs and three days in jail.
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Fletcher Richardson
Kountie
Irene Phillips
Silsbee
Curtis Shoulders
Woman Hospitalized After Sunday Beaumont Wreck
Weekend crashes sent a Silsbee woman to St Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont with a broken left collarbone after a two car crash at Franklin and Railroad streets. Also injured were Mrs Celia Gremillion and a Negro girl from La Porte. Audrey Fogle suffered a brain concussion and nose bleed in a separate accident four miles east of Silsbee on Highway 96.
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Silsbee
Charles D. Barland
Audrey M. Fogle
Evadale
Curtis Shoulders
la Porte
Richard Reeves
Leo Hickman
Fogle
Sam P. Copeland
Copeland
Hickman
Police Send 44 To County Jail During July
Silsbee's police department added 44 names to the inmate list at Hardin County jail for July. Police Chief Grady Tarver cites 27 drunk charges as the largest July offender category, with four disrupting the peace. Other arrests include D L, drunken driving, affray, traffic, vagrancy, aggravated assault, petty theft, burglary, and pickup counts. Fifty three traffic violators were fined in July, with sixteen failing to stop at red lights and ten for stop-sign violations. Additional tickets covered unnecessary noise, no driver's license, following too closely, improper turns from the wrong lane, and other infractions.
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Grady Tarver
D. L
Pasadena visitors call on local couples
Mrs. Gordon McMahan and her children of Pasadena visited Friday in the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Wood and Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Swarks.
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Gordon McMahan
Pasadena
Johnnie Wood
A. A. Swarks
Voters urged to study all 14 proposed amendments
The Bee prints full text of 10 amendments on the November 6 General Election ballot, with four more in other papers. A concise digest lists each amendment by number and title, covering workmen compensation, state aid limits, hospital districts, conservation storage, retirement benefits, emergency succession, disabled assistance, aging homes, county hospital districts, state employee roles, veterans land resale, zoned borders, school district tax continuity, and de novo trial rights.
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Bee
Titus County
Bazaria
Veterans Land Fund
Gul
Mexico
Tidewater
Dallas County
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