Silsbee Tigers set football, school start dates in district plans
Silsbee High School will start August 31 with registrations the following week. Football practice begins August 15 under Coach Ray McGallion as the Tigers prepare for a 3000 plus student district including Jasper Huntsville Conroe Victor Nederland. Season opens September 9 at Cleveland with a schedule listing home and away games through November 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Watts
Ray McGallion
Silsbee Tiger
Huntsville
Conroe
Victor
Nederland
Cleveland
Liberty
Port Acres
Kountze
Bridge City
Jasper
Bookmobile Booth Opens in Silsbee Aug 23
An information booth will be set up downtown on Tuesday August 23 to publicize the free state bookmobile service starting August 27. Registration cards and library service details will be distributed, along with book lists. The state reading club for school children extends through September 15, with visits planned to Hardin Jasper Tyler and Polk counties and Silsbee every three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Georgas
Hardin
Jasper
Tyler
Polk
Silsbee
Thorne
Warren Bower
Charles Suitt
S. M. Miears Jr
Lions Club
Evadale Lions
E. C. Nash
Evadale Lion
Silsbee Club
D. W. Short
Jasiper
Paul Georges
Three Silsbee Twirlers Enter Lamar Tech Camp
Three Silsbee youngsters Linda Hicks Lynda Gore and Nancy Tucker enrolled in Lamar Tech's eighth annual Twirling Camp. All are students at Silsbee Junior High School. Registration nears 500, assuring a record camp enrollment and a fourth annual Cheer leader Clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Lamar Tech
Linda Hicks
Lynda Gore
Nancy Tucker
Silsbee Junior High School
Funeral services for Mrs. Sara Dove 87 in Orange
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Claybar Funeral Home Orange for Mrs. Sara Margaret Dove 87 who died Sunday in Jones Nursing Home. She lived in Orange for 50 years. Burial followed at Evergreen Cemetery. Survivors include sister Mrs. Mary Ebersole of Bismarck ND and grandchildren Margaret Dove and Robert Dove of Silbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claybar Funeral Home
Orange
Sara Margaret Dove
Jones
Evergreen Cemetery
Mary Ebersole
Bismarck
N. D
Margaret Dove
Robert Dove
Silsbee
Ladies Hold Luncheon At Country Club
Ladies Day at the Country Club featured a covered dish luncheon at noon Mrs O C Seely topped the bridge tournament with the high score followed by Mrs B A McMahon as second and Mrs Sam Copeland as low The next meeting will be a business and social event on September 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. C. Seely
B. A. McMahon
Sam Copeland
DeMolay Carwash Set for August 13 to Benefit Fort Worth Trip
The DeMolay Mothers' Club sponsors a car wash on August 13 behind Neches Minimax, starting at 8 a.m. Proceeds fund sending boys to the DeMolay convention in Fort Worth. Mrs. Mary Bruns leads the Mothers' Club. Ray Whitney serves as master councilor of the organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeMolay Mothers’ Club
Neches
Fort Worth
Mary Bruns
Mothers’ Club
Ray Whitney
Services Held For Mrs. E. M. Wilson Sr. Longtime Silsbee Resident
Funeral services were held Saturday at First Methodist Church for 78 year old Mrs. E M Wilson Sr a longtime Silsbee resident who died July 28 after a lengthy illness She and husband E M Wilson Sr celebrated 60 years of marriage She helped establish the church and was a charter WSCS member Surviving: husband one son E M Wilson Jr two sisters Mrs A E Dorrell and Mrs Betty Hill a granddaughter Mrs Robert Neyland and great granddaughter Susan Neyland Pallbearers and interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Beaumont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Wilson Sr
Silsbee
First Methodist Church
Eugene Jonte
Bruce O. Power
Port Arthur
Wilson
North 7Th St
Phelps
Texas
Santa Fe
A. E. Dorrell
Betty Hill
Los Angeles
Calif
Robert Neyland
Susan
Cheerleaders Sell Silsbee Tigers Auto Decals
Silsbee High School cheerleaders are selling wind shield sized decals reading Silsbee Tigers to raise funds for new uniforms. Each decal costs 50 cents and copies are available at the Bee office for fans to show school spirit on autos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee High School
Silsbee Tigers
Kay Yoksh
Bee Office
County Court Hears One Case. 31 Arrests Reported
County Judge Fletcher Richardson said Ira James Clowers of Tyler County pled guilty in county court August 1 to contributing to the delinquency of a minor and was fined 250 dollars plus costs. Deputy Dave Rountree reported 31 arrests at the county jail: six juveniles for beer possession, two for drunk in a car, one vagrant, one insane, one with a pistol, and the rest intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Rountree
Fletcher Richardson
Ira James Clowers
Tyler County
PTA Birthday Calendar Sale Opens For Year Three
The PTA will begin its third annual birthday calendar sale with proceeds funding fans for Read-Turrentine and Kirby elementary junior high and high schools. To date 30 fans have been distributed from earlier calendar profits across these schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA
Parent- Teacher Association
Read-Turrentine
Kirby
Trail Riders Outing Plans Near at Eastex Picnic Grounds
The Silsbee Trail Riders met Friday night with 42 members. They planned Saturday’s outing at Eastex Picnic grounds. Twenty three riders led the procession to the site and 50 people joined the pot luck stew supper. Games followed. Next meeting set for Aug 12 at 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Trail
Rodeo Arena
Eastex
Williams Family Plans Lake Charles Weekend Visit
Mr and Mrs Malcolm Williams and daughter of Lake Charles will arrive Friday for a weekend visit with his mother Liss, basebete iniuards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm Williams
Lake Charles
Liss
Miller to Attend Vocational Ag Teacher Meet in Corpus Christi
O. O. Miller, Vocation Agriculture teacher at Silsbee High, will attend the state conference in Corpus Christi August 9 to 12. The four day event features workshops lectures and panels to improve 1960 61 instruction. Dr Scotty Young of General Motors and Tom Anderson Farm and Ranch Magazine will speak. Over 1100 teachers and friends are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. O. Miller
Sils‘bee
Corpus Christi
Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association
Scotty Young
General Motors
Tom Anderson
Farm and Ranch Magazine
Galveston Nursing School Plans Entrance Tests
St Marys School of Nursing in Galveston will hold entrance tests on August 26 from 8 a.m. to noon. Sister Mary Amelia, acting administrator, said non-Catholics may attend. Interested applicants may write registrar Mrs W Bosworth at 728 Maker Street Galveston. The school is accredited by state and national nursing and education bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's School of Nursing
Galveston
Mary Amelia
W. Bosworth
Steet
St. Mary's
Texas State Board of Nurse Examiners
The
National League For Nursing, Association of Texas Colleges
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
National Catholic Education Association
Prather Attends Grandmother Riggs Funeral in Godley
Mrs. L. M. Prather spent last week in Godley Texas attending the funeral services for her grandmother Mrs. Della Riggs.
Dies Seeks Texas Industrial Foundation to Aid Small Towns
State Senator Martin Dies Jr. of Lufkin outlined a bill to create a Texas Industrial Foundation aimed at helping small communities compete with larger cities for new industries. He argued East Texas towns could be saved from extinction with targeted industry incentives and foundation support. David Read introduced the senator to the Silsbee Kiwanis Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Dies Jr
Lufkin
Silsbee Kiwanis Club
Senate
Texas Industrial Foundation
Dies
East Texas
Mr. Dies
Theclub
David Read
Particle Board Plant Planned for Pineland Texas
Southern Pine announces a new particle board mill to be built in Pineland Texas. The plant aims to produce 26 000 square feet of board per day using a German process and will use dry wood residues from Pineland plans. Output will support Southern Pine Furniture plants and the molded wood toilet seat line with projected annual sales around 900000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineland
Texas
Southern Pine
Arthur Temple, Jr
Pineland Planer
Southern Pine Lumber Company
Mrs Durham Returns Home After Car Crash Recovery
Mrs George L Durham returned last week from recuperation after a car accident at the home of her son and family Mr and Mrs George L Durham Jr in Port Arthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Durham
George L. Durham Jr
Port Arthur
Silsbee Lions Club to Man Radio Station for Labor Day Fund Raising
The Silsbee Lions Club will operate KKAS on Labor Day Monday September 5. Members will handle ads readings and DJ duties to raise funds for the club with all proceeds directed to the organization. Lions committee includes Ernie Dietrich Lenox Rawthorne Warren Bower Paul Georgas and Charles Suitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Lions Club
Man
Silsbee Lion Club
KKAS
Lions
Ernie Dietrich
Lion Dave White
Dietrich
White
Lenox Rawe
John H Wilson to Mark 90th Birthday Aug 8
John H. Wilson, a Kirby Lumber guard long settled in Silsbee, Texas, will observe his 90th birthday with an open house at First Baptist Church. Born August 8, 1856, he migrated from Georgia in 1885, worked for Santa Fe Railroad from 1914 to 1930, and remains active in church and in exchanging pocket knives with friends at Santa Fe Park. He has six children, 19 grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren, with son Martin Wilson of Silsbee hosting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Wilson
First Baptist Church
Wilson
Texas
Gwinnett County
Georgia
Shelby County
Silsbee
Doug Wilson
Longview
Nelma Milligan
Beaumont
Freddie Camper
Tyler
Elizabeth Smith
Lufkin
J. A. Savoy
Orange
The
Baptist Church
New York Yankees
Santa Fe Park
Hardin County Officials Mull Tax Plan At Courthouse
Hardin county commissioners acting as the board of equalization met with 102 taxpayers from 26 major interests at the Kountze courthouse last Thursday to review the tax plan and possible changes. Richardson said no objections were raised and noted a potential shift in value from 56 million to about 54 million due to oil proration affecting the budget. A budget hearing is set for September with a tax rate to service the year’s budget in the 54 to 56 million valuation range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Board of Equalization
Kountze
Fletcher Richardson
Richardson
Commissioners’ Court
Lost Youngster Found In Drug Store With Comic Book
Little Wayne Durden two and a half year old grandson of Mrs Claude Gore of Lord and Ave L was reported missing Monday afternoon. Silsbee Firemen searched the area near the Red Cat drainage ditch before Deputy Sheriff I W Moore located him at Hardin Drug. He was reading a comic book which the deputy gave him as a gift and he was returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Durden
Claude Gore
Lord and
Ave. L
Silsbee
Red Cat
I. W. Moore
Hardin Drug
Moore
Wayne
Man Questioned In Hit Run Death Near Kountze
An unidentified man was held Tuesday by state highway patrol for questioning in the July 11 highway death of Irene Franks north of Kountze. Officers said the death appeared to be a hit and run. Frankswas found on Segno road about 5 am July 12 after being seen walking the road near her home the night before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Patrol
Irene Franks
Kountze
Franks
Segno Road
Ben Phillips Buried in Spurger at 84
Funeral services for Ben Jack Phillips 84 lifelong Spurger resident were held at 2 30 p m Sunday at Shilo Primitive Baptist Church with Rev Hamp Newton officiating. He died at 2 25 am Saturday in a Beaumont nursing home after living in Spurger most of his life and two months in Beaumont. Survived by widow Lillie Phillips three sons seven daughters one stepson one stepdaughter one sister 29 grandchildren 43 great grandchildren and six great great grandchildren Burial was in Turner Branch cemetery with grandsons as pallbearers Farmer Funeral Home of Silsbee in charge of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Jack Phillips
Spurger
Shilo Primitive Baptist Church
Hamp Newton
Mr. Phillips
Beaumont
Georgia
Phillips
Kirby Lumber Corp
Lillie Phillips
J. D. Phillips
Jasper
Joe B. Phillips
Groves
J. E. Phillips
Raben Martindale
Woodville
Nannie Stone
Silsbee
Nellie Holton
W. A. Horn
Dick Davis
Hattie Holmes
Houston
Levine Perryman
J. M. Shepherd
J. P. Singletary
Victor
Ina Grissom
Kirbyville
Turner Branch
Farmer Funeral Home
Local folks visit, travel and family events noted
A long list of local residents are visiting relatives in Houston Bay City Beaumont and other areas. Trips include hospital stays and attendance at events with many family gatherings and weekend visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lookout Mountain
Jamestown
Ruby Falls
Rock City
Coolidge
Texas
Judy Boykin
McNeils Attend Funeral for Fort Stockton Crash Victims
Dr and Mrs McNeil and their daughter Anne returned from Fort Stockton after attending the funeral of their niece Mrs Conoly Brooks Jr 34 and her mother Mrs Joe Montgomery killed in a car train crash near Fort Stockton last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. McNeill
Fort Stockton
Texas
George and
David Iles
Beaumont
George R. Iles Sr
Evelyn Allen
A. E. Read
W. C. McNeil
Anne McNeil
Conoly Brooks Jr
Joe Montgomery
Brooks
Silsbee
Warren High Class of '53 Reunion Planned at Honey Island Pool
Warren Texas hosts 1953 Warren High School graduates for a Sunday reunion at Honey Island Pool. Attendees should bring a picnic lunch, according to class member Mrs. James Skinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren High School
Warren
Texas
Honey Island Pool
James Skinner
Santa Fe Promotes C. W. Axtell to General Passenger Post
C. W. Axtell formerly division passenger agent at Houston becomes general passenger agent of Gulf Lines with Galveston headquarters. H. F. Rooney, former general traveling passenger agent in Chicago, succeeds him at Houston. Announcement by W. J. Rodgers notes Woolford’s retirement after 50 years with the railway. Axtell has 34 years with the Santa Fe. Rooney has 28 years with the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Axtell
Santa Fe Railway
Houston
Gulf Lines
Galveston
H. F. Rooney
Chicago
Thim
W. J. Rodgers
Axtell
Ww. W. Woolford
Railway
Rooney
The
Santa Fe
Mill Explosion Brings $767,660 Suit In U S Court
Widows and children of three fatally injured in the East Texas Pulp and Paper Co mill boiler explosion at Evadale on Sept. 14, 1959 filed suits totaling 767,660. The actions, moved from Jasper County First District Court to U S District Court in Beaumont, name Combustion Engineeering Inc. of New York as defendant. Plaintiffs include Mrs. Violet Wilkerson and her children Bobby Wayne Patsy Sue and Peggy Sue. Mrs. Inez Beard and her children Judy Ann Jerry Cleveland Margaret Ines and John Michael. and Mrs. Jo Ann Simmons and her son Billy and Billy Joe Simmons Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Texas Pulp and Paper Co
Evadale
First District Court
Jasper County
U. S. District Court
Beaumont
Combustion Engineering, Inc
New York
Violet Wilkerson
J. L. Wilkerson
Inez Beard
Drewey Cleveland Beard
Jo Ann Simmons
Billy J. Simmons
Evadale Becomes Pilot School for Small Districts
Evadale High School will be an approved Pilot School for small districts in 1960 61, per Superintendent E C Nash. The program covers 200 of the state s under 500 enrollment schools and allows supervised correspondence study to extend curriculums. Other East Texas pilot schools include Willis Garri son Central Heights and Red land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evadale High School
Nash
Evadale
East Texas
Willis
Garrison
Central Heights
Redland
Three Silsbee Men Take Fort Chaffee Reserve Training
Doyle B. McDonald Joe F. Guillory and Benny W. Phillips from Silsbee joined 2 200 Army Reservists called to active duty for a two week practice mobilization at Fort Chaffee. The 95th Division conducts the camp and leads reserve units from Arkansas Louisiana and Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
95Th Division
Fort Chaffee
Silsbee
Doyle B. McDonald
Joe F. Guillory
Benny W. Phillips
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Local Family Birth Announcements Highlight Silsbee Names
Mr and Mrs Frank Kirken dall of Silsbee welcomed Roy Lavon born July 11 at home. In Hardin Memorial Hospital Mr and Mrs Jesse Glenn Harrell of Silsbee welcomed Jesse Glenn Jr born July 29. Grandparents are Sam Gordon and C E Harrell. Also listed are birth notices for Harlan Tracy born July 30 to Mr and Mrs C W Hudgins of Silsbee Debra Louise born July 31 to Mr and Mrs E H Kinard of Silsbee and Larry Moore born July 26 to Mr and Mrs L M Sellers of Buna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Kirkendall
Silsbee
Roy Lavon
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Jesse Glenn Harrell
Jesse Glenn Jr
Sam Gordon
This City
C. E. Harrell
Mount Airy
N. C
Harlan Tracy
C. W. Hudgins
E. H. Kinard
Debra Louise
Larry Moore
L. M. Sellers
Buna
Rebekahs To Host Odd Fellows With Watermelon Feast
The Silsbee Rebekah Lodge will honor the Blue Bonnet Oddfellows with a watermelon feast Saturday night at 7 at the Oddfellow hall. An hour of recreation will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekahs
Silsbee Assembly
Rebekah Lodge
Blue Bonnet Oddfellow Lodge
Oddfellow Hall
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Tigers
Sara Dove
Tiger
C. C. Miller
Galveston Nursing School
Sen. Martin
John H. Wilson
John Henry Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Ben Phillips
Leona Whitman
F. W. Zander
Rainer, Md
H. C. Riley
M. L. Osborn
T. M. Tennison Sr
Curtis Homeyer
C. C. Barclay
Marvin Littlepage
Rupert Littlepage
Texas Lions Camp
Kerrville
J. D. Hill
Aldine
Cliff Shroeder
Dickinson
Eddie Hill
John Asa Hill
Jack Hill
Wade Parker
Bay City
Thomas D., Hooks
Betty
Illinois
Missouri
Indiana
Tennessee
Mississippi
E. F. Shuler
R. W. Collier
Collier Hardware
St. Therese Hospital
E. F. Newsom
Mike Mitchell
Columbus
Rex Worley
Ridgewood Hotel
Country Club
George Ashy
Baton Rouge
Meresie i. Key
Shirley
A. L. Tucker
Billy Tucker
Walter L. Tucker and Sons
Tom Schofield
Tommy
Raymond Pearson
Webster
A. M. Glass
T. M. Tennison, Jr
Livingston
John, Parker
Steven Keown
Billy Welborn Jand
New Orleans
Tom Singletary
F. Madison
Shamrock Hotel
Lillian Woods
Betty Ann Landry
Linda Lee
FP. W. Watkins
David Blake
San Augustiné
C. Watkins
Mrs. McNeil
Warren High
U. S
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