Silsbee Trustees Approve Building Bid Plan And Budget
Silsbee Independent School District okayed bids for three elementary schools a vocational agriculture shop and a new gymnasium valued at 1 150 000 plans blueprints were shown by Architect George Ingram at the high school auditorium bids will be opened in mid September with lowest bidders to be determined and one or multiple contractors expected. The board also approved the 1956 57 budget calendar hired two teachers Maudie Drake and Sarah Graham two sweeper positions and accepted the resignation of Frances Brookins. The tax rate remains 1 50 per 100 with 1 00 for maintenance and 50 cents for bond retirement. Discussion arose over Loeb students attending Silsbee high school and a Loeb Chance district transfer meeting was noted. Insurance arrangements included dividing building coverage among Silsbee agents Frank McClanahan requested allocation and Plymouth Life Insurance will provide optional student coverage at 2 per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Independent School District Board P of Trustees
George Ingram
Don L. Hough
Mary Jane Pitts
Ralph Gillham
Maudie Drake
Sarah Graham
Frances Brookins
Loeb
Silsbee
Kountze
Silsbee High School
Loeb-Chance Consolidated Independent School District Board
Frank McClanahan
Registration for 56 57 school term set August 30
Silsbee schools schedule early registration for the 1956 57 term starting August 27. Elementary students register the week of August 27 31 at 8 a m. High school and junior high registrations span August 29 30 with routes noted. Birth certificate and smallpox vaccination required for first graders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Bruce Watts
Watts
DWI Case Heard in County Court Week One
Walter H. Pickett pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated on August 9, receiving a $50 fine plus costs, and three days in jail. The record notes an automatic six month license suspension. Sheriff officers logged 23 arrests that week including three drunk in car, two traffic violations, and 17 drunks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter H. Pickett
Fletcher Richardson
Rountree
Lions And Kiwanis Rosters Set For Aug 24 Softball
Silsbee Lions Club and Silsbee Kiwanis Club complete rosters for a charity softball game at Little League Park on August 24. Training camps proceed as managers prepare lineups next week. Funds raised support club service and community projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Lions Club
Silsbee Kiwanis Club
Little League Park
Kirby Mill Reopens After Vacations and Boiler Work
Kirby Lumber Corporation plans to resume work at its saw mill and rough mill north of Silsbee next Monday after a two week shutdown for vacations. The planing mill will resume August 27 after a one week halt ending August 13. Electric power was briefly off for boiler maintenance and repairs, described as normal maintenance rather than a breakdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirby Lumber Corporation
Silsbee
A. W. Dainwood
Woods
Dainwood
Silsbee Tigers Football Candidates Meet at Fieldhouse
Coach Maurice Hobbs announces a Monday 5 30 p m meeting of all high school football candidates at the fieldhouse on the campus. Fall workouts start August 31 with the season opener September 14 at Kirby Stadium against the Liberty Panthers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Hobbs
Tigers
Kirby Stadium
Liberty Panthers
Former College Head To Speak Citizens Council Meeting Friday
An organizational meeting for a Silsbee unit of Citizens Councils of Texas is set for Friday at 7 30 pm in the Junior high school cafeteria. B E Masters will be principal speaker. membership drive and officer slate are under way as the group aims to promote white unity and oppose desegregation in public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Unit
Citizens Councils of Texas
B. E. Masters
Associations of Citizens Councils of Texas
Kilgore Junior College
Gene Fuller
Silsbee
Fuller
Martin McKinney
Phillip McKinney
Citizens Council
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
McKinney
Texas
South
Little League Season Ends With Coronation in Silsbee
Friday marks the close of Silsbee Little League after seven seasons begun in 1950 by Mayor H. M. Jones. Buna Yankees win the pennant. Crockett Gilchriest and Gulf Oilers meet in the final. Spindletop beat Silsbee All Stars, then lost to Roswell NM in the three state regional tourney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
H. M. Jones
Crockett & Gilchriest
Gulf Oilers
Buna Yankees
Bubba Kaine
Silsbee All Stars
Spindletop
Beaumont
San Antonio
Roswell
New Mexico
Houston
Kountte
Buna
Wanda Sue Skinner to Wed Howard Watson in Silsbee
Mr and Mrs W C Skinner announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Wanda Sue to Charles Howard Watson son of Mr and Mrs H D Watson of Voth Texas The wedding is set for August 24 at 8 pm at the First Baptist Church of Silsbee with Rev R E Barclay officiating A reception follows. Invitations extended to friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Skinner
Wanda Sue
Charles Howard Watson
H. D. Watson
Voth
Texas
First Baptist Church of
Silsbee
R. E. Barclay
Patsy Ann White
Joe Garland Nixor
Miss Skinner
Silsbee High School
Chenier’s Business College
East Texas Pulp and Paper Company
Mr. Watson
Beaumont High School
Mitchell Brothers
Beaumont
McClinton Family Plans Alabama Visit
Mr and Mrs C G McClinton and their son Paul will leave Friday to visit relatives in Leroy and Jackson Alabama. Mrs C E McClinton, who has been visiting, will return home to Leroy Alabama with them.
Silsbee Merchants Rally For Community Bargain Days
About 40 to 50 Silsbee merchants attended a Tuesday meeting at the fire station to discuss the Community Bargain Days promotional plan. The discussion covered advertising, weekend hours, and parking meters with emphasis on broad merchant cooperation to boost town business over four weekends starting Aug 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Chamber of Commerce
Earl Stover
C. of C
Chamber
Local Grocers Attend Texas Retail Grocers Meet in Houston
W. P. Crockett, G. W. "Snub" Gilchriest, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Young and Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Farmer returned from a three day stay at Shamrock hotel in Houston last week. They attended the annual Texas Retail Grocers Association convention and found the event highly informative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Crockett
G. W. “Snub” Gilchriest
Dudley Young
J. L. Farmer
Shamrock Hotel
Houston
Texas Retail Grocers Association
Fort Worth Minister to Lead Revival at Full Gospel Church
Fort Worth pastor Rev W W Hall and Mrs Geneva Busley will lead a two week revival at the Full Gospel Church beginning August 18 with morning services at 10 o clock and evening services at 7 30. The church sits two and a half miles north of Silsbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Full Gospel Church
W. W. Hall
Full Gospel
Silsbee
Geneva Busley
Eastex Pulp Workers Sign Two Year Contract Pact
The East Texas Pulp and Paper Co and the International Brotherhood of Pulp Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers reach a two year agreement effective August 1 1956 to August 1 1958 with pay raises the start of a retirement plan for hourly workers and changes in Sunday premium pay shift differentials vacations and holiday work. Leaders emphasize a cooperative labor relationship and no lost time due to strikes. One source estimates a 13 cent hourly increase for each union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Texas Pulp and Paper Company
International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers
R. M. Buckley
G. J. Ruddick
Pulp, Sulphire Union
Eastex
Buckley
Ruddick
Local Fishermen Return From Freeport With 400 Pounds Of Snapper
An eight man party from Silsbee fished Freeport banks and brought back 277 red snappers weighing about 400 pounds. Leaders include E. E. McDonald Kirby Lumber contractor, J. N. Hare, R. J. Holt, Sam Humble, Mr. Simpson and his son Clarence Storm, and A. W. Dainwood, sawmill superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Freeport
E. E. McDonald
Kirby Lumber Corporation
Mr. McDonald
J. N. Hare
R. J. Holt
Sam Humble
Mr. Simpson
Clarence Storm
A. W. Dainwood
Sawmill
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Dave Rountree
Lions
Kiwanians
Kirby Mill
Silsbee Tiger
Citizens Council Organization
David Read
Chicago
San Francisco
Ralph Yarborough
Price Daniel
Hardin
Liberty Counties
People of
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Liberty County
Hardin County
Evadale
Sam Cerniglia
Silsbee Little League
Robert Neyland
Grady James
Earl Wills
Eddie VanWinkle
Emmitt Powell
Richardson
Lester Landgraf
Josh Hale
David Upshaw
Cliff Baker
J. D. Donalson
Mr. Mosley
Marilyn McGinty
J. W. McGinty
Carolyn Jane Williams
Ball Park
Wanda Sue Skinner
Howard Watson
Jerry Zuber
Mr. Birdwell
Birdwell
Shamrock
Mrs. R. A. Yoksh
R. A. Yoksh
Edward
South Sixth Street
Yoksh
Queenie Harris
Gainesville
Vera Seibert
J. Polk
Arlington, Virginia
Edward Yoksh
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