Silsbee Council reviews poll tax lists for elections
Council discusses poll tax lists tied to the April city election. Tax assessor Willie Bean plans to provide lists for future ballots and to train deputies on proper addresses. The dispute centers on whether voters inside city limits showed poll tax receipts and whether the election was legally conducted.
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Silsbee
Willie Bean
Earl Wills
Wills
Willie Free
H. C. Hopkins
Free
Ture
Hopkins
Silsbee Bee
Mr. Wills
Mr. Free
Bean
Fletcher Richardson
School trustees end overnight trips and set tuition
Silsbee Independent School District trustees halted all overnight trips for school groups including band and Honor Society trips citing safety and financing concerns. The board approved a $1.65 tax rate and a $10 monthly tuition for out of district students, added classrooms, and discussed pay raises for secretaries.
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Silsbee Independent School District
Mary McCameron
Lloyd Goolsby
Patricia McCaffery
Read- Turrentine
Ruby Bannon
Bertie Humble
Emma Eddings
Etta Runnels
Jean Miller
Miss Miller
Operators Collect Money For Youth Hit By Nail
Carl Williams, a Bee salesman, was struck in the head by a nail from a rotary mower two weeks ago and returned to work. Southwestern Bell operators collected $18.50 for him as compensation for his temporary off duty period. He informed the Bee office he planned to play junior high school football this season.
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Carl Williams
Young Bee
Young Carl
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Bee
Births in Hardin County Hospital Kept Local Record
A series of newborn notices from Silsbee Kountze Sour Lake and Wotaw list Aug. birth dates and parental names for Melody Ann Patricia Ann Charlotte Elaine Theresa Susana Gillie Mae Debra Janell Anna Beth Joyce Elaine and other daughters. The entries come from Mr. and Mrs. Campbell Baker Buckner Rodriguez Pichoff Fletcher Williams Whitmure and others.
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Melody Ann
N. R. Campbell
Silsbee
Hardin County Hospital
Kountze
D. R. Baker
Patricia Ann
Waylon Buckner
Charlotte Elaine
Theresa Susana
Rita Rodriguez
J. Pichoff
Sour Lake
Gillie Mae
Debra Janell
Allen Fletcher
Wotaw
J. E. Williams
Anna Beth
Joyce Elaine
Hardin County
New City Manager B D Banks Takes Post In Dulles
B D Banks arrived Monday as Dulles new city manager after a council vote last month. He comes from Rosebud where he served 18 months as city manager and prior to that was city auditor in Richardson Texas. The Banks family will reside at 114 Cravens Drive. He is married with two children.
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Silsbee
B. D. Banks
Rosebud
Hamburger Supper Planned For Silsbee Firemen
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Silsbee Fire Department will host a hamburger supper Friday night at 7 30 in the Fire Hall. It is a family event and all firemen and their families are invited. There is no charge.
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Amxiliary of
Silsbee Fire Department
Pay Poll Tax After October 1 Says County Judge
County Judge Fletcher Richardson told city council members that poll taxes for 1960 voting can be paid after October 1. He noted the tax collector’s job would be easier if taxes were paid earlier, though most people wait until after January 1.
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Fletcher Richardson
City officials clash over poll tax receipts deadline
The judge notes the tax assessor faces a monumental task to alphabetize poll tax receipts by precinct within 60 days while managing other duties. Mayor Jones names Hopkins and A. R. Neyland to seek a dumping-ground site as the city needs a larger trash facility. Simmons Motor Co. bids $1492 for a Stu debaker pickup, beating Donalson at $1528 and GMC at $1592. Silsbee Auto bid $1655.31.
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Free
H. M. Jones
Mrs Morris Van Winkle and family visit Lafayette
Mrs Morris Van Winkle and Mrs Billy Dan Van Winkle with son Mark spent the weekend in Lafayette Louisiana at the home of Mr Bill Cloud and family for a family visit.
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Morris van Winkle
Billy Dan van Winkle
Mark
Lafayette
Bill Cloud
Quarterbacks Reelect B A McMahon at Silsbee Club Meet
Barney McMahon was reelected president of the Silsbee Quarterback Club at an organizational meeting held Monday at the high school. H E Woodard and John Hartman were named first and second vice presidents, Bill Sellers secretary treasurer. Regular meetings begin Tuesday at 7 p.m. and a Father and Son Banquet is planned with dues at $1, aiming for 300 members.
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Barney McMahon
Silsbee
John Hartman
Bill Sellers
Father & Son
Kirby Stadium
Tiger
Maurice Hobbs
Three Year Old Stricken With Paralytic Polio
Peggy Louise Jones three and a half year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Tommy Jones of Kountze is in Hotel Dieu hospital with paralytic polio after ten days of illness. Paula Jean Glaze daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl Glaze of Nederland is also a polio patient at Hotel Dieu. neither child had polio vaccine shots.
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Peggy Louise Jones
Tommy Jones
Kountze
Hotel Dieu
Wade Parker
Beaumont
Jefferson County
Paula Jean Glaze
Earl Glaze
Nederland
High School Band Rehearsals Planned
Band students in grades nine through twelve are asked to attend rehearsals on Tuesday August 25 and Thursday August 27 in the high school band hall. Melvin Winger notes the schedule includes technique booklets distribution and a marching rehearsal on August 25, a uniform issue on August 26, and a marching and playing rehearsal on August 27.
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Melvin Winger
Silshee-Kountze Nuggets Open Semi-Pro Tournament Victory
The Silshee-Kountze Nuggets won their first start in the Southeast Texas Semi-Pro baseball tournament this week and will face the Beaumont All Stars at 6 p.m. tomorrow. The All-Stars remain undefeated in the tournament.
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Silshee-Kountze Nuggets
Texas
Beaumont All Stars
Chance Loeb School to Open September first
Chance Loeb school officials announce registration on Wednesday August 26 with the first day of classes September 1. Five buses will operate on regular routes including Ariola Kountze highway to Kountze and Powell Road, Artesian Acres Boggy Creek, Cooks Lake, Woodcrest Addition and the Chance Cut Off East End Loop.
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Chance-Loeb
Ariola-Kountze
Kountze
Gun Club
Powell Road
Chance
Artesian Acres
Boggy Creek
Country Club Ladies Hold Bridge Tourney
The Ladies of the Country Club held their monthly bridge tournament Tuesday with four tables of bridge. Mrs. W. C. McNeil won high score, Mrs. Frank Rudisalle was second, and Mrs. Barbara Lee was low. A sack lunch was served at noon. Next event is Sept 15 with a covered dish luncheon.
Junior High Band Meet Set by New Director
Glen Vernon as new Silsbee Junior High band director will hold a short rehearsal and get acquainted meeting next Monday night at 7 o clock August 24 in the band hall behind the junior high building. Light refreshments served after. seventh and eighth graders invited to attend.
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Glen Vernon
Silsbee
Registration Set for Silsbee Students 1959 60 Term
Registration for high school and junior high in Silsbee for the 1959 60 term begins Aug 24 25 26 with classes starting Sept 1. Bruce Watts principal notes 8:30 to 3:30 registration hours and bus service. New students must bring a parent and prior records. changes allowed Aug 27 28. no changes after Aug 28. Drills begin Aug 24. faculty meetings set for Aug 31.
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Silsbee
Bruce Watts
Watts
Burglars Sought In Sour Lake Auto Firm Theft
Hardin County sheriff’s deputies pursued burglars who stole a safe and a 1959 Ford at Dick Mize Motor Co. in Sour Lake Sunday night. The safe reportedly contained about 3000 dollars in cash and valuables. The week saw 32 arrests including 24 drunks and multiple traffic affrays. A collision at Flores Tavern east of Silsbee hospitalized a Jasper County man. Deputies seek a male for questioning.
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Dick Mize Motor Co
Sour Lake
Hardin County Sheriff’s Department
Dave Rountree
Flores Tavern
Highway 96
Silsbee
Smith
Jasper County
Rountree
Two Car Crash Near Buna Injures Three
A two car collision east of Buna at about 11 am Wednesday injures three. Mrs. Arthur Lake Sr. has multiple contusions and a sprained shoulder. Arthur Lake Jr. age 5 sustains a severe laceration to the left knee. John Hogue suffers a back sprain and small hand lacerations. All were treated at Parker and Copeland Clinic and released. two were later taken to Silsbee by Farmers ambulance.
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Here
Buna
Parker and Copeland Clinic
Silsbee
Arthur Lake Sr
Arthur Lake Jr
John Hogue
Evadale Sets Friday Registration for 59-60 Term
Evadale school registration is set for Friday August 21 announced by E C Nash. Buses will run and registration for first grade and high school grades nine through twelve will be held. All other grades register on the first day of school August 31. Football practice began Monday with 27 boys reporting to Coach Bert Fling. 12 of 13 returning lettermen remain on the squad. Two-day workouts will continue until school starts.
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Evadale
Bert Fling
Buna Schools Set to Open September 8
Buna public schools will begin the 1959 60 school year Monday August 8 Bob Cummings announced opening of school delayed a week to finish a new wing of the building Registration is complete at Buna A junior high football team will be fielded this season with Fred Godwin as coach Buna teachers report September 7 Cafeterias will serve meals and buses will run on the first day of school
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Weeks Crawford
Kirby
Crawford
Don L. Hough
Hough
Mary Ann Davis
Martha Courtney
Florine Lewis
Robinson Elementary
Buna
Bob Cummings
Cummings
Fred Godwin
Bune
Roadrunners Postpone Constitution Drafting Meeting
The Roadrunners auto club postponed drafting a constitution due to insufficient members attending the Monday night meeting. Secretary Norman Rucker presided over a general discussion on autos at Home Studio.
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Roadrunners
Norman Rucker
Loeb Man Charged After Firing Shotgun At Car
L Z Roberts of Loeb faces assault with intent to murder charges after a shotgun blast fired from his front yard toward a car carrying Red Spears. Deputy Sheriff Dave Rountree said Roberts was present in his yard and claimed the lights from the car annoyed him. Roberts posted a $1000 bond. Charges filed before Justice J M Bowman of Loeb.
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Rountze
L. Z. Roberts
Loeb
Roberts
Dave Rountree
Red Spears
Ira Moore
Rountree
Full Time ASC Office Opens At Courthouse In Kountze
The Hardin County ASC Committee announced a full time Agri cultural Stabilization and Conservation office in Kountze with Harvey D. Jones as office manager. Location is the health building beside the old courthouse with plans for space in the new courthouse and hours 8 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday. The 1960 CR program mirrors 1959 with changes on ownership, contracts, government land eligibility, and rental history affecting payments. rate requests begin August 24 and end September 10 with land placed under contract requiring acreage reductions in Soil Bank base crops plus a possible cost share for conservation uses.
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Kountze
Hardin County
ASC
J. A. McKim
R. D. Edmondson
Sour Lake
H. T. Barrington
Harvey D. Jones
Orange
McKim
Jones
Galveston
Yolande and Gayle McDonald Return From Dallas Visit
Yolande and Gayle McDonald returned Sunday after a visit in Dallas with Mrs. J. W. Shavers and her husband.
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Yolande
Gayle McDonald
Dallas
Hos
J. W. Shavers
Rites For David P. Mann, Woodville Banker, Are Held
Funeral services for 59 year old David P. Mann of Woodville were held at the Woodville Methodist Church. Mann, banker and former mayor, died after a five week illness at John Sealy Hospital in Galveston. He was president of Citizens State Bank in Woodville and served on the Lower Neches Valley Authority board. Burial was in Magnolia Cemetery with Masonic rites. He left a wife, two sons, a sister, a brother, and three grandchildren.
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David P. Mann
Woodville
Woodville Methodist Church
Mann
Gallveston
John Sealy
Citizen's State Bank
Lower Neches
First State Bank
Colmesweil
Citizens State Bank
Chester
Magnolia Lodge
Robert A. Mann
David P. Mann Jr
W. H. Gilchries
Large Okra Pod Brought To Bee Office
Fritz Gossett of Highway 96 South brought a two foot long okra pod to the Bee Office this week. He said another pod on the prolific vine is even longer and described the plant as having yellow rose like blossoms. The fruit is edible and not as slick tasting as boiled okra.
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Fritz Gossett
Highway 96 South
Bee
Gossett
Landolt Jr Travels to Texas to Rejoin Family
Landolt Jr. flew to Sherman Texas on Monday to reunite with his wife Nancy and daughter Emily who had been visiting relatives. They returned home on Tuesday.
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EB. Landolt Jr
Sherman
Texas
Nancy
Emily
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