County Agent Explains Fire Ant Poison Plan
Landowners can obtain free heptachlor from USDA to treat a 2000 acre block of land by signing an agreement with neighbors. Each owner must apply 12 percent pounds per acre and return unused insecticide. A minimum 2000 acres must be signed in an area before distribution begins. Information available at County Agricultural Agent office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture Plant Pest Control Division
Usda Plant Control Division
Plant Pest Control Division
USDA
Soil Bank
ASC
Texas
Local Marine Honored With Home Leave Party
Marine Pfc James W. Stanley returned from twelve weeks of basic training in San Diego and six weeks of individual combat training at Camp Pendleton completed July 22. An ice cream party with fourteen guests was hosted by his mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Lakey, on Thursday night. Stanley attended Silsbee Junior High and Stephen F. Austin High in Port Acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
James W. Stanley
San Diego
Calif
Marine Corps
Camp Pendleton
Pfe Stanley
R. D. Lakey
Silsbee
Stephen F. Austin High School
Port Acres
Beaumont Luncheon Honors Miss Howell Bride Elect
Miss Caroline Howell, bride elect of Ernest Ray Laminack Jr., was honored at a Beaumont Country Club luncheon hosted by Miss Bonner Brown. Attendees from Silsbee included Mrs. Charles A. Howell and several Misses, with a daytime style show following lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Howell
Ernest Ray Laminack Jr
Beaumont Country Club
Bonner Brown
Silsbee
Charles A. Howell
Judy Farmer
Melinda Cullinan
Arvella Perlitz
Mary Perlitz
New Boat Safety Law Explained by Commission Release
A summary of the Water Safety Act effective Aug 11 1959 outlines boat classifications lighting requirements life preserver rules small motor exemptions and stock availability in Austin with local Game and Fish Commission input from Olan Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olan Davis
Game and Fish Commission
Austin
Squirrel and deer seasons listed for Hardin and nearby counties
Squirrel season opens Oct 15 in Hardin, Orange, and Jefferson counties and Nov 1 in Jasper, Newton, and Tyler counties with Tyler Precinct 4 closed. Deer season runs Nov 16 to Dec 31 in six counties under the Game and Fish Commission. Bag limits rise to 10 squirrels daily in Jasper, Newton, and Tyler. A bow and arrow deer season 30 day jump faces opposition. hearing set in Kountze at 7:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Olan Davis
Orange
Jefferson
Jasper
Newton
Tyler
Tyler County
Game and Fish Commission
Davis
Kountze
GFC
Montgomery County
Howard Hargrove
East Texas Wildlife
Silsbee Pool Set To Close After Aug 30
Burke A. Hargrove announced the final open day of the season for Silsbee Swimming Pool on Sunday August 30. He noted many visitors from nearby towns enjoyed the facilities this season and the pool will close once school opens the following week.
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Silsbee Swimming Pool
Burke A. Hargrove
Santa Fe Carloadings for Week Ending August 15 1959
Santa Fe carloadings for the week ending Aug 15 1959 were 22 221 versus 22 549 in the same week last year. Cars received from connections totaled 10 293 against 10 685 year ago. Total cars moved were 2 514 versus 33 234 last year. Santa Fe handled a total of 1 273 cars in the preceding week this year.
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Santa Fe
Community Notes From Lumberton Churches And Families
The junior and primary department picnic at First Baptist Church on Kountze highway drew 40 members. Local events include Hubert reunion plans, Fall pre registration for Chance-Loeb school, WMU activities, and visits by families to relatives in Liberty Houston Beaumont Fort Worth and Palestine. Reverend A Cohn spoke at United Pentecostal Loeb about Holy Land travels.
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First Baptist Church of
Lumberton
Kountze Highway
Carroll Perry
Archie Kelly
T. L. Capps
J. V. Perdue
Glen Selph
A. H McCullough
J. V. Purdue
Ed Lee
Hubert
Old Woods Creek
Woodville-Livingston
Jean Dominy
Dixie Due Ranch
Bandera
Beaumont
Raymond Dominy
Houston
Dick Roberts
Port Arthur
Myrstle Schumann
Effie Chance
I. M. Butler Jr
Bruntz Boudro
Liberty
Wood
Sue
John Leatherwood
Pamela Lassiter
Shirley Flowers
Chance-Loeb
Alvin Wilmers
Fort Worth
L. Templeton
Dean
Gemma Hare
WMU
Fletcher Baptist Church
Anna Davis
Training Union
John Lovett
Betty Lovett
Cleone Williams
Louis Walton
L. B. Walton
Jesse Walton
Billy
Sandra
Lee Kessinger
W. W. Kessinger
Rev
A. Cohn
Palestine
Jerusalem
United Pentecostal Church of Loeb
Holy Land
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Birdwell
Boy’s Lee Riders
Patricia
Birdwells
Ed Cooper
Extension Wildlife Specialist
Coast Guard
Jerry Zuber
Joe Register
Chance
Fletcher News
A. F. Butler
Loeb Pentecostal Church
Geneva Coleman
Hubert Coleman
Bayou City
M. Leather
Sherwin-Williams
Rapidayton
Mission
el Do
Britton-Cravens Lumber Co
Silsbee, Texas
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