Fordinal to Head Finance Drive at First Baptist Church
John J. Fordinal was named interim chairman of the stewardship program in the church finance drive at First Baptist Church. The campaign runs Aug 31 to Sept 28 with Pledge Sunday Sept 2 and a Loyalty Dinner Sept 18 at the junior high cafeteria. Over 100 volunteers participate, including 10 chairmen and committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Fordinal
Sncral
Orward
First Baptist Church
Unior
Murder Charge Tors Arrests At Sheriff's Office
A two week summary from the county jail reports one murder charge and four gun law arrests amid 36 total arrests. Judge Fletcher Richardson’s court accepted guilty pleas from two cases. Ruth Eason Lee paid fines for drunk driving. a Beaumont teen pleaded guilty to license suspended driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Whitaker
Fletcher Richardson
Ruth Eason Lee
Beaumont
James Hewitt
Beaumont Negro
Allen
Evadale School Sets Start Date For September
Ed C Nash announces Evadale School opening on Tuesday September 2. Grades 7 through 12 registration is Friday August 22 from 8 30 a m to 12 noon. First grade registration is Wednesday August 27 at 8 30 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evadale
C. Nash
Mr. Nash
Hopkins Resigns as Silsbee Chamber Manager
H C Hopkins resigns as manager of the Silsbee Chamber of Commerce effective September 1 1958 citing financial constraints and personal reasons. He thanks President Martin L Wilson and the board for the opportunity and offers to assist in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkins
H. C. Hopkins
Silsbee Chamber of
Martin L. Wilson
Ilsbee
Martin
Chamber of Commerce
Registration Day Sets Enrollment Near Three Thousand
Silsbee Independent School District plans to register about 3000 students for the 1958-59 term. Registration times vary by campus with buses running routes for rural students. Teachers meet at 8 a.m. and high schools detail location specifics for Waldo Mathews and Frank Robinson elementary pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Independent
Silsbee
Don L. Hough
Frank Robinson
Waldo Mathews
Johns
Pistol Ends Life Of Silsbee Man In Dance Hall Shooting
James Hewitt charged with murder after Allen Irwin Jr. was shot four times at Hilltop Dance Hall in Silsbee. Hewitt, 30, was held without bond in Hardin County Jail. grand jury indicted him for murder and the case awaits 88th district court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Seale
Kountze
James Hewitt
Houston
Beaumont
Hardin County Grand
Willis Selman
Hewitt
Allen “Son” Irwin Jr
Silsbee
Hilltop
Red Cut
Irwin
Hardin County
William Whitaker
Jefferson County
Helbig Road
Dave Rountree
Iva W. Moore
Moore
Roun
Four County Men Fined for Illegal Fish Catch
Four Hardin County men pleaded guilty on August 16 to illegal taking of fish after a dynamiting incident in Village Creek. L V McCauley Jr 22 of Honey Island Roman Walters 40 Clyde Sherrod 23 all of Honey Island and Jack Baker 47 of Village Mills were fined 100 dollars plus costs by Judge Fletcher Richardson. The arrest was by Game Warden Olan Davis. If charged with dynamiting fish a 90 day jail term would have been mandatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Village Creek
L. V. McCauley Jr
Honey Island
Roman Walters
Clyde Sherrod
Jack Baker
Village Mills
Olan Davis
Picture Wanted for Hardin County Centennial Photo
The Hardin County Centennial committee in Kennize seeks a photo of the original Hardin County Court house at Old Hardin which burned in 1886. Bring any photo to the Bee office. it will be cared for and returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Kennize
Old Hardin
Bee
Silsbee School District Announces Teaching Staff for Next Year
The Silsbee Independent School System releases the complete list of teachers and assignments for the coming school year led by Superintendent Don L. Hough. The roster covers principals, HS and junior high staff, subject specialists, nurses, librarians, shop and band instructors, and classroom assignments across Kirby Elementary Waldo Mathews and Read Turrentine schools with numerous department heads and grade teachers identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Independent School System
Don L. Hough
C. B. Watts Jr
Prin. HS
W. E. Sheffield
Princ
Florine Brown
Mary FE. Snyder
Nathalia King
Wibrarian
Irene Holland
Paul Vanderburg
Lola Read
Ethel Smith
Jo Ann LaToof
Janette van Winkle
Patricia Owenby
Fannie Griffith
Loretta Powell
Joe Hignett
Kirby
Hanna Grote
Johnnye L. Hile
Oma Odom
Flo Ellen Stark
Cyprene Beck
Lorilei Ragan
Lucille Thornton
Mary Grace Bower
Lloyd Markham
Carolyn Gilchriest
Jimmie L. Wright
Dorothy L.miller
Lydia Monk
Shirley L. Boykin
Maryvonne Fredien
Mary Bertram
Ermine Vanderburg
Mignon Winger
Charlotte Rand
Valetta Samuel
Eng
Indicted in 88th district court murder and rape cases
The 88th district grand jury returns 17 indictments including three capital cases one for rape and two for murder along with counts of embezzlement theft burglary forgery and two second offense DWI. Named suspects include Mee N Haynes Ernest Smith Claude Harris Charles Dickerson Frank Aldridge Martin Spears Dennis Roberts Walter Louis Emma Bowles and James Hewitt. Cases set for October term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Grand Jury
Willis Selman
Selman
Mee N. Haynes
Warren
Ernest Smith
Rayburn
Claude E. Harris
Rt. 1
Victor
Charles Scott Dickerson
Austin
Frank M. Aldridge
Beaumont
Martin Spears
Loeb
Dennis Roberts
Zavalla
Walter Lee. Louis
Kountze
Emma Lois Bowles
Bond
James Hewitt
Francis St
Houston
Fraurder
Autopsy Ordered in Death of Negro at Paper Mill Job
Jasper county Justice of the Peace Gay Hargrove ordered an autopsy for Edward Brown, a Black worker who apparently fell from a wood sorting table at the East Texas Pulp and Paper mill in Evadale. Autopsy awaited to determine cause of death. Brown’s body was taken to Oakdale for services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper County
Justice of the Peace
Gay Hargrove
Evadale
Edward Brown
East Texas Pulp and Paper Company
Hargrove
Brown
Art Wornick
Justice Hargrove J
Oakdale
Lailey
Gilsbee
Bowles Indicted Again In Loeb Murder Case
Mrs Elma Bowles 28 wife of Bryant Bowles Jr faces re indictment for May 4 murder of James Earl Harvey of Loeb bowles trial earlier in July yielded life for gun slaying and a new indictment followed after release on bond Bowles filed for a new trial and awaits bills of exception while her husband’s trial had been completed and she was jailed then moved to Liberty county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elma Lois Bowles
Bryant William Bowles, Jr
James Earl Harvey
Loeb
Bowles
Harvey
H. A. Coe
Willis Selman
Hardin County
Liberty County
Second Primary Is This Saturday
Hardin county voters return to the polls for a second Democratic primary this summer. Key races include county treasurer between Sabra Hollister and Clyde Haynes, state senate contest Frank Carpenter versus Martin Dies Jr., commissioner precinct two battle D W Rocky Richardson against Oscar Overstreet, and a state supreme court race between J Edwin Smith and Bob Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Austin
State Senate
Sabra Hollister
Kountze
Clyde Haynes
Silsbee
Hollister
Frank Carpenter
Sour Lake
Martin Dies Jr
Lutfkin
Angelina County
Otis
W. Rocky Richardson
Oscar Overstreet
State Supreme Court
J. Edwin Smith
Bob Hamilton
Smith
Frank Payne Recovers After Surgery in Hardin County
County Commissioner Frank S. Payne of Silsbee is recuperating after abdominal surgery at Hardin County Hospital last Thursday. He remains hospitalized through early September and thanks friends for their support during his illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank S. Payne
Silsbee
Hardin County Hospital
Payne
Warning On Grass Fires As Fall Approaches
M W Palmer of the Texas Forest Service warns of the danger of grass fires with the fall season. Careful burning of trash is urged to prevent fires that threaten homes fences crops and forest land. Citizens are asked to follow safety rules when burning debris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. W. Palmer
Texas Forest Service
Bee
Carlessness
The
Forest Service
Silsbee trustees approve pay raises and sick leave plan
The Silsbee Independent School District board voted raises for principals and the head football coach plus new duties and a five day annual sick leave for teachers. The plan, effective Sept. 1, also redefines 11 month duties for principals and raises several salaries. A new budget of 864,987 and flat tax rate 1.65 per 100 were approved along with bus driver hire, liability insurance for buses, and a new Tigerettes drill team instructor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Independnt School District Board of Trustees
Bruce Watts Jr
I. B. Griffith
Read-Turre
Robinson E Elementary School
Southern Building and Construction Company
Darrell Strong
Jean Miller
Beaumont
Tigerettes
Miller
High School Band Plans Evening Rehearsal
The Silsbee High School Band under Director Melvin Winger will rehearse tonight, Thursday August 21, at 6 30 in the high school hall. All eighth through twelfth grade band students should attend. The marching band begins practice Monday morning August 25 at 8 a.m. Also listed are twirlers attending the Lamar Tech clinic: Mary Bledge Danna Holmes Jane Odom Barbara Jane Hough Danna Ford and Jo Hicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Melvin Winger
Winger
Lamar Tech
Mary Bledge
Danna Holmes
Jane Odom
Barbara Jane Hough
Danna Ford
Jo Hicks
City Votes To Close Old Sixth Street and Buy Pickup
City council ordered portions of old Sixth Street south of the Santa Fe tracks closed in a regular session. City Attorney Sarey Williamson was directed to draft ordinances for the closure. The street formerly ran through property where the Baptist church now stands. Richard Jones for Buck Jones Lumber Co. urged closing the section behind the lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
6Th Street
Sarey Williamson
Richard Jones
Buck Jones Lumber Company
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Fordinal
Tors
Sheriff's
Evadale School
Lamoyne Goodwin
Gulf States Utilities Company
W. M Pennington
Gulf States
Waldo Mathews School
Clarence Johns
Silsbee Negro
Tree
Farmer Funeral Home
Rountree
Evelyn Allen
Herman Johnson
Dixie Donelson
Jack Hetherington
Maurice Hobbs
Ina Lester
Tda Lewis
Raymond McGallion
Ruth Meek
G. W. Meek
Betty A Mitchell
Norma Ratliff
Helen Read
Leola Richardson
Stella Vanderburg
S. A. Wallace
Mary A. Davis
Janie Hough
Commercial
O. O. Miller
Voc Ag
Teressa Singletary
Voc
Home Ec
Melvin Wingjer
George R. Smith
Jean Dinkle
Ida Collins
Betty Hetherington
Dean Duffie
Jo Anne Hignett
Jacqueline Hooks
J. Carl Jones
Wm. R. McGarahan
Irene McGowan
Bertha Mason
Sallie J. Mack
Jimmy Rand
Gladys Rhodes
Joyce Wallace
B. L. Williams
Bobby G. Martin
Yvonne Nevland
James Stephens
Lucyle Prewitt
Wm. B. Gernand
Wm. H. Baten
Senate
Carpenter
House of Representatives
Frank
Supreme Court
Frank Payne
Old Sixth Street
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