Capital Cases Set For February Court in Kountze
The October term of the 88th district court in Kountze docketed three capital criminal cases for the ninth week starting Monday February 29 1960 State vs Willie Bryant Jr rape State vs Charles Thompson rape and State vs James Earl Hewitt murder Judge H A Coe presiding District Clerk W L Selman Sheriff W Whitaker court reporter Valerie Pray and County Attorney Earl B Stover listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kountze
Willis Selman
Willie Bryant Jr
Charles Thompson
James Earl Hewitt
H. A. Coe
W.L. Selman
W. Whitaker
Valerie Pray
Robert &. Cos
Earl B. Stover
Auto crashes injure several in Beaumont area
Reports detail multiple wrecks across Hardin and surrounding counties. Injured include Mrs Daisey Gilder and Connie Gail Gilder released from Beaumont hospitals after an auto crash on Sour Lake road. Two Honey Island girls Shirley Santos and Wanda Sue Fregia hospitalized after a bridge collision on Farm Market Road 1003. Others treated at Parker Copeland Clinic and Baptist Hospital Beaumont. Authorities name Harold Reby of Beaumont and Joe Baker of Silsbee as drivers in separate incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Spurger
Parker Clinic
Growson
Hardin County Hospital
Kountze
Parker
Harold Jesse Reby
Beaumont
Joe Baker
Daisey Gilder
Connie Gail Gilder
Baptist Hospital
Llth Street
Sour Lake Road
Honey Island
Shirley Santos
Wanda Sue Fregia
Miss Fregia
Farm Market
Pace- Wells
Miss Santos
Hotel Dieu Hospital
Highway 105
Evadale
Weldon Jones
Port Arthur
B. Jones
Buna
Farmer Funeral Home
Roy H. Roger
Winnie
Royce Lee Davidson
Davidson
Rosa Carter Bradford
Bradford
Roger Holmes
Cail
C. S. Sherrell
O’quinn
George Conner
G. L. Frame
Jasper
Jasper County
Leonard Franklin
Santa Claus Maps Third Christmas Visit To Silsbee
Santa Claus announces his third trip this year to Silsbee. He will arrive about 1 45 p m at Morris Pharmacy and stay until around 2 p m. He then visits Youngs Supermarket and Crockett Gilchrist on the south side. From 2 30 to 3 45 p m he will be at Santa Fe park and in downtown. At 3 45 p m he returns to Crockett Gilchrist and then to Neches Minimax on the north side.
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Santa Claus
Silsbee
Morris Pharmacy
Young’s
Crockett & Gilchriest
Santa
Santa Fe Park
Neches Minimax
Silsbee Man Held Under 9500 Bonds After Incident Here
Silsbee roustabout Jack Carlton is held in Hardin county jail in Kountze under 9500 bonds on two county court charges and two felony counts. He is charged with aggravated assault against his former wife and a serious threat, with bonds of 3000 and 2500 respectively, plus two felony counts of malicious mischief each at 2000. Danny Martin of Silsbee is jailed on 2500 bond for aggravated assault in the same case. Carlton allegedly forced his wife into his car at Conner’s Drive In about 2 am Sunday and was captured about 9 pm after a wide search. Mrs Carlton remains hospitalized. Linda Watts Bates was fined 480 dollars in a separate incident.
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Jack Carlton
Silsbee
Hardin County
Kountze
William Whitaker
Carlton
Jorene Tarver Carlton
Whitaker
Danny Martin
Conner
Max Zellers
Hardin County Hospital
Linda Watts Bates
Justice of the Peace
Louis Sellers
Shrine Club Christmas Party Tonight in Silsbee
East Texas Shrine Club plans a 7:30 PM dinner and dance at Silsbee Golf and Country Club with Boyd Como providing music. Shrines and ladies are invited, per president Joe Register. Frank and Mrs Jones recently visited Houston with relatives.
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East Texas
Mrs
Frank Jones
Houston
Kiwanis Christmas Tree Sale Opens In Town Friday
Kiwanis Club of Silsbee opens its Christmas tree sales lot Friday across Highway 96 from Farmer Funeral Home. Hours are 3 to 6 p m on weekdays and all day Saturday with two members on duty. Profits support welfare work for underprivileged children including dental care and glasses.
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Kiwanis Club
Silsbee Kiwanis Club
Highway 96
Farmer Funeral Home
Pete Farmer
Larkin P. Skinner
Europe
Holy Land
Club
Clifton Caraway
Jack Hedge
John H Schuler
Carl Paramore
Jim Cawley
L. Goodwyn
Richard Jones
A. J. Hussman
Lester Landgraf
Clarence Dehart
Hug Smith
George Taylor
Late Closing Hours For Christmas In Silsbee Firms
Several Silsbee businesses report to the Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants that they will stay open late from December 17 through December 23, until 9 p.m. daily. The group hopes all local firms follow suit to aid shoppers. A Chamber delegation planned to meet the city council to seek downtown free parking during Christmas Week December 21 to 24, a privilege granted last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Chamber of Commerce
John Skinner
Chamber
Postmaster Urges Last-Minute Christmas Mail Cooperation
Postmaster L A Yankie thanks Silsbee residents for supporting the 1959 Mail early for Christmas campaign. He warns of a peak rush and a critical 10 day period ahead, urging late mailers to use air mail for distant destinations and to send first class, properly addressed cards and gifts within the next two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Yankie
Silsbee
Mrs. Ouida H. Schaeffer of Kountze Dies Suddenly
Mrs Ouida Hancock Schaeffer 61 of Kountze died Monday night after attending a Welfare Units board meeting. Funeral services were held in Kountze with Rev Bob Waters and Rev Grant Herbst officiating. Graveside rites followed near Jasper. She was postmistress at Honey Island 36 years retired, and an active secretary for Hardin County United Appeals and related groups. She resided in Kountze three years and belonged to Kountze Methodist Church. She survived by her father two sisters two brothers and many nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouida Hancock Schaeffer
Kountze
Pace Wells Funeral Home
Schaeffer
Honey Island
Hardin County United Appeals
Hardin County Welfare Unit
Greater
Hardin County
Bob Waters
Kountze Methodist Church
Grant Herbst
St. John’s Episcopal Church of
Silsbee
Hancock Cemetery
Jasper
Census Half Completed In Area
The 1959 Census of Agriculture is about 50 percent completed in this area, announced by James W. Stroud, Census Bureau field director in Dallas. He praised farmer cooperation and urged any remaining producers to have questionnaires ready when census takers call, noting prompt completion will reduce costs and speed publication.
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James W. Stroud
Census Bureau
Dallas
Friday Visiting Hours Set At New Hardin County Jail
Hardin County Sheriff William Whitaker announced new visiting hours at the county jail from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. each Friday. The sheriff's department moved last week from the old facility to the new courthouse building.
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New County
Hardin County
William Whitaker
Sheriff's Department
Local families report new babies in Hardin County area
Mr and Mrs Joe Nelson of Silsbee welcome daughter Vicki Renee born Dec 5 at Hardin County hospital. Patricia Annette arrives Nov 30 to Mr and Mrs Arvel Day Jr of Silsbee at Park Place hospital Groves. Grandparents listed include R E Nelson Sto well and T H Blake. Other births include Sondra Loretta Dec 30, Roy Gene Dec 8, Glenda Faye Dec 6, Karol Ann Dec 6, Darla Jean Dec 7, Monica Ann Dec 2, Sherry Jean Dec 7, Richelle Dec 5, Gary Paul Dec 3, Darrell Willis, and Hattie Faye Dec 2, with parents from Silsbee, Buna, Evadale, Sour Lake, Victor, and surrounding towns.
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Joe David Nelson
Silsbee
Vicki Renee
Hardin County Hospital
R. E. Nelson
Stowell
T. H. Blake
City
Arvel Day, Jr
Patricia Annette
Park Place Hospital
Groves
John Hare
Arvel Day Sr
Fred
Harold Leigh
Sondra Loretta
Kountze
A. B. Birdwell
B. R. Leigh
Jasper
Ala
Roy Gene
Earnest Wilson
Buna
Hallet Romero
Glenda Faye
Karol Ann
Donald Duhon
Victor
Darla Jean
Thomas Smith
Roy Stimits
Evadale
Monica Ann
Sherry Jean
Earl Williams
Richelle
Richard Maynor
Sour Lake
George Parsley
Gary Paul
James Curtis
Charles Elbert Willis
Hattie Faye
Arthur Gray
Pete Farmer Named President of Silsbee Exes
Pete Farmer of Silsbee was elected president of the Silsbee Exes Association at a homecoming meeting at the high school. Charles Stephens was elected vice president and Jo Ann LaToot secretary and treasurer. The group discussed expanding homecoming with an all day event and a parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Farmer
Silsbee
Silsbee Exes Association
Silsbee School
Charles Stephens
Jo Ann LaToot
Satuday
Silsbee Schools Weekly Menu December Week
Silsbee public schools present meals for December 14 to 18. Menu items include glazed barbecue meat, green eye peas, whipped potatoes, peaches, cookies, milk, and bread on Monday. chicken and dumplings, celery salad, green beans, cornbread, cake squares, milk on Tuesday. Chuck wagon steak with rice and gravy, green limas, apple goodie, milk on Wednesday. fried chicken, potatoes, gravy, English peas, carrots, peach or pear salad, milk and bread on Thursday. turkey salad, baked corn, jello with fruit, pote ltoe chaps, milk and bread on Friday.
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Silsbee
Week’s arrests total 30 says Deputy Rountree at Rountze
Deputy Dave Rountree reported 30 arrests by area police in the past week at Rountze with three cases heard in county court. The offenses included three aggravated assaults, one vagrancy, one suspended license driving, four affrays, one traffic violation, one aggravated assault with a motor vehicle, and 19 for drunkenness. Also noted were multiple pleas and sentences in county court including Floyd McDaniel’s 30 day jail term for child desertion and J. W. Warren’s 60 day sentence plus $100 fine for driving while intoxicated. Calvin J. Brown paid $25 and costs after pleading guilty to a suspended license charge. Clyde N. Mayo, 19, of Silsbee, charged with altering U S currency in Beaumont, faced a $1,000 bond. Mayo, a Huntsville parolee, allegedly passed a counterfeit $20 bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Rountree
Rountze
Rountree
Floyd McDaniel
Fletcher Richardson
J. W. Warren
Calvin J. Brown
Beaumont
Clyde N. Mayo
Silsbee
U.S
Mayo
Huntsville
Rites For Daniel J. Bean 62 Held At 10 A.M Today
Funeral services for Daniel J. Bean 62 of Silsbee were at 10 a m today at Good Shepherd Baptist Church with Rev J W Joiner officiating. Bean died at John Sealy Hospital Galveston after a long illness. Survivors include wife Emma Bean two sons Daniel and Curtis Lee two stepsons four daughters mother two brothers two sisters and 14 grandchildren Burial was in Holly Grove cemetery near Anacoco under Farmer Funeral Home Silsbee directions.
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Daniel J. Bean
Silsbee
Good Shepherd Baptist Church
J. W. Joiner
Mr. Bean
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Kirby Lumber Corp
Emma Bean
Daniel Bean
Curtis Lee Bean
Port Arthur
Floyd Denman
Buna
Doris Simmons
Velma Ruth LeBlanc
Bridge City
Myrtle Carlock
Leesville
Martha Bean
Herbert Bean
Bud Bean
Mary Gasket
Anacoco
Gertie Griffith
Kirbyville
Holly Grove Cemetery
Farmer Funeral Home
P-TA Christmas Program Set for Tuesday Night
The P TA of the local school meets Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the High School auditorium. The evening features choral and orchestra music by local students with Yvonne Neyland directing the choir and Glenwood Vernon Jr High Band directing the orchestra. Rev Larry Correau speaks on Strengthening Your Childs Spiritual Values. No business meeting due to the holiday program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yvonne Neyland
Glenwood Vernon
Larry Correau
First Presbyterian Church
Bob Paret
Shearins Move to Roanoke Rapids for New Job
Mr and Mrs W L Shearin and their children left Monday to relocate to Roanoke Rapids North Carolina where he will work for the Southern Fine Inspection Bureau.
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W. L. Shearin
Roanoke Rapids
North Carolina
Southern Fine Inspection Bureau
Western Silsbee to Adopt Street Numbering Plan
Citizens in the western Silsbee area including Roosevelt Drive Extension and the old Kountze Road plan a house numbering system with the post office and city. Wm. Free leads the effort and aims to have street addresses listed in the January telephone directory.
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Silsbee
Roosevelt Drive
Kountze
City of
Wm. Free
Silsbee Band Excels In Region 12 Marching Contest
Silsbee High School Band earned an excellent rating in marching and inspection at the Region 12 Interscholastic League contest in Nederland. Twirlers also received excellent or superior classifications, naming Barbara Jane Hough Jo Hicks Margaret Scoggins and others among high school twirlers, with several junior high twirlers listed for superior and excellent honors.
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Melvin Winger
Silsbee
Nederland
Barbara Jane Hough
Jo Hicks
Margaret Scoggins
Jane Odom
Becky Yawn
Annette Ebard Dannah Ford
Carolyn Get
Daphne Ashworth
Linda Yawn
Patsy Mullins
Lois Ann Jardell
Sandra Gee
Carol Hicks
Tigers Face Port Neches in Home Court Clash Tonight
Silsbee Tigers host Port Neches in a return game after a 48 31 loss at Port Neches last Thursday. The A squad slumped to a fourth straight defeat while the B team improved with another win. The Tigers also prep for Evadale Rebels on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Hetherington
Silsbee Tiger
Port Neches
Indians
Tigers
Orangefield
Bridge City
Evadale Rebels
Azalea Garden Club Plans Christmas Party Date
Members met at Mrs. F. M. Bowers home for a Christmas workshop and luncheon. The Azalea Garden Club set a December 16 Christmas party at 2 PM in Mrs. J. F. McGee’s home with Mrs. W. S. Ray and Mrs. T. P. Dilbeck as cohostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Azalea Garden Club
F. M. Bowers
J. F. McGee
Kountze Highway
W. S. Ray
T. P. Dilbeck
Huff Family Visit Sparks Busy Houston Beaumont Travel
Mrs L L Huff and daughter Bobby of Houston and Chester Huff of Beaumont recently visited the Salle Huff and Ben Walker home, sharing a brief family get together with relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Huff
Bobby
Houston
Chester Huff
Beaumont
Salle Huff
Ben Walker
Services For Gina Rose Perkins Held In Decatur
Funeral services were held for Gina Rose Perkins 12 of Decatur Texas at 2 p m Tuesday in the Farmer Funeral Home chapel. Rev R E Barclay officiated. She died from injuries in a car truck crash near Decatur Saturday afternoon. She formerly resided in Silsbee and is survived by her parents two brothers two sisters and four grandparents. Pallbearers were Clarence DeHart Bobby Puntes Edward Lee Puntes W J Jackson Jr Bill Hartman and Woodrow Cook. Burial followed in Knapple cemetery.
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Gina Rose Perkins
James B. Perkins
Decatur
Texas
Farmer Funeral Home
R. E. Barclay
First Baptist Church of
Silsbee
Jimmy Dan
Walter
Lucille
Jamie
Dan Cook
Anna Perkins
Clarence DeHart
Bobby Puntes
Edward Lee Puntes
W. J. Jackson Jr
Bill Hartman
Woodrow Cook
Knapple Cemetery
Federal Income Tax Booklet Available At Bee
Copies of the booklet Your Federal Income Tax are now on sale at the Silsbee Bee office. The 1960 edition for individuals is published by the treasury department internal revenue service and sells for 40 cents per copy. Limited supply prompts early purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Bee
Treasury Department
Internal Revenue Service
Methodist Men Sell Xmas Trees
The men of the First Methodist Church sponsor a Christmas tree sale from Wednesday through Christmas. Proceeds benefit the church sponsored Boy Scout troop. The sale takes place at the west side of the Crockett-Gilchrist store.
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The
First Methodist Church
Crockett-Gilchrist
Port Neches Bride Shower Honors Helen Cawley
Mrs J T Cawley and Kathrine attended a bridal shower in Port Neches Thursday night honoring Helen Cawley.
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J. T. Cawley
Katherine
Port Neches
Helen Cawley
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Fred Perlitz
Deering Air
Earl Phillips
Oscar Baggett
Solomon Quilliam
Missouri Pacific Railroad Co
Melba Hart
Tex
N. O. Ry
Mary E. McCormick
G. E. Glover
Tyrone Loyd Green
Corbit Lee Jones Sr
John Aden Matula
St. Paul Mercury Ins. Co
C. W. Frazier
Earline D. Hart
R. B. Hart
James C. Brister
Assa
David Rothman
Oran
Barnette Roten
Monroe Smith
Kirby Lbr. Company, Inc
Lester Lee Chambless
J. L. Shine
Trunkline Gas Company
W. M. Moore
L. R. Saxton
Ins. Assn
Cora Dockens
Texas & New Orleans Ry. Co
J. M. Griffin
H. C. Holland
H. T. Burrows
Texala Construction Company
Ray D. Hooks Jr
Traders
General Ins
Goddard Machinery Co
Robert Ryan
J. A. Bowen
W. B. Tull
Lester Fontenot
B. E. Haynes
Lester M. Seal
American Casualty Company
Loy A. Reeves
Liberty Mutual Ins. Company
Vivian R. Dowdell
Bituminous Casualty Corp
Earl R. Myers
Mazzola Trucking Co
Jodie S. Robbins
Liberty Insurance Co
Andrew Crawford
Employers Mutual Liability Ins. Co
Creola Stringer
Will Jackson
James L. Harris
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co
William L. Parker
Atlantic Refining Co
Major Wyatt Sr
National Insurance Co
Mattie Chance
Henry Thurston
Lewis Wilson
Temple Lumber Company
Crawford B. Ramage
Ux Robert R. Guynes
Archie A. Crain
C. L. Conic
John C. Vaughn
E. G. Griggs
James E. Overstreet
DWI
Ralph
John Hooks
Ben Harvey
L. Z. Roberts
Elmo Eason
Garth Christophe
Garth Christopher
T. B. Presswood Jr
Jim Findley
Sanford A. Smith Jr
Shrine Club
C.H. Schaeffer of
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