Highway crash near Evadale hospitalizes three
Five men injured in a two car crash two miles east on Evadale highway Monday afternoon. Three Silsbee or Evadale workers from Eastex Pulp and Paper were hospitalized in Beaumont after head on collision with a log truck.
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Silsbee
Evadale
Hotel Dieu
Beaumont
Evadale Highway
Eastex Pulp and Paper
Jesse Hooks
Elwood Kees
Brookshire C. Moore
Kees
Moore
A. J. Aycock
Leroy Stanford
C. S. Sherrill
Ira Moore
Stanford
Aycock
Mr. Hooks
Mr. Moore
Hooks
Tennison Clinic
Farmer Funeral Home
Beaumont Hospital
New Street Lights Shine on Highway 96 5s
Gulf States Utilities crew completed installation of street lights on highway 96 south this week. The mercury vapor lamps powered on created a bright scene described as a great white way. Locals welcomed the illumination during the Christmas season, noting increased town attractiveness.
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Gulf States Utilities
Highway 96
Firemen Answer 11 Fire Alarms In 11 Day Stretch
Silsbee firemen pressed during dry spell answering 11 alarms from December 1 to December 11. Calls included woods fires near Evadale road A R Neyland farm and Cravens camp road, plus a truck warehouse blaze with no damage reported.
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Silsbee
John Busby
Woods
Evadale Road
R. Neyland Farm
Kountze Road
Pine Street
East Ave. J
Jim Burns
Cravens Camp
Cactus Trucking Company
Fresenius Road
Pennington Named City Manager At Monday Night Council Session
Silsbee officials named Bill Pennington city manager under the new home rule charter. Edna Gaynes was appointed city secretary, Grady Tarver became chief of police, and Carey Williamson was formally named city attorney. A traffic light was proposed for Earnest Ave and Third street with a bicycle ordinance to follow.
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Silsbee
New
Bill Pennington
Pennington
Edna Gaynes
Grady Tarver
Carey Williamson
Home Rule Charter Commission
Earnest Ave
Third Street
Public Meeting Set by Chance Loeb Board
Dennis chairman of the Chance Loeb school board announces a 7 30 Friday night meeting at Woodcrest Methodist Church. An Austin Texas speaker will discuss levying taxes for this area and answer questions. Public invited.
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Chance-Loeb Board
N. A. Dennis
Chance-Loeb
Woodcrest Methodist Church
Austin
Texas
Four Negroes Arrested In Six-County Burglary Wave
Four men Freddie Lee Mayes Willie Veal J C Cooper and Louis Tate aged 18 to 25 were arrested in Jasper after a county wide burglary spree spanning Hardin Liberty Newton Jasper and Angelina. Six Hardin county businesses were burglarized with loot recovered including Kountze Jewelry worth about 2600 and Keys Service Station thefts. The four face six burglary charges and are held in Jasper awaiting transfer to Hardin county.
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Jasper
Hardin County
Dave
Liberty
Newton
Angelina Counties
Freddie Lee Mayes
Willie Craf Veal
J. C. Cooper
Louis Tate
Rountree
Kountze
Erma Ander
Keys Service Station
Marshall’s
Teal
Saratoga
Rye and Clark
Liberty County
Call
Jasper Co
Rye
Man Admits Robberies Tied to Local Service Stations
J. J. Cooper confessed Wednesday night to stealing $25 and merchandise from Thomas Service Station in Honey Island about a month ago. Deputy Sheriff Dave Rountree said Cooper and four men also confessed to robbing Phillips Service Station in Rountze of cash and cigarettes and Merrill's Ice Cream Parlor of $65 last August and face numerous similar charges.
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J. ©. Cooper
Thomas
Honey Island
Dave Rountree
Phillips
Rountze
Merrill
Thacker Sr. Dies in Austin at 65
Dr. Louis H. Thacker Sr. 65 died in an Austin Texas hospital Tuesday night. He was the father of Silsbee optometrist Dr. Louis H. Thacker. Funeral services are set for Friday at Weed-Corley Funeral Home in Austin with burial in the same city.
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Louis H. Thacker, Sr
Austin, Texas
Louis H. Thacker
Silsbee Optometrist
Weed-Corley Funeral Home
Austin
B&PW To Meet Tonight At 7 30
The Business and Professional Women hold a regular meeting at 7 30 in Mrs Billie Holmes home. Final plans for a Christmas party to aid the State Mental hospital at Rusk are on the agenda. The party December 16 will provide gifts refreshments and entertainment for each patient. District 4 sponsors 100 hospital women yearly. Other important business items are planned.
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Billie Holmes
Tyler
Center
State Mental Hospital
Rusk
District 4
B&pw
Rountree Reports Forty-Five Arrests Over Two Weeks
Deputy Sheriff Dave Rountree totals 45 arrests since the last report. The count includes three DWI cases, three traffic offenses, one pickup for Louisiana officials, three investigations, three aggravated assaults, and 32 drunkenness cases.
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Dave Rountree
Louisiana
Jake Zeller Recovers After Kidney Operation
Jake Zeller son of Mr and Mrs Max Keller of Silsbee is recovering after a serious operation at Hotel Dieu last week. He was rushed to the hospital last Friday for surgery in which a kidney was removed. As of Wednesday he was improving and hopes to return home later this week. He thanks friends relatives for kindness shown with flowers cards and visits.
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Jake Zeller
Max Keller
Silsbee
Hotel Dieu
Jake
Cleveland visitors call on Rankin couple
Mrs. C. W. Hogue and Mrs. Fred Howell of Cleveland visited Thursday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rankin.
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C. W. Hogue
Fred Howell
Cleveland
J. H. Rankin
Santa Claus Visits Silsbee This Saturday
The Silsbee Chamber of Commerce announces Santa Claus will visit the town this Saturday December 15 all day until 8 pm. He will tour stores giving out candy to children and talk with shoppers. Stores will stay open until 7 pm on weeknights and 8 pm Saturdays from December 14 through Christmas Eve.
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Santa Claus
Silsbee
Silsbee Chamber of Commercce
The
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce Ponders Bigger Budget and Manager System
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce directors met last Thursday to discuss expanding activities and a possible $10 000 annual budget. They noted the local office handles many inquiries and a volunteer setup cannot meet demand, proposing higher dues and civic programs. A brochure project led by Billie J. Holmes was approved and a speaker for the March annual banquet was chosen by a committee including Self Wilson Read and Stover.
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Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Chambers of Commerce
Texas
Chamber of Commerce
Billie J. Holmes
Self
EF. M. Wilson, Jr
David Read
Karl Stover
Christmas Basket Committees To Be Appointed Tonight
Silsbee residents are invited to a 7 p.m. meeting at the International Paper office on Highway 96 to form committees for this year’s Christmas basket program. Stanley Lindsey and Sam Cerniglia urge early family referrals, with 25 families already approved. Donations from First Baptist Church Timberland Law Co and the American Legion total 75 dollars, with toys and groceries from schools and churches to follow.
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Silsbee
Stanley Lindsey
Sam Cerniglia
Highway 96
International Paper Company
Lindsey
First Baptist Church
Timberland Law Co
The
American Legion
First Presbyterian Church
Two Wildcat Oil Wells Reported Shows In County
Two wildcat oil wells in this county reported distillate shows this week. W P Luce No 1 George P Kirkpatrick seven miles SW of Kountze found 45 feet of sand at 9455 feet. casing set at 9195 and five inch lines to 9631 in a sidetrack. Sun Oil Co No 1 Williams five miles SE of Batson shows in lower Cockfield with casing to 10012 feet.
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W. P. Luce
Batson
Sun Oil Co
Williams
Cockfield
Explorer Post and Troop 88 Plan Court of Honor
Explorer Post 88 and Scout Troop 88 will hold a court of honor Wednesday at 7 30 PM in Cravens Hall at the Methodist church. About 12 boys will be awarded advancement. A L Bevil of Kountze district chairman will be principal speaker. Allen Freeman is scoutmaster. Gill Hilliard is Explorer post adviser.
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Explorer
Cravens Hall
Methodist Church
J. W. Johnson
Silsbee
Dogwood
A. L. Bevil
Kountze
Allen Freeman
Gill Hilliard
Hunter George Wright Bags Collared Peccary in Bruni Lease
George Wright and companions hunted at a Bruni area lease last Monday and bagged a collared peccary weighing about 55 pounds. Deer hunters on the trip reported no shortage, though Webb Pedigo of Jasper took a seven pound hass.
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George Wright
Bruni
Webb
Uncle Tip Merrill Honored On His 76th Birthday
Mrs S M Hinson honored Uncle Tip Merrill with a party at her home Tuesday night for his 76th birthday. Out of town guests included Mrs P N McKinney and E E Busby of Beaumont.
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S. M. Hinson
Tip” Merrill
Ashcraft Family Visits Relatives in DeRidder
Mr and Mrs Harvey Ashcraft and J N Ashcraft visited Sunday at the home of their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Earl Neal to meet their three weeks old grandson in DeRidder.
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Harvey Ashcraft
J. N. Ashcraft
DeRidder
Inlaw
Earl Neal
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Martin L. Wilson
Wilson
Frank Aldridge
Industrial
Rebecca Hobbs
Barbara Lee
Beta Sigma Phi
Eloise Brackin
Exquisette Club
Sim Ward
Ed Nash
W. E. Sheffield
Bruce Watts
Clarence A. Johns
H. M. Jones
Carl Paramore
Clarence Dehart
Sheriff W Whitaker
Barbara Hilliard
Norman Rosser
Kirby Lumber Corporation
Fire Department
Frank Choate
Williamson
TIME
Time, Inc
East Texas Pulp and Paper Company
Roy Larsen
Charles Stillman
Eastex
Howard Black
Publications
Mr. Lindsey
Silsbee Bee
Explorer Post
Boy Scout
Plan Court of Honor
Bill Dickson
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