Council approves Gulf States 50 year franchise for Silsbee
City council approves first reading of an ordinance granting Gulf States Utilities a 50 year franchise to operate in Silsbee. The measure would raise the city gross receipts tax from 2 to 4 percent and exclude industrial users plus the city from funds. Second reading set in 30 days. Also approved a dog trailer bid of 399 dollars with up to 700 dollars for pens and construction.
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Gulf States
Silsbee
I. M. Welch
Bill Pennington
Lee Yawn
Pennington
Captain Jack Owens Killed in Germany Plane Crash
The Silsbee community learned Wednesday of the death of Captain Jack R. Owens in a plane crash in Germany on Tuesday. He was 15 years in the Air Force with World War II service and had served in the Royal Canadian Air Force before joining the U.S. Air Force. He is survived by his wife Jeanne Owens of England, two sons Michael and Pat, a daughter Debbie, his mother Mrs R P Owens, a sister Mrs J C Perkins, and a brother Bill Owens of Conroe.
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Silsbee
Jack R. Owens
Germany
Capt. Owens
R. P. Owens
J. C. Perkins
Jeanne Owens
England
Michael
Pat
Debbie
Bill Owens
Conroe
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
U. S. Air Force
Five Plead Guilty In County Court 22 Arrests Made
Five persons pleaded guilty to criminal charges in county court over the past week. Judge Fletcher Richardson reported Monday. The arrests totaled 22 with 15 drunks and multiple DWI cases plus aggravated assault and theft among the offenses and defendants named.
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Fletcher Richardson
Robert E. Dearo
Dearo
Robert Hood
DWI
Helen Ruth Johnson
Silsbee
Marvin Pitman
Murphey Johnson
Ira Moore
Waldo Prince Cowan
J. P. Court
Jefferson County
Silsbee Bee Christmas Issue Reflects 24 Years Of Growth
The Silsbee Bee recalls its 24th Christmas issue noting growth from a 1933 four page edition with 35 ads to today’s 32 pages and over 125 ads. It highlights the birth of Thomas David Jr in 1933 and his return as part of the paper’s mechanical staff 24 years later.
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Silsbee
the Bee
Thomas David, Jr
Beaumont General Hospital
Thomas David Jr
The
Bee
Silsbee Bond Issue For Gymnasium On School Campus
Alf Roark won his first election as state representative defeating Price Daniel. Silsbee High School ex-students planned a Christmas banquet while county WPA workers numbered 459 employees with a weekly government payroll around 5000. A Christmas letter from Rev T E McKenzie appeared alongside local clubs and college alumni returning home for the holidays.
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Bee
Silsbee
Alf Roark
Price Daniel Silsbee
Frank Yarborough
T. E. McKenzie
Baptist Church
Flapper Club
Kiwanis Club
Bobby Read
Texas Tech
Six Indictments Returned By Grand Jury On Monday
Hardin county grand jurors met Monday and returned six felony indictments to 88th district court. Willis Selman, district clerk, revealed Monday Names of the indicted persons were held pending their arrest. Indictments included two for passing forged instruments and one each for abandonment of wife and children, child desertion making and passing a forged instrument, and obtaining things of value with a worthless check.
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Hardin County
88Th District Court
Willis Selman
Early Copy Requested For Next Week's Bee
Deadline for news and advertising copy has moved up due to Christmas. The Bee must publish Tuesday to allow staff time with families, with advertiser copy due by 5 p.m. Monday and routine news accepted until Tuesday noon.
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The
Bee
Courthouse Bid Winners Named for Hardin County Project
Linbeck Construction Co of Houston holds apparent low base bid of 740000 for the Hardin County courthouse, with T D Howe at 745000 and Southwestern at 750000. Subcontract bids total about 600000, architects are Dickson Dickson and Associates of Beaumont, and construction may start within 30 days if awards are finalized.
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Hardin County
Linbeck Construction Co
Houston
T. D. Howe Construction Co
Southwestern Construction Co
Dickson, Dickson, and Associates
Beaumont
Man Critically Hurt In Wreck Near Evadale
An 83-year-old man, George Jarvis Gibson of Nacogdoches, remains in critical condition at Baptist Hospital Beaumont after a two car crash on Highway 96 five miles east of Evadale. Miss K C Furlough of Buna suffered a back injury but appears not seriously harmed. Gibson was thrown from his car when his vehicle rear ended Furloughs as she turned off the highway.
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Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
George Jarvis Gibson
Nacogdoches
Henshaw
Gibson
Evadale
K. C. Furlough
Buna
Hardin County Hospital
Kountze
Farmer Funeral Home
Beaumont Hospital
Furlough
Miss Furlough
Mr Gibson
School Board Holds Short Session Appoints Census Trustee
Members met at the school tax office with James E. Farmer unable to attend due to an emergency. Bill Sellers was named school census trustee to survey all scholastics in January. Labor items included textbook committee approval, a blinds bid of 2420, cafeteria staff change, and new heaters for the junior high gym.
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James E
Pete” Farmer
Farmer Funeral Home
Farmer
Don L. Hough
Bill Sellers
Hough
W. E. Sheffield
Weeks Crawford
J. B. Griffith
Bruce Watts
Ida M. Collins
Gladys Rhodes
Hanna
A. McKinney and Son
Post Office To Be Open Saturday Afternoon
The Silsbee Post Office will stay open Saturday afternoon to accept and deliver parcels and to sell stamps. Postmaster L A Yankie said the office usually closes at noon on Saturdays but remains open to help with the Christmas rush. The parcel post truck will deliver parcels in residential sections on Sunday.
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Silsbee Post Office
L. A Yankie
Silsbee Man Hurt in Beaumont Can Plant Accident
Herbert Cunningham, 18, of Silsbee, was treated at Hotel Dieu hospital in Beaumont for injuries to his left hand after its fingers were caught in a can press at Continental Can Co where he works. He was treated and released.
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Herbert Cunningham
Silsbee
Hotel Dieu Hospital
Beaumont
Continental Can Co
Business Houses To Remain Open Until 7 p.m.
Most Sil s business houses will be open until 7 pm nightly from Friday Dec 20 through Tuesday Dec 24, per Rayford Birdwell chair of the retail merchants committee. Silsbee stores will be closed Christmas Day. Shoppers are reminded no parking meter charges on Saturday Dec 21 and Monday and Tuesday Dec 23 and 24.
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Sil
Rayford Birdwell
Chamber of Commerce
Silsbee
Schools To Close Friday For Christmas Holidays
Silsbee schools will dismiss for the Christmas holidays this Friday December 20. School will resume December 30 and 31 with January 1 observed as a one day holiday for the New Year. Holidays were shortened two days to recover time lost during the recent flu epidemic.
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Silsbee
Basket Fund Progress and Names for Review
Thomas E. Bell reports the annual Christmas Basket Fund collects about 200 for food toys and fruit. A list of around 50 names is under investigation as final applicants are gathered. Silsbee United Appeals drive advances with payroll deduction plans under consideration by local firms.
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Thomas E. Bell
Belly
Silsbee
United Appeals
Bell
Silshee
United Appeals Drive
Annual Junior High Christmas Cantata Pageant Tonight
The Silsbee Junior High presents The Everlasting Light cantata pageant tonight at 7 30 p m in the junior high auditorium. The choral group is directed by Mrs R A Neyland and the pageant group by Mrs D D McGowan and Mrs S A Wallace. Students from seventh to ninth grade perform in the choral and pageant sections.
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Silsbee
R. A. Neyland
D. D. McGowan
S. A. Wallace
Barbara Brown
Melba Calhoun
Jo Lynn Cook
Trudy Fontenot
Joy Fullingim
Dorothy Gilley
Carolyn Grant
Linda Green
Jean Gonzales
Joanna Humble
Clara Sue Johnson
Theresa Landry
Trudis McLaughlin
Lola Monasco
Cheryl Markham
Katherine Marshall
Dorothy Miller
Nan Miller
Marvel Moore
Pat Nolen
Donna Gail Pearce
Shirley Perry
Judy Wilson
Bernell Alexander
Carolyn Ba
Evadale Eagles overpower Silsbee Independents 90 to 34
The Evadale Eagles, led by Bobbit with 29 points and Robert Goins with 21, routed the Silsbee Independents 90 to 34 in a semipro game at Evadale High School. They also beat the Lions 69 to 36 and schedule another game for Monday at 7 30 in the Evadale gym.
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Evadale Eagles
Silsbee Independents
Evadale High School
Bobbit
Eagles
Robert Goins
Lions
Evadale
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Silsbee High School
Jack Hetherington
Tiger
Royal Purples of
Beaumont High
Council
Jack Owens
I Satan
God
Silsbee Bee
David Read
Richardson
Basket Fund
Ker
Nancy Brannan
Wanda Caraway
Carole Cabble
Cecile Cobble
Diane Creasy
Carmen Dominguez
Babette Landry
Bobby Jo Shepherd
Patsy Ann Tanton
Carolyn Turner
Kay Yoksh
Barbara Best
Vivian Sue Diletrich
Carolyn Hanley
Carolyn Johnson
Billie McNeely
Kathy McWhorter
Eloise Mathews
Joan Meyers
Joyce Rhea Miller
Paula Prewitt
Delores Register
Sue Shine
Harold Bean
Jimmy Brown
Lenora Brown
Sally Cole
Dee Cunningham
Ronny Domin
Howard Grant
Jola Griffith
Linda Grisham
J. N. Hare
Betty Hargraves
Jana Jackson
Portland James
Claude Jergins
Katherine Kelley
Mary Alice Long
Doris Fay Luckey
Barbara Milstead
Ronnie Nash
Marvin Parker
Vid Powers
Carolyn Purvis
Richard Ratliff
Margaret Robinson
Carol Sue Shutter
Wesley Simpson
Beverly Smith
Tommy Stansbury
Gail Thompson
Carolyn Walton
Carolyn Watts
Burthe Whitney
Ronald Woods
Donald Word
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