International Paper Buys Large Woodland Acreage
International Paper's Southern Kraft division bought about 395000 acres in Arkansas Texas and Louisiana from Olin Mathieson. About 155000 acres lie in nine East Texas counties including Jasper and Newton with lumber facilities at Nacogdoches and Mansfield. The $33 million acquisition aims to build timber reserves for the Springhill mill and continue the replanting program in Jasper and Newton counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Kraft Division
International Paper Company
Arkansas
Texas
Louisiana
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation
Stanley Lindsey
The
Paper Company
East
Jasper
Newton
Mr. Lindsey
Liberty
Hardin, Jefferson
Polk
Nacogdoches
Mansfield
Lindsey
Springhill
Brown Paper Mill
Wildlife Association drafts East Texas charter
Howard Hargrove announced a rough draft of the East Texas Wildlife Protective Association charter at a Tuesday meeting at H and H Dry Goods Company. Membership remains open and interested hunters and anglers are invited to join, with weekly Friday meetings at 7 30 p m at H and H. No lease applications have been received yet but are expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Texas Wildlife Protective Association
H and H Dry Goods Company
East Texas
Howard Hargrove
H and H
Hargrove
Catalytic Unit To Be Installed At Recycling Plant
John C. Breaker of Houston announced by phone that a small catalytic reformer will be installed at the Sin clair operated recycling plant on the old Kountze highway. Construction should start within two months and take about two months to finish. The unit will upgrade gasoline to raise octane and require only two operators. It will be placed on ground owned by the plant operators with a relatively small cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kountze
John C. Breaker
Houston
Breaker
Former Local Resident Guy Z. Moore Dies in San Augustine
Funeral services were held in San Augustine for Guy Z. Moore, brother-in-law of Mrs. J. C. Jeffrey and Miss Juanice Bevil. Moore, a former Silsbee resident, died after a heart attack suffered Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Augustine
J. C. Jeffrey
Juanice Bevil
Guy Z. Moore
Moore
Silsbee
City Council weighing land trade near Brackin Texaco
Silsbee council recessed after a light session to study a proposed land exchange with Britton Cravens Lumber Co. to consolidate holdings near Brackin's Texaco bulk station. An option to buy the land may pass via C E Landolt Jr with a $10,000 Woodlea water sewer reimburse payment, partly borrowed, plus $3,662.49 financed. monthly bills totaled $1,789.31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee City
Britton Cravens Lumber Company
Burl Slaydon
Howard Hargrove
Brackin
Texaco
Britton and Cravens
C. E
Pete” Landolt, Jr
Sinclair Refining Company
Lumber Company
H. M. Jones
Evadale Realty Company
Woodlea Addition
Bill Pennington
Eastex Grants Pay Hikes After Union Negotiations
About 250 workers at East Texas Pulp and Paper received a five cent hourly wage raise in finishing and shipping as part of a union management settlement. The proposal to Pulp and Sulphite Workers and Neches Maintenance included the wage increase and job classification recognition, and union members approved the concessions in a Friday vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Texas Pulp and Paper
Bee
Pulp and Sulphire
Neches
B&PW Club Valentine Dance Set Saturday
Members of the Silsbee B and P W club host a Valentine dance Saturday night February 11 at the fire station. Joe Nixon's orchestra will provide music. Tickets are available from club members or at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B&pw
Valentine
Silsbee Business and Professional Women's Club
Joe Nixon
B&pw Club
Mrs Kalkamey and children to visit Rosenberg family
Mrs. C. W. Kalkamey and her children Kathy and Kurt of Rosenberg will arrive Thursday to spend the weekend with her sister Mrs. Sam Yawn Jr. and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Kalkamey
Kathy
Kurt
Rosenberg
Sam Yawn, Jr
Methodist Lenten Services Planned at First Church
The First Methodist church will host six Thursday Lent services beginning Feb 16 at 7 PM with visiting speakers from Beaumont and Port Arthur. Rev. Bruce O Power announces the program and a special Easter service is set for April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Bruce O. Power
Stewart Clendenin
D.D
Beaumont
Charles Williams
Trinity Methodist Church
Karl O. Bayer
Orange
D. L. Landrum
A. C. Bell
Methodist Temple
Port Arthur
Derwood Blackwell
Eastor North End Methodist Church
Margaret Shaw Heads Silshee Pythian Sisters
Margaret Shaw was installed Most Excellent Chief of Silshee Temple No. 8 Pythian Sisters for the coming year at Community Hall. Virgie Quisenberry named past chief with Louise Adams excellent senior and Frances Harvill junior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Shaw
Silshee Temple No. 8
Pythian Sisters
Virgie Quisenberry
Louise Adams
Frances Harvill
Dot Brown
Dewey Johnson
Irma Tucker
Ezman Stutts
Sue Yawn
Creola Oliver
Cecil Hoke
Quisenberry
Shaw
Hoke
Temple
Mrs. Brown
Harvill
Margaret Thomas
Ella Brown
Docket Setting for March Announced in 1956 District Court
The 88th District Court announces the March 1956 civil docket with trials set for March 20 at 9 a.m. including Doiron v Stogner and related cases. Second week on March 27 lists Preston Moore v Will McDonald and others. next session to begin in April 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
88Th District Court
Joseph J. Doiron
Johnnie Stogner
D. Adams
E. M. Prewitt
Floid Elkine
Texas General Indemnity Co
Kirby Lumber Corporation
George Williams
Southwestern Settlement and Dev. Corp
R. A. Tomlinson
Carl Goff
DBA Goff
King Co
Seymour Glenn
Leola Cleaver
Finance Co
Roy L Boyd
DBA Hardin Co
App
S. L. Kirkland, Sr
Lewis Alvin Anderson
Allied Building Credits, Inc
John M. Hargraves
Ben C. Jeter
the Schumacher Co
John Thomas Lin
Cub Scouts Blue and Gold Banquet Friday Night
Silsbee Cub Scouts hold their Blue and Gold banquet Friday at 7 30 in the senior high school cafeteria. All cubs and boy scouts in Silsbee wear uniforms to school and church this week Feb 6 12 National Boy Scout Week. Scouts will be recognized in Silsbee churches Sunday Feb 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Grandson of Local Couple to Star in Port Arthur Play
Noel Cowart, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Smith of Silsbee, will have a leading role in The Rainmaker with the Port Arthur Little Theatre Group. The senior at Thomas Jefferson High School in Port Arthur previously appeared in Death of A Salesman and Strange Bedfellows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noel Cowart
Ernie Smith
Silsbee
Port Arthur
Four Bluebird Groups Meet in Cravens Hall
The Merrie Jolly Chipper and Cheerie Bluebird groups met Monday afternoon in Cravens Hall at the First Methodist Church. They practiced songs and program parts as they prepare for the Dad Daughter banquet scheduled in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrie
Jolly
Chipper
Cheerie
Bluebirds
Cravens Hall
First Methodist Church
Taxpayer’s Dog Claimed as Dependent in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia taxpayer admitted two dependents at the district office one a mother in law and the other a dog. Further checks showed he had spent $50 more on dog support after being told the animal could not be claimed as a dependent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Mooney to retire as district attorney for 88th Judicial District
Allen Mooney of Woodville will not seek reelection as district attorney for the 88th Judicial District. He will complete his term and retire to private practice after serving about 15 or 16 years in public office. R S Coe of Kountze is the only announced candidate for the vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Mooney
Woodville
88Th District Court
Allan Shivers
The
Bee
88Th Judicial District
Mooney
Tyler County
R. S. Coe
Kountze
Free Picture Show At Community Hall Sponsored By Local Groups
The Knights of Pythias and the American Legion sponsor a free film night Friday at 8 in the Community Hall. Three movies, Blackhills of South Dakota Azalea Trail Through Mississippi and The Semi cruise Route Through Florida, are shown with films supplied by Continental Trailway Bus Line. Public invited per Phillip McKinney and Sam Cernigla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Knights of Pythias and
American Legion
Blackhills
South Dakota
Mississippi
Florida
Continental Trailway
Phillip McKinney
Knights of Pythias
Sam Cernigla
Ke M Wilson Jr Named Bankers Association President
KE M Wilson Jr executive vice president of Silsbee State Bank was elected president of the First District Texas Bankers Association at the Rice Hotel meeting. He and his wife joined Rex Worley Cecil Cobble and Wm A Barclay in Houston. Wilson is active in the Silsbee Chamber of Commerce Kiwanis and local civic groups. The Kiwanis Hot Cake Day will be held Saturday at the Junior High School Cafeteria from 4 to 8 pm to raise funds for high school baseball lights and child welfare programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Silsbee Lodge
A. F
A. M
G. F. Phillips
R. Bruce Brannan
Grand Lodge of Texas
Order In
Tom Wren
Wren
B. A. Rucker
Phillips
F. L. Choate
G. E. Dixon
Masonic
Texas
Dixon
Dr. Brannan
Choate
R. E. Barclay
Silsbee First Baptist Church
Kiwanis Club
Alf Fullingim
C. M. McKay
E. M. Prewitt
J.C. Perkins
Bill Pennington
Pillsbury Mills
Houston
Foremost Dairy of
Beaumont
Swift and Company of
Anheuser-Busch, Inc
Ed Nash
Pennington
J. C. Perkins
Carl Paramore
Pete Farmer
Melvin M Winger
McKay
E. M. Wilson, Jr
Silsbee State Bank
Texas Bankers Association
Rice Hotel
Wilson
Rex Worley
Cecil Cobble
Wm. A. Barclay
Silshee
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
City of
East Texas
Bankers Group
Jones and Neyland Seek City Posts in April Election
Mayor Dusty Jones and councilman A R Neyland filed affidavits to appear on the ballot for reelection. The city election is set for April 3 with a March 3 filing deadline. Other council seats held by Howard Hargrove H C Hopkins and successors Landolt and Slaydon are due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. “Dusty” Jones
A. R. Neyland
Howard Hargrove
H. C. Hopkins
C. E.pete Landolt Jr
Burl Slaydon
Stout Collier Seeks Reelection as Tax Assessor Collector
Stout Collier announced his candidacy for reelection to the office of tax assessor collector. He has served six years and seeks a fourth term of four years. Collier cited modern methods, an efficient staff, and a long local presence in Silsbee as reasons for continued support in the July primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stout Collier
Collier
Silsbee
Local Man Fined For Failing To Stop
A Silsbee man named John Holmes was fined $65.50 in Judge Louis Sellers justice court on a misdemeanor for failing to stop and leave information after hitting an unattended vehicle. He struck a parked car owned by Jack Evans on S Seventh Street near his home Monday night. police traced ownership via the license number from a following car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
John Holmes
Louis Sellers
Poll Tax Total Hits 6240 Ahead of Plate Sale Start
The sale of 1956 vehicle registration plates will begin around Feb 15 in the security tax assessor collector's office, announced by Stout Collier. Collier also reported the final poll tax revenue reached 6240 as of that date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stout Collier
Collier
Chance Loeb stock law proclaimed by judge
County Judge Fletcher Richardson signed a proclamation making the Chance Loeb justice precinct stock law effective in 30 days. Voters had earlier approved moving livestock off free range. Sheriff’s officers have begun enforcing in Commissioner’s Precinct One since February 4, closing the eastern Hardin County area to running at large livestock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chance-Loeb Justice
Fletcher Richardson
Chance-Loeb
Hardin County
Boy Scouts Plan Nonpartisan Get Out The Vote Campaign
The Boy Scouts prepare a nonpartisan get out the vote campaign in the community to encourage civic participation and inform members about upcoming elections. It emphasizes participation without advocating for any candidate or party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Carpenter seeks reelection to Texas state legislature
Frank H. Carpenter of Sour Lake announces his candidacy for a third term as state representative for the district comprising Hardin Polk and San Jacinto counties. He notes his two terms on four committees including Banks and Banking and State Affairs, praising the passage of the Securities Act and the Corporation Code while pledging to serve without favor to special interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Carpenter
Sour Lake
Flardin
Polk
San Jacinto
State Banking Department
Senate
State Affairs Committee
Oil, Gas and Mining
Carpenter
Hardin, Polk
Twenty Jailed In Week's Arrest Rountree Reports
Hardin county law enforcement arrested twenty people in the past week. Sheriff’s deputy Dave Rountree said 13 were drunken, two were DWI, one DWI second offense, one drunk in car, one disturbing the peace, and two simple assaults. Will T. Eddings was fined $50 and costs for driving while intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Dave Rountree
Sheriff's Office
Rountze
Will T. Eddings
Fletcher Richardson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Masonic Lodge
Helen Robinson
Wayne Robinson
Dallas
Texas Music Educators Association
Melvin Winger
Winger
Helen
Silsbee High School
International Paper
Wildlife Association
Eastex
Methodist Church
Silshee Pythian Sisters
Pate Calloway
George Hare
Oliver G. McPherson
E. C. Arnold
Frank Leslie Stephenson
James Green
George W. Graham
Carl C. Crow
H. E. Dishman
FE. R. Lilly
Howard L. Hollis
Sam McElroy
Herbert Christi
W. W. Mos
Ley
Tommy Jones
Employers Mutual Lia
Ins. Co
Wisconsin
Rayford Freeman
Et Ax
Kirby Lumber Corp
Ernest Singleton
Willie Mack Manning
Emp
Mutual Lia
Cub Scouts
Kiwanis
KE. M. Wilson, Jr
Banker's Association
Hance- Loeb
Frank Carpenter
Rountree
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