Planning Commission To Study Annexation
A Silsbee city council special meeting discussed annexation of Winters addition and part of Dardin drive area. The planning commission will study feasibility, elect a chairman, and prepare recommendations under city charter duties.
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Planning Commission
Silsbee City
Winters Addition
Dardin Drive
City Planning Commission
H. M. Jones
Tom Benson
A. E. Johnson
Darryl D. Shine
Purvis Crockett
A. Lincoln
Conley Bradshaw
Carey Williamson
Pennington
Austin
Pony League Plans Season Start At Monday Meeting
Plans for the coming baseball season and problems in the program will be discussed at a Pony League meeting Monday night at 7 oclock. The session will be held at Farmer Funeral Home and is led by president L J Ratliff with directors and all interested personnel invited.
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Pony League Baseball
Farmer Funeral Home
L. J. Ratliff
Silsbee School Board votes to call bond election
The Silsbee Independent School District board set a February 27 special meeting to propose a new 350 000 bond addition to finish the building program and cover gymnasium costs. Proposals follow rising costs since bids exceeded estimates and included 200 000 more needed plus 150 000 already voted.
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Silsbee Independent School District Board of Trustees
Hough
Piscal
Fender
Harris Finder
Tyler
Finder
Supt
Don Hovagh
Bruce Watts Jr
Ed Nash
Silxbee High School
City election set for mayor and two aldermen
City voters will elect a mayor and two aldermen on Tuesday April 2 with filing due by March 2. Positions held by Councilmen Pete Landolt and Burl Slaydon and Mayor H M Jones are up for election. Voting at the Silbee Fire Station 8 a m to 7 p m with L D Selfelection judge hiring assistants.
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Watts
Nash
Jo Anne Sarver
Fran Huey A. Owings Jr
Waldo Mathews School
Onnie Sells
Nellie Woodard
Ron McDonald
Alzettie Sharp
KE. M. Prewitt
H. No “Newt" Hopkins
Bill Pennington
Pete Landolt
Burl Slaydon
H. M. Jones
Silbee
Fuller Burglary Solved In Wyoming
Two men arrested in Wyoming confessed to the break in at Fuller's Hardware and Sporting Goods in Silsbee. Deputy Dave Rountree said the thieves were passing through and chose the store, stealing five shotguns and other items. Sheriff Whitaker planned to contact Wyoming authorities for more details.
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Wyoming
Fuller’s Hardware
Silsbee
Dave Rountree
Rountree
William Whitaker
Martin Luther film to be shown at First Baptist Church
The film Martin Luther, about the 16th century reformer, will be shown at First Baptist Church in Silsbee on Tuesday March 5 at 7 pm. Admission is free with a free will offering to cover expenses. The program outlines Luther’s defiance of indulgences, his excommunication, and the birth of the Protestant Reformation.
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Martin Luther
First Baptist Church
Silsbee
Luther
Charles V
Germany
Frederick
Saxony
Ausburg
Leo X
Europe
Silsbee Boxing Show Tops By Golden Gloves Champs
Boxing in Silsbee features John Nolan against Norman La Fleur, a Golden Gloves welterweight champion from Port Arthur, in the main bout. Carl Bonner meets Murl Bishop, with local prospects Smokey Skinner and others set to face Beaumont Orange and Port Arthur fighters. Local gym upgrades and volunteer support highlight the event at the Youth Club gym on North Fifth Street with a 20 by 20 foot portable ring.
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Silsbee
John Nolan
Norman la Fluer
Port Arthur
Nolan
George Vena
Vena
Beaumont
LaFleur
Fort Worth
North Fifth Street
Burke Hargrove
Plans Shaping Up For Annual Chamber Banquet
The Silsbee Chamber of Commerce banquet plans advance with a secured speaker Dr. Robert Montgomery TEXAS University Economics head and noted lecturer committees named to finish arrangements Earl Stover announces committee members Yankie Wilson Hough Prewitt The event likely at the Junior High cafeteria with a ladies night program and tickets to go on sale soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Robert Montgomery
Economics Department
Texas University
Lester D. Self
Earl Stover
L. A. Yankie
E. M. Wilson, Jr
Don L. Hough
E. M. Prewitt
Chamber of Commerce
Boat Club Auxiliary met in Silsbee with 12 members
The Silsbee Boat Club Auxiliary gathered at Mrs. Marie Edwards home on February 7 with 12 members. The meeting opened with a prayer and games followed the business segment. The next meeting is scheduled for March 7 at Mrs. Melba Gore’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Boat Club
Marie Edwards
Melba Gore
Little League Directors Meet Tonight at 7 30
Silsbee Little League officers and directors will gather at 7 30 in Hardin County Savings and Loan offices to discuss sponsor changes. Three sponsors Crockett Gil Chr iest Silsbee Dry Goods and the Fire Department withdraw their support, while Jeffcoat Feed Seed and Hardware Loeb Morris Pharmacy will sponsor, with one more to be found.
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Silsbee Little League
Hardin County Savings and Loan
Sam Cerniglia
Cerniglia
Crockett and Gilchriest
Silsbee Dry Goods
Fire Department
Jeffcoat Feed, Seed and Hardware of
Loeb and
Morris Pharmacy
Silsbee
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Juanita Fay Eason
C. J. Eason
Spurger Hghway
Hotel Dieu
Farmer
Tennison Clinic
David Read
J. W. Moffett
Double R
Smokey
Bolivar Peninsula
Bob
Will Wilson
Council
Pony League
Kountze
Silsbee Auto Company
Alf Fullingm
Silsbee Auto
Hardin County Grand Jury
Willis Selman
Frank Robinson
Fresenius Road
Waldo Mathews
Frank Beasley
Ray Tarver
Dam B
Mr. Beasley
Mr. Tarver
Boat Club Auxiliary
Little League
Capitol
Roger Ratliff
Allen Johnson
Washington, D. C
Paul McClinton
National Congress
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