Busy start for Hardin County Commissioners in Kountze
Hardin County commissioners began the year with a packed session in Kountze. They awarded a sheriff vehicle contract to Dick Mize Motor Co of Sour Lake, signed a bridge removal deal with Berry Brothers, approved bonds for new officials, hired a secretary, and addressed curb and gutter costs and right of way matters including Saratoga and Segno road maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Kountze
Dick Mize Motor Company
Sour Lake
Wanda Glasscock
Silsbee
Highway Department
Saratoga
Lawrence Fillingim
R. J. Crow
Ben Williams
Segno
Honey Island
Television Telethon Aids March of Dimes Effort
A KFDM-TV telethon to raise funds for the March of Dimes runs Saturday from 1 PM to 1 AM and Sunday 9 AM to 1 PM. Silsbee High School orchestra led by Melvin Winger performs. polio survivor Charlotte Ann Kirby appears. Fire department auxiliary staff the phones. donations collected by local volunteers. Officials will announce a Silsbee contact number for giving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Wilson
Silsbee High School
Melvin Winger
Charlotte Ann Kirby
Silsbee
Albert Sharp Joins Silsbee Police Force
Albert Sharp, 24, a Silsbee native, is hired as patrolman by Police Chief Grady Tarver. His duties start Thursday Jan 3, replacing Raymon Cowart who resigned in December. Sharp has lived in Silsbee, attended local schools, and previously worked at East Tex Pulp and Paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Sharp
Silsbee
Grady Tarver
Tarver
Sharp
Raymon Cowart
East Texas Pulp and Paper
Roosevelt) Drive
11Th Street
Santa Fe
News of Christmas and New Year Guests Across Port Arthur
Numerous families and relatives visited over the holidays in Port Arthur and nearby towns. Names include the Cheathams Houston Davis Galveston Dische Burns and many others visiting from El Paso Fort Worth Orange Beaumont and Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Cheatham
Jessie Lee, Jr
Houston
Cecil Cheatham
V. C. Shaffer
Darrell Luke
Beaumont
Otis Davis
Galveston
J. T. Cawley
D. E. McCrohan
Danice
Ira Ogden
San Angelo
Texas
Don Lee Hawthorne
Port Arthur
Charles Harper
Lonnie Jones
Orange
F. H. Hemmingway
A. V. Hamilton
el Paso
Edward Hemmingway
St. Therese Hospital
C. B. Moye
A. W. Hanley
Texas University
Austin
Johnny Johnson
Gulfport
Miss
N. B. Johnson
F. L. McClanahan
C. P. Gilman
A. E. Bush
Baby
Terese Sullivan
Harlingen
C. C. Dubose
Doyce McNeil
Fort Worth
O. L. Redmond
R. L. Stone
G. M. O’quinn
High Island
Lillian Stone
Donald E. Smith
R. L. Lindsey
D. O. Bledsoe
J. T. Lindsey
D. W. Marsh
W. T. Dean
Howell Dean
Flora Hooker
G. W. Meek
Norman Lindsey
Thelma Royer
A. L. Clark
Maude Lindsey
W. D. Fitzgerald
Sherri
Kenneth E. Busby
Pensacola
Florida
J. C. Busby
Curtis McClanahan
Byron McClanahan
Karen Churchwell
Ronnye Churchwell
Lake Charles
Air Force
Paul’s Valley
Oklahoma
W. O. Churchwell
John Moody
Bill Mask
Electra
Joe Combs
J. E. Mask
Raymond Beddingfield
Chilren
Glenn Beddingfield
Angleton
R. N. Beddingfield
H. M. Tennis
Shriners Launch March of Dimes Drive Saturday
Sim Ward announces the Shriners street collection drive for the March of Dimes begins this Saturday January 5. Allen Cleaners serves as headquarters with Mrs Tom K Allen present all day. This is the first of four Saturdays with other groups assisting on later weekends.
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Sim Ward
Shriners Street
Allen Cleaners
Tom K. Allen
Shriners
Ward
Juniors Work Over Holidays On Ghost Road Play
The junior class put in holiday hours to ready Ghost Road set in an Arizona Mexico border desert. Cast members Wayne Francis Bobby Ford Douglas Tanner Peggy Brookins Barbara Reddell Bill Haynes Frank Short Joyce Wood and crew Jimmy Armour Kenneth Lineman Ed Hendrix built painted and rehearsed with production staff led by Janet Jackson Lola Mathews Janice Sampson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona-Mexico
Wayne Francis
Bobby Ford
Douglas Tanner
Peggy Brookins
Barbara Reddell
Bill Haynes
Frank
Mr Fouts
Janet Jackson
Lola Mathews
Janice Sampson
Ed Hendrix
Martha McMurray
Linda Craft
Book Holder
Tommie Favors
Douglas Arnold
Virginia McClelland
Patricia Register
Velma Creel
Doris Hanley
Betsy Brown
Ella Meadows
Jerry Skinner
Linda Hardison
Sue Tarver
Beulah Bryant
Linda Ward
Jean Cook
Claudine Watts
Joyce Wood
Lula Belle Eason
Nadine Foster
Beverly Verdine
Dean Marshall
Mickey Nash
Wanda Smith
Truman Ward
East Texas game fish meeting set for January 9 10
A discussion of a game and fish conservation program for Hardin county will be held January 9 and 10. Howard Dodgen head of the state game and fish commission will speak in Silsbee at Cravens Hall and at the high school auditorium with East Texas Wildlife Conservation Association urging a large turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Howard Dodgen
State Game and Fish Commission
Howard Hargrove
East Texas Wildlife Conservation Association
East Texas
Hargove
Dodgen
Cravens Hall
First Methodist Church of
Silsbee
Game and Fish Commission
City-Wide Religious Census Set for January 13 in Silsbee
The Silsbee Ministers Fellowship will conduct a city wide religious census January 13 between 2 and 5 p.m. Volunteers will visit every city limit household to collect names religious preferences and related details to aid local churches. Rev Bruce Power president and Rev Kent Newman director urged non affiliated churches to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Kent Newman
Power
Full Gospel Church to Host Guest Speaker Friday
Special services will be held at the Full Gospel Church located 214 miles north of Silsbee on Friday January 4 at 7 30 p m Rev J H Rohwedder of Beaumont will be the guest speaker Mrs Geneva Busley pastor invites the public to attend
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Full Gospel Church
Silsbee
J. H. Rohwedder
Beaumont
Geneva Busley
Final Rites Held Here For James H. Cook in Silsbee
Funeral services for James Henry Cook 82 a longtime Silsbee native were held Monday at the First Pentecostal church with Rev W H Dunn and Rev R K Barclay officiating. Burial was in Knapple cemetery with Farmer Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include son Hebert Cook four sisters two brothers and four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Henry Cook
Silshee
Hardin County Hospital
Mr. Cook
Jim
East
Texas
Hebert Cook
Silsbee
First Pentecostal Church
W. H. Dunn
RK. EK. Barclay
First Baptist Church
Knapple Cemetery
Farmer Funeral Home
Keith Cook
French Cook
David Cook
Harris Puntis
Ray Boulware
Plemage Woodard
Cook
Lottie Sharp
Nora Salyer
Minnie Woodard
Minnie Courts
Albert Cook
Dan Cook
Sleepy Sanford Seeks Uniforms for League Teams
Sleepy Sanford at Silsbee Auto Company asks Pony League Braves and Gulf Oilers Little League players who kept last year’s uniforms to return them. Uniforms will be cleaned and pressed before next season begins.
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Pony League Braves
Gulf Oilers
Sleepy Sanford
Silsbee Auto Company
Sanford
Local Youth Mends after Two Car Crash Saturday
Walter B. Jenkins age 17 and J. R. Hunter 52 from Silsbee were injured in a two car crash Saturday on Farm Highway 92 two miles north of Silsbee. Jenkins sustained a fractured skull and faced charges for passing without clearance and driving without a license while receiving care at Beaumont and Parker and Cope land Clinic. Hunter received treatment for five broken ribs and facial lacerations at Dr. Ensign's clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter B. Jenkins
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Highway
Grady Tarver
J. R. Hunter
Silsbee
Hunter
R. E Ensign
Ensign
Jenkins
Wade Parker
Parker and Copeland Clinic
Young Jenkins
Chief Tarver
Ira Moore
Lester Parks
C. 5S
Sherrell
Area Aliens Must Report Addresses In January
Houston immigration officials announce that alien address report forms will be available January 1 at the Houston office and local post offices for about 18 thousand aliens. Penalties for noncompliance include a fine up to 200 dollars, jail, and deportation. Each alien should visit a nearby office in January to obtain and return the completed form. do not mail the card yourself.
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Houston Immigration
Houston Immigration Office
Owens
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Eight Fire Alarms Sounded During Holiday Period
Silsbee volunteer firemen answered eight alarms over the holidays. Fire Chief John Busby reported one house destroyed and several brush, woods, and grass fires with minor house fire. Incidents include a Red Cut home loss on Dec 16, a bathroom heater fire at P D Harrison on Dec 17, a vacant lot trash fire on Dec 24, woods fires near Spurger Road on Dec 27 and 28, a Cook Road trash fire on Dec 31, and a Creosote Plant trash blaze on Dec 31 with no damage.
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Silsbee
John Busby
B. Hatton
Red Cut
P. D. Harrison
Dainwood Drive
Woods
Spurger Road
Earl Woodard's
Cook Road
Silsbee Creosote
Walters improves after mill accident in Beaumont
Benford Walters, injured in a Tex paper mill accident on Dee Ty, shows improvement and can receive visitors. He is in room 217 at Hotel Dieu hospital in Beaumont, per his father-in-law John Busby this week.
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Benford Walters
Dee
John Busby
Walters
Hotel Dieu Hospital
Beaumont
Presbyterian Circle Holds First Meeting of the Year
The Day Circle of the First Presbyterian Church met Wednesday at 9:30 in Mrs. Joe Savage's home with five members. Mrs. R. A. Yoksh led the devotional. The next gathering is scheduled for February 6 at 9:30 a.m. in Mrs. H. J. Bourgeois's home.
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First Presbyterian Church
Joe Savage
R. A. Yoksh
H. J. Bourgeois
Cook's Bluff Home Demonstration Club Meeting Notice
The Cook's Bluff Home Demonstration Club will meet at Mrs. H Riley's home on Thursday January 10 at 1 30. County agent Miss Ruth Causey will attend to present.
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Cook's Bluff Home
H. ©. Riley
Ruth Causey
Sinclair Pipe Line Buys Silsbee Hull Pipeline
Sinclair Pipe Line Company of Independence Kansas became sole owner of the Silsbee Hull crude systems in Texas on December 31. The combined system spans 93 miles of gathering lines and 56 miles of trunk lines moving about 20 000 barrels per day to facilities serving Houston Beaumont and Port Arthur. Previously Sinclair held fractional interests acquired from the American Petroleum Company in 1955 and the latest purchase was from Atlantic Pipe Line Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinclair Pipe Line Company
Independence
Kansas
Silsbee-Hull Crude Systems
Texas
Silsbee-Hull Systems
Silsbee
Sour Lake
Sinclair Pipe Line
Houston
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Silsbee System
Hull
American Petroleum Company
Atlantic Pipe Line Company
Henrietta Butler Is First Baby Of 1957 In County
Henrietta Butler, a daughter of Mr and Mrs I M Butler Jr of Silsbee, was born January 2 in Hardin County Hospital. She is reported as the first baby of 1957 in Hardin County by the Bee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta Butler
Henrietta
I. M. Butler, Jr
Silsbee
Hardin County Hospital
Hardin County
The
Bee
Local births listed for families in Hardin County area
A series of birth announcements from Hardin County Hospital and nearby towns detail newborns and parents. Elizabeth Jean Dische. Caroll Douglas Gandy. Marion Douglas Almond. Gary Wade Oliver. Debbie Laverne White. Dorothy Elizabeth Million. Mary Magdalene Rodriguez. a daughter of Leon Rogers. Jan 2 births to James McMillan and Dan Busby family entries.
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Marion H. Almond
Silsbee
Marion Douglas
Hardin County Hospital
Gary Wade
William A. Oliver
James C. Whitehead
Buna
Debbie Laverne
Dee
Thomas M. Million
Dorothy Elizabeth
Mary Magdalene
Jose Rodriguez
Leon Rogers
Rhonda Cheryl
Stanley Lindsey
Also Mentioned on This Page
Earl Stover
Lan
March of Dimes
Leona Whitman
March of Dimes Drive
Old City
James H. Cook
Presbyterian Circle
Cook’s Bluff
Silsbee-Hull
Ralph Dische
Elizabeth Jean
Irby Hyde
Walter R. Gandy
Evadale
Caroll Douglas
William Clark
Gene McMicken
John Farris
Raymond Kirkland
Snyder
Travis Pattillo
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