Beagle-type dog sought after rabies bite incident
Silsbee police hunt a medium sized black beagle type male dog with a white tail tip and white throat markings suspected of biting Kathy Sayers four and her father R M Sayers of Kountze on New Years Day. The dog wore no collar and escaped after being brought to Silsbee for impounding he may have bitten other children. Call City Hall if found.
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Silsbee
Kathy Sayers
R. M. Sayers
Kountze
Mr. Sayers
Silsbee City Hall
Poll Taxes On Sale At Courthouse For 1959 Elections
Poll taxes for 1959 elections are now on sale in the tax assessor collector's office at the courthouse. No deputies yet for towns but expected soon. Deadline to pay is January 31. Off year with potential bond stock law and local option votes. Silsbee election for mayor two councilors and ISD school trustees also planned.
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Counts ‘Court House
Tax Assessor Collector's Office
Silsbee
Silsbee Independent
Second Annual Basketball Tournament Starts Today
Silsbee high school hosts its second annual invitational with 14 teams over three days at the local gymnas ium. Key matchups include Buna vs Port Neches Indians and Silsbee facing Evadale Rebels as French High defends the title against Kountze.
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Silsbee High School
Cougars
Buna
Port Neches Indians
Silshee Tigers
Port Neches
Evadale Rebels
French High
Beaumont
Kountze
Silsbee
South
Fishermen Safe As Boat Sinks In Neches Sunday
Four Silsbee fishermen were rescued after their boat sank in the Neches River near Evadale. The craft struck a submerged snag, tearing a hole and sinking in seconds, leaving three men clinging to fuel tanks and an air pocket as a nearby houseboat rescue crew pulled them to safety.
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Neches
Silsbee
Raymond McGallion
Bill Dinkle
Bill Sellers
Bob McClelland
Evadale
Highway Bridge
Dinkle
McClelland
McGashon
Sellers
Pete Bruce
Harry James Newbold
McGallion
Former Silsbee Resident Dies In Lufkin Sunday
Cecil N Millican 60 of Lufkin a former Silsbee barber died Sunday after an extended illness Funeral services were held Tuesday at Gipson Funeral Home chapel in Lufkin with Dr Arthur DeLoach officiating Interment followed at Memorial Park Lufkin He was a native of Carmona Texas member of First Baptist Church He is survived by his widow Ovis Millican of Durkin two sons Cecil Eugene Millican of Alexandria Louisiana and J A Buddy Millican of Lufkin a brother Prentice Millican of Beaumont three sisters Mrs Johnny Cheshier Honey Island Mrs T H Hurt Jasper and Mrs Belle Simms Torrance California and one granddaughter.
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Cecil N. Millican
Lufkin
Silsbee
Gipson Funeral Home
Arthur DeLoach
Memorial Park
Millican
Carmona
Texas
First Baptist Church
Ovis Millican
Durkin
Cecil Eugene Milhean
Alexandria
J. A
Buddy) Millican
Prentice Millican
Beaumont
Johnny Cheshier
Honey Island
T. &S. Hurt
Jasper
Belle Simms
Torrance
Calif
Alpine visitors reunite with Reeves after seven years
Mrs Edell Young of Alpine Texas visits with Rev and Mrs A H Reeves and the Reeves family in Sour Lake. Mrs Young and Mrs Reeves are among ten sisters who had not seen each other in seven years.
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Edell Young
Alpine
Texas
Jody Ussery
Oakdale
D. T. Howell
Sour Lake
A. H. Reeves
Young
Reeves
Three Hurt In Silsbee Area Truck Collision
Three Silsbee residents in a pickup were seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash with a pulpwood truck about 10 a.m. Wednesday near the Odem grocery on Spurner Highway. Injured were Mr. and Mrs. Cheatham Gordon and Ogden Richardson. They were taken to Tennison’s Clinic then Baptist hospital in Beaumont after emergency care. Driver Budge Levins of the pulpwood truck was unhurt. No charges were filed.
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Silsbee
Odem
Spurner Highway
Cheatham Gordon
Ogden Richardson
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Ira Moore
Moore
Gordon
Jim Connor
Jasper Bulldogs Top Tigers 56 41 On Tuesday
Jasper leads wire to wire as they beat the Silsbee Tigers 56-41 in Jasper. Bulldogs enjoy a 28-16 halftime edge and hold off a second half rally led by Billy Bruce Caraway with 12 points and Johnny Johnson with nine for Silsbee.
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Silsbee Tigers
Port Neches
Jasper Bulldogs
Jasper
Bulldogs
Tigers
Billy Bruce Caraway
Johnny Johnson
McMahon Named Honorable Mention on AAA All District
Silsbee fullback Mike McMahon earned honorable mention on the AAA backs list and was selected for both offensive and defensive all district teams. Teammate Marvin Gordon made the all district offensive linemen, Jimmy Turk joined the defensive eleven, and Larry Wilson also received honorable mention on the mythical all district team.
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Mike McMahon
Silsbee
McMahon
Marvin Gordon
Jimmy Turk
Larry Wilson
Services Held Here Friday For James R. Simpson
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Friday in Woodrow Baptist church for James Richard Simpson 20 who died in a Beaumont hospital after a short illness. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs W R Simpson of Silsbee and grandmother Mrs Louisa Neely of Conroe. burial in Village Mills cemetery.
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James R. Simpson
Woodrow Baptist Church
James Richard Simpson
Beaumont Hospital
B. G. Roberts
W. R. Simpson
Silsbee
Louisa Neely
Conroe
Village Mills Cemetery
Farmer Funeral Home
G. E. Simpson
Joe Simpson
Ellis Simpson
Frank Simpson
Gerald Stackpole
Leroy Fuller
Oddfellows Install New Officers in Lodge Ceremony
Blue Bonnet Oddfellow Lodge held a Tuesday night officer installation in the Oddfellow Hall with W. Churchwell, grand deputy, as Installing Officer. Elected officers for the term were T. L. Smith as noble grand, R. W. Wooley as vice grand, Gilbert Henley as secretary, and W. J. Manning as treasurer, plus eight appointive officers. The group meets weekly in the hall on Roosevelt Drive.
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Blue Bonnet Oddfellow Lodge
Oddfellow
W. ©. Churchwell
T. L. Smith
Noble Grand
R. W. Wooley
Gilbert Henley
W. J. Manning
Oddfellow Hall
Roosevelt Drive
Shriners Collect $476 In Street Drive For March of Dimes
Silsbee East Texas Shrine Club members raised $476.05 on the first day of street collections for the March of Dimes aided by Rainbow girls. This Saturday Lions club members will lead the drive. Silsbee Key Club placed coin collectors around town for January campaign.
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Silsbee
East Texas Shrine Club
Rainbow Girls
Silsbee Lions Club
Silsbee Key Club
Silsbee Letter Looks Toward Alaska And Western Travels
The writer reflects on recent cold snaps in Southeast Texas and recalls boat projects and garden setbacks. He hints at a future summer trip, eyeing Alaska and the Alcan Highway, while dreaming of mountain highways, Yellowstone, the Going to the Sun, and Lake Louise, and promises to seek maps and literature for planned travels.
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Texas
Yellowstone National Park
Montana
Grand Tetons
Lake Louise
Canada
School Census To Be Taken Here in Silsbee ISD
The Silsbee Independent School District will conduct a school age census in January. Superintendent Don L. Hough urges full parental cooperation for accurate counting and asks parents to sign and return census forms. Parents with six year olds by Sept 1, 1959 may contact elementary principals for forms. The board appointed Hough as census enumerator and principals as census trustees.
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Silsbee Independent School District
Supt
Don L. Hough
Hough
Dinner and Style Show To Aid Polo Fund
Silkbbee members of the March of Dimes drive sponsor a chicken pot pie dinner and style show in the Junior High School cafeteria at 7 p.m. Dinner is served 6 to 8 p.m. Maida's Shoppe provides outfits for the show with Ludus Club assisting under sponsor Mrs. Betty Ann Mitchell.
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Silkbbee
March of Dimes
Maida's
Ludus Club
Betty Ann Mitchell
County Sells Bonds and County Officials Address Pay Raises
Hardin County reports a quiet week with seven arrests and two county court cases including four drunks two car thefts one drunk in car and one aggravated assault. Bonds worth 200000 sold at 2.90 percent to Columbia Securities Corporation. New county officials sworn in, Deputy counts discussed. Willie Bean seeks nine deputies and across the board raises which commissioners deny citing county finances.
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Hardin County
Donald Allums
Fletcher Richardson
Carlton Brewster
Clarence McNeely
Willie Bean
Tom Burch
Tom Wick
J. C. Haynes
Willis Selman
Louis Sellers
D. W. “Rocky” Richardson
Dave Rountree
Barney McNight
Elmer Warren
Commissioners’ Court
Weaver Returns Home After Fracas Misreported Shooting
B. B. Weaver, 51, of Silsbee, who was hospitalized after a fracas here involving a gun wielded by Dumas Hooks, has returned home and is on the mend. Earlier reports claimed he was shot. police say he was struck in the head with a 99 rifle.
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B. B. Weaver
Silsbee
Dee
Dumas Hooks
Weaver
Grads Tarver
Kountze Woman Buried After Short Illness
Funeral services for Annie Lydia Anderson 56 of Kountze were held Tuesday at Glad Tidings Assembly of God in Silsbee with Rev Colvin officiating. She died Monday at Hardin County Hospital after a short illness. A Warren native she is survived by husband Theodore Andersen two sons, one daughter, two brothers, and one sister.
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Annie Lydia Anderson
Kountee
Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church
Silsbee
Colvin
Mrs. Martha Williford Buried in Hooks Cemetery
Funeral services for Martha Allums Williford 43 of Houston were held at the First Baptist Church of Kountze. She died Friday after a several months illness and is buried in Hooks Cemetery beside her parents and past generations. Survivors include her husband Reavis R. Williford and three children in Houston, two sisters, three brothers, with pallbearers named and arrangements by Farmer Funeral Home of Silsbee.
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Martha Allums Williford
Houston
First Baptist Church
Kountze
Williford
Texas
Old Hooks
Reavis KR
Bonnie Lee
John
Martha Ann
Stuart Wier
Kurt Lamprecht
Beaumont
Don Allums
Weldon Allums
Orange
Ogden Allums
Santa Rosa
Calif
Keith Foreman
Lyn Powers
Wilgert Spanberg
Junior Donalson
Thomas & Hooks
Carter Work
Roark
Jimmy Michael
Farmer Funeral Home of
Silsbee
Lindsey Undergoes Surgery in Hardin County Hospital
A KK or local report notes that KR. LL. Lindsey underwent surgery during a medical day in Hardin County Hospital. The event is recorded as a health care update with no further medical details available.
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KR. LL. Lindsey
Hardin County Hospital
Junior Quintet Takes Orange Port Neches Next
Silsbee junior high defeated Carr High of Orange 41 to 32 in a basketball game. The junior squad rallied from an eight point deficit in the final three minutes to win 23 to 21 in the junior high matchup. They head to Port Neches Thursday and begin the Nederland tournament Friday.
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Silsbee Junior High
Carr Jumper High
Orange
Port Neches
Nederland
Silsbee
Orange Ih
Tarver
Billy
Barker
Earl R. Griffith 54 Dies in Beaumont
Earl R. Griffith of Beaumont died Friday after a short illness at Baptist Hospital. He was 54 and a Gulf States Utilities supervising engineer. Funeral services were Sunday at Roberts-Pipkin-Brulin Chapel Beaumont with burial in Magnolia Cemetery. Survivors include wife Ruth two sons Carl and Earl one daughter Carol mother Mrs Lloyd Griffith and five grandchildren.
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Beaumont
Earl R. Griffith
Baptist Hospital
Gulf States Utilities Company
Griffith
Pinehurst
Texas
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Thomas McKee
Baptist Church
Hampshire
Bruce O. Power
Maginolia Cemetery
Robert W. Haynes
Ellie Prejjean
W. A. White
C. Watler
W. A. Whitsten
Horace Eddy Henry Zahn
Fau Redden
C. &. Thomas
Ruth
Carl R
Ear L
Dallas
Carol
Avery Visit Highlighted By Marshall Couple
Mr and Mrs Ed D Avery of Marshall were in Rome over the weekend visiting relatives and the Rome family. The trip underscored family ties as reported in local social notes.
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Ed D. Avery
Marshall
Rome
Ery
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Columbia Securities Corporation of
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