Silsbee Bee Local Newspaper Details and Staff
The Silsbee Bee lists its second class permit date April 19 1919 and mailing address at 410 Highway 96 Silsbee Texas 77656 with Thursday publication. It notes subscription rates 3 50 per year in Hardin Jasper Tyler Jefferson counties and 4 00 elsewhere and provides staff roles including co owners publishers Tomy Read editor ad manager Mrs Leona Whitman and mechanical and printing staff.
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Silsbee
Texas
Highway 96
Hardin
Jasper
Tyler
Jefferson
David Read
R. L. Read
Tommy Read
Leona Whitman
Harold Leigh
John S. Basye
James Johnson
S-—S
wYinter
Billy Joe Williams
Ssd
Primter
Pressman
Funds Sought for Resthaven Cemetery Caretaker
A fundraising drive seeks at least 600 to hire a caretaker for Resthaven Cemetery. Pete Farmer and Cecil Cobble report a prospective hire, with donations sent to Cecil Cobble at Silsbee State Bank or Pete Farmer at Farmer Funeral Home.
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Resthaven
Resthaven Cemetery
Pete Farmer
Cecil Cobble
Farmer
Mr. Cobble
Silsbee State Bank
Farmer Funeral Home
Jolly Blue Birds Meet at Richardson Home
The Jolly Blue Birds gathered Tuesday at leader Mrs. Daniel Richardson’s home for a business meeting and refreshments before visiting KKAS radio station. Mrs. Perritt assisted, and the group returned to the Richardson home where the meeting closed with the Blue Bird Wish.
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Jolly Blue Birds
Daniel Richardson
KKAS
Silsbee School Menus for Week January Thirty-First
Silsbee Public Schools list weekly menus from January 30 to February 3. Monday offers steak with rice and gravy, green beans, peanut butter cake, rolls and milk. Tuesday features hamburgers, shoestring potatoes, olives, fruit cobbler and milk. Wednesday serves roast beef, mashed potatoes, buttered English peas, pudding, rolls and milk. Thursday presents tamales with chili, pinto beans, cabbage slaw, prune muffins, cornbread and milk. Friday serves fried fish with catsup, French fries, fruited jello, rolls and milk.
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Silsbee
Friendly Blue Birds Meeting Teaches Friendship Skills
The Friendly Blue Birds led by Mrs. Jack Kills held a meeting with Geneva Colley calling order Tonya Morrison and Angela Colley taking roll Leigh McLaughlin guiding the pledge and Cindy Sparks directing singing and the Blue Bird wish. They made Valentines and Valentine pins. refreshments were served by Mrs. Phil Bailey. Next meeting set for February 14 with Susan Bailey as scribe.
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Friendly Blue Birds
Jack Kills
Geneva Colley
Tonya Morrison
Angela Colley
Leigh McLaughlin
Valentine
Cindy Sparks
Phil Bailey
Model Raceway Slot Track Opens in Silsbee Saturday
The Model Raceway, run by Mr and Mrs Clint Sherrell, opens Saturday at 10 am in the old Neyland Feed Store on South Third Street Silsbee. It offers a long track for 1 36 and 1 24 scale slot cars with up to eight cars racing at once. The facility plans to stock cars parts and modeling supplies.
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Model Raceway
Clint Sherrell
Silsbee
Neyland Feed
South Third Street
Texas
Sherrell
Cub Pack 201 Attends Supper
Sixty eight persons from Cub Pack 201 attended the annual Pot Luck Supper held Monday at the Harvest Club in Beaumont. The event honored scout leaders and plans were made for the Blue and Gold banquet on February 27 at Kirby Elementary School cafeteria.
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Cub Pack 201
Harvest Club
Beaumont
Pack 201
Robert Brunner
Kirby
Cafteria
Cub Scout Pack 88 Sets January Meeting Theme
Cub Scout Pack 88 will hold its regular January Pack meeting Tuesday at 7 p m in Cravens Hall First Methodist Church. The theme Highways To History will guide the session with Mrs John Meade and Den 9 leading the opening ceremony. E B Clark handles games and awards. Mrs Chuck Lambert and Den 1 present the skit. All Cub Scouts and parents invited.
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Cravens Hall
First Methodist Church
John Meade
Boys
Den 9
E. B. Clark
Chuck Lambert
Den 1
Saturday Singing at Loeb Church Draws Guests
Loeb Pentecostal Church hosts a Saturday singing event at 7 30 p m led by Rev E W Stanley with special singers from other churches invited to attend the public.
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Loeb Pentecostal
E. W. Stanley
Horizon Club Plans To Attend Conference
The Horizon Club met Tuesday afternoon in Cravens Hall with Brenda Wor as hostess. They prepared tray favors for Hardin Memorial Hospital and announced a rummage sale for April 21. Members discussed the Horizon Club conference in Beaumont March 17 18 19 with decorating plans by Okidaka and Tangasuta clubs.
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Tangasuta Horizon Club
Cravens Hall
Brenda Worthey
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kathy McCainey
Judy Sallender
Nancy Shine
Kay Sherrell
Kathy
Nan Hargrove
Beaumont
Okidaka
Tangasuta Horizon
Silsbee
Ann Duchamp
Ballots Mailed for C of C Directors in Silsbee
Ballots are being mailed to all Silsbee Chamber of Commerce voting members to elect five directors for three year terms. Ballots must be returned to the Chamber office by Saturday February 4.
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Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Chamber Board of Directors
Chamber
Lenox Hawthorne
C. R Lambert
Claude Cowart
S. M. Miears
Bob Herron
John E. Price
N. P. MacCarney
Leon Rabalais
Val Hickman
Jim Perlitz
R. L. Paret
Fred Perlitz
J. R. Sims
Rex Worley
E. T. Worthey
Allen Johnson
Earl Stover
John Meade
Nelson Long
Clifton Caraway
Weeklong County Jail Booking Totals Report
Hardin County Sheriff Henry Overstreet reports 35 people held at the county jail for Jan 19 to Jan 25. Drunks accounted for 10 overnight, five for drunkenness on arrival, plus four teens from a Silsbee party charged with illegal possession of alcohol. Other cases include one simple assault three hot checks one felony and four misdemeanor driving while intoxicated one disturbing the peace one felony theft and five traffic violations.
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Hardin County
Henry Overstreet
Silsbee
Panthers Aim to Even District Mark at Woodville
Panthers travel to Woodville for a 7 30 p m district game hoping to tie their 1 2 record after a previous win over Woodville. Jasper led the district with a 65 43 victory Tuesday as James Richardson scored 11 and Lownell Lowe 10 in the loss.
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Waldo Mathews Panther
Woodville
Panthers
Jasper
Waldo Mathews
James Richardson
Lownell Lowe
One Week Left For Alien Registration
Joe F. Staley of the Immigration and Naturalization Service announced a January deadline for aliens to report their addresses. He urged all non exempt aliens to file at their nearest post office or INS office, with guardians filing for children under 14. Willful noncompliance carries penalties.
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Joe F. Staley
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Post Office
Immigration and Naturalization Service Office
Stanley
Hen Lays Egg Inside Egg in Texas Farm
A Cornish Game hen owned by Mrs. John Ruggles of Silsbee laid a perfectly shaped egg that upon breaking revealed another smaller egg with a hard shell. The inner egg contained all elements of the original except for a single yolk.
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John Ruggles
Silsbee
Singers To Meet At Mt Nebo Church This Saturday
A monthly singing gathering is set for Saturday at 7 30 p m at Mt Nebo Baptist Church on Farm to Market Road 1943 along the Fred and Warren highway. Cake and coffee will be served.
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Mt. Nebo
Mt. Nebo Baptist Church
Farm To Market Road
Fred and Warren
Sha Te Ke Lo Camp Fire Meeting Preview
The Sha Te Ke Lo Camp Fire group met January 19 in the Fellowship Hall of the First Methodist Church with 11 girls. Betty Mitchell led the meeting and served refreshments as they practiced a skit for the January 26 gathering. Lois Ann Conner was scribe.
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Sha Te Ke Lo
Fellowship Hall
First Methodist Church
Betty Mitchell
Lois Ann Conner
St John’s To Begin Confirmation Classes
Rev. Garrett Wingfield of St. John’s Episcopal Church announced adult confirmation classes start February 1 at 7 30 p m and run eight weeks on Wednesdays. A children’s class for fifth grade and up starts February 1 at 4 p m with instruction and discussion on Christian topics.
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Garrett Wingfield
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Episcopal Church
Thanks for the sympathy in our loss of William Maxwell
The Maxwell family expresses sincere thanks for the food and kind expressions of sympathy. Special thanks to Brother Barclay and Dr. Copeland for their support during William Maxwell's loss.
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William Maxwell
Bro. Barclay
Dr. Copeland
Trail Riders To Fleet New Officers Saturday Night
The Silsbee Trail Riders met in the Chitty home and planned their officer election to be held at the fire hall after a 5 to 6 p m supper. Only current dues paid members may vote. A dessert is asked from families and a short business meeting precedes the election.
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Silsbee Trail Riders
L. F. Chitty
Delegates Attend Meet For Young Homemakers
Mrs Mercella McClain and Mrs Vera McKeithen served as delegates to the State Convention of Young Homemakers of Texas held Jan 13 14 in the Robert Driscoll Hotel Corpus Christi. They represent the Silsbee Chapter. The group will attend a workshop on Parlimentary Procedures in the Frank Robinson cafeteria sponsored by the Royal Cloverleaf Club, of which Mrs McKeithen is president.
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Mercella McClain
Vera McKeithen
Young Homemakers of Texas
Robert Driscoll
Corpus Christi
Silsbee
Young Homemakers of
Texas
Frank Robinson
Royal Cloverleaf Club
Catholics Schedule Chili Supper Friday
A chili supper will be at All Souls Catholic Church recreation hall this Friday from 5 to 8 PM. The event is open to the public and ticket funds will support the church's children's work.
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All Souls Catholic Church
Youth Week Observed By Negro First Baptist Church
National Youth Week will be observed by the Young People's Department of the Negro First Baptist Church on February 5. The theme is Cared To Be Human In a Broken World. Rev. S. Booker serves as pastor.
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Young People's Department of the
Negro First, Baptist Church
Rev. S. Booker
Methodist WSCS Plans Chicken Spaghetti Supper
The WSCS of First Methodist Church met with 17 members present. Mrs. Jack McAnulty led the program and final plans were set for the annual chicken spaghetti supper on February 2 from 5 to 7 30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall.
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WSCS
First Methodist Church
Jack McAnulty
William Maxwell Dies in Beaumont Former Resident
Funeral services for William Maxwell 58 of Beaumont were held Monday at Carroll Wallace Funeral Home with Rev Mouton Fletcher officiating. Burial followed at Knappie Cemetery in Silsbee. Maxwell a Silsbee native, 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason and past patron of the Order of Eastern Star, died Saturday at home. Survivors include his mother Mrs Allie Maxwell and sister Mrs Lettie Atwood of Silsbee.
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William Maxwell
Beaumont
Carroll Wallace Funeral Home
Mouton Fletcher
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Knapple
Silsbee
Maxwell
Order of Eastern Star
Allie Maxwell
Lettie Atwood
Worker gains SSDI eligibility with fewer credits
A worker who becomes blind before age 31 now needs fewer work credits under Social Security to qualify for disability benefits. Contact your local Social Security office for detailed information.
Public Notices Hardin County seeks depository designations
Hardin County Commissioners Court to designate county depositories for public funds at the February 13 1967 regular term. Notices reference Articles 2544 through 2554 ARCS and require bidders to submit sealed bids by 1 30 p m February 14 1967 for a 1953 Chevrolet Dump Truck and a 1959 Studebaker Pick-up. bids to be opened in the City Manager's office Silsbee Texas. Wayne DuBose City
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State OF Texas
Hardin
Hardin County
Commissioners’ Court
Mardin County
City Hall
P. O
Silsbee
Texas
Studebaker
Dardin Drive
T. Smith
City of Silsbee
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