Silsbee Council Probes Sewer Contract Oversight
The Silsbee city council held a called meeting to scrutinize sewer pipe procedures with project engineer Dave Perrell and city inspectors. Councilmen Georgas and Hopkins pressed that inspectors be present on site, questioned tamping methods, and discussed who bears costs for potential line repairs.
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Silsbee
Dave Perrell
Charles R. Haile
Roosevelt Drive
Highway 418
Frank L. McClanahan
Hopkins
John Fordinal
Bert Slaydon
Georgas
Perrell
Joe Elizondo
Jimmy Pinel
Martin McKinney
Silsbee Businesses To Close Saturday For July Fourth
The Silsbee Chamber of Commerce announced most shops will close Saturday for the Fourth of July celebration. Workers plan fishing camping and picnicking. Safety officials urged extra caution for drivers to prevent accidents.
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Silsbee
Chamber of Commerce
Sagstetters Golden Anniversary Nuptial Mass July 11
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sagstetter of Silsbee celebrate 50 years of marriage with a July 11 nuptial mass at All Souls Catholic Church at 10 AM and a reception 11 AM to 2 PM. The couple, active in civic and church life since 1922, have six children, 10 grandchildren, and one great grandchild, with many relatives expected to attend.
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Louis Sagstetter
North Sixth Street
Silsbee
All Soul's Catholic
L. J. Sagstetter
Wabash
Ind
United States
Mexico
Emma Marie Rabin
St. John’s Catholic Church
Shreveport
Beaumont
Santa Fe
Jeanerette
Sugstetter
Silsbee Parent Teachers Association
Hardin County
Church Altar Society
Robert Louis Sagstetter
Fort Worth
William J. Sagstetter
Houston
Louise Marie (Sagstetter) Adleman
Peoria
Delmar Lawerence Sagstetter
Jerry Ann (Sagsstetter) Smith
Tucson
Ariz
Raymond Edward Sagstettter
Jare
Robert Louis Sagstetter Jr
Bobbie Frances (Sagstetter) Jones
Wichita
Kan
Karen Rose
Randall
Legion
Post Office To Close For July Fourth Observance
Assistant Postmaster F B Dardin announced the post office will be closed all day Saturday for the Fourth of July. No regular deliveries or window service. Mail will be dispatched as usual with only special deliveries proceeding.
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F. B. Dardin
Council Hears Talk On Subdivision Regulations
Silsbee deliberations on subdivision rules featured Houston engineer Joe B. Dannenbaum arguing eased requirements for plats and cost sharing. He urged shifting engineering specs to city departments, reducing public hearings, and noted Houston practices on easements, sewer and water costs, and paving responsibilities.
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Council
Silsbee
Joe B. Dannenbaum
Houston
Dannenbaum
Houston Water Department
Houston Homebuilders Association
Silsbee Homebuilders
Val Hickman
Cit
David Perrell
Charles R Haile Associates, Inc
Clyde L Drake Installed Head of Masonic Lodge
Clyde L Drake was installed as worshipful master of the Masonic Lodge Friday at 7 30 p m in the Masonic Temple. Jack Harris was installing officer with J P Vogel of Beaumont as installing marshal. Other officers named include Donald L Webb Roy Huff L M Prather and F L Choate.
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Clyde L. Drake
Masonic Lodge
Masonic Temple
Jack Harris
J. P. Vogel
Beaumont
Marshall
Donald L. Webb
Roy Huff
L. M., Prather
F. L. Choate
John Kirby
Thomas B. Hooks
J. Keith Gary
Allen Freeman
L. B. Hanks Jr
Y. M. Evans
P. A. Parsley
Saratoga election suit continues in Kountz
The 462 to 460 contest over E. F. Cotten’s Saratoga commissioner race against Houston Fields moved forward with Fred Bear of Thicket on the stand. Three challenged votes were ruled legal and three illegal, all from disabled voters. If illegal ballots could change the outcome, ballot boxes may be opened to inspect casting, prolonging the trial into next week.
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Fred Bear
Thicket
E. F E. Cotten
Saratoga
Houston Fields
Bear
H. A Coe
88Th District Court
Robert Henry McGee
Gerald Bishop
P. M. Borowski
Wynek Martin
Ethel Brackin
Noel Guynes
Cotten
City to Extend Water Service to 19th Street Homes
City Manager Kirby Lilljeldahl announced the city will accept applications for water service to about 40 houses on 19th Street at the point where it connects with Fresnius Road. The move makes water available in the vicinity, the official said.
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Kirby Lilljeldahl
19Th Street
Fresnius Road
Beaumont Collision Injures J. T. Tanner
Joseph H. Tanner, 31, of Silsbee is in fair condition at St Elizabeth Hospital after a two car crash in the 2500 block of North 19th Street. He was in a collision with Jerry Newman Jones, 42, of 3025 S. Willowwood, about 1 30 a m Sunday. Jones was treated and released at St Elizabeth. Officers S W Jolly Jr and Richard Self investigated.
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Joseph H. Tanner
Silsbee
St Elizabeth Hospital
North 1Lth
Tanner
Jerry Newman Jones
S. Willowwood
Jones
St. Elizabeth
S. W. Jolly Jr
Richard Self
Final Rites Held Sunday For J. R. Hunter 59
James R. Hunter 59 died at 4 am Friday in his Silsbee home. A Santa Fe Railroad mechanic, he was a Gary Texas native who lived in Silsbee since 1947. Survived by wife, son Dennis in Navy, three stepsons, four stepdaughters, one brother Elmo, two sisters. Services 2 pm Sunday Former Funeral Home Chapel. Burial Rest Haven Cemetery. Pallbearers named.
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James R. Hunter
Silsbee
Santa Fe Railroad
Gary
Texas
Dennis T
Navy
San Diego
Edward Manuel
Houston
Vernon Manuel
Jerry Manuel
Barnswell
S. C
C. E. Birmingham
Carthage
Martin Johnson
Barnwell
Fred Nelson
Diamond Bar
Calif
Jackie Manuel
Midland
Elmo
San Augustine
C. H Grogan
Hemphill
B. F. Riley
Nederland
Funeral Home Chapel
F. G. Harding
Good Shepherd Baptist Church
Resthaven Cemetery
Harold T. Barrows
Windy Whitlock
Jimmy Cravey
Sim Ward
Ivey O’quinn
B. R. McClean
Rash Of Auto Accidents Hits Silsbee Area
A week of auto crashes in the Silsbee region sent six people to hospitals in Beaumont and Silsbee. Notable incidents include Mrs Leo Hickman and daughter Jan injured in a slick Port Arthur highway crash, two Silsbee residents in a Evadale highway wreck, and a head on collision near Bell's Service Station.
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Silsbee
Beaumont
Leo Hickman
Jan
Baptist Hospital
Hickman
Port Arthur
Vis
Bell
Samuel Stedman Christian
James Willie Roberts
Christian
Johnson
Roberts
Silsbee Fire Department
Mrs. Edgar O'Neil Dies at 76 in Silsbee
longtime Silsbee resident and widow of pioneer Edgar O'Neil passed away Wednesday at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont after illness began last week. Survived by a Camden Ark stepmother and two half-sisters, funeral plans to be announced.
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Edgar O'Neil
Silshee
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
O'Neil
Lloyd Ewing
Mrs. O'Neil
Local Residents Injured In Vacation Car Crash
Mrs Gladiola Foster of Houston and Mrs Hosa Cryer of Saratoga with Mrs Myrtle Holhouser and daughter Nancy Shine traveled to Amarillo and Denver before a near Palestine collision on return. Foster and Nancy Shine treated and released for minor injuries while Holhouser Cryer and Leon Roberts remained hospitalized for observation and a broken pelvis.
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Gladiola Foster
Houston
Hosa Cryer
Saratoga
Myrtle Holhouser
Nancy Shine
Amarillo
Edward Hendrix
Denver
Colo
Rubs Cryer
Palestine
Foster
Nancy
Holfhouser
Cryer
Memorial Hospital
Leon Roberts
Dayton
Five Negroes Try to Enter Silsbee Country Club Pool
Five Negroes two women and three men in bathing suits drove to Silsbee Country Club pool on June 24, a private club. They were told the pool was private and left without argument. NAACP plans to test Civil Rights Bill on this issue as soon as law takes effect. Burke A. Hargrove said no prior integration attempts or incidents occurred at the pool.
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Silsbee Country Club
Beaumont Enterprise
E. D. Sprott Jr
NAACP
Beaumont
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Burke A. Hargrove
Silsbee Swimming Pool
Silsbee Students Meyers and Rudisaile Named to Dean's List
Two Silsbee locals, Joan Meyers and Dagima Rudisaile, earn 1964 Spring Dean's Honor List honors at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. Meyers studies Arts and Sciences, Rudisaile pursues Business, both slated as sophomores next fall. Among 197 honorees, 102 are Arts and Sciences, 42 Business, 28 Education, 14 Fine Arts, with multischool representation.
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Silsbee
Joan Meyers
Dagima Rudisaile
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth
Meyers
John Meyers
South Fourth St
College of Arts and Sciences
TCU
Rudisaile
Frank Rudissaile
South Seventh Street
School of Business
Harris College of Nursing
School of Education
School of Fine Arts
City Hall to Close Friday for Fourth Holiday
City offices close Friday July 3 in observance of the July 4 holiday. City Manager Kirby Lilliedah announced there will be no garbage pickup anywhere in the city on Saturday July 4.
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Kirby Lilliedah
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