Kountze and Batson Vote Stock Law In Saturday Election
Hardin county voters chose closed range in Justice precinct 1 Kountze Village Mills Plank and Justice precinct 8 Batson. Ballot tallies show strong margins against free roaming hogs cattle and other livestock. A county proclamation will mark the stock law in effect with a 30 day post period before fencing mandatory.
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Justice
Hardin County
Kountze
Village Mills
Plank
Batson
Saratoga
Wotaw
Porch Mail Delivery Begins in Woodlea Addition Silsbee
Postmaster Arvin Yankie and Assistant Postmaster F B Dardin announced porch mail delivery starts Monday in the Woodlea addition of Silsbee. The route covers 400 500 blocks of Watts Rd and Woodlea with existing staff increasing hours. no new carriers will be added.
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Woodlea Addition
Woodlea
Silsbee
Arvin Yankie
F. B. Dardin
Resi
Thomas Bell
Watts Rd
Yankie
M Miears Installed As New K of P Head
Silsbee Knights of Pythias held installation of officers last Thursday night in the KP hall with District Deputy Grand Master Richard Weathersby officiating. S. M. Junior Miears was installed as chancellor commander with M O Brown vice commander and other posts filled. DOKKs plan a chartered bus trip July 21 to Lake Charles for the initiation of about 20 members in the DOKK lodge, with Honey Island’s Mr Kelley supplying food en route and Beaumont participants joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Knights of Pythias Lodge
Richard Weathersby
Silsbee
S. M
Miears
M. O. Brown
Joe Savage
Martin McKinney
Harry Adams
Phillip McKinney
Harmon Weathersby
Albert McKinney
Silsbee Dokks
KP Hall
Lake Charles
DOKK
Mr. Kelley
Honey Island
Beaumont
C. E. Landolt
Rev Doremus to Leave for Duke University Study
Rev. Frank Doremus will conduct his final service at St. John's Episcopal Church on Sunday night July 8 before leaving for a year of study at Duke University in Durham North Carolina. He helped organize St. John's in May 1954 and led land purchase and parish house building on Roosevelt Drive Extension. He was also rector of St. Stephen's Beaumont and delivered the May senior high baccalaureate address. Plans for his replacement are not yet set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Doremus
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Duke University
Durham
N. C
Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest
Austin
Texas
Doremus
St. John’s Church
Roosevelt Drive
St. Stephen’s Church
Beaumont
Rev. Doremus
Water Moccasin Killed Inside City Limits
Mrs. E. C. Bryant reports killing a water moccasin inside city limits this week. She described the reptile as two and a half feet longer than a previous one, noting the size difference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Bryant
Cerow Rd
Armstrongs to celebrate Golden Wedding in Silsbee
Mr and Mrs W L Armstrong longtime Silsbee residents observe 50th anniversary with an open house on Sunday July 8 at 570 North 4th Street from 2 to 5 pm Hosts are their children Barbara Sing Colleen Sing Charlotte Armstrong and others The couple wed July 9 1906 in Beaumont and have four grandchildren between them Invitations go through the press only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Armstrong
Silsbee
North 4Th Street
Lanchard
Washington, D. C
Robert A. Cole
Port Arthur
Bruno S. Kucharz
el Paso
W. R
Doc” Anne
Winnie
Robert B. Armstrong
Fonc On
Silsbee Credit Association Sees Change in Ownership
Mrs. L. N. Brannan announces a new owner for the Silsbee Retail Merchants Credit Association. Mrs. Sam Farrell purchased the bureau and assumed active management July 1. The bureau remains a member of the Retail Merchants Association of Texas and Associated Credit Bureaus of America.
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L. N. Brannan
Retail Merchants Credit Association
Sam Farrell
Bureau
Brannan
Silsbee Merchants
Silsbee Retail Merchants Credit Association
Retail Merchants Association of Texas
Associated Credit Bureaus of America
Consolidation Move Hits Snag Across Chance Silsbee Areas
The article reports on a stalled plan to consolidate Chance and Silsbee Independent School Districts after a long-distance call from Austin raised bond-sale concerns. It notes potential consolidation with Loeb instead, pending elections in Loeb and later in Chance and Silsbee, with building plans for a 14 to 16 classroom school.
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Chance
Silsbee Independent
Austin
Don L. Hough
Silsbee
Bee
Meadows
Loeb
FE. M. Prewitt
Texas
Chance Board of Trustees
Silsbee School Board
Chance Independent
Chance Board
C. E. Meadows
Board of Trustees
Cc. Gibson
Spence & Gibson
Silsbee Bee
J H Willard Former Woodville Editor Dies at 84
Funeral services for J H Willard 84 longtime editor who moved from Woodville to Texas outlets were held Tuesday at Edwards Funeral Home chapel in Woodville. Survived by wife Edith Willard and son Don R Willard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Willard
Woodville
Edwards Funeral Home
W. J. Kinkaid
Montgomery
Christian Science Reader
Chuck Stamps
F. C. Pate
J. L. Dunn
F. F. Mathews
David Read
Silsbee
J. M. Sullivan
Houston
L. H. Jennings
Lufkin
Willard
Appleton
Wisconsin
Pine County
Pine City
Minn
Minnesota
Illinois
Washington State
Texas
Mr. Willard
Christian Science Monitor
Mrs
Craft Family Reunion Held At Evadale Neches River Bridge
A Craft family reunion gathered June 24 at the Neches River Bridge in Evadale with about 100 guests. Attendees shared a noon picnic lunch and set the 1957 reunion for the third Sunday in July on Cow Creek near Kirbyville.
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Neches River
Evadale
Cow Creek
Kirbyville
New Forester Assumes Post in Texas District 1
W. F. Chesnutt Jr. becomes assistant forester for District 1 at Linden Texas Forest Service replacing M. C. Dolato who left for a Oregon forestry post. Chesnutt holds a forestry degree from Penn State and has prior U S Forest Service Idaho and Army service 1953 1955. He will assist District Forester L E Horsman working with private landowners on forest management in Bowie Camp Cass Franklin Harrison Marion Morris Red River Titus Upshur Counties.
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W. F. Chestnutt, Jr
Texas Forest Service
Linden
M. C. Dolato
Oregon
Mr. Chesnutt
Pennsylvania State University
United State Forest Service
Idaho
United States Army
L. E. Horsman
Bowie
Camp
Cass
Franklin
Harrison
Marion
Morris
Red River
Titus
Upshur Counties
Area Motorists Face Gasoline and Tire Tax Hikes
Silsbee outlets followed national trend as gasoline and tire taxes rose after the new highway bill. The federal excise tax on gasoline increased one cent per gallon, and tire taxes jumped about 60 percent from five to eight cents per pound, affecting buyers of tires such as 670x15.
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Silsbee
Simmsport Boy Drowns in Village Creek Sunday
Four year old Wilbur Norman of Simmsport Louisiana drowned while wading in Village Creek south of Silsbee on a Sunday picnic. O A Folson of Orange and Deputy Sheriff John B Broussard recovered the body and Folson assisted at the scene and in transport to Baptist hospital Beaumont where he died. Judge Forace Blades ruled the death accidental. Burial planned in Simmsport by Roberts and Pipkin Brulin funeral home.
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Simmsport
Louisiana
Village Creek
Silsbee
Wilbur Norman
Irby Norman
O. A. Folson
Allied Chemical Plant
Orange
Orange County
John B. Broussard
Forace Blades
Justice of the Peace
Roberts and Pipkin-Brulin
Beaumont
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Lamar State College of Technology
Yvonne Bielecki
M. Miears
Mrs. W. L. Armstrong
Strong
Will
Arm
Davidson
J. I. Fre
É Boat and Sporting Club
H. N. Lee
5Th Street
B. A. Glasscock
State Highway Department
North Sth Street
Neyland Building
Glasscock
Frank Payne
Tommy Hartman
Crockett
Gilchriest
Gulf Oilers
Fire Department
Buna Yankees
Fire Department Indians
Oilers
Kountze Red Sox
Silsbee Dry Goods
Gulf
Department
Robert Neyland
Little League Auxiliary
Crockett and Gilchriest
Buna
Hough
Oscar Adams
Mr. Adams
Clyde Chance
E. M. Prewitt
Silsbee Board
Hollis Edmondson
James Simmons
Kirkpatrick
Gerald Walker
Polk County Enterprise
Livingston
Tyler County Booster
Allan Shivers
New Forester
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