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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1956
Page
4
Entered under second class permit April 10 1919 at Silsbee Texas post office under the March 3 1879 act. Published every Thursday with editors David Read and R L Rea as co owners and publishers. Jerry Zuber News Editor Leona Whitman Society Editor list of staff roles included.
R. R. Burgess, Joe Thompson, LaRue Haynes, and James Johnson are identified as prominent figures in the report, indicating their roles in the event or organization covered by the article.
County Clerk Clarence McNeely issued forty four marriage licenses in June listing couples such as Patrick Trahan and Maxine Fomby on June 1 and James Ard with Sarah Ard on June 30. The records include multiple pairs across June 1 to June 30 with varied spouses and shared surnames.
Hardin County Home Demonstration Council met in the American Legion Hall at Kountze with five clubs represented. Mrs Earl Kirchoff of Cook's Bluff Club leads plans for the county picnic on August 22 at the Honey Island pool and a July 21 barbecue in Kountze starting at noon.
A lawn carnival will run Thursday night through Saturday on the church lawn. A breakfast will close the affair Sunday morning in the church annex. The event is sponsored by Mrs. Essie Johnson and Mrs. Joe C. Johnson.
Gary Lynn, son of Mr and Mrs Leo Lakey of Silsbee, born June 30 at Hardin County Hospital. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Walter Lakey of Jasper and Mr and Mrs B F Dear of this city. Parents Archie Burk of Houston.
Announcement this week says negotiations are under way to purchase Collier Newsstand on North Sth Street by Mrs. Gertrude Fields current owner of Texas Package Store. The shop, owned by Mrs. Treva McDonald, has operated since repeal in 1935 with McDonald in business here since 1925. Fields plans to run as City Newsstand from July 30 with use of the Texas Package store building to be announced later.
Miss Joanne Skinner and R. C. McFarlon Jr. exchanged vows at 7 30 p m Friday June 22 in the United Pentecostal church Buna. Rev R P Bell officiated. Bride wore light blue with white accessories and carried white carnations. The couple plans a Buna home after a brief wedding trip.
Second Lt. Perry A. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Smith of Silsbee, is set to graduate July 3 at The Armored School Fort Knox Kentucky. The training covers duties responsibilities communications weapons and instructor techniques. He entered the Army in March and is a 1956 graduate of Sam Houston State Teachers College. His wife Betsy Jane resides in Vine Grove Kentucky.
A forest fire survey shows Texas recorded 59 fires in May burning over 861 acres. Across nine southern states and Region Eight, 1,826 fires burned more than 6 acres. Fishermen are praised for fire prevention, with campsites kept away from vegetation and fires thoroughly extinguished using water and dirt.
David Milstead son of Mr and Mrs Carl Milstead of Silsbee and a Silsbee High sophomore will appear on the Don Mahoney show Sunday at 3 PM on Channel 6.
A survey of American small town drug stores shows 17 448 outlets in towns under 10 000 in 1955. 58.5 percent advertised, average space cost 530 79 dollars per store per year, up 25.8 percent. Total newspaper ad spend across these stores reached 5 415 650 dollars, up 28.6 percent.
The Martha Sunday School class of the First Baptist Church held its monthly meeting at Mrs. Muriel McBee’s home Tuesday night. Mrs. McBee gave the devotional and hostesses were Mrs. McBee and Lois Day. Refreshments followed.
U S Senator Price Daniel campaigns for governor with his wife Jean Baldwin Daniel and their four children active on tours and literature distribution. The couple married in 1940 and hail from Texas political lines including Mrs Daniel’s General Sam Houston descent. Siblings Ellen Daniel and Bill Daniel play campaign roles, with Bill chairing the statewide Speaker's Bureau and traveling for speeches and appearances.
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