Pony League Playoffs Start Here With Monday Kickoff
Area Pony League tournament begins Monday July 20 with a double header at 5 30 p m Silsbee and Lufkin open the schedule Beaumont and Hamshire follow All other games will be in Beaumont per Pony League president C E Simmons The father and son game is set for today Thursday at 7 30 p m and Saturday is work day at Pony League park with officials urging attendance The outfield fence will be moved to meet tournament specs per Simmons
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Lufkin
Beaumont and Hamshire
Beaumont
C. E. Simmons
Silsbee Pony League
Pony League Park
Simmons
Tennis Tourney Closes Six Week Recreation Program
The Silsbee schools sponsor a two day tennis tournament at the high school courts to conclude a six week recreation program. Joe Hignett instructs. Singles and doubles for boys and girls feature beginners who have taken part in the course.
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Silsbee
Joe Hignett
Local Births Reported in Hardin County Area
Hello World notes the birth of Hansen Daniel on June 3 at St. Marys Hospital Port Arthur to Mr. and Mrs. L A Stringer of Nederland. Maternal grandmother Mrs H D Cunningham of this city. Paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs G E Stringer of Little Creek Louisiana. Also listed are Dennis Key born July 1 to Mr and Mrs Raymond Loftin Evadale at Hardin County Hospital Mechille born July 2 to Mr and Mrs Edward Lee Conner Sour Lake at Hardin County Hospital and Trenda Gail Snider born July 4 to Mr and Mrs Joe Earl Snider Silsbee at Hardin County Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Stringer
Nederland
Hansen Daniel
St. Mary's Hospital
Port Arthur
H. D. Cunningham
This City
G. E. Stringer
Little Creek
Dennis Key
Hardin County Hospital
Raymond Loftin
Evadale
Mechille
Edward Lee Conner
Sour Lake
Joe Earl Snider
Silsbee
Trenda Gail
Rev Bob Bateman Named New Pastor At Woodrow Baptist
Rev Bob Bateman formerly of Kirbyville will assume duties as pastor of Woodrow Baptist Church on July 19. He holds a divinity degree from Southwestern Seminary and previously pastored in Chandler Texas. The Batemans plan to move to Silsbee with their three children. Assistant pastor Rev Rhett Simmons from Victor will lead singing and education. The Simmons family and four children will relocate here. The church plans to build a new parsonage soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Bateman
Kirbyville
Woodrow Baptist Church
E. A. Bateman
Bateman
First Baptist Church
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Fort Worth
Chandler
Texas
Thhree
Silsbee
Rhett Simmons
Victor
Beaumont
Weekend Visitors In Several Area Homes Mentioned
Many relatives and friends from multiple states visited local residents over the weekend. Names include the Calvert and Lindsey families in Silsbee and Houston, with travelers from Tallahassee Jacksonville and Port Arthur. A 75th birthday celebration was held for Mrs. A. M. Glass at the Teumson home.
Chance Loeb Optimists Install New Officers Here Tuesday Night
W O Worry of Chance Loeb was installed as president of the Chance Loeb Optimist club at a special installation dinner held at the Bluebonnet Cafe Tuesday night. Norman Troy of the Downtown Optimist Club of Beaumont acted as installing officer. The charter installation of the Chance Loeb Optimist Club was also held with Mrs E T Woods as charter president and 34 members and guests present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chance-Loeb
W. O. Worry
Chance-Loeb Optimist Club
Bluebonnet Cafe
Norman Troy
Optimist Club
Beaumont
Norman Cowdray
Ernest Marshall
Roy Pool
Roy Bronson
Clyde Lamb
Mr. Pool
Cecil Wright
Harvey Harrell
H. J. Cotheran
Earl Kennedy
N. A. Dennis
E. T. Woods
Jerry Burks
Hal Witte
W. E. Martin
Kountze
Fletcher Richardson
Silsbee Trail Riders Win Rodeo Events
Seventeen members of the Silsbee Trail Riders club attended the Williamson county rodeo Saturday. Winners include Jim Rawls second in bareback bronc riding, I. T. Odom second in barrel racing, and R. A. Hebert fourth in calf roping. The riders then held a swimming party at Village Creek, with the next meeting set for July 17 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Tucker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Trail Riders Club
Williamson Country
Jim Rawls
I. T. Odom
R. A. Hebert
Village Creek
Earnest Tucker
Local families host weekend visits across Texas and Louisiana
Mr and Mrs A G Murphey and Sharon visited Elkhart Texas at J E Mays home. E A Gregory of Waco visited G E McLaughlin family with daughter Trudis and Judy Reeves. Paul McClinton of Baylor visited his parents C G McClinton. Mrs E O Baker and family of Winnfield Louisiana are visiting the Mell Broom home this week. Gail Baker to remain for an indefinite visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Murphey
Sharon
Elkhart
Texas
J. E. Mays
E. A. Gregory
Waco
G. E. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Trudis
Judy Reeves
Paul McClinton
Baylor University
C. G. McClinton
M. F. Brown
Hot Springs
Ark
C. FE. Cole
Sally Dee
Temple
McGregor
C. M. McKay
Ennis
Corsicana
C. R. McKay
E. O. Baker
Robert Baker
Winnfield
Albert Mel Broom
Gail
Simmons Motor Adds Studebaker Dealership in Silsbee
Simmons Motor Company in Silsbee becomes area dealer for Studebaker Packard. Owner E. M. Simmons received telegram notice this week. Effective July 7 the agency will display Studebaker Larks soon, joining Buck autos and GMC trucks already sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simmons Motor Company
Silsbee
Studebaker-Packard
E. M. Simmons
Ministers Skip July and August Meetings
The Silsbee Ministers' Fellowship will not hold monthly meetings in July and August per President Grant A. Herbst. Meetings resume in September and the secretary will mail notices of time and place to local ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Ministers’ Fellowship
Grant A. Herbst
Silsbee Tumbles To Independents
Beau mont Independents win 5 0 as A T Crumpton throws five hitter and 12 strikeouts. Silsbee makes errors to stay in game behind Vince Parigi Dale Smith and Dave Young homers off Sleepy Sanford. Silsbee to face Liberty Saturday at 3 pm in Merchants home game with Clyde Dulaney and Glenn Reid umpiring.
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A. T. Crumpton
Beaumont Independents
Silsbee
Crumpton
South Park
Texas A
Almmost
Beaumont
Vince Parigi
Dale Smith
Dave Young
Sleepy Sanford
Liberty
Clyde Dulaney
Glenn Reid
Local Sailor Joins Inland Seas Naval Exercise
Wayne H. Francis, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Francis of Silsbee, will visit Toledo July 16 20 aboard USS John W. Weeks as part of Operation Inland Seas marking the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway. The exercise includes 28 ships and 6 000 sailors and Marines with Destroyer Division 222 and ships like the heavy cruiser USS Macon.
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Midn
Wayne H. Francis
C. N. Francis
Silsbee
John W. Weeks
Toledo
Ohio
Great Lakes
Midwest
Macon
Laura Kennedy Opens Bearing Apple Trees in Silsbee
Laura Kennedy of Silsbee brings a branch with three apples from her first bearing trees begun in 1946. All three trees show fruit though birds and worms cut into the crop. The area rarely sees producing apples but tropical fruits like oranges lemons and grapefruits are more common.
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Laura Kennedy
Silsbee
South Eleventh Street
Quiet July 4 Weekend Reported by Sheriff
Sheriff Whitaker said the July 4 weekend was quiet with no major county automobile accidents and few arrests. Deputy Rountree logged 18 arrests including one DWI and 14 drunks, plus a driving while intoxicated case and traffic counts. One Warren man, Billy W. McBryde, 23, was fined 50 dollars and three days in jail after pleading guilty to DWI. Willie Bryant, listed as Silsbee Black, was held for an alleged incident involving a six year old girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Whitaker
Dave Rountree
Billy W. McBryde
Warren
Fletcher Richardson
Willie Bryant
Silsbee
Rountree
Bryant
Stover Reports To Kiwanis On Dallas Convention
Kiwanis principal speaker Earl Smokey Stover, division governor and Silsbee club member, addressed the Wednesday meeting. He reviewed attendance at the International Kiwanis Convention in Dallas, where over 16 000 people joined a three day event from the United States and Canada. He praised the Silsbee club for its work and 25 years of existence. Next week the program is by Bill Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Key Club
Key Club International
Toronto
Ontario
Canada
Keith Winefield
John Hartman
Kiwanis International
Earl Stover
Kiwanis Club
Earl “Smokey” Stover
Division X of
Kiwanis
Silsbee Club
Pete Farmer
Stover
Dallas
United States
Bill Wright
Natwick Returns From Alaska Trip
A. G. Natwick executive at Eastex paper mill returned from a three week Alaska trip with wife and friends visiting Vancouver Washington and Chikikan. The party fished for cutthroat rainbow and Dolly Varden trout in 52 degree waters and caught salmon including a 35 pounder. The group also enjoyed salt water fishing and light Alaska winterlike temps contrasted with Silsbee heat.
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A. G. Natwick
Eastex
Vancouver
Wash
Ketchikan
Alaska
Pacific Ocean
Natwick
Silsbee
Mrs. Carl Markley's Father Dies In Beaumont
J. T. Sullivan, father of Mrs. Carl Markley of Beaumont, died shortly before noon Wednesday in Beaumont after years of ill health. He lived with his daughter in Beaumont and had previously lived in Silsbee. Funeral services are set for 4 p.m. today at Roberts and Pipkin-Brulin Funeral Home chapel, with burial in Magnolia Cemetery. He is survived by his daughter and a son, O. H. Sullivan of Harlingen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Sullivan
Carl Markley
Beaumont
Sullivan
Silsbee
Chapel of Roberts and Pipkin-Brulin
Mag‘nolia
Leroy Clinard Jr Visits Cameron Texas Home
Leroy Clinard Jr visited Cameron Texas during the weekend at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Chester Leroy Clinard Sr.
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Leroy Clinard Jr
Cameron
Texas
Chester Leroy Clinard Sr
Building Permits Total $166943 In Six Months For Silsbee
City of Silsbee issued building permits totaling 166,943.43 for the first half of the year with June permits at 14,825. The largest permit went to Britton Cravens Lumber for a $12,500 residence in Kirby addition. Other permits include Edna Gymmes repairs, A C Davenport addition, J T Craft new Woodrow Road, H B Simmons repairs, West Department Store reroof, Virgil Chance repairs, Janice Bevil reroof, and Bill Jones reroof.
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Silsbee
Britton- Cravens Lumber Company
Kirby Addition
Edna Guymes
N. Seventh St
A. C. Davenport
S. 14Th St
Addition
J. T. Craft
Woodrow Road
New
H. B. Simmons
West Department Store
Virgil Chance
Janice Bevil
E J
Bill Jones
Ave. H
Three Silsbee FFA Boys To Attend Convention
A trio from the Silsbee Future Farmer of America will travel to Austin July 15 17 for the 31st Texas FFA convention led by John Harrell with O O Miller advisor Norman Rucker and Fred Seaman as alternates. About 5000 Future Farmers are expected at the new air conditioned Austin Municipal Auditorium for sessions tours Barton Springs Fun Night Lone Star Farmer banquet and awards.
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Silsbee Future Farmer
Austin
Texas Ffa
John Harrell
O. O. Miller
FFA
Norman Rucker
Fred Seaman
Green Hand
Barton Springs
Lone Star Farmer
Brooks Lashes AEC Over Radioactive Dump Protests
Congressman Jack Brooks denounces the Atomic Energy Commission for limiting hearings on the Industrial Waste Disposal Corp license to dump radioactive waste in the Gulf of Mexico. He urges Texas officials and groups to submit statements and plans to attend hearings, noting tentative House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee reviews. The proposed site lies about 200 miles south of Galveston.
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Jack Brooks
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Texas
AEC
Gulf of Mexico
Brooks
Second
Washington
House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
Gulf
Industrial Waste Disposal Corporation of Houston
Galveston
Port Isabel
National Academy of Sciences
Sabine Pass
Galveston Bay
Port Aransas
Masons To Meet For Degree Work Saturday
Silsbee Masonic lodge will meet Saturday at the lodge hall for a called meeting for work in the entered apprentice degree. Bradshaw is worshipful master of the lodge. Mrs A G Murphey visited her mother at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont Monday and is recovering from a head injury.
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Silsbee Masonic Lodge
Maxie Buckner
Bradshaw
A. G. Murphey
F. T. Rigsby
Im Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Rigsby
Little League Finale Sets Friday Queen Coronation
Final 1959 Silsbee Little League wrap up includes playoffs Buna vs Chance Loeb Optimists and coronation of the 1959 queen. Voting closes 2 p.m. Friday. coronation at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Little League park with Janice Sue Witte 1958 queen crowning.
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Silsbee
Buna
Chance- Loeb
Doyle McKeown
Little League
Robert Newland
Herschel Meyers
Hardin County Savings and Loan Association
Little League Park
Janice Sue Witte
Chance Loeb
Melanie Tennison
Glen William Reid Jr
Brenda Young
Morris Pharmacy
Nancy Williford
Kountze
Ann Lewis
Kathy Jo Fuller
East Texas Transit Mix
Judy Cryer
Chance-Loeb
Dayle Anderson
Minimax
City Manager Pennington to take Freeport post
City of Silsbee confirms William Pennington will resign as city manager to become secretary and clerk for Freeport, reporting August 1. He has served as city manager since home rule charter adoption in 1954 after joining as city comptroller. Council reviews several applications with interviews planned before any decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
William Pennington
Freeport
Pennington
H. M. Jones
Illness Fatal To Van Lindley Read
Van Lindley Read 72, of Pine Bluff Arkansas died Sunday night at Sanitorium Texas after a long illness. He was a retired railroad man with 30 years at Cotton Belt Railroad. Survived by wife two daughters two sons three sisters three brothers and brother G H Read of Silsbee. Funeral services were held Wednesday in Pine Bluff.
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van Linley Read
Pine Bluff
Ark
Tyler County
Sanitorium
Tex
Read
Cotton Belt Railroad
G. H. Read
Silsbee
O. W Lineman
Galveston
Alton Palmer
San Diego
Calif
I. E. Read
Groves
Ella Cain
Beaumont
Ada Flowers
Doucette
Zula Davis
Lamarque
T. M. Read
J. N. Read
Warren
Free to Present Resolution to Council
Wm Free, an unsuccessful aldermanic candidate, will present a resolution at tonight's City Council meeting. The measure cites discrepancies in the recent city election and seeks actions to assure fair conduct for all future Silsbee elections.
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Wm. Free
The
Bee
Baptist Youth Plan Revival at First Baptist Church
The church youth department met to organize a Youth Led revival sponsored by the young people for July 19 to 26. Cottage prayer meetings will be held nightly in youths homes the week before the revival. D. D. Shine leads. Charles Tarver invites all 17 year olds not in another church. Recreation night Thursdays at 6 offers games and fellowship.
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Young Peoples’ Department
First Baptist Church
Charles Tarver
D. D. Shine
Band Classes To Begin July 27 At Silsbee Schools
Sumner band students in Silsbee will start July 27 meeting at the band hall. A time schedule will appear in a later Silsbee Bee issue. Classes are free under band director Melvin Winger.
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Sumner
Silsbee
Silsbee Bee
Melvin Winger
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Hello World
Woodrow Baptist
Leona Whitman
F. S. Carpenter
Mt. Vernon
B. E. Carpenter
L. B. White
Randall Jones
Cleburne
V. S. Calvert
G. W. Calvert
W. D. Calvert
R. L. Lindsey
D. W. Marsh
Tallahassee
Fla
Maude
Macy Owen
Edith Gardner
Woodville
Tryon Gibson
Lafayette
Kent Alexander
Alexander
Alma Hereford
K. C. Simmons
Sheila
San Antonio
Marvin Wilams
Larry
Sherry
Nancy Vu
Holland
Houston
Washington, D. C
E. L. Brookins
New York City
G. Corser
Milton, Fla
Libby Havard
Pensacola
Jim Lightfoot
Ed Hawthorne
Crockett
Jerry Lynn Mays
Darla Jean Rigsby
Orange
Phillis Catherine Cates
Odessa
Sharon Murphey
Elery Dale
Fred Reece Davis
Vernon
R. G. Davis
Carol Griffith
Hampshire
Lloyd Griffith
Mr. McGinty
Joan Meyers
Joan
Marshmans
Leon Messina
Queens Village
New York
Messina
Felipa Messina
A. P. Warren
Memphis
Tenn
Port Lyaute
French Morocco
Linda
Glenda
Hilly Thornal
Albuquerque
N. M
R. E Thorne
W. H. Holland
R. G. Thornal
St. Therese Hospital
Milton A. Bradshaw
William Byerly
Fort Smith, Ark
Mason Smith
Mgr
B. J. Smith
Mierr~ville
Silsbee Trail
Simmons Motor
Studebaker
Sheriff Whitaker
Silsbee Ffa
Masons
AB H
Carroll Hale
Larry Hatch
Doug Tennison
Optimist
Kenneth McKee
Johnny Hodges
Gary Gilbert
East Tex
Buddy Witte
James Norrie
Louis Strickland
Rip Ripkowski
Ronnie Hargrove
Kount
van Lindley Read
Council
Baptist Youth Plan Revival
Harvey Holleyhfield
Harvey Gurne
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