Trial Opens in 1950 Silsbee Murder Case
Jury selection concludes as T C Cunningham faces trial in H A Coe's 88th district court for the Village Creek killing of Knight near Silsbee. Prosecutors seek death penalty. Cunningham pleads not guilty and previously confessed after arrest. About 20 witnesses expected. The defendant’s relatives have hired Earl Wills to defend him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Cunningham
Silsbee
Willis Selman
Cunningham
H. A. Coe
88Th District
Frank
Knight of
Beaumont
Stanley S. Coe
Kountze
Cecil Harrell
Earl Wills
Knight
Annexation plan for Silsbee to trigger 750000 water sewer bond vote
Silsbee council eyes annexing a strip around the east and south edges within 45 days then holding a 750000 water and sewer bond election. Glover Wills and J R Phillips of Houston will refund Royal Neighbors bonds first. half revenue bonds and half tax bonds to fund improvements. The move also funds a new billing machine and partial firemen training costs at Texas A&M College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Glover Wills
J. R. Phillips
Houston
High Center
Royal Neighbors Corporation
Wills
Mr. Phillips
Silsbee Swimming Pool
Knapple Cemetery Road
Woodrow Addition
Royal Neighbors
Spence Love
Texas A & M College
College Station
Saratoga Stock Law Vote Called
A stock law election for justice precinct 7 of Hardin county including Saratoga and nearby areas is set for July 17 by the Hardin county commissioners court after petition support was certified by county clerk Clarence McNeely. If approved the measure would place hogs cattle sheep goats and donkeys under stock law across nearly four-fifths of Hardin county with Honey Island Thicket and Wotaw remaining outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Saratoga
Commissioners’ Court
Clarence McNeely
Batson
Fletcher Richardson
Honey Island
Thicket
Wotaw
Dick Nash Flies Back To Venezuela
Dick Nash a former Silsbee resident who has spent 14 years in Caracas left New Orleans by plane to return home after visiting his mother Mrs. R. L. Nash and brother Ed Nash and family. He is an official of the Rogers Geophysical Company of Houston which has done extensive work in South America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Nash
Silsbee
Caracas
Venezeula
South America
New Orleans
R. L. Nash
Ed Nash
Rogers Geophysical Company of
Houston
Ward Family Visit Highlights Houston Gathering
Mrs Sim Ward and her sons visited Sunday in Houston at the home of Alvin Ward and family and Melvin Hayes and family, sharing time with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sim Ward and Sons
Houston
Alvin Ward
Melvin Hayes
New Fishing Licenses Go On Sale Before Sept 1
1957 hunting and fishing licenses are printed and will be sold by deputies before September 1. New fishing licenses cost 2.15 dollars per year and apply to salt and fresh water fishing. Hunting licenses are 3.25 dollars. Licenses required for most fishing and hunting in Texas, with exemptions few. Local wardens and deputies selling licenses urged to check for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Game and Fish Comision
Texas
Haughts Visit Read Family in Silsbee
Mr and Mrs Haught and two daughters from Lubbock arrived in Silsbee last Thursday to visit Texas Tech college friends Mr and Mrs R L Read and Randy. The group planned salt water fishing at Port Bolivar and camping at Town Bluff Lake before returning to Lubbock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Haught
Bob Reads
O. B. Haught
Lubbock
Silsbee
R. L. Read
Randy
Haughts
Reads
Texas Tech
Bob
Port Bolivar
Town Bluff Lake
Town Bluff Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Haught
Kirby Union Set to Meet Kirby Lumber Officials Saturday
International Woodworkers Local 114 of Silsbee and Kirby Lumber officials plan a 9 a m Saturday meeting in Houston at the company's general offices. The session follows a Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service request and aims to address a 16 cent hourly wage increase as strike actions continue. Local President Robert Morris thanked local businessmen for timely credit during the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Woodworkers
Silsbee
Kirby Lumber Corporation
Houston
J. K. Herndon
Kirby
Robert Morris
Federal Mediation and Counciliation Service
Texas
Morris
Mr. Morris
New Electric
South
Roundhouse Downsized as Diesels Expand in Silsbee
Demolition reduces Santa Fe roundhouse from 24 stalls to 12 as diesel locomotives replace steam power. Six stalls retain pits, turntable kept for diesel use. project started six weeks ago with removal of walls and site clearance underway. B L Moreland serves as roundhouse foreman. Silsbee's roundhouse began in 1906 with 14 stalls, eight added later.
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Santa Fe Roundhouse
Silsbee
Roundhouse
B. L. Moreland
W. P. Barrett
Bill McQueen
Mr. Moreland
J. E McQuillan
C. F. Barnhill
J. D Nimmo
W C. Ellison
D. J. Everett
L. L. Luthey
J. L. Fertig
Kirby
Santa FE
Eastex Buys Piedmont Carton Plant in Charlotte NC
R. M. Buckley announces Eastex Pulp and Paper acquisition of Piedmont Carton Company assets in Charlotte. Piedmont will operate as Eastex subsidiary with A. T. Cucullu remaining as VP and GM of the Charlotte unit. 53 employees, 30,000 sq ft facility, 1944 origin, expansion planned for folding box plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Buckley
East Texas Pulp and Paper Company
Piedmont Carton Company
Charlotte
North Carolina
A. T. Cucullu
S. P. Simpkins
Cucullu
Piedmont Carton
Eastex Piedmont
Buckley
Veteran East Texas physician Dr Worthey dies at 82
Funeral services for Dr William Worthey 82 of Call were held at 2 pm last Thursday in Kirbyville. A longtime physician with 50 years practice including 40 years with Kirby Lumber Corp he worked in Silsbee Evadale Voth Village Mills Call Front Bon Weir Steep Creek and Jasper. He was a Baptist, member of the AMA, Jasper Newton BHscounty Medical Society, DeWitt Clinton Masonic Lodge and Kirbyville Lions Club. Interment in Fairview Cemetery Tyler County. He is survived by wife, one daughter, one son, a granddaughter, two sisters and two brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Worthey
Call
FE. E. Stringer
Kirbyville
Worthey
East Texas
Kirby Lumber Corp
Silsbee
Evadale
Voth
Village Mills
Front
Bon Weir
Steep Creek
Harvill Couple to be Honored on 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs F A Harvill Sr will be honored on their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house on Sunday July 14 from 2 to 5 PM at their home. Hostesses include Evelyn Brownlee Erma Stutts Mrs F A Harvill Jr Mrs BG Creel Mrs G T Barnes and Miss Frankie Lee Hignett. invitations issued through the press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Harvill, Sr
Evelyn Brownlee
Erma
Garland couple visits relatives as children stay three weeks
Rev and Mrs Ben Cash and children Yvonne and John from Garland Texas visit Mrs and Mr D H McGill. The children will remain with their grandparents three weeks while the parents attend a study course in Washington DC. Mrs Cash is formerly Mary McGill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Cash
Yvonne
John
Garland
Texas
D. H. McGill
Washington, D. C
Cash
Mary McGill
One Fatality In County During July Fourth Weekend
Hardin County reports one traffic fatality and no drownings over the Independence Day weekend. A Houston man died in a car crash near Honey Island Sunday afternoon. Sheriff’s Deputy noted 16 arrests total including one DWI and one petty theft. James D. Byford of Silsbee fined 50 dollars and jailed three days on the DWI count. Rountree said the weekend was unusually quiet and the department was thankful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Dave Rountree
Rountze
Houston
Honey Island
Rountree
James D. Byford
Silsbee
Young Mexican Statistician Visits Here
Juan Armas Dominguez, an up and coming statistician in Mexico's vital statistics bureau, spends a week in Silsbee visiting his uncle Gilbert Dominguez and family. He studied at the University of Mexico and earned a bachelor’s in vital statistics from the University of Chile. He has traveled across Mexico and shared insights about his country.
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Juan Armas Dominguez
Bureau of Vital Statistics of
Mexico
Silsbee
Gilbert Dominguez
University of Mexico
Chili
South America
University of
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A. M. Bradshaw
Don Lee Hawthorne
W. P. Crockett
Elmer Peeler
A. Wicks
W. W. Kincaid
George Owens
Claude Edge
Sour Lake
G. L. Henderson
W. J. Brackin
D. E. Lack
Stewart Goins
Stewart Gerald
Cooks Lake Road
Loeb
Neches
Village Creek
Saratoga Stock Law
Tom Burch
Doc Selman
Richardson
Eastex
Mrs. Harvill
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