Thunderstorm Causes Power Failure in Town
A Tuesday thunderstorm interrupted electricity in the south end for about six hours. The Bee office lost three phase 220 volt service from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. A large transformer behind the Bee building was damaged, requiring a Beaumont crew to repair. Several phones went out in Woodlea addition, per D. W. Short. A bolt struck the Weeks Crawford home causing no serious damage but ruined a wall receptacle.
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Bee
Beaumont
Woodlea
D. W. Short
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Crawford
Kathy Jo Fuller Crowned Little League Queen in Silsbee
Kathy Jo Fuller daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Fuller was crowned Little League Queen at Lit tle League park as Buna Yankees won the pennant and a season close celebrated with rosters for the All Star game and community honors.
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Kathy Jo Fuller
Buna Yankees
Little League
Silsbee
Little League Park
Kathy Jo
Joe Fuller
Janice Sue Witte
al Witte
Chance
Glen Reid
Josh Hale
All Stars
Carrol Hale
Larry Hatch
Louis Moss
James Norris
Louis Strickland
Buna
Wallace Woods
Douglas Harris
East Texas Transit Mix
Kenneth Willis
John Tate
Ronnie Hargrove
Rip Ripkowski
Kountze
Robert Williford
Conoco Oilers
John Tate Jr
Judy Gail Cryer
P. J. Cryer
Chance Loeb
Douglas Tennison
George Tennison
Chance |Silsbee
Chance-Loeb
Melaney Tennison
Tennison
Glen William Reid Jr
Eugene Jonte
First Methodist Church of
McKeown
Hardin County council ponders poll tax list and election plan
City officials debated adopting a resolution to obtain a poll tax list and a formal plan for elections. City Attorney Wills urged a legal opinion from county officials, while practical traffic concerns dominated by urging removal of parallel parking near a highway intersection until a traffic signal is installed.
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Earl Wills
Free
Earl Stover
Willie Bean
Mr. Free
Hardin County
H. C. Hopkins
Wills
Sixth Street
Sixth
Ave. F
Emil Slavik
State Highway Department
W. E. Simmons
Bee Building
Highway Department
Simmons
Hays Humble Service Station
Highway 96
Silsbee Auto Parts
Corral Drive
Crockett and Gilchriest Big Star
North Fifth Street
Payne Road
Bill Pennington
Silsbee School Tennis Tournament Winners Named
Winners of the Silsbee School Recreational program tennis tournament were announced by Supervisor Joe Hignett. Gerald Walker and Robert Parks won boys doubles, defeating David Whitman and Johnny Cones. Judy De laune and Babbett Landry won girls doubles, defeating Sandra Savage and Lynn Caldwell. Gerald Walker won boys singles and Babbett Landry won girls singles. Winners received a can of new tennis balls. Eight teams entered. the event will become an annual affair.
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Silsbee
Joe Hignett
Gerald Walker
Robert Parks
David Whitman
Johnny Cones
Judy Delaune
Babbett Landry
Sandra Savage
Lynn Caldwell
Hignet
Catholics Lead Church League Volleyball Race
Catholics stay undefeated at 6-0 as league play resumes in Silsbee. July 14 results pitted Catholics over Methodists, Presbyterians over Woodrow Baptist, and LDS over First Christian Church with leaders Catholics and Mormons tied atop the standings and several teams jockeying for spots.
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Silsbee
Wayne Robinson
Methodists
Presbyterians
Woodrow Baptist
LDS
First Christian Church
Baptist Blue
Episcopalians
First Christians
Baptit Gold
Methodist
Mormons
Baptist Gold
Houston Natural Gas Wins Corpus Christi Franchise
Corpus Christi residents vote 6095 for and 460 against a 30 year franchise extension for Houston Natural Gas Corporation to serve areas within the city. The city has run a municipal gas system since 1922 with Houston Natural linked to the area since 1940 for Naval Air Station service.
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Corpus Christi
Houston Natural Gas Corporation
Houston Natural
Corpus
U. S
Naval Air Station
Burglary Charges Filed In Ice Plant Burglary
Police say two local youths Glen Ruggles and Douglas Arnold both 19 faced burglary charges in justice court for Sunday night theft at Silsbee Ice Plant after a break in through an ice chute. A third youth Danny Martin 19 was charged with drunkenness.
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Justice Court
Silsbee
Grady Tarver
Glen Ruggles
Douglas Arnold
Danny Martin
Max Zeller
Tarver
Justice of the Peace
Louis Sellers
Country Club Dance Set For Saturday Night
The Novatones will supply music for an adult only Country Club dance Saturday from 9 p m to 1 a m Mrs Charles Kent chairs the entertainment committee with help from Mrs Roy Brown Mrs Conley Bradshaw Bruce Watts and Elton Smith
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Novatones
Country Club
Charles Kent
Roy Brown
Conley Bradshaw
Bruce Watts
Elton Smith
One Guilty Plea Heard In County Court
Deputy Dave Rountree reported 33 arrests at the county jail. Bobby Perry pleaded guilty in county court for driving with license suspended and was fined 25 dollars plus costs. Other arrests included theft, driving while intoxicated, affray, vagrancy, hot check, and traffic infractions.
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Dave Rountree
Bobby Perry
Merchants Post Wins Two Weekend Baseball Games
Silsbee Merchants defeated Liberty 4-3 on Saturday with Sleepy Sanford pitching five innings, 15 strikeouts and three players, Tebbs and Williford, each four at bats three hits. Sunday they crushed China 8-0 in 12th inning with eight runs. W C Brewster allowed four hits and 16 batters retired. They next meet Gulf States Asphalt of Beaumont in Kountze on Sunday.
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Merchants Post
Liberty
China
Silsbee Merchants
Sleepy Sanford
Merchants
Cecil Tebbs
Truett Williford
Silsbee
W. C. Brewster
Gulf States Asphalt of
Beaumont
Kountze
Kountze High School
Silsbee State Bank begins motor bank drive in facility
Construction starts on a two-unit motor bank at Silsbee State Bank with 30 car parking behind the building on North Fifth Street. Two bullet resistant Diebold drive up units connect to the main office via an air tube system and two way speaker network for teller service.
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Silsbee State
Silsbee State Bank
E. M. Wilson Jr
Wilson
Ave. G
North Fifth Street
Highway 6
Motor Bank
Shine
Magnolia
Inland bank layout with air tube system and drive-in
Two inland type buildings will house teller cages and connect to the chain bank building by an air tube system. A two way communication system is included. A view of the parking lot and drive-in layout is shown on an inside page. Wallace B. and Tew BL. Liveuby ate afellcate.
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Bana
Ing
Wallace B
Tew
Spurger Masons Install Thomas Mock Worshipful Master
I Spurger Masons will install officers for the ensuing year at 7 30 p m Saturday in the Masonic hall. Thomas Mock will be worshipful master with Arthur F Gul chiest senior warden Norman G Callaway junior warden Willis Pate senior deacon John T Walker junior deacon Jewel C Walker tiler E E B Shef field chaplain T R Jordan senior steward and Craig Shef field junior steward listed.
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Snow River
Daniels Returns Home From Veterans Hospital Stay
R. D. Bob Daniels has returned home after confinement at the Veterans Hospital in Houston for a testinen.
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R. D
Bob) Daniels
Veterans Hospital
Houston
Teestinen
Chance Loeb Drys Win 329 266 In Local Vote
Chance Loeb will stay dry after a local option election held Saturday at the Chance Loeb school. Voters backed the drys 329 to 266 with C. E. Read serving as election judge. Chance Loeb had voted dry last year as well.
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Loeb Drys
Justice
Chance- Loeb
Chance-Loeb
C. E. Read
Pro Am Golf Meet Slated On Local Course
The Sabine Neches Pro Am golf tournament will be played at Silsbee Golf and Country Club Friday July 24 according to Club Pro John Spillar. Country Club members may register for the tournament at the club house.
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Silsbee Golf and Country Club
John Spillar
Lions Club hears city manager on 1959 60 budget
City Manager Bill Pennington explained the 1959 60 budget to Silsbee Lions. Council member C E Landolt Jr. led the program and secured the speaker. Pennington distributed the budget and detailed fund expenditures and proposed that subdividers pay for water sewer and street installations to avoid shifting costs to taxpayers. President Al Mashburn chaired. next week’s program will cover Boy Scout work.
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Silsbee Lions
Bill Pennington
C. E. Landolt Jr
Pennington
Lions Present
al Mashburn
Helen Robinson Visiting At Parents Home In Texas
Helen Robinson a UT Nurses School student in Galveston is visiting the home of her parents Mr Wayne Robinson and Mrs. Wayne Robinson for a short stay.
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Helen Robinson
University of Texas Nurses School
Galveston
Wayne Robinson
Birth announcements from Hardin County Hospital notes multiple July births
A series of birth notices from Hardin County Hospital in July list Vivian Lee a daughter Ned Curry Sr. a son Dennis Ray Darrell Gene Billy Deewayne Richard Curtis Woodrow Lynn and Lisa LaJean with parent names including Rev R L Hooker Jasper Ned Curry Sims Sr R C Loftin Evadale B R Lope Silsbee and W J Crosby Sr. as reporting families.
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Vivian Lee
Hardin County Hospital
R. L. Hooker
Jasper
Ned Curry Sims Sr
Silsbee
Ned Curry Sr
Dennis Ray
R. C. Loftin
Evadale
B. R. Lope
Darrell Gene
Billy Deewayne
BE. Garland
RL. Marbaules
Sour Lake
Richard Curtis
Hardin County
Woodrow Lynn
Sillobee
Lisa LaJean
W. J. Crosby Jr
Benson Family Plans Two Week Cloquet Visit
Mr and Mrs Tom Benson and children will spend two weeks in Cloquet Minnesota visiting Mr and Mrs N Benson in their home.
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Tom Benson
Cloquet Minn
Mr. and Its
N. Benson
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Hardin County Commission
Ers Court
L. T. Applegate
Segno Road
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Carey Little
Jessie Dies
Saratoga
Nettie Lory
Catherine Pickerel
Gene Goodloe
Eldore Langham
State of Texas
J. L. Flowers
Louie Orr
Evadale Bridge
Ruby Walker
Agnes Arnold
Sam Denman
J. E. Lewis
Board of Equalization
Honey Island
Cooks Bluff Home
van Landers
Fred Davis
Cooks Bluff
Amy McDaniel
Marion Hart
Honey Island Club
Silsbee School Board
Waldo-Mathews School
Billy Washburn
Jean Best
Helen McMahon
Glenwood Vernon
Nathan Wilson
Lottie Mills
Waldo-Mathews
Ludesta Graham
Don Hough
Dagwood
Ljob
Riate Motor Bank
Gillebee
Lions Club
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