Silsbee Little League and Pony League win in playoffs
Silsbee Little League All Stars edged Orange 3 2 in area playoff action as Marvin Parker pitched a three hitter. Emitt Powell Glen Reid and Orange teammates aided the win. Tonight the Silsbee Stars meet the Corrigan Orange winner in Orange for a chance at district playoff berth August 1-3. Silsbee Pony League has already defeated Beaumont and travels to Alexandria Louisiana for a three day regional against Lufkin Henderson and Alexandria with Skillern and Tate guiding the team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Little League All Stars
Orange
Marvin Parker
Silsbee Stars
Bubba Kaine
Truman Hassel
Emitt Powell
Glen Reid
Corrigan
Orange American League
Silsbee Boys
Beaumont
Ponies
Alexandria
Silsbee Pony League All Stars
Lufkin
Henderson
Link Skillern
Bentley Hotel
Skillern
Ted Tate
Rosenberg Publisher Visits Industrial Plants Here Tuesday
Wendell M. Shannon publisher of Rosenberg and Richmond newspapers spent Tuesday in Silsbee visiting two large local industrial plants. He toured Kirby Lumber and East Texas Pulp and Paper Company facilities with executives and editors and planned an overnight stop in Nacogdoches to meet Publisher Victor Fain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosenberg Publisher
Wendell M. Shannon
Rosenberg
Richmond
Silsbee
Bee
Double R Ranch
A. W. Dainwood
Kirby Lumber Corporation
Kirby Mill
Evadale
East Texas Pulp and Paper Company
Clyde Cole
Shannon
Nacogdoches
Victor Fain
Twelve Patients Admitted To County Hospital This Week
A list of patients admitted to Hardin County Hospital this week includes Ada Bell Holmes and Herman Jones from Warren, Ruth Cruse and Mary McMillian from Kountze, Betty Merrill from Abbeville Louisiana, Donna Rose Genevive Hicks T. E. Batton Sr Frank Reed John Coleman Jr T L Hare and J L Watkins from Silsbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Hospital
Ada Bell Holmes
Warren
Herman Jones
Ruth Cruse
Mary McMillian
Kountze
Betty Merrill
Abbeville
Donna Rose
Genevive Hicks
T. E. Batton
Frank Reed
John Coleman, Jr
T. L. Hare
J. L. Watkins
Silsbee
Paper Mill Chemist Discusses Product Requirements
Mark Allen chief chemist of Eastex plant spoke to the Kiwanis Club on the demands manufacturers place on paper board. He showed stock from the local mill and milk cartons and food containers made from Eustex paper board. Clyde Cole introduced him and updated the group on the mill story while Cliff McKay chaired the meeting. Next week's program will be led by A. W. Dainwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Allen
East Texas Pulp and Paper Company
Kiwanis Club
Allen
Eustex
Clyde Cole
Eastex
Cole
Cliff McKay
W. J. Poshataske
A. W. Dainwood
Tyler County Man Sentenced For Federal Liquor Law Violations
Sam Houston McCauley aged 62 of Warren pleaded guilty in Federal Court in Beaumont to three liquor law charges. Judge Lamar Cecil imposed six month terms and a $100 fine on each count with fines and sentences suspended for two years. McCauley admitted unlawful possession of a 15 gallon copper still distilling apparatus and conducting a distillery business without bond, plus making mash for distillation on nonlicensed premises. Two charges were dismissed. He was arrested after a raid near Warren by state and federal officers including agents from the internal revenue service and liquor boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Houston
McCauley
Warren
Beaumont
Lamar Cecil
Asst
U. S. Atty
Jack R. King
Tyler County
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division
Internal Revenue Service
William Nowlin
Woodville
J. M. Blalock
Texas Liquor Board
Paul Bullock
Jasper
State Liquor Board
Allen visit brings Longview and San Augustine guests
Mrs. Hattie Allen of Longview and C. M. Allen of San Augustine were weekend visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Watkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Allen
Longview
C. M. Allen
San Augustine
P. W. Watkins
Magee Elected Silsbee BPW Club Leader
Mrs. G L Magee becomes president of the Silsbee Business and Professional Women's Club temporary officers and committee chairmen were named. The Beaumont chapter guides the formation as the group plans a district conference in Port Arthur September 17 18 and aims for a state charter later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. Magee
Silsbee Bpw
Business and Professional Women’s Club of Silsbee
Silsbee Club
Beaumont
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
A. L. Morgan
J. Francis
Jake Mack
Bessie Tuxworth
Lic
Leona Whitman
H. B. Adams
L. N. Brannan
C. W. McGinty
North 7Th Street
Port Arthur
Billie Holmes
United States
Town Bluff Lake Emerges As Eastern Texas Weekend Favorite
The lake at Dam R Town Bluff in East Texas grows as a popular weekend spot drawing visitors from within a hundred miles. Boating and fishing are active with good catfish and white perch runs, while camps line the river below the dam. Water levels vary, but future dam projects on nearby rivers promise improved reliability.
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East Texas
Dam “R
Town Bluff
Town Bluff Lake
Tommy
Piney Woods
Angelina
Neches
Silsbee
Leo Ward
Illegal Deer Hunters Pay Heavy Fine In Liberty
Three men faced fines totaling 437 dollars in Justice A L Callahan's court after pleading guilty to trespassing night hunting with headlights and killing a fawn during a Saturday deer foray east of Daisetta. Richard Clutter and H W Bay were arrested by Game Warden Garth Christopher. James A Martin surrendered later. Clutter received 62.50 dollars as an accomplice. the others paid 187.50 dollars each after pleading guilty to three charges. Mr Christopher recovered a dead spotted fawn believed killed by one of the hunters. Trial is set for early September in Kountze public court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Vindicator
A. L. Callahan
Big
Dassetta
Richard Clutter
Daisetta
H. W. Bay
Hull
Garth Christopher
Liberty County
Callahan
James A. Martin
Christopher
Ray
Martin
Clutter
Hardin County
Kountze
Texas
Frank Carpenter
Oddfellow Roundup Set for Sour Lake Hall
The Oddfellow Roundup of District No. 89 will be held Saturday night at 7 30 in Sour Lake at the IOOF hall. H D Hays, president, will preside over the business meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oddfellow
Sour Lake
IOOF
H. D. Hays
County funds state curb gutter project for Silsbee
Hardin County advances sixty thousand two hundred dollars to the state for the Silsbee curb and gutter project along Highway 96 near Santa Fe tracks. County Judge Fletcher Richardson delivered the funds after the commission approved payment. bids will be re advertised once right of way issues are settled.
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Hardin County
Santa Fe
Highway
Austin
Fletcher Richardson
Commissioners Court
State Highway Department
Register
Landolt
Turrentine
Richardson
W W. Collins
C. ©. Crow
Saratoga
Colt Survey
R. 8
S. Coe
Layton
Layton Coats Forest Acres
Kountze
Silsbee
Chance School Hires New Principal
L. H. Petit, longtime superintendent of Chanute Kansas schools, has accepted the principal post at Chance School. Petit, retired for years, has 36 years in education and recently resided in Beaumont near his son Dr. Paul T. Petit. He visited Silsbee last weekend and stopped by the Bee office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Petit
Chanute
Kansas
Chance
Petit
Beaumont
Paul T Petit
Silsbee
Bee
Silsbee School Registration Dates Announced
Supt. Don L. Hough set registration for Silsbee students returning in fall. Six through twelve grade students register September 1 with bus service. first graders register August 29 to September 2. grades two to five on September 6. Birth certificates, smallpox vaccination, and typhoid and diphtheria shots required. In service teacher training begins August 22 for about two weeks.
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Silsbee
Supt
Don L. Hough
Hough
Local man injured in oil field mishap near Saratoga
James Hare and Edward Fleck were seriously hurt at 3 pm July 20 near Saratoga while moving a tank onto an oil well site. Both men, Bloomfield Construction Co. employees from Dassetta, were on the tank lifting wires when they touched power lines. They were taken to Mercy hospital in Liberty. Hare is to be transferred for skin grafting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hare
Silsbee
Edward Fleck
Dassetta
Saratoga
Bloomfield Construction Co
Mercy Hospital
Liberty
Hare
Hotel Dieu Hospital
Beaumont
C. W. Castle
Silsbee Baby Undergoing Polio Treatment In Beaumont
Five month-old Fisher Earl Hill Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Fisher Earl Hill Sr., of Silsbee, is reported to be in Hotel Dieu hospital Beaumont for a mild non paralytic polio. The child was admitted last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisher Earl Hill, Jr
Fisher Earl Hill, Sr
Silsbee
Hotel Dieu Hospital
Beaumont
Seniors Plan Friday Watermelon Party
The 1955-56 Silsbee High senior class plans a watermelon party for members and dates at 7 pm Friday on the Kountze highway at the Houston Oil Company picnic grounds. Nelda Graves says boys pay one cent per inch of chest and girls one cent per inch of waist to help fund a senior trip to Florida next spring.
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Silsbee High School
Houston Oil Company
Kountze Highway
Nelda Graves
Florida
Picnic Honors County Hospital Employees
Dudley Keith administrator of the Hardin County Hospital honored the employees and their families with a picnic Friday night at the Houston Oil Company picnic grounds. Barbecue chicken and all the trimmings, ice cold watermelon and soft drinks were served. Approximately 70 guests attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dudley Keith
Hardin County Hospital
Houston Oil Company
Williams Family Visit From Nederland
Mr and Mrs C O Williams and their son Johnny of Nederland visited relatives here over the weekend in a brief family trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. C. O. Williams
Johnny
Nederland
Lots At Cemetery Need Attention
Pete Farmer reports Resthaven cemetery area not in private lots was mowed and is in good condition but many burial plots require cleaning. He notes recent rains spurred grass and weeds growth and urges individuals needing lots cared for to contact him for caretaker assignment.
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Resthaven Cemetery
Pete Farmer
Brooks Civil Defense Bill Advances in House Committee
Rep. Jack Brooks introduced a bill to make surplus government property available for civil defense. The Government Operations Committee gave favorable action and directors nationwide would be eligible to receive surplus materials.
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House
Brooks
United State
House of Representatives
Jack Brooks
Government Operations Committee
Civil Defense
Willie Bean Condemnation Suit in Kountze Trial Under Way
The Willie Bean right of way condemnation case over Cypress Creek highway widening is being tried in Judge Fletcher Richardson's County Court in Kountze. Testimony started Tuesday afternoon and will run into Thursday with a six man county court jury from Silsbee Thicket and Kountze. Attorneys Terrell Buchanan Earl Stover A L Bevil and R A Richardson represent the county and Mr Bean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe
Coats
Mr. Coe
Kountze
Silsbee
Saratoga
Tom Burch
Frank Payne
Stout Collier
Hardin
Sour Lake
Good Shepherd
Village Creek
Buchanan and
Stover
Richardson
Commissioners Court
Buchanan
Buchanan and Stover
Herman Reynolds
Willie Bean
Fletcher Richardson
Cypress Creek
Chester Hooks
W. R. Hulin
A. E. Butts
W. L. Brackin
W. F. Smith
Thicket
Twenty One Lodged In County Jail Over Weekend
Sheriff William Whitaker reported twenty one arrests and fines totaling 425 dollars. Nine cases were for drunkenness, one for driving while intoxicated, one for hog theft, one for traffic, one for disturbing the peace, five for fighting and three for simple assault. Billie Jones, 21, of Loeb, fined 50 dollars and costs and sentenced to three days in jail for driving while intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Whitaker
Fletcher Richardson
Billie Jones
Loeb
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Little League
Tyler
David Read
State
Houston
Guy T. Word
Mr. Word
California
Ethel
Schuler
W. N. Ward
F. FE. Norris
Baldwin Park
Claude McElroy
Port Neches
Jeff
Madison
Francis
Willis
Willard
Roy
Ben
League City
Chance School
Silsbee Elementary School
Kirby Electric
Herbert Elmore
Lion
Blue Bonnet Cafe
Dainwood
A. E. Johnson
Lions Club
Bruce Edmonds
Mr. Edmonds
Rayford Birdwell
E. Morrow
Bert Wallace
G. W. Gilchriest
Thomas Bell
L. H. Thacker
Elmore
F. L. Choate
Tommy Scruggs
Texas City
D. N. Barron
John Tindall
Cameron
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