Silsbee approves new base rate area for telephone service
City council in Silsbee approves a base rate area west of the city to include newly incorporated sections and remove four party lines. Residents inside the base area will pay the standard base rate, while those outside may pay less due to mileage adjustments. The measure becomes effective on the next billing date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
H. C. Hopkins
A. R. Neyland
C. E. Landolt, Jr
Silsbee Base
Woman Charged With Tuesday Murder Here
Alzetta Kelley of Silsbee has been charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of her ex-husband, Benjamin Kelley, at her home on Monday night. Sheriff Whitaker said the victim was waiting when she returned from Hardin County Hospital about 12:20 a.m., and Kelley fired as he allegedly moved to attack her. The weapon was a new .38 caliber revolver with the price tag on it. Kelley claimed the man had beaten her since their divorce and said she did not know he was there. He died instantly.
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Alzetta Kelley
Silsbee
Whitaker
Kelley
Hardin County Hospital
Orange
Hotel Beaumont
E. M. Tebbs
Kountze
Glen Reid
Falstaff Brewery
New Lion's Officers To Be Installed In Kountze
Silsbee Lions Club elected officers for the coming year on Tuesday. A E Johnson is president with Wade Parker as first vice president and A L Mashburn and J D Donelson as second and third vice presidents. Ben Stokley secretary Paul Georges Lion Tanner and D D Shine Tail Twister. New directors are Louis Thacker Carey Williamson Sam Copeland and Dudley Young. Installation occurs Friday at 7 30 pm in Kountze High School cafeteria with both Kountze and Sour Lake clubs. Williamson requests reservations by Friday. tel EV 5 3740.
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Silsbee Lion’s Club
A. E. Johnson
Wade Parker
A. L. Mashburn
J. D. Donelson
Ben Stokley
Paul Georges
Lion Tanner
D. D. Shine
Tail Twister
Louis Thacker
Carey Williamson
Sam Copeland
Dudley Young
Haddock and Hartman Tie The Knot In Beaumont
Marion Haddock daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Troy Garley of Beaumont and Billy Ross Hartman son of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Hartman of Silsbee married May 28 at 3 p.m. officiated by Rev. Eugene Dickey at Highland Avenue Baptist Church with close relatives present. Hartman a Silsbee High School graduate. Haddock attended South Park High School Beaumont. They will reside in Silsbee where he works for East Texas Pulp and Paper Company.
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Marion Haddock
Troy Garley
Beaumont
Billy Ross Hartman
Billy Hartman
Silsbee
Eugene Dickey
Highland Avenue Baptist Church
Hartman
Silsbee High School
South Park High School
East Texas Pulp and Paper Company
Jo Hicks Named Junior High Drum Major
Jo Hicks was selected as the new drum major for next year’s Junior High School band. Margaret Robinson becomes assistant drum major and the twirlers chosen are Ann Hayes Joy Fullingim Annette Ebard and Billie Favors. The tryout judge was Wilbur McCullar director of bands at French High School Beaumont.
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Jo Hicks
Margaret Robinson
Ann Hayes
Joy Fullingim
Annette Ebard
Billie Favors
Wilbur McCullar
French High School
Beaumont
Silsbee Man Faces DWI Charge in Jefferson County
Harold Arthur French, 40, of Silsbee, waived examining trial in Beaumont Justice Court and was bound over to the Jefferson County Grand Jury on a second offense DWI. He is due before the grand jury Monday. Bond set at $1000. He also faces a suspended license DWI charge in County Court-at-Law.
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Harold Arthur French
Silsbee
Beaumont
Twenty-four Receive Awards At Boy Scout Court Of Honor
Twenty four boys earned awards and rank advances at the Scout Court of Honor held at the Methodist Church Tuesday night. Troop 88 and Explorer Post 88 members served as honorees and organizers. Wayne Francis and Harry Hough led as Masters of Ceremonies with remarks by W H McMullen.
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Boy Scout Court of Honor
Scout Court of Honor
Methodist Church
Boy Scout Troop 88
Explorer Post 88
Wayne Francis
Harry Hough
W. H. McMullen
Trinity-Neches
Mickey Nash
Earl Wills
Nelson Bruns
Mr. Wills
Terry Gossett
Bobby Ford
Jerry Donalson
Bill Fields
Jimmy Wills
Phillip Crow
Sammy Cerniglia
Moriss Windham
Gehrig Brown
Wade Parker
J. H. Hendrix
Jimmy Brown
Richard Weeks
Willie Brown
Larry Martin
Stephen Crow
Richard Allen
Alf Fullingim
John Hatch
Edward Pontes
Larry Cawley
Doug Fullingim
Lloyd Gabriel
Fletcher Richardson
Morris Windham
J. W. Johnson
Court of Honor
Harmon Weathersby
Alvin Ragan
Bill Barclay
Olin Tucker
Allen Freeman
Bill Hilliard
Twenty Speeding Tickets Issued In May By City
Silsbee Police Department issued 33 traffic tickets in May per Police Chief G. C. Tarver. Twenty were speeding, three for no license, three for illegal parking, and one each for unnecessary noise, striking a parked car, failure to yield, cutting a corner, running a stop sign, running a red light, and following too close. Ten arrests for drunkenness were made and taken to Kountze jail. Twenty three tickets had been paid. ten remained unpaid.
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Silsbee
G. C. Tarver
Kountze
Radio Club To Meet Tonight At Fire Hall
The Satsuma Valley Amateur Radio Club holds its semi monthly business meeting at the Silsbee Fire Hall at 7 30 PM. Dick Burgess says membership is open to anyone interested in radio. Regular meetings are on the first and third Thursdays, with license preparation and code classes each Thursday night at the same hall.
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Satsuma Valley
Watts Family Visit in Port Arthur
Mr and Mrs H B Watts and their daughter Claudine spent Sunday in Port Arthur visiting his father C L Watts.
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H. B. Watts
Claudine
Port Arthur
C. L. Watts
Double Wedding Unites Two Couples In Moore Home
Shirley Moore married Stanley Whitfield and Thomas Moore wed Cynthia Neely in a double ceremony at the Moore home on June 1. Rev. Jack Minyard officiated. Guests included Emma Smith and H L Tyer families. A reception followed. couples plan moves to Houston and Santa Ana.
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Shirley Bob Moore
Bruce Moore
Stanley Whitfield
Emmitt Whitfield
Georgetown
Thomas Ray Moore
Cynthia Ann Neely
S. L. Neely
Moore
Jack Minyard
Colmesweil
Emma Smith
H. L. Tyer
T. L. Tyer
Beaumont
Whitfield
Houston
W. H. Curtin and Company
Arm-chair Vacations Across a Restless Map
A columnist recalls past trips across Cody Wyoming Gunnison Colorado Washington Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Salt Lake City Seattle and Yellowstone Glacier National Park and Glacier Iceberg Lake. He muses on travel dreams to revisit famous sites and the allure of arm chair journeys this summer.
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Cody
Wyoming
Gunnison
Colorado
Washington
Pennsylvania
America
George Washington
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Howard Johnson
Tennessee
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Benjamin Franklin
Salt Lake City
Tabernacle
State Capitol
San Francisco
Yellowstone Lake
Rocky Mountains
Glacier National Park
Iceberg Lake
Plans Made To Organize DeMolay In Silsbee
Plans to form a DeMolay chapter in Silsbee were announced with members aged 14 to 21 invited to contact Sim Ward M K McDaniel or B A Rucker. The new group is sponsored by local Masonic members.
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DeMolay
Sim Ward
M. K. McDaniel
B. A. Rucker
Ward
Silsbee
Junior High To Get Grass On Campus Renovation
The junior high campus will be transformed this summer with a new green lawn. Workers spread 1280 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer and planted 50 pounds of bermuda grass seed. Principal Ed Nash says the seed will establish sod by fall when school resumes.
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Ed Nash
Ingram Clears School Repair Plans as Board Approves
The school board authorized contractor Herman Weber and architect George Ingram to proceed with repairs estimated at 137000 including brick veneering at junior high and Waldo Mathews campuses and modernization of floors lighting and walls. Also approved Waldon Mathews home economics repairs and bids for a vanette truck to haul hot meals under 4000.
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George Ingram
Herman Weber
Waldo- Mathews
Waldon Mathews School
Pew
Miller-Dunbar Motor Company
First Pentecostal Church Observes Pastor Anniversary
The First Pentecostal Church of Silsbee marks Rev. W H Dunn's four-year pastorate with an anniversary program and a debt-burn ceremony. A new brick church valued at 75000 and a parsonage of 15000, plus enrollment growth, are noted. A Monday talk by Rev. W E Yocom of Atlanta Texas is planned at 7 30 pm.
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First
Pentecostal Church of
Silsbee
W H. Dunn
Dunn
W. A. Oliver
W. E. Yocom
Atlanta
Texas
KFDM
Oliver
Four Die In Friday Night Collision Near Woodville
Four people died in a head on crash on Highway 96 five miles south of Woodville Friday night. Ernest Lee Smith Eunice Leatherwood Smith and their 18 month old daughter Sheila Dianne Smith from Loeb were killed plus Vernon Bagwell of Liberty. Bagwell Smith and her infant died instantly. Smith died Sunday at St Therese hospital Beaumont. Funeral services for the Smith family were held Tuesday at the United Pentecostal Church Loeb with burial in Loeb cemetery. Mrs Smith survived by three children Ernestine Cecil Lee and Jimmy.
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Woodville
Loeb
Ernest Lee Smith
Eunice Leatherwood Smith
Sheila Dianne Smith Vernon Bagwell
Liberty Wa
Jack Miller
Zavalla
Edgar Smith
Orange
W. KR. Bates
Dave Jones
Port Neches
Jay Crippen
Lufkin
N. L. Jones
Nacogdoches
Coral Snake Killed Near Evadale Highway by Milton Cheshire
Milton Cheshire reported Monday that he killed a two foot long coral snake about one mile from the Evadale highway. This is one of many coral snake killings reported this year.
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Milton Cheshire
Evadale Highway
Giants and Cardinals win Pony League openers
The VFW Giants beat Young's Supermarket Braves 2 1 in the first Pony League game as opening ceremonies featured invocation by Rev Bruce Power and the National Anthem. Bo Tarver drove in the winning run in the eighth as Tommy Hartman and Jerry Biddie pitched well. Kountze's Cardinals defeated the Dodger 12 1 in the other opener with G Work earning the win.
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VFW Giants
Young
Braves
Bruce ©. Power
First Methodist Church
Robert Dear
Kenneth Cones
Giants
Bo Tarver
Tommy Hartman
Jerry Biddie
Kountze
Cardinals
Loeb Dodger
G. Work
Templeton
Milner
J. Upshaw
Buna Cubs
Simmons
Cubs
Pony League Park
Tom Frazier
Simmons to Be Installed as Rainbow Girl Advisor
Hetty Simmons to be installed as Rainbow Girl advisor for the Order of the Rainbow for Girls Silsbee Assembly. Installation at the Masonic Temple on Saturday June 8 at 8 p.m. with Gretchen Ernst officiating and 27 choir members.
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Hetty Simmons
Rainbow Girl
Order of the Rainbow
Girls of the
Silsbee Assembly
Masonic Temple
Gretchen Ernst
Becca Clark
Margie Stansbury
Glenda Bracken
Barbara Wyatt
Betty Simmons
Lillian Whitman
Patricia Register
Charity
Janice Sampson
Hope
Cathyrn Thornton
Judy Dehart
Cherrie Jo Ennis
Virginia MacClelland
Jo Ann Johnson
Barbara Clark
Carolyn Baker
Martha Simmons
Nature
Jackie McMillan
Elizabeth Wilson
Fidelity
Shirley Eldridge
Mary Bledge
Jane Odom
Confidential Observer
Emma _ Lois McDaniel
Outer Observer
Clara Sue Johnson
Sherry Smyly
Lois Harris
Reward Offered By Silsbee Little League For Vandals
Directors of Silsbee Little League Baseball offer a 50 reward for information leading to arrests and convictions after vandals damaged the concession stand and vehicles. Burglars pried the stand hasp, stole eight cases of drinks, 40 pounds of popcorn and snow cone syrup. Nearby cars had upholstery ripped during prior vandalism. Gulf Oil vs Chance Loeb rainout tonight. winner to face Buna for first-half crown. Buna beat Morris. Second-half play begins Saturday with two games.
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Silsbee Little League Baseball
Gulf Oi
Chance Loeb
Gulf
Buna
Morris
Silsbee Sets Downtown Parking Lot Near Pines Theatre
Duke Ashcraft announced a new public parking lot at 350 N Fourth Street beside the Pines Theatre in Silsbee. Dirt work is done and the site will be shelled and opened by June 15 if weather allows. Ashcraft leases from Mrs Bryant Butler and has 17 years in town as a taxi driver.
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Silsbee
Duke Ashcraft
N. Fourth Street
Pines Theatre
Ashcraft
Bryant Butler
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DWI
Jefferson County
Fire Hall
David Read
Ingram
Tommy Clark
Eddie Robinson
Clark
Robinson
Silsbee Tigers
First Pentecostal Church
Little League
Sam Cerniglia
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