Dam B Sees First Victim After Noon Drowning
Government and private boats searched the Neches River below Dam B for Virgil Scott Wilson, 28, of Pasadena, who drowned near the dam at about 12:30 yesterday. Six eye witnesses described the accident as his boat overturned in turbulent water. divers and engineers worked through the night but did not locate the body.
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Neches River
Dam B
Pasadena
Virgil Scotty Wilson
A. L. Boggus
Wilson
Boggus
Vernon J. Westbrook
Sour Lake
Corps of Engineers
Game Law Change For Hardin County Voted By Legislature
Legislation advanced by Rep. Frank Carpenter Sour Lake changes deer hunting rules in Hardin County allowing unrestricted hunting with dogs next season reversing a twenty year ban. Conservationists oppose the measure warning of deer population risks and potential abuse.
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Hardin County
Frank Carpenter
Sour Lake
Carpenter
Twenty Two Arrested In County During Week
Hardin county saw 22 arrests in the past week per Chief Deputy L C Kirk reporting for Dave Rountree. Among them were 11 drunk arrests, two pistol carry, three disturbing the peace, one probation revoke, four affrays, and one misdemeanor theft. Alice Faye Lowe was fined $100 and costs for pistol carrying.
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Hardin County
L. C. Kirk
Dave Rountree
Alice Faye Lowe
Fletcher Richardson
Moore Family Visit in Marble Mar II
Mr and Mrs Floyd Moore and their sons are visiting relatives in Mar ll.
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Mrs
Floyd Moore
Marll
Firemen Report 1600 In Annual Placard Drive
Silsbee firemen collected nearly 1600 in their annual fund drive and placard sale. Fire chief John Busby said a $211 contribution came from colored citizens and the department received a warm reception across Silsbee. Funds finance operations and equipment, with a hose dryer the year’s goal to speed drying of wet hoses.
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Silsbee
John Busby
Mrs. D L Collins to Teach in Silsbee
Mrs D L Collins resigns as principal of Chance School to join Silsbee schools as mathematics teacher in the junior high. She was reelected recently at Chance with a two year contract and has served four years there.
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D. L. Collins
Chance
Silsbee
Collins
Kountze
Hough
Waldo Mathews
Nena McKinney
Dorothy Louise Busby
Flo Ellen Start
Majorie Murdock
Sue Nell Chambers
Betty Sue Hetherington
W. Pierce Hall
Ida Mae Collins
Willie Jo Pierce
Commercial
Juanita Bellenger
Lucille Langston
Read Family Trip to Visit Donna Blanton in Princeton
Mrs Henry Read and her sons Tommy and George departed last Saturday to visit her daughter Mrs Jim Blanton in Princeton Indiana. Donna Read is Mrs Blanton.
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Henry Read
Tommy
George
Jim Blanton
Princeton
Indiana
Blanton
Donna Read
Steeple Raising At Baptist Church Attracts Crowd
Silsbee engineers watched the 4500 pound copper steeple lifted into place by Grove Equipment Rental Co. at 10 a.m. Saturday. The 115 foot crane carried out a smooth operation as locals celebrated the nearing dedication of the new Baptist church building.
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Silsbee
New Baptist Church
Grove Equipment Rental Co
K. Leger
Groves
Tme
IWA-CIO Wins Employees Election At Kirby Mill
Kirby Lumber employees voted to retain Local S-114 IWA-CIO as their bargaining representative in a National Labor Relations board election on June 2. The union won over two to one with 379 votes for IWA-CIO, 186 for AF of L Carpenters and Joiners, 15 for neither, 14 void ballots, and 3 challenged ballots not counted. Robert Taylor praised the vote and urged continued cooperation with community groups.
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Kirby Lumber Corporation
S-114
International Woodworkers of Amelca
CIO
National Labor Relations Board
Robert Taylor
Iwa-Cio
Carpenters and Joiners
AF Ofl
Taylor
Kirby
Friday Night Softball Feature At Little League Park
A ladies softball game is set as a novelty event Friday at Little League park with Mrs. L J Ratliff in charge of the ladies team and M H White managing the junior high girls. The schedule also lists Buna Yankees facing Silsbee Dry Goods and Fire Department matchups in twin bills through next Tuesday with current standings led by Buna Yankees and Crockett Gilchriest.
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Little League Park
L. J. Ratliff
M. H. White
Silsbee Dry Goods Athletics
Buna Yankees
Buna
Gulf Oilers
Fire Department
Crockett and Gilchriest
Silsbee Dry Goods
Crockett & Gilchriest
Gulf
Athletics
Kountze
Silsbee Dry
Avery Home Weekend Guests
Visitors at the L. C. Avery home were their son Leon and daughter Mrs. M. L. Mangrum and family of Pasadena, along with Mr. and Mrs. Bud Tilman of Beaumont.
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L. C. Avery
Leon
M. L. Mangrum
Pasadena
Bud Tilman
Beaumont
Silsbee City Votes $1 Garbage Charge Amid Phone Rate Talk
Silsbee council ends free pickup with a $1 biweekly residential charge and $5 to $10 monthly for businesses to offset an $18,000 annual cost. The meeting also hears Cecil Kennedy push for a local phone rate hike and approves a $50 monthly raise for Grady Tarver to 325. Public meeting set for June 14 to gauge sentiment on the rate increase.
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Silsbee
City Hall
Cecil Kennedy
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Grady Tarver
Bill Pennington
Austin
Terrell Buchanan
5Th Street
Woodrow
Woodlea
Pennington
Beaumont
D. W. Short
John Blair
Mr. Kennedy
H. C. Hopkins
Pete Landolt
Kennedy
Telephone Company
American Telephone and Telegraph
Monroe Brown Chandler
A. W. Million
Mr. Tarver
Mr. Million
H. M. Jones
Gulf States Utilities
Houston Natural Gas
Howard Hargrove
Roosevelt Drive
11Th Street
Council
School Board Buys 14 Acres For New Elementary School
The board agreed to purchase 14 acres from Evadale Realty Co a subsidiary of East Texas Pulp and Paper Co for 20932 with a down payment of 932 and four yearly payments of 5000 plus four and a half percent interest. The site likely hosts a future elementary school and a bond vote is required before construction. The district approved a stable tax rate and reviewed a record budget for the next year.
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Evadale Realty Co
East Texas Pulp and Paper Co
Dona L Hough
R. M. Buckley
L. D. Self
Honey Island
Kountze
Rev Bruce Power Named New Minister For Methodist Church
At the Texas Conference in Houston Rev Bruce Power formerly of Madisonville was assigned as pastor of the First Methodist Church in Silsbee. He succeeds Rev J E Ferguson who served here four years and moved to Madisonville with Mrs Ferguson and their daughter. Power arrives with his wife and daughter and will meet the congregation Friday at the Men’s Bible Class picnic.
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Pearce J. Burns
Silsbee
First Christian Church
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth
East Texas Area Council of Boy Scouts
Lions Club
Chamber of Commerce
Red Cross
Slaton Chamber of Commerce
Burns
Methodist Texas Conference
Houston
Bruce Power
Madisonville
First Methodist Church
J. E. Ferguson
Power
F. B. Dardin
Mrs. Power
Rev. Power
Rev. Ferguson
Ferguson
Fergusons
Saratoga Local Option Vote Narrowly Won by Drys
County Judge Fletcher Richardson said the Precinct 7 local option election ended with 247 to 235 in favor of the drys, giving Saratoga another victory for the drys over the vets.
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Saratoga
Drys
Saratoga Drys
Fletcher Richardson
Correction notices Bumstead scholarship winner
Miss Shirley Bumstead winner of the American Legion Auxiliary Marvin Moore Memorial Scholarship is the daughter of Mrs. S. L. Neely of Silsbee. The Bee previously mislisted her parents in last week’s write up of awards at Silsbee High School closing ceremonies.
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Shirley Bumstead
American Legion Auxiliary
Marvin Moore
S. L. Neely
Silsbee
Bee
Bumstead
Silsbee High School
Dempsey Gholson Resting Well After Injury
The Bee reports Dempsey Gholson son of Mr and Mrs J E Gholson of Silsbee was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident at a Houston race track last Wednesday. He suffered a broken neck and broken leg and is in room 4650 at New Hermann Hospital in Houston and was reported well early this week.
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The
Bee
Dempsey Gholson
J. E. Gholson
Silsbee
Houston
Young Gholson
New Hermann Hospital
Beemant
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Rev
Christian Church
Baptist Church
Kirby Mill
Silsbee's
New First Baptist Church
Methodist Church
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