Crockett Gilchriest Buna Neck and Neck in Little League Race
Silsbee Little League standings show Crockett & Gilchriest and Buna tied for first with five wins and two losses each. Five games remain in the first half before the June 17 start of the second half as managers and players prep for upcoming doubleheaders and team nights.
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Crockett-Gilchriest
Buna
Crockett & Gilchriest
Silsbee
Burke Hargrove
Jasper
Boys
Neches
Marvin Parker
Bosser Holt
Billy Barclay
Silsbee Stars
Diboll All Stars
Little League Board of Directors
Gulf Oil Tigers
Fire Department Indians
Kountze Conoco Red Sox
Crockett & Gilchriest White Sox
Buna Auto Yankees
Silsbee Dry Goods Ath
Standing of the Silsbee Little League Through June 6 1954
The Silsbee Little League standings through June 6 1954 are reported. Mrs J H Schuler has returned home after visiting Hungerford and Wharton Texas.
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Silsbee
Little League
J. H. Schuler
Hungerford
Wharton
Texas
Silsbee Swimming Club seeks 2000 memberships for pool drive
Directors of Silsbee Swimming Club met to review a fund drive aimed at building a private pool and park. About 2000 memberships at 25 dollars each were planned, but only around 3,300 dollars has been raised toward a 50,000 dollar installation. Chairman H N Hopkins outlined Monday night plans to canvass residents, locate missed contacts, and finalize fundraiser efforts. A six inch water well installed by George Bellenger Water Well Service adds 300 gallons per minute. The pool will be privately run by membership holders. the city has no official role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bellenger
Silsbee Swimming Club, Inc
Silsbee
H. Newton Hopkins
H. N. Hopkins
J. C. Perkins
Hopkins
Housing project to start in Silsbee by FHA approval
Actual work begins on East Texas Pulp and Paper housing development in Silsbee. FHA clearance granted and materials ordered for seventy units. Water lines laid, streets under way, surveyors mapping roads, one street near hard surface, others to begin around June 14 with curbs by June 21 pending specifications. Four model houses to start in northwest corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Texas Pulp and Paper Company
Silsbee
Federal Housing Authority
FHA
Manitzas Credit Jewelers Opens Saturday in Silsbee
Manitzas Credit Jewelers invites shoppers to its formal opening Saturday June 12 from 8 30 a m to 7 p m across from Silsbee Dry Goods. Manager Mickey Cohen says guests can register for gifts and meet Warren G Parsons showcasing Keepsake Cres cent diamonds from Syracuse New York. The DeRidder Louisiana based store has been family owned for seven years by Frank J Manitzas.
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Manitzas Credit Jewelers
Silsbee Dry Goods
Mickey Cohen
Warren G. Parsons
A. H. Pond Company
Syracuse
N. Y
The
Pond Company
Manitzas
Silsbee
DeRidder
Louisiana
Frank J. Manitzas
Mr. Manitzas
Gail Bland Visites Baytown Grandparents at Bartles
Gail Bland of Baytown is visiting in the home of her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Alf Bartle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gail Bland
Baytown
Alf Bartle
Remodeling the Old Manse on Rosie Ridge
The editor recounts twenty years in publishing and a recent remodeling of the Rosie Ridge house. Floors ripped up, debris piled, kitchen unusable, and nightly sleeping on the floor amid dust and delays. Despite rising costs and fatigue, progress toward a bright, familiar home brings cautious optimism and neighborly reactions.
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Rosie Ridge
Nie Teel Dies Near Hillister. Funeral Held
Mrs. Nannie Teel, 57, died at home in Pope's Mill near Hillister from a heart attack. Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. at the family home with Rev. Joe Ratcliff and Rev. E. T. Cockrell officiating. Edwards Funeral Home handled burial in the community cemetery. She lived in Tyler county and was a Woodville Methodist. Survived by husband W. F. Teel of Hillister, two daughters, six brothers including Selma Collier of Silsbee, and three sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nannie Teel
Pope's Mill
Hillister
Joe Ratcliff
Spurger
E. T. Cockrell
Edwards Funeral Home
W. F. Teel
Selma Collier
Silsbee
Mrs Tucker Returns Home After Memphis Visit
Mrs. A. L. Tucker came back Sunday from an eight day visit with her daughter and family in Memphis Tennessee. She traveled with another daughter Mrs Tom Scho field and her children Tommy and Kathy of Jasper.
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A. L. Tucker
J. M. Stallcup
Memphis
Tennessee
Tom Schofield
Tommy
Kathy
Jasper
Board Hires Truant Officer and Three New Teachers Wednesday
James Byford, 21, son of Mr and Mrs D H Byford of Silsbee, lost his left leg after a Magnolia Refinery accident in Beaumont. He was injured May 27 when 20 inch pipe fragments struck him while he sat 30 feet up on a steel structure. amputation performed and he rests in Hotel Dieu, expected to stay months.
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James Byford
D. H. Byford
Silsbee
Young Byford
Magnolia Refinery
Beaumont
Byford
Visiting Teacher and New Staff Boards Action at Silsbee ISD
Silsbee Independent School District voted to hire a visiting teacher as truant officer and pupil guardian, approve two new classrooms at the negro school, hire three teachers, and install new desks and library tables. The board also discussed grass planting, cafeteria garbage contracts, and raised attendance figures for white and negro schools.
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Episcopal Church
Parent-Teacher Association
H. N. Hopkins
Joe Davis
Silsbee Independent School Dis
Trict
den L. Hough
R. B. Withers, Jr
Silsbee
Janet Donalson
Ida Mae Hollis
Alma Jean McDonald
Waldo Mathews
J. A. Ward
Ae Knighten
Bond Denied in Honey Island Slaying Case
L 31 year old Black man L. Martin of Honey Island is jailed without bond as charges arise from the public safety item slaying of fellow Black resident Charlie Bogany, 48, near his home in Honey Island. Sheriff Whitaker called the case one of the coldest he has seen and cites a confession.
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L. Martin
Honey Island
Kountze
Charlie Bogany
W. “Whit” Whitaker
Martin
Bogany
Boyany
Hardin County Hospital
Dave Rountree
Whitaker
Epps Buys Tom Singletary Building For Auto Parts Firm
Ross Epps owner of Silsbee Automotive Parts bought the Tom Singletary building at 155 West Avenue N this week. The closing occurred Monday and Epps plans to keep both his wholesale auto parts business and Silsbee Service Co. in the same building.
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Ross Epps
Silsbee Automotive Parts
Tom Singletary
West Avenue N
Epps
Services For Mrs. Mary T. Jones Held Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary J. Jones 72 who died Sunday morning were held Thursday at 10 00 a m in Farmer Funeral Chapel with Rev A C Hoke officiating Interment at Frank s Branch cemetery under direction of Farmer Funeral Home Survivors include husband A F Jones of Silsbee three sons George Walton Floyd M and Samuel M Jones two daughters Viola Graaves and Wilma Hash two sisters Mrs W H Jones and Mrs W B Martin one brother Sam Spurlock 20 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren Pallbearers named Maurice Green Carl Goodson Harold Jimmy Archie Jones and Frank Jousan
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary J. Jones
Farmer Funeral Chapel
A. C. Hoke
Silsbee
A. F. Jones
George Walton Jones
Floyd M. Jones
Orange
Samuel M. Jones
Hopkinsville
Kentucky
Viola Graaves
Houston
Wilma Hash
Barstow
California
W. H. Jones
Port Arthur
W. B. Martin
Sam Spurlock
Maurice Green
Carl Goodson
Harold
Jimmy
Archie Jones
Frank Jousan
Singers Meet Near Buna Saturday at Parkwood Church
The Round Robin Singing Convention of South Jasper County will gather Saturday night June 12 at Parkwood Baptist Church five miles southeast of Buna on highway 62. Singing starts at 8:00 p.m. Many singers and groups are expected and the public is invited.
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Jasper County
Parkwood Baptist Church
Buna
Highway 62
Presbyterians Begin Summer Activities in Silsbee
Frank G. Nedbalek of Bryan serves as summer pastor at the Presbyterian Church of Silsbee and assists with church organization. A 1953 Texas A&M graduate and Austin Theological Seminary student, he invites visitors to summer programs. A covered dish supper at Dr. and Mrs. R. O. Jackson’s home is set for this Thursday at 6:30. Sunday services occur at 9:00 a.m. in the Fire Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank G. Nedbalek
Bryan
Presbyterian Church of
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Fire Department
Gulf
E. M. Tebbs
Pet
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Fire Dept
Silsbee D. G
Worley
Hare
Silshee Dry Goods
Castilaw
Walker
R. Stancil
Holt
Vaughn
Hollyfield
Cecil Smith
Ellison
Roy
David Read
Magnolia
William Free
Hotel Dieu
Johnny Hoke
J. W. C. Drake
D. J. Knighten
Kuhn
Hough
Taylor
David Cook
Pentecostal Church
Silsbee’s First Pentecostal Church
Dunn
East Texas
W. H. Dunn
Mary T. Jones
Frank
Cemete
Fred
Farmer Funeral Hare
Presbyterians
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