Silsbee and Cypress Creek Projects Delayed by Escrow and Bids
Hardin County officials delayed two major highway projects, the Highway 96 curb and gutter work in Silsbee and the Cypress Creek bridge at Kountze, after escrow funds were not ready and bids exceeded estimates. County plans to issue more bonds to fund escrow for curb, gutter, and storm sewer work and to re-bid Cypress Creek with a July advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Silsbee
press-Creek
Kountze
R. B. Terry
Cypress Creek
Highway Department
Terry
Landolt
Joe Register
Landalt’s
Frank Payne
Register
Fletcher Richardson
Commissioners’ Court
Commissioner’s Court
Richardson
Tom Bureh
Light turnout at Silsbee telephone rate hearing
A public hearing at the Silsbee fire station on telephone rates drew only about nine attendees besides telecom and city reps. Judge Richardson pressed Southwest Bell official Cecil Kennedy on tax returns and fair value basis for rates, while Kennedy defended tax treatment and investor returns. The session ended without agreement, with Mayor Jones noting it was a public hearing, not a council meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Cecil Kennedy
Fletcher Richardson
Kennedy
Richardson
Hardin County
Mr. Richardson
Earl Stover
Beaumont
Silsbee Independent School District
Road District
Boundries
American Telephone and Telegraph
Southwestern Bell Telephone
H. M. Jones
Judge
Mr. Kennedy
Shriner Fish Fry Here June 25 To Be Gala Affair
The El Mina Shrine fish fry is set for Cravens Camp on Saturday afternoon June 25. General chairman Tom K Allen says 500 to 700 Shriners from across Southeast Texas will attend, traveling from Galveston Port Arthur Beaumont Jasper Kirbyville Woodville Kountze and other points. Serving begins promptly at 5 p m.
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el Mina Shrine
Cravens Camp
Tom K. Allen
el Mina
Texas
Galveston
Port Arthur
Beaumont
Jasper
Kirbyville
Woodville
Kountze
Allen
Thirty Arrested and Fined In County Court Week
In Hardin county the past week yielded 30 arrests reported by Deputy Dave Rountree. Offenses included 17 drunken arrests, three drunken in car, three driving while intoxicated, one hot check, two affrays, two simple assaults, one traffic violation, and two vagrancies. On June 7 W J Krinkle and Fred Stone III paid $50 fines plus costs for DWI. On June 10 W J Davis paid $1 plus costs for hot checks.
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Hardin County
Dave Rountree
W. J. Krinkle
Fred Stone III
W. J. Davis
Dassetta
Margaret Taylor to Represent Silsbee at Navasota Festival
Margaret Taylor daughter of Mrs. W. H. Taylor of Silsbee will represent Silsbee at the Navasota Watermelon festival July 3 4 sponsored by the chamber of commerce. A W Dainwood chamber president announced Joe Markley general chairman for the fall Industrial Round up will report at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Taylor
W. H. Taylor
Silsbee
Navasota
Chamber of Commerce
A. W. Dainwood
Joe Markley
Work Day Planned For Saturday At First Baptist
Rev. R E Barclay invites volunteers for an all-out work day at the new First Baptist Church on Saturday June 18. Work begins at 7 a m with tasks including ground and building cleaning, hanging sheetrock, and painting. Attendees should bring tools and a covered dish for the noon meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New First Baptist Church
R. E. Barclay
Judy Woodward to Appear on Uncle Willie's TV Program
Geraldine Judy Woodward will appear Friday afternoon at 4 30 on Channel 6 for Uncle Willie's television program.
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Geraldine
Judy” Woodward
Uncle Willie
Channel 6
New Presbyterian Minister Arrives Here For Summer
Wayne Sebesta a seminary student from Austin arrives as pastor of First Presbyterian Church Silsbee for the summer. He hails from Bryan and is a graduate of Austin College Sherman now completing three years of seminary and four years of college. A welcoming picnic is set for June 21 at 6 30 p m at Houston Oil Company grounds with arrangements led by Mrs Tom Benson and Mrs R J Jackson. A rummage sale in Santa Fe park Saturday 7 a m to 2 p m funds church completion toward finishing the new Silsbee church on Highway 96 South 80 percent complete and due July 1 per building chair Joe Savage.
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Wayne Sebesta
Austin Seminary
Austin
First Presbyterian Church of
Silsbee
Sebesta
Bryan
Austin College
Sherman
Sesbesta
Houson Oil Company
Tom Benson
R. ©. Jackson
Melvin Winger
Santa Fe Park
New Presbyterian Church
Silsbee How
Highway 96
Joe Savage
Loeb Petition Urges Halt to Silsbee Highway Interchange
Hardin county commissioners hear a Loeb residents’ petition asking cancellation of a road project that would connect highways 69 96 and 287 at the Loeb area inter change. The petition cites unnecessary spending and low traffic as reasons, with the state highway department having final say.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Loeb
Silsbee
O P. Roden
State Highway Department
Fletcher Richardson
Blue Cross Insurance Plan
Tom Bureh
Sour Lake
Queen Candidates Saturday Buna Leads Little League After First Half
In Silsbee Little League action the first half winner is undecided with Buna at 8-2 leading. Crockett and Gilchriest sit 7-2-1 behind, while a possible tie with Gulf Oilers could force a first half playoff involving the Yankees and Sox.
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Buna
Silsbee
Crockett and Gilchriest
White Sox
Gulf Oilers
Yankees
Sox
Gulf
Kountze
Silsbee Dry Goods Athletics
Fire Department Indians
Silsbee Dry Goods and Crockett and Gilchries
Kountze Red Sox
J. D. Donalson
Fire Department
Crockett & Gilchriest
Silsbee Dry Goods
Salt Water Memories Rise As Gulf Trip Sparks Nostalgia
The writer recounts a Gulf of Mexico fishing trip with family, recalling a youth filled with Model A adventures and a creaky home made sailboat. From Evadale to Sabine Lake to Anahuac, the vessel sank and was salvaged once before wartime shifts ended boating, yet the allure of salt water endures and may lead to another voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Coast
Evadale
Sabine Lake
Galveston Bay
Anahuac
Trinity River
Port Bolivar
Saling
Clifton-By-the-Sea
Gulf
Kiwanis Club Fish Fry Highlights Local Event
The Silsbee Kiwanis Club marks another birthday with a fish fry at Cravens Camp. Chartered in 1933, the club remains active as visiting Kiwanians join members and wives for a big evening. Dr. W J Poshataske heads committees preparing for the event and George Parks of Lamar Tech leads a musical program featuring Theresa Simon Port Neches Jerry Ann Best Woodville Elwin Reavis Beaumont and Anna Dell McDaniel Beaumont.
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Silsbee Kiwanis Club
Cravens Camp
W. J. Poshataske
FE. M. Wilson
George Parks
Lamar Tech
Beaumont
Theresa Simon
Port Neches
Jerry Ann Best
Woodville
Elwin Reavis
Anna Dell Me Daniel
Wanda Kelley to Marry Lt Richard Jones in July
Mr and Mrs S KE Kelley of Newton announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter Wanda to Lt Richard E Jones, son of Mr and Mrs Buck Jones of Silsbee. A July wedding is planned at the bride elects parents home. Wanda is a Newton High School 1953 graduate now with the Texas Highway Department in Silsbee. Jones is a Silsbee High School graduate who attended Texas A M and will join his father at Buck Jones Lumber Company in Ince, Silsbee until his October 1955 army call.
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Wanda
Richard E. Jones
Buck Jones
Silsbee
Miss Kelley
Newton High School
Texas Highway Department
St. Jones
Silsbee High School
Texas A & M College
Buck Jones Lumber Company
Ince
United States Army
VFW Pledges Support to Cerebral Palsy Association
Silsbee VFW adopted a resolution pledging all possible support to the United Cerebral Palsy Association. The group met at Clarence Dehart home to discuss sponsoring the Cerebral Palsy work in Hardin County. Joseph Banks, regional director, spoke to the Silsbee Lions about the association and a school clinic is planned next week.
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Silsbee Veterans of Foreign Wars
United Cerebral Palsy Association
VFW
Clarence Dehart
Cerebral Palsy Association
Hardin County
Joseph Banks
United Cerebral Palsy
Texas
Silsbee Lions Club
Leon Ward Beats Summer at Parents Home in Austin
Leon Ward of Austin is spending the summer months in the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Ward. Leon attends school in Austin.
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Leon Ward
Austin
Cecil Ward
Leon
Local Blind Man Enthusiastic About Pilot Guide Dog Rocky
Max Zeller, 59, night dispatcher at City Cabstand, returned June 9 from Columbus after four weeks training at the Pilot Guide Dog Foundation to pair with Rocky a boxer. The foundation covered all costs including air travel and lodging. Zeller has been blind 35 years and is the county’s only blind owner of one of these dogs. He praised the foundation and noted selective training with trips through urban traffic and obstacles. He lives at 1315 Norvell St in Silsbee with his wife and nephew Jesse Stewart.
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Max Zeller
City Cabstand
Columbus
Ohio
Pilot Guide Dog Foundation
Rocky
Mr. Zeller
Foundation
Zeller
Jesse Stewart
Norvell St
Silsbee
Moreland Named Supreme Deputy in Shrine Auxiliary
Mrs. B L Moreland, past queen of Ramallah Temple Daughters of the Nile, was chosen as Supreme Deputy of Texas. She and other Ramallah members including Mrs Marian Ellis Beaumont and Mrs Venetta King Port Arthur attended the Detroit supreme session where Mrs Ruth M Roche of Detroit was installed as supreme queen.
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Lucille Moreland
Ramallah Temple
Daughters of the Nile
Detroit
Michigan
Ruth M. Roche
Moreland
Texas
Marian Ellis
Beaumont
Olsey Shirley
Marga Hansen
Venetta King
Port Arthur
Boy Detours by Way of San Francisco on Arkansas Trip
Robert Boyette, 15, of Rountze, reported missing since June 1, has appeared in Arkansas with his grandparents. His mother, Mrs. R C Boyette, said he hitchhiked to California via San Francisco and spent a night in Athens Texas before continuing west to Idaho and back to Arkansas. He plans to stay in Arkansas for the summer and return to school in the fall.
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Robert Boyette
Rountze
Arkansas
R. C. Boyette
Dave Rountree
West Coast
Idaho
Rountree
Dance recital raises 227.69 for Silsbee Swimming Pool Fund
Julie Britton School of Dancing raised 227.69 at its fourth annual June 2 and 3 recital at Silsbee High auditorium. Proceeds, after expenses, benefit the Silsbee Swimming Pool Fund. past donations supported Polio, Crippled Children's Society, and Cancer Society. Fall classes will resume, director Julie Britton Campbell said.
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Silsbee Swimming Pool Fund
Julie Britton
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Shriner
C of C
First Baptist
Presbyterian
May
Sims
Red Sox
Ratliff
Athletics
Stacil
Mabry
Walker
Tigers
Simpson
Castelon
Dear
Ashcraft
Indians
David Read
Wiiter
Gulf of Mexico
Tommy
Doyle Grundy
High Island
Kiwanis Club
Wanda Kelley
Richard Jones
Mrs. S. KE. Kelley
Newton
VEW
Cerebral Palsy Assn
Lions Hear
B. L. Moreland
High Shrine
San Francisco
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