Silsbee Pressmast Headline and Editorial Staff List
PRESS ASSOCIATION Entered under a second class mailing permit April 10 1919 at the Post Office at Silsbee Texas a Published every Thursday at 410 Highway 96 Silsbee Texas Subscription Rate 350 plus 7 cents tax per year in Hardin Jasper Tyler Jefferson Counties 400 plus 8 cents tax per year outside these counties EDITORIAL STAFF DAVID READ and R L READ Co Owners and Publishers TOMMY READ Foreman MRS LEONA WHITMAN Society and Personal Editor MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT HAROLD LEIGH MRS RUTH STIRLING JAMES JOHNSON CHARLES GREEN Printer Operator Linotype Operator Pressman Stereotyper
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Silsbee
Texas
Highway 96
Exas
Hardin
Jasper
Tyler
Jefferson
David Read
R. L. Read
Tommy Read
Leona Whitman
Harold Leigh
Ruth Stirling
James Johnson
Charles Green
Calm resolve urged amid desegregation tensions in Beaumont area
Citizens urged cool heads as Beaumont NAACP plans desegregation campaigns. Hardin County authorities vow strict action against incidents while Silsbee remains a model of racial harmony with integrated Easter services and notable residents.
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Hardin County
Former Silsbee Family Honored In Baton Rouge
Mr and Mrs J W Billy Moffett Jr and their two children were named the 100 millionth vehicle to cross the Mississippi River Bridge in Baton Rouge Louisiana They received city certificates keys to the city lunch and an overnight stay at Oak Manor Motor Hotel The family now resides in Lafayette Cynthia Daniel visited in Amarillo with Jim Daniel and his sister Winford A Barclay family
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J. W
Billy” Moffett Jr
Silsbee
Mississippi River
Baton Rouge
Moffetts
Louisiana Highway Patrol
Oak Manor Motor Hotel
Lafayette
Jim Daniel
Amarillo
Winford A. Barclay
Cynthia Daniel
Chance Fletcher News Roundup of church and community events
The Fletcher Home Demonstration Club met June 18 at 10 a.m. at Mrs. W. B. Waters home with eight members, focusing on foods for older people and families with young children. Upcoming meetings, bookmobile visits, obituaries, Vacation Bible School, WSCS, camp meetings, and local visits are noted along with several families and ministers visiting relatives and attending events.
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Fletcher Home Demonstration Club
W. B. Waters
W. A. Davis
Lake S. Morgan
Beaumont
Baptist Hospital
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Morgan
B. H. Morgan
Chance-Cutoff Road
Woodcrest Methodist Church
Wayne Hicks
WSCS
R. Phelps
Jack York
Eugene Fitzwater
Flying Red Horse Club
Village Creek
Consent for a Child's Medical Care Under Texas Law
The article explains that minors cannot give consent for medical treatment and that parents or guardians must provide written, specific consent except in emergencies. It notes doctors may perform first aid and emergency care without prior consent but will seek consent for follow up, and relatives or sitters cannot grant consent.
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State Bar of Texas
Lime Favored For Acid Soils In Texas
Extension soil chemist W F Bennett says limestone benefits acid soils and Texas farmers plow only a tenth of the usable amount. He notes lime needs rise in East Texas timberlands and the eastern Coast Prairie and urges soil testing to determine limestone requirements and timing ahead of seeding.
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Texas
W. F. Bennett
East Texas
Timberlands
Coast Prairie
Bennett
Presbyterian Church School Set for June 24 28
Vacation church school at First Presbyterian Church of Silsbee runs Monday through Friday June 24 28 with Mrs Marshall Ewing directing and staff including Mrs Howard Bell Mrs Charles Aylin and others. Four year olds to not yet in seventh grade may attend.
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Marshall Ewing
First Presbyterian Church
Jimmie Sims Jr
Mr Sims
W. C. Caraway
Charles Aylin
R. O. Jacksons
Parker on Minesweeper USS Cove visits Portland for Rose Festival
Seaman Robert Parker, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Parker of Silsbee, serves aboard the inshore minesweeper USS Cove. The ship visited Portland June 12 to 16 for the Rose Festival along with 12 other First Fleet ships, with open houses and church services aboard. The Cove, homeported in Long Beach, California, toured as part of Navy outreach in the Pacific Northwest.
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USS Cove
FHTNC
Robbret L. Parker
USN
A. B. Parker
Silsbee
Portland
Ore
Cove
First Fleet
Portland Navy League
Antioch
Calif
Navy
Pacific Northwest
the Cove
Pacific
Lindsey Family Reunion Set for Honey Island Park
John T. Lindsey announces a Lindsey family reunion at Honey Island Park in Hardin County on Sunday June 28. The program includes gospel music brief remarks and Christian fellowship with free beverages provided guests bring their own lunch. Events start 10:00 am lunch at 12:00 and an evening program 1:00 to 3:00.
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Lindsey
Honey Island
Hardin County
Friendly Association
Christian Fellowship
John T. Lindsey
Cramer Reunion Set for Saturday at Village Creek Picnic Grounds
The Cramer family reunion will be held Saturday at East Texas Picnic grounds on Village Creek. It is an all day event with basket lunch at noon and all eight children of Uncle Bob and Dora Cramer expected to attend with their families.
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Cramer
East Texas
Village Creek
Bob
Dora Cramer
Pate Family Reunion Planned at Campers Cove
The Pate family reunion will be held Sunday at Campers Cove at Dam B. A basket lunch will be served and drinks provided. Attending families include the Pate, Sam Harris, Dink Gore, Nat Gore and Caraway families.
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Pate
Campers Cove
Dam B
Sam Harris
Dink Gore
Nat Gore
Caraway
Dennis T. Hunter Serves Aboard USS Gurke Off California
Dennis T. Hunter interior communications electrician third class USN son of Mr. and Mrs. James R. Hunter Route 1 Silsbee Texas serves aboard destroyer USS Gurke a Pacific Fleet unit that took part in First Fleet exercises off California during the Presidents two day visit June 6 7 The Gurke based at Puget Sound Bremerton Washington participates in amphibious mine warfare anti air and anti submarine demonstrations alongside USS Oriskany and Kitty Hawk 對
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USS
Gurke
Dennis T. Hunter
Interior Communications Electrician
USN
James R. Hunter
Silsbee
California
Oriskany
Kitty Hawk
Puget Sound
Bremerton, Wash
Area Baptist Crusade Ends June 30
The Area Wide Crusade sponsored by Friendship, Woodrow, Pine Crest, Good Shepherd and Firs Baptist churches draws 800 to 1000 nightly. Speaker A A Drennen and music director Sam Allen lead the revival with special nights: Family Men Youth Training Union. Services run 9:30 to 10:30 morning, through June 30, with plans to move indoors if weather worsens.
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Friendship Baptist Church
Woodrow
Pinecrest
Good Shepherd
Firs
A. A. Drennen
Jack Stanton
Department of Evangelism
Home Mission Board
Southern Baptist Convention
Sam Allen
First Baptist Church
Tulsa
Okla
America
Silsbee
Rites Held for V. W. Graves 96 in Silsbee and Center
Funeral services for Virgil Ward Graves 96 died Sunday at his son’s home north of Silsbee were held Tuesday at Farmer Funeral Chapel Silsbee with Rev. Eugene Jonte officiating. Graveside rites followed at New Hope Cemetery near Center. Graves, a native of Shelby County, was a retired farmer and Methodist. He had lived in Silsbee for years and in recent months in a Newton nursing home. Surviving besides his son B. W. Graves is another son A B Graves of Silsbee. Pallbearers were Frank Payne H A Richardson Cecil Cobbie A M Bradshaw Y M Evans and Martin Wilson.
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J. H. Waters
Pasadena
Wayne Hicks
Jeffrey
Jerry Waters
Leroy Pattillo
Carolyn
Arp
D. B
E. W. Stanley
Wiliam Franklin Berkman
H. D. Weeks
Silsbee
Victoria
Texas
Farmer Funeral Chapel
Resthaven
Berkman
Weeks
G.R. Williams
Fort Smith
Ark
J. R. Hooper
Texarkana
M. Leatherwood
Roger Williams
G. R. Williams
Rodney
D. McKnight
DeQuincy
Harlen
Earl Harnett
United Pentecostal
Lufkin
Joe Green
Baytown
Mable Daigle
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Pearl Norvell
Forbes Rankin
Seminole
Henry Shettles
Mississippi
Shettles
Fletcher Emanuel Baptist Church
D. B. Patillo Jr
IL. B. Walton
Analaska
Virgil Ward Graves
B. W. Graves
Eugene Jonte
First Methodist Church
New Hope
Center
Graves
Shelby County
Frank Payne
H. A. Richardson
Cecil Cobbie
A. M. Bradshaw
Y. M. Evans
Martin Wilson
A. B. Graves of
Hillister Encampment Opens Monday At Hillister Campgrounds
The Living Waters Fellowship sponsors a six day interdenominational encampment at Hillister starting Monday with daily 10 am and 7 pm meetings through June 29. Noted speakers include Rev Kent Newman, Gerald Derstine, David DuPlessis, Dr Earl Martin, and John Derrick. Open to all churches, full registrations provide on site lodging and meals.
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Living Waters
Tillister
Living Waters Christian Fellowship
Beaumont
Hillister
Kent Newman
Earl Martin
First Methodist Church
Mathis
Texas
John Derrick
First Baptist Church
Echo
Living Waters Fellowship
Newman
Cub Pack 88 Plans Summer Swim Party
Cub Scout Pack 88 will hold its first summer get together on Tuesday at 6 30 p m at the Silsbee Swimming Pool. Free swim for all cubs and a covered dish supper for each family. Parents interested in joining next year invited per Cubmaster Alvin J Ragan.
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Silsbee Swimming Pool
Alvin J. Ragan
Cub Scout Pack Tours Kirby Mill
Fifteen members of Cub Scout Pack 3061 of Port Arthur toured the Kirby Lumber Corporation mill Friday at 6 15 p.m. The group was accompanied by parents and their den leader A James. Plant engineer W H Lawson and Julian Bankston conducted the tour.
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Kirby Mill
Cub
Port Arthur
Kirby Lumber Corporation
Den
A. James
W. H. Lawson
Julian Bankston
Tomato grower brings two large fruit to Bee office
Birch Lakey of 445 Watts Road brought two very large tomatoes totaling three pounds. One fruit weighed 1 pound 11 ounces and the other 1 pound 5 ounces. The plants originated from Arkansas seeds saved last year. He now has four climbing tomato plants reaching 10 to 12 feet.
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Birch Lakey
Watts Road
BEE
Arkansas
Card of Thanks from Graves family
The family of Vv. W. Graves thanks friends for food flowers and many deeds of kindness shown during their recent bereavement.
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Vv. W. Graves
Sheriff’s Posse Plans Trek to YMBL Rodeo
Olan Davis announced the Hardin County Sheriff’s Posse will trek to the YMBL Rodeo in Beaumont riding from Bevil Ranch Kountze June 25 overnight camp with a live orchestra. The ride starts at 7 30 am June 26 to Lovell’s Ranch Sour Lake then Beaumont for parades and the opening night rodeo. Fees are 2.50 for adults 1.75 for riders 18 and under and free for children eight and under in wagons. includes rodeo ticket. Contact Davis L C Kirk Slim Dinkins or Punk Degat for details.
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Olan Davis
Hardin County Sheriff's Posse
Texas
Beaumont
Bevil Ranch
Kountze
Lovell
Sour Lake
Beaumont i
L. C. Kirk
Slim” Dinkins
Degat
Jewel Walters To Graduate In California
Jewel E. Walters daughter of C W Walters of Silsbee and Delores Underwood of Los Angeles will graduate Friday June 21. The ceremony to be held at 5 p m at the Los Angeles High Campus.
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Jewel Walters
California
Jewel E. Walters
Iter
C. W. Walters
Silsbee
Delores Underwood
Los Angeles
Calif
Canypus
Key Club Car Wash Set For Saturday
The Silsbee High School Key Club will hold its annual car wash Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event takes place two blocks behind Minimax Super Market on North Second Street.
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Silsbee High School Key Club
North Second Street
Birthday Dinner Honors R. D. Daniel
R D Daniel was honored with a birthday dinner marking his 70th birthday on June 12 at the home of Mrs. Winford A Bar Clay in Lavaiter. Four of his five children and their families attended.
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R. D. Daniel
Winford A. Bar- Clay
Harris Reunion Set For Sunday
The Harrie family announces a reunion on Sunday June 23 at Caredine Park near Jasper. A basket lunch will be served at noon.
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Harrie
Caredine Park
Jasper
Iit Wes
Queen Wilhelmina Abdicates. Juliana Becomes Queen
After fifty years on the throne Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicated on September 6 1948. Her daughter Juliana succeeds as queen in a historic dynastic transition.
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Wilhelmina of the
Netherlands
Juliana
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H. L. Foster
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Loeb
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Henry Mason
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L. Skeets
Roswell
N. M
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Area Baptist Crusade
V. W. Graves
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Gerald Derstine
Sarasota Fla
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Gospel Crusades, Inc
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DuPlessis
Sheriff's Posse
Ymbl Rodeo
Key Club
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Frank L. McClanahan Jr
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Kamala Devi
Hollywood
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