Silsbee Golf Club hosts second annual member tournament
Local club sets July 2 qualifying rounds for the second annual membership tournament with shoot scores due by June 30. Pro-Am at Beaumont sees Donelson 88 Dinkle 84 Wornick 92. Raiford defends first flight title. Post Office bids invited for new Silsbee building at former church site with 4 200 sq ft space 360 sq ft platform and 5 265 sq ft parking. bids due July 20. 10 year lease with two 5 year renewals.
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Silsbee Golf and Country Club
John Spillar
Henry Donelson
Bill Dinkle
Art Wornick
Beaumont Country Club
Donelson
Dinkle
Wornick
Dalton Raiford
Kountze
Silsbee
Post Office Department
First Baptist Church
North Fifth Street
PAP Cs Ed Acd
Snr
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Silsbee Bee Introduces Cox-O-Type Press Upgrade
The Silsbee Bee unveils a modern Cox-O-Type press from Goss, boosting capacity to eight pages and 3500 copies per hour. Ben Duen supervised installation with expert R. Duca assembling the machine. post install the paper aids local readers, advertisers, and the community.
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Silsbee Bee
The
Bee
Goss Printing Press Company
Chicago
Ben Duen
Goss Company
Silsbee
Silsbee Doctor Heads to Honolulu for Internship
Silsbee's first lady doctor Miss Billie Fern Strother will serve a one year internship at Queen's Hospital in Honolulu after graduating from Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. Strother, a Buna high school valedictorian and top 10 percent SHSU graduate, plans to return to East Texas to practice near Silsbee.
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Silsbee
Honolulu
Billie Fern Strother
Hawaii
Queen's Hospital
East Texas
Strother
Texas University
Southwestern Medical School
Dallas
Here
Hawaiian Islands
Buna High School
Sam Houston State College
Proposed Game Law Changes To Be Discussed Thursday Night
Officials of the Texas Game and Fish Commission meet with sportsmen and landowners at the Kountze courthouse to discuss changes in hunting and fishing rules for Orange Hardin and Liberty counties. Proposals include a deer season Nov 16 to Dec 15, a turkey season close, quail season Dec 1 to Jan 15, bag limits, catfish size limits and net mesh rules for game and non game fish.
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Texas Game and Fish Commission
Kountze
Orange
Hardin
Liberty
Game and Fish Commission
Howard Dodgen
Henry LeBlanc
Port Arthur
Hardin County
Game Commission
Orange County
Jefferson
Jasper
Newton
Tyler
Walter W. Sirmons Is Buried After Dies Monday
Walter W. Sirmons 78 died at 11 p.m. Monday in a Beaumont nursing home. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 10 a.m. in Cunningham cemetery north of Silsbee with pallbearers his grandsons. Arrangements by Farmer Funeral Home of Silsbee.
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Walter W. Sirmons
Beaumont
Cunningham Cemetery
Silsbee
Sirmons
Spurger Highway
Blainie Sirmons
Liberty
Edgar
Jesse Sirmons
Bud Sirmons
Anahuac
George Sirmons
Zapata
Charlie Sirmons
Berta Christensen
Ethel Lee Jones
Sanders Sirmons
Spurger
Sam Spurlock
Floyd Sirmons
Jack Gore
B Crain
N. L. Sirmons
Henry Collier
S. A. Ruggles
Farmer Funeral Home of
East Texas Transit Mix II Team Plans Cake Sale
East Texas Transit Mix II Little League members sponsor a cake sale Saturday at 9 a.m. in front of Crockett and Gilchriest grocery. Proceeds aid the team’s Little League Queen candidate Mary Jo Harrison. Ham donations are also given away in connection with the queen contest.
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East Texas Transit Mix
Crockett and Gilchriest Grocery
Mary Jo Harrison
Wastex
Bowles Granted Bail in Bowed Slaying Case
Bryant William Bowles, 38, held in Hardin County jail since the May 4 slaying of his brother in law James Earl Harvey, was ordered by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to receive bail of 15000. Bowles faces trial with his wife for the July 27 shotgun killing in 88th district court at Kountze.
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Court of Criminal Appeals
Austin
Bryant William Bowles
Hardin County
James Earl Harvey
Bowles
Loeb
88Th District Court
Kountze
High Court
H. A. Coe
Joe Goodwin
Wyatt Baldwin
Beaumont
National Association For Advancement of White People
Do Anything Except Swim Charlie Brownlee Leads Laryngectomees
Charlie Brownlee of Silsbee, a laryngectomee who had his larynx and vocal cords removed due to cancer, spoke at a Houston gathering of about 25 laryngectomees. The group, using esophageal speech, aims to restore normal living and help others adapt, with future branches planned including San Antonio and potential clubs in Austin and Dallas.
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Charlie Brownlee
Silsbee
Brownlee
M. D. Anderson Hospital
Houston
Texas
Air Force
Charlie
San Antonio
Austin
Dallas
Christian Church Remodels Sanctuary
The interior of the First Christian Church sanctuary has been remodeled and night services resume at 7 30 p m with Sunday school at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 11 a m Midweek services are at 7 30 p m on Wednesday Rev P F Herndon of Beaumont serves as ad interim pastor.
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The
First Christian Church
P. F. Herndon of
Beaumont
City Council Awards Water Contract And Budgets Review
The City Council awarded the water distribution system contract to Century Construction Co of Houston after a close bid. Low bidder Gerald Mora of Houston protested, but Century was approved 4 to 1. Sewer bids exceed funds. Texla Construction leads collection work and Lester Frederick tops the treatment plant bids. Federal aid may cover part of the shortfall, with redesigns needed for the sewer system.
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Bill Pennington
Spence Love
Bob Blair
Century Construction Company
Houston
Century
Mora
Irom
Texla Construction Company
Lester Frederick
George C. Cox
Silsbee
H. M. Jones
Roosevelt Drive
Woodrow Addition
Highway 418
Woodrow
Ladies Golf Association Putting Contest and Winners
The Ladies Golf Association held a Tuesday morning monthly tournament with a putting contest won by Mrs. Alvin Ragan first place. Mrs. Barney McMahon and Mrs. Frank Rudisaille tied for second while bridge winners were Mrs. Frank Rudisaille in first and Mrs. Tom Benson in second. The next meeting is a July 8 business session at 10 a.m. at the golf course with Mrs. Bruce Watts Jr presiding.
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Ladies Golf Association
Alvin Ragan
Barney McMahon
Frank Rudisaille
Tom Benson
Bruce Watts Jr
Minimax Tigers Lead After Strong Start In Little League
Minimax Tigers top Silsbee Little League with five wins, while Morris Pharmacy Athletics tie Buna Yankees for third with 4-1. Carrol Hale Buna leads batting at .383, Gerald Walker Minimax at .381, and Walker and Clifton Smith Buna share 5-1 pitching marks. Upcoming schedule features multiple matchups including Minimax vs Chance-Leeb and East Texas games through July.
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Doyle McKeown Sr
Minimax Tigers
Silsbee
Morris Pharmacy Athletics
Buna Yankees
Chance Loeb
Carrol Hale
Buna
Gerald Walker
Minimax
Paul Johnson
East Texas
Kountze
Chance-Leeb Mon
Chance-Loeb
Etex
Morris Buna
Minhmax
Morris Mon
Cha-Loeb
Morris
Texas
Bun
Allace Woods
East Texas Transit
J Coleman
Ch-Loeb
Ripkowski Kitz
Simms
Rose
Eastex
Wheeler
Ktz
Y. Seaman
J. Dollinger
Witte
Barclay
Smith Buna
Walker
Po Parks
Anderson Kountze
Hollyfield
Scarborough
Morris K
Hale
Coleman
Tues
Team We
Buna Morris
Man Fined 75 Dollars For DWI In County Court
Armand J. Allen was fined 75 dollars and costs and sentenced to three days in jail in county court. The county jail saw 27 offenders jailed that week. Deputy Dave Rountree said arrests included two DWIs, six disturbing the peace incidents, two traffic cases, and 17 other complaints.
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Fletcher Richardson
Armand J. Allen
Dave Rountree
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Carl P. Seale
New Press
Duca
Bapw Club
Holmes
Silsbee Business and Professional Womens Club
Billie Holmes
7Th St
Ona McGinty
Virginia Weeks
Marie McKinney
LaVera Landis
Louise Barnes
Mary O. Silverstrom
Kay Magee
Sybil Moore
Wade Strother
Dardin Dr
East Texas Transit Mix II
Christian Church
Kountze Minimax
Ch-Loeb Mon
East Tex
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