Buna Maintains Strong Lead In Little League Standings
Buna holds a 5-0 record after a strong second half start in Little League play. The Yankees defeated Chance Loeb 10-1 last week for their perfect mark, with other games seeing Morris beat Transit Mix 12-1 and Buna edging Chance Loeb. Upcoming schedule lists multiple matchups through July 2.
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Buna
Yankees
Neches
Chance Loeb
Morris
Transit Mix
Gulf
Kountze
Morris Axers
Chance
Major Robert Fowler Visits Silsbee and Finishes Staff School
Major Robert A. Fowler, former Silsbee resident now with the U S Air Force, completed the command and staff school at Maxwell AFB Alabama on June 14. He will be stationed at Sewart AFB near Nashville Tennessee and return to flying duties piloting a C 130 four engine transport.
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Robert A. Fowler
Silsbee
U. S. Air Force
Fowler
Air Force Command and Staff
Maxwell Air Force Base
Alabama
Sewart Afb
Nashville
Tenn
Ground Administration Department
Air Force
Hamilton Afb
San Francisco
Calif
Command and Staff School
Paul Georgas Named Lions Club Secretary in Silsbee
Paul Georgas was named secretary of the Silsbee Lions club Tuesday after the resignation of Ben Stokeley who is moving away. Earl Wills will become tail twister of the organization and committee appointments for the ensuing year were read.
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Paul Georgas
Lions Club
Wills
Silsbee Lions Club
Ben Stokeley
Silsbee
Earl Wills
Mr. Georgas
Burned Out Jumper Triggers Power Outage Near Silsbee
A burned out jumper at the Legion Station south of Village Creek on old Beaumont highway caused a brief power failure in Silsbee on Wednesday. Lloyd Brannan, superintendent for Gulf States, said total outage lasted five to ten minutes with a longer partial outage about an hour and a half. Crews from Silsbee and Beaumont repaired the damage.
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Legion Station
Village Creek
Old Beaumont
Silsbee
Lloyd Brannan
Gulf States
Beaumont
Father of Silsbee Man Dies Near Nacogdoches
Final rites for Samuel M. Lucas, father of Neil Lucas of Silsbee, were set for 4 p.m. yesterday at Oakley-Metcalf funeral home chapel in Nacogdoches. He resided in the Jamesville community and burial planned for Fairview cemetery. Surviving family includes sons, a brother and 19 others.
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Samuel M. Lucas
Neil Lucas
Silsbee
Oakley-Metcalf Funeral Home
Nacogdoches
Lucas
Jamesville
Fairview Cemetery
State to Assume Half of Right of Way Costs
Hardin county commissioners reach a pact with Texas by which the state will pay half future highway right of way expenses. Costs will be determined by a board of appraisers and state appeal rights on condemnation are preserved. The session also approved a Loeb subdivision plat with 353 lots on 163.9 acres, developer obligations for street paving, and new constable appointment J L Johnson. Bids will be sought for oil leases on courthouse property, and the board of equalization will convene July 8 at the courthouse.
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Hardin County
State of Texas
Fletcher Richardson
Loeb
John D. Heplefinger
C. K. Strand
Highway Department
J. L. Johnson
Batson
Justice
Richardson
Board of Equalization
Rites Set Thursday For Rev Landry Buller
Funeral services for Rev. Landry Buller Sr. 68, Loeb Pentecostal minister for 23 years, were scheduled for 10 am Thursday at Loeb Pentecostal Church with burial in Memorial Park Beau mont. He died 8:25 pm Tuesday at Baptist hospital after a heart attack nine days earlier. Survived by wife Maggie Lou Buller, six sons, two daughters, his father, one brother, four sisters, 23 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Landry Buller Sr
Loeb Pentecostal
E. W. Stanley
R. D. Gibson
Memorial Park
Beaumont
Roberts and Pipkin-Brulin
Buller
Baptist Hospital
Maggie Lou Buller
Loeb
McGee Dam Area Faces First Condemnation Suit
The first action to condemn land for the McGee Bend Dam and reservoir on the Angelina River was filed in U S District Court. W R Cousins Sr of Lufkin owns 68.09 acres in San Augustine County. a $6875 estimated just compensation check was deposited. Owners have 20 days to object and present evidence. Federal officials anticipate condemning about 1,700 tracts for the 94,206 acre reservoir in the $50 million project.
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McGee Bend
Angelina River
Wedsc
U. S. District Court
U S. Dist
William M. Steger
Tyler
San Augustine
W. R. Cousins Sr
Lufkin
Beaumont
U. S. Treasury
Card of Thanks for Kindness After Bereavement
Deep gratitude expressed to friends neighbors and to the Order of the Eastern Star and Bethany Sunday School class for kindness and sympathy during bereavement for FL Swarthout.
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Order of the Eastern Star
Bethany
Swarthout
Services Held For Frank S Swarthout
Funeral services were held at 2 30 p m Monday in the Farmer Funeral Home chapel for Frank S Swarthout 70 who died suddenly Thursday at 10 30 a m in Clovis New Mexico He formerly lived in Silsbee He is survived by his wife of Clovis a daughter Mrs C G Gibbs of Clovis a son Doyle Swarthout of Silsbee three grandchildren and one great grandchild Rev Kent Newman of Silsbee and Rev R E Barclay of Silsbee officiated Burial was in Resthaven directed by Farmers Pallbearers named from Silsbee Dassetta and Houston
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Farmer Funeral Home
Frank S. Swarthout
Clovis
N. M
Swarthout
Silsbee
C. G. Gibbs
Doyle Swarthout
Kent Newman
First Christian Church of
R. E. Barclay
First Baptist Church of
First Baptist Circle meets at church for final missionary lesson
The Jene McNeely Circle of the First Baptist Church met at the church June 20 with four members present. Mrs. Sam Yawn taught the last lesson of the missionary book.
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Jene McNeely
The
First Baptist Church
Sam Yawn
Births Reported in Spurger and Surrounding Areas
Hello World Mr. and Mrs. Bil Wilson of Spurger announce the birth of a daughter on June 15 at Ensign Clinic. Bronson Dale, a son, born June 19 to Mr. and Mrs. Bronson Cravy of Bessmay at Hardin County Hospital in Kountze. Susan Cecile, a daughter, born June 21 at Hardin County Hospital in Kountze to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Coe Jr. of Mr. and Mrs. George L. Rhoads of Silsbee observe the birth of a son.
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Bil Wilson
Spurger
Ensign Clinic
Bronson Dale
Bronson Cravy
Bessmay
Hardin County Hospital
Kountze
Susan Cecile
Thomas B. Coe, Jr
George L. Rhoads
Silsbee
Births in Silsbee and Evadale Harm
Terrel Lemoin born June 21 in Ensign Clinic Silsbee. Judy Faye born June 22 Hardin County Hospital James Estell to Mr and Mrs Willie Joe Whitmire of Silsbee. A son born June 23 in Ensign Clinic Silsbee to Mr and Mrs Benny Kelly. Rose Mary born June 24 Ensign Clinic Silsbee to Mr and Mrs Albert Lambert. Gregory Lynn born June 25 in Hardin County Hospital Evadale to Mr and Mrs William J Richards Jr.
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Terrel Lemoin
Ensign Clinic
Silsbee
Willie Joe Whitmire
Judy Faye
Hardin County Hospital
Kountze
James Estell
Benny Kelly
Albert Lambert
Rose Mary
Gregory Lynn
William J. Richards, Jr
Evadale
Bee Hive Begins Friday Get-Togethers at Methodist Church
The Senior MYF of the First Methodist Church sponsors a weekly Friday 7 p.m. gathering called The Bee Hive in the church fellowship hall. Games will be played and refreshments served.
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MYF
First Methodist Church
Thanking friends for support after loss of Bill Cravy
Mrs. Bill Cravy and family express gratitude for kind deeds and sympathy shown during illness and death of Bill Cravy.
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Bill Cravy
Veterans GI loan and insurance rights guidance notes
The Q and A summarize veteran benefits for a widow's eligibility for a GI loan despite a late claim, installment options for GI insurance, vocational rehab limits, and absence rules under the Korean GI Bill. Accents include service-connected death, beneficiary payout in installments, and training up to four years with extensions possible. Legal holidays are not counted as absences.
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Korea
Ladies Golf and Bridge Club Meets at Silsbee
Twenty one members gathered Tuesday at Silsbee Country Club for a sack lunch. Golf and bridge were played through the morning with Mrs Barney McMahon taking the first win.
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Golf and Bridge Club
Silsbee Country Club
Barney McMahon
Kountze Man Allen Williford Completes ROTC Training
Allen H. Williford of Kountze attends two weeks of ROTC summer training at Fort Hood with Texas A M cadets. An industrial engineering major at Texas A M College, he is to finish training July 5 and is a member of the American Institute of Industrial Engineers. He graduated Kountze High in 1954 and formerly worked for the Texas State Highway Department. His wife Mary resides at 303 Sulphur Springs Road, College Station.
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Allen H. Williford
R. A. Williford
Kountze
Fort Hood
Texas A & M
Williford
American Institute of Industrial Engineers
Willfield
Kountze High School
Texas State Highway Department
Mary
Sulphur Springs Rd
College Station
Sinclair completes test on Ellery Fee discovery well
Sinclair Oil and Gas Co reports initial potential from No 11 Ellery Fee discovery well five miles north of Silsbee. The well flowed 64 barrels of 45.5 gravity oil with gas oil ratio 3372 to 1 from perforations between depths 10,986 11,016 and 11,056 11,064 feet. Flow used 64 inch choke tubing pressure 900 psi. Bottomed at 11,500 feet on a 3854 acre lease in J Ellery league A-17.
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Sinclair Oil and Gas Co
Ellery Fee Discovery
Silsbee
Ladies Dominate Club Tournaments In Local Play Day
The club hosted a "blind bogey" tournament with Mrs. George Wright taking second. Mrs. O C Seely won first high bridge prize and Mrs. Frank Rudisaille claimed second. Tuesdays feature ladies day with the second Tuesday for business meeting and the fourth Tuesday for golf and bridge events.
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George Wright
O. C. Seely
Frank Rudisaille
Many People Could Retire Comfortably on What Their Experience Cost
A reflective sentence notes that many individuals could retire well if they accounted for the value of their life experiences and labor.
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Leona White
R. R. Burgess
Joe Thompson
James Johnson
Louis Johnson
Robert Fowler
Landry Buller
McGee Dam
Frank
Resthaven
Tobe McDonald
Steve Redmond
R .L. Childress
Tom Singletary
John Reardon
Dassetta
G. C. Montingh
Houston
First Baptist Circle
John McGallion
J. N
Neches River
Methodist Senior Myf
Bridge Club
BEE
Manifold Books
Salesbooks
Allen Williford
Sinclair
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