Subdivision Area Approved For Silsbee West Building Front
The West Building undergoes a 20000 remodeling to add a full glass front for West Department Store and Morgan and Lindsey. Steel supports replace concrete pillars as the front is rebuilt with glass, new doors, redecorated facade, and a West Building neon sign. Local manager L. J. Hebert anticipates further business growth in Silsbee.
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Collier
West Department Store
Morgan and Lindsey
West Building
West
Silsbee
L. J. Hebert
Senator Ottis Lock Seeks Reelection
State Senator Ottis E. Lock of Lufkin, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, announces his candidacy for a full second term. He cites religious principles and loyal service, notes a term shortened by district realignments, and invites continued support and public input ahead of a forthcoming full statement.
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Ottis E. Lock
Lufkin
Senate Finance Committee
Lock
Texas
Austin
Negro Man Injured in Kirby Mill Accident
J. H. Clay Jr a Black laborer at the Kirby mill was seriously hurt about 1 50 p m Wednesday when struck in the head by a dirt moving machine He was taken to a Beaumont hospital by a Farmer ambulance.
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J. H. Clay, Jr
Kirby Mill
Walter Murphy
Beaumont
City Officials Object to Article in Bee
The mayor and three aldermen defend the Silsbee City Council in a letter to the Bee. They say the Planning Committee of the Chamber of Commerce has not requested council meetings and deny that the administration refuses cooperation. They express willingness to discuss community plans and urge fair consideration of the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bee
The
Chamber of Commerce of
Silsbee
Texas League of Municipalities
Austin
Red Cross Chair man Names Solicitors
The 1954 Red Cross fund drive for the residential section of Silsbee began Tuesday morning, led by Silsbee chairman Jimmy Jeffrey. A breakfast at the Blue Bonnet Rose room preceded canvassing with materials distributed for outreach.
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Red Cross Fund
Silsbee
Jimmy Jeffrey
Blue Bonnet Rose
Jeffrey
Eddie Plunk
F. E. Wharton
W. C. McNeil
Ed Geisendorff
J. W. Moffett, Jr
L. E. Martin
C. B. Watts, Jr
Tommye Smith
Northwest
S. M. Miears
Walter Murphy
Wade Parker
Joe Markley
Joe Savage
D. C. Collins
H. M. Jones
Jack Shepherd
Cecil Smyly
John Martin
Public School Week Draws Record Visitor Turnout
Eight hundred seventy visitors registered at Silsbee schools during Public School Week, Superintendent Don L Hough announced. About 495 attended Monday night classes in junior high and high school, with Friday night programs recognizing long serving teachers. Elementary visitation reached about 650 led by Miss Doris Neyland's third grade room with 39 visitors.
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Silsbee
Don L.hough
Hough
W. E. Sheffield
Doris Neyland
Frances Brookins
Fay Welk
Lydia Knighten
Ethel Wallace
Irene Holland
Visitors From New York at Woolley Home
Mrs. F. J. Malone and her nephew Francis Larkin of Jackson Heights Longs Island New York visited Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Woolley this week staying at their home in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Woolley
Final Rites Held Sunday For Oscar Baker
Funeral services were held Sunday at the First Methodist Church for Oscar Baker 76 retired logging contractor who died Friday in Beaumont. Burial followed in Magnolia Cemetery at Woodville with Farmer Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include wife Lenna, two daughters and four sons.
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First Methodist Church
Oscar Baker
Beaumont
J. E. Ferguson
Woodville
Magnolia Cemetery
Farmer Funeral Home
A. R. Neyland
Kenneth Markham
C. F. Young
Richard Weathersby
W. C. McNeil
W. P
St. Therese Hospital
Baker
Lenna Baker
Silsbee
David Read
I. G. Markham, Jr
Joe Bailey
Nederland
Paul
Port Arthur
Maurice
Houston
Ray
Silsbee Elementary Reports Large Absence Due to Illness
Principal Mrs. W. E. Sheffield said 200 students were absent last Friday in the elementary department of Silsbee schools due to mumps measles chicken pox and colds, about 23 percent of 854 pupils. By Monday 105 were out and by Wednesday only 92 remained away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
W. E. Sheffield
Silsbee Letter Defends Planning Committee Controversy
A letter signed by Mayor R S Farmer and three aldermen defends a Chamber of Commerce planning panel against a Bee report. It accuses the Bee of misstate and notes council meetings irregularity, calls for cooperation with the planning group to guide Silsbee’s growth, and stresses public service requires restraint from personal disputes.
Sagstetters Visit Relatives Across Midwestern Trip
Mr and Mrs L J Sagstetter left Wednesday for Peoria Illinois to visit their daughter and family Mr and Mrs Duane Adelman En route they stopped in Houston at the W J Sagstetter home and in Fort Worth to see the R L Sagstetters
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L. J. Sagstetter
Peoria
Ill
Duane Adelman
Illinois
Houston
W. J. Sagstetter
Fort Worth
R. L. Sagstetters
Silsbee Receives Pool Land Deed for Community Project
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce received the deed to 6.62 acres two miles east of Silsbee for a new swimming pool. The deed was given to H. M. Jones, president of The Silsbee Swimming Club, Inc. Walter Murphy began site clearing and fencing Tuesday with a chain link fence planned soon. J. C. Perkins invites residents to view the early work as the project progresses.
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Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Silsbee
H. M Jones
Silsbee Swimming Club, Inc
Chamber of Commerce
Walter Murphy
J. C. Perkins
First Baptist Church Seeks Foundation Bids for New Church
The First Baptist Church of Silsbee will accept bids on March 15 for the foundation of a $260000 church plant. Bids open March 25 at the church office with Rev. R. E. Barclay, pastor, and the building committee. Architect Maurice E. Walmer of Beaumont. Bonds financing the project total $200000, with $29,000 remaining.
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First Baptist Church
Silsbee
R. E F. Barclay
Maurice E. Walmer
Park Street
Beaumont
Barclay
W. H. Wallace Rites Held Here Tuesday
William H. Wallace 52 a Silsbee machinist for 30 years died Monday in Baptist hospital Beaumont after a heart attack. Survived by wife Frankie son Billy Glenn daughter Carolyn Spears and extensive kin. Funeral 4 p.m. Tuesday First Baptist Church Silsbee with burial in Resthaven Cemetery. Pallbearers named R. E. Wallace D. R. Chance A. C. Bartle C. F. Earnest P. E. Earnest F. J. McKeon.
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William H. Wallace
Silsbee
Santa Fe Railway
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Wallace
Frankie Wallace
Billy Glenn Wallace
Carolyn Spears
L. E. Wallace
Buna
Archie L
Jesse Wallace
Nederland
Eddie Wallace
Stella Riles
Hallie Drake
Minnie Drake
Dorothy Hare
Farmer Funeral Home
First Baptist Church
R. E. Barclay
J. L. Petty
Kirbyvile Baptist Church
Resthaven Cemetery
R. E. Wallace
D. R. Chance
A. C. Bartle
C. F. Earnest
P. E. Earnest
F. J. McKeon
Stock Law Petitions Circulate in Hardin County Precinct 1
Four petitions circulate in Silsbee area urging a stock law through Precinct 1. A March 27 county wide horse law election aims to bar horses, mules and jennets, seeking to avoid a broader stock law. Precinct 1 asks voters to decide if cows, calves, bulls, steers, hogs, horses, mules, sheep, goats, jacks, jennets and donkeys may run at large.
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Hardin County
Silsbee
Commissionrs
100 NEW HOMES TO BE BUILT ON OLD GOLF COURSE SITE
East Texas Pulp and Paper plans to develop 80 acre Old Golf Course land near Silsbee into 75 to 100 homes. Ford Colley Tamminga to design with S B Zisman supervising planning. City cooperation promised by Mayor Farmer. Local postmaster L A Yankie provided land.
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Houston
East Texas Pulp and Paper Company
L. A
Ford-Colley- Tamminga
S. B. Zisman
O'Neil Ford
R. §&. Farmer
Silsbee
County Sets Date For $650000 Bond Election
Hardin county commissioners voted to call a $650000 bond election on April 24. County Judge Fletcher Richardson said petitions requesting the election were signed by a sufficient number of taxpayers. Bond proceeds will buy and clear right of way for present and future highways and county roads as more land is needed for expansions.
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Hardin County Commissioners’ Court
Fletcher Richardson
Trottie Sheffield Dies In Jasper At 56
Trottie Sheffield of Silsbee died at 8 20 p m Friday in a Jasper hospital after suffering a February 24 stroke. He worked as a machinist for Kirby Lumber Corp. He is survived by wife Lola Frances Sheffield a daughter Mrs W S Lee two sons Trottie Jr and Charles Sheffield a sister Mrs C H Eason and two grandchildren Graveside rites were held at Rest Haven cemetery Silsbee with Rev R E Barclay officiating pallbearers were Richard Har Graves Edson Ebard W L Nesbitt Wardy Odom Goldie Barnett and C R Smith.
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Trottie Sheffield
Silsbee
Jasper
Sheffield
Kirby Lumber Corporation
Lola Frances Sheffield
W. S. Lee
Trottie, Jr
Charles Sheffield
C. H. Eason
Farmer Funeral Home
Resthaven
R. E. Barclay
First Baptist Church
Richard Hargraves
Edson Ebard
W. L. Nesbitt
Wardy Odom
Goldie Barnett
C. R. Smith
Chief Tarver Reports 21 Traffic Fines in February
Police Chief Grady Tarver reports February in Silsbee shows 17 speeding and stop light fines, 4 illegal parking fines, 5 drunks jailed, 13 horses impounded, plus 11 accident calls and about five police calls daily on average.
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Tarver
Grady Tarver
Silsbee
Cain Declares Candidacy for 75th District Attorney
Everett H Cain Liberty attorney announces his bid for the office of district attorney for the 75th Judicial District of Texas in a statement to fellow citizens. The message appears in the political notice and continues on page eight.
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Everett H. Cain
Liberty Attorney
The
Torney
75Th Judicial District
Texas
Death of James Allen Yankie at 63
James Allen Yankie, 63, died Monday morning after a heart ailment. Final rites were held Tuesday at 2 PM at Farmer Funeral Home chapel in Silsbee with Rev. E. H. Burnes officiating. Survivors include wife Edith, two sons Wayne and Wilmer A., daughter Letha Snider, brother L. A. Yankie, sisters Mary Ella Sims and Iver Schley, and two grandchildren. Yankie was a longtime Silsbee resident, noted as a stock raiser and dairyman.
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James Allen Yankie
Yankie
Farmer Funeral Home
E. H. Burnes
First Christian Church
Resthaven Cemetery
G. E. McLaughlin
John Busby
E. M. Prewitt
E. L. Skinner
O. L. Redmond
Banks Cook
H. M. Jones
Harry Martin
Silsbee
Edith Yankie
Wayne Yankie
Wilmer A. Yankie
Beaumont
Letha Snider
L. A. Yankie
Mary Ella Sims
Iver Schley
Garage Men to See Training Film on Ford Vehicles
Local garage repairmen and mechanics are invited to view a Ford training film at Silsbee Auto Company tonight at 7 30. Lenox Hawthorne will lead the meeting showing factory recommended repair procedures with plans for similar sessions on other repair topics.
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Ford
Silsbee Auto Company
Lenox Hawthorne
Hawthorne
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Ottis Lock
Silsbee, Texas
Bob
Red Cross
Solicitors
R. S. Farmer
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Newton Hopkins
Kirby
W. H. Wallace
Death
James Allen
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