Red Cross Fund Raising Campaign Is Off As Workers Are Named
In Silsbee the 1957 Red Cross fund drive launches with drive workers named by local chair A J Hussman. Five majors will supervise captains and five workers each. Lloyd Brannan is treasurer and N A Cravens handles special gifts. Members will canvass businesses and employees, with efforts extending to the highway department Kirby Lumber plant and outlying stores along highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Silsbee
A. J. Hussman
John Blair
Kountze
Hussman
Thomas E. Bell
N. P. McCarney
G. W. Gilchriest
H. M. Jones
Herschel Meyers
Lloyd Brannan
N. A. Cravens
Don. L. Hough
B. A. Glasscock
Ernie Dietrich
Band Members Sponsor Spring Formal at Silsbee High
Silsbee High School band members sponsor a spring formal tonight at 8 in the junior high cafeteria with music by Fergie De Cuir's orchestra. Ticket captains are Ray Martin Joyce Paramore Ronnie Cones and Sammie Savage, decorations by Frances Million, reservations by Ronnye Cones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee High School
Fergie DeCuir
Ray Martin
Joyce Paramore
Ronnie Cones
Sammie Savage
Frances Million
Ronnye Cones
Dr Wade Parker Heads Cast Of Lions Minstrel
The Silsbee Lions Club eighth annual minstrel moves toward final prep under co directors John Skinner and R O Jackson. Dr Wade M Parker and his Minstrel Men perform musical and comedy interludes with sixteen acts. The CoEds from Beaumont join the lineup. Tickets are on sale through Lions Club members for the March 15 8 p m curtain at the High School Auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Lions Club
John Skinner
R. O. Jackson
Wade M. Parker
Beaumont
Lions Club
Bond Election Approved For Silsbee District March 30
The Silsbee Independent School District board ordered a $400000 bond election for March 30 to fund building projects extending the district's program to 1500000. Absentee voting runs March 16 to 26. The vote also considers Senate Bill 116 financing while preserving maintenance funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Independent School District Board of Trustees
Hough
James C. Tucker and Associates
Rauscher-Pierce & Co
Three Beaumont Men Charged In Hog Theft Case
Three Beaumont men Jack Toran Freddie Gloude and Peter Zachere were charged in a Beaumont justice court with theft of two hogs from Frank Fountain of Rt 1 Kountze. They waived examining trial and were bound over for the grand jury with bonds of 1500 each. The trio allegedly shot the hogs on the B E Quinn estate near Tram Road and were arrested while cleaning one hog as deputies and game wardens investigated.
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Beaumont
Frank Fountain
Rt. 1
Kountze
Jack Toran
Roland Road
Freddie Gloude
Bateman Road
Peter Zachere
Sour Lake Road
B. E. Quinn
Tram Road
Herbert Gary
W. A. Gentry
Johnie Williams
Olan Davis
Courthouse plans near completion as bond funds invested
Plans for the new Hardin county courthouse are nearing completion with bids expected this spring. The commissioners deposited 500000 in four banks, 200000 in Capitol National Bank Austin and 100000 in each Sour Lake and Kountze banks and Silsbee State Bank. The remaining bond money, about a million, is invested in 91 day U S Treasury bills at over three percent. Several right of way settlements were reported, including payments to six individuals totaling around 9400.
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Hardin County
Fletcher Richardson
Kountze
Capitol National Bank
Austin
Sour Lake State Bank
Peoples State Bank of
Silsbee State Bank
N. A. Cravens
George Christian
Frank Carpenter
Sour Lake
Ing
U. S. Treasury
Frank Payne
L. L. Barclay
Alice Yawn
Will Hooks
Senior Play Cast Features Many With Stage Experience
The Senior play Life With Father debuts March 28 and 29 with an experienced cast. Veterans include James Hobson as Father and Barbara Wyatt as Vinnie, plus Carolyn Adams Patsy Brown and Virginia Golliher returning to the high school stage. Evening shows start at 8 p.m. Tickets from seniors or EV 5-2291. All seats reserved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hobson
Ethel P. Savage
Curious Savage
Jennie
Patricia Richards
Nora
Patty
Cora
Virginia Golliher
Virginia
Syrid
Mama
C. W. Lawrence
Patsy Brown
Earl Cobble Dies in Beaumont Nursing Home
Funeral services for Earl Cecil Cobble 61 of Kountze are set for 2 p.m. today at Union Springs cemetery church near Corrigan. He died Tuesday at a Beaumont nursing home after a two month stay. Survived by son Cecil Cobble of Silsbee daughter Mrs Leighton Wagner of Houston three sisters and three grandchildren. Reverend Bruce O Power to officiate with Farmer Funeral Home directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Cecil Cobble
Kountze
Union Springs
Corrigan
Cobble
Beaumont
Kirby
Silsbee
Cecil Cobble
Leighton Wagner
Houston
C. F. White
Ella Maxey
H. W. Houston
van Nuys
Calif
Farmer Funeral Home
Bruce O. Power
First Methodist Church of
Pony League To Sponsor Talent Show
The Silsbee Pony League will sponsor talent shows in the junior and senior high auditoriums on March 22 and 26 to raise funds for Pony League baseball. The junior high show on March 22 offers cash prizes, with winners advancing to the March 26 senior high show for additional prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Pony League
PTA Meeting Focuses on Educational Opportunities
The Parent Teachers Association will meet Tuesday March 19 at 7 30 p m in the junior high school auditorium A talk by I B Griffith counselor of Silsbee schools will be part of the program The Camp Fire girls will present birthday acknowledgments
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teachers Association
I. B. Griffith
Silsbee
Camp Fire Organization
Outdoor Sportsmen To Meet Here Thursday
Wildlife groups in Sportsmen Clubs of Texas convene in Silsbee at 7 30 p m Thursday March 22 in the First Methodist Church social hall. Howard Hargrove SCOT director says the event is open to the public. Films will be shown and a wildlife discussion held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sportsmens Clubs of
Texas
Sportsmans
Silsbee
First Methodist Church of
Howard Hargrove
SCOT
Hargrove
Miss Pat Moody to Wed Fort Worth Man
Miss Pat Moody to marry Ronal D. Cunningham in a planned ceremony the last week of March. Moody, a Silsbee resident and 1951 graduate, works for Kirby Lumber. Cunningham of Houston works for Lorne Service. The couple will reside in Morgan City Louisiana.
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Harmon Moody
Pat
Ronal D. Cunningham
L. G. Cunningham
Fort Worth
Miss Moody
Silsbee
Silsbee High School
Kirby Lumber Corporation
Cunningham
Lorne Service Corporation of
Houston
Morgan City
Women Golfers Reorganize Club Here
On Ladies Day at Har din County Golf Club 21 members reorganized the group and plan to hold regular weekly meetings on Tuesdays. Officers were reelected: Aline McMahon president Virginia Watts vice-president Hester Fay Rudisaile treasurer Helen Wright secretary. Dues are 50 cents monthly. Committees named and future activities planned. all ladies invited to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Golf Club
Aline McMahon
Virginia Watts
Hester Fay Rudisaile
Helen Wright
Body Of Diboll Youth Recovered From Dam B Lake
Freddie Goins 17 of Diboll drowned when his boat with three friends swamped at Town Bluff Lake in Dam B on March 2. His body was found Sunday afternoon about 3 pm on the lake shore near the incident site by locals Eddie Shaw W B Warner and B V Stanford and sent to Lufkin Funeral Home. This marked the first drowning in the lake itself after prior incidents in dam locks and the Neches river. A large search by several hundred volunteers had been ongoing since the tragedy.
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Freddie Goins
Diboll
Town Bluff Lake
Dam B
Eddie Shaw
W. B. Warner
B. V Stanford
Edwards Ambulance
Woodville
Angelina County
Lufkin Funeral Home
Young Goins
Neches
B. J. Vernetti
Mr and Mrs Register Attend National Bakers Convention
Mr and Mrs Joe Register, owners of Registers Bakery in Silsbee, will attend the National Retail Bakers Association convention in New Orleans Monday through Wednesday. Their bakery will close for the three days and reopen Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Register
Register’s Bakery
Silsbee
New Orleans
Bakers’ Convention
Registers
Register
Local Man Fined On DWI Count In Beaumont
Silsbee resident Thomas G Hoover 27 was fined 50 dollars plus costs and sentenced to three days in jail on a driving while intoxicated charge. The case was filed in Judge George Buford's County Court-at-Law in Beaumont on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Thomas G Hoover
George Buford
Beaumont
Eastex Donates 150 to Silsbee Little League
Eastex Pulp and Paper gave 150 to the Silsbee Little League baseball program. Sam Cerniglia, league president, accepted the check on March from Leonard Menius. The Silsbee league serves Loeb Kountze Buna and Silsbee with opening day May 4 and a parade planned. Workday at the park is March 16 from 8 am to 5 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fastex Pulp and Paper Company
Silsbee
Sam Cerniglia
Cerniglia
Leonard Menius
Kustex
Menius
Cernigna
Silsbee Little League
Loeb
Kountze
Buna
Cernigha
Little League Park
Evork
Cernigla
District meeting set for Beaumont churches
All Christian churches of District Thirteen will hold their fifth Sunday meeting this Sunday at First Christian Church in Beaumont, Magnolia and North. Sunday evening services at the First Christian Church of Silsbee are dismissed for this week per Church Board Chairman Frank Caskey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church of
Silsbee
Frank Caskey
Christian Churches
District Thirteen
Beaumont
Magnolia
North
November Auto Injuries Prove Fatal To Cole Treadway
Cole Treadway aged 34 of Silsbee died at 6 30 pm Sunday from injuries in a Victor auto crash on Nov 16. He had been unconscious since the accident and died at home. Survivors include his mother Annie O Treadway of Silsbee six brothers J B of Vidor James R of Voth Mack of Loeb Roscoe Sherman and Frank all of Silsbee and a sister Kitty Whittington of Vidor. Graveside services were at Midway cemetery 14 miles west of Woodville at 2 pm Tuesday Rev R E Barclay officiated. Arrangements by Farmer Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor
Cole Treadway
Treadway
Silsbee
Annie O. Treadway
J. B
Vidor
James R
Voth
Mack
Loeb
Roscoe
Sherman
Frank
Kitty Whittington
Midway Cemetery
Woodville
R. E. Barclay
First Baptist Church of
Farmer Funeral Home
Fellowship Meeting At Full Gospel Church Near Silsbee
A fellowship meeting will be held at the Full Gospel church north of Silsbee. Friday night services begin at 7 30 and the public is invited. Mrs. Geneva Busley is pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Full Gospel Church
Silsbee
Geneva Busley
Yard of Season Awards Are Made by Silsbee Club
Silabee Garden Club named winners for the winter season December through February. First place went to Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Tucker, second to Mrs. Gladys Tucker, third to Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Wilson, Sr. Honorable mentions include D. J. Lewis, Rudolph Ernst, C. R. Baker, W. C. McNeil, C. D. Clinetester, L. Turrentine, Y. M. Evans and Fannie Jacobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silabee Garden Club
A. L. Tucker
Gladys Tucker
E. M. Wilson, Sr
C. E. Richmond
C. J. Thorn
H. A. Porter
Y. M. Evans
Fannie Jacobs
Only Two Announce For School Board
Incumbents E. M. Prewitt and Newton Hopkins had filed by presstime for the April 6 school district trustee election. The filing deadline is Friday midnight, with candidates needing to file by March 15. Don Hough, the school superintendent, provided the details.
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E. M. Prewitt
Newton Hopkins
Don Hough
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C. Stewart
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Nut
A. D. Rawlinson Literary Society
Richard Collier
Alf Bartle
Collier’s
Silsbee Post Office
E. M. Wilson, Jr
S.M.U
Silsbee Auto Company
Silsbee Drug Company
Hardin Drug Company
Wade Parker
Lions Minstrel
Deal Board
Harris Fender
James C. Tucker
Primus McDonald
Jesse Hanks
Frank Robinson
J Stringer
Waldo Mathews
Kid Grice
Odis Alexander
Stringer
McDonald
Hanks
Huey Phillips
Mary Grace Jones
Carolyn Gilchriest
Bobby Gene Martin
Joyce Elfien Wray
James H. Gregory
Flo Ellen Stark
G. W. Meek
Witcie Frazier
Fannie Gregory
Jo Ann LaToof
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Earl C. Cobble
Pony League
PTA
Pat Moody
Mrs. Register
Eastex
Christian Church District Meeting
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