Bids On New Post Office Are Due In Silsbee
City prepares to post bids for a new Post Office Building in Silsbee as part of a municipal improvement program. A special meeting to sell 285000 in tax bonds and 379000 in revenue bonds is set for tonight at the city office. Rauscher Pierce and J R Phillips of Houston manage the sale with city engineers ready to proceed.
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Silsbee
City of Silsbee
Bill Pennington
Rauscher-Pierce
J. R. Phil
Lips Investment Company of
Houston
Charles Haile
Jack Brooks
Post Office Department
First Baptist Church
L. A. Yankie
Congressman Brooks
Brooks
Washington
Texas
Congress
Sagstetter retires after 34 years with Santa Fe Railway
L J Sagstetter retires after a 51 year career including 34 years at Santa Fe Railway shops as a coppersmith sheetmetal worker pipefitter and plumber. He served 28 years as local fire chief and was active in school board tax equalization and Boy Scout work in Silsbee Texas.
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Sagstetter
The
Santa Fe
Silsbee
Silsbee Chamber Statistics Highlight Budgets and Dues
Silsbee Chamber president Lloyd Brannan presents comparisons of small city chambers. Budgets range from Gilmer 4495 to Carthage 15000 with similar populations. Dues up to 60 dollars. most chambers have staff. Silsbee per capita spending 70 cents versus 1.09 to 3.75 elsewhere. average 1.40.
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Lloyd Brannan
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Gilmer
Carthage
Silsbee
First Pentecostal Church Breaks Ground on New Classroom Building
Silsbee's First Pentecostal Church started foundations and poured footings for a 42 by 120 foot Sun day School classroom building to cost about 25000 dollars. The brick structure will house 20 classrooms and a recreation room, with a future second floor auditorium possible.
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Silsbee
W. A. Oliver
First Pentecostal
Hiway Commissioner Visits Here Friday
Marshall Formby chairman of the state highway commission and W E Simmons district engineer visited in Hardin County last Friday. They conferred with County Judge Fletcher Richardson and urged rapid procurement of right of way for approaches to the Neches River bridge at Evadale. They also stopped by The Silbee Bee. Formby and R L Read were college friends at Texas Tech.
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Marshall Formby
State Highway Commission
W. E. Simmons
Beaumont
State Highway Department
Hardin County
Fletcher Richardson
Neches River
Evadale
The
Silsbee Bee
Mr. Formby
R. L. Read
Texas Tech
Bee Prints Give Away Ads With No Purchase Required
The Silsbee Bee will publish trade stimulation announcements offering prizes where customers only sign their names. State AG Will Wilson had ruled that signing does not count as consideration for a lottery, and postal authorities concur. The paper will continue such drawings without required purchases while awaiting further rulings.
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Bee
Silsbee Bee
State Attorney General
Post Office Department
Will Wilson
Cal
Texas Press Association
Evadale School Suit Depositions Continue Fourth Day
In Evadale Texas the Evadale school district tax suit against Pulp and Paper Company moved into its fourth day of depositions. Paper mill lawyers said the work may finish Wednesday night. All board members and the tax officials were questioned at length. A hearing on the injunction to halt tax collection is set for March 27-28 in Jasper district court.
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Evadale
East Texas Pulp and Paper Company
Evadale School
Board of Equalization
Jasper
Final Rites Sunday For H. W. Kirkpatrick Evadale Pioneer
Funeral services for H. W. Walt er Kirkpatrick of Evadale were held at the Silsbee Church of Latter Day Saints after his death Friday night in Hardin County Hospital. A Bear Man's Bluff native born 76 years ago, he ferried Evadale from 1915 to 1929 and then retired after the highway 96 bridge. Survived by his wife, five sons including Dr J B Kirkpatrick and Dr Frank B Kirkpatrick, two daughters, and 16 grandchildren.
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Silsbee Church of Latter Day Saints
H. W
Walter) Kirkpatrick
Evadale
Hardin County Hospital
Kountze
Kirkpatrick
Mr. Kirkpatrick
Bear Man’s Bluff
Neches
Craven's
Susbee
Neches River
Leigh W. Clark
Houston
Beaumont
Walter L. Kirkpatrick
Vance Air Force Base
Enid
Okla
W. J. Kirkpatrick
Buna
Violet Kirkpatrick
John B. Preston
Victoria
Grand Jury quits indicts forty four in Hardin County
The October session of the Hardin County grand jury was dismissed after reviewing 98 cases. It returned 44 indictments and 54 no bills, plus two special sessions. Final day yielded four indictments including two for assault with intent to murder, one theft, and one defrauding by bad check.
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Hardin County
Grand Jury
H. A. Coe
Willis Selman
Silsbee
Gainesville
Kountze
Texas
Orf County
Absentee Balloting Underway In Area School Elections
Absentee voting in area school trustee races has started. Voters out of town may cast ballots at the county clerk’s office until three days before the April 5 election. Silsbee incumbents Pete Farmer Alf Fullingim and Dr George D Tennison seek re election unopposed for three seats. Chance Loeb candidates include incumbents L A McNeil H W Pippin C E Meadows and newcomers D L Pool Willie O Worry. Evadale field includes J B Stimuts Willard Ivy Rufus Tanton and W L Bynum, with J D Rigsby not seeking re election.
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Silsbee
Pete Farmer
Alf Fullingim
George D. Tennison
Chance-Loeb
L. A. McNeil
H. W. Pippin
C. E. Meadows
D. L. Pool
Willie O. Worry
Evadale
J. B. Stimuts
Willard Ivy
Rufus Tanton
W. L. Bynum
J. D. Rigsby
Man Charged With Drunk Driving Posts Bond
Seventeen persons were jailed during the past week according to Dave Rountree, county jail deputy. One person charged with drunk driving posted bond, while other arrests included a traffic offense and a stray case among several intoxicated offenders.
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Dave Rountree
Guests from Texas Gather at Hulin Home
Mrs. Irene Colbert and Beverly Ann Hulin of Houston join Mr. and Mrs. I J Allen and daughter Patsy of Stowell, plus Mr. and Mrs. James H Allen of Beaumont, for a recent visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hulin.
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Irene Colbert
Beverly Ann Hulin
Houston
I. J. Allen
Patsy
Stowell
James H. Allen
Beaumont
Bill Hulin
Evadale School Receives Positive Accreditation Recommendation
State examiners recommended full accreditation for Evadale school 1957 58 once final steps pass. The visiting team praised the high school for strong program in its first year and noted seven improvement areas mainly facilities and plant. A follow up visit in 1958 59 will check progress before final approval.
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Evadale
E. C. Nash
W. R. Goodson
Nash
State Board of Education
Clifton Clark
W. R. Cate
Evadale High School
Little League Officials To Meet Tuesday Night
Little League Baseball directors managers and officers will meet Tuesday at 7 30 in the Hardin County Savings and Loan Building to set plans for the season. Jimmy Stoeppleman serves as president.
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Little League Baseball
Hardin County Savings and Loan Building
Jimmy Stoeppleman
Pony League Officers To Meet Friday
Silsbee Pony League officers and directors will meet Tuesday night at 7 30 in Farmer Funeral Home to complete plans for the new ball season. Roy Pool president invites all interested persons to attend. Mrs W C McNeil returned from Marshall where she was a delegate from the WSCS of the First Methodist Church at the Texas Conference held March 17 19.
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Silsbee Pony League
Farmer Funeral Home
Roy Pool
W. C. McNeil
Marshall
WSCS
First Methodist Church
Texas
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L. J. Sagstetter
Mr. Sagstetter
Sagstetters
510
N. Sixth Street
Spence T. Love
Haile
Grady Tarver
Leslie Rainey
Council
Farmer Funeral Home Corner
N. 4Th
Highway 96
Highway Department
N. 5Th
Roosevelt
Chamber of Commerce
First Pentecostal Church
Hiway
Wilson
H. W. Kirkpatrick
Mr. Nash
Little League
Pony League
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