City Planners Move To Square Up Silsbee City Limits
Buna man Arnold Flowers, 26, remained in Baptist hospital with serious stab wounds after a Saturday night fracas at Son Hicks place near Evadale highway. John Callaway, 26, posted $500 bond on assault with intent to murder charges. County jail housed 38 inmates as drunkenness led offenses, while Silsbee planning commission urged east and south limits to square the city area and align with the city charter.
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Arnold Flowers
Buna
Baptist Hospital
Son Hicks Place
Evadale Highway
John Callaway
Rountze
Dave Rountree
Callaway
Son Hicks
Farmer Funeral Home
Ira Moore
Rountree
Silsbee City
Houston
Robert L. Burns
Hofheinz, Sears
City of
Austin
Mulvinhill
8Urns
Silsbee Auto Company
Miller Dunbar Motor Company
Services Held Here For Jack Moody 40
Last rites for Silsbee native Jack Moody were held at 11 a.m. Friday at Farmer Funeral Home chapel. Moody was found dead in his sealed car near Evadale last Thursday. inquest by Justice J. G. Hargrove ruled death by own action. Burial followed at Resthaven Cemetery with pallbearers Elton Brookins Clarence Graves D H Suitt J G Goodwyn M L Wilson and Irvin Thompson. He is survived by his parents two brothers and three sisters.
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Jack Moody
Silsbee
Farmer Funeral Home
Moody
Evadale
Justice of the Peace
J. G. Hargrove
Buna
Kent Newman
First Christian Church of
Resthaven Cemetery
Farmer’s
Elton Brookins
Clarence Graves
D. H. Suitt
J. G. Goodwyn
M. L. Wilson
Irvin Thompson
H. Moody
Bill M. Moody
Austin
Bob
Honey Island Couple to Observe 65th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs J S Moore of Honey Island celebrate their 65th anniversary on Sunday March 4 in the home of their daughter Mrs Leo Yeagin in Honey Island. He is 87 and she 86 with children in Silsbee Warren Honey Island Newton and Liberty. Open house with calling hours 2 to 4 p m. invitations via the press.
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Honey Island
J. S. Moore
Leo Yeagin
Methodist Senior MYF Elects New Officers
The Senior High MYF elected officers last Sunday. Officers include President David Cobble and Vice-President Mike McMahon with several others. Advisors are named for each post. Officers will be installed at a candle-lighting service Sunday night March 24.
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MYF
David Cobble
Mike McMahon
Norman Rucker
Wayne Francis
Patricia Register
Christian Fellowship
Terry Gossett
Christian Witness
Bobby Ford
Sara Lane
Johnny Johnson
Christian Faith
Frank Grote
John Herbert
Ralph Gillham
Christian Outreach
Buna Boy and Girl Cage Squads Win Class AA Honors
Buna high school Cougars and Cougarettes captured State Class AA basketball titles in Austin. Boys posted 66 straight wins since early 1956 and girls 62 straight wins. coaches are Cotton Robinson for boys and R C Hyden for girls.
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Buna
Buna High School Cougars
Cougarettes
Austin
Cotton Robinson
R. C. Hyden
Red Cross Drive Plans for Silsbee Business District
Majors for the 1957 Red Cross drive in Silsbee met to map plans for a campaign in the business houses beginning today. Businessmen will be asked to mobilize their employees and later a residential drive will follow. Donors in the business drive will be excluded from the residential list to avoid duplication.
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Red Cross
Silsbee
Gus Hussman
Hussman
Grand Jurors Return Twelve Indictments in Hardin County
Hardin county grand jury returned twelve indictments at its final session Monday. Names are withheld pending arrest. District Judge H A Coe excused the panel. a new grand jury will be sworn April 1. Indictments include five for child desertion, two burglary, one rape, three forgeries, and one aiding in bank robbery.
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Hardin County Grand Jury
Willis Selman
H. A. Coe
88Th Distrit Court
Fire Department Seeks Five New Members in Silsbee
The Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department plans to add five members. President Arvin Yankie cites insurance rules requiring 17 men per drill. With 20 members now, several cannot attend. Applicants should contact Fire Chief John Busby, Mr. Yankie, or any department member.
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Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
Arvin Yankie
John Busby
Yankie
Fire Department
Senior Class Presents Life With Father at 1885 Bustle Era
The senior play Life With Father set in 1885 opens Thursday March 28 at 8 p.m. Tickets available from seniors or by calling EV 5 2291. The pageant describes Bustle Period fashion for men and women and previews costumes in final finishes.
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Bonn
Clarence Jones Injured in Port Neches Car Smashup
Clarence Jones 39 of Silsbee sustained nose and left arm abrasions when his car collided with a vehicle driven by Oscar Flowers in Port Neches Saturday night. Jones, an employee of Neches Butane Products, was treated at St. Marys Hospital Port Arthur and released.
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Clarence Jones
Rt. 1
Silsbee
Oscar Flowers
Port Neches
Mr. Jones
Neches Butane Products Company
St. Mary’s Hospital
Port Arthur
Silsbee District to vote on 400000 bond for school modernization
Silsbee Independent School District schedules a bond election for March 30 with 250000 new bonds after cancelling 150000 of prior debt. Voters will also decide on Senate Bill 116 to allow higher tax support for bond repayment. The Bee urges approval, noting rising costs and need for improved facilities.
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Silsbee Independent School District
Silsbee
The
Bee
Rev Don Hendrix Named Pastor At Friendship Baptist Church
Beaumont minister Rev Don Hendrix accepts pastorate at Friendship Baptist Church. A revival runs nightly through March 30 with Hendrix as speaker. Services at 7 30 pm. Hendrix grew up in Honey Island and previously led a church near Woodville. He is married to Juanelle Temple, former Silsbee resident. Church lies south of town on Cook's Road.
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Don Hendrix
Beaumont
Friendship Baptist Church
Rev. Hendrix
Hendrix
Honey Island
Woodville
Juanelle Temple
Silsbee
Cook's Road
Silsbee man awarded 3625 in workmen compensation
J. Nelson of Silsbee received a total of 3625 in workers compensation Monday in U S District Court Beaumont in a non jury case against Liberty Mutual Insurance Co Judge Lamar Cecil presided. Plaintiff sought 9142.80 or 22.80 weekly for 401 weeks. The award covered 145 weeks at 25. Woodson E. Dryden represented the plaintiff and Norman C. Stafford the defendant.
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Silsbee
U. S. District Court
Beaumont
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co
Lamar Cecil
Woodson E. Dryden
Norman C. Stafford
Johnny Walters Injured in Home Fall
Little Johnny Walters the son of Mr and Mrs E Benford Walters fell while playing at home Sunday and injured his mouth He was taken to Hardin County hospital where he received five stitches in his tongue.
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Johnny Walters
E Benford Walters
Hardin County Hospital
County court fines reflect strict bootleg and DWI penalties
County Judge Fletch Richardson and County Attorney Earl Stover led a week of court with seven guilty pleas. Ernest Singleton received the week's stiffest penalty a $250 fine for selling alcohol without a license. DWI fines ranged from $50 to $100 with jail terms. one not guilty verdict was rendered in a DWI case.
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Fletcher Richardson
Earl Stover
Ernest Singleton
Silsbee Negro
Richardson
DWI
John Moseley
Silsbee
Moseley
Leon Gray
Sam Jeffcoat
Jeffcoat
88Th District Court
George Finley Jr
Albert Sears
China
Ray Albrow
Sour Lake
Arthur Moorman
Saratoga
Cotton Sanders
Beaumont
R. A. Richardson
Liberty
John Presley
James R. Treadway
Jack Carlton
Leroy Singleton
Tra Flowers
Manuel Roden
Singleton
Roden
Flowers
John P. Jordan
Senate Bill 116 Could Shape Silsbee School Bond Vote
District faces a required vote under Senate Bill 116 to retire $1.4 million in bonds for new facilities. The tax impact hinges on maintenance and bond debt limits, with a projected overall 10 percent tax increase at maximum.
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Senate
Pew
Silsbee Independent School District
Don L. Hough
River Drowning Victims Buried In Separate Rites
Funeral services were held this week for two drowning victims from Beaumont Mrs Ruby Lane and Jesse Willard Blankenship who drowned in the Neches river near Collier's Ferry. Mr Blankenship was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park after services at Carroll Wallace Funeral Home. Mrs Lane's rites were conducted in Cooper Texas with her parents notified of the death.
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Beaumont
Neches
Collier's Ferry
Ruby Lane
Jesse Willard Blankenship
Mr. Blankenship
Ave. D
Carroll-Wallace
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Lane
Park St
Cooper
Texas
Lamb Printing Co
George Warner
Lake Creek
Dad-Daughter Banquet Draws 310 Attendees
The Camp Fire girls will host their dads at the annual banquet Friday at 7 in the Junior high school cafeteria. After dinner a council fire will see Blue Bird girls “fly up” and ranks awarded to Trail Seekers Wood Gatherers and Fire Makers. Three hundred ten guests are expected.
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Blue Bird
Dallas Funeral Director Joins Farmer Funeral Home
Charles Kopp, licensed funeral director and embalmer formerly of Dallas, has joined the Farmer Funeral Home staff. He brings many years of experience. Kopp is married with a young daughter and the family attends the Baptist Church.
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Charles Kopp
Dallas
Farmer Funeral Home
Mr. Kopp
The
Baptist Church
Spurger Masonic Lodge Sets Friday Evening Meeting
Snow River Masonic Lodge No 385 of Spurger will meet at the Masonic hall Friday night at 7 30 for work in the B A degree. Refreshments will be served and visiting members are invited per Allen Moore worshipful master.
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Snow River
Stoeppleman Enters Silsbee ISD Trustee Race
Jimmy Stoeppleman announced by mail carrier that he will seek a seat on the Silsbee Independent School District board. His entry creates a three-way race for two trustee positions alongside incumbents E. M. Prewitt and Newton Hopkins. Election day is Saturday April 6.
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Jimmy Stoeppleman
Silsbee Independent
Stoeppleman
E. M. Prewitt
Newton Hopkins
Local Man Hospitalized After Beaumont Two-Car Crash
George Perry Hart a 52 year old from Silsbee was treated at Baptist hospital after a Beaumont crash Monday afternoon. Police said Hart's car collided with a car driven by Jack Schaeffer at 11th Street and Lucas Drive around 2 30 pm. Hart's injuries included head and leg trauma. he remained in good condition Tuesday.
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George Perry Hart
Silsbee
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Hart
Jack Schaeffer
11Th Street
Lucas Drive
Harritt and Poland Wed in Quiet March Ceremony
Mrs Gladys Harritt and Jack N Poland were quietly married March 9 in Kountze by County Judge Fletcher Richardson. They will live in Silsbee where he works for East Texas Pulp and Paper Company and she for Britton Cravens Insurance Agency.
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Gladys Harritt
Jack N. Poland
Kountze
Fletcher Richardson
Silsbee
East Texas Pulp and Paper Company
Britton-Cravens Insurangs Agency
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Methodist Senior Myf
Clarence Day
David Read
Arvilla Perlitz
Neches River
Fred Perlitz
Jerry Jones
TH. M. Jones
Silsbee Independent School
Spurger Masonic Lodge
J. N
Poland
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