Beth Singletary Elected To Office In TWU Government
Beth Singletary a Texas Woman's University merchandising major from Silsbee has been elected secretary of the Campus Government Association for 1964 65. She will keep records of Student Council meetings correspond with other college governments and appears on TWU's Dean's list as a current honors editor candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Elizabeth
Beth) Singletary
Texas Woman’s University
Silsbee
CGA
Miss Singletary
Daedalian
Alumnae
Philomathia
TWU
Tom R. Singletary
North 8Th
City Council Forms Panel To Study Downtown Parking Lot
The council approved a study on converting a downtown park into a free parking area with input from merchants led by Rayford Birdwell. Estimated cost 7000 to 8000 dollars, to be paid off in ten years. A follow up session was set for tonight to finalize a parking lot resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rayford Birdwell
Merchants Committee
Ike Baugh
Paul Georgas
T. E. Alford
Frank Rudisaile
F. Tipton
Allen Warrick
Jacqueline Collier
E. M. Wilson Jr
N. P McCarney
Charles Kent
Cecil Cobble
Jaro Slavik
John Schuler
John Ferdinal
M. H Almond
Rex Worley
Howard Hargrove
Carl Lindsey Jr
L. P. Skinner
Bob Ford
Earl Stover
Warren Bower
Birdwell
H. C. Hopkins
Frank L. McClanahan
Stover
Texaco
Silsbee
Steinhagen Oil Company
C. E. Landolt Jr
Sinclair
H. M. Jones
Gulf Oil
Baker Named New President of Silsbee Chamber
R. BAKER elected president of the Silsbee Chamber of Commerce at a board meeting. He will assume office at the April 14 annual banquet in the Silsbee Junior High cafeteria with Cayce Moore as principal speaker. Ballots for five new directors were distributed with ten nominees listed. Directors also endorsed converting most City Park into a paved parking lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.R. Baker
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Baker
Frank R. Grote
Silsbee
East Texas Pulp and Paper Co
Silsbee Independent
Cayce Moore
Hearne
Chamber For Commerce
Claude Coward
Pete Farmer
John Ferdinal
Lenox Hawthorne
W. O. Holmes
R. O. Jackson
Richard Jones
Robert Neyland
Fred Perlitz
E. M. Simmons
Judge Richardson Denies Death Rumor In Downtime Visit
County Judge Fletcher Richardson visited the Bee office Wednesday afternoon to deny rumors he had died Tuesday. He appeared healthy and said the reports of his death were greatly exaggerated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureh
Hardin Jefferson Independent School District
Bean
Fletcher Richardson
Burch
Earl Stover
Stover
BEE
Breakfast To Launch Cancer Crusade In Silsbee
A breakfast on Thursday April 2 at 10 a m at the Blue Bonnet Cafe will kick off the 1964 Cancer Crusade in Silsbee. Mrs Allen E Johnson is the county unit crusade chair and local leaders from multiple communities are named with various roles. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co employees plan a benefit coffee on April 10 with more details to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Bonnet
Silsbee
Allen E. Johnson
Hardin County Unit
Cancer Crusade
R. D. Tatman
H. G. Elmore
George Christian
Kountze
W. C. McNeil
R. D. Jackson
W. J. Jackson
Co. J. Thorn
I. F. Eldredge Jr
C. C. Kent
William Brownlee
Lee H. Busby
C. A. Johns
Lamar Hargrove
Crusade
Coe
George Dixon
Sour Lake
Clarence McNeely
Honey Island
Bragg
Eddie Loftin
Thicket
Wotaw
W. B. Alford
Batson
van Wilkerson
Village Mills
Harold Foster
Saratoga
Donald Hall
Chance Loeb
Johnson
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Hartman Brothers Named to UT Engineering Honor Roll
Mr and Mrs John S Hartman of Silsbee Texas received notice from UT counselor John A Focht that their sons John and Don have made the College of Engineering honor roll John a senior will graduate in May and has accepted a job with Humble Oil in Baytown Don a sophomore majoring in electrical engineering is active in Student Assembly and elected to the Silver Spurs Both are Silsbee High School graduates active in sports and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Hartman
Avenue L Extension
Silsbee
John A. Focht
University of Texas
John
Don
College of Engineering
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
George Finley Injured In Two-Truck Silsbee Crash
George Finley of Highway 92 north of Silsbee sustained a deep head laceration and multiple broken ribs in a two‑truck collision Tuesday evening six and a half miles north of Silsbee at Highway 92 and the Sinclair oil field road intersection. He remained in fair condition Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont. Claude Willis, the other driver from Silsbee, was uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Finley
Silsbee
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Finley
Highway 92
Sinclair Oil Field Road
Hardin County
Douglas Arnold
Claude Willis
Silsbee Negro
Willis
Arnold
Silsbee Clinic
Farmer Funeral Home
Beaumont Hospital
Lamar Tech Names Beauty Finalists In Semester Tea
Miss Annelle Poshataske and 13 Lamar Tech coeds were named Les Belles finalists at a student union tea. The final six will be chosen from the 14 and announced later in the semester. Poshataske is a senior PE major, Delta Psi Kappa and Alpha Delta Pi member, and Lamar honor roll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annelle Poshataske
Silsbee
Lamar Tech
LSU
Sandra Atkinson
Angleton
Carol Hogan
Groves
I Gayle Julian
Sheila O'Hara
Cherrie Looney
Kay Scarborough
Joyce Skains
Lynn Sory
Linda Waters
Jane Willis
Fall of
Ministers Named For Community Good Friday Rites
St Johns Episcopal Church hosts the annual Community Good Friday Service sponsored by the Silsbee Ministers' Fellowship. The come and go service runs 12 noon to 3 PM with seven local ministers delivering the Seven Last Words from the Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Roosevelt Drive
Silsbee Ministers’ Fellowship
Christ
Joseph ‘Harrison
St. John’s Episcopal
George McCall
First Presbyterian
S. Booker
First Baptist Church
F. C. Drake
Evergreen
Re Smith
Pinecrest Baptist
Clarence Breaux
St. James
School Holidays Begin Friday
Don L. Hough announces Easter holidays for Silsbee Schools with dismissal Thursday evening and classes resuming Tuesday morning March 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Don L. Hough
Garden Club Flower Show Winners Listed
Mrs. B. A. McMahon and Mrs. A. L. Tucker swept at the Silsbee Garden Club annual show with Holid ays and Flowers as the theme. McMahon won artistic division and the award of distinction. Tucker won horticulture. Mary Dell Nelms and J E Wilson took other honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. A. McMahon
A. L. Tucker
Silsbee Garden Club
First Presbyterian Church
McMahon
Tucker
Mary Dell Nelms
J E. Wilson
Randy Smith
J. D. Donalson
Allen Freeman
L. H. Wade
FE. B. Brown
A. J Brown
Robert Paret
E. B. Brown
A. L
H. L. Lackey
Hugh Smith
R. L. Paret
Elton Jardell
Fred Perlitz
J. D Donalson
Silsbee Woman Reported Improved After Overdose
Mrs June Parker 21 of Silsbee was rushed to St Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont after an apparent sleeping pill overdose. Father Monroe Hartman at bedside says she was out of critical condition by 7 pm Wednesday and is expected to return home soon per her physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June Parker
Silsbee
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Monroe Hartman
Jane
Parker
Baytown and Port Arthur visitors visit ill neighbor
Mr and Mrs Al Lane of Port Arthur Mr and Mrs W Trout Mr and Mrs L Kessler all of Baytown and W W Sullender of Houston visited over the weekend in the home of Garl Sullender who has been ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Lane
Port Arthur
W. Trout
L. Kessler
Baytown
W. W. Sullender
Houston
Garl Sullender
Silsbee teen in good condition after Tuesday car accident
Dannie Lee Kookie McClelland, 16, daughter of Mr and Mrs B G Berryman of Silsbee, is in good condition at St Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont after a one car crash on Highway 96 six miles south of Silsbee at 7 15 am Tuesday. The car left the road after she apparently dozed and hit two culverts. She was taken to the hospital by a Farmer Funeral ambulance and underwent surgery on her chin and mouth. Her mother reports she is recuperating in Room 403.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dannie Lee
Kookie” McClelland
B. G. Berryman
Silsbee
St Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Highway Patrol
Bob Allen
Miss McClelland
Farmer Funeral
Allen
Tucker's Drive
Eleventh Street
Absentee Voting Underway in Silsbee City Election
Absentee balloting for the April 7 Silsbee city council race is under way per City Secretary Cesar Dominguez though no ballots cast yet. Voting runs March 18 to April 13 for three seats with incumbents Hawkins and Dr Jackson not seeking reelection and Hopkins seeking another term alongside candidates Fordinal Georgas Jones Caraway and Dusty Jones. Ballots available at City Hall or by mail. voters must sign an affidavit stating they will be out of the city on April 7 and cannot vote in person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cesar Dominguez
Silsbee City
Lenox Hawthorne
R. ©. Jackson
H. C. Hopkins
John J. Fordinal
Paul Georgas
Ken L. Jones
Clifton Caraway
H. M. “Dusty” Jones Dominguez
P. O
Silsbee
Little League Registration Set For April 4 And 11
Silsbee Little League announces player registrations on April 4 and April 11 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Little League park. A meeting for all managers is scheduled for April 2 at 7 p.m. at the fire hall. Each player must bring a birth certificate and a parent signed release. Release forms available at schools next Thursday and Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Little League
Fire Hall
Jim Conner
Little League
Conner
Beer Park Wins Silsbee Relays Team Trophy in Fast Meet
Deer Park captured the team title with 160 points while Conroe took second at 119 in the fourth annual Silsbee Relays. Eight records fell including Conroe’s Ernest Parker vault and Deer Park’s Fred Guidry who set marks in the 100 and 220 yard dashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Park
Silsbee
Conroe
Ernest Parker
Dan Sears
Orange
Sammy Ashworth
Fred Guidry
Guidry
Nederland
Bobby Riley
Douglas Moore
Liberty
Moore
Panthers
Clark
Hight
Godson
Hundley
Willis
Hill
Copeland
Jerry Copeland
Silabee
Richard Ratcliff
Dan Clark
Richard Witt
Paul Johnson
Jimmy Mortimer
Tigers
Steve Diden
Silsbee Trustees Discuss School Building Needs with Tax Officials
Silsbee trustees and tax representatives from Sinclair Oil and Kirby Lumber met to review the district's current needs and future building plans. The group discussed bond schedules, tax impacts, and the possibility of expanding existing facilities rather than creating a new campus, with input from architect George Ingram and financier Harris Fender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee School Board
Sinclair Oil and Pipeline Companies
Kirby Lumber Corp
Harris Fender
James C. Tucker and Co, Inc
Austin
George Ingram
Truett Pritchard
Pritchard and
Abbott
Kirby
East Texas Pulp and Paper
Fender
Jim Heath
Sinclair
Heath
Bergsman
Dudley Stone
Bergman
George Tennison
Don Hough
Silsbee
Hough
Bergan
Fullingim
George ‘Ingram
Ingram
School Board
Brenda Worthey Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Brenda Worthey a 14 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Sherman Worthey left St Elizabeth Hospital after observation and treatment for facial bruises cuts and a fractured left thumb suffered when she jumped from a runaway horse at the Worthey home on Highway 96.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brenda Worthey
Sherman Worthey
St. Elizabeth Hospital
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Hein Landolt Lancaster
Jack Shepherd
J. C. Summerford
Tom Burch
Mr Bean
Mr. Bean
Beth Singletary
Charles R. Haile Associates
Lilljedahl
Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners
Texas
Planning Commission
C. KR. Baker
R. Baker
Silsbee C of C
Richardson
Hartman Brothers
Texas University
Anneile Poshataske
Lamar
Garden Club Flower Show
Dannie McClelland
Beer Park
Alf Fullingim
Owen Bergman
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