U of T Economist to Speak at C of C Banquet in Silsbee
Dr. Robert H. Montgomery head of UT Austin economics will address the Silsbee Chamber of Commerce banquet set for 8 p.m. at the junior high cafeteria. Entertainment by Silsbee High choral club and orchestra, with guests from East Texas. new directors Rayford Birdwell Carey Williamson Frank McClanahan Barney McMahon L D Self elected for three year terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee¢ Chamber of Commerce
Robert H. Montgomery
Department of Economics
University of Texas
Chamber
L. D. Self
East Texas
Chamber of Commerce
Rayford Birdwell
Carey Williamson
Frank McClanahan
Barney McMahon
BlueBonnet Cafe to Mark Third Anniversary in Silsbee
The Bluebonnet Cafe at 440 Highway 96 Silsbee will celebrate its third anniversary under Mr and Mrs R D Tatman on Monday April 1. Free coffee and donuts will be served from 9 to 11 a.m. and a special fried chicken dinner will be on the menu.
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Bluebonnet Cafe
Highway 96
Silsbee
R. D. Tatman
Pair Applies For Permit To Open Radio Station Here
Hardin County broadcasting firm Hardin County Broadcasting Company filed with the FCC for a 500 watt station on a 10 acre tract between Silsbee and Kountze highway 327 two and a half miles west of Silsbee. Owners H C Bailes and Val D Hickman plan local sunrise to sunset hours with a six to eight person staff and start of construction after FCC approval. Bailes operates a Cleveland radio station and once part owned Huntsville station. Hickman is Hardin county timber businessman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Hardin County Broadcasting Company, Ltd
Federal Communications Commission
H. C. Bailes
Val D. Hickman
Silsbee
Kountze
Highway 327
C. E. Rawls
Bailes
Cleveland
Huntsville
FCC
Hickman
Seniors Stage Life With Father Tonight at Auditorium
The 1957 Senior class presents Life With Father tonight at 8:00 p.m. in the auditorium. The family in late 1800s New York includes Father James Hobson and his brood led by Vinnie mother, Clarence teen, John 14, Whit ner 11, Har lan six, with maids Annie Delia Nora Maggie and cook Margaret keeping daily order as Father’s yell drives the bustle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
James Hobson
Vinnie
Barbara Wyatt
Clarence
Johnny Cerniglia
John
Dale Grisham
Whitney
Keith Wingfield
Harlan
Stevie Jordan
Constantinople
Cora
Virginia Golliher
Mary Skinner
Carolyn Adams
Pony League Elects Board of Directors in Silsbee and Kountze
The Silsbee Pony League elected I N Brown W L Murphy E V Gray David Upshaw Pete Farmer D C Tracy Weeks Crawford plus J A Murdock and Alex Work from Kountze and Harold Cudd Harvey Harrell of Chance to its board. Team managers include Hugh Peoples Norman Cowdray and Dale Williams with Silsbee to be announced. A talent show raised funds with Coeds first Barber Shop quartet second Frantic Five third and prizes awarded. A junior high show and a boxing match at the high school stadium on April 20 at 7 30 p.m. are scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Pony League
I. N. Brown
W. L. Murphy
E. V. Gray
David Upshaw
Pete Farmer
D. C. Tracy
Weeks Crawford
Silsbee
J. A. Murdock
Alex Work
Kountze
Harold Cudd
Harvey Harrell
Chance
Hugh Peoples
Norman Cowdray
Dale Williams
Sils
Commissioners Approve 125000 ROW Bonds Sale in County
Hardin county commissioners spent most of Monday in Kountze on right of way matters and approved selling 125000 in right of way bonds from the 1954 half million issue. Settlements involve L L Barclay of Silsbee and Mrs Samuel Collins of Saratoga, with condemnations ordered for several local parcels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Kountze
L. L. Barclay
Silsbee
Samuel Collins
Saratoga
Silshee Drops District Opener to Port Neches Eagles
Silsbee Tigers lost 19 to 9 at Port Neches after leading 9 to 4 through six innings. Eagles exploded for 14 runs in the seventh, ending Silsbee's district debut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silshee
Port Neches
Port Neches Eagles
Eagles
Tigers
Ralph Gilliam
Spurger
Silsbee
Nederland Bulldogs
St. Anthony
Nederland
French
Weekend Guests At L C Avery Home
Weekend guests in the L C Avery home included the Mangrum and Avery families from Pasadena, the Briswell family from Pasadena, and the Lon Avery family from Highland visiting together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Avery
Time Inc investments spark East Texas growth in 1956 report
The Annual Report to Stockholders shows Time Inc gains from East Texas Pulp and Paper including $32 million rise in long term debt and 229 million in sales. East Texas assets bring 660000 acres of land and a major pulp and paper operation. Local readers note how Time Inc proceeds support Silsbee area economy and community life. Voter elections loom with six city state and school contests on April 2 and 12 including a $400000 school bond and Senate Bill 116 tax measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Time, Inc
East Texas Pulp and Paper Company
East Texas
Southwestern Settlement and Development Corporation
Eastex
Consolidated Radio and Television
East Texas Company
Inc
Life
U. S
Silsbee
The
Bee
Silsbee Independent
Wiley Mae Pentecostal
Caney Head
the Bee
Man Fined Twenty Dollars for 39 Cent Peanuts Theft
G. H. Hobs of Fred was fined $20 and costs in Silsbee city court on March 14 after pleading guilty to petty theft. Police Chief Grady Tarver said Hobs took a 39 cent package of peanuts from Neches Minimax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Man
G. H. Hobs
Fred
Silsbee
W. J. Davis
Grady Tarver
Hobs
Neches Minimax
A. V. West
Jim Burnette
Wotaw
Henry N Heath
Milton Jazier
McClain Harris
Sour Lake
Dave Manning
John
Sorority Drives for Library Books in Silsbee
Beta Sigma Phi chapters in Silsbee plan an all day door to door book drive Saturday to source books for a free lending library. A room in the community hall will host the library with Lions Club shelves and paint. Both paper back and stiff backed novels are accepted and repairs will be done by members. About 100 books have been collected so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Silsbee
Silsbee Lions Club
S. A. Wallace
Rebekahs and Oddfellows Plan Luncheon Tonight
The Rebekah and Oddfellow Lodges invite all members families and friends to a covered dish luncheon at 7 tonight in the hall on North 11th street. Attendees are asked to bring a dish to share for the family get together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah and Oddfellow Lodges
North 11Th Street
Rebekahs and Oddfellows
Oil Field Worker Charged In Reported Incident
A Silsbee oil field worker, J. J. Stegall, 37, was jailed Tuesday night and charged with a reported incident involving a 12-year-old girl. Denied bond in Justice of the Peace court on DA recommendation. He signed a statement admitting guilt. Case heads to Hardin County grand jury April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bond
J.P
Silsbee
William “Whit” Whitaker
Louis Sellers
Stanley Coe
J. J. Stegall
Whitaker
Hardin County Grand Jury
Red Cross Drive Climax Expected Next Week
Silsbee’s 1957 Red Cross drive remains in preliminary stage awaiting a final report on collections from business houses. Chairman Gus Hussman announced a kickoff breakfast for the general drive will be held one day next week.
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Silsbee
Red Cross
Gus Hussman
R. C. Wilson
County Court Enlivened By Hung Juries Pleas
Hardin county court at law heard 16 cases in the past week with 11 guilty pleas and five not guilty pleas. DWI led with nine trials, five convictions, two acquittals, and two hung juries. Juror penalties included Jerry Harrison’s $50 fine and 30 days in jail for DWI. Two DWI acquittals and two hung juries prompted judge remarks on the record.
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Hardin County
Jerry Harrison
Votaw
Harrison
Earl Stover
Fletcher Richardson
Charlie Peters
Silsbee
Houston Thompson
John William Allison
Richardson
D. Rossum
Marion Carr
Sour Lake
Berta Hicks
Bill Chance
Obed Fult
DWI
Dave Rountree
Starnes Gets 15 Years in Sour Lake Bank Stickup
William R. Starnes 24 pleaded guilty as the gunman in the December 13 Sea Lake State Bank robbery and received a 15 year federal sentence from Judge Ben C Dawkins Jr in Shreveport. He stated I don’t know why I did it and faces two armed robbery charges in Beaumont. He was arrested there the day after the heist and preferred federal proceedings in Shreveport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Ben C. Dawkins, Jr
Sea Lake State Bank
William R. Starnes
Votch
Starnes
Beaumont
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Evadale
Hobsco Constructtion Co
O. S. Hazelwood
Palestine
F. L. Andrews
B. W. Gravis
I. A. Slaydon
U of T
W. F. Caskey
J. C. Perkins
H. M. Jones
David Read
E. M. Wilson Jr
Earl] B. Stover
Robert Neyland
Lloyd Brannan
A. W. Dainwood
Wade Parker
F. B. Dardin
Alf Fullingim
Jimmy Jeffrey
W. C. McNeil
John Skinner
Life With
Father
Pony League
Lennis Shivers
Rosie Cryer
H. A. Foster
E. L Pope
J. R. Brown
R. E. McDonald
D. H. Byford
R. V. Whisenant
K. R. Keown
B. E. Appleby
Silsbee Independent School District
H M
Dusty) Jones
Edgar Eaves
Counel Cats
CC. E
Pete) Landolt
Bert Slaydon
Louis H. Thacker
Landolt
Mr. Slaydon
Dr Thacker
Mr. Eaves
Price Daniel
Senate
Texas
Elmer Adams
H. J. Antoine Sr
Rev M. T Banks
Jacob Bergolofuky
Searcy Bracewell
John C. Burns Sr
Frank G. Cortez
J. Cal. Courtney
R W. ¢Waire
Currin
Martin Dies
Hugh Wilson
Ralph W. Yarborough
Silsher Independent School District
EF. M. Prewitt
Newton Hopkins
Jimmy Stoeppleman
Stoepplerman
Rebekahs
Oddfellows
Hussman
J. H. Richardson
John D. Gibson and Sons
Johnny
Jimmy
Baton Rouge
Wick Nolen
Marrell Conway
C. W. Erickson
Annie Fuller
Orange
John P. Jordan
John Ben Townsend
Voth
Jordan
H A. Coe
Bill Selman
Townsend
Billy Starnes
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