City Election Set for April 3 in Silsbee
Voters will cast ballots Tuesday April 3 at the Fire Station for mayor and three aldermen. Incumbents Neyland Hopkins and Hargrove seek reelection as five candidates compete for three council seats, including F. L. Choate and C. L. Stringbean Dickinson of Santa Fe Railway. Polls open at 8 a.m. with L. D. Self as election judge.
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Silsbee
H. M. Jones
Edna Guynes
A. R. Neyland
H. C. Hopkins
Howard Hargrove
F. L. Choate
C. L. “Stringbean” Dickinson
Santa Fe Railway
L. D. Self
Ballot Return Remains Open in Silsbee Swim Club Asset Decision
Silsbee Swimming Club members have returned 145 ballots from 207 letters mailed. Voters weigh options to receive cash assets at about 70 cents on the dollar or have swim tickets honored at full face value at Burke A. Hargrove’s pool project at the old Kirby hotel site as directors prepare to tabulate results.
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Silsbee Swimming Club, Inc
J. C. Perkins
Burke A. Hargrove
Kirby Hotel
Boat Club Schedules Annual Fish Fry
Silsbee Boat Club plans its annual fish fry for members and guests Sunday at the clubhouse on the Neches River below Evadale bridge. An Easter egg hunt for children will accompany the event, with water skiing expected as many members bring boats. H. N. Lee presides as club president.
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Silsbee Boat Club
Neches River
Evadale Bridge
Tully Edwards
H. N. Lee
Last Rites Today For M. M. Bell 55
Funeral services for M. M. Bell a 55 year old former Santa Fe yardmaster in Silsbee staged at First Methodist Church. Bell died Monday at Temple Santa Fe Hospital after earlier transfers from Beaumont Hospital. He is survived by his wife Anna and son James Marvin Bell both of Silsbee and by a brother and sister. Burial at Resthaven follows services with Farmer Funeral Home directing.
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M. M. Bell
Santa Fe
First Methodist Church
Mr. Bell
Silsbee
Santa Fe Hospital
Temple
Beaumont Hospital
Farmer Funeral Home
James FE. Ferguson
Madisonville
Bruce ©. Power
Bell
East Texas
Brookeland
Merryville
Anna Bell
James Marvin Bell
Gerald R. Hamilton
Humble
W. E. Cain
Houston
O. C. Henig
Elijah Slavik
J. J. Taylor
Frank Bechtel
E. M. Prewitt
W. B. Miller
L. O. Turrentine
Alf Bartle
Resthaven
Tiger Nine Tops St. Anthony 7-5 in Tuesday Win
Silsbee Tiger high school baseball improves to 2-0 with a 7 to 5 victory over St. Anthony of Beaumont. Buzz McDonald hit a double, Jerry Jones had a three bagger and led the club with 3 for 4. Kenneth Parker and Billy Caraway pitched six innings. Coach Maurice Hobbs steers the team toward Jasper then home against Buna on Monday, April 9.
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Silsbee Tiger
St. Anthony of
Beaumont
Maurice Hobbs
Jasper
Buna
Buzz McDonald
Jerry Jones
Tigers
Jones
Silsbee
Keith Parker
Kenneth Parker
Billy Caraway
Parker
Local ladies visit Alexandria hosts over weekend
Mrs. M. E. Haley Mrs. Zula Roche and Mrs. Bob Adams of Alexandria La visited over the weekend in the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. K. McDaniel and Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Barclay.
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M. E. Haley
Zula Roche
Bob Adams
Alexandria
M. K. McDaniel
C. C. Barclay
Silsbee Cham ber of Commerce Banquet Draws Large Crowd
A large crowd packed the junior high cafeteria for Silsbee’s annual chamber banquet. Cayce Moore entertained with wit and philosophy, while Earl B. Stover urged industry consciousness. The event highlighted local business gains and an expanded membership to 164.
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Silsbee
Chamber of Commerce
Cayce
Casey) Moore
A. W. Dainwood
Earl B
Smokey” Stover
E. M. Wilson, Jr
Melvin Winger
W. H. Taylor
Tom Singletary
Robert Neyland
Jimmy Jeffrey
L. D. Self
Lloyd Brannon
W. F. Caskey
Mr. Dainwood
F. B. Dardin
Alf Fullingi
H. M. Jones
W. C. McNeil
Wade Parker
J. C. Perkins
David Read John Skinner
E. M. Wilson Jr
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Woodrow Addition To Get 19 Street Lights In Silsbee
Silsbee council on Monday night approved installing up to 21 street lights in the Woodrow addition after a Gulf States Utilities survey suggested 19 or 21 lights. The move follows the area survey and council discussion at the new meeting date.
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Woodrow
Silsbee
Gulf States Utilities
Silsbee district votes April 21 for 1.15 million bond
The Silsbee Independent School District schedules a bond election for April 21 to fund four new buildings and renovations across the system. The measure, if approved, would tax about 17 percent more on district values to support a 1.15 million dollar issue.
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Silsbee Independent
Waldo Mathews
The
Bee
L. D. Self
Sinclair
Binns League
Kountze Road
Don L. Hough
George Ingram
Silsbee Independent School District
Walden Mathews School
Bruce Brown Faces Second Operation At John Sealy
Bruce Brown, former Silsbee resident, is a patient in John Sealy hospital in Galveston. He had one operation and was to undergo another this week. He has received 21 pints of blood by transfusion.
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Bruce Brown
Silsbee
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Brown
Edmonds Accepts Palacious Post From Silsbee Firm
Bruce Edmonds district engineer for Houston Oil company in Silsbee resigns to become district superintendent for Crown Central Petroleum in Palacious. He leaves Sunday for new duties. wife and four children stay in Silsbee through the school year. Edmonds is active in the Silsbee Lions Club.
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Bruce Edmonds
Houston Oil Company
Silsbee
Hag
Crown Central Petroleum Company
Palacious
Edmonds
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Silsbee High School
Waldo Mathews School
Swim Club
Boat Club
Tiger
St. Anthony
Silsbee Fire Station
Wiley Mae
Caney Head
John Busby
Claud Cowards
Busby
Ernie Dietrich
Bessie Tuxworth
Maxine Cullinan
Coward
W. A. Rashall
A. J. Gore
South End Elementary
West End
North End
John Sealy
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