Whit ney Eastman visits Silsbee a nature note
The famed naturalist Whit ney Eastman and his wife visited Silsbee to discuss birds and the Big Thicket with hosts Mr and Mrs Bruce Reid. Eastman, a former Vice President of General Mills and now an Audubon Society director, plans talks with other naturalists along the Texas Gulf Coast after Saratoga with Lance Rosier. The column also extols Silsbee’s azaleas and yard beauty, urging readers to tour the town’s blooming landscapes.
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Silsbee
Whitney Eastman
Bruce Reid
Reid
Eastman
General Mills
Minneapolis
Minn
Audubon Society
Texas Gulf Coast
Boy Scouts of America
Found 1961 truck plate SF-1795 in Silsbee Bee ad
A three line classified in The Silsbee Bee found a 1961 truck license plate SF-1795. The owner may recover at The Silsbee Bee. A man picked up the tag and remarked he did not know it was lost before reading the paper.
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Silsbee Bee
Raid Halts Cock Fight Near Silsbee Sunday
Raid by Constable E Zeller Highway Patrolman Cain and Silsbee officers halted a large cock fight just north of Village Creek near Silsbee. Seventeen dead birds were counted while 35 men were arrested and fined a total of 47.50 each after pleading guilty as accessories to a misdemeanor.
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Silsbee
Chanticleer
Hardin County
Justice Court
Village Creek
E. Rick
Loebs
Cecil Cain
Max Zeller
Old Beaumont Highway
Eas
William Whitaker
Kountze
Land
Louise Sellers
iSilsbee
Ficer Zeller
Dave Rountree
Harold Woods Jr
Nederland
Johnny Marvin Matthews
William G. McKinney
C. C. Merchant
H.C Rich
A. F. Colaman
Alton T. Matthews
Lufkin
Here
E. Ricks
Loeb
Silsbee Relays Draw 13 Teams
Silsbee hosts the Kirby Stadium meet with 13 teams, prelims at 1 pm and finals at 7 pm. District 103 A attendance is expected along with potential champions. Silsbee without Joe Blackman due to mumps, while Dick Ratliff Blackmore and Tommy Hartman also out. Previous Liberty results note Blackman undefeated in discus and Raymond Grissom runner-up in 220. Teams include Kirbyville Enondale Port Neches B Beaumont High B French B Orange B and South Park B.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Kirby Stadium
Tno
Joe Blackman
Ray McGallion
Trinity Valley
Liberty
Richard Ratliff
Blackmore
Tommy Hartman
Smith
Black
Morris Windham
Huntsville
David Drake
Poland
Channelview
John Clawson
Tiger
Silshee
Raymond Grissom
Kirbyville
Enondale
Port Neches
Beaumont High
French
Orange
South Park
Council Adopts Ordinance on Public Library
Silsbee City Council approved the operation procedures for the Silsbee Public Library at a called session Tuesday night. Library steering committee representatives Mrs. Helen Read Mrs. J F Eldridge Mrs. Paul Georges Mrs S A Wallace and H M Donelson Jr answered questions. Mrs. Eldridge said library board recommendations would be presented at the next council meeting on April 1.
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Silsbee City
Silsbee Public Library
Helen Read
J. F Eldridge
Paul Georges
S. A. Wallace
H. M Donelson Jr
Eldridge
Library Board
Church League Volleyball Play Opens In Silshee
Silshee prepares to start church league volleyball in the high school gym on April 11. Kiwanis chairman James FE Pete Farmer invites any area church to enter a team, with an organizational meeting held March 21 and participants from Catholic, Presbyterian, Latter Day Saints, First Baptist, First Methodist, and Woodrow Baptist churches.
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Silshee
James FE
Pete” Farmer
Kiwanis Club
Silshee Kiwanis Club
Louls Catholic Church
First Presbyterian Church
Latter Day Saints Church
First Baptist Church
First Methodist Church
Woodrow Baptist Church
Farmer
Farmer Funeral
Silsbee Public School Menus April 4–7
The menu for Silsbee Public School from April 4 to 7 lists daily offerings. Tuesday features breaded steaks with rice and gravy, peas, carrots, fruit cobbler, bread and milk. Wednesday serves pork or porcupine balls with blackeyed peas, vegetable salad, ice cream, bread and milk. Thursday offers candy dogs, green limnas, fruit cup, macaroni and cheese, bread and milk. Friday presents fish steaks, baked corn, slaw, fruit jello, bread and milk.
39 Adults Complete Red Cross First Aid Course in Silsbee
A total of 39 Silsbee area adults completed the American Red Cross standard first aid course conducted in Silsbee schools under the Silsbee Civil Defense Council. Instructors were James E. Pete Farme and Mel Dixie Donelson.
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Silsbee and
Area
American Red Cross
Silsbee
Silsbee Civil Defense Council
James E
Pete” Farme
Mel. Dixie Donelson
Reeves and Seely Enter Army From Liberty
Tommy Childress and Steve Seely, sons of local families, enlisted after visiting Liberty. They were sent to Fort Hood for eight weeks of basic training.
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Tommy Childress
Everett Reeves
Steve Seely
C. Seely
Liberty
US Army
Fort Hood
Seven Last Words Observance Sets Good Friday Schedule
Community wide Good Friday service hosted by Silsbee Ministers' Fellowship at First Presbyterian Church on Hiway 96 South features seven pastors delivering the Seven Last Words from 12:10 to 2:55 with hymns and pauses. Speakers include Grant Herbst, Robert Bateman, P F Herndon, Eugene Jonte, Alvin Hendrix, Clyde Dulaney, and R E Barclay.
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Jesus Christ
Silsbee Ministers’ Fellowship
First Presbyterian Church
Hiway 96 South
Larry Correll
Grant Herbst
St. John’s Episcopal
Robert Bateman
Woodrow Baptist
P. F. Herndon
Eugene Jonte
Clyde Dulaney
Latter Day Saints
R. E. Barclay
First Baptist
Easter holiday observance closes Silsbee schools
Silsbee schools close for the traditional Easter holiday and classes will resume Tuesday. Several business concerns will be closed tomorrow including Gulf States Utilities and Houston Natural Gas Company offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Gulf States Utilities
Houston Natural Gas Ca
Voters Face Multiple Elections In Silsbee Area
Absentee balloting for Silsbee Independent School District trustees ends soon as county clerk reports 23 ballots. In the city, three mayoral candidates and four council hopefuls compete. Senate race shows 71 candidates with voting set at the fire station. Polls 8 a. m. to 7 p. m. with new plywood voting booths for privacy.
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Silsbee Independent
U. S. Senate
Senate
Leity Council
Govan
Alyne McMahon
Silsbee
Alf Fullingim
James E
Pete” Farmer
George Tennison
John Busby
Ernie Dietrich
Self
Ariola Road Job Let to Hillister Contractor
A 1.9 mile highway project on FMS road 421 and US 69 near Ariola in Hardin county was awarded to Clinton Collier of Hillister after submitting the low bid of 138,282 dollars. The contract calls for grading reconstruction and surfacing with an expected completion in 80 working days under Resident Engineer Lester P. Landgraf of Silsbee. The Texas Highway Department has also filed for a Pine Island Bayou bridge project at Loeb with the Galveston district Army Engineers. The bridge will sit 68 feet upstream from the existing structure, span 626 feet, with an 80 foot navigation span and a 47 foot horizontal clearance to the channel center and a 23 foot cortical clearance at normal water.
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Ariola
Hardin County
Clinton Collier
Hillister
Collier
Lester P. Landgraf
Silsbee
Highway Department
The
Galveston District
U. S. Army Engineers
Pine Island Bayou
Loeb
Blood Typing Clinic Planned for Courthouse April 6
A blood typing clinic will be held in the Hardin County courthouse auditorium on April 6 from 7 to 9 p m. Mrs Ruth Causey reports the event. Nurse Mrs Ray Riley from Hardin Hospital will oversee the clinic sponsored by county Home Demonstration clubs and it is free to the public.
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Hardin County
Ruth Causey
Ray Riley
Hardin Hospital
County Home Demonstration Clubs
Silsbee Chamber to Install Officers at Banquet
The Silsbee Chamber of Commerce plans a 1961 installation at a Tuesday banquet in the junior high cafeteria. Incoming president Paul Georgas announced a projected membership of 135 or more, with 93 currently on the roll. William P. Strube of Houston will deliver the principal address, introduced by Dr. George Tennison. New and holdover directors will be installed, with Don L. Hough coordinating arrangements. Ticket sales close Saturday noon and may be obtained from Georgas or Self.
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Texas Legal Reserve Officials Association
Georgas
Chamber
John Hartman
L. D. Self
Cecil Cobble
Lamoyne Goodwin
Warren Bower
Frank Rudisaile
S. M. Miears Jr
Frank Grote
N. P. McCarney
Controversial John Birch Society Active In Silsbee
The John Birch Society, a controversial far right group, is actively recruiting in Silsbee with some Freedom Forum members involved. The article notes Welch as founder, his anti democracy stance, and wide denouncement by Nixon and Congress, plus letters to officials urging scrutiny of related groups. It cites Houston meetings and Rutherford’s warning about secretive leadership and subversive potential.
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John Birch Society
Silsbee
Bee
Silsbee Freedom Forum
Freedom Forum
Robert Welch
Boston
National Association of Manufacturers
Welch
The
Birch Society
United States
Bireh Society
Time Magazine
Richard Nixon
Congressional Record
House of Representatives
U. S
J. T. Rutherford
el Paso
Society
Belmont
Massachusetts
Houston Post
Rutherford
Houston
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Knights of Columbus
Masonic Lodge
B'nai B'rith
NAACP
American Legion
Daughters of the American Revolution
John Birch
Donalson Names Nominating Body For Lions Club
Donalson names a nominating committee at a Lions Club meeting with Paul Georgas Darren D Shine John Skinner and Dr R O Jackson chosen by President J D Donalson. T T Taylor from the State Employment Commission spoke on his office work and a filing was shown. R H Buddie Tale of Beaumont South Park club attended as a visitor. Lion Livle is a candidate for governor District 281.
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Paul Georgas
Darren D. Shine
John Skinner
R. O. Jackson
Lions Club
J. D. Donalson
Lions
T. T. Taylor
State Employment Commission
Port Arthur
Employment Commission
R. H. “Buddie’ Tale
Beaumont South Park Club
Lion Livle
Two Hospitalized After Crash Monday
One Silsbee man was hospitalized and another treated at Baptist hospital in Beaumont after an automobile accident near Chance Loeb show. Clarence Wingate, 135 Third, reportedly suffered spinal injuries and head pains when the car he rode with Roy D. Carter overturned. Both men were taken to the hospital by a Farmer Funeral Home ambulance. Carter was rested and released at the hospital.
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Sisbee
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Chance-Loeb
Clarence Wingate
Roy D. Carter
Silsbee
Farmer Funeral Home
Carter
Hoge Pital
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Vearummt
Rosie Ridge
Double R
George Gollier
North 8Th Street
A. L. Tucker
T of the Sand
Walter L. Deroven
Gerald Dames
Oscar M. Jeffrson
Paul Landry
John R Barnett
Patrick Davis
R B. Mayer
Beaumont Mayer
C J. Bendy
E. H. Gilchnest
James B Castilaw
Rt 2
C. M. Heintschel
Jessie LeBlanc
Port Acres
J. L. Austin
William Jonas
P. A. Fabriquez
Norwood T. Stansbury
Kermit J. Lopez
Ed Attra
Charles Fertitta
Joseph Willis Hudson
Dassetta
Roy Bertrand
Kaplan
Jimmy H. Chambless
Vidor
Joseph D. Veillon
W. R. Grafford
C. F. Bounds
Arvin McCormick
Evadale
Earl Clarence Wade
Texas City
Silsbee Relays
Red Cross
Cesar Dominguez
H. M
Dusty” Jones
C. E
Pete” Landolt
Bert M. Slaydon
Slaydon
Mr. Landolt
Elton Brookins
Ed Brookins
Ellis King
Clifton Caraway
Frank L. McClanahan
Frank L. Choate
Caraway
McClanahan
Choate
Santa Fe Railway
Alonzo Govan
Hillister Contractor
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
William P. Strube
Chemical Tapress of
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Highway 1
Highway 9
Suitts
Wwer
Donalson
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