Silsbee holds two primaries warm up for May election
Voters in Silsbee will cast ballots on Saturday for two seats on the Silsbee Independent School District board with only two candidates, incumbents Dr. W. J. Poshataske and Earl Wills, filed. The city race on Tuesday April 5 will fill three council seats with incumbents H. C. Hopkins and Frank Choate seeking re-election while A. R. Neyland does not run. four other men, Lenox Hawthorne, R. F. Ford, Dr. R. O. Jackson, and William Free, are also listed as candidates.
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Silsbee
Silsbee Independent School District
W. J. Poshataske
Earl Wills
H. C. Hopkins
Frank Choate
A. R. Neyland
Lenox Hawthorne
R. F. Ford
R. O. Jackson
William Free
Lions to Stage Eleventh Minstrel Show Friday
The Silsbee Lions present their 11th annual minstrel show at the high school auditorium Friday night. Local and visiting acts perform in blackface with regalia while proceeds support Lions civic projects. Dr Wade Parker acts as Mr Interlocutor with Endmen and a local orchestra providing music.
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Silsbee
Silsbee Lions
Charles Suitt
South Beaumont Lions
Chauvin
Kirbyville
Glenda Scott School of Dancing
Barbara Jane Hough
Larry Hardison
D. D
Cyclone” Shine
Ray Whitney
Silsbee High School
Lions Club
Wade Parker
W. P. Crockett
Paul Georgas
Rayford Birdwell
Dr. Shine
Lenox Hawthorne
Marion Walton
Melvin Winger
Golf Tournament Will Spark Cancer Drive 1960
The 1960 Cancer Crusade fund drive will be boosted April 14 17 with a bridge and golf tournament at Hardin County Golf and Country Club. John Spillar club pro announced this week. Silsbee merchants donated cash and prizes including golf equipment for men and women medal play winners. Entry fees are 3 dollars for both golf and bridge with all proceeds to cancer drive. Mrs Herbert Elmore and Mrs Bill Hulin chair the drives in Silsbee. The events are open to members and non members. non members pay green fee plus entry. Myra Kent leads ladies events and Dr Sam Copeland leads men.
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Hardin County Golf and Country Club
John Spillar
Silsbee
Cancer Drive
Herbert Elmore
County Drive
Bill Hulin
Silsbee Drive
Myra Kent
Sam Copeland
Silsbee Wins Six Team Track Meet At Buna
The Silsbee Tiger track squad swept a six-team meet at Buna Wednesday, taking 12 first places in 14 events. Participants included Buna, Kirbyville, Victor, Evadale, and Kountze, with plans for a Hardin County Relays meet next Thursday as an annual event.
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Silsbee
Buna
Silsbee Tiger
Tigers
Kirbyville
Victor
Evadale
Kountze
Hardin County
Ray McGallion
Silsbee VFD Auxiliary To Lead 1960 Cancer Drive
The Silsbee Firemen's Auxiliary launches the 1960 Cancer Crusade with Mrs. W. R. Hulin as city chairman and Mrs. Herbert Elmore as county chair. Activities include an 18 hole golf tournament at Hardin County Golf and Country Club and a kick-off breakfast April 18. Cancer films will be shown in schools the week of April 4.
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Silsbee
W. R. Hulin
Herbert Elmore
Hardin County Golf and Country Club
Petty Theft Leads to $25 Fine in City Court
City records show Sid R. Charles pleaded guilty to petty theft at Ne ches Minimax supermarket and paid $25 plus costs. Over the past two weeks city arrests totaled 11, including a shrunk, vagrancy, disturbing the peace, a DWI, and multiple traffic violations.
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Sid R. Charles
Charles
Neches
Grady Tarver
Lady Golfers Enter Orange Tourney
Local ladies Golf Association members Mrs. Jack Shepherd Mrs. Gertrude Fields Mrs. John Spillar Mrs. B A McMahon and Mrs. George Wright attended a tournament in Orange Tuesday. Spillar posted the second low gross score in third flight. Invitations to Beaumont Terrell Park event go through Mrs. Spillar by Friday. The group will hold a 9 15 am monthly meeting followed by a covered dish luncheon after bridge.
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Jack Shepherd
Gertrude Fields
John Spillar
B. A. McMahon
George Wright
Ladies Golf Association
Orange
Beaumont
Hull Man Draws Six Months In County Court Guilty Plea
A Hull man Charlie Mosier pleaded guilty in county court to aggravated assault and was sentenced to six months in jail. County Judge Fletcher Richardson noted the beating of a one armed man as the motive.
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Hull
Fletcher Richardson
Charlie Mosier
Fred
Caney Head
Louis Sellers
Ira W. Moore
Adolphus Peck
Arthur Wilson
Louis Jeffcoat
Dave Rountree
Silsbee
Grady Lee Higgins
Jefferson County
11Th Street
One Applicant Takes Electrician's Exam Wednesday Night
Wayne Herndon of Woodville applied for a master electrician examination last night as the City Electrical Inspector notes the board fixes the last Wednesday of each month for exams. Applications must include a $10 fee by the 15th of the month of examination. Four master electricians have been licensed to date.
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Wayne Herndon
Woodville
City Electrical
Charlie Allen
Board of Electrical Examiners
Allen
Tryouts And Auction Launch Little League in Silsbee
About 250 boys registered for Silsbee Little League tryouts at Santa Fe Park with age groups from 8 to 12. Auction night sets rosters at 15 by April 14, first games April 30 with a triple header, teams include Chance Loeb Optimists and East Texas Transit Mix Concrete Co. White Sox, minor league season to begin around May 2.
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Silsbee
Santa Fe Park
North Seventh Street
S. M. Miears Jr
Miears
Chance-Loeb Op
Itimists
Cecil Wright
LL Auxiliary To Meet On Monday
Silsbee Little League Auxiliary announces a meeting Monday April 4 at 9 30 am in Kirby Elementary cafeteria led by president Mrs Lucille McKeown. The call urges all mothers of Little League boys to attend as officers for the upcoming season will be elected.
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Silsbee Little League
Kirby Elementary
Cafetoriaum
Lucille McKeown
Daughters and Sons Born to Silsbee Families in Hardin County
Hello World Mr and Mrs Marion Almond of Silsbee announce daughter Debbie Jean born March 25 at Hardin County Hospital. Debra Ann to Mr and Mrs James Parker of Silsbee born March 23. Lillian Ann to Mr and Mrs Walter Ray Gandy of Silsbee born March 24. James Henry Jr to Mr and Mrs James Henry Kinard Sr of Silsbee born March 24. Laurie Alice born to Mr and Mrs C R Young of Silsbee March 25. Lawrence Hugh born to Mr and Mrs J D McEwin of Silsbee March 26. Mary Kathryn to Leo B Adama of Beaumont born March 27. Nancy Ann born March 29 in Hardin County. Andrew Huddler of Buna referenced.
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Marion Almond
Silsbee
Debbie Jean
Hardin County Hospital
Debra Ann
James Parker
Walter Ray Gandy
Lillian Ann
James Henry Kinard Sr
James Henry Jr
Andrew Huddler
Buna
Marines Run Massive Landing Exercise on Formosa Coast
Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas J. Smith, son of Mr and Mrs Thomas L Smith of Silebee, participated in a large amphibious landing drill on March 22 along Formosa southern coast with units from the Okinawa based third Marine Division.
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Thomas J. Smith
Thomas L. Smith
Silebee
Formosa
Okinawa
Third Marine Division
New Parking Meters Installed On Trial Basis
Six gold colored two hour meters placed in the Silsbee business district on a 90 day free trial. City Manager Bob Banks announced the Duncan Parking Meter Company installed the meters which accept pennies nickels or dimes and include a handle to activate the unit.
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Silsbee
Bob Banks
Duncan Parking Meter Company
Banks
Writers To Elect Officers Tonight
Silsbee Writers Club will meet at 7 30 p m at the annex of the Presbyterian Church to elect officers and adopt a constitution. The initial meeting was held two weeks ago with preliminary planning. Refreshments will be served.
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Silsbee Writers Club
The
Presbyterian Church
Rainbow Girls Observe Founders Day at First Methodist
Rainbow Girls mark Founders Day with Sunday services at 11 in the First Methodist Church. Rev. C. M. Lamb of Woodercost Methodist Church in Loeb will speak. Paula Mose levy urges all Rainbow Girls to attend. public invited per Mrs. Joe Register.
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First Methodist Church
C. M. Lamb
Woodercost Methodist Church
Loeb
Paula Moselevy
Joe Register
Kiwanis Auction Set for Santa Fe Park Saturday
The Silsbee Kiwanis Club holds its first local auction at 9am in Santa Fe Park downtown to aid underprivileged children. Auctioneers Newton Hopkins and E M Wilson Jr will sell lawn mowers radios furniture clothes guns and many items with proceeds to Kiwanis aid projects.
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Santa Fe Park
Silsbee Kiwanis Club
Santa I’ Park
Newton Hopkins
E. M. Wilson Jr
Kiwanis
Commissioners Buy Equipment In Monday Session
Hardin county commissioners approved a truck and asphalt distributor for Precinct 2 at the regular Kountze meeting. Boerick Engineering bid $4995 for a Grace 1250 gallon distributor, Donalson Motor Co bid $2524.98 for the truck. Mrs. Harrison asked to meet with District Highway Engineer W F Simmons regarding paving from Wotaw to the Polk county line and was advised to petition the highway commission for a hearing. Judge Richardson said the state can extend curbing on a Hutter section in Kountze at an estimated cost of $23000.
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Hardin County
Kountze
Boerick Engineering
Donalson Motor Co
Silsbee
Harrison
Votaw
W. F. Simmons
Beaumont
Wotaw
Polk County
The
Highway Commission
Richardson
Hutter
Waldo Mathews Wins District Track Meet
Waldo Mathews track and field swept six firsts to claim their third consecutive district title. Meet held on a wet field at Woodville with Silsbee leading team points and individual placers across events. Notable finishes include White and Stevenson in hurdles, Rogers and Stevenson in sprints, and Devo in discus.
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Waldo Mathews
Woodville
Silsbee
Woodie
Wiergate
San Augustine
Chester
Bessmay
Livingston
Johnny White
Jonel Stevenson
Silsbee F
White
Kyles
Trotti
Ane ‘Stevenson
Carolyn Baker Named To Literary Club
Elizabeth Baker of Silsbee joins 39 new members of the Junior Mary Arden women’s literary group at North Texas State College. Miss Baker, daughter of Mr and Mrs Clifford R Baker of 114 Bowers Road Silsbee, is a freshman majoring in business education.
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Yrelvn
Elizabeth Baker
Silsbee
Mary Arden
North Texas State College
Miss Baker
Clifford R. Baker
Bowers Road
Silsbee Tigers Visit Beaumont High for Baseball Game
The Silsbee Tigers travel to Purple Stadium in Beaumont to face the Beaumont High Royal Purples seeking their first win after an 0-3 start this season.
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Silsbee Tigers
Beaumont High Royal Purples
Purple Stadium
Beaumont
Silsbee
Checks Found From Big Star Burglary
Six money bags and about $570 in checks from the Crockett and Gilchriest burglary were found Sunday by children in a rice canal near Nome. Sheriff Whitaker said the checks were turned over to store owners. Also found were cardboard holders like those used for wooden spoons, taken from Smith Grocery in Kountze, same night as the Silsbee store burglary. About $4800 was stolen from the Crockett and Gilchrist safe. Deputy Bridges met the sheriff in Sour Lake with the recovered items.
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Crockett and Gilchriest
Nome
William Whitaker
Russell Bridges
Jefferson County
Whitaker
Sour Lake
Morgan to retire from Sinclair after 41 years of service
Herbert Henry Morgan district production superintendent for Sinclair Oil and Gas at Silsbee will retire April 1 after more than 41 years with Sinclair and its predecessor. Born March 1, 1895 in Henry Louisiana, he joined American Republics Corp. on August 3, 1919 and stayed through its 1955 Sinclair acquisition. He and his wife have four children: Wanda, W E, H N, and P D Morgan.
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Herbert Henry Morgan
Sinclair Oil and Gas Company
Silsbee
Sinclair
Morgan
American Republics Corp
ABC
Henry, la
Opelousas
Methodist
Wanda Morgan
Calvert Visits Silsbee as Texas High Court Hopeful
Robert W. Calvert, associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court and a candidate for Chief Justice, visited Silsbee last Friday with local attorney Terrell Buchanan. A former Texas House member and 1937 speaker, Calvert has chaired the Democratic state committee and has served on the high court since 1950. He is married with two children.
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Robert W. Calvert
Supreme Court of Texas
Supreme Court
Silsbee
Terrell Buchanan
Calvert
Texas House of Representatives
Heerved
Democratic Executive Committee
R. H. Harvey
Evee
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Buck Bohler
Tal
VFD
Hulin
E. C. Bryant
W. C. McNeil
J. F. Eldredge Jr
James Singleton
McNeil
Earl Stover
L. E. Marfin
John Cullinan
Warren Bower
O. C. Seely
A. F E. Johnson
I. F. Eldredge Jr
Ed Brown
J. B. Gossett
H. H. Morgan
Village Creek
Rainbow Girls
Rogers
Stevenson
Silssbee
Shelton
Hamilton
Brooks
Devo
Carolyn Baker
Tiger Nine
Beaumont High
Big Star
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