Double Header To Open LL Monday In Silsbee
Little League opens in Silsbee next Monday night with a double header as Fire Department Indians meet Gulf Tigers and Buna Yankees face Crockett Gilchr est White Sox. Ceremonies start at 7 with dignitaries, queen candidates, and opening remarks. First game at 7 30.
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Silsbee
Fire Department Indians
Gulf Tigers
Buna Yankees
Crockett and Gilchriest White Sox
G. W. Gilchriest
Queen of
Queen of Silsbee Little League
Melvin Winger
Fletcher Richardson
Crockett & Gilchriest White Sox
Refinery Planned Near Silsbee Involves Kirby Petroleum
Wall Street Journal reports Kirby Petroleum and American Republics Corp discuss a new multi million dollar refinery to be built near Silsbee this spring. Plans imply construction pending final details with an anticipated site west of town in the Binns area.
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Wall Street Journal
Silsbee
New York
Kirby Petroleum Company
The
Bee
Binns
American Republics Corporation
Boley Thomas Heads Evadale School Board
The Evadale Independent School District sworn in its newly elected board Monday night. Boby B. Thomas was named president, Pat Andrews vice-president, and J. B. Stimits secretary. A meeting Friday will address superintendent selection and other plans for the new administration.
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Evadale Independent School District
Justice of the Peace
Boby B. Thomas
Pat Andrews
J. B. Stimits
Thomas
Support Your Local Firemen With a Placard Purchase
Community fundraiser urges Silsbee residents to buy placards supporting the volunteer fire department. The appeal notes members are unpaid, work long hours, and need funds to renew equipment and keep the service ready for emergencies.
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Silsbee’s Fire Department
Silsbee’s Fire Boys
Silsbee Pool Drive Promotes $25 Memberships for City Project
Over 125 residents back a modern swimming pool and park in Silsbee. H Newton Hopkins and assistants led a house-to-house campaign to sell $25 memberships that function as loans with 25 cent punch tickets for each use. Members may transfer the card among family and friends. Installment options available at City Hall or by mail to Silsbee Swimming Club.
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Silsbee
H. Newton Hopkins
Joe Markley
W. P. Crockett
Silsbee Swimming Club
Hopkins
City Hall
Markley
Crockett
Cancer Fund To Benefit From Recitals
The Hardin County unit of the American Cancer Society will receive proceeds from two recitals by the Julie Britton School of Dancing. The first recital is in Silsbee on June 3 and the second in Kountze on June 4. E J Dietrich chairs the fund drive and notes strong community interest.
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Hardin County
The
American Cancer Society
Julie Britton
E. J. Dietrich
Silsbee
Kountze
Mr. Dietrich
Retail Merchants Re organize Association in Silsbee
Mrs. L. N. Brannan has purchased the Silsbee Retail Merchants Credit Association from Mrs. C. W. McGinty. The office operates from Brannan’s home with set hours. A Monday reorganizing meeting showed strong merchant interest as accounts are revised for the credit bureau. Brannan will contact each local merchant.
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Silsbee Retail Merchants Credit Association
L. N. Brannan
C. W. McGinty
Credit Bureau
A Vanished Friend and Modern Friendship Reflections
The piece meditates on friendship's fading old customs and the value of genuine bonds. It contrasts bygone visits with today's fast pace, notes friendships defined by mutual regard, and urges cherishing friends before they are gone. It ends with a farewell to a youth’s friend.
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Hubert Harrison
East Texas Magazine
Harrison
Jim
Emerson
Silsbee High Band Plans Spring Concert Friday
The Silsbee High School band presents its annual spring concert Friday at 7 30 p m in the high school auditorium. Ivan Theus will solo on bass horn and a trombone trio by Billy Paine Dwight Short and Green Miller will perform. Awards won by students will be announced and proceeds will fund senior award jackets.
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Silsbee High School
Ivan Theus
Billy Paine
Dwight Short
Green Miller
Tigers Clinch District Lead With 7th Win
Lynwood Jones forged a late escape as French High loaded the bases but he struck out the side to seal a 4 2 win and give Silsbee a 7 0 district record. Jones improved to 6 0 in district play with 50 strikeouts in 35 13 innings and Nederland trailed 5 2 in second.
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Lynwood Jones
French
Tigers
Jones
Silsbee
Nederland
Ab R H Huge
Esmond
L. Jones
Parker
S. Jones
Childress
Ester
Willett
van Winkle
Hardy Passes Final Hurdle for Naval Academy Entry
Tommy Hardy, A&M freshman, has passed his final physical exam for the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis. Appointed through Senator Lyndon Johnson, he awaits instructions on when to report. He is the son of Mr and Mrs T J Hardy of Silsbee.
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Tommy Hardy
A. & M. College
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Tommy
Lyndon Johnson
T. J. Hardy
Silsbee
Outstanding Athletes Named At Banquet
Five awards were presented to Silsbee's top athletes at the Booster Club banquet in the Junior High cafeteria Saturday night. Herman Hodges captured the most valuable player honors in basketball football and also the good sportsmanship award. Lynwood Jones earned top honors as baseball MVP and Ward McDonald was track champion. Trophies were placed in the high school trophy case as fans watched Cotton Bowl game footage narrated by Rice coach Jess Neely who urged strong scholastic and athletic records.
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Silsbee
Herman Hodges
Lynwood Jones
Ward McDonald
Jess Neely
Rice
Negro Worker Killed By Derrick Boom At Evadale Mill
Helen Hale a Negro workman at the East Texas Pulp and Paper Co. Evadale mill was killed Monday at 9 45 am when a derrick boom broke at about 40 feet and struck him on the head. The fatal accident occurred during roof work on expansion joints and the curb of the machine room building. Hale, formerly of Houston, died en route to the hospital in a Farmer ambulance.
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Helen Hale
East Texas Pulp and Paper Co
Hale
Houston
Final Rites Held Sunday For Frank P. King
Death claimed Silsbee resident Frank P. King at 76 after 37 years in town. He ran a dairy near Kinghill, previously in the lumber business, and served as a Methodist Church steward and Mason. Funeral at Farmer Funeral Home with Rev. J E Ferguson. burial Resthaven Cemetery. Survived by wife Lillian Bower King.
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Silsbee
Frank P. King
Mr. King
King
Kinghill
Methodist Church
Farmer Funeral Home
J. E. Ferguson
Resthaven Cemetery
F. B. Dardin
J. J. Richardson
Ernest Jackson
Leon Boyett
Bert Willes
A. R. Ehrensberger
Lillian Bower King
Herman Reynolds Seeks County Attorney Post
Silsbee attorney Herman Reynolds announced his candidacy for county attorney subject to Democratic primary action. Born near Golthwaite Texas he faced early handicaps but completed high school at Texas and studied at the University of Texas and Texas law school. He practiced criminal law in Houston before moving to Silsbee in 1951.
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Herman Reynolds
Silsbee
The
Bee
Mr. Reynolds
Golthwaite
Texas
University of Texas
Texas Law School
Houston
Reynold
Queen of Silsbee Little League Candidates Named
A 7 30 p m game lists queen candidates Ruth Hooks Ramona Duhon Sheila Donalson Diana Worthey Paula Prewitt and Trudis McLaughlin representing Kountze Buna Crockett Gilchriest Gulf Silsbee and Fire Department teams each listed as daughter of local residents in the Silsbee area.
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Ruth Hooks
Thomas Sidney Hooks
Kountze
Kountze Red Sox
Ramona Duhon
Pete Duhon
Buna
Buna Yankees
Sheila Donalson
J. D. Donalson
Crockett & Gilchriest White Sox
Diana Worthey
Sherman Worthey
Gulf Tigers
Paula Prewitt
E. M. Prewitt
Silsbee Dry Goods Athletics
Trudis McLaughlin
G. E. McLaughlin
Fire Department Indians
Thirty-One Boys Report To Pony League Rookie Camp
Thirty-one boys attended the Pony League Rookie Camp with managers Bill Fuller of the Kiwanis Giants and Bill Sellers of the W. F. Dodgers. The group included 23 players aged 13 and eight aged 14 who had not played in the league before. Practice runs through Friday and the players will be assigned to two Silsbee teams afterward. Regular season opens Saturday May 29 at 2 30 p.m. with a double header.
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Bill Fuller
Kiwanis Giants
Bill Sellers
W.F.W. Dodgers
Pony League
Silsbee
Episcopalians Plan Covered Dish Supper in Silsbee
A May 2 meeting at Mrs. Elizabeth Williams home formed a group to organize an Episcopal mission in Silsbee. Rev. Frank Doremus outlined steps to petition for a mission, with assistance from Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Brewer of Beaumont and Mrs. Brewer, amid plans to meet, recruit locals, and arrange services by a priest and lay leaders. A future covered dish supper and Bishop J. E. Hines's possible attendance were hoped for, with invitees asked to contact local organizers.
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Elizabeth Williams
Silsbee
Frank Doremus
St. Stephens Church
Beaumont
Doremus
L. H. Brewer
J. E. Hines
Austin
Episcopal Church
Bob McClelland
Bruce Edmonds
Earl Stover
Joe Markley
Gayle Ammons
Neyland Building Undergoing Modernization and Expansion
The A. R. Neyland building on North Fifth Street is undergoing extensive repairs to become a modern center with plate glass show windows and doors. Current occupants include Dan Cook's Grocery and Market, Lack's Associate Store, and Houston Thompson law office. Owner Neyland notes a possible north section occupancy by a Silsbee building and loan association to aid local home builders and buyers.
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A. R. Neyland
North Fifth Street
Dan Cook
Lack
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H. M. Jones
Emmett Powell
Jerrel D. Donalson
Boley Thomas
Evadale
Retail Merchants
David Read
C. H. Towne
Gulf States Utilities Company
Queen of Silsbee
Little League
Episcopalians
Neyland Building
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