City Awards Water Works Contract and Storage Tank
Layne Texas Water Wells Inc of Houston wins the 750 gpm water well contract for Silsbee at $61,081.44 while Pittsburg DeMoines Steel Co takes the 500000 gallon welded steel ground storage tank bid at $24,370. Three separate bids covered the water well, tank, and related work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Layne-Texas Water Wells Inc
Houston
City of Silsbee
Pittsburg-DeMoines Steel Co
Katy Drilling Co
Katy
Texas
Layne- Texas
Layne-Texas
Layne-Texas Water Plant
Pittsburgh
DeMoines Steel
Spence Love
Gov
Candidates Line Up As Filing Ends Monday
Local political contests set for the Saturday, July 26 Democratic primary as candidates filed with the Hardin county Democratic executive committee by May 5. Incumbents drawn in races include Jack Brooks, J C Hooks, Fletcher Richardson, Sabra Hollister, Louis Sellers, Berneice Seale, Chance Loeb, and Roy G. with several other offices contested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Executive Committee
C. W. McGinty
Hardin County
Jack Brooks
J. C. Hooks
Livingston
Fletcher Richardson
Pro Am Golf Tourney Draws 150 Players From Region
Silsbee Country Club hosts Sabine Neches Pro Am on Friday with about 150 golfers from Silsbee and neighboring cities including Nacogdoches Port Arthur Orange Beaumont Sulphur and more. The 18 hole handicap event features a hole in one contest and a field of well known Texas pros and amateurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Silsbee Country Club
Texas
John Spillar
Silsbee Club
Sabine Neches Association
Spillar
N. C
Red” Garrison
The
Garrison News
Garrison
M. S
Skinny
Nacogdoches
Tucker Bowles
Ben Elam
Sunset Grove Club
Orange
Slim Heider
Port Groves
Homer Weidner
Port Arthur Pleasure Pier
Troy Badgett
Port Arthur Country Club
Henry Homberg
Tyrrell Park
Beaumont
Jimmy Whitcher
Beaumont Country Club
Sulphur
Port Arthur
Ladies Association
Jernigan to Lead Silsbee Progress Forum May 15
Alf Jernigan Jr of the East Texas Chamber of Commerce will conduct the Silsbee Community Progress Forum next Thursday May 15 with an eight thirty start. The forum aims to gather public input to build a community program of work and invites all citizens to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alf Jernigan
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Longview
Silsbee Community Progress Forum
Jernigan
East Texas
Panola County
Stephen F. Austin State College
Nacogdoches
University of Houston
University of Texas
Chamber of Commerce
Panola County Chamber of Commerce
Carthage
ETCC
Progress Forum
B. A. McMahon
Jury grants five year suspended term in Kountze rape case
A jury in Kountze returns a five year suspended sentence for William Archie Parks 28 of Silsbee in a statutory rape trial involving a 14 year old Silsbee girl Testimony began Tuesday after jury selection on Monday Prosecutors were Stanley Coe and Earl Stover Parks was defended by Earl Wills with other local residents named as jurors and witnesses including the rape victim who testified and was later sent to Gainesville School for Girls
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Archie Parks
Silsbee
Parks
Earl Wills
Stanley Coe
Earl Stover
Gainsville School
H. F. Payne
Saratoga
C. J. Williamson
Sour Lake
Jeff L. Odom
Arthur M. Laurier
Oscar Adams Jr
Chance- Loeb
C. E. Stankard
Batson
Ed Tom Worthey
William M. Lindsey
Chance
A. C. Moore
Honey Island
New Drill Unit Of 30 Girls Formed At Silsbee High
A 30 member girls drill squad is formed at Silsbee High School to boost halftime shows for the fall football season. Director Melvin Winger and Miss Mary Ann Davis will supervise. Names from the student body will decide the group name. Julius Vassolo of Liberty High School helped select the first year squad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee High School
Melvin Winger
Winger
Mary Ann Davis
Julius Vassolo
Liberty High School
Galveston
Nature’s Quiet Hour At Dusk On A Silsbee Pond
The writer recalls a late summer evening by the Double R pond. Bullfrogs croak the mates call, bluegill skim the surface, a bass unsettles the water, an owl hunts, and whip-poor-wills signal night. Calves race then quiet, creatures retreat, and the scene leaves the observer with a hush as the world darkens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry
Double R
Silsbee High honors 1958 graduates top students named
Janice Sampson, 17, top valedictorian with 97.75 four year average. Lena Wells Ambrose is salutatorian at 97.08. High boy Terry Gossett posts 97.02. About 105 graduates, 25 percent with 90 plus four-year averages. Junior high valedictorian Sally Dee Cole, 97.07. Cheryl Markham salutatorian, 96.34. Joy Fullingim third high, 96.02. Other top juniors and seniors listed with three-year averages above 90.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice Sampson
L. H. Sampson
Silsbee
Silsbee High School
Bruce Watts
Janice
Lena Wells Ambrose
C. N. Wells
Terry Gossett
B. G.gossett
Bobby Ford
Barbara Reddell
Lillian Whitman
Wanda Smith
Charles Robinson
Edward Hendrix
Tommie Mae Stanford
Edna Harvill
Ella Meadows
Janice Dunn
Jimmie Harvill
Martha McMurray
Lula Belle Eason
Sally Dee Cole
Sally Dee
C. E. Cole
Cheryl Markham
I. G. Markham
Joy Fullingim
Alf Fullingim
Tommy Stansbury
Odell Stansbury
Kath
Hearing Set Saturday in James Harvey Murder Case
James Earl Harvey was shot on his Loeb porch around 1 30 p m Sunday by Bowles who was arrested and charged with murder. Bowles denied bond and is held in Hardin county jail. Inquest returned a verdict of murder with malice aforethought. The shooting followed an argument with Mrs Bowles and involved Bowles driving from Chicago to confront Harvey. Funeral services for Harvey were held at Loeb Pentecostal church with burial in Resthaven cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey
Loeb
Bowles
Hardin County
Kountze
Justice of the Peace
J. M. Bowman
James Earl Harvey
William Whitaker
E. W. Coleman
Coleman
Earl Harvey
Wade Williford
Mr. Coleman
Braun Construction Co
Port Neches
Wanda Harvey
Carl D., Earl
Donald
Michael Thomas
J. W. Harvey
L. L. Harvey
H. W. Pippin
Ann L. Cowdray
A. C. Holt
Kimball Watson
Gerald McNeeley
Resthaven
Silsbee
L. M. Williams and Sons Funeral Home
Beaumont Man Drowns Aiding Son At Cooks Lake
Beaumont resident Elzie J. Duhon 46 drowned Sunday at Cooks Lake while attempting to help his son Richard 14 who was thought to be in trouble. Deputies from Silsbee retrieved the body after the family outing turned fatal near Loeb, about 10 miles south of Silsbee in Hardin County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Beaumont
Elzie J. Duhon
Cooks Lake
Loeb
Silsbee
I. W. Moore
A. W. Million
Duhon
Richard
Harry Nesler
Mac Leonard
Mr. Duhon
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Arthur H. Holt
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Frank Car
Alf Jernigan, Jr
David Read
Ryn Marshall
Marvin Parker
Clara Sue Johnson
Jola Griffith
Jean Gonzales
Jana Jackson
Judy Reeves
Carolyn Purvis
Alicia Ann Ragan
Richard Johnson
Gail Thompson
Nan Miller
Margaret Robinson
Pat Nolen
James Leigh
Tommy Hartman
Lena Wells
Joy Fullingm
James Harvey
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