Council Sets Budget Hearing as City Plans Water Sewer Upgrades
The Britton Cravens area flooding complaint is addressed as residents seek relief from sewer backflow during heavy rain. City officials plan to investigate with engineers while budget talks set total expenditures at 150 894 30 against 153 777 96 in income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Pennington
Britton-Cravens Addition
Dainwood
Seaman Drives
Charles Priest
Dainwood Drive
J. D. Cones
City Water
Leslie Rainey
Priest
Mr. Cones
Silsbee Independent
Hail Breaks School Windows In Brief Fall
A severe hail and rain storm hit Silsbee last Friday afternoon, dumping 0.75 inches of rain in under 15 minutes. The hail damaged 178 window panes across Silsbee schools, including 74 in the old elementary building, 29 at Waldo Mathews, and 33 in the junior high. A Gulf States utility pole fire from a lightning bolt near N Third Street interrupted power for about 20 minutes until lines were restored.
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Gulf States
Third St
Williams
Silsbee
Waldo Mathews
N. Third Street
Ye Winkle
Summer School Plans Hinge on Student Interest
Silsbee officials consider a summer program if enough students show interest. Bruce Watts, the high school principal, said parents of potential attendees can seek more information at his office as plans detail a start date and costs.
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Silsbee
Bruce Watts
Watts
Imes Mer
Stumar
Betts to Deliver Silsbee Commencement Address
Beaumont banker J. F. Betts was named commemorative speaker for Silsbee high school graduation on May 23. The program also features Valedictorian Allen Johnson, Salutatorian Betty Simmons, and Rev. Kent Newman delivering the baccalaureate sermon.
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I. F. Betts
American National Bank of Beaumont
Silsbee High School
Washington
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Betts
New York
Rev. Newman
Silsbee
Texas City Christian Church
Asl
Carolyn Adams
Keo Adams
James Bates
Delton Bell
Kerry Bently
Hal Boardman
Kay Boyett
Patey Brown
Sandra Brown
Mary Bryan
Maurice Bush
Johnny Cerniglin
Tommy Childress
Bruce Collier
Edgar Creel
Bobby Cryer
Herbert Cunningham
Buford Curtis
Glenn Darby
Gwen Ehrensberger
Gladys Ruth Ester
Judy Farmer
Mona Fullingim
Virginia Golliher
Jack Gore
Reginald Core
Joyce Gould
Bruce Gravis
Vernon Gray
Dale Grisham
Jessie Lee Hall
William Hare
Billy Hicks
Eddie Hicks
Norma Sue Hinson
James Hobson
Joy Hodges
Orville Hoff
Diane Jardell
Allen Johnson
Blaine Jones
Jerry Jones
Ruby Jones
Thomas Gene Keel
George Keith
C. W. Lawrence
Marie Long
Carole McBryde
Karen McClelland
Paul McClinton
Laura McDonald
Martha McGowan
Patricia Madely
Johnny Marshall
Robert M. Marshall
Ray Martin
Ralph Matthews
Georgia Faye Meyers
Frances Million
Betty Moore
Evelyn Moore
Lester Moore
Cynthia Neely
Lee'o Paine
Wanda Parks
Gary Parten
Molly Plaisance
Glenda Quisenberry
Dennis Rashall
Roger Ratluff
Patricia Richards
David Roberts
Helen Robinson
Gene Russell
Barbara Scharber
Mary Shavers
Bill Shepherd
Betty Simmons
George Smith
Clyde Springer
Tommy Stephens
Jeanette Stewart
Sammy Stiffler
Vana Strahan
Frank Suitt
Tommy Teel
Joel Thompson
Robert Wester
Linda White
Eugene Wilson
Joyce Wood
Barbara Woodward
Prentice Woodward
Barbara Wyatt
Boyd Young
Bennie Sessums
Pony League Meeting Tonight At Silsbee Junior High
Silsbee Pony League hosts a gathering for parents and players in the junior high auditorium at 7 30 pm. A film of the 1955 championship game will be shown and speakers will outline the upcoming season and team details.
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Silsbee Pony League
Kountze Man Killed By Train Near Kountze
Joseph Preston Hinson about 50 of Kountze was killed Tuesday afternoon when struck by a Southern Pacific train two miles north of Kountze. An inquest returned an accidental death verdict. Funeral arrangements were pending with Pace-Wells funeral home.
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Joseph Preston Hinson
Kountze
Southern Pacific
Hardin County
City Police Issue Forty-Two Tickets In April
Silsbee police department issued 42 traffic tickets in April, Police Chief Grady Tarver reported. Nine arrests were made for drunkenness and other offenses included simple assault, illegal parking, no driver's license, speeding, running red lights, turning where prohibited, crossing centerline, failing to yield, following too close, and unnecessary noise.
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Tarver
Silsbee
Grady Tarver
Silsbee Man in Critical Condition After Auto Crash Near Woodville
Omar B. Goolsbee was listed in critical condition after a May 1 crash near Woodville. He was moved to Tyler County Hospital and then to Beaumont. Injured were Oscar Allen Sutton of Woodville and sister Elizabeth Harmon. A tire blew out causing the car to hit a tree about 30 inches in diameter. Mrs. Harmon also transferred to Beaumont. Sutton remained in hospital.
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Omar B. Goolsbee
Woodville
Tyler County Hospital
Beaumont Hospital
Oscar Allen Sutton
Elizabeth Harmon
Harmon
Sutton
Dayton visitors at Gordon home
Mrs. L. T. McBurnett and her children of Dayton, Ohio are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Gordon.
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L. T. McBurnett
Dayton, Ohio
Sam Gordon
Minor Collision Near Silsbee Bee Office
No one was hurt in a Wednesday morning accident at the intersection in front of the Silsbee Bee office. A 1955 Chevrolet driven by Myrtle Guynes Holshausen 45 hit a 1946 Ford driven by Donald G. Carnley 17. Both vehicles had moderate damage. Holshausen was ticketed for failing to yield right of way. Holshausen traveled west on Ave N. Carnley was north on 5S Highway 96 en route to school.
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Silsbee Bee
Albert Sharp
Myrtle Guynes Holshausen
Donald G. Carnley
Andrew Carnley
Sharp
Holshausen
Ave. N
Young Carnley
Area Boy Scout Leaders To Meet In Kountze Monday
District Commissioner Earl Wills announces a monthly roundtable for area Boy Scout leaders in Kountze. The meeting at the First Methodist Church recreation room begins at 7 30 PM Monday and includes a Cub leaders segment led by J D Cones for den mothers and their assistants.
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Kountze
Earl Wills
J. D. Cones
First Methodist Church Recreation Room
Moye Couple Attends DeQuincy Banquet Honoring M P Railroad Retirees
Mr and Mrs G L Moye visited DeQuincy Louisiana over the weekend and attended a Saturday banquet in Kelly Hall honoring retired employees of the Missouri Pacific Railroad.
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G. l. Moye
DeQuincy
Kelly Hall
Missouri-Pacific Railroad Company
Two-car crash on highway 96 injures six near Beaumont
A late Thursday collision sent six men to Beau monde hospitals after two cars demolished on highway 96 south of Village Creek. Al Sacker Clifford Sharp Leon Courmier Thomas Cofty Emerson Sharp and Raymond Dougharty were hospitalized with head chest arm leg and dental injuries. Investigating officers were Sheriff Whitaker and Patrolman Sherrell.
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Beaumont
Funeral Home
Baptist Hospital
Hotel Dieu
al Sacker
Cofty
Kirbyville
Emerson A. Sharp
Rhinehart
Raymond Dougharty
Silsbee
Village Creek
W. W. Whitaker
C. S. Sherrell
Village
Wreck Creek
Dagwood Bumstead
Beaumont Family Visits in Bert Carpenter Home
Mr and Mrs Bruce Vincent and their son Owen of Beaumont visited over the weekend at the Bert Carpenter home providing a family gathering scene.
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Bruce Vincent
Owen
Beaumont
Bert Carpenter
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Federal Reserve Branch Bank of Houston
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
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