Hardin County officials set budget steps for 1959 30 fiscal year
Hardin County commissioners court met in Kountze to outline departmental budgets for the 1959 30 fiscal year. County Clerk Clarence McNeely sought pay raises, but no money was available. Judge Fletcher Richardson urged officials to submit projected office expenses, and a plan to cut guesswork in budgeting was announced.
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Hardin County
Commissioners’ Court
Commissioner’s Court
Kountze
Clarence McNeely
Fletcher Richardson
Tom Burch
Sour Lake
McNeely
Board of Equalization
Carolyn Baker Wins State AAA Declamation Contest
Miss Carolyn Baker, valedictorian of Silsbee high school, won the state Class AAA girls declamation title in Austin last Friday. Her piece was I Speak For Democracy by Elizabeth Ellen Evans. Her sponsor Mrs. G W Meek accompanied her with her mother Mrs C R Baker. Mr Baker is purchasing agent for East Texas Pulp and Paper Co. at Evadale.
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Carolyn Baker
Silsbee High School
Austin
Elizabeth Ellen Evans
G. W. Meek
C. R. Baker
Baker
East Texas Pulp and Paper Co
Evadale
Kiwanis Fish Fry Workers Named For June 25 Affair
Silsbee Kiwanis club outlined plans for its annual fish fry at a meeting. Wayne Robinson is general chairman. The event is set for June 25 at 7 30 p m at Cravens Camp. Clarence Dehart Carl Paramore head food procurement with Alf Fullingim Lamoyne Goodwin cooking. Calvin Hancock will register Weeks Crawford serving and Hugh Smith cleanup.
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Silsbee Kiwanis Club
Wayne Robinson
Cravens Camp
Clarence Dehart
Carl Paramore
Alf Fullingim
Lamoyne Goodwin
Calvin Hancock
Weeks Crawford
Hugh Smith
Silsbee High to Hold Commencement at Kirby Stadium May 25
The 1959 Silsbee High School graduating class will hold commencement at 7:30 p.m. Monday May 25 in Kirby Stadium. Herman Adams will deliver the main address, introduced by Supt Don L Hough. Edwin Hughes offers the invocation, Danna Holmes the salutatory, Carolyn Baker the valedictory, and Alf Fullingim presents diplomas. Baccalaureate is set for May 24 at First Baptist Church with Rev Grant Herbst delivering the address.
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Silsbee High School
Kirby Stadium
Bruce Watts
Herman Adams
Supt
Don L. Hough
Edwin Hughes
Danna Holmes
Jerry McMicken
Elizabeth Wilson
Carolyn Baker
Hough
Alf Fullingim
Board of Education
Watts
Fullingim
Billy Bruce Caraway
First Baptist
Rev
Grant
Kirby Student Wins State Fire Poster Contest
Carolyn Smith nine daughter of A G and Mrs Smith of Silsbee has won a statewide fire prevention poster contest Weeks Crawford Kirby elementary principal announced Carolyn a third grader in Mrs Bill Wrights class Her poster One Match Caused This placed fourth among thousands of submissions and she will receive a ten dollar award from Cravens Dargen Insurance Co of Houston Eugene Sanders of the state fire insurance board notified her by letter.
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Carolyn Smith
A. G. Smith
Silsbee
Weeks Crawford
Kirby
Carolyn
Bill Wright
Woodlands
Eugene Sanders
State Fire Insurance Board
Cravens, Dargen Insurance, Co
Houston
Death of 19 year old Edwin Frizzell on Farm Road 1943
Edwin Frizzell age 19 of Warren died Tuesday night on Farm Road 1943 between Fred and Warren. Initial hit and run theory gave way to an apparent accidental death after investigators found clothing fragments on a passing pickup. His body was found by three cars and two boys in a pickup. Funeral arrangements awaited relatives.
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Warren
Farm Road
Fred
Edwin Frizzell
Silsbee
Grady Tarver
Terver
Tarver
Frizzell
Johnnie Mae Frizzell
O. E. Friz
Contest Enters Stretch For 1959 Ford Ranch Wagon
The Silsbee Bee reports contestants in a local Ford Ranch Wagon prize contest nearing the final stretch with May 25 as the winner deadline. Voters are urged to act now to boost subscriptions and votes before time runs out. Bob Smith of Texas A M University and friend Gary Underwood from Arkansas are noted visitors.
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Ham
Rac
Father
Silsbee Letter Seeks Old East Texas Political Figure
The note from Texas writer Boyce House asks Gilbert Adams of Beaumont to identify a reputed East Texas political figure who ran a small town general store northeast of Beaumont. He recalls autographs of early Texas figures and a 1920s bet story. Also mentions John Bower's Western Auto Store remodeling and end-of-school-year excitement in Silsbee with graduates, teachers, and plans for summer break.
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Boyce House
Texas
Gilbert Adams
Beaumont
East Texas
John Bower
Western Auto
John
Gulf
Dam “B
Beaumont Man Stabs Self After Family Dispute
A 25 year old Beaumont man named David Spain stabbed himself with a long bladed clasp knife during a family dispute on Woodrow Road. He was rushed by Farmer ambulance to Baptist Hospital and described as not in serious condition. Deputy Ira Moore reported the incident occurred about 12:30 p.m. and followed a despondent reaction to family troubles.
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Beaumont
Baptist Hospital
Woodrow Road
David Spain
Ira Moore
Would-Be Robber Sentenced After Knife Charge
John Huddleston age 25 to 26 received a 90 day sentence after pleading guilty to carrying an illegal knife in Richards County Court. He allegedly sought an accomplice in Silsbee to help rob a Beaumont liquor store, and a sawed off shotgun was seen in his car by a youth who alerted deputies. Huddleston was arrested by Highway Patrolman C S Sherrell and fined 100 dollars plus costs. Other week arrests included three drunk in car and twenty drunks.
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Liberty
Silsbee
Beaumont
John Huddleston
Huddleston
C. S. Sherrell
Dave Rountree
Rountze
Fletcher
Richardson
Rountree
59 Little League season opens with wins and parade
Gilsbee Little League opened its 1959 season with Kountze beating the Optimists 7 4 and Buna edging East Texas Transit Mix 3 2. Opening festivities featured a parade and flag ceremony, with week highlights including Minimax’s 17 2 victory over Morris Pharmacy and East Texas Concrete Mixers’ 9 7 win over the Optimists. Key pitchers include Carroll Hale Buna John Tate Kountze Kenneth McKee Minimax and Doug Harris East Texas. Lane Woods Mixers threw a strong game 3-2 loss to Buna remains noted. RBIs top: Howard Harrison East Texas with six on two singles and a double. Results through May 12 1959 listed with next week’s schedule.
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Gilsbee Little League
Kountze
Chance Loeb
Optimists
Buna
East Texas Transit Mix
Minimax
Morris Pharmacy
East Texas
Carrol Hale
John Tate
Kenneth McKee
Doug Harris
Wallis Woods
Mixers
Larry Wright
Jerry Dollinger
Lynn Rose
Sonny Carpenter
Howard Harrison
Mormons Hold Edge In Church Volleyball Play
The Latter Day Saints lead Silsbee Teague church volleyball standings with a 6 0 record. First Baptist Gold sits 5 1 and First Baptist Blue 4 2 as Mrs E A Airhart remains confined to Kersting Hospital in Liberty for treatment.
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Latter Day Saints
First Baptist Gold
First Baptist Blue
E. A. Airhart
Kersting Hospitals
Liberty
First Baptist
All Souls Catholic First Presbyterian
First Methodist
St. John’s Episcopal
Woodrow Baptist
Chamber of Commerce Directors Vote To Close Office Thursday
The Silsbee Chamber of Commerce office will close after last Thursday’s board action. Meetings move to the school tax office, with secretarial help on a volunteer basis. The Bee Building office opened in 1957 under manager H C Hopkins. Mrs Lenox Hawthorne stayed on as secretary after his resignation.
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Chamber of Commerce
Silsbee, Chamber of Commerce
Robert Neyland
Bee
H. C. Hopkins
Hopkins
Advisory Board Named for Prize Oversight
The paper appoints an Advisory Board to judge momentous questions and award prizes. L. D. Self tax assessor-collector of Silsbee Independent School District joins Robert A. Neyland executive vice president and manager of Hardin County Savings and Loan, and Cec Cobble vice president of Silsbee State Bank. The trio are trusted locals, and final results will be beyond dispute.
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L. D. Self
Silsbee Independent School District
Robert A. Neyland
Hardin County Savings & Loan
Kirby Elementary Wins Track Meet
Kirby Elementary and Read-Turrentine Elementary fifth and sixth graders competed in the first annual Silshee Elementary Track Meet at the high school stadium. About 100 boys participated, with Joe Hignett directing the event as organizer. Records are to be kept annually to establish the event.
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Kirby
Silshee
Kirbys
Read-Turrentine
Joe Hignett
Land
Al Mashburn to Lead Silshee Lions in New Year
Al G. Mashburn, Gulf States engineer, will be installed as President of the Silshee Lions Club at the first June meeting. He was chosen to head the club for the coming year at last Tuesday’s luncheon meeting.
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al G. Mashburn
Gulf States
Silshee Lions Club
Mashburn
J. D. Donatson
Sam Copeland
Mr. Short
Paul Georgas
Rayford Bordwell
Grant Herbst
Bob Ford
W. W. Howell
Warren Bower
Ernie Dietrich
New York City
Bridge Tourney Tuesday For Lady Golfers At Club
The Ladies Auxiliary of Sits hee Golf and Country Club met Tuesday under Mrs John Spillar. A monthly bridge tournament with a covered dish luncheon at noon will be held Tuesday. Qualifying for the ladies club championship extends May 12 through May 17 with playoff now through May 24. Mrs J D Cones and sons attended a Cummings reunion at Terrell Park in Beaumont Saturday.
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Yhe
Sitshee Golf and Country Club
John Spillar
J. D. Cones
Pony League Hunts More Boys For Third Local Team
Silsbee Pony League seeks additional players for a third local team announced by resident C. E. Simmons. At a recent training camp another sponsor joined, and help is needed this Saturday from fathers to rebuild the high school baseball diamond bleachers, with materials and tools on hand.
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Silsbee Pony League
C. E. Simmons
Simevons
Two Silsbee Men Hurt In Auto Crash
Two Silsbee Black men, Estus Hitchins age 51 and Homer Wright, were injured Monday when Wrights car failed to pass another vehicle and struck a telephone pole north of Beaumont. Wright was driving. both men received medical care, Hitchins later released from Baptist Hospital after x rays.
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Silsbee
Estus Hitchins
Homer Wright
Beaumont
Wright
Loeb
Hitchins
Baptist Hospital
Johnsons Visit Kin in Louisiana Over Weekend
Mrs. Emily Johnson of Beaumont traveled with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hill and their son to Pitkin and Alexandria Louisiana to visit relatives. They saw Goldie Mae Johnson in hospital in Alexandria. She is the daughter of Mrs. John and sister to Bits Hi.
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Emily Johnson
Beaumont
Roy Hill
Pitkin
Alexandria
Goldie Mae Johnson
John
Bits. Hpi
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