Silsbee News: Local Weekly Publisher Details, Rates
Publication note lists second class permit date April 10 1919 and post office address Silsbee Texas with Thursday issues. Subscription rates shown 3 50 per year in Hardin County and 4 00 per year outside. Editorial staff includes David Read R L Read Jerry Zuber Leona Whitman as co owners and publishers. Staff roles noted for news society and personal editors and mechanical department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Texas
Highway 96
Toaene
Hardin County
David Read
R. L. Read
Jerry Zuber
Leona Whitman
Rodeo Attendance Noted Amid Family Ties in Jasper
Mrs Nealy Griffis reports a local rodeo attended by Mr and Mrs Lance Goins Mrs Lloyd Fuller and sons. Martha Crawford underwent emergency operation at Baptist Hospital Jasper Friday night later returned home. Aunt of Mr Goins Laurie and Pat were seen with Mrs Billie Leech and family while mother was away. Joe Maphis of the Ranchmily and Larry Collins, famous TV stars, were present.
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Nealy Griffis
Lance Goins
Lloyd Fuller
Highway and Sons
Baptist Hos
Buna Thicket notes mix of health, travel and family
Mrs. Eddie Hobbs returns home from St. Therese hospital after heart attack and major surgery. Gum Slough Thicket children attend Buna–Jasper events as Bib Reeves sails to Venezuela for DeLong work. Local visits include Cassie Dickson, Billie Roeden, and many families from Buna, Thicket, and Victor with school trips, reunions, and minor injuries noted.
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Eddie Hobbs
St. Therese Hospital
Highway 96
Patricia Andress and John Patillo wed in Loeb
Patricia Andress daughter of Mr and Mrs L E Andress of Loeb and John Patillo son of Mr and Mrs D B Pattillo of Chance were married Friday night at 7 in Loeb First Baptist Church by Rev Edgar Marcantel. Bridesmaid Jean Okun best man Virgil Williams. Bride given in marriage by her father. Reception in Pattillo home. The couple left Tuesday for Camp Pendleton California where he is stationed with the Marines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Andress
L. E. Andress
Loeb
John Patillo
D. B. Pattillo
Chance
Loeb First Baptist Church
Edgar Marcantel
Jean Okun
Virgil Williams
Donna Jeffcoat
Clara Babin
Travis Pattillo
Silsbee
D. B. Pattillo Jr
T. F. Jeffcoat
Frances Hughes
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Marines
C. H. Shawver
E. Marcantel
Patricia Andrus
John D. Pattillo
California
Robert Gomer
Beaumont
Joe Gomer
DeQuincy
Gopher
Bears
Vincent Powell
Merrill
J. M. Belk
Port Arthur
Band To Play At Silsbee Country Club Dance
Santa Runyon and his orchestra of Beaumont will furnish music at the Silsbee Golf and Country Club dance for adult members and guests Saturday from nine to one. A cover charge will apply, per committee member Paul Georgas along with Mrs. Tom Benson Mrs. Bob Paret and Jack Shepherd.
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Santa Runyon
Beaumont
Silsbee Golf
Paul Georgas
Tom Benson
Bob Paret
Jack Shepherd
First Baptist WMU Circle Meets at Church
The Alma Graves WMU Circle of the First Baptist Church met Tuesday with nine members present. Chairman Mrs E B Simpson presided over the business meeting. Mrs Bob Glenn opened with prayer. Mrs M K McDaniel led the program Witnessing for Christ. Mrs I L Stowe closed the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Graves
WMU
First Baptist Church
E. B. Simpson
Bob Glenn
M. K. McDaniel
I. L. Stowe
Den 3 Shadow Box Gifts For Mothers
Den three of Pack 199 met at Mrs. Dora Conner's home with seven members and leaders present. They made shadow boxes as Mother’s Day gifts. Refreshments were served by Butch Conner, scribe.
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den Three
Pack 199
Dora Conner
Den
Sonny Carpenter
Bert Carpenter
Butch Conner
Scribe
Reverend A. A. Adams Seeks Pool Aid For Youths
Local Negro minister Reverend A. A. Adams appeals to his community for help to build a swimming pool for area youths. He cites a recent drowning of a boy on a Village Creek trip as the catalyst and asks interested residents to contact him.
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A. A. Adams
Village Creek
Adams
Wedding and church life brighten Loeb community notes
Rev E Marcantel officiated at the Loeb First Baptist Church wedding of Patricia Andrus and John D Pattillo of Chance. The groom, a Marine on leave, left for California after a Friday night ceremony. The page records showers, hospital visits, and many family memberships, with church events and local sports notes.
Rites Held For Mrs. Williamson At Hughes Springs
Funeral services for Mollie A. Williamson 71 of Hughes Springs were held at Coronet cemetery Monday afternoon. She died at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at her son Johnnie Williamson’s home on the new Kountze highway. A Hughes Springs native, she had lived with her son for four months. Survived by another son Clifton Williamson of Terrell. Farmer Funeral Home transported the body to Hughes Springs on Sunday May 10.
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Mollie A. Williamson
Hughes Springs
Coronet Cemetery
Williamson
Johnnie Williamson
New Kountze
Clifton Williamson
Terrell Farmer
Early American Sea Battle Off Machias Maine
In May 1775 lumberjacks led by Jeremiah O'Brien fought a British war-schooner off Machias Maine using muskets axes and pitch forks. The encounter is recorded as the first sea battle of the American Revolution, with a Yankee sloop defending the coast.
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Jeremiah O’brien
Machaias
Maine
Courthouse News Listings From Hardin County Texas 1959 Transfers
A record list shows numerous property deeds releases and liens filed in Hardin County Texas between April 2 and May 4 1959. Transactions include quit claim deeds warranty deeds deeds of trust releases assignments and labor and material contracts among individuals banks and companies such as Silsbee State Bank Progressive Builders City firms and national lenders.
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Hardin County
Texas
J. T Jordan
Robert W Duke
Robert W. Duke Sr
Geo J. Mozerat Jr
National Life Insurance and Accident Co
James H. Steppleman
D. T
J.C. Shepard
Joe F. Blair
J. C. Shepard
Chas. D. Suitt
Darrell D. Shine
Chas
D Suitt
Silsbee State Bank
Joe James Maxwell
W. H. Drake
John S. Tarver
Jim Walter Corp
Midstate Homes Inc
Ken
Jewell A. Mills
Cecil Harrell
Eva C. Watts
Arp State Bank of
Arp
Henry C. Pitts
Ina Rae Langston
Johnnie Lee Lewis
Downey Bros. Inc
Plincy Lurline Augustine
Jack R. Love
Atlantic Refining Company
W. H. Hare
J. A. Neal
W. Deed
Doyle E. Smith
Washington National Inc. Co
Madge Esmond
Gail Builders Inc
Robert B. Lakey
Gail Builders Supply Inc
James C. Ferguson
Custom Homes Inc
Mrs. Adeline Sparks
Dewey C. Johnson
Silsbee Junior High announces nine majorette candidates
Nine Silsbee Junior High Band girls entered the majorette competition last Saturday. Names listed include Daphne Ashworth, Linda Yawn, Sharon Robbins, Loyce Jardell, Sandra Gee, Patsy Mullins, Barbara Young, Margaret Neely and Jerry Stagner. New twirlers are Daphne Ashworth drum major and Linda Yawn assistant drum major with Loyce Jardell, Sharon Robbins, Patsy Mullins, and Sandra Gee as majorettes. Judges named were Julius Vassallo of Galveston and Glenda Hulet of Silsbee.
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Silsbee
Daphne Ashworth
Linda Yawn
Sharon Robbins
Loyce Jardell
Sandra Gee
Patsy Mullins
Barbara Young
Margaret Neely
Jerry Stagner
Julius Vassallo
Galveston
Glenda Hulet
Depth charge weight ranges for destroyers reported
The article notes depth charges used by destroyers typically weigh 300 to 600 pounds and resemble 25 to 50 gallon oil drums.
Services For Mrs Mollie McWilliams Held Tuesday
Mollie McWilliams 83 was found dead Sunday at her home No 1 Bakers Camp. A graveside service was held Tuesday at Pollock Cemetery in Pollock Louisiana with 34 grandchildren among survivors. Justice of the Peace Louis Sellers ruled death natural. Survivors include a daughter in Port Arthur and four sons in Louisiana and Oklahoma. Farmer Funeral Home of Silsbee carried remains to Pollock for burial.
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Mollie McWilliams
Baker’s Camp
Pollock
McWilliams
Silsbee
Justice of the Peace
Louis Sellers
John Flanakin
Port Arthur
Monroe Kelly
Columbia
Milton Kelly
Walter Kelly
Cordell
Okla
George Kelly
DeQuincy
Bud Collins
Bentley
Lou Vasher
Montgomery
Farmer Funeral Home of
Mrs Dora Matkin Former Resident Buried in Beaumont
Last rites for Mrs Dora Katherine Matkin sixty of Beaumont and former Silsbee resident were held at Broussards Mortuary chapel. She died at 11 am Wednesday in a Beaumont Nursing home after four months illness. Rev W H Dunn officiated with burial in Cunningham cemetery. She was a Colfax La native who lived in Silsbee years before moving to Beaumont ten years ago. Survived by five daughters two brothers a sister and twelve grandchildren.
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Dora Katherine Matkin
Beaumont
Silsbee
Broussards Mortuary
Matkin
W. H. Dunn
First Pentecostal Church of
Cunningham Cemetery
Colfax
Idell Coward
Mabel Spell
Sybil Arthur
Dorothy Sellers
Betty Stewart
Orange
Jack Bullitt
Alvin Bullitt
Cora St. Andre
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Society
R. R. Burgess
Tommy Read
James Johnson
Louis Johnson
Gum Slough & Thicket News
Scottie M
Frigidair
Silsbee Dry Goods CO
E. Ave
Buna High School
Jasper Rodeo
Bib
Matt) Reeves
Buna-Thicket Road
Venezuela
South America
DeLong Corporation
del Reeves
Cassie Dickson
Billie Roeden
Kilgore
Linda Furlough
Bevis Whitmire
Arthur Johnson
Houston
Joe Cates
Allen Goins
Cates
Hill
Charles William Griffis
Navy
Hawaii
Pat Woods
Molly Bruce
George Lee Johnson
Levi Johnson
E. B. Reeves
Victor
Edmon
Armed Forces
Will Reeves
J. R. Franklin
Tonjal Franklin
Charles Burke Place
Buna
Leonard Franklin
Tonya
Ronnie
Jasper
Mandy Holts
Eva Whitmire
Lester Road
Sallie’ Whitmire
Gum Slough Road
Ray Barnes
Richard Willis
Steve
Nona Spell
Elder Spell
K. T. Reeves
Garsee Road
Alice Garsee
Della Mae Dunlap
Gerald Bean
John Henry Bean
C. B. Duhton
Noel Freeman
George Emery Lester
Emery Lester
Farmy
YMCA
Tulsa
Oklo
Les Suitt Homes
Exliow
M. D. Heider Family
Homes
Charles
Buddy” Suitt
Rox
First Baptist Circle
Loeb News
Central Baptist Church
Evadale
Silsbee Friendship Baptist
E. H. Stanford
C. M. Kasper
D. T. Sheehan
Baptist Hospital
E. J. Hale
O. P. Roden
Lula Beard
R. R. Beard
Beard
E. B. Gilliam
Cypress
Thomas Gibson
J. F. Griffin
Presly Marecantel
Randy
Janelle
Vinton
Kenneth Bean
C. H. Smith
L. Metcalf
Kountze
Katie Smith
Voth
Mary Sutton
Orva Davidson
Jake Parker
Ann Howard
Newton
F. Downing
Eva Goudelock
Bryant Silman
Sanford Jones
B. D. Harris
Avanger
W. T. Williford
James Williford
Fort Worth
C. E Williford
Lufkin
W. H. Myers and Son
Port Acres
F. Landry
D. A. Gibson
G. L. Gibson
A. C. Gibson
Bruce Fairchilds
F. L. Choate
Lynn Campbell
N. A
L. B. Duke
Audrey
Nederland
Guy
Darlene Duke
Otis
Carl
I. A. Russell
Lee Spears
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Prince Beard
Courthouse News
Lc National Ban of
Dallas
W. C. Britton Et al
Artis Hubert Et Ax
Mattie D. Beazley
Gilbert F. Heety
V. Lien
Strata Oil Co
Houston Okla, Oil Co
M. A. Ashwork
Benji Feed
Richard L. Gilley
Strata OU Co
Ruby L. Moore
FBI
Wea
SUN
Hope
Fleming
Aubs
Jesse Janes
Mene
Corey Teeeret
Eos EE
Tray
Shan
Pegal
The
20Th Century Foe
Komikartoon
Dora Matkin
Chance-Loeb
Spurger
Fred
Silsbee Swimming Pool
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