Silsbee Noted Writer Sigman Byrd Visits For Historic Series
Silsbee welcomed Sigman Byrd, famed Texas writer featured in the Houston Chronicle, who gathered material for a Silsbee history series after a prior visit. The column praises Byrd and notes plans to reprint Chronicle pieces in the Bee. Also celebrates Congress may approve McGee Bend Dam funding and reflects on the approaching end of the school year with memories of 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigman Byrd
Texas
Houston Chronicle
Silsbee
Mr. Byrd
Bob
Byrd
The
Bee
Chronicle
Jack Brooks
House
Senate
McGee Bend Dam
Free Adult Sewing Lessons In Silsbee High School
Mrs. Tom Singletary, home economics teacher, will give a four week beginner sewing course for adults starting June 3 at Silsbee High School lab. Meet her at 9 a.m. June 3 to decide a convenient time. Call EV 5-3610 before June 3.
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Tom Singletary
Silsbee High School
Junior High Band To Stage Spring Concert Friday
Silsbee Junior High School Band presents its annual spring concert Friday at 7 30 PM in the Junior High Auditorium. Darrell Strong, director, invites the public. Forty five musicians will perform overtures classics and swing with a trombone solo by Richard Ratliff from Rhapsody In Blue.
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Silsbee Junior High
Darrell Strong
Richard Ratliff
Naval Academy graduate Tommy Hardy to join Air Force
Thomas J. Hardy, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Hardy of Silsbee, will graduate June 4 from the U S Naval Academy in Annapolis. He will be commissioned a second lieutenant in the U S Air Force and report to Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi. Hardy, a former Silsbee High School student, attended Texas A and M College for one year before entering the academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Hardy
Elizabeth Hardy
Silsbee
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Maryland
U. S. Air Force
Keesler Air Force Base
Biloxi
Miss
Hardy
Silsbee High School
Naval Academy
Texas A & M College
VFW Auxiliary Plans Poppy Days and Memorial Day Grave Flags
The VFW Auxiliary met with nine members to plan Poppy Sale Days on May 21 to 24 and to place American Flags on each veteran's grave on Memorial Day. Members were asked to report veterans in cemeteries to Mrs. Ethel Nerren to ensure no grave is missed. A social hour followed the business meeting.
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VFW
Clarence Dehart
Ethel Nerren
Chance-Loeb dries up as local option votes pass
Residents of Chance-Loeb area voted 300 against and 243 for legal sale of alcoholic beverages in a local option election held at Chance-Loeb school with 545 total ballots. City council clashed over emergency water well repairs with Layne Texas versus bidding alternative, amid ongoing disputes over contract choices.
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Chance-Loeb
Chance-Loeb School
Charlie Reid
Will Tanner
Houston
Layne-Texas
Beaumont
Wrt
Reg Otto
Bill Pennington
H. C. Hopkins
Pete Landolt
Pennington
Buddy Poppy Week Proclaimed in Silsbee May 1924
Mayor H M Jones proclaims the week of May 1924 Buddy Poppy week in Silsbee. VFW Auxiliary members will sell poppies to raise funds for disabled veterans and relief work. District president A L Tucker extols Auxiliary service, camaraderie, and aid to dependents while urging wear of a poppy in tribute.
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Silsbee
H. M. Jones
Ladies Auxiliary
Howard Clinefelter
Veterans of Foreign Wars
A. L. Tucker
VFW Auxiliary
VFW
Sils
Minimax Leads Little League Race With Four Wins First Week
Silsbee Little League wrapped its first full week of play with strong performances. Key highlights include Kountze’s late homer by Rip Ripkowski to beat Morris in extras, and standout pitching by Gerald Walker, Clifton Smith, Punky Parks, and Paul Johnson. Several notable defensive plays and three double plays aided Minimax, Morris, and Buna in a week of tight games. The standings show Minimax atop with 4 wins and no losses.
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Minimax
Silsbee Little League
Kountze
Morris
Rip Ripkowski
Dale Bailey
Kenneth Willis
Gerald Walker
Clifton Smith
Buna
Walker
Carrol Hale
Smith
Paul Johnson
Chance Loeb
Joel Richardson
Punky Parks
East Texas White Sox
Rudy Upshaw
Tom Miller
Carl Adams
Joe Coleman
Doug Tennison
Chance-Loeb
Harold Graves
Bowles Denied Bail in Shotgun Slaying Hearing
Judge H A Coe of the 88th district court in Kountze denied bond to Bryant Bowles 38 of Beaumont for the May 4 shotgun killing of James Harvey 35 of Loeb. The three hour hearing featured testimony from several witnesses before the ruling.
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H. A. Coe
88Th District Court
Kountze
Bryant William Bowles
Beaumont
James Earl Harvey
Loeb
Bridges Family Guests Reach Across States
William Bridges of Shreveport Barney Bridges of Center Mr and Mrs Ray Bridges of Lufkin and Kirbyville visited Sunday with Mrs Nora Colvin and Mrs Lillie Belle Collier, sharing a family social at their homes.
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William Bridges
Shreveport
Barney Bridges
Center
Ray Bridges
Lufkin
Kirbyville
Nora Colvin
Lillie Belle Collier
Rape Trials Concluded in Kountze Five Sentenced Suspended
In 88th District Court at Kountze five Silsbee men charged with statutory rape pled guilty and received five year penitentiary terms suspended on prosecution recommendation. The defendants are Charles Dear 17 Harold Dear 30 Billy Dear 22 Dickie Barnes 21 and Jim Rawls 31.
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Silsbee
Four Drunk Drivers Plead Guilty in County Court
Four persons pleaded guilty to drunk driving in county court during the past week. Anne Despain Woolverton paid 70 dollars and costs with three days in jail for DWI on April 28. The three men Bobbie Lee Perry Harry Snider and Benford H Spell were fined 50 dollars and costs each with varying dates in May. Arrests for the week totaled 16, with eight drunks two DWIs two affrays one child desertion one vagrant and two traffic cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher Richardson
Anne Despain Woolverton
DWI
Bobbie Lee Perry
Harry Snider
Benford H. Spell
Dave Rountree
County Eyes USDA Surplus Food for Hardin Residents
Hardin county may gain access to surplus food through a contract with the Texas Department of Public Welfare and the U S Department of Agriculture. The agreement could deliver food in 30 to 60 days after signing, with eligibility policies set by the county commissioners. The move would expand aid to needy families, with Hardin likely to become the 55th Texas county served.
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Hardin County
State Department of Public Welfare
County Commissioners Court
Kountze
W. E. Moore
Austin
Commissioners Court
U. S
Fletcher Richardson
Richardson
Commissioners’ Court
Texas
Willie Free
Silsbee
Honey Island
Court of Civil Appeals
Earl Stover
Board of Equalization
Clarence McNeely
Silsbee High School Initiates 24 NHS Members
The Silsbee High School National Honor Society held a spring initiation in the auditorium Tuesday at 10 AM. Wayne Francis chaired, Lillian Whitman presented initiates, and CB Watts Jr. welcomed new members. 1957 59 members listed with new initiates including Carolyn Baker Elizabeth Barclay Bill Benson Barbara Clark Melinda Cullinan Judy Dehart Janet Denson Norma Jo Drake Mary Bledge Florence Hargraves Donna Holmes Edwin Hughes Lillian Kelley Vergie McDonald Mike McMahon Jerry McMicken Marjorie Mathews Ann Morgan Sarah Sims Elizabeth Wilson June Wilson Susan Wingfield Rose Marie Wishard.
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Silsbee
National Honor Society
Wayne Francis
Lillian Whitman
C B. Watts
Don L. Hough
David Read
Lena Ambrose
Pat Andress
Cherrie Jo Curtis
Carolyn Faggard
Bobby Ford
Velma Gordon
Terry Gossett
Truman Grissom
Lynda Hardison
Harry Hough
Martha McMurray
Lola Mathews
Ella Meadows
Janice Sampson
Sammie Savage
Cathryn Thornton
Caroyn Baker
Elizabeth Barclay
Bill Benson
Billy Bruce Caraway
Barbara Clark
Melinda Cullinan
Judy Dehart
Janet Denson
Norma Jo Drake
Mary Bledge
Florine Hargraves
Donna Holmes
Edwin Hughes
Lillian Kelley
Vergie McDonald
Mike McMahon
Jerry McMicken
Marjorie Mathews
Ann Morgan
Sarah
Sims Elizabeth Wilson
June Wilson
Susan Wingfield
Rose Marie Wishard
Evadale Road Bond Hearing Delayed in Jasper
A public hearing on a 770000 Evadale Gist road bond in Jasper county was continued to May 31 after commissioners failed to reach an agreement. Voters had petitioned for the election, with supporters and East Texas Pulp and Paper protesting the call. Eastex paper mill sits in the precinct.
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Evadale- Gist
Jasper County
Jasper
Commissioners Court
East Texas Pulp and Paper Company
Evadale
Eastex Big Paper Mill
Jasper County Commissioners’ Court
New Traffic Light Installed at N Fifth and Roosevelt
A new traffic signal began operating this week at the intersection of North 5th Street and Roosevelt Drive. Installed by the state highway department, it brings Silsbee’s state highway signals to four. Last month the department added a light at Evadale highway and North 4th Street.
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N. 5Th Street
Roosevelt Drive
State Highway Department
Silsbee
Highway Department
Evadale Highway
N. 4Th Street
Yankie Reelected As President Of Firemen
Silsbee volunteer firemen held their annual election at the fire hall. L A Yankie remains president with E M Prewitt as vice president. John Busby is fire chief with G W Gilchriest as secretary treasurer and J C Busby as assistant fire marshal. Trustees are Rex Worley E M Wilson Jr and Lenox Hawthorne. Sam Neal is manager. T C Freeman joined as a new member. The rescue squad is improving with walkie talkies four lights grappling hooks and drag lines for operations.
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Silsbee
L. A. Yankie
E. M. Prewitt
John Busby
G. W. “Snub” Gilchriest
Emil Slavik
J. C. Busby
Rex Worley
E. M. Wilson Jr
Lenox Hawthorne
Sam Neal
T. C. Freeman
Busby
Man Is Medalist At Golf Tourney Last Friday
Port Arthur pro Troy Badgett of Port Arthur Country Club was medalist with a 71 at the Silsbee course in a professional amateur event. First flight winners were H. M. Donelson of Silsbee J. A. White of Sour Lake Bud Walmer and Jimmy Wiggins of Beaumont. The meet finished 152 points with the Badgett team second at 143 and Williams Fuller Seely Georgas third at 142. The course was in top condition and many area golfers competed.
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Troy Badgett
Port Arthur Country Club
Silsbee Course
H. M. Donelson
Silsbee
J. A. White
Sour Lake
Bud Walmer
Jimmy Wiggins
Beaumont
H. J. Fowler
Bob Hodges
Sam Copeland
John Williams
Joe Fuller
Claxton Seely
Paul Georgas
Death of Mrs. Belle Havard Former Silsbee Resident
Word was received of the death of Mrs. Belle Havard a former Silsbee resident. She died Tuesday morning at 6 in the home of her daughter Mrs. Doris Griffith in Houston. Services were held Wednesday afternoon at 3 in Lufkin.
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Belle Havard
Silsbee
Doris Griffith
Houston
Lufkin
Spring Grid Training Ends Tuesday In Sweltering Weather
Silsbee high school wrapped up spring football workouts Tuesday with 35 to 40 players checking in. Coaches Maurice Hobbs and Ray McGallion noted uneven spring timing but praised strong turnout, including 21 junior high students who will be sophomores. No spring practice next year for AAAA schools. Silsbee remains in class AAA.
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Silsbee High School
Maurice Hobbs
Ray McGallion
Hobbs
Silsbee
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James Dodson
Dale Dillon
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AB H Pet
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