Right Of Way Deals On Highway 418 Near Silsbee
Commissioner Frank S. Payne said two right of way deals were closed on highway 418 cutoff north of Silsbee. Purchases included C. L. Allen and Della Nobles. totals were $1800 for Nobles, and $3400 cash plus about $775 to move the Nobles house and parts of two lots for Allen. Allen must drill a water well and pay for utility installations at the new site.
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Silsbee
Franks
Payne
Kountze
C. L
Charlie’ Allen
Della Nobles
Nobles
Allen
Two More Stock Law Elections Set By Commissioners
Hardin county voters in Batson precinct 8 and Kountze justice precinct 1 will vote on June 30 whether cattle hogs sheep and goats may run at large. A northern Kountze portion petition was tabled awaiting outcome of that June 30 vote. The court also approved a curb and gutter project on Highway 105 in Sour Lake and swore in the county board of equalization to meet in July.
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Hardin County
Kountze
Commissioner's Court
Batson
Justice Precinct
Kountze Justice Precinct
Highway Department
Sour Lake
Commissioners Court
E. E. Cotten
Rocky Richardson
Frank Payne
Tom Burch
Fletcher Richardson
County Board of Equalization
Clarence McNeely
Board of Equalization
Cancer Drive Begins In Silsbee Area Today
Silsbee starts its 1956 Cancer drive with 32 local volunteers working calls through the area. Mrs. Herbert Elmore names Frank Rudisaille and 28 women as workers and sets a goal to finish by Saturday with strong public support.
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Silsbee
Herbert Elmore
Mrs. Elmore
Elmore
Frank Rudisaille
Mesdames
Curtis Allen
Clarence DeHart
Bobby Gore
T. E. Alford
Leon Lee
Frank Grace
Dorothy Jones
Kate Hargrove
Bruce Watts Jr
R. O. Jackson
Firemen Reelect Busby Yankie Slavik In Silsbee
John Busby was reelected chief of the Silsbee volunteer fire department at Monday night’s officers election. L A Yankie was reelected president with Emil Slavik as fire marshal and J Fred Weathersby as secretary treasurer.
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Busby
Firepeed
Cleveland couple visits kin in Ran kin home
Mr and Mrs C W Hogue of Cleveland visited recently in the home of Mr and Mrs J H Rankin.
Golf Club Prepares Grand Opening With Barbecue
The Golf Club, organized in 1954, opens its new 65 acre course on old Kountze road with a Sunday barbecue starting 1 p.m. Members only sign will take effect Monday. About 15 memberships remain. future entrants face higher fees. Members from Silsbee, Kountze and Beaumont built the pro shop and course at a cost near 10 thousand dollars.
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McClanahan
Frank Rudisaile
Earl “Smokey” Stover
Kountze Road
David and
R. L. Read
Silsbee Bee Publishers
Silsbee
Kountze
Beaumont
Frank McClanahan
Silsbee Golf and Country Club
Kountze Highway
Hooks enters race for Texas State Representative District 19
J C Hooks of Livingston, a former grocer and current farmer and rancher, announced candidacy for the 19th district state legislature. A Polk County lifelong resident and World War II veteran, he plans to run in the Democratic primary and cites understanding of common citizen problems as his platform.
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Hooks
Polk County
Texas
U. S. Army
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Huntsville
Mr. Hooks
Beaumont Man Charged With Felony Theft
A Beaumont man, Robert Earl Tiner, 33, is jailed in Hardin county after allegedly stealing a cash box containing about 400 dollars from the Y Drive Inn west of Kountze. About 169 dollars were recovered after his arrest by Jefferson county authorities. Local deputies and Jefferson County cooperated on the case as part of a week with 21 arrests and one county court hearing.
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Beaumont
Hardin County
Y-Drive Inn
Kountze
L. C. Kirk
Kirk
Robert Earl Tiner
Tiner
Jefferson County
Whit Whitaker
Mr. Kirk
Earl Finkley
Fletcher Richardson
Louisiana
Pines Will Stage Rock N Roll Street Dance
Silsbee teenagers and Rock n Roll fans will enjoy a free street dance June 2 in a roped off section in front of The Pines theater. The event starts at 9 p.m. with Beaumont emcee and music by Jefferson Amusement Co. D. H. Suitt secured city permission for the street closure. The Pines also screens Rock Around The Clock featuring Bill Haley and His Comets and others that night.
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Silsbee
Pines Theater
Beaumont
D. H. Suitt
Jefferson Amusement Company
Suitt
the Pines
Bill Haley
Comets
The
Platters
Ernie Freeman
Tony Martinez
Freddie Bell
Bell Boys
Johnny Johnston
Lisa Gaye
Kir-B-Co Club Show Declared Successful Fundraiser
The Kir-B-Co club talent show at the high school auditorium raised funds for a Kirby employee's child scholarship. Frank Aldridge credited the event as successful and thanked participants for their efforts.
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Frank Aldridge
Kirby
Rites For L. L. Jones Held Here Wednesday
Funeral services for L. Lu. Jones 69 former Silsbee resident were conducted Wednesday at Farmer Funeral Home with Masonic graveside rites at Resthaven cemetery The Port Arthur retiree died after a paralytic stroke during a Hamilton vacation and is survived by wife Hallie daughter Kathryn Cheatham son J T Jones and sister Mrs L M Jackson
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L. Lu. Jones
Silsbee
Farmer Funeral Home
Masonic Lodge
Resthaven Cemetery
R. E. Barclay
First Baptist Church of
Jones
Hamilton
Port Arthur
Santa Fe
Hallie Jones
Kathryn Cheatham
Brownwood
J. T. Jones
L. M. Jackson
Dallas
Family guests visit Hooks home Sunday
Mrs. L. M. Hooks Sr hosted her daughter and family Mr. and Mrs. Louis Townsend and children of Port Arthur and Mr. and Mrs. Barney Greggs and children of Newton for a Sunday gathering.
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L. M. Hooks
Louis Townsend
Port Arthur
Barney Greggs
Newton
Hartman Heads Silsbee Little League Auxiliary
Mrs. Monroe Hartman was elected president of the Silsbee Little League Auxiliary for the coming year at a senior high school meeting. Mrs. Bert Carpenter was chosen secretary treasurer. Members run the concession stand and collections during games and mothers are urged to volunteer for shifts to fund uniforms equipment electricity and park upkeep.
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Monroe Hartman
Silsbee
Little League
Laverne Barclay
Bert Carpenter
Silsbee Woman Injured in Loeb Crash
Miss Peggy Verlion Weeks, 20, of Silsbee, in good condition at Baptist Hospital after a Monday evening collision in Loeb. Passenger Myrtle Francis Parker, 17, of Voth, also hospitalized with a cerebral concussion and forehead laceration. Roscoe Overstreet of Victor escaped with very slight injuries. Weeks sustained a left hand injury.
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Peggy Verlion Weeks
Silsbee
Baptist Hospital
Loeb
Myrtle Francis Parker
Voth
Miss Weeks
Roscoe Overstreet
Victor
Miss Parker
Houston Natural Denies City's Plea For Rate Cut
Houston Natural Gas officials resisted a city bid to buy the Silsbee gas system or cut rates. Council discussed 1955 earnings, rate comparisons with nearby towns, and a potential 6000 to 20 000 cubic feet monthly purchase, while public concerns over high charges persisted.
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Houston Natural
Houston Natural Gas Company
Silsbee
Bill Pennington
H. C. Hopkins
Terrell Buchanan
Jackson Hinds
Pennington
Tural Gas
Hinds
Mason
Texas League of Municipalities
East Texas
Silsbee Gas
Kountze
Jasper
Nederland
Huntsville
Lufkin
Waldo Mathews teachers renewed and probation kept
Waldo Mathews school board renewed Hattie Blackmon’s contract for next year after a review of a quarrel with Lloyd Ewing at a football game. Ewing’s contract renewal was held up for further study. Sherman Warner’s contract was approved after earlier delays.
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Waldo Mathews
Clarence John
Hattie Blackmon
Lloyd Ewing
Ewing
Ticipants
Clarence Johns
Waldo Mathews School
Blackmon
Sherman Warner
Silsbee
Warner
Silsbee State Bank
R. B. Withers
Hough
Frank Doremus
St. John’s Episcopal Church of Silsbee
Fire Destroys Goins Home on Fresenius Road
A Monday night blaze on Fresenius Road destroyed a Goins family residence. Fire Marshal Emil Slavik said the house was practically gone when volunteers arrived. full name unavailable at press time.
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Goins
Fresenius Road
Emil Slavik
Mrs. Alford Improves After Hospital Stay
Mrs. Tommy Alford has returned home from Baptist hospital and is reported to be improving after the recent medical admission.
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Tommy Alford
The
Baptist Hospital
Masons To Meet For BA Degree Work
A called meeting of Masonic Lodge 927 A. F. & A. M. will be held Monday at 7 p.m. in the Masonic hall. Visiting masons are invited to attend for BA degree work, per G. F. Phillips.
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Masonic Lodge
Masonic Hall
G. F. Phillips
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John Busby
L. A. Yankie
J.C. Hooks
J. C. Hooks
Livingston
Pines
L. L. Jones
Buna
Little League Park
Kountze Red Sox
Crockett and
Gilchriest White Sox
Red Sox
Fire Department Indians
Gulf Oilers
Buna Yankees
Silsbee Dry Goods Athletics
Jerry Semmons
Tommy Hartman
Crockett
Gilchriest
White Sox
Oilers
Fire Dept. Indians
Crockett and Gilchriest White Sox
F. L. Choate
C. E. Landolt, Jr
Hopkins
A. R. Neyland
H. M. Jones
Buchanan
Carrington Mason
Houston
League of Municipality
Max Zellér
Santa Fe Park
Parkers
Zeller
Monroe Chandler
Grady Tharver
Officer Chandler
Landolt
T. J. Clearwater
E. Ave
Masons
Carol McWhorter
Sherry Hinkel
Andanelle Poshataske
Salutatorium
Silsbee Junior High School
Billy Barclay
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