City considers $664000 revenue and tax bond plan
City council discussed issuing $475000 revenue bonds and $285000 tax bonds for water and sewer improvements, with total new money $664000 after refunds. Election date not set pending refund negotiations with Royal Neighbors Investment and Faulkner. Public budget hearing set for May 30.
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City Council
Royal Neighbors Investment
John Faulkner
Rock Island
Illinois
Faulkner
Bill Pennington
Rauscher, Pierce & Co
J. R. Phillips Investment Co
Silsbee
Glover Wills
Rauscher Pierce
J. R. Phillips
Phillips Investment
J. K. Grice
Summer Band Classes Begin On Monday
Melvin Winger announces summer band sessions start Monday May 27 and run to July 3 at the high school band hall. Eligible are fifth graders or higher. schedules include Jr high and beginner cohorts from 8:30 to 10 and 10 to 11:30, plus individual lessons noon. High school band meets Tuesday and Thursday at 7 p.m.
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Melvin Winger
Mableen Brent Named Principal at Frank Robinson Elementary
Mableen Brent, longtime Waldo Mathews School teacher, was named on Monday as principal of Frank Robinson Elementary on a part-time basis by the Silsbee Independent School District board. The six classroom west side colored elementary school includes staff Hat tie Blackmon Eloise Vonner Ida Mae Wright Nancy Skillern and Hilliard Lewis. Board also discussed plans for a colored football stadium at the Frank Robinson campus with a projected cost near 25 000 including dirt work bleachers lights and a field house.
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Mableen Brent
Waldo Mathews School
Frank Robinson
Silsbee Independent School District Board of Trustees
West Side Colored
Hattie Blackmon
Eloise Vonner
Ida Mae Wright
Nancy Skillern
Hilliard Lewis
Don Hough
Hough
Jack Hetherington
Silsbee High School
George Ingram
VFW Buddy Poppy Sale Scheduled in Silsbee
The annual Buddy Poppy Days event in Silsbee runs Friday and Saturday May 24 and 25. VFW Auxiliary sponsors the drive with Ludus Club members selling veteran made pop pies to aid disabled veterans and families. Ella Brown chairs.
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Silsbee
VFW
Ludus Club
Ella Brown
Memorial Day Observance Aims For Resthaven Clean Up
Memorial Day falls on May 30 next Thursday with visits to cemeteries and fresh flowers. In Silsbee Resthaven sees many visitors and private plots overgrown. a community clean up is proposed for Saturday May 25 to ensure a well kept cemetery for the holiday crowds.
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Silsbee
Resthaven
AAA Reserve Unit Set to Meet at Silsbee High School
Battery D of the 537th AAA Battalion plans a Monday 7:30 PM meeting at Silsbee High School as part of forming a new local armed reserve unit. Lt Bob French and Major Mike Cokinos outlined the plan last week, with seven members signed and about 13 more needed to locate the unit here. Interested men over 18 may contact local recruiters or attend the meeting. residents from Kirbyville Buna Kountze Spurger Fred and nearby towns are welcome.
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537Th Aaa Bn
Silsbee
R. B. Withers
Bob French
Mike Cokinos
Beaumont
Kirbyville
Buna
Kountze
Spurger
Fred
Buna Holds Slim Margin In Little League First Half
In the Silsbee Little League first half with seven days left Buna leads with 5-1, while Morris Pharmacy BXers and Gulf Oilers sit at 4-1. Gulf meets Buna Friday and Morris Saturday, with Buna and Morris not meeting again until June 1.
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Buna
Silsbee
Buna Yankees
Morris Pharmacy Bxers
Gulf Oilers
Gulf
Wis Matee
Chance
Loeb
Morris
Transit
Kountze
Mon
Bible School Dates Are Announced
Vacation Bible School will be held at the First Assembly of God Church from June 3 to June 7, 8 30 a m to 11 30 a m Registration is May 24 from 10 a m to noon A phone number EV 5 3329 is listed for registration Mrs J A Hendrix is superintendent and the theme is Christian Way
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Vacation Bible School
First
Assembly of God Church
J. A. Hendrix
Funeral for Walter Gallien Held in Jasper
Walter Gallien 66 died Tuesday at 3 a.m. in a Jasper hospital. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 3 p.m. in the First Baptist Church with Rev. W. M. White and two other pastors officiating. Burial followed at Memorial Park Cemetery under Stringer Funeral Home of Jasper. Survivors include his wife two daughters and Millard Gallien of Silsbee three sisters and three brothers.
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First Baptist Church
Jasper
Walter Gallien
W. M. White
Earl Myres
Hillcrest Baptist Church
R. E. Barclay
Memorial Park Cemetery
Stringer Funeral Home
Millard Gallien of
Silsbee
Right-of-Way Litterbug Faces $30 Penalty
The court fined a man $30 for littering along highways, noting his son dumped the trash at the right of way. Judge Louis Sellers reduced the amount due to the father’s lack of knowledge, as Commissioner Frank S. Payne pledges to pursue more evidence and urge citizens to use the city dump to cut cleanup costs.
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Louis Sellers
Frank S. Payne
McKay Attends Houston Natural Gas Meet in Houston
Silsbee district manager M. McKay will join over a hundred Houston Natural Gas System officers in Houston for the annual management conference. The sessions cover employee safety training appliance merchandising industrial development and public relations with a Friday morning operating seminar and a luncheon introducing regional contestants in the Mrs America competition.
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Co. M. McKay
Silsbee
Houston Natural Gas System
Houston
McKay
Silsbee Women Elected To District VFW Auxiliary Posts
Silsbee women elected to district VFW Auxiliary offices at Port Neches meeting. A 2 PM session in the Presbyterian Church with seven local members, ties with Liberty chapter, and $10 cash for largest attendance. Mrs. Nixon wins $5 for most new members. Next meeting June 10 at 7:30 PM at Ela Brown’s home.
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VFW
Port Neches
Presbyterian Church
Howard Clinefelter
Silsbee
Liberty Chapter
Eugenia Nixon
A. L. Tucker
Ethel Nerren
Stella Cook
Minnie Greer
Clarence Dehart
Lillie Belle Collier
Earnest Nerren
Ela Brown
Nixon
Lela Ashworth
Friday Luncheon Honors Martha McGowan
A luncheon honored Martha Donene McGowan a 1957 Silsbee High School graduate. The event at Dr and Mrs W C McNeil’s home featured maroon and white decorations, a rose centerpiece, rhyme place cards, and powder puff favors for each guest. Friends listed include Carolyn Adams Judy Farmer Kay Boyett Patsy Brown Joyce Gould Martha McMurray Dianne Jardell Barbara Wyatt Helen Robinson Mona Fullingim Betty Simmons.
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Martha Donene McGowan
Silsbee High School
W. C. McNeil
Carolyn Adams
Judy Farmer
Kay Boyett
Patsy Brown
Joyce Gould
Martha McMurray
Dianne Jardell
Barbara Wyatt
Helen Robinson
Mona Fullingim
Betty Simmons
Neches river bridge near Evadale to start in 18 months
The proposed Evadale to Silsbee Neches River bridge project will begin within about 15 months as part of Hardin County freeway plans. Dirt work starts after right of way is secured, with two relief structures and a main span totaling about 2600 feet.
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Neches River
Silsbee
Evadale
Hardin County
Lester P. Landgraf
Jasper County
A&s
Landgraf
Kountze
Frank Payne
School Groups Spend Picnics at Silsbee Pool
Silsbee students from several clubs and grades enjoyed picnics and swimming at the Silsbee Swimming Pool. The Junior High band met for its annual picnic on May 16, the Junior class on May 17, and the high school band on a Monday. The Polygiots latin club, led by sponsor Mrs. Evelyn Allen, held its party Tuesday with about 40 attendees.
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Silsbee
Polygiots
Evelyn Allen
Mr and Mrs T L Smith Visit Relatives in Louisiana
Mr and Mrs T L Smith and their children spent the weekend visiting relatives in Louisiana, returning with family updates and photos.
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T. L. Smith
Louisiana
Jay Collier to Join Lamar Tech Music Dept This Fall
Jay Collier son of Mr and Mrs Richard Collier of Silsbee will move to Beaumont to take a position as assistant professor of Piano at Lamar State College of Technology. He has been involved in the family hardware and sporting goods business and studied at SMU the University of Houston and Lamar Tech. Duties begin around Sept 1.
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Jay Collier
Richard Collier
Silsbee
Beaumont
Lamar State College of Technology
Collier
Southern Methodist University
University of Houston
Lamar Tech
First Baptist Church Prepares for Bible School
First Baptist Church plans Vacation Bible School with daily sessions from 8 to 11 am from May 27 to June 5. Registration precedes two parades leaving the church at 9:30 to tour town. Rev. R F Barclay invites children beginner age to 16 not enrolled elsewhere.
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First Baptist Church
Vacation Bible School
R. FE. Barclay
Hawthorne Family Visit Spotted in Kirbyville
Mrs Don Lee Hawthorne and her children visited relatives in Kirbyville on Sunday afternoon.
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Don Lee Hawthorne
Kirbyville
Mrs Barnes To Be Installed As Head Of Local B P W Club
Installation of officers for the Silsbee Business and Professional Women's club will be Thursday June 6 at Mrs Letha Smith's home. Incoming president Mrs Louise Barnes succeeds Mrs Billie J Holmes with Ona McGinty as vice president and Anita Keown as secretary treasurer. Barnes serves as club delegate to the state convention in Lubbock June 14 16 with Miss Jake Mock as alternate delegate.
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Silsbee Business and Professional Women’s Club
Letha Smith
Louise Barnes
Billie J. Holmes
Ona McGinty
Anita Keown
Three Local Youths Indicted On February Burglary
Silsbee youths Clyde Springer 18 Franklin Windham 18 and Gene Sparks 21 faced grand jury indictments for the February 25 burglary of Coy McMullan’s shop and warehouse near Mill Creek on New Kountze Highway. Radiators and batteries stolen were recovered. Bond set at 1000 each. they posted bonds pending trial.
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Silsbee
Grady Tarver
Clyde Springer
Franklin Windham
Gene Sparks
Coy McMullan
Serous Mill Creek
New Kountze Highway
Rho Upsilon Sorority Meets May 13 at Barclay Home
The Rho Upsilon chapter of Beta Sigma Phi held a May 13 meeting at the home of Mrs. Laverne Bar clay with Miss Jayne Barclay and Mrs. Nan Bush hosting. Fifteen members attended. President Mrs. Janet Harmon presided. A program titled The Connoisseur was presented. The next meeting is set for May 27 at Mrs. R. E. Ensign’s home.
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Rho Upsilon
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Laverne Barclay
Jayne Barclay
Nan Bush
Janet Harmon
R. E. Ensign
Methodist WSCS Installing New Officers
The WSCS of First Methodist Church met for a year end program with 29 attendees. Installation of the 2026 officers will be held May 26, naming Doyle McKeown as president J D Thompson as vice president N P McCarney recording secretary Bruce O Power treasurer and a slate of committee chairs led by Howard Hargrove and others.
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WSCS
First
Robert Harp
Devie Atelon
Doyle McKeown
J. D. Thompson
N. P. McCarney
Bruce O. Power
Howard Hargrove
W. M. Pennington
W. V. Windham
Earl Stover
John Herbert
E. A. Airhart
W. P. Crockett
Ray Dixon
L. O. Turrentine
C. E Richmond
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Transit Mix
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M. McKay
Houston Natural Gas Meet
Martha McGowan
Neches
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A & M College
Texas
Bee Office
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Fresenius Road
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Phoenix
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B. F. Newsurn
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