Buddy Poppy Sale Set for Silsbee May 27–28
Silsbee VFW Auxiliary will hold its annual Buddy Poppy sale on Friday and Saturday May 27 and 28 to aid needy veterans and families. Proceeds support hospitalized veterans and orphans, with Mayor H M Jones issuing a proclamation naming May 27 and 28 as Buddy Poppy Days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ethel Nerren
VFW
Earline Dehart
H. M. Jones
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
United States
Ladies Auxiliary
Episcopal Church Plans Expansion in Silsbee
The St. John’s Episcopal Church executive board announced a 19000 expansion project for the parish house. Led by M. L. Osborne the plan adds 2200 square feet with new nave seating six classrooms and air conditioning. Construction by Sam Woods starts June 6 and ends by September. the brick veneer L shaped addition enlarges the church on a five acre tract.
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St. John’s Episcopal Church
M. L. Osborne
Ward Bush
George D. Tennison
Grant Herbst
Sam Woods
Grace Episcopal Church of
Tennison
St John’s Episcopal Church
M. L. Osborn
George Tennison Ward Bush
Ladies Invitational Golf Meet Scheduled Tuesday
The Hardin County Country Club ladies invite golfers to an 18 hole invitational on Tuesday May 31 with a 9 a.m. tee off. Enter by Saturday. Prizes awarded in each flight and a luncheon after. President Mrs Myra Kent lists chairmen Alyne McMahon Marcel Spillar Gertrude Fields Pauline Warnick Helen Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Country Club
George Wright
Myra Kent
Ladies Association
Alyne McMahon
Kiwanis Speakers Highlight Career Day At Silsbee High
Kiwanis Club of Silsbee sponsored career day talks at Silsbee High School with senior graduates hearing from Dr. George Tennison on medicine and film L P Skinner on pharmacy Harrison Baldwin on engineering William Todd on forestry Paul Georgas on insurance Leonard Menius on paper operations Merle Kelly on transport and Don L Hough on teaching and education
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Kiwanis Club
Silsbee High School
George Tennison
L. P. Skinner
Hardin Drug
Harrison Baldwin
Fast Texas Pulp and Paper
William Todd
Kirby Lumber Corp
Paul Georgas
Britton- Cravens Insurance Agency
Leonard Menius
East Texas
On Paper Company
Air Force Academy
Merle Kelly
Santa Fe
Don L. Hough
Man Loses Hunting License On Night Hunting Count
Two cases heard in county court on game law violations. C. L. Flowers fined 50 dollars plus costs and license suspended May 19 after guilty plea for night hunting. Wesley L. Williams fined 10 dollars and costs May 16 for possession of a catfish under 11 inches. Arrests for the week totaled 29 with 16 drunks, 2 game law, 6 affrays, 3 traffic, 2 disturbing the peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher Richardson
C. L. Flowers
Wesley L. Williams
Dave Rountree
Church League Volleyball Play Closes Tuesday
Final round of Silsbee Kiwanis Club church league volleyball will be staged Tuesday with the Latter Day Saints and First Presbyterians in the championship bracket. Other games include First Baptist Church vs All Souls Catholic and Woodrow Baptists vs First Christian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Kiwanis Club
Latter Day Saints
First Presbyterians
First Baptist Church
All Souls Catholic
Woodrow Baptists
First Christian Church
Wreck Near Kountze Hospitalizes Five Including Family
A two car crash at the Kountze Saratoga wye about 1 a m Wednesday sent five people to hospitals. E J Bishop of Saratoga oil field was driver of one car and Clarence E Lewis of Kountze the other. Lewis family returning from Dayton funeral for sister killed in a Dayton area crash. Mrs Lewis and Susan Lewis 9 suffered serious injuries. Lewis and Mrs John B Lewis both legs broken. Deputy E W Coleman investigated.
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Kountze-Saratoga Wye
E. J. Bishop
Saratoga
Clarence E. Lewis
Kountze
Lewis
John B. Lewis
Dayton
Local Birth Announcements Include Five New Babies
Mr and Mrs H R Hooks welcome son Johnny Edward born May 18 at Hardin Memorial Hospital. Luther Damon born May 19 to Mr and Mrs R D Moss Buna also at Hardin Memorial. Nancy Carol born May 20 to Mr and Mrs J H McNeeley Victor at Hardin Memorial. Helen Marie born May 20 to Mr and Mrs B D Gravis Evadale at Hardin Memorial. Jimmy Wayne born May 20 to Mr and Mrs D W Wilson. Bobby Joe born May 20 to Mr and Mrs R L Davis Silsbee at Hardin Memorial. Dana Lee born last week to Mr and Mrs Robert Melvin Daniels Port Arthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Hooks
Johnny Edward
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Luther Damon
R. D. Moss
Buna
J. H. McNeeley
Victor
Nancy Carol
B. D. Gravis
Evadale
Helen Marie
D. W. Wilson
Jimmy Wayne
Bobby Joe
R. L. Davis
Silsbee
Harding Memorial Hospital
Robert Melvin Daniels
Dana Lee
Port Arthur
Summer Recreational Program Begins June 6
Silsbee school system launches six week summer recreation for fourth graders to high school students. Activities include swimming tennis baseball table tennis and other sports at the high school facilities. Participants pay only admission for swimming with no other costs. Registration runs June 6 from 4 to 12, and entry is voluntary with flexible attendance.
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Silsbee School System
Joe Hignett
Tea To Honor Rainbow Graduates At Mrs Martin Home
A tea will be held Sunday May 29 at 265 South 7th Street to honor Rainbow Assembly No 282 fifteen seniors and their mothers. Rainbow girls and parents are invited. calling hours are from 3:00 to 5:00 PM.
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L. E. Martin
South 7Th St
Rainbow Assembly No
Raenbow
Theft Suspect Captured Minutes After Cash Taken
Gene Colombrino a 26 year old Beaumont resident was arrested about 12 15 p m Wednesday charged with theft after $69 was taken from Kennedy s Grocery Store Loeb. He was captured along the highway a few hundred yards from the store and the money was found in a handkerchief hidden under a wooden bridge. He remained jailed in Kountze mid afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Colombrino
Beaumont
Kennedy
Loeb
Colombrino
Kountze
Dave Rountree
Methodist Men To Sponsor Annual Church Barbecue
The Methodist Church barbecue will be held at 7:30 p m on June 10 at East Texas Pulp and Paper Company grounds off new Kountze highway 327. B A Rucker leads food prep, Dr W C McNeil arranges a speaker, Jerrell Donalson announces publicity, Paul Georgas and W P Crockett supervise the menu, and WSCS ladies with Mrs Kate Hargrove prepare and serve pastries.
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Methodist Men's Club
East Texas Pulp and Paper Company
New Kountze Highway
B. A. Rucker
W. C McNeil
Jerrell Donalson
Paul Georgas
W. P. Crockett
WSCS
Kate Hargrove
Parade Opens Vacation Bible School At Evergreen Assembly
The Evergreen Assembly of God Church announces its Vacation Bible School from May 30 to June 3 with theme Wagons Ho on the Christian Trail. Registration starts at 8:00 a.m. May 30, classes run 9:30 to noon, refreshments daily, and a parade Saturday from 4:00 to 5:00 under Rev. F C Drake.
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Evergreen Assembly of God Church Vacation Bible School
Peetor
F. C. Drake
Kirby Stadium To Be Scene Of 1960 Commencement
Silsbee High School will hold 1960 graduation exercises at Kirby Stadium tomorrow at 7:30 p m John S Hartman III will deliver the main address Carol McWhorter and Sherrie Hinkel will speak A musical number Gradation Day will be performed by Sarah Shine Mattie Wells Jeanne Faye Shine will accompany Bruce Watts Jr will present graduates Alf Fullingim will hand out diplomas Awards day is this afternoon with scholarships and distinctions announced including Classroom Teachers Association and Silsbee Lions Club recipients
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Silsbee High School
Kirby Stadium
John S. Hartman III
Carol McWhorter
Sherrie Hinkel
Sarah Shine
Mattie Wells
Jeanne Faye Shine
Bruce Watts Jr
Alf Fullingim
Board of Education
Classroom Teachers Association
Silsbee Lions Club
Red Cross Office Relocated to 10th Street
The Red Cross office moves from the Kirby building to 670 N 10th Street. It will close May 27 through June 5 with emergency measures handled via the Beaumont Chapter.
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Red Cross
10Th Street
Kirby Building
N. 10Th Street
L. J. Jordan
Hardin County Grand Jury Probes Harmony Ticket Origins
Hardin County Grand Jury questioned 22 subpoenaed individuals over a May 5 political sheet titled Support the Harmon Ticket. The sheet urged voters in the Democratic Primary to back candidates linked to Silsbee with no author identified, prompting concern of regional prejudice and vote manipulation. Indictments were reported as not yet issued, with next session set for June 20.
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Hardin County
Harmony Ticket
Silsbee
Harmon
Harmony
Whit) Whitaker
Ramsey Hooks
Earl B
Smokey) Stover
Robert Stanley Coe
Coe
Frank Swayne
Lester A. Caraway
Earl Wills
Dwayne V. Overstreet
Grand Jury
Fletcher Richardson
R. A. Richardson
H. A. Coe
Ross L. Brockman
Dwayne Overstreet
Willie Bean
A. D. Lindsey Jr
Henry Donelson
C. G. Callaway
D. J. Knighten
Herman A. Adams
Dave Rountree
Houston Thompson
Buford D. Thompson
Beaumont
Rountree
The
Bee
Robert Richardson
Rountze
Richardson
Silsbee to Host Region 16 Texas Municipal League Meeting
Silsbee will host the Region 16 meeting of the Texas Municipal League tomorrow afternoon starting at 6 9. The dinner and business session will be held at the host city venue.
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Silsbee
Texas Municipal League
1960 Little League Queen Contest Opens in Silsbee
The Silsbee Little League Queen contest begins this week with three local representatives and a lineup of candidates from East Texas Transit Mix Morris Pharmacy and Youngs Supermarkets. Eight year old Alice Bell Harrison and 12 year old Rolanda Kay Rudisaile will represent local sponsors with Kathy Jo Fuller set to crown the new queen on July 15. Local officials invite regional attendees as Region 16 leaders and city officials address attendees and elect officers at today’s session.
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Silsbee
Doyle McKeown
Little League Auxiliary
Irene Redkey
East Texas Transit Mix
Young's Supermarkets
Morris Pharmacy
Kountze Conoco Oilers
Buna Bond Building
Chance-Loeb Optimists Club
Alice Bell Harrison
H. H Harrison
East Texas Concrete
Rolanda Kay Rudisaille
Frank Rudisaile
Linda Carol
Recdkey
Young's
Kathy Jo Fuller
Joe Fuller
Ex-Students Plan Now For Annual Homecoming
Silsbee High School ex students association gathers names and addresses of former pupils. President James E. Pete Farmer urges planning for a real fall homecoming and asks all class members to contact their class agents to help preparations. Agents listed: Sybie Moore, Robbie D. Bradshaw, Earline Dehart, Cora Polk, Helen Wright, Hester Rudisaile, Connie Dubose, Doris Williams, Nina Slavik, Etta Mae Johnson, Irene Holland with class years from 1941 to 1923.
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Silsbee High School Ex-Students Association
Silsbee High School
James E
Pete” Farmer
Mr. Farmer
Mrs Mask Returns Home After Major Beaumont Surgery
Mrs J E Mask returned to her Silsbee home Wednesday after a two week hospital stay at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont where she underwent major surgery.
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J. E. Mask
Silsbee
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Pony League Meet Tonight and Work Day Planned
Managers and officers of Silshee Pony League gather at 7 30 p m tonight at Farmer Funeral Home per President James E Farmer. A work day at the ball park is set for Saturday May 28 at 10 a m with fathers and members to attend, while mothers meet Friday at 5 p m at Farmers.
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Silshee Pony League
Farmer Funeral Home
James E
Pete” Farmer
Ball Park
Mary Perlitz Wins American Legion Award at Beaumon
Miss Mary Perlitz daughter of Fred Perlitz of Silsbee a senior at St Anthony's High School Beaumont was named winner of the American Legion Award at class night exercises there last week. Miss Perlitz is one of the top ranking students of St Anthony's 1960 graduating class.
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Mary Perlitz
Fred Perlitz
Silsbee
St. Anthony's Hi
Beaumont
Miss Perlitz
St. Anthony’s
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VEW
Episcopal Church
Herbst
Marcel Spillar
Trophey
Gertrude Fields
Pauline Warnick
Helen Wright
Kiwanis
Ray McGallion
jJunior Olympics Progran
Harmon’ Ticket
Linda Redkey
Alice Harrison
Rolanda Kudisaile
East Texas Transit Mix Team
Jay
Grace Woods
Hardin County Golf and Country Club
Bob Banks
W. F. Weed
Lower Neehes Valley
Jinmie Cokinos
Beaumor
Regio 16
Silbee
Texas
Livingston
Lufkin
Jaspe Beaumont
Port Arthu Orange
Liberty
Texas Municipal Leags
Texas Cities
Rex Moore
Bill Hulin
Charlie Allen
Silsbee Volunteerire Department
Hunteville
Hulin
Asociaion
Silsbee de Pisment
Pony League
American Legion Award
Beaumon
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