Graduation speaker R W Akers to address Silsbee High
R W Akers editor in chief of the Beaumont Enterprise and Journal will headline the Silsbee High School graduation tonight at 7 45 in the auditorium. Supt Don L Hough will introduce him and diplomas will be handed by E M Prewitt school board president.
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Silsbee High School
Akers
Beaumont Enterprise and Journal
State Department
Far East
Texas
Silsbee
Don L. Hough
Shirley Harding
Leon Brown
Alien Russell to Attend Silsbee Pony League Opening
Beaumont Exporters owner Allen Russell will attend the Silsbee Pony League opener in Silsbee Saturday at 2 o clock. First game at 2 30 features Kountze vs Kiwanis with Buna and VFW in the nightcap. Rev Barclay will give the prayer and Mayor Jones will throw the first pitch as ceremonies are brief.
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Allen Russell
Beaumont Exporters
Silsbee
Pony League
Co. F. Earnest, Jr
Kountze
Kiwanis
Buna
VFW
Link Skillern
R. E. Barclay
First Baptist Church
H. M. Jones
Betty Calhoun to Marry Beaumont Man Saturday
Miss Betty Calhoun daughter of Mr and Mrs B F Calhoun will wed Lee Lawrence McNeil son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence McNeil of Beaumont. The ceremony at 8 pm will be at the bride’s home with Rev E L Mason officiating. Attendants include Hilda McNeil maid of honor and Bennie Calhoun best man. The couple will reside in Silsbee where Mr McNeil works for Fisk Electric Company.
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Betty Calhoun
B. F. Calhoun
Lee Lawrence McNeil
Lawrence McNeil
Beaumont
E. L. Mason
Lamar Assembly of God Church
Hilda McNeil
Bennie Calhoun
Silsbee
Mr. McNeil
Fisk Electric Company
Chamber of Commerce Directors To Meet Tonight
Directors of the Silsbee Chamber of Commerce will meet tonight at 7 30 in the offices of Gulf States Utilities company. President W P Crockett announced the gathering.
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Chamber OF Commerce
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Gulf States Utilities Company
W. P. Crockett
Mrs. Larry Forney Visits Mother in Houston
Mrs. Larry Forney of Houston is visiting in the home of her mother, Mrs. I. F. Daniel.
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Larry Forney
Houston
I. F. Daniel
Summer Band Classes Start May 31 at High School
Free summer band sessions open to sixth graders and older begin Monday at the high school band hall. Six weeks long with four days per week. schedules include advanced beginners 8:00 to 9:30, Junior Band 9:30 to 11:00, beginners 11:00 to 12:00, and twirling at 11:00 on Tue and Thu.
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M. L. Winger
Winger
Little League Stars Meet Jasper Saturday
Silsbee Little League All Stars open the season with a 7 45 pm game against Jasper at home. Burke A Har grove returns as manager. Buna Auto Yankees led by Bubba Kaine sit undefeated at 3 0 after a 21 3 win over the Fire Department. Upcoming schedule runs May 27 28 May 31 and June 1 with several interleague matchups.
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Silsbee
Little League All Stars
Jasper
Burke A. Hargrove
Buna Auto Yankees
Bubba Kaine
Buna
Kountze
Crockett & Gilchriest
Fire Department
L. P. Skinner Recites For Kiwanians
L. P. Skinner, president of the Silsbee Kiwanis Club, entertained members with recitations from Shakespeare Holmes and Ingersoll. The program opened with remarks and included passages from the Bard, Holmes poems, and an Ingersoll Napoleon essay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. P. Skinner
Silsbee Kiwanis Club
Shakespeare
Holmes
Ingersoll
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Napoleon
Bob Ingersoll
First Baptist Church Foundation Is Completed
The foundation for the new First Baptist Church has been completed and will be reviewed at the building committee meeting Monday night May 31 at 7 30. Architect Maurice Walmer will finalize plans for the remaining building portion and release them to contractors for bids.
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First Baptist Church
Maurice Walmer
Shirley Bob Moore Wins Lions Club Scholarship
Shirley Bob Moore daughter of Mr and Mrs Bruce Moore of Silsbee received the Lions Club M M Williams Memorial Scholarship this morning in the high school auditorium. The award carries 125 dollars per semester 250 dollars per year and she plans to attend Lamar Tech to study home economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Bob Moore
Lions Club
Bruce Moore
Silsbee
M. M. Williams
Elizabeth Williams
Moore
Lamar Tech
New Magnolia Station Almost Completed
J L Shine owner and manager announces the Magnolia Station nearly finished at North Fifth Street and Highway 96. The modern facility offers Magnolia products and services with an internal intercom system for remote communication. Formal opening will follow at a later date, with an open invitation to friends to inspect the new plant in Silsbee.
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J. L. Shine
Shine Magnolia
North Fifth Street
Highway 96
Magnolia
Mr. Shine
Silsbee
Houston Guests Visit Mrs. Bessie Tuxworth This Weekend
Mr and Mrs Alf Roark and sons Don and David, and Mr and Mrs W E Bailey and Bill of Houston will be guests in Mrs Bessie Tuxworths home for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alf Roark
Don
David
W. E. Bailey
Bill
Houston
Bessie Tuxworth
Building a home library for children through good books
A reader contribution urges parents to start a small home library to engage children with adventure and imagination. Suggests accessible titles for preschoolers and older kids, from Mother Goose to Treasure Island, and advises consulting librarians or teachers to choose suitable reads.
Baptists Set Bible School From May 31 To June 9
The First Baptist Church will hold Vacation Bible School May 31 through June 9 with daily sessions 8 to 11 a.m. Preparation Day is Friday morning May 28. A parade at 10 a.m. will announce the school. Faculty includes Floyd Moore as principal and several department superintendents.
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First Baptist Church
Floyd Moore
Ben Walker
John Bower
D. H. Suitt
H. C. Riley
Steve Redmond
Stella Cook
David Cook
Bert Carpenter
Lenox Hawthorne
Ramsey Hooks
Silsbee H D Club Hosts Appliance Demonstration
Mrs Nancy Dauner of Baytown, home service advisor for Houston Natural Gas, spoke at the Silsbee Home Demonstration Club meeting last Thursday. The event at First Methodist Church drew 26 ladies and featured appliances from Ward's Furniture and A. E. Read Company.
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Nancy Dauner
Baytown
Houston Natural Gas Corporation
Silsbee
Silsbee Home Demonstration Club
First Methodist Church
Ward's Furniture
Engagement in Groesbeck and polio gamma globulin drive
Mrs. Lester Caraway announces Charlotte Caraway's engagement to Jimmy Joe Rand of Groesbeck Texas. The Honey Island community to host a gamma globulin vaccination clinic for 1000 residents within a half mile of A G Gieger, amid polio precautions. Polio patient Gieger gradually improving as nurses assist at the Friday clinic.
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Honey Island
Charlotte
Jimmy Joe Rand
Mrs. Garland Rand
Groesbeck, Texas
A. G. Gieger
Velma Holzapfel
Gieger
Kirby Lumber Corporation
Hotel Dieu Hospital
Beaumont
Quick
Hotel Dieu
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
E. D. Kennedy
Sanitarian
O. O. Overstreet
J. J. McGraw
Holzapfel
Amelia Coe
Kountze
Margaret Francis
Jasper County
Seaman
Newton County
City Mail Delivery Expands to Britton-Cravens Area
Postmaster L A Yankie announces city mail delivery will extend to Britton Cravens subdivision starting June 1. The area is about 40 percent populated with growing housing. Deliveries begin around 10 a.m. daily. residents must have house numbers and a mail receptacle.
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L. A. Yankie
Britton-Cravens Subdivision
F. B. Dardin
Fire Department Names Officers At Monday Meeting
The Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department elected officers for the coming year at the Monday night meeting held at the fire hall. L. A. Yankie was named president, A. W. Dainwood vice president, E. M. Wilson Jr and E. M. Prewitt and Rex Worley trustees, John Busby fire chief, Fred Weathersby secretary and treasurer, Bruce Fuller assistant secretary, Emil Slavik fire marshal, and Sam F. Neal business manager. An installation dinner will be held May 31. Mayor H. M. Jones and council member Howard Hargrove attended, pledging city cooperation. Delegates were chosen for the state firemen and fire marshal meeting in San Antonio, June 8 to 10.
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W. J. Poshataske
Ed Nash
Cravens Camp
Cliff McKay
Newton Hopkins
M. L. Winner
Lester Landgraf
Clifton Caraway
Jimmy Jeffrey
Earl Stover
Alf Fullingim
Walter Murphy
A. W. Dainwood
Joe Markley
J. C. Perkins
H. C. Hopkins
Pete Farmer
E. M. Prewitt
Marion Almond
Clyde Cole
Curt Onstad
E. F. Bistline
J. F. Weathersby
Carl Paramore
E. M. Wilson, Jr
Donoagh
Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
L. A. Yankie
Rex Worley
John Busby
Fred Weathersby
Bruce Fuller
Emil Slavik
Sam F. Neal
H. M. Jones
Howard Hargrove
Fire Department
Silsbee
San Antonio
Sheriff Warns Of Blasting Cap Danger
Sheriff Whitaker warns boys and girls about blasting cap dangers after more than a hundred injuries from careless handling last year. Caps are bright tubes with or without a fuse and can cause serious harm. if found, do not touch and call the sheriff or a fireman for safe disposal.
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W. “Whit” Whitaker
Miss Thelma Sheffield Confined With Influenza
Miss Thelma Sheffield is confined to her home with influenza, according to a brief notice in this edition.
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Thelma Sheffield
Silsbee Tigers Name 15 Baseball Lettermen
Coach Billy Dinkle selected 15 lettermen for the Silsbee Tigers baseball team, co champions of District 23-A with Nederland as playoff runner up in Beaumont. Named players include Billy Dan VanWinkle, Tommy Childress, Lynwood Jones, Red Willett, Bo Templeton, Clifford Turk, San ford Jones, Jerry Esmond, Buzz McDonald, Sidney Ester, Keith Parker, Douglas Starks, Herman Hodges, Smoky Skinner, Bryan Swinney. Esmond and Hodges graduate this year.
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Billy Dinkle
Silsbee Tiger
Billy Dan VanWinkle
Tommy Childress
Lynwood Jones
Red Willett
Bo Templeton
Clifford Turk
Sanford Jones
Jerry Esmond
Buzz McDonald
Sidney Ester
Keith Parker
Douglas Starks
Herman Hodges
Smoky Skinner
Bryan Swinney
Turk
Esmond
Hodges
Dennis announces Frances Dee to 2nd Lt Marcus Bowman
Mr and Mrs N A Dennis of Silsbee announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter Frances Dee to 2nd Lt Marcus William Bowman son of Mrs Bessie M Bowman of Beaumont The wedding is set for June at the home of Mr and Mrs J N Cless in Beaumont Frances Dee is a Silsbee High School graduate now employed in Beaumont Bowman is a Ball High Galveston graduate with a Tulane University degree He coached at Dick Dowling Junior High in Beaumont Miss Betty Jo Oliver is named maid of honor Dennis Cless will sing the bridal solos.
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Frances Dee
Marcus William Bowman
Bessie M. Bowman
Beaumont
J. N. Cless
Dennis
Silsbee High School
Bowman
Ball High
Galveston
Tulane University
Dick Dowling Junior High School
Betty Jo Oliver
Dennis Cless
Construction To Begin On Simmons Building
Construction will start soon on a new $65,000 masonry building for Simmons Radio Shop after moving to temporary quarters behind the current site at 460 N Fifth. E M Simmons says work and repairs continue as usual. the 80 by 82 foot brick and tile structure will house display rooms and offices with terrazo floors and a plate glass front, completion expected in about four months. The old building will be moved to Woodrow addition and rented as investment property.
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Simmons Radio Shop
E. M. Simmons
N. Fifth
Simmons
North Fifth Street
Carter
Mr. Simmons
Woodrow Addition
Et Property
Mrs McClanahan and Mrs Fields Return From Dallas Market
Mrs F L McClanahan and Mrs Gertrude Fields of Junior Fashions returned last Friday from Dallas market where they purchased children's back to school clothes.
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F. L. McClanahan
Gertrude Fields
Dallas
Swimming Pool Water Well To Be Started Friday
George Bellenger Water Well Service will begin drilling Friday to furnish water for Silsbee's new swimming pool. The screen arrived this week and equipment will be set up Friday with spud in. The water well is a free contribution to the project. Pipe and many materials have been donated or purchased at cost from local firms. The 6.6 acre park site donated by Kirby has been cleared and fenced under Walter Murphy. H. KE Bovay did engineering and architect work. Construction will be obtained at cost if funds are raised before large local contractors relocate. مجلس
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Belleguer
Kirby
Walter Murphy
H. KE. Bovay
H. Newton Hopkins
Rites For Mrs Caywood Held In Rockdale
Funeral services for 93 year old Mrs W I Caywood were conducted at Phillips and Luckey Chapel Rockdale. Rev Ray Turner led with Rev Burton Smith assisting. Burial followed in Sandy Creek cemetery. Survivors include son George Caywood of Silsbee.
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W. I Caywood
Phillips and Luckey
Rockdale
Ray Turner
The
First Christian Church
Burton Smith
St. John's
U C A A Plans Silsbee Chapter Meeting Friday
Silsbee residents form a chapter of the United Christian Action Association of Hardin County. A meeting is set for Friday May 28 at 7 30 p m at the First Christian Church to organize the new unit and discuss coping with the alcohol problem with a guest speaker expected. The group is not affiliated with United Texas Drys Inc but receives guidance from that organization.
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Silsbee
United Christian Action Association
Hardin County
First Christian Church
Floyd Moore
U.C.A.A
County Association
Emil Burjes, Jr
Christian Church
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R. W. Akers
Alien Russell
Beaumont Man
Little League Stars
Wc Ny
Silsbee Lions Club
Joe Register
Texas Blind
Blind Institutions of
W. C. Roy
Santa Fe Park
First Baptist Church Foundation
David Read
Hans Christian Anderson
Boss
King Arthur
Robin Hood
Paul Bunyan
Lincoln
Benjamin Franklin
Daniel Boone
Mark Twain
Charles Dickens
Baptists
Silsbee H.D. Club
Charlotte Caraway
Lester Caraway
Rev
Miss Caraway
Mr. Rand
Sam Houston State
New Area
Tiger Baseball
Nederland
Frances Dennis
Lieut
N. A. Dennis
George Bellenger Water Well Service
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