Evadale Tot Dies Under Wheels Of Family Truck
A 10 month old girl from Evadale died after being struck by a pickup driven by her grandmother at about 10 30 a m The child was taken to Tennison Clinic in Silsbee and died on arrival An inquest by Justice of the Peace Gay Hargrove Buna ruled the death an accident Funeral services for Lyndsay Hollyfield set for 2 p m at Oneness Pentecostal Church Evadale Survivors include parents a sister and several grandparents with arrangements by Farmer Funeral Home of Silsbee.
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Gir
Evadale
Tennison Clinic
Silsber
Justice O the Peace Gay Hargrove
Buna
Lyndsay Hollyfield
Oneness Pentecostal Church
James Hollyfield
Miller Harris
Debbie Inez Huddler
Harris
Janice Faye Hollyfield
Stanley Hollyfield
Silsbee
Dave Capps
Mary Hollyfield
Sam Starks
Oneness _ Pentecostal ‘Church
Farmer Funeral Home of
Monday Services Held Here For Darwin Dockens
Funeral services for Darwin J. Dockens 36 of Silsbee were held at 10 a m Monday in the Farmer Funeral Home chapel. Rev W A Rashall and Rev H B Morgan officiated. Burial followed in Rest Haven Cemetery Beaumont was the scene of the fatal hit by a railroad switch engine near First and South streets Saturday night. Survivors include his mother Mrs Cora Dockens one brother Huey Dockens of Beaumont four sisters Mrs Chester Hooks Miss Lois Dockens Miss Louise Dockens all of Silsbee and Mrs Curtis Moore of Pasadena. Pallbearers named John Busby Dagwood Bumstead Buster Rucker Travis Piker L M Hooks Jr and Lou Alfaro.
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Darwin J. Dockens
Silsbee
Beaumont
Chapel of Farmer
W. A. Rashall
Wiley Mac Pentecostal Church
H. B. Morgan
Resthaven Cemetery
Farmer Funeral Home
Dockens
First
South Streets
Cora Dockens
Huey Dockens
Chester Hooks
Lois Dockens
Louise Dockens
Stisbee
Post Office to Close for Memorial Day Observance
Silsbee post office will be closed all day Saturday May 30 as announced by Postmaster L A Yankie. Box mail will be distributed and outgoing mail dispatched but there will be no carrier delivery and windows will be closed.
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Silsbee
L. A. Yankie
Pony League Opens 1959 Season With Doubleheader
Silsbee Pony League starts its 1959 season Saturday night at 6 p m with a doubleheader at the high school stadium. The Cubs meet the Giants in the opener and Kountze faces Chance Joeb in the nightcap.
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Silsbee Pony League
High School Stadium
Cubs
Giants
Kountze
Chance Joeb
Silsbee Churches Resume Volleyball League Play
The Silsbee Latter Day Saints team and others restart church volleyball Tuesday night June 2 at 7:30 PM in the high school gym. New schedule under preparation, no admission charge, and two churches seek to join the league joining longstanding members.
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Silsbee Church
Wayne Robinson
Silsbee Latter Das Saints of Jesus Christ
The
Motions
Friendship Baptist Church
First Christian Church
First Baptist’ Church
First Methodist C Curch
Woodrow Baptist Church
All Souls Catholic Church
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Mormon Church
First Presbyterian Church
Presbyterians To Begin Bible School
The First Presbyterian Church starts a Bible school for children from kindergarten to junior age. Sessions run Monday to Friday from 9 to 11 30 with a Friday night closing at 7 30. Director is Mrs R O Jackson with teachers Mrs Hugh Smith Mrs W R Fuller and Rev Larry Correll. H W Boddie leads recreation and handicraft. Mr and Mrs L D Helper and their Freer children visit the Hughes family this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
R. O. Jackson
Hugh Smith
W. R. Fuller
Larry Correll
H. W. Boddie
Contract Let On Mill Creek Bridge Widening Job
The Mill Creek bridge and approaches on Highway 418 west of Silsbee were awarded to A. M. Vogel Contractors of Houston in Austin this week. Vogel bid $57,387.78 for the four tenths of a mile project. Lester P. Landgraf of Silsbee will supervise for the highway department, with work expected to take about 60 days.
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Mill Creek
Silsbee
Austin
A. M. Vogel
Houston
W. E. Simmons
Beaumont
Vogel
Lester P. Landgraf
Highway Department
FCC Advances Grant for New Silshee Radio Station
The FCC moved toward granting Hardin County Broadcasting Co a new 1800 kc station in Silshee with 500 watts daytime operation. The commission directed staff to prepare a decision but reserved the right to reconsider before final. An August initial decision was not final, and no reason was given for further delay.
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Federal Communications Commission
Grant
Hardin County Broadcasting Co
Silshee
FCC Friday
FCC
Mrs Lottie McMicken Visits Baytown This Week
Mrs. Lottie McMicken of Baytown is visiting the F A McMicken home, staying as a guest and sharing time with family.
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Lottie McMicken
Baytown
F. A. McMicken
Youths Fined After Series of Interracial Incidents
Six youths were arrested and three paid fines in Justice of the Peace court after three separate fights and rock throwing incidents between white and colored youths here. Juveniles appeared before Judge H A Coe. two white youths and one colored youth paid fines.
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Justice of the Peace Court
H A. Coe of
Kountze
88Th District Court
Highway 327
Justice Court
Lightning Victims Remembered In Funeral Rites
Funeral services were held for Dan McInnis 56 of Fred and Garner Eaves 32 of Beaumont with Abner Bell 44 injured after a tree sheltering lightning struck during a fishing and camping trip on the Neches River near Fred. McInnis is survived by three sons and a daughter. Eaves by a wife, mother and siblings. Graveside rites for Eaves occurred near Buna, with pallbearers named, while McInnis’s services took place at Frank's Branch Church.
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Dan McIinnis
Fred
Garner Eaves
Beaumont
Mr. McInnis
Frank’s
Mr Eaves
Mors Cemetery
Buna
Abner Bell
Neches
O. B. Harrill Jr
John Robert Callaway
Farmer Funeral Home
Bell
Baptist Hospital
McInnis
Dan Jr
Nederland
William A
Milton
Mooney Hicks
Spurger
Ed MccCrumt l
Silsbee
O. O. Hilburn
Port Arthur
Tryon McInnis
George MelInnis
Norman
John McInnis
MelInnis
Frank
David Lee Jenkins
John Ratcliff
Leon Yawn
Frank Tanner
Herbert Caraway
Floyd Spell
Marvin Ramer
Eaves
Patricia Eaves
Bill Paul
Glenmora
Garvis Eaves
Betty Johnson
Morse Cemetery
Raymond Drews
First Baptist Church of
Evan P Brantley
Ralph Franklin
Edward J. Johnson
I. L. Jonse
W. D. Johnson
FE. F. Johnson
Drowning Victim J W Keen Laid To Rest In Newton
Funeral services for J. W. Keen 24 Newton were held at First Methodist Church Newton after Keen drowned in a fishing accident at Dam B near Wolf Creek. Rescue efforts involved Silsbee Noodville Jasper New Orleans crews with locals aiding search. Body recovered about 2 30 a m. military graveside services noted.
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J. W. Keen
Newton
Dam B
First Methodist Church
J. G. Greening
Shelton Simmons
Keen
Silsbee
Noodville
Jasper
Newen
Winford Barclay
Charles Davis
Dr. Barclay
3. W. Daniel
Port Arthur
Akre
Dock Ray
Grady Nalters
Pat Richardson
Fire Department
L. F
Bobby Jack Keen
Willis Suckey
Buddy Goff
Mr. Keen
City
Stringer Funeral Home
Wolf Creek
Jasper Highway
Mrs Hargrove Wins Auto In Bee Subscription Drive
The Silsbee Bee honors Mrs. Burke A. Hargrove with a 1959 Ford Ranch Wagon for topping the Everybody Wins contest after tallying 10,664,050 votes from new and renewing subscriptions. Second prize goes to Mrs. A F Butler with 8,338,520 votes, followed by Mrs. Jackie Grisham and others sharing cash bonuses.
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Kate Hargrove
Silsbee Bee
David Read
Alf Fullingim
Bill Gupton
Hargrove
Mrs. Hargrove
Burke A. Hargrove
A. F. Butler
Jackie Grisham
C. S. Sherrell
Minnie Moran
C. H. Shawver
C. S. Sherrill
Clayton Cox
Jim Jenkins
FE. E. Kaine
Virginia Brown
Ceet Cobyle
Lester D. Self
Robert A. Neyland
Open Air Graduation Draws 1500 at Silsbee High
The 1959 Silsbee high school commencement was held outdoors at Kirby stadium drawing about 1500 attendees. Student body president Herman Adams led the program while valedictorian Carolyn Baker and salutatorian Donna Holmes spoke. Diplomas were given by Alf Fullingim as Rev. Grant Herbst spoke at baccalaureate services Sunday night.
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Kirby Stadium
Silsbee High School
Silsbee High
Herman Adams
Carolyn Baker
C. R. Baker
Donna Holmes
Billie Jeanette Holmes
Robert Holmes
Alf Fullingim
Board of Education
Grant Herbst
St. John’s Episcopal Church
First Baptist Church
Waldo Mathews School
Waldo Mathews
Silsbee Junior High School
Saturday Little League Games Rained Out and Results
Silsbee Little League action was hit by rain with Saturday night’s doubleheader postponed to a later date. Buna leads 6-0 after a win by Larry Hatch over Morris Pharmacy, while May 21 to 26 results include Kountze 7 East Texas Concrete Mix 2 and Buna 3 East Texas 2 as games were rained out on May 23.
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Silsbee
Kountze
East Texas
Eastex
Buna
Larry Hatch
Morris Pharmacy
Louis Grisham
Minimax
Chance Loeb
Steve Epps
Rickey Hargrove
Morris
Neches
Chance-Loeb Optimists
East Texas Concrete Mix
Apache Lumber Co to Open Lumber and Building Supplies Firm
Sherman and Ed Tom Worthey announce the Apache Lumber Co a new twenty thousand dollar plus lumber and building materials firm on Highway 9 near Beaumont. A 60 by 140 foot prefab metal building will house the business with a 40 by 50 foot showroom. establishment aims for completion in about 30 days and relocation of Worthey Glass and Mirror to the site.
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Beaumont
Sherman
The
Apache Lumber Co
Sherman Worthey
Worthey
East Texas Pulp and Paper Company
Commissioners Buy Two Trucks and Review Right of Way
County commissioners met Monday in Kountze and bought two trucks from Dick Mize Motor Co of Sour Lake for 4500 plus trade. They reviewed the Highway 96 right of way situation with County Attorney Earl Stover and reported nine condemnation awards approved, open to landowners to appeal or accept. The court ordered air conditioning for the sheriff’s department station wagon to aid transporting ill patients.
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Kountze
Earl Stover
Stover
Walker
Arnold
Sheriff's Department
A. McKim
Dick Mize Motor Company
Sour Lake
Donalson Motor Company
Street Motor Co
Arrests Rise to 25 at County Jail Week
County jail reports 25 arrests for the week. Dave Rountree, office deputy, said charges include one felony driving while intoxicated one grand jury indictment two grand larcenies two drunk driving cases and 17 intoxicated individuals.
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Dave Rountree
Rountze
Woodrow Baptists Begin Vacation Bible School Schedule
Woodrow Baptist Church announces Vacation Bible School from Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., with registration for children aged three to sixteen on Saturday at 8:30 a.m. A preparation day is set for May 30. A church picnic will be held at East Texas picnic grounds. Mrs. J B Bumstead leads as principal and Mrs. M A Belt serves as pianist and general secretary.
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Woodrow Baptists
Woodrow Baptist Church
Bible &Edeo
East Texas
J B. Bumstead
M. A Belt
P W Bailey to retire from Santa Fe after 50 years
Percy W Bailey longtime Santa Fe official and Silsbee's first mayor after reincorporation in 1987 plans May 31 retirement after five decades with the railway. He began as apprentice in Roganville in 1909 and held multiple posts including agent at Silsbee and trainmaster in Temple before final post as special assistant in Galveston. He and wife reside near Silsbee with two children in Beaumont.
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Percy W. Bailey
Silsbee
Santa Fe Railway
Bailey
Kountzee
Galveston
Bavley
Santa Fe
Charles I. Herman
H. K. Griffith
A. K. Beard
L. J Cassell
Dusen
The
Roganville
Inhharge
Camp Wallace
Bluebonnet Ordnance Plant
Waco
Temple
East Texas Shrine Club Plans Buffet Dinner in Jasper
East Texas Shrine Club will host a buffet dinner for Shriners and their ladies at a ladies night meeting Friday at 7:30 pm in the Jasper Masonic hall. Club president Joe Register of Silsbee said all area Shriners, their ladies, and club members are invited. There will be entertainment.
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Shriners
East Texas Shriner Club
Jasper Masonic Hall
Joe Register
Silsbee
Bowles Verdict Upheld by Court in Second Round
Braeant W Bowles lost the second round of efforts to set aside a Hardin County district court life sentence in Austin. The Court of Criminal Appeals refused to review its 2 1 decision upholding the sentence after Bowles was convicted last year for the slaying of his brother in law James Harvey of Loeb. If rehearing is denied Bowles may appeal to the US Supreme Court and could face serving the sentence during review. Bowles contends a district attorney remark was prejudicial. Attorney Ferey Forenan of Houston represents him.
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Braeant W. Bowles
Hardin County District Court
Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
Bowles
James Harvey
Loeb
Supreme Court of the United States
Supremeourt
Wikers
Stanley Coe
Kountze
Ferey Forenan
Houston
Damiel Family Visits Barclay Home in Amarillo
Mr and Mrs Jimmy Damiel and their children of Amarillo recently visited the home of his sister and family Mr and Mrs Winford A Barclay.
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Jimmy Damiel
Amarillo
Winford A. Barclay
Woodville Couple Hosts Guests for Sunday Visit
Mr and Mrs George Ragsdale of Woodville were Sunday guests in the home of Mr and Mrs W H Holland at their dam.
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George Ragsdale
Woodville
Pare
W. H. Holland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Darwin Dockens
Pony League
Church Volleyball League
Silshee Station
Grady Tarver
Sellers
Bill and
Doris Gupton
Mes
Minimian
East Texa
Carrol Hale
Johnns Hodges
Miniman
Kenneth McWhee
Minimal
Modisette
Modisette, v7 Air Nn. Gafford, Optimist At » Laarry Hatch
James Nor
D. Tennison
Tom Worthey
P. W. Bailey
East Texas Shrine Club
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