City weighs Woodlea water system 10 000 payment debate
Evadale Realty asks council to decide on Woodlea addition water and sewer plan including a 10 000 offsite payment. Council reviews costs 99 685 and six inch line pricing while seeking maps and bids, but takes no action after hours of discussion.
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Woodlea Addition
C. E. Cole
East Texas Pulp and Paper ® Company
Evadale Realty Company
Big Paper Company
Woodlea
H. M. Jones
Evadale Realty
Realty Company
Cole
Howard Hargrove
Hargrove
Grace Dies From Crash Injuries Funeral Held for 33 Year Old
Frank Allen Grace 33 of Silsbee died from injuries sustained October 20 in a crash returning from East Texas Pulp and Paper Co. tour. Services were at All Souls Catholic Church in Silsbee with Rev. Paul Fee. Interment planned in Vancouver Washington. Survived by wife Jean and children Danny Janet Beverly, plus parents, siblings and in laws. World War II veteran and All Souls member. Pallbearers listed.
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Frank Allen Grace
Oglesbee Road
Grace
St. Therese ‘Hospital
Beaumont
All Souls Catholic Church
East Texas Pulp and Paper Co. Mill
Evadale
Hardin County Hospital
Kountze
St. Therese
Chapel of Farmer Funeral Home
Paul Fee
Vancouver
Washington
Jean
Silsbee
Danny
Janet
Beverly
John Grace
Pasco
Billy
Wash
Jack
Yvonne Malarchick
Ordnance
Oregon
Constance Rogerson
Richland
Ore
Navy
Johnny Robinson
Bob Hardburger
Russell Carpenter
Tom Benson
Hank Edwards
Elwood Kees
County Officers Report Light Week with Sixteen Arrests
Sheriff’s deputies logged sixteen arrests this week since the last report. One arrest each involved hot check, DWI first offense, DWI second offense, and drunk in car, with twelve additional arrests for drunkenness.
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Dave Rountree
Park Benches to Be Painted This Week in Santa Fe Park
Benches provided for pensioners and others in Santa Fe park will be painted Saturday of this week. Uncle Bill Armstrong urges bench users to refrain from pocket knife use on the seats to avoid damage and expense in the painting effort.
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Santa Fe Park
Bill” Armstrong
St John s Episcopal Church to Sponsor Concert on Nov 17
St John s Episcopal Church sponsors a concert Thursday November 17 at 8 00 p m in the Senior High School Auditorium featuring area artists including Mrs Mary Neff and Mrs Winston Cochran Also on program are Marion Walton Mrs John Skinner harpist Mignon Winger Jay Collier and Mrs George Tennison Tickets available from church members or by calling Evergreen 5 2547 The event supports the church and aims to become an annual affair.
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Mary Neff
Winston Cochran
Neff
Texas University
John Skinner
TSCW
Mignon Winger
Jay Collier
St. John’s Episcopal Church
George Tennison
Evergreen
Eddie Tennison Returns Home After Emergency Appendectomy
Eddie Tennison six recovering at home after emergency appendectomy at Hardin County Hospital last Wednesday night. His mother Mrs. Tom Tennison says he is resting well and feeling pretty good now after returning home Saturday night.
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Eddie Tennison
Hardin County Hospital
Tom Tennison
Eddie
See East Texas in November by David Read
Hubert M. Harrison champions East Texas fall as free annual scenery. The column extols November foliage, urging readers to tour back roads and farm to market routes to enjoy oaks, gum, sumac, pines, and vivid autumn colors in East Texas. The narrator savors nature as a divine asset of the region.
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Hubert M. Harrison
East Texas
Texas
Timberlands
Tigers Seek Homecoming Win After 73-6 Nederland Defeat
After a 73 to 6 loss to Nederland the Silsbee Tigers prepare for homecoming with a new defensive setup and offensive plays. Coach Heatherington and McGallion report improved fitness and practice at Kirby Stadium as Victor prepares for Friday's game against Port Acres following a trip to Beaumont and a district 28AA finale.
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Tigers
Nederland
Jack Heatherington
Raymond McGallion
Silsbee
Larry Hargrove
Bulldog
Tiger
Buzz McDonald
Douglass Arnold
Skie Hudgins
Doughty McDonald
Victor
Webster
Kirby Stadium
Pirates
Beaumont
St. Anthony
Port Acres
Earnest's Food Market Moves to New Quarters
Earnest's Food Market owned by C. F. Earnest will open in a new location Monday November 7 at Ear nest Avenue and South Third Streets the former Smitty Jim Food Store. The move from Highway 96 South aims to provide larger quarters and better parking due to road widening.
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Earnest’s Food Market
C. F. Earnest
Earnest Avenue
South Third Streets
Smitty-Jim Food Store
Highway 96
Earnest
Farmers Own 30 Percent of Nation Forest Lands
A report notes that farmers hold about 30 percent of the country’s forest lands. The data highlights land ownership patterns and the role of farmers in forest management.
Chamber of Commerce Directors Meet Tonight in Silsbee
A. W. Dainwood announces that the Silsbee Chamber of Commerce directors will meet tonight at the school office to plan entertaining President F. Gurley and the Santa Fe board on their December 6 visit. All directors are urged to attend.
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A. W. Dainwood
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
F. G. Gurley
The
Santa Fe
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Homecoming Program Will Fete Teams-Students Of Former Years
Silsbee high school prepares for Friday homecoming with an 8 p.m. football game against the Victor Firates and a 1 p.m. ceremony in the auditorium hosted by Clifton Caraway. Exes from years past will be honored, with special recognition for the oldest man and woman, and the farthest traveler. The 1937 and 1938 Silsbee teams, both district champions, will be guests, and Linda McMillan will be crowned homecoming queen at halftime.
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Silsbee High
Silsbee
Earl Stover
G. H. Tennison
M. L
Betsy Harritt Wins $300 SHSIC Scholarship
Betsy Jane Harritt of Silsbee has won a $300 SHSIC scholarship from the Ex-students Association of Sam Houston State Teachers College. Ten of fifty applicants were chosen for scholarship based on scholarship and character. Miss Harritt, daughter of Mrs Gladys Harritt, is a freshman journalism major and a 1955 Silsbee High School graduate.
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Betsy Jane Harritt
Silsbee
Ex-students Association
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Miss Harritt
Gladys Harritt
Sam Houston
Silsbee High School
Silsbee Golf And Country Club Sets Opening Date
Final plans for the clubs opening will be decided at a 7 30 p m meeting in the Fire Hall led by President Frank McClanahan. Greens on the new course are progressing well and should be ready for play on opening day.
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Silsbee Golf and Country Club
Frank McClanahan
McClanahan
Santa Fe Miniature Train to Visit Silsbee for Industrial Day
The Santa Fe Railway miniature freight train will come to Silsbee on December 6 for the Silsbee Santa Fe Industrial Day. President Fred G. Gurley and AT&SF GC&SF directors will attend. The 68 foot, rubber-tired model T engine train carries freight cars and a caboose and has been a civic favorite since 1926. Engineer Merle A. Benson and crew mate S. A. Daniels will lead the display, thrilling both children and adults.
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Santa Fe Railway
Fred G. Gurley
At&sf
Gc&sf Railways
Merle A. Benson
Santa Fe
Topeka
East Texas group seeks 53000 acre hunting lease
East Texas Wildlife Conservation Association plans to lease 53000 acres for a hunting preserve. Howard Hargrove says 240 applicants will join if lease is granted, paying 25 dollars to show ability to raise 6000 dollars for fencing. Meetings held biweekly at local halls with open attendance.
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East Texas Wildlife Conservation Association
Howard Hargrove
Hargrove
Hardin County
CIO Union Hall
North Fifth
H and H Dry Goods
Mayor Proclaims Veterans Day 1955 in Silsbee
Mayor I H M Jones signs a Veterans Day proclamation directing all citizens and local organizations in Silsbee Texas to observe Friday November 11 1955. The document cites federal and state proclamations and calls for ceremonies and City involvement.
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United States
Texas
City of
Silsbee
Local Boy Scouts Attend Prison Rodeo Sunday
Members of Boy Scout Troop 88 plus leaders Clifton N. Francis and Dr. R. F E. Ensign joined Boy Scout Day at the Texas Prison Rodeo in Huntsville last week. More than 15 000 scouts from five states gathered for a barbecue on the prison grounds and a 20 minute nondenominational religious service. Troop 88 scouts present included Gherry Brown Van Har grove Donald Cash Jack Bates Mickey Nash Jimmy Wyatt Mike Cooper and Wayne Francis.
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Boy Scout Troop 88
Clifton N. Francis
R. F E. Ensign
Texas
Huntsville
Gherry Brown
van Hargrove
Donald Cash
Jack Bates
Mickey Nash
Jimmy Wyatt
Mike Cooper
Wayne Francis
Beaumont Elks Stage Crippled Children's Rodeo
The first annual Benefit Rodeo to aid the Elks Crippled Children's hospital opens at the South Texas State Fairgrounds Beaumont for a three day run. Proceeds support the hospital fund with a 3 p.m parade led by the Sheriff's Posse and Junior Posse through downtown. Rodeo begins at 8 p.m. nightly featuring bare back riding calf roping saddle bronc ladies barrel race and specialty acts.
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Elks Crippled Childrens Hospital
South Texas State Fairgrounds
Beaumont
Beaumont Lodge No. 311
Sheriff's Posse
Sinclair Reported Trying To Buy Houston Oil Co
The Houston Chronicle reported Sinclair Oil Corporation of New York negotiating to buy Houston Oil Company of Texas. Harold Decker of Houston Oil offered no comment while Sinclair’s president suggested interest but no price discussion yet.
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Sinclair
Houston Oil Co
Houston Chronicle
Sinclair Oil Corporation of
New York
Howton Oil Company
Texas
American Republics Corporation
Harold Decker
Houston Oil Company
The
Chronicle
Houston Post
Houston Oil
Southwestern Settlement and Development Corporation
Bee
Houston O. Co
County Hospital Admits 21 Patients
County Hospital admitted twenty one patients including Martha Green wood Paula Green wood James Green wood Eddie Tennison John Thomas Wright Sallie Pearl Sharpe Melba More Spencer Doggett Edna Ruth Hall and Dr T E Batton of Silsbee Jimmy Bell of Fred James Lindsey Lemuel Pattillo and Mrs Allen Means of Honey Island Ethel Reese of Buna Mrs Ben Kirkland of Wotaw John Hawthorne and several others from Kountze and Beaumont.
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Hardin County Hospital
Martha, Paula
James Greenwood
Eddie Tennison
John Thomas Wright
Sallie Pearl Sharpe
Melba More
Spencer Doggett
Edna Ruth Hall
T. E. Batton
Silsbee
Jimmy Bell
Fred
James Lindsey
Lemuel Pattillo
Allen Means
Honey Island
Ethel Reese
Buna
Ben Kirkland
Wotaw
John Hawthorne
John D. Lewis
Ben Hooks
Stella Wheeler
Kountze
L. L. Campbell
Beaumont
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Frank A. Grace
David Read
Chamber of Commerce
Benson
S. A. Daniels
Sportsman’s Group
Jones
Beaumont Elks
County Hospital
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