Silsbee Bee Publication Details and Staff
The Silsbee Bee published weekly on Thursdays at 410 Highway 96 in Silsbee Texas under a 1879 establishment. Subscription rates listed as 2.50 per year in Hardin County and 4.00 outside Hardin County with staff including David Read and R L Read co owners and publishers Jerry Zuber news editor Leona Whitman society editor and other department personnel.
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Pas
Highway 96
Silsbee
Texas
Hardin County
David Read
R. L. Read
Jerry Zuber
Leona Whitman Society
R. Burgess
OMMY
Louis Johnson Stereotype
Ames Johnson Pressman
Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and Meetings
The Chance-Fletcher column reports numerous social visits and small events including a young adult training meeting with 19 attendees, family visits from Kirbyville and Louisiana, a Bible study group, a layette shower, a Texan party, and Intermediates GA book review. Local residents celebrate birthdays and share travel news from Houston to Orange.
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Sidney Davis
Paul Nelson
Kirbyville
Ladies Golf and Bridge Tourney Preview in Local Notes
The Ladies Golf and Country Club Yule Association held their monthly bridge tournament with Mrs. O. C. Seely first and Mrs. Gertrude Welds second. A golf tournament follows next Tuesday with scores due by 1 p.m. No ladies tournaments are scheduled in December.
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Ladies Golf and Country Yule Association
O. C. Seely
Gertrude Welds
Hospital Auxiliary to Meet Tonight in Kountze
Hardin County Hospital Auxiliary plans its regular monthly meeting tonight at 7:30 in the hospital in Kountze. Guest speaker Mrs Mary Lou Brown invites members and visitors. Refreshments follow a social period and an auxiliary auction sale is planned to raise funds. All members with uniforms are assisting in the hospital, per Mrs Brown.
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Hardin County Hospital
Kountze
Mary Lou Brown
Galveston Shrine Team to Confer Masters Degree in Silsbee
A Shrine degree team from 3 Mina Temple Galveston will visit Silsbee Saturday to confer the Master Mason degree on a member of Silsbee Masonic Lodge 927. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 5 80 p.m. Frank Choate said.
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Mina Temple
Galveston
Silsbee
Silsbee Woman's Club Tea Reviews "Papa's Daughter" event
The Silsbee Woman's Club hosted a tea at Mrs. T. K. Allen's home for 41 members and guests. Guests from Beaumont included E F Beck and E L Meley, with Jess L. Odom leading the program and L P Skinner presenting a book review of Thyra Serra Bjorn's "Papa's Daughter." The club plans a library donation of over 100 books, 33 donated by Arthur L. Smith, son of Mrs. Allen. The next meeting is set for December 11 at Mrs. A L Tucker's home with cohostesses J D Moore and Martin Wilson.
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Silsbee Woman's Club
T. K. Allen
Wade Parker
A. R. Neyland
Paul Georges
Beaumont Woman’s Club
E. L. Meley
Beaumont
Walter Fears
Beaumont Woman's Club
Jess L. Odom
L. P. Skinner
Arthur L. Smith
Allen
University of Akron
Ohio
A. L. Tucker
J. D. Moore
Martin Wilson
Band Days Sale Nets $550 For Annual Spring Trip
The Morgan Building sale events raised about $550 for band members planned spring trip. Band director M L Winger thanked merchants and citizens for support. the group will travel to Hemp Hill on December 6 for the interscholastic marching band contest.
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Morgan
Hemphill
M. L. Winger
Former Resident Dies In Humble Texas
Herndon K. Pursley aged 61 formerly of Silsbee died of a heart attack in a Houston hospital. Funeral set for 10 a m Thursday at First Methodist Church Humble with burial in Humble Cemetery. Survivors include wife Anna Seibert Pursley two daughters Mrs Dan Chamrod of Houston and Mrs J C McCleland of Cleveland and three grandchildren.
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Silsbee
Humble
Houston
First Methodist Church
Pursley
Silsbee Drug Co
Anna Seibert Pursley
Dan Chamrod
J. C. McCleland
Cleveland
Silsbee Flower Show Teems With Holiday Melodies
Silsbee Garden Club presents a flower show titled Holiday Melodies Tuesday at First Methodist Church from 4 p.m. The event features a silver tea and a decoration motif of Thanksgiving and Christmas. Mrs. J. D. Moore invites the public.
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Silsbee Garden Club
First Methodist Church
J. D. Moore
Allen Warrick boosts Silsbee merchants program
Allen Warrick, at Warwick Television, has donated his public address system and loudspeaking gear for Saturday park events and backs the Silsbee shopping promo with radio ads paid from his own pocket. He invites retailers to thank him. Deer hunting dominates local outdoor activity with several notable kills across Hardin and Ariola areas.
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Allen Warrick
Warwick Television
Retail Merchants
City Park
Silsbee
Negro Civic Club Hears Program On Visiting The Sick
The Exquised Club met Monday night at Mrs. Curtis Stephens home with 10 members and one guest Mrs. A. L. Sharp. A program on How to Visit the Sick was led by Mesdames B. J. Johnson Andrew Smith and H. P. Morgan at Mrs. Robert Vonner's home on Dec 1. A Christmas party is planned for Dec 26 with location to be announced later.
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Exquised Club
Curtis Stephens
A. L. Sharp
Mesdames B. J. Johnson
Andrew Smith
H. P. Morgan
Robert Vonner
Loeb Community Briefs Touches Local Events and Losses
Community notes from Loeb include sympathy for M. McBryde over his sister's death after a home fire injury in Lufkin. Visits touch Weatherford hospital, zone Baptist meeting, flu cases, and guest stays from Beaumont to New Jersey.
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C. H
Singers to Meet at Evadale School
The Campbell Family of Houston and the Conn Trio of Dallas will present a gospel concert Friday at 8 p m in Evadale High School with no admission. The Deep East Texas Singing Convention follows Saturday 7 30 p m and all day Sunday at Evadale School. Home Economics class serves lunch at noon. Carl Lindsey is present.
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Campbell
Houston
Conn Trio
Dallas
Evadale High School
Evadale School
Home Economics
Carl Lindsey
Lamar Tech Captures Majority of Southeast Texas Top Graduates
A 1958 survey of 38 area high schools shows Lamar State College of Technology attracting the majority of top graduates. Over half of the valedictorians chose Lamar Tech. 30 of 88 valedictorians last spring attend higher education, with 17 at Lamar Tech. Other colleges receiving top graduates include UT, Rice, Baylor, Sam Houston, and several smaller institutions.
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Lamar State College of Technology
Texas
Lamar Tech
David Best
Lamar
Orange
Jasper
Newton
Jefferson
Tyler
Hardin
Liberty
Chambers
University of Texas
Rice Institute
Baylor University
Sam Houston State College
U. S. Naval Academy
Mary Hardin-Baylor College
St. Thomas University
Loyola University of New Orleans
Stephen F. Austin State College
Grunion Fish Lays Eggs on Land on West Coast
A small west coast fish named grunion lays its eggs on land rather than in water, a unique reproductive habit noted as a regional peculiarity.
Card of Thanks for Sympathy After Loss
We express gratitude for your heartfelt sympathy in the recent loss of our wife and mother. Special thanks to those from Chance Loeb and Silsbee for their kindness and thoughtfulness. Joseph A Hinckeyv and Family
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Chance-Loeb and
Silsbee
Joseph A. Hinckeyv
Biologists Seek Input On Texas Waterfowl Harvest
About 7500 licensed hunters in Texas were sent a questionnaire by the Game and Fish Commission to gather grass-roots data on yearly waterfowl kills. The information will complement population counts and habitat data to guide seasons and bag limits. Hunters are urged to return the card promptly.
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Texas
Wildlife Restoration
Game and Fish Commission
Commission
Chance Loeb 4-H Girls Elect Officers
The Chance Loeb Senior 4-H Girls met October 21 in the school auditorium and elected Barbara McConnell president. Ruth Causey county home demonstration agent and 24 members attended. Other officers chosen were Shirley Shutter vice president Catherine Turner secretary Anna Plake sergeant at arms and Carolyn Fuller reporter. Causey named Patricia Flasher food demonstrator Betty Gore clothing demonstrator. Linda Smith and Connie Gore were named song leaders. The club discussed the correct daily diet.
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Chance-Loeb
Barbara McConnell
Ruth Causey
Shirley Shutter
Catherine Turner
Anna Plake
Carolyn Fuller
Miss Causey
Patricia Flasher
Betty Gore
Linda Smith
Connie Gore
Fourth Annual Bazaar at St John’s Episcopal Silsbee
St John’s Episcopal Church in Silsbee hosts its fourth annual bazaar and chicken spaghetti supper at the high school cafeteria on December 4 from 6 to 8 30 p.m. The event, sponsored by the Women’s Auxiliary, offers handwork pieces and Christmas candles as gifts.
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St. John’s Episcopal Church
Silsbee
Cafteria
Women’s Auxiliary
St. John’s Church
Full Gospel Church Set to Welcome Beaumont Speaker
Mrs. Boyd Jones of Beaumont will be the guest speaker at the Full Gospel Church Friday Saturday and Sunday nights. Services begin at 7 p.m. The church led by Pastor Mrs. S. C. Busley meets two and a half miles north of Silsbee on the Spurger Highway.
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Boyd Jones
Beaumont
Full Gospel Church
S. C. Busley
Silsbee
Spurger Highway
Silsbee Lodge 927 Stated Meeting Schedule
Stated meeting of Silsbee Lodge No. 927 A F and A M meets the first and third Tuesday each month at 7 50 p m in Silsbee Texas. Visiting brothers invited. Roy Rodgers W M L Choate Secy.
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Silsbee Lodge
A.F
A.M
Silsbee
Texas
Roy Rodgers
W. M. Kr
Knights of Pythias
Co. FE
Landolt
Phillip McKinney
Gillis Johnson Wedding Plans Announced
Mr and Mrs John M Gillis announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Freida Ann to Herrman F Johnson of Silsbee Texas. The wedding is set for Friday at 7 30 p m in the First Baptist Church. Freida Ann Gillis is a Sam Houston State Teachers College graduate and Read Turrentine School second grade teacher. Herrman Johnson is also a Sam Houston State graduate and a local high school teacher.
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John M. Gillis
This City
Powell, Wyo
Freida Ann
Herrman F., Johnson
Silsbee
Leon Johnson
Soweta
Texas
First Baptist Church
Miss Gillis
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Huntsville
Read-Turrentine
Johnson
Small Woodlands Plan Studied In Georgia
Atlanta hosted a large meeting of pulp and paper leaders from 12 southern states to map an intensive small woodland development program named the Pilot Forest project. SPCA officials said about 100 permanent educational forest tracts will be established to help landowners grow more trees and to educate the public on the industry’s role in the South.
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West Texas
Ed Tom Worthey
Rugged End Ranch
Hunt
Lee Yawn
Wesley Clark
Worther
Tom
Sherman Worthey
Henry Donelson
Sherman
Llano County
Atlanta
Pulp and
Lucian A. Whittle
Brunswick
Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association
South
Pulp and Paper
Mr. Whittle
Whittle
SPAC
Henry J. Malsberger
In Love And War New Cinemascope Opens Sunday
The Pines presents In Love And War a new Cinemascope production opening Sunday at the theater. News notes indicate the film features a star cast and adds to the weekend lineup with enhanced visuals.
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Robert Wagner
Jeffrey Hunter
Bradford Dillman
Jerry Ward
Twentieth Century-Fox
Dana Wynter
Hope Lange
Sheree North
France Nuyen
Philip Dunne
Anton Myrer
St Johns Episcopal Church November Services and Activities
St Johns Church lists services for Sunday November 23 with 10 00 am regular classes 11 00 am morning prayer and sermon Bishop s Committee meeting after service Inquirers Class Sunday night 7 30 pm to discuss Prayer book and church music Parent Teacher Training class Tuesday 7 30 pm continues How we learn topic The Learning Process Thanksgiving worship at 8 00 am Thursday November 27 at St Johns Friday choir practice Nov 28 postponed one week and Saturday catechism class Nov 29 postponed.
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St. John's Episcopal Church
the Inquirer
City of
Silsbee
Methodist Church
St. John’s Church
Church Group Schedules Rummage Sale in Front of Bank
The Ladies Auxiliary of Wiley Mae Pentecostal Church plans a rummage sale Friday and Saturday. They will offer nursery stock home canned goods homemade cake and popcorn balls with free coffee for each cake piece. Proceeds fund church building improvements. Rev. W A Rashall is pastor.
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Wiley Mae Pentacostal Church
Morgan
W. A. Rashall
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Gyney Davis
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Ariola
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Joe Fuller
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E. Marcantel
Roy Waggoner
Fred
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John Rice
Cliff Worthey
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Jessie Hamilton
Angelina County Hospital
Lonice Russell
Angelina
Dad Shawver
Jess W. Hamilton
Baptist Hospital
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Plantersville
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Thomas Gibeon
Fawcette
Rora Ward
Pasadena
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