Council Delays Silsbee Master Plan and Annexation Start
The Silsbee City Council postponed action on an 11400 master plan and on annexation at a special meeting. Mayor Pro Tem Jackson, Landolt and Hopkins split over the plan while budget implications and funding sources were debated. The matter is set for the January 10 1961 meeting with further study expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
City Planning Commission
Ainexation
Frank E. Allison
Beaumont
Allison
D. D. Shine
Planning Commission
Shine
Commission
I. F. Eldredge
H. M. Donelson
R. F. Ford
Jack Hedge
R. O. Jackson
C. E. Landolt Jr
H. C. Hopkins
Bert Slaydon
H. M. Jones
Lenox Hawthorne
Landolt
Mr. Hopkins
Slaydon
Silsbee Tigers Open 1960 61 Cage Season Monday Night
The Silsbee Tigers basketball team under Coach Jim Rand begins the 1960 61 season Monday night against the French Buffaloes with B games at 6 p.m. and A games at 7:30 p.m. Seniors Cones Modiotte Hartman Walters lead a 13 man A squad and 15 man B squad. key players include Drake Biddle Haynes Read Clawson Gilbert and Hargrove. Gilbert out weeks with a broken ankle from football season. Invitational set for Jan 5 6 7 with 16 teams. district opener vs Nederland on Jan 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Tiger
Jimmy Joe Rand
Tigers
Beaumont High Royal Purples
Kountze
Rand
Kenneth Cones
Robert Modisette
Tommy Hartman
Russell Walters
Billy Tarver
David Drake
Jerry Biddle
George Haynes
Randy Read
John Clawson
Nicky Gilbert
Jimmy Hargrove
Bo Tarver
Gilbert
Silsbee
Nederland
Library Opening Set for Silsbee on Dec 10
Silsbee public library opening announced by the library committee of the Silsbee Woman's Club for Saturday December 10. The event coincides with a visit by the state bookmobile providing two sources for reading materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Silsbee Woman's Club
Paul Georgas
Silsbee Chamber of
Absentee Voting Begins in Silsbee School Bond Issue
Absentee voting in Silsbee Independent School Districts 260000 bond election started Monday and ends November 29. Plans include eight new classrooms at Kirby and four at Franklin Robinson, plus a science and homemaking wing and a new admin office. No tax increase required. Only qualified voters in the district may vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Independent School District
Don Hough
Kirby
Frank Robinson
Ave. H
North Sixth
Lions Club hears classroom audio visual aids demonstration
Silshee Lions at the Bluebonnet Cafe luncheon heard Don L. Hough superintendent Bruce Watts Jr high principal Joe Hignett counselor Weeks Crawford Kirby Elementary principal and Ray Whitney student discuss uses of audio visual aids in Silshee public schools. A bioc scop e projector film strip projector movie projector microscopes opaque projector and language record library were shown. Earl Wills was program chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silshee Lions
Silshee
Bluebonnet Cafe
Don L. Hough
Bruce Watts Jr
Joe Hignett
Weeks Crawford
Kirby
Ray Whitney
Lions
Earl Wills
Pvt Georgia Meyers to Report to Fort Sam Houston
Pvt Georgia F Meyers has completed basic training with the WAC at Fort McClellan Alabama and will report to Fort Sam Houston San Antonio on December 6 for stationing. She visits relatives in this city and with her mother in Fred. She is the daughter of Mrs Virginia Holland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia F. Meyers
WAC
Fort McClellan
Ala
C. B Drake
Virginia Holland
Fred
Fort Sam Fouston
San Antonio
Local Deer Harvest Shows Broad First Week Success
First eight days of the deer season yield multiple kills across East and West Texas. Notable catches include Eddie Grisham 11 with an eight-pointer and Norman Wallace 15 with a spike, plus Ed Drake in a wheelchair taking an 8 pointer near Weiss Bluff. Several hunters from Hardin County Wildlife to Evadale, Tyler and Johnson City report two foxes shot in one, and a 9 pointer in Tyler County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ariola
Eddie Grisham
Norman Wallace
Eddie
Norman
E. R. Grisham Jr
van B. Wallace III
Carl Paramore
Hardin County
East Texas
Elmo Kirkendall
Lucky Harris
Spike
Weldon Kirkendall
Ed Curtiss
H. N. Lee
L. D. Carter
Osborn Richardson
Jack Johnson
Ed Drake
O. H. Huddler
Evadale
Weiss Bluff
Howard Hargrove
Eastex Wildlife
Adolph “Bubba” Herzig
Champion Paper
Moscow
Corrigan
Frank Payne
Tyler
West Texas
Ed Nash
Don Lee Hawthorne
Ramsey Hooks
D. D. Shine
Jack Shepherd
Austin Overland
Lenox Hawthorne
Melvin Graham
Doyle Riley
Leakey
W. L. Jones
Johnson City
Loeb JP Court Fines Two Deer Hunters
Justice of the Peace J. M. Bowman in Loeb fined A. L. Young 200 dollars and costs after a guilty plea to possessing an illegal deer. O. L Schmucker of High Island received 50 dollars and costs for killing an illegal buck after a guilty plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doe
Man
Loeb JP
Justice of the Peace
J. M. Bowman
Loeb
A. L. Young
Bowman
High Island
O. L Schmucker
Schmucker
School Menus for Silsbee Public Schools Week
Silsbee Public Schools meals for the week of November 28 to December 2 list daily options. Monday serves hot dogs with chili carrot and celery sticks french fries peach halves and cookies and a pint of milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
City Arrests Twelve For Week In Brief Police Report
City arrests for the week totaled 12, Police Chief Grady Tarver said Wednesday. The detentions included two drunks, one vagrant, one disturbing the peace, seven traffic offenses and one no driver’s license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Tarver
Local Social Notes Share Visits and Travels Across Texas
Brief items list numerous visits and gatherings from Sour Lake to Winnie and Beaumont. People include Mrs. J W Wiggins Sr and Ella Williford in Sour Lake. families in Victor, Bellville, Honey Island, and Lake Charles. Marines recruit Butch Parker in Long Beach. Eddie Mayfood moves to Corpus Christi. multiple weddings, hospital stays, and travel to Coldwater Kansas, Houston, and Teague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Wiggins, Sr
Ella Williford
Polk Sheffield
Sour Lake
J. L. Farmer
Victor
Walter Young
Sam B. Farrell
Winnie
Clarence Hodges
Reuben Parks
Ivy Johnson
Coldwater
Kansas
Eddie Mayfood
Sinclair Company
Corpus Christi
Alf Bartle
W. S. Bartle
M. F. Riley
Honey Island
Jimmy
Stevie Homeyer
Houston
M. L. Osborn
Steve Jordan
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
McNeill
W. C. Ratchford Jr
Doug and
David
Silsbee UA Drive Passes $10,000
Silsbee’s 1960 United Appeals drive surpassed the $10,000 mark with a total of 10 055 79 reported to date toward a $10 700 quota. County figures show Kountze 1572 Sour Lake 1191 25 Village Mills 53 50 Saratoga 1135 Honey Island 86 Chance Loeb 344 06 and Votaw 104 05 as other communities contributing. A final report is expected in a few weeks, county drive chairman Lamoyne Goodwyn said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kountze
Sour
Doctors Sowers Arrive From Hawaii for Galveston Post
Dr and Mrs Mark Sowers of Honolulu arrive after visiting Mrs Sowers parents Mr and Mrs Wade Strother. He will work for two years in Galveston on special duty for the United States Public Health Service. Mrs Sowers a physician will join him in Galveston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Sowers
Honolulu
Hawaii
Sowers
Wade M. Strother
Galveston
United States Public Health Service
Rnformer
Billie Fern Strother
Local Births Highlight Silsbee Area Families
Hello World Mr and Mrs George Arthur Drake of Silsbee welcomed a son George Timothy born Nov 18 in Baptist Hospital Beaumont. Christopher Spencer born Nov 17 to Mr and Mrs James H DePartee of Silsbee. Bill Windall born Nov 19 to Mr and Mrs R C Kirwin of Wotaw. Angela born Nov 18 to Mr and Mrs A A Clark of Kountze. Shelly Elaine born Nov 18 to Mr and Mrs John T Burnett of Silsbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Arthur Drake
Silsbee
George Timothy
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Christopher Spencer
James H. DePartee
R. C. Kirwin
Wotaw
Bill Windall
Angela
A. A. Clark
John T. Burnett
Shelly Elaine
Silsbee Tigers Close Strong Season at 7-3 in Loss
Silsbee ends the season 7-3 after a 27-12 setback to Nederland. QB Robert Modisette opened with an 80 yard kickoff return for a Tiger score as Richard Ratliff added a second quarter plunge. Silsbee finishes fourth in district 103A with a 2-3 league mark and coach Ray McGallion lauds his staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Tigers
Tigers
Nederland
Bulldogs
Robert Modisette
Tiger
Modisette
Silsbee
Richard Ratliff
Bulldog
Bob Tarver
John Upshaw
Randy Read
Ratliff
Dogs
Marvin ‘Parker
Parker
Ray McGallion
Jimmy Joe Rand
Charles McGinty
Tony Rothrock
Calvin Hancock New Head of Presbyterian Men in 1961
Calvin Hancock was elected president of the Men of First Presbyterian Church for 1961 at a fall retreat. He also serves as church treasurer and works for Kirby Lumber Company in Silsbee. Wayne Robinson is named vice president and plans include a worship service next Sunday at 11 a.m. with church school at 9 44 and youth meetings at 6 p.m. Choir practice for youth is Tuesday at 7 p.m. Family Night is Wednesday November 30 at the High School cafeteria, with Mrs. Jim Hedleston and Mrs. Calvin Hancock in charge. No program beyond a fellowship and covered-dish supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Calvin Hancock
Hancock
Kirby Lumber Company
Silsbee
Wayne Robinson
East Texas Pulp and Paper
High Smith
Jim Hedleston
Wingfield Death Note Ties Centerville Family
Wingfield in Centerville mourns after death of a relative with Mrs Ernst present alongside her father. Dr. Mark Sowers from Hawaii visits over holidays at the Strother home. Mrs Sowers, formerly Billie Strother, is a medical doctor. Terry Gossett of Silsbee joins Eta Kappa Nu honorary fraternity at A&M. Mrs Frank Notte underwent surgery Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wingfield
Centerville
Ernst
Mark Sowers
Hawaii
Wade M. Strother
Sowers
Billie Strother
Terry Gossett
Silsbee
A&m Gamma Mu
Etal Kappa Nu
Electrical Engineers
Frank Notte Wee
Poist'pital
High School Boy Is Injured In Scooter Car Collision
Robert Dear a 15 year old tenth grade student at Silsbee High School received a broken right leg and crushed ankle after the motor scooter he rode collided with a car at Highway 96 and railroad tracks. He was treated at Tennison Clinic and taken to Baptist Hospital Beaumont in a cast to the hip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Dear
Ben Dear
Garrison
Highway 96
Verner Nolen
Silsbee
Grady Tarver
Silsbee High School
Tennison Clinic
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Farmer Ambulance
Shrine Club Christmas Party At Country Club
East Texas Shrine Club hosts its annual Christmas party and dinner dance on Saturday December 3 at Hardin County Golf and Country Club. President Frank McClanahan announced a social hour buffet and dancing to the Novatones with Paul Milligan Potentate of the Mina Shrine Temple Galveston and members from Beaumont Port Arthur Orange Jasper and nearby towns invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Texas Shrine Club
Hardin County Golf and Country Club
Frank McClanahan
Novatones
Paul Milligan
E! Mina Shrine Temple
Galveston
Tivan
Laldies
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Orange
Jasper
County Cancer Society to Meet in Kountze
Hardin County unit of the American Cancer Society will hold a meeting December 12 at 1 30 p m in the Hardin County Courthouse auditorium. Mrs Sybil Moore of Silsbee, director, said the board met November 14 in Kountze for regular business. Mrs H G Elmore of Silsbee, vice president, introduced a film Cancer A Research Story with narration by Dr Charles Cameron. The Sour Lake sessions on November 8 and 15 produced a dozen dressings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
American Cancer Society
Sybil Moore
Silsbee
Kountze
Navy
H. G. Elmore
Charles Cameron
Sour Lake
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hopkins
Jate
Charles R. Haile and
Love
Louis Grissom
Mr. Grissom
Hardin County Wildlife Association
Ward Pollard
East Texas Wildlife Conservation Association
Santa Fe Park
Henry Horka
Lions Club
Bob Sissell
H. D. Crawford
Sublime
Texas
Halletsville
Thousand Island
Leona Whitman
Robert L
Butch) Parker
Long Beach
Calif
A. B. Parker
B. L. Palmer
Bellville
Jerry Zuber
Wanda Nesler
Charles Shavers
J. E. Hooks
Thicket
E. A. Davis
Johnny Collins
Lake Charles
Sam Yawn
Roger
John Dale
Corbit L. Jones
Corbit L. Jr
Germany
C. W. Kalkomay
Lamarque
Iris Pendergrass
Jones
T. J. Hofner
Pensacola
Fla
Joe DeBarge
Howard Lee McDonald
Hilton Meigs
Mike
Pat Thompson
Liberty
Bird P. Thompson
Walter Grisham
Hardin Memborial Hospital
Fred Davis
St. Simon's Island
W. J. Davis
J. W. Anderson
Richard O’'Barbo
Billy Jeffcoat
Spurger
Teague
Freddie Hakill
Silsbee UA
Georgas
Mrs. Sowers
Presbyterian
Robert
Shrine Club
Cancer Society
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