Bond Election On Silsbee Water And Sewer Upgrade Planned
Voters in Silsbee will decide Tuesday on a 760000 bond issue to upgrade water and sewer systems. Proposals fund 475000 in revenue and tax bonds plus 285000 in tax bonds to expand mains, a well, storage tank, and a sewage plant. Houston firms plan the work with financing by local agents. no rate increase is expected.
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Silsbee
Charles B. Haile
Fire Insurance Commission of Texas
Love
Silsbee to Host Boy Scout Trinity Neches Council Meet
Trinity Neches Council Boy Scouts of America will hold its annual dinner Oct 29 at Silsbee junior high cafeteria. Alf Fullingim announced the event, the first in Silsbee outside Beaumont, with 500 expected attendees. Dr. Dan Proctor of Woman’s College will speak, and the program includes jamboree report, officer elections, and Silver Beaver awards.
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Silsbee
Trinity-Neches Council
Boy Scouts of America
Alf Fullingim
Beaumont
Dan Proctor
Woman’s College
Chickasa
Oklahoma
Trinity-Neches
Texas
Hardin
Jasper
Newton
Jefferson
Liberty
Chambers
Tyler
Polk
San Jacinto
San Augustine
Sabine
C. A. Knight
A. C. Townsend
Carroll Buttrill
W. H. Taylor
John Gray
First National Bank of Beaumont
Lamar Tech
Kelsey Lamb
City Wide Court of Honor for Boy Scouts October 18
A city wide Boy Scout court of honor is scheduled for Friday October 18 at East Texas Picnic grounds west of town Arrangements chairman Johnny Johnson says a 15 member planning committee met and plans are underway The public and scouts families are invited A 6 45 PM covered dish supper opens the event prior to ceremonies awards and entertainment Rev Charles Godby Eagle Scout will be principal speaker Earl Wills will present awards Explorer Scouts from Silsbee Post 88 will form an honor guard If weather forces changes indoor alternate plans will be announced
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East Texas
Johnny Johnson
Johnson
Charles Godby
First Methodist Church of
Woodville
Earl Wills
Silsbee
Dogwood
Mr. Johnson
Allen Freeman
Ray Collins
Charlie Allen
Bill Barclay
D. J. Johnson
Jess Odom
al Ragan
E. A. Airhart
I. V. McWhorter
Charles McGinty
A. J. Murphey
Olan Tucker
Bill Hilliard
Louis Thacker
Tigers Set to Tangle With Jasper After Close Loss
Silsbee travels to Jasper after a heartbreaking 13-7 defeat at Port Acres. Coach Maurice Hobbs’ squad aims to flip the script with a sharper offense led by Kenneth Parker and a rugged defense featuring Billy Poland and Johnny Barr. The Tigers, seeking improvement, will face a tough road test against Jasper Friday.
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Port Acres
Silsbee Tigers
Jasper
Tigers
Maurice Hobbs
Kenneth Parker
Cleveland
Silsbee
Parker
Eagle
Tiger
Billy Poland
Larry Cleveland
Mike McMahon
Johnny Barr
Barr
McMahon
Douglas Arnold
Edwin Hughes
Johnny Johnson
Poland
Jimmy Turk
Kick Off Breakfast For Boy Scout Workers Tuesday
Alf Fullingim announces a 6:15 AM kick off breakfast at the Junior High School cafeteria for Boy Scout fund drive workers and leaders. The one day drive will begin with breakfast and then workers will collect lists and contact prospective contributors. Majors were named last week, but the workers list was unfinished at press time.
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Alf Fullingim
Mr. Fullingim
Mrs Sole and children to visit grandparents six weeks
Mrs. John Sole and her children from San Diego California will arrive this weekend to stay six weeks with her parents Mr and Mrs L E Martin. Sole will attend school in Parris Island South Carolina. They have been stationed in California with the Marines.
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John Sole
San Diego
Calif
L. E. Martin
T/Sagt
Sole
Parris Island
S. C
California
Marines
Clarence Dehart's grand opening reshapes local store scene
Silsbee area gears for Clarence Dehart's new air conditioned store on Highway 327 with grand opening next weekend. The Liberty Vindicator notes Dehart's early ads, expansion, modernization and parking, praising energy and persistence behind the venture and saluting editor Jake Smyth. The piece also mentions upcoming Texas fairs and local events.
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Highway 327
Clarence Dehart
Clarence
Bee
the Bee
Deharts
DeMolay Public Installation Set At Masonic Temple
A public installation of the Sils bee Chapter of the Order of De Molay for Boys will be held Saturday night at 7 30 in the Masonic Temple. Installing officer will be James Bruce of the Adams Chapter with assist by Robert Bruce Chuck Posteum James Nelson and Charles Brewer. Officers to be installed include master counselor Thomas Keel senior councilor Tommy Teel junior councilor Truman Ward senior deacon Berdis Whitney junior deacon Harry Lee Allen senior steward James Ward junior steward Raymond Keel marshall Richard Worley orator Virgil Williams chaplain Kenneth Whitney sentinel Jack Clark standard bearer Nelson Bruns almoner Pat Richardson Bobbie Marshall Jimmie Wyatt Dennis Rogers Clarence Nerren Wayne Francis Bill Benson perceptors.
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Silsbee
The
Order of DeMolay
Masonic Temple
James Bruce
Adams Chapter
South Park
Beaumont
Robert Bruce
Chuck Posteum
James Nelson
Groves
Charles Brewer
Orange
Thomas Keel
Tommy Teel
Truman Ward
Thomas Butts
Berdis Whitney
Harry Lee Allen
James Ward
Raymond Keel
Marshall
Richard Worley
Virgil Williams
Kenneth Whitney
Sentinel
Jack Clark
Nelson Bruns
Pat Richardson
Bobbie Marshall
Jimmie Wyatt
Dennis Rogers
Clarence Nerren
Wayne Francis
Bill Benson
Kountze Confederate Homecoming Celebrates Monument Plan
South Will Rise Again as Kountze hosts a Confederate Homecoming with a 25 float parade 10 high school bands and the Confederate drill team. A. L. Bevil leads the march. Homer and Jethro perform. a $50 Rebel Yell prize and a Monument of Flowers dedication cap the event to fund a 1961 monument honoring Confederate dead.
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University of Texas
A. L. Bevil
Robert E. Lee
Evadale High School
Silsbee High School
Hardin County
Whit Whitaker
Homer
Jethro
Gordon Baxter
Port Arthur
Kountze
Colonel Davis
Texas A & M
Aggie
Col. Adams
Raph Ramus
Beaumont
Frank Tolbert
Dallas Morning News
Eastex Expands Paper Board Capacity Next Year
Eastex plans to install a 120 inch cylinder board machine from Southland Paper Mills in Evadale by mid 1958, raising daily output to about 400 tons. The plant will add a new building and warehousing, requiring around 25 new employees, with most transfers from Lufkin.
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East Texas Pulp and Paper Company
R. M. Buckley
Eastex
Southland Paper Mills, Inc
Lufkin
Evadale
Buckley
Southland
Texas
E. L. Kurth
Perkins-Goodwin Company
New York
Southland Cylinder Board
Perkins- Goodwin
Neighbor Dog Mauls 8-Year-Old Stevie Jordan
Stevie Jordan, 8, son of Mr and Mrs G Jordan of 670 North 10th Street, was badly bitten by a chow bulldog cross owned by neighbors Mr and Mrs Robert E Small after the dog appeared unchained. The boy required 40 to 50 stitches for about 30 bites. Doctors said he was feverish but recovering. Police reported the dog to be sent to a lab for examination and vaccination evidence shown by the owners was noted.
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Stevie Jordan
Jordan
Grady Traver
Small
Tarver
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City
Fis
David Read
Jake Smyth
Liberty Vindicator
Kiwanis Club
Jake
Texas Press Association
Dallas
South Texas
CEPFY
Albert Sharp
W. L. Samuels
Waldo Mathews High School
Effie Lee Smith
Samuels
Baptist Hospital
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