Hardin County Vets Eligible for State Land Board Loans
Hardin County veterans may borrow up to 7500 dollars for farm land under the state land board program, starting November 1 when the program reopens. A three member county board will assess applications, with Judge Fletcher Richardson requesting names for nomination. The service officer will attend a three day school in Lubbock to study the new program.
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Hardin County
Veterans Land
Ben Williams
County Commissioners Court
Veterans Land Program
State Land Board
Mr. Williams
Williams
Commissioners Court
Fletcher Richardson
Lubbock
Landolt
Silsbee
Wildlife Association Elects H. H. Harrison President
Hardin County wildlife group chose H. H. Harrison as president at a Sunday meeting at the club house near Big Thicket west of Ariola. Officers include R. L. Read as vice president and David Read as secretary. other directors named.
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H. H. Harrison
Bank
Hardin County Wildlife Association
Big Thicket
Ariola
R. L. Read
David Read
C. Z. Pope
Carl Paramore
Sam Neal
Pete Landolt
C. G. McClinton
Johnnie Williams
Frank Carpenter
Hardin County
Little League To Elect New Officers
Silsbee Little League officials will meet at 7 30 p m October 24 at the J D Donalson residence 205 S Seconda Street Mr Donalson president said today New officers for 1956 will be elected as well as new directors Other business for the coming season including the franchise agreement uniforms etc will be discussed He urged fathers of Little League players and others interested in the program to attend for a banner 1956 season.
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Silsbee Little League
J. D. Donalson
S. Seconda Street
Donalson
Squirrel And Dove Seasons Open Here Next Saturday
Local hunters will invade area woods as squirrel and dove seasons open. Squirrels common in East Texas with varied county dates and bag limits. dove season runs mid October to late November with daily limit ten. Deer season allows two bucks with hunting hours before sunrise to after sunset.
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Texas
Hardin
Jefferson
Liberty
Orange
Polk
Shelby
Jasper
Newton
Tyler
Hardin County
W. E. Williams Services Set Today in Arkansas
Funeral services for W. E. Williams 69 who died of a heart attack near his home north of Silsbee will be held today in Ozark Arkansas Farmer Funeral Home announced He was assisting firefighters when stricken and died at Parker Clinic Survivors include two sisters Mrs Charles Allen Clark Muskogee Oklahoma and Mrs Rose M Pike Colorado Springs Colo and one brother Rev B T Williams Albuquerque NM The body was shipped to Ozark Wednesday afternoon.
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W. E. Williams
Ozark
Ark
Farmer Funeral Home
Williams
Silsbee
Parker Clinic
Charles Allen Clark
Muskogee
Oklahoma
Rose M. Pike
Colorado Springs
Colo
Rev
B. T. Williams
Albuquerque
N. M
Beaumont man visits parents Monday
E. R. Griffith of Beaumont visited the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Griffith, on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Griffith of
Beaumont
Lloyd Griffith
Sam Cerniglia Takes Over Reins of American Legion
Silsbee American Legion Post No. 452 installed new officers for 1956 at a Thursday meeting October 11. Beaumont Post No. 33 and Jefferson County Voiture presided. The ceremony named Sam Cerniglia as Commander and outlined a national membership drive from October 20 to November 11 to coincide with Veterans Day activities. The post urged recruitment and reactivation, inviting interested parties to contact new officers or attend the next meeting on October 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy F. Rhymes
American Legion
Silsbee
Beaumont
Jefferson County
Otis Allen
R. B. Cruise
Fred Heiner
John Coffey
E. W. Long
Harold Cooper
Charles A. Williams
James Gwyn
Nelson Bland
Sam Cerniglia
William Philley
Link Skillern
William
Billy) Moffett
Jim Smith
Earl Wills
al Watkins
G. C. Brackin
Frank Payne
Weeks Crawford
Legion
C. E. Landoi
Alf Fullingim
Lions Bulb Sale Tops Six-Fifty In Silsbee Campaign
Silsbee Lions club extended the Buy a Bulb drive to another week after a talk on fire prevention by David Read of the Silsbee Bee. Proceeds support sight conservation and child welfare with Penny Porter and Judy Woodward earning poster prizes.
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Silsbee Lions
David Read
Silsbee Bee
Read
John Busby
Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
Louis Thacker
Penny Porter
Judy Woodward
Silsbee Junior High School
Funeral Today for Mrs Josie McInnis of Fred
Funeral services for Mrs Josie McInnis of Fred will be held at 2 p m from Mt Olivet Baptist Church with Rev David Lee Jenkins officiating. Burial follows at Frank s Branch cemetery. Survivors include husband Rod McInnis six daughters son O B McInnis two sisters four brothers twenty three grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
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Josie McInnis
Fred
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Vera Hutto
Silsbee
Gladys Knighton
Houston
Artie Devona
Ethel Wallace
Dallas
O. B. McInnis
McAllen
Roxie Kirkendall
Alice Yawn
Bill
Rod
Walter
Hardy Gore
Bob Jenkins
Hall Gregory
Hebert Caraway
John Luman
A. Drake
Clyde Drake
13 Patients Enter County Hospital During Past Week
Hardin County hospital in Kountze admitted thirteen patients over the past week. Read as Nell Craig Micheal John Taylor Gertie Humble Preston Ray McKee Sally Pearl Sharpe all of Silsbee Archer Fullingim Betty Dicker Carl F Wilson Allie Simmons of Kountze Louise Lyons of Honey Island Helen Jones of Evadale W D Ramer of Spurger and Mrs Henry Hunter of Saratoga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Hospital
Kountze
Nell Craig
Micheal John Taylor
Gertie Humble
Preston Ray McKee
Sally Pearl Sharpe
Silsbee
Archer Fullingim
Betty Dicker
Carl F. Wilson
Allie Simmons
Louise Lyons
Honey Island
Helen Jones
Evadale
W. D. Ramer
Spurger
Henry Hunter
Saratoga
Littlepage Family Visits Relatives in Houston
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Littlepage and their children spent the weekend visiting relatives in Houston.
Accidents Leave Five Injured At Hardin County Intersection
Little Sandra Tarver two years old expected to return home soon from Baptist hospital Beaumont after suffering a skull fracture in a Friday crash at the Loeb Sweeb Kountze interchange. Five people injured include two month old Glenn Tarver with a broken leg and C. C. Lowry with a broken neck. Deputy Ira Moore said Glynn Liles Tarver drove the other car and Clarence Lowry failed to yield. no charges filed.
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Sandra Jean Tarver
Trenton Tarver
Silsbee
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Loeb
Glenn Tarver
C. C. Lowry
Lufkin
Hardin County Hospital
Tarver
Emma Liles
J J. Liles
Honey Island
Louise Liles
Kountze
Clarence Lowry
Sweeb- Kountze
Ira W. Moore
Glynn Liles Tarver
Moore
Silsbee Sorority Sponsors Muscular Dystrophy Week
The Silsbee Beta Sigma Phi chapter sponsors Muscular Dystrophy Week with local fund drives and a National Prayer Vigil on October 16 for 18 year old Raymond Waller of Port Arthur. Baylor University president Dr W R White leads Texas efforts as the foundation appeals for aid in research and a cure.
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Silsbee
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Raymond Waller
Port Arthur
W. R. White
Waco
Baylor University
State of Texas
Raymond
Specia
Evergreen
Two Drug Stores Announce New Evening Hours
L. P. Skinner of Hardin Drug Company and John H. Schuler of Silsbee Drug Company announced new closing hours starting Saturday. Both stores will open at 8 a.m. as usual and stay open until 8 p.m. each day to aid customers unable to visit earlier. Weekday hours remain unchanged.
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L. P. Skinner
Hardin Drug Company
John H. Schuler
Silsbee Drug Company
Stock Law Vote Looms For Silsbee and Surrounding Areas
Hardin county voters in Silsbee, Chance and Loeb face a stock law election on October 22 to ban running livestock. The measure, backed by landowners and garden clubs, aims to stop cattle hogs and other stock from roaming, with pastures prepared by supporters. Similar petitions in Chance and Loeb threaten broader countywide action.
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Silsbee
Chance
Loeb
Texas
Hardin
Hardin County
Chance and
Commissioners
Caney Head
Jasper County
Workers Map Boy Scout Fund Drive Plans
Major and captain officers of the Boy Scout fund drive will meet at the Senior High cafeteria Sunday at 3 30 PM to map plans for a one day campaign on Oct 25. Alf Fullingim notes the drive will begin with a state wide radio address by Gov Allen Shivers.
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Alf Fullingim
Silsbee
Allan Shivers
Mr Fullingim
Don L. Hough
Jimmy Jeffrey
Pete Farmer
Lester Landgraf
R. O. Jackson
Earl Stover
Campaign For Silsbee
L. A. Yankie
Joe Markley
Earl Wills
R. L. Read
Ed Nash
Lioyd Brannan
Silsbee Names David Read Trustee to School Board
David Read co publisher of the Silsbee Bee was appointed to the Silsbee Independent School Board to fill the vacancy created by G W Gilchriest resignation. Chairman E M Prewitt cited Read as the most able candidate though Read had not yet formally accepted or rejected the appointment late Wednesday night.
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David Read
Silsbee Bee
Silsbee Independent School Board
G. W. ‘Snub’ Gilchriest
E. M. Prewitt
Read
Yokshs Fly to Washington to Visit Kin in Arlington
Mr and Mrs R A Yoksh of 375 W Ave M left Beaumont by plane Tuesday night for Arlington Virginia to visit their daughter and son in law Cmdr and Mrs J O Polk. The 85 year old traveler considers the trip a notable event as the plane was due to arrive in Washington DC early Wednesday morning.
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R. A. Yoksh
W Ave. M
Beaumont
Arlington
Cmdr
J. O. Polk
Washington, D. C
Yoksh
Theft Charges Filed Against Two Silshee Negroes
Two men from Silshee, Jessie Clever and William Keen, in their 30s, faced felony theft charges in Rountre for stealing about $2000 in brass journal boxes from Santa Fe railroad. They remained in county jail Monday.
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Rountre
Jessie Clever
William Keen
Silshee
Dave Rountree
Rountree
Santa Fe Railroad
Fletcher Richardson
John Handley
Silsbee
Silsbee B Team Faces Liberty B Today at 5 PM
Silsbee High School B team hosts Liberty High School B team here this afternoon at 5 p.m. It will be Silsbee's only football game this week as both junior high and varsity teams are idle.
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Silsbee High School
Liberty High School
Silsbee
Jack Hetherington
Tiger
Swedish Industrialists Visit Eastex Plant in Silsbee
Officials of Ak tiebolaget Statens Skogsindustrier from Karlsborgsverken Sweden visited the Eastex Pump and Paper Co plant in Evadale and toured the Silsbee Bee office. In the photo, Nils Wikstrand and John Eli asson of Stockholm join Eastex staff Ray Brown and A Natwick, with John Hartman of Eastex. They arrive in New York September 27 and depart November 2 after tours across Maine Wisconsin Houston and Tennessee Florida.
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Sweden
Arctic Circle
Silsbee
East Texas Pump and Paper Company
Eastex
Evadale
Bee
Ray Brown
A. Natwick
Nils Mielle
Stockholm
Nils Wikstrand
John Eliasson
John Hartman
Aktiebolaget Statens Skogsindustrier
Royal State Forest Industries
Karlsborgsverken
New York
Maine
Wisconsin
Houston
Tennessee
Florida
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Land Board
C. E. Landolt
Wildlife Association
Little League
Hardin County Savings and Loan Association
John Meyers
Billll McGinty
Joan Meyers
John
Joan
Charles McGinty
Arkansas
Lions
Thacker
Commissioners Precinct No. 1
Mrs. R. A. Yoksh
Washington
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