City Adds Britton Cravens Subdivision to Silsbee
Silsbee city council added Britton Cravens subdivision known as North Silsbee and Kirby Addition Section 2 after a 20-signature petition from Cravens and Britton. The 60 acre site lies northeast of Silsbee near Spurger highway Kirby drive and the Santa Fe railroad tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britton - Cravens
North Silsbee
Kirby Addition
Silsbee
N. A. Cravens
W. C. Britton
Spurger Highway
Kirby Drive
Santa Fe
Kirby Lumber Corporation
Britton
Woodlea
Evadale Realty Company
E. M. Wilson
H. M. Jones
Swimming Pool Fund Is Increased by Two Thousand
Silsbee swimmers gain two thousand dollars toward the new pool after a financial report from Industrial Roundup activities. Chamber of Commerce President W. P. Crockett says only a few bills remain to settle, with a net about nine hundred dollars from Roundup and about eleven hundred from the automobile sale, totaling two thousand dollars.
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Silsbee
Chamber of Commerce
W. P. Crockett
Mrs. Sarah Gardner Rites Held At Village Mills
Services were held at Village Mills Cemetery for Mrs. Sarah A. Gardner 76 who died in Hardin County Hospital. Survivors include a daughter Mrs. A. D. Mott of Galveston, three brothers Charlie Evadale Anderson Silsbee Eli Bohler Kirbyville, two sisters Mrs. Lee Williams Jaspar and Mrs. R. V. Frank Woodville, three grandchildren and one great grandchild. Nephews served as pallbearers. Farmer Funeral Home directed services.
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Village Mills
Sarah A. Gardner
A. D. Mott
Galveston
Charlie
Evadale
Anderson
Silsbee
Eli Bohler
Kirbyville
Lee Williams
Jasper
R. V. Frank
Woodville
Farmer Funeral Home
22 Arrested In County Last Week
Hardin County Sheriff's department reports 22 arrests last week including one theft two child desertion two DWI arrests one fondling a minor and 16 drunks. L Sims fined 50 dollars in county court October 15 and David Welch fined 50 dollars the same day for driving while intoxicated per County Judge Flecher Richardson.
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Hardin County Sheriff's Department
L. Sims
David Welch
Flecher Richardson
Silsbee Methodist Church to mark 50th anniversary homecoming
Silsbee's First Methodist Church plans a 50th anniversary and homecoming on Sunday October 24 at 11 a.m. Mrs. W L Brigance and Rev J E Ferguson lead preparations. A history of the church from 1904 will be shared, former pastors invited, and a basket dinner will follow in the recreation hall.
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W. L. Brigance
J. E. Ferguson
Silsbee
Reynard
Jasper
Pas
F. B. Dardin
Ferguson
Negro Soldier Pays Fine In Traffic Accident
A Fort Huachuca soldier Herbert Hoover Watts paid $35 for two counts including driving without a license and failing to yield. His car struck Johnny Hargraves of Silsbee at Avenue K and 7th streets, flipping Hargraves’ car. Hargraves’ children were treated for cuts and bruises at Silsbee clinic. Watts was unhurt and officers C S Sherrill and Ira W Moore investigated.
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Fort Huachuca
Arizona
Avenue K
7Th Streets
Herbert Hoover Watts
Watts
Johnny Hargraves
Silsbee
C. S. Sherrell
Ira W. Moore
Rummage Sale Planned by Methodist Youth Fellowship
The Methodist Youth Fellowship sponsors a rummage sale in Santa Fe Park this Saturday October 23. Volunteers may donate items by contacting Mrs. Kate Hargrove for pickup or drop off.
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Methodist Youth Fellowship
Santa Fe Park
Kate Hargrove
Golf Club To Begin Membership Drive
Hardin County Golf and Country Club opens its membership drive after a 8 p.m. meeting at the school tax office. Last Sunday organizers staked off land on the Silsbee Kountze highway for the course and committees will be formed to run the campaign. The club has its charter and a land lease.
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Hardin County Golf and Country Club
Silsbee-Kountze
Silsbee Scout Fund Drive Kickoff Draws Record Help
More than 75 Silsbee residents attended a kickoff breakfast at the Blue Bonnet Cafe launching the annual Boy Scout fund drive. Co chairmen Joe Markley and Lloyd Brannan led the program with Rev. Frank Doremus and Trinity Neches council executive George Scott outlining canvassing details. The Trinity Neches Council covers 12 counties, with 24 650 youths in Cub Scout and Explorer programs. Silsbee lies in the Dogwood District with over 200 scouts. the 1955 budget is 69 926 dollars, aiming for 700 youths next year.
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Silsbee
Blue Bonnet Cafe
Joe Markley
Lloyd Brannan
Frank Doremus
St. John's Episcopal Church of Silsbee
George Scott
Trinity-Neches Council
Hardin
Tyler
San Augustine
Jasper
Sabine
Newton
Jefferson
Polk
San Jacinto
Liberty
Chambers
Galveston
Dogwood
Boy Scouts
Markley
Tigers Open District Play Against Liberty Here Friday Night
Silsbee prepares for district opener at Kirby Stadium with 8 p.m. kickoff. Coach Bill Dinkle vows fewer mistakes as Tigers refine offense and defense after two weeks of workouts. Liberty weighs in with lighter line averages but similar backfield power. M. W. Lambert leads the Panthers with assistants Don Hughes and Joe Hawkins.
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Silsbee Tigers
Panthers
Liberty
Kirby Stadium
Tigers
Bill Dinkle
Silsbee
M. W. Lambert
Visitors
Don Hughes
Joe Hawkins
Donation boosts Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
The Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department received a $25 check from W. C. Britton after responding to a blaze at the old fair grounds where an old building burned. Chief John Busby thanked the contributor for the support.
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Silsbee
W. C. Britton
Fair Grounds
John Busby
Busby
Rummage Sale To Benefit Fundale P.T.A
A rummage sale to raise funds for Evadale P T A will be held at the intersection of Road 105 to Victor and Highway 96 on Saturday October 23. Hamburgers coffee cold drinks cake and pie will be sold to support Queen and King candidates Jackie Marie Thomas and James Prine from the second grade.
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Road 105
Victor
Highway 96
Evadale P.T.A
Jackie Marie Thomas
James Prine
Three Arrests Solve Series of Petty Thefts in Silsbee
Three suspects two juveniles and a 21 year old man were arrested in Silsbee after a wave of petty thefts downtown. Ralph Hooks 21 was jailed after a $10 fine for petty theft. The group confessed to breaking coin boxes bread boxes and stealing soda water bottles from multiple locations.
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Silsbee
Grady Tarver
Ira W. Moore
Ralph Hooks
Tarver
Louis Sellers
Colmesnei
Woodville
Tyler County
Moore
Kountze
Local Man Charged In Shooting In Silsbee
Taylor T Tarver Sr was charged with assault with intent to murder in Berneice Seales court Tuesday morning after a shooting at about 9 am that left his son in law J C Carlton with buckshot wounds to the left shoulder and chest. Carlton was treated at Hotel Dieu Beaumont then sent to a Beaumont hospital. wounds not believed to be critical.
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Silsbee
Berneice Seale
Hotel Dieu
Beaumont
Taylor T. Tarver
J. C. Carlton
W. J. Poshataske
Poshataske
Eleven Year Old Boy Kills Five Foot Rattle
Fred Allen Seaman an 11 year old resident of Chance Polk County saved his father Bill Seaman during a squirrel hunt by spotting and shooting a five foot canebreak rattler on a log. The rattler died as a smaller snake emerged from its mouth and was also killed. The two snakes were brought to the Bee office for identification.
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Fred Allen Seaman
Bill Seaman
Polk County
Seaman
Fred Allen
Seamans
Bee Office
Additional Fence Expanded Resthaven Cemetery
Resthaven Cemetery has more fencing with two drive in gates and a walk in gate added. Pete Farmer of Farmer Funeral Home announced the update and urged support to fund the project through Cecil Cobble at Silsbee State Bank. Citizens were asked to keep gates closed.
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Resthaven Cemetery
Pete Farmer
Farmer Funeral Home
Cecil Cobble
Silsbee State Bank
Farmer
Cub Scout Officials To Meet Tuesday Night
Cub Scout committeemen and Den Mothers have a regular meeting at Ford Place at 7 30 Tuesday night October 26 led by Cub Scoutmaster W L Murphy. The Dogwood District Leadership Training Course for Scoutmasters Den Mothers assistants and committeemen starts Wednesday October 27 at 7 at Kountze High School.
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Ford Place
W. L. Murphy
Dogwood
Kountze High School
Silsbee Opens First Rural Route On November 16
Postmaster L A Yankie and Assistant Postmaster F B Dardin announced Silsbee Rural Route No 1, the first from the local post office, will begin service November 16. The 40.6 mile route covers rural areas and will deliver mail to about 300 houses, with mail boxes to be erected.
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L. A. Yankie
Silsbee
Yankie
F. B. Dardin
Post Office Department
Ja Daley
Post Office
Preliminary approval for Hardin County S L Association stock sale
Hardin County Savings & Loan Association received preliminary approval from the State Banking Commission this week. The group plans to sell 125000 in stock with 100000 in common capital and 25000 in surplus. Shares are 125 each with a limit of 50 shares per purchaser and sales down to one share. The project will be statewide across Sour Lake Kountze and Silsbee.
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Hardin County Savings & Loan Association
State Banking Commission
Hardin County
Sour Lake
Kountze
Silsbee
Janice Parker Marries John Williamson in Friday Home Ceremony
Mrs. Ozro Parker announces the marriage of her daughter Janice to John Williamson son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie G. Williamson of Hemp hill. The ceremony was held Friday at 1:00 p.m. in the Parker home with Rev. R. E. Barclay officiating. Maid of honor was Dorothy DuBose of Silsbee and best man was Keith Parker. The couple will reside in Sulphur Springs where Williamson works for the Taylor Exploration Company.
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Ozro Parker
Janice
John Williamson
Archie G. Williamson
Hemphill
R. E. Barclay
Sulphur Springs
Williamson
Taylor Exploration Company
Conference To Be Held At Methodist Church
The first quarterly conference for area churches will meet at First Methodist Church in Silsbee Monday night October 25 at 7 30. Attending churches include Buna Call Victor Kirbyville and Watsons Chapel. Each pastor will report briefly and other church officials will speak. Refreshments follow in the social hall.
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Methodist First
First Methodist
Silsbee
Revan Ae Ferguson
Buna
Call
Victor
Voth
Kirbyville
Watson's Chapel
Tom Singletary Joins Donalson Motor Sales Force
Tom Singletary joined the Donalson Motor Company sales force this week and will be at the car lot. He is an experienced auto salesman who recently operated the Workingman's Used Car Lot in Silsbee. Donalson Motor Company is the Dodge and Plymouth dealer.
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Tom Singletary
Donalson Motor Company
G. E. Donalson
Singletary
Silsbee
Dodge
Plymouth
Pfc Wayne Wood Resting in Japan on R and R
Army Pfc Wayne D Wood 24 son of Johnnie C Wood Route 1 Silsbee recently spent seven days on rest and recuperation at Camp Kobe Japan from his unit in Korea. He is a laundry specialist with the Taegu Military Post Headquarters and entered the Army in March 1954.
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Kobe
Japan
Wayne D. Wood
Johnnie C. Wood
Silsbee
Camp Kobe
Korea
Wood
Taegu
Army
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Far East
County Remains Wet By 549-Vote Margin
Hardin county voters kept a wet stance in the local option election with 2706 for sales and 2157 against. Absentee ballots favored legalization 238 to 39, while eight of fourteen boxes went dry. Saratoga precinct showed strong dry support with 273 against and 181 for.
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Hardin County
Clarence McNeely
Saratoga
Saratoga Drys
Silsbee
Kountze
Caney Head
Chance
Loeb
Village Mills
Honey Island
Thicket
Silsbee High Homecoming Set for October 29
Ex-students of Silsbee High School will return for Homecoming on Friday October 29 with a 1 p.m. auditorium program recognizing classes from prior years and a football game against Nederland at Tiger Stadium. Crowning ceremonies and other events are planned for an unusually large crowd.
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Silsbee High School
Nederland
Tiger Stadium
Shuta Campfire Group Meeting Notes
The Shuta Campfire girls met Friday October 15. President Carolyn Baker called the meeting to order and minutes were read and approved. The group then discussed the agenda and went to the Dairy Queen stand for refreshments. Rita Villerman reporter.
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Shuta Campfire
Carolyn Baker
Dairy Queen
Rita Villerman
Rev W S Haley to Speak at Southeast Texas Baptist Meeting
Rev. W. S. Haley will deliver the principal message at the BWC Council meeting of the Southeast Texas Baptist Association in Silsbee on October 26 at 7 30 p m. The event is at Silsbee First Baptist Church with Mrs. A L Tucker as secretary and Mrs. Warren Litteral presiding.
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W. S. Haley
BWC
Southeast Texas Baptist Association
Silsbee
Silsbee First Baptist Church
A. L. Tucker
Warren Litteral
Port Acres
H. T. Boyette
Mildred Smith
Tucker
Sweet Forever Quartet Program Cancelled at High School
The Sweet Forever Quartet program in the high school auditorium tonight was cancelled due to a conflict. Principal Bruce Watts said it will likely be rescheduled and the Student Council sponsored the event.
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City
Britton- Cravens Subdivision
Sarah Gardner
le Wood- Celliere
Golf Club
Tigers Open
Fire Department
Fundale
P.T.A
Cub Scout
Savings & Loan Group
Janice Parker
Methodist Church
Donalson Sales
Pfc
Wayne Wood
Silsbee High
Shuta Campfire Group
Baptist Meeting
Mary Bledge
Myrtis Skinner
Dannah Holmes
Barbara Jane Hough
Elizabeth Wilson
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