One Day Trial Finds Tarver Not Guilty In Murder Case
In Kountze Grady Tarver, Silsbee police officer, is acquitted of murder after an instructed verdict in the Earnest Greenwood case. Jury and defense details noted. Separately, Orville Huff, 17, Silsbee high senior, lost his right eye after a shotgun shell backfire during a hunting trip near Village Creek. He underwent surgery in Beaumont and is expected to recover sight in the remaining eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Huff
Silsbee
Beaumont
O. T. Huff
Huff
William Hare
Village Creek
New Kountze Highway
Young Hare
W. H. Hare
Parker and Copeland Clinic
Martin DePorres Hospital
Grady Tarver
Earnest Greenwood
Allen Mooney
Woodville
Ira Flowers
Saratoga
D. W. Theriot
J. F. Mitchell
A. A. Richardson
Sour Lake
T. B. Alford
Ray G. Collins
Tolbert Cocks
S. Cochran
M. P. Findley
R. A. Neyland
Lenox Hawthorne
Lester Caraway
Brooks Led Democratic Victory Van Tours Silsbee
The Democratic Victory Van visited Silsbee on its 10 000 mile Texas tour led by Congressman Jack Brooks. Volunteers handed out Stevenson Kefauver materials while Brooks urged a large turnout and a 95 percent Democratic victory in the upcoming election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Jack Brooks
National Congress
Santa Fe Park
Brooks
Hardin County
Texas
Courthouse
White House
Tom Miller
Austin
Texas Democratic Campaign
Two DWI Trials in District Court Reported
District court records show two DWI trials this week with Petty Smith and David T Hurst pleading guilty and receiving a $50 fine and three days in jail. Jail tally reached 24 arrests for the week including one DWI felony, an aggravated assault with a motor vehicle, two cases of malicious mischief, two affrays, one traffic offense, and fifteen drunk arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher Richardson
Petty Smith
David T. Hurst
Dave Rountree
Charles Bass Severely Injured in Fort Worth Car Crash
Charles Bass son of Rev and Mrs C B Bass formerly of Silsbee and a student at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth was seriously injured when a pickup hit his car pushing it into a telephone pole and throwing Bass onto the pavement. His mother said last week he showed improvement and hoped for release to go home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bass
C. B. Bass
Silsbee
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Fort Worth
Young Bass
Visitors from Orange Lake Charles and Houston gather at Jones home
Guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Jones over the weekend were Mrs. Glenn Farris and daughter Glenda of Orange, Mr. and Mrs. James Eason of Lake Charles, and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Jones and daughters of Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonnie Jones
Glenn Farris
Glenda
Orange
James Eason
Lake Charles
J. W. Jones
Houston
Jeffcoat Gets Five Years Suspension In Assault Case
Jack Jeffcoat of Fred received a five year suspended sentence for an assault on Marshall Gore of Silsbee about a year ago. The case was tried in Judge H. A. Coe's 88th district court in Kountze. Gore was hospitalized with knife wounds after the Spurger highway incident. The trial spanned Tuesday to Oct. 16 with a verdict reached about midnight Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Jeffcoat
Fred
Marshall Gore
Silsbee
Jeffcoat
H. A. Coe
Kountze
Spurger Highway
Gore
H. A. Coe Jr
Cotton Sanders
Beaumont
Allen Mooney
Woodville
Silsbee Homecoming Highlights French High Football Game
Silsbee high school hosts its 1956 Homecoming with a 1 pm ex-students meeting, 1:45 pm student program, and a 7 pm football game where the Silsbee Tigers face French High Buffaloes. Queen Laura McDonald will be crowned at halftime. Old grads can buy tickets for 35 cents. Tiger lettermen admitted free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee High School
Silsbee Tigers
French High Buffaloes
Beaumont
Hunstville
Tigers
Bill Sellers
Ex-Students Association
Don Hough
Laura McDonald
Tiger
Former Silsbee Man Samuel Barnes Dies in Beaumont
Samuel David Barnes 59 of Beaumont died 3:45 a.m. Sunday at Hotel Dieu after 35 years in Beaumont. A native of Silsbee, he worked 27 years as a machinist at Magnolia Refinery and belonged to St Pauls Methodist church Machinists Local and Knights of Pythias. Funeral at Carroll-Wallace Monday at 4 p.m. with burial in Magnolia cemetery. Survived by wife Johnie Barnes a stepdaughter Mrs John W Barnes sister Mrs Jack Hudson Houston and brother Charles R Barnes Sr Silsbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel David Barnes
Beaumont
Hotel Dieu
Barnes
Silsbee
Magnolia Refinery
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Machinists Local Union
Knights of Pythias
Carroll-Wallace
Paul A. Wallace
St. Paul's
Magnolia Cemetery
C. J. Barclay
The
Johnie Barnes
John W. Barnes
Jack Hudson
Houston
Charles RB. Barnes
Whitaker and Payne Lead Silsbee Industrial Roundup Parade
Sheriff William Whitaker and County Commissioner Frank Payne will ride as grand marshals of the November 3 Silsbee Industrial Roundup opening parade. The event honors the oil industry and includes a free television set giveaway by the Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William “Whit” Whitaker
Frank S. Payne
Silsbee
Pete Farmer
Silsbee High School
Chamber of Commerce
Gulf States Utilities Office
Isbell Family Attends A and M TCU Football Game
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Isbell and their son Johnny were noted attending the college football game between Texas A and M and Texas Christian University in College Station on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Isbell
Johnny
M-Tcu
College Station
Halloween carnival and city actions loom in Kirby area
A busy Halloween carnival planned for next Tuesday night October 30 at Kirby stadium features rides, booths, a Queen Eddie Hicks coronation, and races. The same council halves overtime parking fines to 50 cents with 24 hour payment, and discusses a November 8 city charter election with absentee voting ending October 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirby Stadium
Eddie Hicks
Miss Hicks
Raven Gore
Silsbee
Silsbee High School
Beaumont
Spook House
Johnny Cerniglia
Princess
Betty Moore
Jerry Jones
Barbara Wyatt
Vernon Gray
Nelda Fry
Harry Hough
Linda Craft
Terry Gossett
Norma Jo Drake
Frank Windham
Sally Young
Bassar Holt
Barbara Jane Hough
Mike Brookins
Paula Moseley
Johnny Cline
Jola Griffith
Marvin Parker
Judy Reeves
Howard Grant
Linda Madeley
David Drake
Janet Costa
van Hargrove
Joan Meyers
Michael Fields
Isabelle Bledge
Jackie York
Sandra Savage
Dale Dillion
Sharon Hallford
Paul Johnson
Glenda Geisendorff
Ricky Hargrove
Joy Hopkins
Jeff Hobbs
Edna Earle Bledge
Michael Gossett
Carol Kay Reagan
James Henry Donelson
Stephanie Pennington
Floyd Arnold
Paula Greenwood
Billy Dixon
Linda Kay Moore
Barney Hooks
Janice Tennison
Bo Jackson
Sts.bee
Bill Pennington
John Busby
Laverne, Minn
H. M. Jones
Monroe B. Chandler
A. R. Neyland
Burl Slaydon
C. E
Pete” Landolt
H. C. Hopkins
Houston visitors call on Byford and McGowan homes
Mr and Mrs Rodney Miller and their daughter of Houston visited recently in the home of her parents Mr and Mrs D H Byford. Mrs Ella McKee of Vandalia Illinois visited Friday in the home of Mr and Mrs D E Mc Gowan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Miller
Houston
D. H. Byford
Ella McKee
Vandalia
Ilinois
D. E. McGowan
FFA Sweethearts Chosen in Silsbee Chapter
Sammie Savage and Dee Ann Wilson named sweethearts of the Silsbee Future Farmers of America chapter. District forester Link Skillern says boys collect loblolly cones for South western Settlement Development Corp reforestation with a plan to plant 15 million pine seedlings annually at Newton nursery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sammie Savage
Dee Ann Wilson
Silsbee Futur Farmer of America
FFA
Southwestern Settlement Development Corp
Link Skillern
Sws&d
Newton Nursery
J. N. McGillion
Douglas Arnold
Robert Webb
David Shutter
Edward
Boby Peeler
Leonard Conner
Garland Gore
Jack Simmons
Larry Davis
Don Spell
Hough Addresses Teachers on Pending Retirement Amendment
Don L. Hough Silsbee schools superintendent spoke to about 150 Hardin county teachers on Amendment 4. He projected 350000 more Texas schoolchildren by 1950 requiring 15000 more teachers and noted 7000 teachers leave annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don L. Hough
Silsbee
Hardin County
Assahere
Weeks Crawford
Hough
Texas
Crawford
J. B., Heaton
Kountze
Joyce Wallace
Jack Jones
E. C. Nash
Mrs Sparks and kin visit Dora Oglesbee and Barnes family
Mrs I J Sparks and Mrs Louis Sellers with daughter visited Sunday at the home of their aunt Mrs Dora Oglesbee and also called on the Samuel Barnes family in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. J. Sparks
Louis Sellers
Frank Yarborough
J. D. Moore
Dora Oglesbee
Samuel Barnes
Hardin County debates highway 418 right of way sums
Hardin County commissioners hear requests from property owners John Frazier and C O Purvis amid ongoing right of way talks on highway 418. Frazier seeks 15000 dollars, Purvis about 4000, while appraisers estimate 3685 and 1500 respectively. Also discussed are plans and bids for the new county courthouse building with 1150000 dollars in bonds and 10000 dollars in architects fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Commissioners’ Court
John Frazier
C. O. Purvis
Frazier
Purvis
Purvish
Palmer
Frank Payne
R. R. Palmer
Payne
Dickson and
Dickson
Beaumont Architectural
Thomas Pierce Jett 85 longtime Silsbee resident dies in Moscow
Thomas P. Jett 85 a longtime Silsbee resident and retired Kirby Lumber Corp. employee died Friday Oct 19 at his Moscow Texas home after a long illness. He is survived by his wife Mae Jett Moscow three daughters Clara Barrett Bess Pitts of Kountze Maurine Jett of Moscow two grandchildren Leigh Thompson Paula Robertson Billie Smith Henry Kirby Pitts two great grandchildren Dickilon Keith Robertson and numerous nieces and nephews Funeral services were Sunday at First Baptist Church Moscow with Rev Sam Farris Fort Worth Rev John Stone Palestine and Rev Dan Gardiner Kountze officiating Burial followed at Forest Hill Cemetery Livingston under Corrigan Funeral Home direction Pallbearers were Bill Garsee Roger Dudley Carter Watts Kirby Jett John Jett and Curtis Jett
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Pierce Jett
Moscow
Texas
Thomas P. Jett
Silsbee
Kirby Lumber Corp
Mae Jett
Clara Barrett
Bess Pitts
Kountze
Maurine Jett
Leigh Thompson
Fort Worth
Paula Robertson
Billie Smith
Henry Kirby Pitts
Corpus Christi
Dickilon
Keith Robertson
Nerces
First Baptist Church of
Sam Farris
John Stone
Palestine
Dan Gardiner
Forest Hill Cemetery
Livingston
Withers Family Homecoming Set for Sunday
The Withers family reunion will be held next Sunday October 28 at Cairo Springs. M K Withers of Buna provides the details for this 24th family conclave with all relatives and friends invited. A basket lunch will be served at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Withers
Cairo Springs
M. K. Withers
Buna
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Tarver
Sabine
Pet. Nederland
Groves
Carr of Orange
W. Wilson Bears
W. Wilson Bruins
Port Neches
Victor
Rayford Birdwell
J. C. Perkins
Elizabeth Crawford
Wilma Nash
Juanita Bellenger
Barney McMahon
Jo Ann Sarver
Dixie Donelson
Lester Parks
Booth
Jimmy Jeffrey
Fire Department
WSCS
First Methodist Church
Council
James Beasley Jr
Farmer
Mr. Beasley
Hardin County Hospital
Dumont
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