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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1957
Page
1
Silsbee prepares for an open house next Tuesday from 7 to 9 pm to tour three new elementary buildings, the remodeled junior high, Waldo Mathews structures, and the high school vocational shop. Guides will lead visitors. light refreshments available. district officials host.
A special meeting of the retail merchants committee of the Chamber of Commerce will be held at 7:30 tonight at the Chamber offices in the Bee building to discuss three big items affecting business. They are Saturday closing, lack of means of cashing...
Earl Smokey Stover county attorney of Hardin County was unanimously chosen president of the Silsbee Kiwanis Club for next year. He has served as first vice president this year, with Pete Farmer as first vice president and Clifton Caraway as second. New directors include Jack Hedge and J. C. Perkins among others. The meeting featured a Key Club program led by Mike McMahon and Wayne Francis.
Ten new deacons for the First Baptist Church of Silsbee were ordained in Sunday afternoon services at the church. The deacons are John Ferdinal Lenox Hawthorne Ray Collins Leon Williams G W Gilchriest L N Brannan E B Simpson Charles E Barnes Jr John Skinner and Carey Williamson.
Hardin county courthouse will close on November 5 for constitutional amendments election and on November 11 for Armistice Day. County Judge Fletcher Richardson informed the commissioners’ court during a brief Monday meeting.
Silsbee High remained proud after a 12 to 7 defeat by French High Beaumont. Coach Maurice Hobbs praised the team’s grit as Silsbee outgained the Buffs in 18 first downs to 12 and matched them in many categories. James Crabbe scored for French, whose only long drive came in the second quarter.
Silsbee high school prepares for November 8 homecoming with a 1:30 p.m. auditorium program and a District 11AAA football clash between the Silsbee Tigers and the Victor Pirates. Queen coronation, escorts from the Quarterback Club, and a postevent reception in the cafeteria are coordinated by a team led by Betty Mitchell and Janie Hough with additional duties by local volunteers.
Public invited to inspect three new elementary buildings Read-Turrentine Kirby and Frank Robinson plus Silsbee Junior High Waldo Mathews and the new farm shop. Open 7 to 9 pm with tours guided by teachers and special hosts from Read and Turentine families and Kirby Lumber Corp. Built by Herman F Weber designed by George Ingram. weather delays pushed opening to this year.
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