Registration climbs as Silsbee enrolls 2565 students
An all time record of 2565 students enrolled in Silsbee schools for this term, 232 more than last year, attributed to new area industries. Supt Don L Hough reports 991 in elementary, 540 in junior high, 546 in high school, with white school total 2077. Waldo Mathews schools show 488, Ed Nash notes cafeterias handling large crowds. first day lunch counts 1132 at elementary, 196 at high, 153 at Waldo-Mathews.
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Silsbee
Don L. Hough
Waldo-Mathews
Ed Nash
New Wildlife Group Constitution Gets Approval Friday
The newly formed Fast Texas Wildlife Association approved its constitution at a meeting last Friday in the CIO union hall. A section securing grazing rights for long-time stockmen was set, with membership and landowner consent conditions. About 20 attendees, $210 in the bank, 11 paid members, and 500 copies planned for distribution. Next meeting scheduled for Friday at 7 30 p.m. with a new night to avoid Silsbee Tiger games.
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Fast Texas Wildlife Association
C.I.O. Union Hall
Howard Hargrove
Hargrove
Hanse Cunningham
Union Hall
Silsbee Tiger
Billie Hooks To Marry Tommy Hancock
Miss Billie Hooks daughter of Mr and Mrs L M Hooks of Silsbee will marry Tommy Hancock son of Mrs C A Hancock Sr on Thursday September 22 at the First Christian Church with Rev P J Burns officiating. Hooks is a 1951 Silsbee High graduate and studied at Sam Houston State College. Hancock graduated Silsbee High in 1949 and is a Navy veteran. They will reside in Silsbee after a wedding trip.
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Billie Hooks
L. M. Hooks
Silsbee
Tommy Hancock
C. A. Hancock
First Christian Church
P. J. Burns
Miss Hooks
Silsbee High School
Sam Houston State College
Huntsville
Hancock
Silsbee High
Singers To Meet At Round Robin Convention
The Round Robin singing convention will meet Saturday September 10 at South Mill Creek Baptist Church four miles north of Evadale on Highway 96. J A Black reports Carl Lindsey will lead the singings and the public is invited.
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South Mill Creek Baptist Church
Evadale
Highway 96
J. A. Black
Carl Lindsey
DWI Charge Filed After Tuesday Morning Crash
Arch ie Martin age 44 of Lake Charles faces DWI charges after a Tuesday morning collision south of Village Creek on Highway 1059. Martin sustained multiple lacerations broken ribs and a brain concussion and is hospitalized at Kountze Hardin County officials commended drivers for safe travel during Labor Day weekend.
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Archie Martin
Lake Charles
I.a
Village Creek
C. S. Sherrell
Martin
Port Arthur
Hardin County Hospital
Kountze
Robert Runnels
Beaumont
Parker Clinic
S. P. Copeland
Sherrell
Hardin County
Masons Call Meeting for Fellowcraft Work in Silsbee Lodge 927
Silsbee Lodge 927 AF and AM calls a called meeting for Saturday at 7 30 PM in the Masonic hall to perform Fellowcraft degree work. A school of instruction is set for Thursday night at 7 30.
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Silsbee Lodge
Af&m
Masonic Hall
Contractor Due Any Day Now On Highway 96 Widening
The Highway 96 widening project near Silsbee faces swift start as contractor plans to move equipment any day. Right of way remains two parcels Landolt property and Joe Register bakery. condemnation ordered for the bakery. Landolt notes a potential Santa Fe trade and 20 day timeline. commissioners must approve details. Weathersby leads Square Dance Club seeking a meeting next Tuesday to reorganize and train beginners with a new teacher.
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Fred Weathersby
Ralph Terry
Sils‘bee
Terry
Landolt
Santa Fe
Joe Register
C. F
Pete” Landolt
Santa Fe Railroad
Frank Payne
Joe Nemister
Tigers Ready to Host Kirbyville in Season Opener
The Silsbee Tigers meet Kirbyville Wildcat for the season opener at Kirby Stadium at 8 p.m. with prospects strong for a district title. Coach Bill Dinkle lists a deep backfield, a capable line, and battles for quarterback and end positions as Susbee leads an experienced squad into the 1955 campaign.
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Silsbee Tiger
Kirbyville
Wildcat
Kirby Stadium
Tiger
Tigers
Shelbyville Eleven
Bill Dinkle
Susbee
Billy Dan van Winkle
Steve Seely
James L Inman Buried Tuesday
Funeral services for James La mar Inman 31 of Dassetta were held Tuesday at 3 p m in the Far mer Funeral Home chapel He died Sunday in Liberty hospital from a heart attack He served three years in the China Burma India theatre with the Medical Corps in World War I He was the son of Mr and Mrs Dave Inman of Silsbee Surviving are his wife Ida two children Margaret Lynn and James Darrell his parents one sister Miss Violet Inman of Dallas and two brothers Floyd of Warren and Edwin Inman of Bayside.
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James Lamar Inman
Dassetta
Farmer Funeral Home
Inman
Liberty Hospital
China
Burma
India
Medical Corps
Dave Inman
Silsbee
Glenn McCollum
First Baptist Church
Daisetta
Eyes To The Future Contest Opens With $25 Prize
The Bee's Eyes To The Future contest, a get acquainted feature with Silsbee business people, awarded a $25 first prize after raising the prize from $10. Early Friday entries listed all three firms Ward's Furniture Barclay's Town and Country Shop Morris Pharmacy and four representatives. Winners will be announced next week. second, third and fourth prizes are $7 $5 and $3. The contest remains open for more entries emphasizing accuracy and neatness.
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Silsbee
Ward's Furniture
Barclay’s
Morris Pharmacy
Second Criminal Assault Charge Reported In Week
In Hardin county a second rape charge was filed in Silsbee on Saturday night. Cecil Spurlock, about 20, is accused of raping a 14 year old in her home and was held on a 5000 dollar bond. A prior rape charge was filed last week against Bobby Ray Nelson in Kountze, with bond denied.
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Hardin County
Silsbee
Dave Rountree
Cecil Spurlock
Justice of the Peace
Louis Seller's Court
Rountree
Spurlock
Rountze
Sellers
Berneice Seale
Kountze
Bobby Ray Nelson
Sour Lake
Bond
Nelson
Grayburg
VFW To Bring Buna Lions Minstrel Show Here
The Buna Lions Club Minstrel will be staged in Silsbee September 15 at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium under the Silsbee VFW led by Commander Stanley Lindsey. Proceeds support the VFW building fund and youth recreation efforts. The show features the Buna Quartette and a mix of minstrel acts including black face routines and dance numbers, staged in East Texas towns previously.
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Buna Lions Club
Silsbee
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Stanley Lindsey
Buna
VFW
Lindsey
East Texas
Jasper
Kirbyville
Heartens
Commissioners To Get Stock Law Petitions Monday
Petitions seeking stock law elections in Har din county Precinct One will be presented to the Commissioners Court Monday. One calls for banning hogs sheep goats and other animals at large, the other for cattle. The cattle petition has 169 names while the animal petition has 152 signatures. Rural residents largely back the measure and cattlemen are already leasing and fencing land in anticipation. Petitions were checked at the county clerk’s office. petitioners must be freeholders in the area.
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Hardin County
Commissioners Court
Kirby Employee Hurt When Lumber Stack Falls at Mill
J. E. Langston of Silsbee was injured at 5 45 p m on September 1 in the Kirby Lumber Company mill lumber shed. A stack of two by fours toppled and struck him on the head. He was taken to Hotel Dieu hospital in Beaumont for emergency treatment.
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J. E. Langston
Silsbee
Kirby Lumber Company
Hotel Dieu Hospital
Beaumont
Mr. Langston
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New Wildlife Group
J. W. Soward, Sr
J. W. Soward, Jr
J. W. Wiggins
Wiggins
Runnels
Herbert Drake
W. H. Drake
Darding Drive
George Wright
Busby
Wright
Dick Hargrave
White Oak
Thicket
Neal House
House
Saratoga
Bon Weir
Grady Tarver
Monroe Chandler
William Whitaker
Ike Moore
Tommy Childress
Billy Dan VanWinkle
Joyce Gould
Cherrie Jo Ennis
Lillian Whitman
Kirbyville Wildcats
Masons
Larry Hargrove
Mr. Dinkie
James L. Inman
Basil “Buzz" Jones
Buna Lions
Kirby
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