Cornerstone laid for Hardin county courthouse event in Kountze
John G. Kemmerer to level the cornerstone at 10 a m Saturday with the public and masons invited. The ceremony will include copies of signatures from Hardin county students and staff plus this week’s newspapers. Present cornerstone to be opened and possibly relics transferred to the new building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Kemmerer
Grand Lodge of Texas, AF & AM
Hardin County
Kountze
Fletcher Richardson
Silsbee Bee
Oil City
Sour Lake
Richardson
R. M. Boudreaux
Pine Lodge
Kickoff Dinner To Launch UA Drive In Hardin County
Negotiations underway to bring a renowned speaker for United Appeals of Hardin county kickoff dinner at Kountze high school cafeteria on Sept 25. Rev. Grant Herbst drives the effort with Adavance gifts chair John Blair aiming for 200 attendees and private funding cover. Plans include worker award at last year’s drive and a six organization goal of 27500 across Silsbee and Hardin county with area chairmen named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Appeals
Hardin County
Kountze High School
Grant Herbst
Silsbee
Drive
John Blair
Kountze
Advance Gifts Drive
Bill Daniel
Liberty County
Chester Lauck
Houston
Lum
Thomas FE
Bell of
Commercial Division
Gus Hussman
Robbie Jones
Vincent Overstreet
Russell Alen
Sour Lake
Robert Yust
Batson
Otto Walker
Saratoga
Billy Brackin
Honey Island
C. E. Meadows
Crance Loeb
David Bean
Wotan
W. C. Bobbitt
Village Mills
Bell
Husmann
Hugh
Shine Named Chairman for Chamber of Commerce Drive
Darrell D Shine is named chair of the Cham ber of Commerce membership drive by Martin L Wilson president. A meeting at the Chamber office Thursday at 7 pm will organize the committee and start the drive to recruit new members and reengage former ones. The office serves as an information clearing house for the county and will continue under a secretary after H C Hopkins resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrell D. Shine
Chamber of Commerce
Martin L. Wilson
Shine
Chamber
H. C. Hopkins
Hopkins
Silsbee
Evadale High School Receives Full 12 Year Accreditation
Evadale Independent School District earned full state approval for its 12 grade accreditation after a visiting team’s positive recommendation. W R Goodson of Austin notified Superintendent E C Nash that the state board endorses the accreditation for 1957-58 and confirms continued status through 1958-59 with a follow up visit to review health physical education library and visual aids improvements. Enrollment at Evadale now stands at 280 across all grades.
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Evadale Independent School
W. R. Goodson
Austin
Division of
Supt
E. C. Nash
State Board of Education
Evadale
Nash
Evadale High School
Evadale School
Silshee Oldtimers Set Sept 28 Picnic and Dinner
Thos M Wren president of the Silshee Old Timers Association said the annual picnic will be at the Junior High School in Silsbee on Sunday Sept 28 starting at 10 am. The program runs in the auditorium with a 1 15 pm chicken barbecue in the cafeteria. Tickets are sold at the door, reservations via Rt 1 Box 174 K Silsbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. M. Wren
Silshee Old Timers Association
Rt. 1
Silsbee
E. M. Wilson Jr
Wren
Open House at New Baptist Parsonage in Woodlea Addition
The First Baptist church invites the public to inspect the new parsonage Sunday September 14 from 2:30 to 5:00 pm. Located at the Woodlea addition corner of Cypress street and Woodlea boulevard, the brick veneer home offers 2600 square feet of living space with three bedrooms, two and a half baths, living room, den, kitchen, glassed porch, patio, and two car garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist
Woodlea
Cypress Street
Woodlea Boulevard
Centennial Plans Gain Momentum for Miss Silsbee Contest
Centennial events build toward Sept 27 in Kountze with 16 entrants named in the Miss Silsbee prelims, Roy Harris set to crown Miss Hardin County, a dress rehearsal Sunday, and plans including bands, antique rooms, a teen dance after the Whistle Britches pageant, and music by Jerry Lynn and his Dial Tones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Nolen
Harding
Jim Barnes
Charles Rawls
Pat
B. E. Nolan
Coca-Cola
Hardin County
Kountze
Roy
Harris
Jerry Lynn
Port Arthur
Have Blade, Will Fade' Says The Departing Kountze Jail
Prison breaks shake Kountze Jail as three inmates escape using a razor to pry bars and a bed sheet rope. Sheriff Whitaker tightens bars after a second breakout in weeks. 39 offenders were jailed in two weeks, 26 of whom remain.
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Kountze
William Whitaker
Crossbars
Jessie ‘Lee Cee
Fort Worth
Clint Young
Claude F. Harris
Harvey Robinson
Young
Silsbee
Dave Rountree
Harris
Victor
Robinson
Coe
Bee
Whitaker
Bastille
Visiting relatives of Mount Lake Terrace residents
Lt. and Mrs. Grady Strip ling and children Duke and Jan visit the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. R. E. McClelland in Mount Lake Terrace Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lst
Grady Stripling
Duke
Jan
Mount Lake Terrace, Wash
R. E. McClelland
Bee Begins Weekly Football Contest With This Issue
The Silsbee Bee announces a weekly football contest offering 35 dollars in prizes to the best predictor. Readers are invited to vote on 15 game matchups shown in page three and guess tie breaker scores. Entry must reach the Bee office or be postmarked by 5 p.m. Friday, with a 10 week run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Bee
Silsbee
Bee
County Court Fines and Jail Terms Reported by Judge
In two weeks of county criminal court, Judge Fletcher Richardson’s records show guilty pleas in multiple cases. Defendants include Oscar Simons for carrying a pistol with 250 dollars in fines and costs, and Jack Kelly with 90 days and costs for hot checks. Other defendants face jail terms, fines, or both for offenses such as drunkenness, malicious mischief, DWI, hot checks, and aggravated assault, with varying sentence lengths and concurrent terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher Richardson
Oscar Simons
Herman Reynolds
Silsbee
L. R. Carroll
Sam _ Scott
Jessie Wright
Bryant Gregory
J. R. Treadway
Dwi
J. T. Joiner
Jack Kelly
Woodrow Brown
Silshee School Enrollment Reaches 3000 Mark
Silshee Independent School District reports enrollment hits 3000 this week, topping previous records. Supt. Don L. Hough said earlier that the year would run near 3000, and the latest report confirms the all time high for the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silshee Independent School District
Don L. Hough
Quarterbacks Feed Team Will View Cleveland Game Films Wednesday
Silsbee Quarterbacks club held a kickoff night at Silsbee High cafeteria with 55 boys and 65 adults attending. Club President Barney McMahon introduced Head Coach Maurice Hobbs and players who introduced their fathers. Membership stands at 125 aiming for 200. meeting next Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. will feature films of the Silsbee Cleveland game.
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Cleveland
Silsbee
Silsbee High
Barney Mc
Mahon
Maurice Hobbs
Sam Hughes
Evadale PTA Meeting Scheduled for September 15
The Evadale school PTA will hold its regular meeting on September 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the school. New teachers will be introduced, followed by a reception honoring the school staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA
Evadale
Army family visits in Louisville and transfer to San Antonio
Mr and Mrs BertBradley and two sons visited last week in the N H Marutzky and Morris Van Winkle homes. He has been stationed in Louisville with the army and is being transferred to San Antonio where they will reside in the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Bradlley
N. H
Roping Pen Opens Sundays At Chance Ranch
A calf roping session drew many fans last Sunday at 4 pm and will continue each Sunday afternoon. A. C. Miller reports the roping pen sits on the Old Beaumont highway south of Village Creek near the former Green's Log Cabin site. He invites riders to bring their horse and rope calves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Miller
Miller
Beaumont Highway
Village Creek
Green
Bur! Slaydon Family Week End Visit In Lake Charles
Mr and Mrs Bur Slaydon and their children visited in Lake Charles over the weekend. The home of Mr and Mrs K E ee was mentioned in the readable text with no further details available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bur
Lake Charles
K. E. Ee
Saratoga to Vote Stock Law Again
Saratoga residents will vote on repealing the stock law after a year of enforcement. Hardin county commissioners received petitions for an election to repeal Justice Precinct 7 stock laws. The hogs and livestock provision cannot be voted on until two years after passage. Saturday Oct 25 was set for the vote on cattle running in streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
Hardin County
Justice Precinct 7
Stout Collier
June Daniels
Collier
Wink Martin
Stover
Silsbee
Ehrensberger
Frank Payne
Robert Flowers
Honey Island
Ella McCormick
McCormicks
Silsbee Junior High Opens Football Against Kountze Lions
Silsbee Junior High School led by Coach Jimmy Joe Rand begins the new season tonight at 7 30 in Kountze versus the Lions. The squad, noted for a large roster, expects an aggressive reborn lineup. Schedule includes games at Dick Dowling, Groves, Port Arthur, Nederland, Orange, and Port Neches through November 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Joe Rand
Silsbee
Kountze
Rand
Dick Dowling
Groves
Port Neches
Woodrow Wilson Bears
Port Arthur
Woodrow Wilson Bruins
Nederland
Horka Family Returns From Chicago Des Moines Visit
Mr and Mrs H T Horka and son Rupert recently returned from a vacation in Chicago and Des Moines where they visited relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. T. Horka
Rupert
Chicago
Des Mone Lows
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M. T. Lewman & Co
Darrell Shine
Evadale Is Accredited
New Baptist Parsonage
J. D. Donalson
Donalson Motor Co
Sherry Hinkel
Doris Williams
Bess Ed’s Beauty Shop
Peggy Brookins
Hart Brookins
Carl Babbitt General Contractor
Dian Creasy
Co. D. Creasy
Hardin Drug Co
Peggy Sue Bradshaw
R. C. Bradshaw
Crockett & Gilchriest
Kay Yoksh
Ed_ Yoksh
Young's
Judy DeHart
Clarence DeHart
Maida’s
Kay Gossett
J. B. Gossett
Elmore Insurance Agency
Janie Hill
Sam Hill
Dietrica
Stephen F. Austin College
Fledige
Denny Roberts
Benny
Loeb
Authen
Silsbee Tigers
Butch Nolen
Ben Conner
Edwin Hughes
David Blake
Jimmy Turk
Bobby Pontes
and Johnson
Richard Ratliff
Marvin Parker
Kenneth Keith
Gus Geisendorff
Silshee School
Kirby Stadium
Butch Noten
Johnny Johnson
Mite McMahon
Johnny Barr
Ber Conner
Evadale Pta
Junior High
Orange
Prot Nechesere
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