Local Scouts Honor Court Draws Big Silsbee Crowd
A Friday night Court of Honor at Eastex Pulp and Paper in Silsbee recognized 18 scouts from Troop 88 Explorer Post 88 and Troop 34 Post 34. Kelsey Lamb of Beaumont presented awards, praising diligence while plans for Oct events included a Dogwood District day and a Santa Fe Park scout field day.
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Silsbee Boy Scout Court of Honor
Eastex Pulp and Paper
Kelsey Lamb
Beaumont
Trinity Nechesis
Boy Scouts of America
Scout Troop
Explorer
Mickey ‘Nash
Ed Nash
Silsbee
Phillip Crow
Lonnie Beard
Morris Windham
Halbert Meadows
Jerry Donalson
Billy Jones
Lenox Hawthorne Jr
Dogwood
Santa Fe Park
Wills
Barbecue Feeds Silsbee Firemen and Guests
Silsbee firemen and about 106 guests attended a barbecue beef supper at the fire station Monday night. Policeman Grady Tarver provided the meat while firemen supplied the trimmings and Fire Chief John Busby noted the turnout. E. M. Wilson Jr. served as master of ceremonies.
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Silsbee
Grady Tarver
John Busby
E. M. Wilson Jr
Kiwanis Club Picnic At Village Creek
Silsbee Kiwanians and families gathered Tuesday night at the old Houston Oil picnic grounds on Village Creek for a barbecue meal and games. More than 90 people attended, enjoying relaxed time together and socializing.
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Kiwanis Club
Village Creek
Silsbee
County Lawmen Report Twenty Arrests For Week
Hardin county law enforcement reports a light week with twenty arrests, thirteen of them for drunkenness. One DWI and four traffic arrests are listed. J H McNeely Jr received a $50 fine and three days in jail for drunk driving in Hardin County court.
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Hardin County
Dave Rountree
J. H. McNeely Jr
Fletcher Richardson
Silsbee
Jefferson County
Marvin N. Colleps
Harold Arthur French
Gas Pipeline Tax Schedule Sparks Hardin County Protests
Hardin county commissioners adopt a new gas pipeline tax schedule affecting lines 20 inches and larger and add an intangible tax. Pipeline firms led by Transcontinental Gas Pipeline, Trunk Line Gas, and West Texas Gulf Pipeline protested, threatening court action to challenge the measure.
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Hardin County
Board of Equalization of Taxes
Phil Robia
Senting
Transcontinental Gas Pipeline
Stetson Coody
Trunkline Gas
Frank Ward
West Texas Gulf Pipeline
Gulf Refining Company
Board of Equalization
Robira
Local Man Recovering After Truck-Train Smashup
Odell Stansbury 38 and his son Tommy 13 of Silsbee are improving after a collision with a freight train in Beaumont last Saturday morning. Tommy has an outpatient cut over the eye at Baptist Hospital. Odell remains hospitalized with a fractured nose and scalp cut. Mrs. Stansbury said both are expected to be released around Saturday. The milk truck struck north on South Fourth Street as an eastbound train cleared the crossing and the westbound Sunset Limited was approaching. Damag e to the truck was about 750 dollars.
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Odell Stansbury
Tommy
Silsbee
Beaumont
Baptist Hospital
Mr.Stansbury
Stansbury
PTA To Meet Tuesday Night at 7 30
The PTA holds its first regular meeting at the Junior High School auditorium Tuesday night at 7 30. Plans are underway for the Halloween Carnival on October 30. Room mothers will collect membership dues at the door. Mrs. C R Baker is PTA president for the year.
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Parent-Teacher Association
C. R. Baker
PTA
Shriners Parade in Silsbee Delivers Free Concert
Three uniformed units from Fl Mina Shrine Temple totaling about 150 men arrive in Silsbee around 5 pm Saturday for a parade and concert. The band chanters and drum and bugle corps perform in new colorful uniforms before a local reception at the high school cafeteria. About 35 local Shriners join for the evening, with Beau mont travelers returning after. Local crowds are expected to attend the parade and concert.
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Fl Mina Shrine Temple
Silsbee
Martin Wilson
East Texas
Beaumont
el Mina Temple
Wilson
Friday Services Set For Kendrick Infant
Funeral services for Donald Ray Kendrick infant son of S/Sgt and Mrs Donald Kendrick of San Antonio will be held Friday at 10 AM in Babyland Forest Lawn Beaumont. The three weeks old baby died Friday morning at 10 30 Survivors include grandparents Leroy Templeton Roy Lee Kendrick all of Chance community Body to Broussard Funeral Home Beaumont for graveside service at 10 Friday morning.
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Babyland
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Beaumont
Donald Ray
Donald Kendrick
San Antonio
Leroy Templeton
Roy Lee Kendrick
Chance
Broussard Funeral Home
Mrs Alma Jacobs Visits Scott McDonald Home With Family
Mrs Alma Jacobs and her son visited last week in the Scott Mc Donald home alongside Mrs C B Kirknedall of Houston.
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Alma Jacobs and Son
C. B. Kirknedall
Houston
Scott McDonald
Kenneth Fillingim Buried in Hooks Cemetery
Funeral services for Kenneth M. Fillingim 74 of Kountze were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Little Rock Assembly of God church with Rev. A A Calloway officiating. He is survived by his wife Frances and children Ola, Connie, Lawrence, Harold, plus multiple stepchildren and siblings in several Texas towns.
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Kenneth M. Fillingim
Kountze
Little Rock
Maude Giltner
Corpus Christi
B. E
T. L. Haynes
M. Q
G. E. Fillingim
J. W
Liberty
A. R
Batson
Robert Fillingim
Houston
Donna Merrill
A. C. Waldrup
Baytown
Low C Club Studies Skin Care
The Low C Club met Sept. 6 at 2 p.m. at Mrs. Ruby Self’s home with nine members. President Mrs. Mildred Glenn led the business session. secretary read prior minutes. Mrs. Virgie Barrow led the program on Skin Care. next meeting set for Sept. 20 at Mrs. Barrow’s home.
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Ruby Self
Mildred Glenn
Virgie Barrow
We’ll Put Eleven Men On The Field Says Hobbs
Silsbee Tigers face Liberty Panthers with a thin squad. Coach Maurice Hobbs notes injuries to Arnold and Bates and plans limited platooning with center Ysidro Rodriguez as the sole starter on offense. Liberty arrives after a 12 to 7 win over La Porte as Silsbee works out in new uniforms.
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Hobbs
Liberty Panthers
Silsbee Tiger
Maurice Hobbs
Bamwea
Silsbee
Arnold
Bates
Douglas Arnold
Jimmy Bates
Tiger
Ysidro Rodriquez
Rodriquez
Tigers
South Park
Liberty
Panthers
la Port Bulldogs
Feriase
G. Ripkoski
Sidsbee
Judge Sellers Fines Squirrels and Telephones
Heavy fines were levied in Judge Louis Sellers court totaling 302.50 for three local game law violators. James Gore, 18, paid 100 plus 17.50 costs for fishing with an illegal electrical device after arrest by wardens north of Silsbee. Hollis Payne fined 100 plus 17.50 costs for hunting squirrels out of season. Roy Artis, colored, fined 50 plus costs after arrest near Judge Sellers house with a dead squirrel. Mrs. Sellers reported gunfire leading to the case.
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Louis Sellers
Justice Court
James Elton Gore
Gore
Olan Davis
R. F
Martin
Miller
Silsbee
Ratcliff Captures Handicap Tourney At Silsbee Club
Roger Ratcliff won the Silsbee Golf and Country Club handicap event with a net 63. H. R. Mullins and Dalton Raiford tied for second with 71. The ladies winner was Alyne McMahon with a 39 net. John Spillar, the new club pro, says more tournaments are planned.
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Roger Ratcliff
Silsbee Golf Club
Roger Ratliff
Silsbee Golf and Country Club
H. R. Mullins
Dalton Raiford
Alyne McMahon
Sylvia Grant
Ann Coats
Golf and Country Club
John Spillar
Spillar
Free Beaumont Wedding Sponsored by Allied Florists Group
A free wedding for a Beaumont area couple will be staged at the city auditorium on Sunday October 28. The Allied Florists Group of Southeast Texas will decorate in a fairyland setting and the mayors of Beaumont Port Arthur and Orange will assist. Public viewing of the floral arrangements is two hours before the ceremony.
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Beaumont
City Auditorium
Allied Florists
Texas
C. B. Watts
Silsbee Flower Shop
Port Arthur
Orange
L A Merritt Injured in Fall on Rice Bin Cat Walk
L A Merritt of Silsbee suffered a fractured left wrist plus multiple cuts after a fall on a cat walk in a rice bin while working on a construction job in China Texas. He was hospitalized at Baptist with head lacerations abrasions and a leg injury for treatment and recovery.
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L. A. Merritt
Silsbee
China
Texas
Merritt
Baptist Hospital
B P W Club Sets Tonight Meeting at 7 30
A regular B P W Club meeting is scheduled for tonight at 7 30 in Mrs. Tom K Barnes home 545 Winters. Plans include forming a Woodville chapter by Sept 20 and the meeting will be in the recreation hall. The federation week runs Sept 23 to 30 with a kickoff breakfast and a bosses night. The year book committee will report.
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Business and Professional Womens Club
Tom K. Barnes
Woodville
National Business and Professional Womens Federation
Trash Fire Epidemic Strains Texas Fire Crews
Firemen fought six trash fire alarms Monday with most blazes outside city limits, burning about 80 acres near Turney’s store and touching several homes and two barns. No major property loss reported as Kirby Lumber plow crews helped create fire lanes. Texans raised over 657,000 for Heart Fund in 1956, surpassing the 600,000 goal.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Texas Heart Association
Community Heart Associations
Forestry Service
Woodville
John Busby
Turney
Spurger Highway
Cal
R E. McClelland
Knoupphe Road
Kirby Lumber Corp
Collier Home
Albert Plainty
Boat Club Plans Covered Dish Lunch
Silsbee Boat Club Auxiliary met at Mrs. Jim Strahan’s home with nine members present. They planned a covered dish luncheon for Sept. 15 at 7 30 p.m. in the clubhouse with music and other entertainment. Members families and the public are invited to attend and bring a covered dish.
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Silsbee Boat Club
Jim Strahan
Charles Watson
Auto Inspection Due By April of 1957
The Texas Public Safety Commission set September 15 1956 to April 15 1957 as the inspection period under the Motor Vehicle Inspection law. Col Homer Garrison Jr DPS director urged early inspections to avoid end of period delays. George W Busby DPS inspection chief said 4200+ stations would have stickers ready and be able to check vehicles without delay.
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Texas Public Safety Commission
Homer Garrison, Jr
Texas Department of Public Safety
George W. Busby
DPS Motor Vehicle Inspection Division
Births in Hardin County Hospital Record
Peggy Sue born August 24 to James D. and wife in Silsbee. Debra Jeaniece born September 5 to George and wife of Port Arthur. Lloyd Eugene born September 6 to Elmer and wife of Silsbee. Martha Sue born September 8 to Willie Mae Herndon and late husband in Silsbee. Hubert Larry born September 8 to R L Griffin Sr. of Honey Island. Charles born September 9 to Arnold Gilchrist and wife of Buna. Sarah Elizabeth born September 10 to Verlin Ratcliff and wife of Silsbee. Sherman born September 9 to Clyde Ard of Fred.
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Peggy Sue
James D. McCormick
Silsbee
Hardin County Hospital
George Daniels
Port Arthur
Debra Jeaniece
Lloyd Eugene
Elmer Holmes
Martha Sue
Willie Mae Herndon
Mr. Herndon
R. L. Griffin, Sr
Honey Island
Hubert Larry
Charles
Arnold Gilchriest
Buna
Sarah Elizabeth
Verlin Ratcliff
Clyde Ard
Fred
Sherman
Miss Ginger Gould Visits Lake Charles Host Home
Miss Ginger Gould is visiting this week in Lake Charles Louisiana at the home of Mr and Mrs W D Green. The note records a social visit with local hosts in a regional city.
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Ginger Gould
Lake Charles
Mrs. W. D. Green
Two County Attorneys Named By Bar Group
Terrell Buchanan of Silsbee was named to the Grievance Committee for the second Congressional District of the State Bar of Texas. A. L. Bevil of Kountze joins the Grievance Prosecuting Committee for the same area. Frank W. Hustmyre of Orange leads a list of about 30 East and Southeast Texas lawyers active in Newton Gresham’s administration as Houston's new State Bar president. He is board advisor to Administration of Justice and ex-officio on two Grievance and two Grievance Prosecuting Committees, assisting the state bar in misconduct investigations and with the general counsel on trial cases.
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Terrell Buchanan
Silsbee
State Bar of Texas
A. L. Bevil
Kountze
Frank W. Hustmyre
Orange
Texas
Newton Gresham
Houston
State Bar Board of Directors
State Bar
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Honor
Earl B
Smokey” Stover
Jeremy Johnson
Bar
Mr. Stover
Mr. Johnson
Eddie Loftin
Thicket
Hardin County Hospital Board
Erwin Teel
Tobin
Shriners
Kendrick Infant
Kenneth Fillingim
Hooks
Bishop Byrne
Port Acres
Jasper
Huntsville
French
Neches
Victor
Cleveland
Nederland
LAAA
Allied Florists Group
B&pw
Heart Fund
Edgar M. Brown
THA
Brown
Heart Association
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