Local Silsbee Newspaper Details Publishing Info
Publication notice lists second class mailing from Silsbee Texas with post office details April 10 1919 and a Thursday schedule. It names editors publishers and staff including David Read R L Read Jerry Zuber Leona Whitman Harold Leigh Ruth Stirling Tommy Read James Johnson Charles Green and technical staff roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Texas
Highway 96
Exas
Hardin
Jasper
Tyler
Jefferson
David Read
R. L. Read
Jerry Zuber
Leona Whitman
Harold Leigh
Ruth Stirling
Tommy Read
James Johnson
Charles Green
Chance-Fletcher ISD reports enrollment and board actions
The Chance-Loeb Independent School District board announced a current enrollment of 538 pupils at its regular meeting. They approved library equipment purchases, formed a building inspection committee, and adopted a credit establishment resolution with Silsbee State Bank for 1960-61.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt. L. J. Garner
Chance-Loeb Independent School District Board of Trustees
PTA
Louis Frayter
C. H. Smith
Leroy Templeton
C. E. Meadows
Silsbee State Bank
Cc. O. Thomas
Silsbee Highway
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Pat's Drive Inn Grocery seeks off premises beer license
The applicant Pat H. Hill applies to the Texas Liquor Control Board for an off premises beer license for Pat's Drive-Inn Grocery at the northeast corner of Knapp le Road and 3rd Street in Silsbee Texas. The owner is Pat H Hill with business at 21 Wp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Liquor Control Board
Pat's Drive-Inn Grocery
Knapple Road
3Rd Street
Silsbee
Texas
Pat's Drive- Inn Grocery
Pat H. Hill
Methodist WSCS Opens Fall Work With Luncheon
Members of the Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church opened their fall work with a covered dish luncheon at noon September 7. The theme for table decorations was Into All the World Together, the Foreign Mission study for the group. A panel discussed cooperation among churches and interdenominational groups interested in missions. Circle meetings and study leaders were announced, and the year’s theme is The Word In Our Midst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society of Christian Service
The
Methodist Church
L. E. Martin
Joe Register
Paul Georgas
Woman's Society
W. P. McGarahan
Howard Hargrove
Doyle McKeown
A. E. Redkey
Georges
Harry Holt
Circle I
L. D. Self
Circle II
Holt
Local church and community notices from Silsbee area
3:00 p m games and refreshments for 12 guests. Miss Lou Riley back from Baptist Hospital after major surgery. Families from Vinton La Honey Island visit. WMU circles across Fletcher Emanuel Baptist Church host Mary Hill Davis Week of Prayer with GA and play on Look on the Fields. Seaman Richard D. Smith returns to San Diego after 9 weeks training for 2 year world cruise aboard Bon Homme Richard. Dennis Gibson speaks at Woodcrest Methodist Church. Hawaii counselor returns. Sympathy to J B Faggard Jr family on Ida Bell Stephens death. Tommy Barclay starts at Stephen F. Austin College Sept 11 forestry major. Bubba Hicks fifth birthday. WSCS You Bet Your Life program at Woodcrest. tea planned for World Foundation. Young Adult Back to School party scheduled. W B Waters family back from vacation. Cecil Waters to Austin for work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Riley
Baptist Hospital
R. D. Riley
Vinton
M. F. Riley
Honey Island
Miss Lou Riley
Lillian Chance
WMU
Fletcher Emanuel Baptist Church
Mary Hill Davis
Sarah Pattillo
Fletcher Baptist Church
John D. Trahan
J. W. Joiner
Fletcher Emanuel Baptist
Rev. Joiner
Good Shepherd Baptist Church of
Silsbee
Opal Roten
Richard D. Smith
Naval Base
San Diego
Richard
Silsbee High School
Dennis Gibson
Woodcrest Methodist Church
Gibson
Hawaii
D. A. Gibson
Mavis Pippin
Goldie Davidson
Chance- Loeb
Houston
Smiley
United Pentecostal Church of Loeb
Beaumont
Texas City
Batson
Evadale
J. B. Faggard Jr
Ida Bell Stephens
Faggard
Tommy Barclay
Tom Barclay
Stephen F. Austin College
Nacogdoches
Tommy
Chance
Hardie ‘Chance
Bubba Hicks
Wayne Hicks
J. H. Waters
Pasadena
Mr. Hicks
Alders
World Foundation of Methodist Women
W. Hicks
Bruce Fairchild
Fellowship Hall
W. B. Waters
Arkansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Will Rogers
Church meeting notes and charity plans
Mrs. Burke Hargrove led the opening prayer and business. January Tuesday evenings were set for a church study with Rev. R. E. Jonte teaching. Mrs. W. W. Windham announced fundraising for Wesley Community House Houston and Ganta Girls Hostel Liberia. Six guests and new members were greeted as honorees: Mrs. E. H. Krumm Jr. and others. Hostesses listed. Thirty seven women attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burke Hargrove
R. E. Jonte
W. W. Windham
Wesley Community House
Houston
Ganta Girls
Liberia
Africa
E. H. Krumm Jr
F. W. Richardson
Alvin Hall Jr
L. D. Falls
A. C. Shropshire
Joe Register
Richmond
Georges
Copeland
L. E. Martin
S. T. Walker
W. P. Crockett
Holt
Howard Hargrove
Marine Band To Perform In Beaumont On Oct 7
The U S Marine Band under Lt Col Albert Schoepper will give matinee at 2 30 p m and evening concert at 8 30 p m in the Beaumont city auditorium Friday Oct 7 under the Kiwanis clubs sponsorship Silsbee Kiwanis Club bought 60 tickets for Silsbee High School band members and tickets may be obtained from Clifton Caraway president of Silsbee Kiwanis Club
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Marine Band
Albert Schoepper
Beaumont City Auditorium
Irish Village Kiwanis Club
Beaumont
Silsbee Kiwanis Club
Silsbee
Rites Set For Fumes Victims Of Sour Lake Tragedy
Two men died from asphyxiation in an empty 120000 barrel storage tank at the Cities Service Oil Co. Sour Lake plant early Tuesday. Calvin Baker 27 and Lewis Dean Cotten of Sour Lake had services planned in Sour Lake Oklahoma and Pauls Valley. Local arrangements by Pace Wells Funeral Home Kountze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sour Lake
Calvin Baker
First Baptist Church
Glen Dromegoade
Mr. Baker
Street
Draper Funeral Home
Oklahoma City
Okla
Lewis Dean Cotten
Stufflebean Funeral
Pauls Valley
Oklo
Pace-Wells Funeral Home
Kountze
Cities Service Oil Co
Justice of the Peace
A. Wicks
Inventions and escalators hint at future progress
An editorial note compares rapid inventions with the potential replacement of ladders by escalators, illustrating optimism about technological advancement and a shift in how success could be achieved.
Silsbee hunters report poor whitewing shoot near Brownville
A party of Silsbee hunters led by C R Baker and Ross Eppes endured a three day dove shoot near Brownville with rain making the whitewing doves retreat. Georgas notes mood remains upbeat despite spotty conditions and occasional big fish tales, local memories and Houston reminiscences intersperse the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownville
C. R Baker
Ross Eppes
Paul Georgas
Sherman Worthey
Ed Worthey
Georgas
Votaw Social Notes Report Weekend Visits
Mrs. Jesse Whitmire attended Caney Head church services. Visitors Ritchel Colins and Tom Cox from Houston came to Votaw. Several residents traveled to Beaumont Liberty and Cleveland for visits and hospital care. Local families hosted relatives and celebrated Joyce Davis's seventeenth birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Teal
Jesse Whitmire
Caney Head Church
Ritchel Colins
Tom Cox
Houston
Votaw
Marel Phillips
Ruthie Mae Kirkland
Beaumont
W. McDonald
Cecil J. Collins
Elma Pope
B. F. Kirkland
el Paso
Jesse Dryden
Cleveland
Bob Bailey
L. C. Bailey
Silsbee
Laura Rhodes
Earl Walters
Evadale
R. L. Moye
Laura Beeson
Rye
W. P. Burnett
E. Hudgens
Baytown
Mother of Silsbee Man Dies in Childress
Emma Burden 77 died Sept 5 at her daughter’s home in Childress after a long illness. Born in Arkansas she had lived many years in Quannah. Funeral Sept 8 at Knowles Funeral Home Quannah with burial in the cemetery. Survivors include five daughters, two sons including F W Burden of Silsbee, grandchildren E A Seales Buna and William Burden Silsbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Burden
Joe Bryant
Childress
Arkansas
Quannah
Knowles
F. W. Burden
Silsbee
E. A. Seales
Buna
William Burden
Card of Thanks for Albert P. Cook
The family of Albert P. Cook thanks friends and neighbors for the food flowers visits cards and words of sympathy during the death of their loved one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert P. Cook
Cubs Prep for Victor Pirates After 16-12 Win
Silsbee Junior High Cubs, after a 16-12 season opening victory over Liberty juniors in Liberty, host the Victor Pirates tonight at Kirbytadium. B game at 5 pm, A game at 7 pm. Key players include Robert Parks and Gerald Walker with Carl Adams as right end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cubs
Liberty
Silsbee
Victor Pirates
Kirbytadium
S. A. Wallace
Robert Parks
Gerald Walker
Carl Adams
Paul Johnson
Victor
Bucs
Local Girls Rushed By Lamar Sororities
Two Silsbee girls and one from Evadale are among fall rush pledges at Lamar Tech in Beaumont. Judith Maureen Jackson joins Kappa Delta, Annelle Poshataske enters Alpha Delta Pi, Anita Kolb becomes Alpha Chi Omega.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamar Sororities
Silsbee
Ewadale
Lamar Tech
Beaumont
Judith Maureen Jackson
Kappa Delta
Annelle Poshataske
Silsibee
Alpha Delta Pi
An‘ita Kolb
Evadale
Alpha Chi Omega
Family Thanks for Support After Nellie Fuqua's Death
The family of Mrs. Nellie Fuqua expresses sincere gratitude for kindness and sympathy shown during their loss. Special thanks are given to Woodrow Baptist Church and Bro. Bob Bateman for their deeds and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Fuqua
Woodrow Baptist Church
Bob Bateman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Xas
Linotype
Fletcher News
A. F. Butler
Thomas
Eudean Johnson
Darrell Dean
Doctors Hospital
Hubert Smith
New Baby
Inez Choate
M. Leatherwood
Pamela Lassiter
Edward Lee Reed
C. E. Reed Jr
Pines
Ulysses
Martha Hyver
Raymond Burr
Joan Bennett
LE Palace
Burch
Henry Blanal
Warner Bros. Olor
Jenene
Sherman
Alfred Hitchcock
Donald Duck Sports
Howe
Cork
Vera
Mary Crane
Methodist Wscs
C. E. Richmond
U. 5. Marine Band
Brownsville
Matamoros
Rio Grande
Germany
U. S
Winston Silvia
Herman Herrington
Dam B
C. Z. Pope
Donald Ruggles
Humble Company
Brothers Foley
Birdwell’s
Wests’Silsbee Dry Goods
H&h Dry Goods
Kirby Stadium
Will Horwitz
Iris
Preston Ave
Austin County
Humble
Main
Heaven
Broth
Hell
Chiropractic
Fryers Ib
Columbia
Platter Stean
Dole
Admiration
Crisco
Oscar Mayer
Sie
Dehart
Gro
Silseee
Silsbee Tiger
Randy Read
Arley Nelson
Joe Blackmon
Tiger
Read
Pat Smith
Cullen Lilley
Bill Fields
Johnny Upshaw
Votaw News
Wayne
D. L. Harrison and Sons
Louisiana
Saratoga High School
Joe Dettling
John Moss
Marele Phillips
Ouida Ruth Knight
Morris Rhodes
Estell Bean
Nederland
J. D. Hardley
Gary Haughland
Cecil Collins
Jane Harrison
Linda
D. L. Harrison
Joyce Davis
Edna Ruth
H. B. Warren
Don Dryden
C. C. Dryden
Evin Kervin
Charles Ramby
Dianne
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!