Silsbee to vote on parking meters next Tuesday
City voters decide whether to retain downtown parking meters after a six month trial period. Officials note meters provide about 13 000 dollars annual revenue, fund a police position, ease tax pressure, and improve traffic turnover. turnout and absentee voting details are included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
L. D. Self
Bill Pennington
Howard Hargrove
A. R. Neyland
Neyland
H. M. Jones
H. C. Hopkins
Pete Landolt
Burl Slaydon
Meters
Pennington
Hardin County Savings & Loan to Open Within Ten Days
Hardin County Savings & Loan Association has secured final insurance and bank membership approvals and plans to open within ten days. The charter was issued by the State Banking Commission, with backing from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Little Rock and the Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation. Initial deposits insured up to 10000 per depositor. Opening targeted around October 1 with 3 percent interest on savings and offices at 129 N Fifth Street in Silsbee. Directors include A. R. Neyland president and F. H. Carpenter chairman, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Savings & Loan Association
State Banking Commission
Federal Home Loan Bank of
Little Rock
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation of
Washington, DC
Nathan V. Morgan
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation
Neyland
New Loan Association
N. Fifth Street
Silsbee
Hardin County
A. R. Neyland
F. H. Carpenter
BE. A. Luce
H. C. Hopkins
G. C. Brackin
Robert Neyland
Terrell Buchanan
Louise Elmore
J. D. Brumley
Janis Shepherd Heads Tiger Rag For 1955 56
Silsbee High School's Tiger Rag opens the 1955 56 year with Janis Shepherd leading the editorial staff. Jean Cook assistant editor Bobby Battle business manager sports editors are William Clark and Lee Gholson Gretchen Ernst heads the society department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bee
Silsbee High School
Tiger Rag
Janis Shepherd
Jean Cook
Bobby Battle
William Clark
Lee Gholson
Gretchen Ernst
Linda McMillan
Leona Paine
Glenda Quisenberry
Betty Simmons
Martha McMurray
Peggy Brookins
Melinda Cullinan
Judy DeHart
Loretta Underwood
Kay Boyett
Cherrie Jo Ennis
Donna Holmes
Jim Brewer
Joy Johnston
LaVerne Hanley
Jill Slavik
Carolyn Adams
Delores Haynes
Nellie Knighten
Dee Ann Redmond
Virginia Golliher
Suzanne Collier
Silsbee Garden Club Judges Yard Of The Season
Silsbee Garden Club will judge the yard of the season this weekend with Mrs. B. L. Moreland as committee chair. The program encourages city beautification and yard improvement after many pretty yards emerged in Silsbee. The D. J. Lewis yard won the spring honor. judges will assess summer yards this weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Jones and Cochran Lose Two Year Suspended Sentences
Basil Buzz Jones and C K Cochran of Silsbee had their two year probation revoked in 88th District Court in Kountze. Sheriff Whitaker said papers were being prepared to remand them to begin serving their sentences. A week saw 22 arrests including three drunk in cars, two Houston juveniles on car theft, three Polk county burglary suspects, and various other charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basil “Buzz” Jones
C. K. Cochran
Silsbee
Kountze
William Whitaker
Dave Rountree
Houston
Polk County
Rountree
Overstreet
Honey Island
Mrs Britton and Mrs Turrentine Fly to Mexico City
Mrs. W. C. Britton and Mrs. L. Turrentine departed by plane on Tuesday for Mexico City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Britton
L. ©. Turrentine
Mexico City
Silsbee Board Delays Vacancy Fill As Plans For New Buildings Debated
The Silsbee Independent School District board delayed filling the G W Gilchriest vacancy until at least the next regular meeting. Members reviewed preliminary drawings for two new schools with 26 and 28 rooms and a planned high school gymnasium. Readiness to buy land from Kirby Lumber Corp was noted near the Britton Cravens addition as the district eyes frontage on Farm Road 418.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Independent School District Board of Trustees
G. W. Gilchriest
E. M. Prewitt
Gilchriest
George Ingram
Beaumont
Ingram
Homer Meyers
Evadale Realty Company
Kirby Lumber Corp
Britton-Cravens
Kirby Land
Kirby Herndon
Kirby
Local Farmer Displays Six and a Half Pound Sweet Potato
A. B. Odom on his Fred farm showed a large sweet potato weighing six pounds ten ounces. He grew it in a small patch interspersed with peanut and corn rows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Odom
Fred
Grand Jury Indicts 46 and Recommends Court House Repairs
The April term grand jury reports 46 indictments after eight meetings in 1955. Foreman Mrs. R. C. Brackin notes 63 cases investigated, 12 no bills, and 24 cases to be referred to the next grand jury. They urge urgent courthouse repairs or replacement and request discharge after completing the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
R. C. Brackin
H. A. Coe
Commissioner's Court
Court
Services Held Monday For Saturday Drowning Victim
Funeral services for Oscar Don Hinds age 2 were held in Port Lavaca after he drowned Saturday in a drainage ditch behind his home on 870 N Fourth street. Neighbor Malcolm Seal 14 pulled him from the ditch. Witnesses reported 24 inches of water. Parents survive with a brother and grandparents in Canada and Port Lavaca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Don Hinds
W. M. Hinds
Port Lavaca
N. Fourth Street
Justice of the Peace
Louis Sellers
Sellers
Malcom Seal
Farmer Funeral Home
Wade Parker
William Woodrow
Leo LeCaine
Canada
Altha Hinds
Hinds
Silsbee
Nederland Junior High Silsbee Eleven Clash At Kirby Stadium
Silsbee junior high travels to Kirby stadium for its second football game of the season against Nederland junior high today at 3 p.m. Silsbee arrives off a 20 to 6 loss to Victor last Thursday at Kirby stadium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nederland Junior High
Silsbee
Silsbee Junior High School
Nederland Junior High Eleven
Kirby Stadium
Victor
Tigers Aim At Win Over Jasper Friday
The Silsbee Tigers travel to Jasper to face the Bulldogs in a non district encounter after a loss to Cleveland. Coaches report improved fundamentals in blocking and tackling as Bobby Battle and Keith Parker recover from practice injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tigers
Jasper
Silsbee Tigers
Cleveland
Bulldogs
Tiger
Bobby Battle
Keith Parker
William Burrell 8 Buried at Evadale Graveside
Graveside services were held at Morse Cemetery in Evadale for William F. Burrell 8 son of Mr and Mrs J D Burrell of Evadale. He died at Anderson Clinic in Houston Monday noon after a three month illness. The Rev W L Bynum officiated. Survived by parents a sister Omerene grandparents Mrs J C Burrell and Mrs S E McGallion Pallbearers were Robert Burrell Bryant Burrell Buddy Willis Truman Whitmire A W Lilly and Guy Robson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse Cemetery
Evadale
William F. Burrell
J. D. Burrell
Anderson Clinic
Houston
W. L. Bynum
First Baptist Church of
Omerene Burrell
J. C. Burrell
Brooks Sees Hardin County as Bright Spot in Area
U S Representative Jack B. Brooks told a joint Silsbee Lions and Kiwanis meeting at the high school cafeteria that Silsbee and Hardin county look like the bright spot in the Second District with steady growth and increasing industrial interest. He noted the 1.5 million dollar McGee Bend Dam appropriation and upcoming start of work, praised N A Cravens of the Lower Neches Valley Authority, urged improved post office facilities, and pledged help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressman Brooks
Hardin County
Silsbee Lions
Kiwanis
U. S
Jack B. Brooks
Silsbee
Brooks
Congress
McGee Bend
N. A. Cravens
Lower Neches Valley
Bruce Edmonds
Lions Club
Herbert Elmore
Davis Carter
Mr. Brooks
David Read
Swarthouts Return From 3175 Mile Trip To Southwest and Florida
Mr and Mrs Doyle Swarthout concluded a 3175 mile journey visiting New Mexico and Colorado before traveling with Lt and Mrs Billie Joe McGowan to Florida. They will reach Fort Lee Virginia where Lieutenant McGowan reports for duty October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doyle Swarthout
New Mexico
Colorado
Billie Joe McGowan
Florida
Fort Lee
Virginia
Lieutenant McGowan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nick W. Mitchell
Mitchell
Timberland Law Company
Ten Acre Lake
Buna
Lane
Silsbee Garden Club
Jones
Cochran
Lucille Langston
Waldo Mathews
Don Hough
J. W. Clark
Will Hooks
Margaret Nance
Hough
Nance
Wilma Jean Garrett
J and J Fence Company
Waldo Mathews School
John Henry Schuler
Silsbee Drug Co
Waldo Mathews High School
Band Mothers Club
PTA
Silsbee Tiger
Eddie Hicks
Joyce Gould
Lillian Whitman
Grand Jury
William Burrell
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