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Cessac's Cafe opened in Port Neches about November 1955and was located at 1214 Port Neches Ave. in Port Neches, TX. It was owned by Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Cessac, residents of Nederland, Texas. The photograph was printed in an advertisement in the…

Open House Held -- Hundreds of friends and customers of the McNeill Insurance agency in Nederland visited the new building above Tuesday when open house was held. The building is one of the finest in the Midcounty area.

Christmas Spirit -- Walling Dairy in Nederland is all dressed up for Christmas, featuring one of the outstanding Christmas Scenes in the Midcounty area this year. The large fence which encloses the dairy property is lined with huge bells and hundreds…

S.A.E.--Beauty -- The nation's welfare and safety depends on oil--or so says all the petroleum industries' news releases for Oil Progress Week now being observed throughout the United States. At the Pure Oil Co.'s Smiths Bluff Refinery these two…

Schooner Opening -- Pictured above are the dignataries who participated in the opening ceremony of the New Schooner, Tuesday afternoon. Pictured left to right are: Gus Glemos, of Mobile, Ala, who presented the ornate cake, Senator Jep Fuller, Mayour…

Reta D. Piland, County Librarian, shows off books available from the Jefferson County Library Bookwagon. A 1935 Ford V8 ton and a half panel truck was used. The bookwagon brought library service to 24,000 people in rural communities.

Photograph shows two girls standing in front of the Nederland Branch of the Jefferson County Library

Photograph appeared in the newspaper with the following caption: "LOCAL LIBRARIAN -- Mrs. C. E. Gibson is pictured above in the Nederland library which she has been running for four years. See Story to left. A Faulkner foto."

Dorothy Edwards and Jackie Cowart at the library's book sale

Beatrice Sticker, 1977. She Was a Library Assistant from 1978-2002

The facility located at 1903 Atlanta Avenue was dedicated March 1981. The newly expanded library was renamed the D. Bob Memorial Library in memory of the late City Manager D. B. "Bob" Henson. The photograph was taken just before the name change was…

Photograph was taken at a "Meet the Illustrator" reception held on July 14, 1981 at the library

Sonya Willis, president of the Friends of the Henson Memorial Library, center, is assisted by Joyce Bolton, left, and Maxine Woods in decorating the library's Christmas Tree.

Boy Scouts stand in front of the Nederland Branch of the Jefferson County Library which was located at 923 Boston Avenue. The dedication of the building was held on 1-2-1933

Photograph shows the front of the Nederland Branch of the Jefferson County Library after shrubs were planted.

Church was located on Boston Avenue and was dedicated on 24 May 1936. It is believed the photo was taken about May 1936. This was the third building for the congregation and was used from 1936 to 1955. Church had a seating capacity of 500 in the main…

Honored Sunday -- The Rev. Fred B.Hardy, (seated, second from left,) was honored with a communitywide reception Suday, by the St. Charles Catholic Church parish in Nederland at the church recreation hall. A longtime parish priest in Nederland and…

From Photo Caption: "Bazaar Queen -- Miss Beverly Hanks is crowned as queen of the St. Charles bazaar at the recreation hall in Nederland Saturday night. Crowning the queen is Miss Beverly Stephens, last year's ball queen. Pictured also is Miss…

Photograph of new Nederland High School taken about the time of it's dedication. When a new high school was built in 1952, this building became Langham Elementary.