County Bond Sales Reach 1969 Target Gap
In February Hardin County reports 14 526 in United States Savings Bonds and Freedom Shares sales led by Nelson Long. January-February total 27 748 which is 16 percent of the 170 000 goal. Texas February sales reached 14 369 901 while year to date 33 071 780 up 3.9 percent from 1968. Nationwide February Bond and Freedom Share sales hit 442 million, with the first two months at 866 million, 6.0 percent below a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Savings
Freedom
Nelson Long
Hardin County Savings Bonds Committee
Texas
April 15 Tax Deadline Near in Austin District
April 15 1968 tax filing deadline nears for taxpayers in the Austin Internal Revenue Service District. District Director R L Phinney urges avoidance of last minute rush and recommends using a qualified tax specialist for complex issues. Taxpayers should mail returns in the special envelope or send to Internal Revenue Service Center 3651 Interregional Highway Austin Texas 78740.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Internal Revenue Service
R. L. Phinney
Internal Revenue
Phinney
Craig McBurnett Wins 1969 Austin Oratorical Contest
Craig McBurnett a Pearce Junior High School student won first place in the 1969 Boys Oratorical Contest sponsored by the University Optimist Club of Austin. His topic was Respect for Law Cornerstone of Citizenship. He is son of Mrs. L T McBurnett of Austin and grandson of the late Mr and Mrs Sam Gordon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig McBurnett
University Optimist Club of Austin
Pearce Junior High School
Austin
L. T. McBurnett
Bertha Gordon
City
Sam Gordon
Births in Silsbee and Surrounding Areas March 27 29
A series of birth notices from Silsbee and nearby towns. George Avery Jr born March 29 at Silsbee Doctors Hospital. Angela Kay born March 29 to Alvice O Neal Jackson. Donna Kay born March 26 at Hardin Memorial Hospital to Clinton Wotan family. Richard Mark born March 27 at Hardin Memorial Hospital to Robert Rawls of Corsicana. Joe Allan born March 29 to Daniel Guillory of Beaumont. Arthur Ray Ruggles son born March 28 to Silsbee couple. A daughter born March 27 to Alen Harvey at St Elizabeth Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angela Kay
Alvice O'Neal Jackson
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Donna Kay
Clinton Russel Wotan
Sour Lake
Richard Mark
Robert Andrew Rawls
Corsicana
Daniel Guillory
Beaumont
Joe Allan
Card of Thanks for Granny Freeman
The Cook family expresses gratitude to friends, their pastor, doctor, and prayers. They also thank those who sent flowers cards and food and acknowledge the hospital and convalescent staff for caring for their mother Granny Freeman. May God bless everyone. Mrs Dan Cook and children.
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Granny Freeman
Dan Cook
Road to Camp Mitigwa Needs Paving and Grading
A 1969 letter from Howard P Blythe of Silsbee Texas urges Hardin County officials to upgrade the unpaved Camp Mitigwa Road also known as Hooks Settlement and Fire Tower Road. He notes its historic use for schooling farming camping and access to oil gas timber and mail routes and calls for citizen letters to Representatives to prompt action.
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Hardin ‘County
Hardin County
Gus Hooks
Fred
Fire Tower
Camp Mitigwa
Beech Creek
Howard P. Blythe
P. O
Siisbee
Texas
Final Rites For Mrs Lillie Freeman Held In Silsbee
Funeral services for 82 year old Lillie V Freeman of Silsbee were conducted Saturday at Farmer Funeral Home with Rev R E Barclay of First Baptist Church officiating. Burial followed at Knapple Cemetery. Surviving are daughter Rosa Cook of Silsbee, two brothers, a sister, three grandchildren, four great grandchildren and seven great great grandchildren.
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Lillie V. Freeman
Silsbee
Farmer Funeral Home
R. E. Barclay
First Baptist Church
Knapple Cemetery
Hardy T Walker Sr
Hardy T. Walker Jr
Prentis
Floyd Gene Michael Wayne
Burton Mark Hamilton
Freeman
Newton County
First Baptist Church of
Order of the Eastern Star
Rosa Cook
William Hamlet
Galveston
Myrtie Dubose
Newton
Plans Made For Beautification Of County Courthouse
Elton Spivey of Kountze was named chairman of the Hardin County Courthouse beautification committee. A meeting is set for April 10 at 7 30 p m in the commissioners courtroom to discuss plans for beautifying the courthouse grounds and invites all civic organizations and interested persons in the county to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elton Spivey
Kountze
Hardin County
Commissioners
Spivey
Hardin County Deeds and Transfers in Texas Records
Hardin County deeds records show transfers from Citizens State Bank to Southeast Texas Lnv and Loan Assoc and many other property deeds, trusts, releases, leases, and abs of judgment involving Colony Dev Co, Guidry, Lassiter, and various individuals including J. R. Howe Inc and United States Treasury actions. Notable names include Southeast Texas Loan Assoc, Colony Dev Co, Guidry, Ashworth Well Service, and J. W. Willis. Transactions cover warr deeds, deeds of trust, releases, leaseholds, abs of judgment, and tax liens across multiple entities.
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Hardin County
Texas
Citizens State Bank
Southeast Texas
Henry Allen Hooks II
Raymond Sherwood Whitehead
Armuel Lee Gore
Colony Dev. Co
Joseph D. Guidry
Butler Haynes
D. W. Richardson
W. J. Franklin
Elmer C. Weaver
J. R. Howe
Natl Bank of Commerce
Percy Holt & Co
Ashworth
Ashworth Well Service
Abs
Raymond Bartmess
Village Creek Estates
Frank Ray Simpson
Rosa Lee Simpson
Warr
Ann Katherin Ramey
Hardin County Sar —_and Loan Assoe
Robert Adair
Thomas L. Ross
Horace Samuel Terrell
Daniel D. Lev
Wendell L. Ley
Gulf States Utilities
Hanover Trust Co
United Gas Pipe Line Co
First City National Bank
Reuben Mitchell Martin
Norman E. Bell
Billy Gene Huff
Earleen Purdgen
Charlotte Ruggles Freeman
Annie Ruggles Walker Martin
Kenneth H. Latimer
Robert L. Barclay
Sires of Texas Inc
Kenneth H Latimer
Kirby Lumber Cor
Joe F. Hoffman
Sylvia Irene Yust
Rober L. Yust
L. W. Strom Jr
Sun Oil Co
Texas Telephone & Telegraph Co
Rural Electrification Adm
E. W. Bovette
Marion A Mitchell
Earl B. Crawford
Colony Dev Co
Sour Lake State Bank
Robert Z. Evans
Us Treasury Department
George L. Ennis
George Lee Ennis
J. H. Freeman
C. P. McDaniel
Charles Mc
Charles Elmer Curtis
P. Roder
E van Pelt
W. C. Britton
Hardin County Lav. & Loan Assocy
J. W. Willis
Final Rites For Burl Van Pelt Held In Kirbyville
Funeral services for Burl Van Pelt 48 of Houston were held Wednesday at 2 p m in Kir byville Causey E Stringer Funeral Home chapel. Rev. Jimmy Burks officiated. Burial followed in Magnolia Springs Cemetery. Van Pelt died Monday from suffocation when his home caught fire. He was a World War II veteran and member of Calvary Baptist Church Silsbee. Survivors include wife Jacqueline mother Mrs Henry Van Pelt of Silsbee one daughter Mrs Paul Carter of Pasadena five sisters and two brothers. Pallbearers were Garney Cooper James Arthur Donnie Van Pelt Harry Jeans and Wayne Miller.
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Burl van Pelt
Houston
Chapel of Causey
E. Stringer
Kirbyville
Jimmy Burks
Liberty First Baptist Church
Magnolia Springs
van Pelt
Huston
Fullerton
Silsbee
Calvary Baptist Church
Jacqueline van Pelt
Henry van Pelt
Paul Carter
Pasadena
Leon Curry
Nolan Pryor
Kenneth Moulder
Beaumont
A. L. Hall
Port Neches
Etelia Wallace
Burt van Pelt
Earl van Pelt
Garney Cooper
James
Arthur
Donnie van Pelt
Harry Jeans
Wayne Miller
Camp Fire Girls Elect Officers During Meeting
The Ke Ko Tan Da Camp Fire Girls met at Mrs. Joe Hignett's home on March 27. Officers elected include Gay McClusky as president Edyth Gainer as vice president Mary Bower as secretary Tonya Morrison as treasurer Susan Bailey as scribe. They worked on Trail Seeker Rank requirements and received barenery lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ke Ko Tan da Camp
Joe Hignett
Gay McClusky
Edyth Gainer
Mary Bower
Tonya Morrison
Susan Bailey
Barenery
Collision claims life of local man in accident
The article notes a collision continuation describing injuries to a man who is the son of Rev and Mrs A A Drennen and husband of Sally Holmes of Toloston. Further details specify hip and leg injuries and identify the spouses and hometown in this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Drennen
This City
Sally Holmes
Tlouston
Mrs Frank Yarborough Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Mrs Frank Yarborough returned home Friday after being confined to St Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Yarborough
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
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R. L. Rea
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John S. Basye
James Johnson
Billy Joe Williams
Lonnie Wallet
Linotype
Myrtle’s
Charles Deir
Raymond Barclay
Silsbee Independent School District
Board OF Trustees
George Avery Jr
George Avery Sr
College
U.S
Treasury Department
America
Mitigwn Road
Lillie Freeman
Fannie Mae LeDeaux
Curtis W. LeDeaux
Atty
E. A. Luce Et al
Fred L. Clant
Corrine Lynch Gandy
Theodore John Schertel Jr
Olga Hooks Lloyd
F. E. Hashaw
Arizona
Morgan & Lindsey
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Curtis
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