Annual C of C Banquet Set for Tuesday in Silsbee
The Silsbee Chamber of Commerce Banquet will be held Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Silsbee High School gym with over 500 attendees expected. Guests include Miss Louisiana 1966 Lynda Ferguson and Miss Silsbee Linda Lee Yawn, Dr. Roland L. Frye of LSU will give the main address, and Vic Norvell and W. O. Holmes will present year-in-review and preview. Tickets remain available at the Chamber office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Silsbee High School
Chamber of Commerce
Tom Knighten
Lynda Ferguson
Louisiana
Linda’ Lee Yawn
Silsbee
Ferguson
Centenary College
Shreveport
Roland L. Frye
LSU
United States
Inter- American Congress of Psychology
Lima
Peru
Vic Norvell
W. O. Holmes
Earl Stover
Chamber
46 Bed Unit Planned for Silsbee Hospital
Silsbee Doctors Hospital board met with architect George L. Ingram to study preliminary plans for a new 46 bed facility with X ray, laboratory, emergency and surgical services. Directors report about 50 percent of stock subscribed locally and aim to sell the remainder locally. Secretary of State John L. Hill has approved the Articles of Incorporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Hill
Gaylord To Resurface Area Roads
Gaylord Construction Co of Houston has won contracts to resurface several area highways including Hardin County. Crews will move into Silsbee within 10 days to erect a stockpile plant with work starting around May. About 40 men will be employed and 15 dump trucks used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaylord Construction Co
Houston
Hardin
Silsbee
Geo. L. Propst
Gaylord
Local Optimists To Sign Charter Monday Night
Silsbee forms Optimum club to be chartered Monday at 7 30 pm in Dan's Restaurant. J R Smith says 30 members eligible to sign and up to seven more may join. International officers expected to attend to present the charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Optimist Club
Dan’s
J. R. Smith
Smith
International Organization
Lt Governor Preston Smith to Attend Silsbee Chamber Event
Word today notes Texas Lt. Gov. Preston Smith will visit Silsbee next Tuesday to attend a Chamber of Commerce stag party. He will be hosted by D. H. Suitt and Sam Tanner of the Jefferson Amusement Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Smith
Texas
Silsbee
Final Rites For A. H. Stewart, 67, Held Monday
Funeral services for Archie Howell Stewart 67 of Box 370 Loeb were held at 4 p m Monday at L M Williams and Sons Funeral Home. Entombment was in Forest Lawn Memorial Park with pallbearers named. Stewart died on arrival at St Elizabeth Hospital Sunday and was a Beaumont native and retired metal worker who later ran Nelza s swimming pool at Loeb. He is survived by his wife Nelza Stewart of Loeb and a sister Leoma Ponish of Winston-Salem NC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Howell Stewart
Box 370
Loeb
L. M. Williams and Sons
Edgar Marcantel
Deweyville
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
J.C. Worthy
Bernard Cade
Ronald Seymour
Harold Ogden
Charles E. Trevathan
Bob Seymour
Stewart
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Nelza
Nelza Stewart
Leoma Ponish
Winston-Salem
N. C
Port Arthur and Houston Guests Visit Mrs Tryon Gibson
Recent guests at the home of Mrs. Tryon Gibson included Mrs. June Giddens and her Houston area children, along with Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Miers, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Gibson, and Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Gibson from Port Arthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tryon Gibson
June Giddens
Houston
Vernon Miers
Bruce Gibson
Delbert Gibson
Port Arthur
Incumbents Reseated In Silsbee School Election
Incumbents Dr W J Poshatask and Earl Wills won re election in Silsbee School with unofficial counts of 366 and 234 votes. Grady C Walters received 211 votes. Election judge E J Dietrich reported 425 ballots cast. Architect George Ingram to present final plans for the new Silsbee High School Building with bidding to begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Silsbee School Board
W. J. Poshataske
Earl Wills
Grady C. Walters
E. W. Baldwin
James L. Hayes
E. J. Deitrich
Achitect
George Ingram
Silsbee High School
Final Rites Held For Mrs Ada Karnes In Silsbee
Ada Karnes 77 of Silsbee died Saturday in Hardin Memorial Hospital Kountze after long illness. She was a Friendship Baptist Church member. survivors include husband Ralph Karnes two sons a daughter and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral 2 pm Monday at Friendship Baptist Church burial Rest Haven Cemetery.
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Ada Marie Karnes
Rt. 2
Silsbee
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Vidrine
Karnes
Friendship Baptist Church
Ralph Karnes
Willard Reddell
Lee Verance Reddell
Beaumont
George L, Turk
Wilson Ardoin
Lake Charles
Houston
Norman
Larry Reddell
George Clifford
Jimmy Turk
Co. W. Lawrence
Kenneth Wall
Robert Hearn
Yard Of Season Goes To Stovers
The yard of Mrs. Ear B. Stover was judged the yard of the season by the Silsbee Garden Club. Honorees include Mrs J E Wilson first, Mrs A J Brown second, Mrs Hugh Smith third, with Mrs Grace Tucker, Mrs R L Paret and Mrs Clarence Dehart receiving honorable mention. Azalea Garden Club judges. Mrs L H Wade chaired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ear B. Stover
Silsbee Garden Club
J. E. Wilson
A. J. Brown
Hugh Smith
Grace Tucker
R. L. Paret
Clarence Dehart
The
Azalea Garden Club
L. H. Wade
Junior High To Enter District Track Meet
The eighth and ninth graders at Silsbee Junior High will enter the Tri-County Junior High District Track Meet at Victor High School stadium on April 13 and 14. Finals in field events and preliminaries in track events occur April 13 with running finals on April 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Junior High School
Victor High School
S. A. Wallace
County Jail Houses 47 During Week
Hardin county sheriff's officers housed 47 persons at the jail in Kountze during the past week. Drunks led with 12 detentions, followed by five hot checks, four in frays, eight minors with alcohol, and multiple traffic and minor offenses including missing mortgage property, forgery, and weapons cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Kountze
Henry Overstreet
Tiger Trackmen Prep for District 9 AAA Meet at West Orange
Silsbee Tigers enter final warmup at West Orange Relays with prelims at 12 30 p m and finals at 7 p m. District 9 AAA schools set to compete including East Chambers Anahuac Buna and more. Steve Diden extends mile run win streak with 4 35 7 school record and Tom Dorrell leads 440 relay with podium finishes.
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Silsbee Tiger
West Orange
Victor
iEast Chambers
Anahuac
Buna
Tigers
Steve Diden
Silsbee
Joe James
Dale Nolen
Eddie Tennison
G. Dorrell
Brad Norvell
John Nichols
Dorrell
Bruce Parten
David Barnes
Silsbee elects three incumbents and approves 20 city charter amendments
Voter turnout was 520 of 1600 as H. C. Hopkins John J. Fordinal Jr and Paul Georgas won re election for the Silsbee City Council. Georgas led with 290 votes Fordinal 252 and Hopkins 230 while T C Freeman had 152. Amended charter changes passed by wide margins including nine shifting police to the city manager system. Nine write in votes surfaced Richard Jones seven Cobble and Tennison one each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Hopkins
John J. Fordinal Jr
Paul Georgas
Silsbee
Georgas
Fordinal
Hopkins
Coun
Cil
Richard Jones
Cecil Cobble
George Tennison
Funeral Services Held At Loeb For Herschel W. Bellew
Funeral services for Herschel Wayne Bellew 17 of Citronelle Alabama and formerly of Beaumont were held at Loeb Pentecostal Church with Rev. E W Stanley and Rev. Henry Shettles officiating. Burial followed at Forest Lawn Memorial Park with pallbearers named. Bellew was killed in a mobile accident in Citronelle Saturday night. He was a native of Sour Lake and lived in Beaumont until age seven. Survivors include his parents a sister and two brothers all of Citronelle and grandparents in Silsbee and Beaumont.
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Herschel Wayne Bellew
Citronelle
Ala
Beaumont
Loeb Pentecostal Church
E. W. Stanley
Henry Shettles
Emanuel Baptist Church
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Prince Beard
Buddy Reed
George Means
E. C. Breazel
E. E. Ogden
Murphy Stinson
Raymond Bartness
H. W. Pippin
Bellew
Sour Lake
James H. Bellew
Sherry Ann
Ricky
Rodney Bellew
C. C. Stinson
Country Lane Estates
Silsbee
Owen Bellew
Local Births Fill Silsbee Buna and Beaumont Areas
Mr and Mrs Kenneth D Cones announce a son David Wayne born April 4 at Baptist Hospital Beaumont. Grandparents include Mr and Mrs J D Cones and Mr and Mrs Travis Powell of Beaumont. Numerous other births noted in Kountze Silsbee Buna Evadale and Las Vegas with dates March 27 to April 4 and various parental lines.
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Kenneth D. Cones
Silsbee
David Wayne
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
J. D. Cones
This City
Travis Powell
Housty Brewers
Kansas City
Kans
Terry Lynn
Kansas University Medical Center
Charles Lindsey
Las Vegas
Nev
Women's Hospital
Jerry Dunn
Carl Lindsey Sr
Buna
Lindsey
Gwen Dunn
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Nelma Fay
Howard Singletary
Godfrey Thomas Ruddick Sr
Evadale
Godfrey Thomas Jr
James Belton
James Otto Baird
Charles Rupert Young Jr
Charles Rupert III
John Earl
G. L. Glaze Jr
George
Alfonso Moreno
James E. Moore
Darrell Wayne
Randy Read
Houston
Wayne Robinson
R. L. Read
Rice University
Read
Sigma Tau
Rice
Cub Pack 88 Schedule Meeting At Timberlane Estate
Cub Pack 88 announces a committee meeting at Mrs. Wilburn Hatton's Timberlane estate Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. The April theme is Mother Nature's Backyard. All den mothers and committee members urged to attend per Al Ivin Ragan.
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Wilburn Hatton
Timberlane Estate
al Ivin Ragan
Council To Study Cleanup Canvass Election Tonight
Silsbee City Council shifts April meeting to 7 30 p m to canvass Tuesday's city election returns. They may authorize letters to vacant lot owners to cut growth and trash or face a tax lien. Also bills, bids for a new backhoe rig, and a calculator printer were approved.
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Council
DuBose
City Delinquent Tax Collections Rise to 4748
City tax collector Cesar Dominguez reports delinquent taxes have come in quickly since March 1 when tax attorney Earl Stover started work. Total collected reaches 4748.71 with 22282.82 still outstanding. Dominguez notes 777.99 of receipts since April 1. Stover was hired to collect all delinquent accounts and letters have been sent before filing suit.
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Cesar Dominguez
Earl Stover
Dominguez
Stover
Tax Collector to Visit Evadale Tuesday
T. B. House, tax assessor collector for Jasper County, will be at the Evadale School tax office next Tuesday to take renditions on property. All residents in the area are asked to stop by to render their property.
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T. B. House
Jasper County
Evadale
Good Friday Service Planned in Silsbee
Residents of Silsbee and surrounding areas are invited to a Good Friday service at First Presbyterian Church on Highway 96 South from 12:00 noon to 3:00 pm. The service features ministers from local churches delivering sermons on the Seven Words of Christ with time for prayer and hymns.
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Silsbee
First Presbyterian Church
Highway 96 South
George McCall
P. F. Herndon
C. R. Johnson
S. Booker
Little League Tryouts Schedule Announced For Boys
James Skinner announces tryouts for ages 9 to 12 with separate 5 p m sessions on Monday Tuesday Thursday and Friday at local sites. Senior League tryouts for 13 to 15 year olds run at Santa Fe Baseball Park with similar times. Registration requires birth certificate and one parent. draft set for April 15 and planning meeting April 19 at Neches National Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Skinner
Santa Fe Baseball Park
Neches National Bank
New Silsbee Jaycees Officer slate led by C Z Pope Jr
C Z Pope Jr heads the slate of newly elected officers of the Silsbee Jaycees succeeding Horace Whittington as president on April 1. New officers include Joe Hignett Carl Jones Joe Roberts Joe Bell and Jesse Sanchez with incoming directors R F Sanford Dr N G Ferrell Gene Paramore and Basil Rodgers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Z. Pope Jr
Silsbee Jaycees
Horace Whittington
Joe Hignett
iCarl Jones
Joe Roberts
Joe Bell
Jesse Sanchez
Interclub
R. F. Sanford
Three Cases Heard In County Court
Three cases were heard in Hardin County Court by Judge Fletcher Richardson. On March 28 Jack Jackson of Buna was fined 60 dollars plus 60 dollars in court costs and sentenced to three days in county jail for misdemeanor driving while intoxicated. On March 31 Charlotte Canion of Beaumont was fined 9 dollars and costs for theft. On April 4 W S Robertson of Kountze was fined 11 dollars and costs for theft. All pleaded guilty.
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Hardin County
Fletcher Richardson
Jack Jackson
Buna
Charlotte Canion
Beaumont
W. S. Robertson Fof Kountze
Giant Easter Egg Hunt Planned by Silsbee Merchants
The Silsbee Merchants Association schedules a community Easter Egg Hunt for Saturday April 9 at the old Santa Fe ball park on North Sixth Street. Aimed at children in four age groups, the event offers 50 cash prize plastic eggs redeemable for one dollar each and thousands of wrapped candy eggs hidden around the park beginning at 2 30 p m.
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Silsbee Merchants Association
Santa Fe Ball Park
North Sixth Street
Silsbee Area
Old Park
Two Libel Suits Filed in 88th District Court
In Kountze 88th District Court saw two politically charged libel suits filed within a week. Pat Pace sues Archer Fullingim doing business as the Kountze News for 55000 and seeks legal remedies. Fullingim denies all allegations and lists local lawyers from Kountze and Silsbee. A separate suit names Howard Barrington seeking to restrain publication of the Loblolly Spike and prevent profanity. hearing on a temporary injunction set for Thursday at 10:30 a.m. in Kountze.
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Kountze
Pat Pace
Archer Fullingim
Pace
Harry Burns
Houston
Fullingim
Robert S. Coe
H. A. Coe Jr
A. L. Bevil
George Kirkpatrick Sr
George Kirkpartrick Jr
Earl B. Stover
Earl Wills
Terrell Buchanan
Silsbee
Howard Barrington
Tom Easley
James Read
Jerry Zuber
Nona Mills Lumber Co
The
Houston Chronicle
Barrington
Eugene Barrington
Sea Scout Lions Fish Fry Set For Friday May 13
The Silsbee Lions club plans the annual Sea Scout fish fry for Friday May 13. Tickets go on sale next week from Lions or Sea Scouts, with proceeds funding the Sea Scout program for boys aged 14 to 18. At the next Lions meeting Gordon Baxter will show Vietnam trip films.
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Silsbee Sea Scout
Silsbee Lions Club
Lions Club
Sea Scouts
Gordon Baxter
Vietnam
Hendrix and Gill Named Distinquished A and M Students
Texas A M University lists two Silbee residents among fall term Distinguished Students. Criteria require a 2 25 GPA and no grade below C. Recipients include Clifford Dale Hendrix, senior accounting, and Ellis Charles Gill, senior pre medicine, both sons of local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas A&m University
Silsbee
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. H. Stewart
Board of Trustees
Don L. Hough
Ada Karnes
Stovers
Tiger
T. C. Freeman
Herschel W. Bellew
Cub Pack
Silsbee City
Wayne DuBose
J. A. Hendrix
H. L. Foster
F. C. Drake
Eugene Jonte
Jesse Bain
Sam Ferrell
Carole Cobble
Ray Collins
First Baptist Church
Southwestern Theological Seminary
Fort Worth
P. m. Skinner
C. Z. Pope,Jr
Jaycee
Sea Scout Lions
Hendrix, Gill
A&m
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