Absentee Voting Opens for May 4 Primary in Hardin County
Absentee voting for the May 4 Democratic Primary began Monday in Hardin County and runs through April 30. By Wednesday afternoon 17 voters had cast ballots at the county clerk’s office, as officials note a potential record turnout. With 13,248 registered voters, Silsbee precinct has the largest share at 5,589, followed by Chance Loeb with 1,978 and Kountze with 1,955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Clarence McNeely
McNeely
Kourtze
Willie Bean
Silsbee
Chance Loeb
Kountze
Silsbee Library Plans National Library Week Observance
Silsbee Public Library trustees organize National Library Week April 21 27 with Be All You Can Read as theme. Activities include school student posters displays in merchants windows a Pines Theater film a Lions Club talk on Central Library System proposed legislation and Fine Forgiveness Week waiving overdue fines. A book slot at the entrance facilitates returns to recover overdue books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Public Library
Jack Evans
Evans
Charles Stephen
C. R. Lambert
H. T. Horka
Frank Duran
R. O. Jackson
Silsbee Art League
Weeks Crawford
Silsvee
Evadale
Lumberton
Fred
Holmes
Pines
Silsbee Lions Club
Three Held As Jail For Car Theft in Beaumont
Sixty persons jailed in Hardin County over the past two weeks per deputy Curtis Davis. Two Lumperton juveniles accused of stealing two cars in Beaumont, later stripped for accessories. A 14 year old from Galveston held in Sour Lake. he allegedly drove to Fort Polk to see a brother. Additional detainees include burglary, drunkenness, disturbing the peace, DWI, assault, rape, child abandonment, felony theft, and traffic offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Curtis Davis
Lumperton
Beaumont
Lamberton
Galveston
Fort Polk
Sour Lake
Two Boys Injured In Monday Bike Mishap
Silsbee youths ages 12 and 13 were injured when their bicycle entered the path of a pulpwood truck near Roosevelt Drive and 12th Street. Jerry Dale Sims, 12, was taken to St Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont with deep facial head abrasions and possible internal injuries. Leonard Crane, 13, was treated at Tennison Clinic for forehead and body lacerations and released.
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Silsbee
Roosevelt Drive
12Th Street
Jerry Dale Sims
J. L. Sims
Roosevelt
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Leonard Crane
Harvell Crane
Tennison Clinic
David E. Drake
Drake
Woodrow Edwards Sr
J. C. Hurst
South Hampton Co
Hurst
Sims
Crane
Increase In Marriages Expected In County
Hardin County anticipates a surge in marriages as a wave of young adults reaches 20 to 25, driven by postwar birth rates. Census figures estimate about 2.47 million in the area entering peak marrying age, with potential $5.4 million in new household spending as 1,200 new households form. Local merchants expect follow-on spending on furniture, appliances, and housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hardin County
Final Rites Held Wednesday For J. C. Allbritton
Funeral services for Jesse O Allbritton 76 of Silsbee were held at 2 p m Wednesday at Farmer Funeral Home with Rev R F E Barclay of First Baptist Kirbyville officiating Burial was in Resthaven Cemetery He died at 10 30 p m Monday in Hardin Memorial Hospital after a long illness He was a native of Spurger and longtime resident of the Kirbyville area He was a member of First Baptist Church of Kirbyville and a World War I veteran Surviving are his wife Ruth and four daughters Mrs Clayon Stutts Mrs Lenox Hawthorne Mrs Rene Lemons and Mrs Wayne McNeil two sisters Mrs Emma Heard and Mrs Minnie Sheffield Pallbearers were grandsons Lenox Hawthorne Jr Jesse Hawthorne Richard Hawthorne Rene Lemons Howard Grant and Lawrence Wayne McNeil
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse O Allbritton
Silsbee
Farmer Funeral Home
R. F E. Barclay
First Baptist Church
Resthaven Cemetery
Allbritton
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Spurger
Kirbyville
First Baptist Church of
Ruth C. Allbritton
Clayon Stutts
Lenox Hawthorne
Silshee
Rene Lemons
Hardin
Wayne McNeil
West Fork
Ark
Emma Heard
Longview
Minnie Sheffield
Port Arthur
Lenox Hawthorne Jr
Jesse
Richard Hawthorne
Howard Grant
Lawrence
Arson Try Fails On Silsbee School Office Building
An arson attempt at the Silsbee School administration building and tax office failed when a Molotov bottle with kerosene or gasoline burned out beside the rear door. The incident occurred Tuesday night. the bottle shattered after heating, leaving scorch marks about two by three feet. Assistant Superintendent Bruce Watts Jr. found the site at 7:45 am Wednesday. police are investigating. The building housed records, pay, insurance, minutes, and tax files critical to the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee School Administration
Bruce Watts Jr
Silsbee Police
Ronald G Phears Killed In Action At Khe Sanh
Army Warrant Officer Ronald Gene Phears 25 of Silsbee Texas was killed during a reconnaissance mission over Khe Sanh Vietnam. His helicopter was shot down April 4 and he was declared dead after being reported missing April 11. Survived by wife Marion Jean Phears daughter Ananda Jean Phears and his parents Bert and Mrs Phears. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Allison Funeral Home Liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Ronald Gene Phears
Marion Jean Phears
Silsbee
Vietnam
Phears
Khe Sanh
Liberty
Stephen F. Austin State College
Nacogdoches
Thermofax
Houston
Texaco Inc
el Campo
Ananda Jean Phears
Bert Phears
Mari
Students to Stage Youth Center Membership Drive
Silsbee youths led by the Silshee Youth Activities Association will canvass 12 town sections Thursday and Friday to raise funds for a $4,000 annual budget. Wayne Robinson, membership chairman, says $3 for families and $2 for individuals, with area groups assigned by Randy Smith, aim to support center improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silshee
Randy Smith
Charles Landgraf
Valinda
Prewitt
Marshall Lane
Lindsey Road
Chris Crawford
Silsbee Junior High
Woodrow Subdivision
Britton-Cravens
Woodlen
Randy Koll
Free Subdivision
Roosevelt Drive
First Baptist Church
Ellen Buchanan
Kirby Subdivision
Read-Turrentine
Phyllis Parks
Weas
O'Neil School
Avenue L
Gwendolyn Trotty
Robinson School
Waldo- Mathews
Robinson
Banks To Take Holiday Monday In San Jacinto Observance
Silsbee State Bank Neches National Bank and Hardin County Savings and Loan will close Monday April 22 to observe San Jacinto Day. The holiday marks the 1836 battle where Texans defeated Santa Anna’s forces with 800 Texans dead or captured and 1500 Mexican soldiers routed. A 60th Legislature regulation requires banks to close on the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee State Bank
Neches National Bank
Hardin
County Savings and Loan
San Jacinto
Texas
Mexico
Sam Houston
Santa Anna
New Firms Added In C of C Drive
The Silsbee Chamber of Commerce board met in the Heritage Room of Silsbee State Bank at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday April 16 with Nelson Long Jr. as president. W A Cawthon reported on the Memorship Drive as R F Sanford was absent. Chamber investments rose to 788.00 due to seven new members and voluntary increases from 24 existing members. A E Johnson was named to the executive committee by Long. The board approved continuing cooperation with a five county Chamber group to promote a Texas Trail linked to Governor Connally's tourism plan across Orange Jefferson Chambers Liberty and Hardin counties. Trail brochures will highlight historic sites. signs will be placed along the route. The group discussed an Industrial Museum and Park in Silsbee to be marked by a 1969 Diamond Jubilee celebration and asked directors to study needs and possible sites and funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silshee Chamber of Commerce
Silshee State Bank
Nelson Long Jr
W. A. Cawthon
R. F. Sanford
Silsbee Chamber
A. E. Johnson
East Texas Transit Mix Concrete Co
Chamber
Long
Chamber of Commerce
Orange
Jefferson
Chambers, Liberty
Hardin
John Connally
Texas
Silsbee
Major J. C. Monk Receives Third Air Force Commendation
Belleville, retired U S Air Force Major Joseph C Monk received his third Air Force Commendation Medal at Scott AFB. He is cited for meritorious service as chief reserve forces medical affairs and office of the command surgeon. Monk, 20-year veteran, was commissioned in 1955 after Officer Candidate School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville
U. 8 Air Force
Joseph C Monk
J. A. Monk
Silsbee
Air Force Commendation
Scott Afb
Monk
Air Force
Reserve Forces Medical Affairs
Scott
Kirbyville High School
University of Maryland
Midwestern University
Wichita Falls
Texas
Eve
Martha Sarneski
Lakeshore Drive
Lexington
Harold F. Funsch
Headquarters
Military Airlift Command
Little League To Meet Monday Night
The Silsbee Little League schedules a meeting Monday at 7 30 p m at the Neches National Bank. Registration slips should be handed to any manager or to Martin Wilson the league president. Mrs Donna Nolen of Beaumont and Mrs Bertie Edwards of New Orleans visited over the weekend at the Richardson home with Mrs Edwards staying longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Little League
Neches National Bank
Martin Wilson
Little League
Donna Nolen
Beaumont
Bertie Edwards
New Orleans
J. H. Richardson
Edwards
Claude Ashworth Funeral Rites Held in Silsbee
Funeral services for Claude E. Ashworth Sr. 67 a Silsbee pioneer were held at 2 p m Saturday at the First Baptist Church of Silsbee with Rev R E Barclay and Rev Dan Bynum officiating. Burial followed at Knapp le Cemetery under Farmer Funeral Home direction. Ashworth, a retired machinist with the Santa Fe Railroad, belonged to several lodges and is survived by two sons and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude E. Ashworth Sr
Silsbee
First Baptist Church of
R. E. Barclay
Silsbee Church
Dan Bynum
First ‘Methodist Church
Woodville
Knapple Cemetery
Farmer Funeral Home
Ashworth
Nouston
Bertie, Edwards
New Orleans
Funeral Services Held Tuesday For Elman Alexander
Funeral services for Elman J. Alexander 48 of Silsbee were held Tuesday at Sunny Acres Baptist Church with Rev. Chester Carpenter and Connie Young officiating. Burial followed at Cunningham Cemetery. Alexander died after becoming ill at work at Bethlehem Steel Co. in Beaumont. He was a lifelong Silsbee resident and a member of Sunny Acres Church. He left a widow, Betty, six daughters, three sons, one sister, two brothers and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elman J. Alexander
Silsbee
Sunny Acres Baptist Church
Chester Carpenter
Connie Young
Cunningham Cemetery
Farmer Funeral Home
Alexander
Bethlehem Steel Co
Beaumont
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Betty Alexander
David Alexander
Charles Creech
Johnny Creech
Pineland
Juanita Smith
Lynn Gladys
Dorothy Ann Alexander
Nancy Sue
Dorthy Lee Creech
Jimmy Lee Lumas
Kirbyville
Addie Alexander
Sherman, Selman
Geary Alexander
Tank Truck Damaged by Fire Near Silsbee
An explosion and fire at the railway tank car loading rack a mile north of Silsbee at 10 30 p m Friday destroyed the fiberglass cab and tractor of a tank truck and scorched the trailer with no injuries reported. Ronald Renz of South Hampton said cause under investigation and praised Silsbee and Kountze Fire Departments for their response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
South Hampton Co
Ronald Renz
South Hampton
Hich
Kountze
Evans Products
Patricia Cook to Join Lamar Honor Society
Miss Patricia Cook a Lamar College junior education major has been invited to join Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society for academic excellence and good character Initiation will be on May 15 at the campus She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John French Cook of Silsbee Arkansas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Cook
Lamar College
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Miss Cook
Alpha Lambda Delta Freshman Women's Honor Society
John French Cook
Silsbee
Grand Jury Indicts Four Teenagers For Rape
Four teenagers were released on bond from Hardin County jail in Kountze after noon on charges of abducting a 14-year-old girl from Silsbee High School and criminally assaulting her Wednesday. Released were John Wheeler 19 of Kountze Mike Edward elk 18 Larry Franklin Jones 17 of Silsbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Kountze
Silsbee High School
John Wheeler
Mike Edward Elk
Larry Franklin Jones
Silsbee
Jeff Larve Overstreet
Henry O. Overstreet
C. A. Kimball
Sils‘bee Police Department
Hardin County Sheriff's Department
Dist. Atty. R. A. Richardson
Atty
Dwayne Overstreet
Hardin County Grand Jury
Philip R. Holmes
Kirbyville
Garcia Thomas
Arthur Holland Jr
Damian Lopez
DWI
Silsbee Teachers Ask Board For Raise And Holidays
The Silsbee Classroom Teachers Association asked the board for a $600 salary raise and for spring holidays in 1968 69 to run five days before Easter with any extra days after Easter. The group's executive board led by Mona Plunk and Mary Kay Muckleroy requested full consideration while officials noted factors before a pay decision. Also approved were personnel for 1968 69 including reassignment at Silsbee High School and addition of a speech correction unit if feasible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Classroom Teachers Association
Board of Education
Silsbee Independent School
Mona Plunk
Mary Kay Muckleroy
Silsbee
Lst
Don L. Hough
C. A. Johns
Waldo-Mathews School
Silsbee High School
Mary T. Wilson
Hough
Wdding
Evadale Girls Win District Track Meet
Evadale High School girls track team dominated the District 35 B meet in Eva dalle on Tuesday with 214 points eight golds and six silvers. Omarine Burrell led with wins in five events including the 100 yard dash hurdles broad jump triple jump and anchor in the 440 relay. YoYo Burrell Brenda George Linda Jones and Della Hester also secured multiple first place finishes. First and second place finishers qualified for the regional meet on Friday April 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evadale
High Island
Omarine Burrell
YoYo Burrell
Brenda George
Jaycee Oyster Fry At O'Neil Friday
The Silsbee Jaycees host an oyster fry with all trimmings on Friday April 19 at O Neil Intermediate School. Serving runs 5 30 p m to 8 30 p m or while oysters last with tickets from any Jaycee or at the door. Proceeds fund civic projects and charity work. The event includes Region 6 D meeting at 7 30 p m with Southeast Texas Jaycee chapters. Richard Worley is chapter president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Neil Intermediate
The
Silsbee Jaycees
Silsbee Junior Chamber
Jaycees
Silsbee Jaycee
Jaycee
Texas
Richard Worley i
Silsbee
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J. C. Allbritton
Ronald G. Phears
Jean Crouch
J. N. Crouch
Hamilton
Ohio
Friendship Baptist Church
Maj
J. C. Monk
Commendation
Claude Ashworth
Elman Alexander
Lamar Honor Society
Boy Scout Troop
Jaycee Oyster Fry
O'Neil
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