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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1964
Page
5
A local election note reports postmarked ballots arriving before the deadline and an expected Hardin County absentee total slightly over 600. The figure would approach the 631 absentee votes cast in the last presidential primary, signaling a robust turnout.
Gordon Dickinson is committed to Rusk from Hardin County on February 22 1962 after a jury found him insane in the murder case of Robert Parks of Silsbee on September 30 1961. Parks deputy sheriffs Moore and E W Coleman and State Patrolman Hickman were shot during a door service for a pick up warrant. Dickinson was wounded in the exchange. A June 22 trial will re examine Dickinson to determine current sanity.
A. Y. Ball aged 68, formerly of Silsbee, died Wednesday afternoon in Fredericksburg. Born in Village Mills in 1896 he lived in Silsbee until 1937 then Beaumont for plumbing and tinsmithing. He moved to Fredericksburg in 1948 and worked for the Texas Game and Fish Commission until retirement. Survived by wife Julia and brothers F. T. Ball of Liberty and W. H. Ball of Woodville. Funeral arrangements by Farmer Funeral Home to be announced later.
The Southern Forest Research Institute marked dedication of a new insect laboratory and 250 acre experimental forest near Sour Lake on Wednesday to study the southern pine beetle. General Earl Rudder of Texas A&M spoke as institute president O. R. Crawford presided.
In a humorous crossover of sports and politics, Ken Johnson pitched a no hitter for the Houston Colt .45s but lost 1-0 to the Cincinnati Reds. Senator Ralph Yarborough, amid a Senate campaign, was joking with a policeman when the mix up was clarified.
The Silsbee Chamber of Commerce named Independence Day Labor Day Thanksgiving Christmas and New Year as official city holidays. They also designated May 25 through May 31 as Cleanup Paintup Fixup Week with Richard E. Jones as steering-committee chairman. The group discussed a proposed Hardin County junior college and deemed it timely to pursue but not suited to Silsbee residents at present.
Paul Fe Anderson, 60, died at 1 3 p.m. last Thursday at his home 825 Highway 96 South Silsbee. Services were at 4 p.m. Friday at First Assembly of God Church with Rev J A Hendrix officiating. Former Funeral Home directed. Burial followed at Resthaven Cemetery Silsbee.
Herbert Hooks dies and is mourned with thanks from his family. Pallbearers listed include Loral Vaught J C Haynes T B Read W G McNaughten Glenn McNaughten and C L Howell. Albert a Anderson widow Alberta of Silsbee and Edward Anderson of Golden are named survivors.
Archaeologists analyze ancient stone tools to infer handedness in early humans. Wear patterns and tool asymmetry suggest a dominant right hand in prehistoric populations, indicating a possible early preference that parallels modern humans.
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