Weekend Wrecks injure three and damage brick wall
Four weekend auto accidents injured three people and caused about 5000 dollars in damages to seven vehicles and one brick wall. Patricia Ann Desormeaux 19 and Kim Desormeaux 7 of Victor Pa were injured when their Toyota was broadside by Albert Bussell 71 of Silsbee. Kim treated then released Patricia admitted in fair condition. In another crash Eddie Brooks 20 of Silsbee struck a wall at Prince Hall Villa. Two pickups collided at Villa Road and US 69 near Kountze. Don Wallace 39 Trinidad ticketed for failure to yield. Wallace's car 400 damage Moore's 200 damage. Other minor crashes reported at Highway 92 418 and 92 418.
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Victor
Patricia Ann Desormeaux
Kim Desormeaux
Albert Bussell
Silsbee
Ed Thedford
Bussell
Desormeaux
US 96
Highway 327
Esplanade
Kim
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Russell
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Patricia Ann
Eddie Brooks
Prince Hall Villa
Brooks
Thedford
Villa Road
US 69
Kountze
Don Harmon
D. W
Rocky” Richardson
Richard Middleton
Middleton
Wayne Hatcher
Harmon
Highway 92
Highway 418
James Martin
Don Jack Wallace
Trinidad
Dalton Wilford Moore
Nederland
Wallace
Moore
Don L. Hawthorne
Toyota
Albert Russell
Beaumont
Burglary Charges Filed On Silsbee Youth
A 19 year old Silsbee resident and two Kountze minors were arrested Saturday by Sheriff Henry Overstreet on burglary charges for the Thursday Burglary of Stutts Grocery in Kountze. They allegedly took about 100 dollars worth of cigarettes clothing food and beer. Hawkins was released on bond and the juveniles were released to their parents.
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Silsbee
Henry Overstreet
Stutts
Silsbee Youth Charged With Theft In Beaumont Court
A 17 year old Silsbee youth, William J. McCullough, was charged with felony driving in Beaumont Justice Court after allegedly taking a customer’s car from Beaumont Motor Co. and being captured after returning it. A 16 year old companion was turned over to juvenile authorities.
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Silsbee
Beaumont Justice Court
William J. McCullough
Court of Justice of the Peace
Land firms and county set talks on Neches River roads
County Judge Emmett Lack and O F Crawford of Southwestern Timber Co met with land firm officials to discuss four proposed public roads from Highway 92 to the Neches River. Landowners offered to donate right of way if the county builds maintains and fences the roads. A special Commissioners Court session is planned for August 13 in Kountze to finalize proposals with Kirov Temple Lumber Co Mastex and other holders attending.
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Emmett Lack
Hardin County
O. R. Crawford
Southwestern Timber Co
Silsbee
Neches River
Park Road
Crawfford
Lack
Commissioners Court
Kountsze
Kirov Temple Lumber Co
Mas‘tex
Monday Burglary At Oil Co Office Nets $750
The Tri aode Refining Co. office on FM 2 reported a burglary and theft of about $750. Manager David Roberts found an opened safe at 8 a.m. Monday. The homemade pipe safe with a swinging window door had been padlocked Friday, but the padlock was twisted off. The office had been left unlocked over the weekend for truck drivers.
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Triaode Refining Co
FM 2
David Roberts
Roberts
Herbert Hargraves
Lumberton Band Director Opens Individual Practice Registrations
Lumberton Reider Band director Benny Hosah invites high school and eighth grade students to sign up for individual practice sessions. A student who did not receive a letter is instructed to contact Hosah at the school.
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Benny Hosah
Lumberton Reider Band
Hosah
Schol
Atlantic-Richfield's tax suit continued to Sept 2 trial
Atlantic-Richfield's lawsuit against Hardin County remains active with a reset trial for 10 a.m. September 2 in the 88th District Court at Kountze. The case, filed in 1967, claims county property values were illegally high and discriminatory, with a second suit filed in 1968. Defendants include county officials individually and as members of the commissioners court and board of equalization.
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Atlantic-Richfield
Hardin County
88Th District Court
Kountze
Oil Company
J. P. Matthews
Liberty
H. A. Coe
Atlantic
Alledging
Matthews
Commissioners Court
Board of Equalization
Worker Burned In Oil Well Fire
Earl Breaux aged 48 suffered third degree burns over about 75 percent of his body when a well fire engulfed him on Tuesday. He was trapped in flames during the incident at the oil site and was hospitalized for treatment.
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Earl Breaux
B W Ross Named Silshee Schools Band Director
B W Ross former New London band director is named Silshee High School Band Director by Principal Weeks Crawford. He begins duties this fall after James Jones resignation. Ross bands won six consecutive UIL first places and performed at Red River Exposition in Winnipeg. He earned a BA and M A from Stephen F Austin University. He and wife LaVerne have two daughters Sheila and LaVita.
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B. W. Ross
New London
Silshee
Weeks Crawford
Ross
James Jones
Winnipeg
Canada
Stephen F. Austin University
Nacogdoches
LaVerne
Sheila
LaVita
Football Tickets Go On Sale For Tigers Home Games
Reserved seat tickets for the Tigers six home games go on sale August 18 at the school administration office from 4 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. The first week is for option holders from last season, with general sales August 25-29. Some away-game tickets also available. Tigers move to District 22-AAAA for 1969. Schedule includes September 12 Jesuit Houston.
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Tigers
West Avenue H
Bruce Watts
Voters approve amendments in Silsbee election
Four hundred forty four Silsbee voters cast ballots on nine state constitution amendments on Tuesday ag 5. Four amendments passed with Hardin County totals showing support for Amendments 1 5 7 and 8. The measure raises welfare costs by 20 million for old age assistance and other needy classes. Amendment 7 extends aid to certain public employee survivors and No 8 authorizes 200 million in bonds for student loan programs.
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Silsbee
Ag. 5
Hardin County
Richard Jones
Young Cyclist Hit By Auto In Kountze
A nine year old Kountze boy named Wesley Lewis was struck by a car at Vaughn and Fourth Streets around 1 p m on Wednesday August 6. He was riding a bicycle when the collision occurred and was taken to Hardin Memorial Hospital for a deep cut in his upper left leg. Deputy Sheriff Lester Cowart and Highway Patrolman Wayne Hatcher investigated the accident. Harold Gardner and sons returned Sunday from a six day camping and sightseeing trip in Arkansas Missouri and Oklahoma.
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Kountze
Vaughn and
Fourth Streets
Lester Cowart
Wesley Lewis
Joe Pickering
Silsbee
Lewis
Harding Memorial Hospital
Cowart
Wayne Hatcher
Harold Gardner and Sons
Arkansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Christmas Decorations For City To Be Replaced
The Silsbee Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants Committee met on August 5 to plan replacement of decade old decorations. Chairman Jimmy Jeffrevy said many are faded and need replacing. Gulf States Utilities cited installation limits. A permanent Decorations Fund will fund annual replacements with fair share merchant contributions to the Chamber office.
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Silsbee
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Jimmy Jeffrevy
Ross
Gulf States Utilities
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Softball League Setup Meeting Planned for Aug 11
An organizational meeting for a church softball league will be held Monday, August 11 at 7 p.m. in the Neches Room of Neches National Bank. Ralph McClung will lead the session to form teams from local churches.
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Church
Neches
Neches National Bank
Ralph McClung
Dallas Visitor Ricky Munden at Parents Home
Ricky Munden of Dallas is visiting at the home of his parents Dr and Mrs H F Miun cen.
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Ricky Munden
Dallas
Mrs. H. FE. Miuncen
Underpass Dedication Opens Hardin County Route
Hardin County formally dedicates the four lane Silseer by pass on Highway 327 96 under the AT and SF right of way. A. E. Johnson cuts the ribbon with Lenox Hawthorne presiding. Officials praise the project for safety and community support. The underpass had been open months while final work continued.
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A. E. Johnson
Silsbee Highway Committee
Johnson
Hardin County
Silseer
At&sf
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Lenox Hawthorne
Virgil Caraway
Claude Coward
Lester Lundgraf
Highways Commission
Emmett Lack
Franklin C. Young
Shaven Faces Deadline For Silsbee Jubilee
Sept 1 is deadline for shaven faces in Silsbee as Vigilante committee requires evidence of growing beards sideburns or mustaches or face lading and fines. Beards will be welcome during Diamond Jubilee Week Oct 11 18 with invitations to Nixon Dowdy Yarborough and others.
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Silsbee
Robert Ward
Robert A. Scott
Nixon
U. S
John Dowdy
Charles Wilson
Don Adshill
U. S&s
Ralph Yarbrough
Jack Brooks
Preston Smith
John G. Tower
Scott
W. Thomas
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Silsbee Youth
Beaumont Court
Oil Co
Lumberton Band
County
Silshee Schools
Breaux
Otis Russell Drilling Co
Bay City
Jesuit
Houston
J F. C. Young
Lester Landgraf
Don L. Hough
Young
J. P. White
KKAS
A. F. Johnson
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