Five Silsbee youths fined for throwing brick
Five Negro youths from Silsbee were fined 100 dollars plus court costs each for disturbing the peace after a brick was thrown through a car window belonging to a Houston man visiting his parents near Silsbee State Bank. The youths faced initial malicious mischief charges. the car’s driver was Joe Blackmon of the Houston Fire Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Court of Justice of the Peace
J. M. Bowman
Chance-Loeb
Dave Rountree
Houston
Silsbee State Bank
Bernard Parks
Ira Moore
Mervin Eddie Williams Jr
Tommy Earl White
Charles Ray Dixon
Carl Lester Green
Eldridge Carter
Hardin County Sheriff’s Office
Joe Blackmon
Houston Fire Department
H. M. Blackmon
Moore
Rountree
County junior college steering body named
A Hardin County steering committee formed to promote a countywide junior college district includes Lamar Hargrove as chair and Ray Edmondson as vice chair. The group aims to gather petitions, survey local needs, and seek approval from the Texas Education Agency and State Board of Education to hold an election on forming the district with a seven trustee board and a tax levy up to one dollar per hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Lamar Hargrove
Kountze
Ray Edmondson
Sour Lake
Supt
Clarence Keevert
Howard Hargrove
Silsbee
N. H. Stubblefield
Saratoga
Leon Kindle
Batson
Clifton Caraway
E. A. Luce
Chance-Loeb
Chuck Newson
Kounize
Texas Education Agency
State Board of Education
Hardin County Junior College
Kountze Chambers of Commerce
Kountze Group
University of Houston
Richard D. Strahan
Strahan
U of H
Trustees Study Budget and Taxes at Silsbee ISD Meeting
Silsbee Independent School District trustees planned a regular meeting with four resignations on the agenda. New hires included Melvin Adams De LoRes Wiggins Kirby Mathews Carol Jean Cleaver Waldo Mathews and Jewel Hare. Budget review for 1964 65 and the amended budget hearing date were to be set, with tax rate discussion and a progress report on the Pritchard and Abbott appraisal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Independent School
Don L Hough
Willie Frazier
Thelma Boon
Lela Parker
Sammie Armour
Hough
Melvin Adams
Delores Wiggins
Kirby
Kirby , First Mathews Fifth Grade; Carol Jean Cleaver, Waldo Mathews P. E
Jewel Hare
Pritchard and Abbott
Two County Court Cases End With Fines and Jail Time
Two cases heard this week by County Judge Fletcher Ricardson resulted in penalties. Charles C. Coburn, about 35, of Beaumont, was fined $50 and costs and sentenced to three days in jail for driving while intoxicated first offense. R L Jordan, about 22, of Kountze, received 30 days and a $250 fine plus costs for aggravated assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher Ricardson
Charles C. Coburn
Coburn
Beaumont
R. L. Jordan
Kountze
Final Rites Today For James Perritt In Fort Worth
Funeral services for James Ross Perritt 45 of 745 Roosevelt Dr will be at 4 p m today at First Methodist Church with Rev R Eugene Jonte and Rev R E Barclay officiating. Perritt died Monday at Hardin Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. He was a Fort Worth native who lived in Silsbee nine years and worked as a roustabout for Sinclair Refining Co. He leaves his wife Lois Perritt three daughters Delores Keeland Linda Perritt and Vonda Perritt a son Paul his mother Mrs Mattie Perritt a brother John C Perritt and four sisters Lillian Carlile Linnie Mae Jenkins Rosa Whatley and Katherine Garrett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ross Perritt
Roosevelt Dr
First Methodist Church
R. Eugene Jonte
R. E. Barclay
First Baptist Church
Perritt
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Fort Worth
Silsbee
Sinclair Refining Co
Harmony Baptist Church
Lois Perritt
Delores Keeland
Linda Perritt
Vonda Perritt
Paul of
Mattie Perritt
John C. Per
From County Attend Seminar on Civil Rights
Five Hardin County officials joined a Houston FBI led seminar on civil rights last Thursday. About 200 law officers attended as FBI instructors outlined that enforcement lies with the courts and federal prosecutors, with peace officers acting only when laws are broken. Attendees from Hardin included County Judge Fletcher Richardson, County Attorney Dwayne Overstreet, District Attorney R A Richardson, Sheriff-Elect Henry O Overstreet, and Deputy Sheriff Curtis Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin
County
Houston
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U. S. Attorney General's Office
East Texas
FBI
Hardin County
Fletcher Richardson
Dwayne Overistreet
R. A.richardson
Henry O. Overstreet
Curtis Davis
Joey Taylor to Attend National Pi Kappa Alpha Convention
Joey E. Taylor son of Mr and Mrs J J Taylor of Silsbee will represent Epsilon Kappa Chapter Pi Kappa Alpha as delegate to the National Convention in Denver Colorado August 20 to 26 He departs August 17 and returns after the Denver Hilton adjournment He was elected as the chapter delegate after being named outstanding pledge from the Fall 1963 pledge class He is a Lamar Tech sophomore and has served as chapter historian and editor of Fraternities the Lamar Tech Interfraternity Council publication He will rush with his fraternity in tall rush after returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe E. Taylor
J. J. Taylor
Britton Drive
Silsbee
Epsilon Kappa Chapter
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Pi Kappa Alpha
Denver
Colo
Denver Hilton
Joey
Lamar Tech
Lamar Tech Interfraternity Council
Lamar
Commissioners Move To Obtain Right of Way Near Highway 327
Hardin County Commissioner's Court ordered condemnation proceedings for parcels on Highway 327 Extension between U S 96 and the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe tracks. Owners include I V McWhorter Stedman Co Sinclair Oil and Gas Great Southern Life Jasper Federal Savings and Loan John Meyers and others. The court also awarded Bill's Asphalt Construction Co a $14,652 contract to finish the courthouse parking lot, the sole other bid from A F Jones and Sons Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. 96
iGulf
Hardin County Commissioner’s Court
I. V. McWhorter
Stedman Co
Sinclair Oil and Gas Co
Great ‘Southern Life Insurance Co
Jasper Federal Savings and Loan Association
John Meyers Et Ax
Sara L. Knupple
J. L. Shine
Bill's Asphalt Construction Co
Beaumont
A. F. Jones and Sons Inc
Silsbee Boy Stricken With Polio At Five
Michael Lowe five year old of Silsbee is hospitalized in Beaumont with paralytic polio confirmed by spinal tap. He awoke unable to stand Sunday, his left leg more affected, and was sent to a specialist in Beaumont for treatment. His father is pastor of Sunny Acres Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Lowe
Silsbee
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Mildred Jordan
Michael
Denver Lowe
Wade Parker
Lowe
Sunny Acres Baptist Church
Tigers Face Season With 14 Returning Lettermen
Coach Ray McGallion plans to build on 14 lettermen including Bellenger O'Dell Colins and Brown in the backfield with 10 linemen back from last year's co champions The pre season session is set Sunday at the football field and medical reports are due then Bellenger Flanagan and Hobbs headline the backfield with Flanagan a strong kicker returning from last season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiger Football
Ray McGallion
McGallion
Tigers
Ted O’dell
Bill Bellenger
James Colins
Doyle Brown
Jimmy King
Jerry Simmons
Bellenger
Rand Develops Treadmaster Training Device for Athletes
Groesbeck coach Jimmy Rand demonstrates the Treadmaster a year round athletic training aid and conditioner inspired by a treadmill. The belt runs 36 inches wide on crowned pulleys with leg driven motion and a brake to adjust effort. Rand has sought a patent and shown the device at coaching schools in Florida Texas and colleges with strong interest. He and his family stay with the Caraway families during the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coach Rand
Rand
Florida
Texas
Lester Caraway
Clifton Caraway
Band Rehearsals Start Next Week for Silsbee Groups
Preschool rehearsals for Silsbee High and Silsbee Junior High marching bands begin Monday August 17. Rehearsals run Monday to Thursday with high school band at 430 PM and junior high at 830 AM. Uniforms issued after this Monday’s session. Football program pictures set for Wednesday August 19 at 9 AM. New instruments ordered by the school board have arrived except one junior high bass drum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee High School
Silsbee
Melvin Winger
Winger
Navy family visits parents during leave from overseas duty
Mr and Mrs James R Pate and their children, lately stationed in Japan and the Philippines with the US Navy for five years, visit the home of her parents Mr and Mrs A R Hardison. After a two week stay they will be stationed at Skuggs Island California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Pate
Japan
Philippines
US Navy
A. R Hardison
Skuggs Island
Calif
Street Work Progressing on Overhead Tank and Roads
City begins constructing a 500000 gallon overhead water storage tank at the Woodrow water well site with pilings driven and foundation to finish next week. Hard surfaced road on Free Street starts, Weathersby Street base to begin, Parks Street delayed by right of way issues. Base work on Avenue P and 15th Street complete, seals to be applied. area includes Avenue O and 12th 13th Streets under new street program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirby Lilljedahl
Woodrow
Free Street
Weathersby
Parks Street
Avenue P
15Th Street
Lilliedahl
Avenue O
12Th
13Th
Tulsa residents plan return after visiting Silsbee ties
J. L. Venable and daughter and Mrs. Rosa Venable of Tulsa and former Silsbee residents plan to return home Friday after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Thrisher in Kountze. S/Sgt Bruce B. Fairchild of Silsbee attended a one day personnel conference in Austin on Aug. 4. Mrs. E. J. Jones visited relatives in Nacogdoches and Cushing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Venable
Rosa Venable
Tulsa
Silsbee
C. C. Thrisher
Kountze
Bruce B. Fairchild
Route 2
GEEIA
Texas Air National Guard
Nederland
Austin
E. J. Jones
Nacogdoches
Cushing
Don Patten
Highlands
Local Births in Silsbee and Beaumont Trace August Daughters
The notice lists numerous newborn girls across Silsbee and Beaumont. Names include Belinda Louise, Glenda Sue, Stacy Lynn, Jennifer Kaye, Valerie Marie, Stacy Lyn, Gay Lynn, Dee Ann, and others born in Baptist Hospital Beaumont Hardin Memorial Kountze over August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Galloway
Silsbee
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Floyd Adam
Belinda Louise
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Stacy Lynn
Henry Geisendorff
Thomas Earl Bell
Glenda Sue
Jennifer Kaye
Edward Smith
Valerie Marie
Earl Asher
Ralph Butkin
Stacy Lyn
Silsbee High Homecoming planned for Oct 16 17
Preliminary work for the 1964 Silsbee High homecoming began after a called meeting. Activities start Oct 16 with a Tigers vs Bridge City Cardinals football game and a reception. Committees were named for parade, dances, registration, and publicity with a tentative parade theme Exes in Industry and a Memory Lane tie in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee High
C. E
Pete” Landolt
Tigers
Bridge City
Cardinals
Houston Thompson
Association
Conley Bradshaw
Irene McGowan
W. H. Holland
C. W. McGinty
Betty Ann Mitchell
Verla Sargent
Billy Jeannette Holmes
Vyrl Miller
J. F. Eldridge
Louise Hill
Tommy Read
Thompson
Memory Lane
Rodeo Parade Set for Saturday Afternoon at 4
The Silsbee Trail Riders finalized rodeo plans for Friday and Saturday nights at 8 p.m. A parade will be held Saturday at 4 p.m. The Orange County Junior Sheriff's Posse performs Saturday night. Books to register at Conner's Drive Inn for one day only. Marshall Gere producer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Trail
Orange County
Carl Jaehne Dies at 69 in Giddings
Funeral services for Carl Jaehne aged 69 of Giddings were held at 10 a m Tuesday at Martin Luther Lutheran Church. Burial followed in Giddings City Cemetery. He died Sunday afternoon in Giddings Hospital. Survived by his wife, children Herbert Jaehne of Dime Box and Charles Jaehne of Austin, a brother Emil Jaehne of Houston, and three sisters Mrs Louise Kroll of Austin Mrs Alma Zotsky of Galena Park and Mrs Emily Brown of Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Jaehne
Giddings
Lucille McKeown
Silsbee
Martin Luther Lutheran ‘Church
Giddings City Cemetery
Phillips and Luckey Funeral Home
Jaehne
Giddings Hospital
Frances Fritch
Herbert Priar
Dime Box
Charles Jaehne
Austin
Emil Jaehne
Houston
Louise Kroll
Alma Zotsky
Galena Park
Emily Brown
Correction on train accident time for Mrs Annie Lovelady
The Bee corrects the time of the car pedestrians train accident in which 81 year old Mrs Annie Lovelady was fatally injured. The reported time was 10 30 a m per Highway Patrolman Robert L Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Lovelady
Robert L. Johnson
Eubanks Found Safe After Daylong Woodland Search
O Neil Eubanks a 38 year old man went missing last Thursday near Silsbee Texas and prompted a large search led by Silsbee Fire Chief John Busby. Agencies involved included Hardin County Sheriff's Department Chance Loeb VFD Kountze VFD Evadale VFD and Silsbee Police. He was found about 8 pm near railroad tracks a half mile from home after a lengthy, difficult hunt through dense woods and fences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Neil Eubanks
J. L. Eubanks
Silsbee
Beaumont
Silsbee Fire
John Busby
Eubanks
Silsbee Fire Department
Hardin County Sheriff's Department
Busby
Chance-Loeb Volunteer Fire Department
Kountze
Evadale
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James Perritt
Joey Taylor
R. H. Ernst
Eugene Bell
Frank Allen Bell
IDECO
North Rail Highway
Ings
Flanagan
Jimmy Rand
Jimmy Joe Rand
Groesbeck
Sondra Leigh
Harold Leigh
O. L. Beck
Charles Beck
Indianapolis
Ind
Michigan
Arkansas
Gene McClelland
Gay Lynn
Dee Ann
John H. Molan
Cecil Smyly
Kenneth Parker
Kade Parker
In Viest
Landolt
O’neil Eubanks
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