Texas highway contracts awarded in Silsbee area
The Texas Highway Commission awarded contracts in Hardin Jasper and Newton counties. W R Boyd Inc Center won 1 247 379 25 bid for grading structures base and paving on 5 3 miles of US 96 and SH 327 in Hardin County with Lester Landgraf of Silsbee as engineer in charge and about 200 working days. Trotti Thomson Beaumont won 266 469 11 bid for FM 113 from FM 105 to FM 2246 in Jasper County with T M McNamara of Orange as engineer in charge and about 150 days. H P R Smith Jasper won 189 527 94 bid for 0 8 mile on FM 2991 in Newton County with 110 days and engineer in charge.
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Austin
Silsbee
Texas Highway Commission
Franklin C Young
Hardin Jasper
Newton
W. R. Boyd, Inc
Center
Hardin County
Lester P. Landgraf
Highway Department
Jasper County
Trotti and Thomson, Inc
Beaumont
FM 105
T. M. McNamara
Orange
Newton County
SH 63
H. P. R. Smith
Jasper
Terrell Buchanan Funeral Services Held Wednesday
Terrell Buchanan prominent Silsbee attorney died after a cerebral hemorrhage. Funeral at Farmer Chapel with Rev. R Eugene Jonte, burial in Forest Lawn Beaumont. Survived by wife Martha two daughters Bev Ellen a son John Leake and siblings. He served as city attorney and helped found the North Hardin Water Supply District.
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Terrell Buchanan
Silsbee
Farmer
R. Eugene Jonte
First United Methodist Church
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Beaumont
Bev Buchanan
Beaumont Bridge
Buchanan
Saratoga
Silsbee State Bank
Big Thicket Association
North Hardin
Sabine-Neches
Texas A&m University
University of Texas Law School
England
Hardin County
Texas
American Bar Associations
Hardin County Savings and Loan Association
Earl Stover
Robert Neyland
Wade M. Parker
Burglars Steal 1618 50 Value at Har din County Golf Club
Thieves broke into the Har din County Golf and Country Club last Thursday night, lifting 17 golf clubs, 21 dozen balls, shoes and bags plus a TV for a total of 1618.50. Deputies and Texas Ranger L. C. White traced the loot from the pro shop to a car parked on a dirt road near the course, as investigators sought descriptions of two or more suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Golf and Country Club
Henry Overstreet
Elmer Prosise
Herbert Hargraves
Texas Ranger
L. C. White
Sour Lake
Golf Club
Wilson Lee
Prosise
Final Rites Held Friday For Mrs Bruce Watts Sr
Funeral services for Mrs Maggie V. Watts 71 of Silsbee were held at 2 p m Friday at Former Funeral Chapel with Rev R E Barclay and Rev A A Drennen officiating Pallbearers included Hall Greggory Emil Slavik Herbert Emore and Harmon Richard Weathersby and Edwin Weathersby She died at 10 30 a m Thursday at her home after a long illness A Beau mont native she lived in Silsbee 60 years and owned the Silsbee Flower Shop She was a member of First Baptist Church secretary and charter member of the Silsbee Old Timers Organization and a member of the Silsbee Garden Club Surviving are her husband Bruce Watts Sr a son Bruce Watts Jr assistant superintendent of Silsbee High School and a daughter Mrs Marguerite Nichols of Austin
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Maggie V. Watts
Silsbee
R. E. Barclay
1St Baptist Church
A. A. Drennen
First Baptist Church
A. A Drennen
Hall Gregory
Emil Slavik
Herbert Emore
Harmon
Richard
Edwin Weathersby
Watts
Beaumont
Silsbee Old Timers Organization
Silsbee Garden Club
Bruce Watts Sr
Bruce Watts Jr
Silsbee High School
Marguerite Nichols
Austin
Lt Col G Andrew Mitchell Dies in California
Lt Col G Andrew Mitchell, 66, of Vista California, died Friday August 23 at the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton. He is survived by his wife Mildred M Mitchell, four children and 32 grandchildren. He is brother of Marvy Mitchell of Riverside formerly of Silsbee.
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G. Andrew Mitchell
Vista
Calif
Naval Hospital
Camp Pendleton
Mildred M Mitchell
Col. Mitchell
Marvy Mitchell
Riverside
Silsbee
Tigers To Scrimmage Little Cypress Here On Friday
Silsbee fans will see the Tigers in action Friday at 4 p m in Kirby Memorial Stadium as they scrimmage Little Cypress. Coach Ray McGallion notes slow early progress but expects strong depth with 16 returning lettermen and 10 from the Waldo Mathews Panthers.
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Tigers
Little
Cypress
Silsbee
Little Cypress
Kirby Memorial Stadium
Tiger
Ray MccGallion
Waldo Mathews
Panther
Trespassing Charge Dismissed Against Silsbee Man
Robert Holmfield of Silsbee had a trespassing charge dismissed by Hardin County Judge Emmett Lack after evidence and pleas. The case involved entering enclosed land north of Silsbee leased to East Texas Wildlife Conservation Association by Temple Industries.
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Robert Holmfield
Silsbee
Hardin County
Emmett Lack
Gene Barrington
Hollyfield
Luck
Temple Industries
East Texas Wildlife Conservation Association
Howard Hargrove
The
Conservation Association
Hargrove
Labor Day Cautions In Silsbee Area
Silsbee residents head into the Labor Day weekend with warnings from Police Chief Edgar Blood and Sheriff Henry Overstreet to drive cautiously and lock homes. Officials caution against leaving groceries or gasoline behind and note the risk of burglars at vacant residences during the holiday.
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Silsbee
Edgar Blood
Henry Overstreet
Union ballots on Eastex contract in Evadale amid possible strike
Balloting continued yesterday with about 700 members of Locals 801 and 525 of the International Brotherhood of Pulp Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers AFL-CIO deciding whether to accept Eastex Inc latest offer in Evadale or face a strike. The two unions previously rejected a company proposal as bargaining continued for two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers
Afl-C10
Eastex, Inc
Evadale
Silsbee School District Prepares for Record Student Enrollment
Silsbee High School opens Sept 3 with a freshman class of 269 the largest ever and 954 juniors and seniors scheduled. Pre-registered absentees total 49, with additional new movers uncounted. Teachers gather for a Friday faculty meeting as orientation begins and the district moves to AAAA athletics, reworking all schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Weeks Crawford
Crawford
Silsbee High School
Don L. Hough
Supt
Hough
Silsbee High
Beaumont High
French
Forest Park
Ten Indicted by Hardin County Grand Jury
Hardin County Grand Jury returned ten indictments and five no bills at its regular meeting last week. Rogest D. Davis Jr. of Silsbee was indicted for murder with malice in a knife fight at a tavern on Fre semius Road outside Silsbee. Davis is jailed on $10,000 bond. Glenn Mathews of Buna faced four counts of forgery and passing. Charles E. Groze of Kountze and Curtis W. Rhodes of Silsbee were indicted for second offense drunkenness, each free on $500 bond. Three others were indicted for theft but not served warrants. Lloyd Lee Kennedy of Silsbee was indicted last Thursday by the Jefferson County Grand Jury for second offense driving while intoxicated and freed on bond.
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Hardin County
Rogest D. Davis Jr
Silsbee
James Lawrence
Fresemius Road
Rogest
Glenn Mathews
Buna
Charles E. Groze
Kountze
Curtis W. Rhodes
Sils
County To Sell Old Neches Slough Bridge
Hardin County Commissioners Court authorized County Judge Emmett Lack to advertise for bids on selling the old Middle Neches Slough bridge on the abandoned portion of Highway 96 near Evadale in Precinct 1. The court also approved sheriff claims, auditor reports, and bid awards for tractors and a backhoe, with financing steps for the road and bridge fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardn County Commissioners Court
Emmett Lack
Middle Neches Slough
Evadale
Virgil Caraway
Sheriff's Department
Howard Barrington
Ld.m Guedry
Precinct 3
Internatonal Harvester
Massey‘Ferguson Sales & Service
Cochran Equipment Co
Precinct 1
Com, Caraway
Clarence McNeely
Funeral rites held for O H Bertram Sr in Silsbee
Funeral services for O H Bertram Sr 76 of Silsbee were conducted at 2 p m Monday at Farmer Funeral Home with Rev Eugene Jonte of the United Methodist Church officiating. Burial was in Magnolia Cemetery Beaumont. Graveside rites were by Masonic Lodge 927 of Silsbee. Bertram died Thursday night in Santa Fe Hospital Temple after hip surgery. He was born in Rugby Tennessee and lived in Silsbee about 50 years. He was a retired engineer for Santa Fe Railroad and a member of First United Methodist Church Silsbee Masonic Lodge 927 and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He began work for Santa Fe in 1918 and retired in October 1966 after 48 years. He is survived by Mrs Mary Bertram of Orlando Florida and two sons O H Bertram Jr of Beaumont and Robert H Bertram of Carthage. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers listed.
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O. H Bertram Sr
Silsbee
Farmer Funeral Home
Eugene Jonte
United Methodist Church
Magnolia Cemetery
Beaumont
Masonic Lodge
Bertram
Santa Fe Hospital
Rugby
Tenn
Santa Fe Railroad
First United Methodist Church
Silsbee Masonic Lodge
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Santa Fe Railway
Mary Bertram
Orlando
Fla
O. H. Bertram Jr
Leland S Mast Dies. Funeral Rites In Nacogdoches
Funeral services for Leland S. Mast 81 of Silsbee were held Tuesday at 2:30 p m in the Cason Monk Funeral Chapel Nacogdoches with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery Mast died at Doctors Hospital Silsbee after a fall injury and brief illness He was born December 7 1866 in Navagdeches County and had lived in Silsbee about ten years He is survived by wife Dolly Mast a brother A T Mast Sr of Nacogdoches and son Leland S Mast Jr of St Louis MO.
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Leland S. Mast
Mast
Silsbee
Dolly Mast
A. T. Mast Sr
Nacogedoches
Leland S. Mast Jr
St. Louis, Mo
Mrs. T. R. Sanders Dies In New Orleans
Mrs. T. R. Sanders, 87, of New Orleans, died Sunday night from injuries after an auto accident. She is survived by sister Mrs Louise Hill of Silsbee and daughter Mrs Sara Louise Weisberg of New Orleans.
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Zeb Harrison
Northwest
Canadian Rockies
HemisFair
Juarez
Mexico
Las Vegas
San Francisco
Seattle
Victoria
Vancouver
Canada
Banff
Lake Louise
Columbia Ice Fields
Mount Ain
U. S
T. R. Sanders
New Orleans
Louise Hill
Silsbee
Sara Louise Weisberg
Airport Committee To Meet With FAA Official
A Federal Aviation Administration representative will meet with the Silsbee Kountze airport committee, city councils, chambers of commerce and others to discuss federal and state grant participation for the Hardin County airport. The 10 a.m. Friday session at Neches National Bank will cover funding and equipment, with talks on building plans likely next week.
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Federal Aviation Authority
Silsbee
Silsbee- Kountze
Neches National Bank
Ferrell
Retirement Checks Above Average in Hardin County
Social Security figures show Hardin County residents receive $887 yearly on pension checks and average $875 in the West South Central region. About 3,815 Hardin County residents receive benefits as of March 1, with five years earlier count at 2,906. Total county payouts now reach $3,384,000 annually, up from $2,007,000 five years ago, while tax rates remain 4.4 percent with a higher wage base of $7,800.
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Social Security Administration
Hardin County
West South Central States
Congress
McLain and Hill Families Welcome Newborns in Local Hospitals
Mr and Mrs Norman C McLain of Silsbee announce the birth of daughter Paula Gail on August 26 at Silsbee Doctors Hospital. Mr and Mrs Vance W Hill Sr of Buna reveal son Vance Willard Jr born August 25 at Beaumont St Elizabeth Hospital. Sgt and Mrs J P Flemming of Silsbee welcome daughter born August 25 at St Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Elmer Vinson also mentioned in HELIO WORLD.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman C. McLain
Silsbee
Paula Gail
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Vance W. Hill Sr
Buna
Vance Willard Jr
J. P. Flemming
Beaumont’s St. Elizabeth Hospital
Elmer Vinson
Educational Hall Begins at All Souls Church Silsbee
Construction starts on a 6700 square foot educational building for All Souls Catholic Church in Silsbee on North Ninth Street near Kirby Memorial Stadium. The $45 000 brick veneer, eight classroom plus library structure will serve church doctrine instruction for members and is slated for occupancy early next year once weather delays subside.
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All Souls Catholic Church
Silsbee
North Ninth Street
Kirby Memorial Stadium
Jim Perlitz
Also Mentioned on This Page
California
Gary Wood
Don White
Wood
White
Panthers
Danny Almond
Almond Wis & Rough
Arthur Tidwell
Butch Day
Lievel Bell
Richard Gainer
Daniel DuBose
John Hudson
McGallion
DeWayne Anderson
Matt Dinkle
Jerry Collins
John Landgrat
Charles Simmons
Chester Tyler
Redginal Garrett
Charles Whittle
Larry Matthews
Gayle Weinbiter
National Labor Relations Board
Houston
R. M. Buckley
Ter
Juiwa
O'Neil Intermediate School
H. C. Muckleroy
O'Neil
Old Neches Slough Bridge
Doris Jeffcoa
O. H. Bertram Sr
Leland
Nacogdoches
Airport Committee
FAA
New York
Washington
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