Santa Claus to Visit City Park This Saturday
Santa will arrive at the library area north of City Park at 9 a.m. and stay until 5 p.m., with a two hour lunch break from 12 to 2 p.m. Free candy for children, invited area youngsters, and parking beside the library. Christmas lights along Highway 96 South and North Fifth Street, sponsored by the Silsbee Chamber of Commerce and installed by Gulf States Utilities, illuminate downtown. Special activities in the parking lot begin at 2:30 p.m.
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Santa Claus
Silsbee
Santa
Santa Fe
Avenue H
Highway 96
North Fifth Street
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Gulf States Utilities Co
Silsbee seeks new municipal engineering firms for contract
Silsbee City Council held a work session to interview Turner and Collie of Port Arthur and consider other firms for the annual engineering contract. The nine year Haile Associates contract expires this month, with more firms to be heard before a decision.
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Silsbee
Charles R Haile
Evadale Invitational Opens With Busy Opening Night
Evadale High hosts the Evadale Invitational basketball event with girls games at 3 and 4 15 pm and boys action at 5 45 pm on Thursday. Chester High Island and Warren Newton meet in early rounds as Mauriceville seeks a title defense with a bye into Saturday’s 2 30 pm clash. The finals arrive Saturday at 6 45 pm for girls and 8 pm for boys as Coach William Withers leads both squads.
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Evadale
Evadale High School
Warren
Newton
Kountze
Chester
High Ieland
Rebels
Brookeland
Sabine Pass
Colmesweil
Mauriceville Boys
Spurger
West Hardin
Evaidale
Newston
Lee
Loys
Dee
Colmesneil
Burkeville
Hardin Jefferson
Mauriceville
High Island
Kirbyville
Deweyville
iFeb
William Withers
Jim van Haverbeck
Harold Smith
Tigers Open YMBL Tourney With Greenies Friday at MacArthur
Tigers coached by Tony Rothrock meet South Park Greenies at MacArthur Gym Beaumont in the first round of the YMBL basketball tournament at 2 30 Friday. A win advances them to Lamar Tech McDonald Gym for the night game. Rebounds and early-season shooting woes plagued Silsbee in recent losses to Orange 65 61 and Port Neches 87 65.
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Tony Rothrock
Tigers
South Park
Greenies
MacArthur Gym
Beaumont
Tiger
McDonald Gym
Lamar Tech
Bellenger
Tennison
Port Neches
Mike Gossett
Leo Paine
West Hardin
Hardin
Orangefield
Silsbee
Kiwanis Christmas Tree Lot Opens Here on Tuesday
The Susbee Kiwanis Club opened its Christmas tree lot on Highway 96 South on Tuesday and will stay open until trees are sold. Proceeds fund the club’s boys and girls work for health services. The lot is staffed 5 to 7 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays, with Kiwanis and Key Club members in attendance.
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Susbee Kiwanis Club
Highway 96
Geo. Tennison
Kiwanis Club
Key Club
Garden Club Tour Showcases Yuletide Decorated Homes
The Azalea Garden Club sponsors a Yuletide home tour on December 9 from 2 to 6 pm. Guests view decorated houses themed by Mrs. C. R. Baker, Mrs. C. H. Dunn, Mrs. W. E. Emigh, and Mrs. C. J Thorn. Tickets available from club members.
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Garden Club
The
Azalea Garden Club
C. R. Baker
C. H. Dunn
Herald Angels
W. E. Emigh
C. J Thorn
Hardin County Jail Logs 60 People In Two Weeks
Hardin County sheriff's department reports 60 people jailed over the past two weeks. Charges include 10 misdemeanor DWI, four pistol carries, three affray, four drunk in car, two car thefts, two driving while suspended, two aggravated assault on a peace officer, one assault with intent to murder, one negligent homicide, one hot check, one child desertion, plus a majority of drunk and disorderly arrests.
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Hardin County
Dave Rountree
Hardin County Sheriff’s Department
Attempted Murder Charge Filed After Saturday Knifing
Bobby Gene Segrest of Silsbee faces an assault with intent to murder charge after a knife attack on Earl Dabney. Dabney was treated and released. Segrest also faces two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and separate driving related charges.
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Bobby Gene Segrest
Silsbee
Earl Lee Dabney
C. A. Kimble
Justice Court
Kountze
E. W. Coleman
Segrest
Earnest Avenue
Highway 96
Dabney
Tennison
Coleman
Highway 327
Court of Justice of the Peace
A. R. Hardison
Toys For Tots Needs Big Boost Now To Fill Quota
Silsbee's Toys for Tots drive faces a severe shortfall with only 120 to 130 dolls available though over 400 are needed to fill all stockings. Jaycees join efforts to collect and repair toys for Christmas baskets, with two weeks remaining. Toys for all ages are needed and can be delivered to Warrick TV and Appliance or arranged by calling EV 5 2842.
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Silsbee
Allen Warrick
Warrick
Silsbee Jaycees
Warren Bower
Jaycees
Warrick Television and Appliance Co
E. J. Dietrich
David C. Long
Jayeeettes
Mattie Sanford
Beta Sigma Phi
Nu Epsilon
Evelyn Davis
Rho Upsilon
Iris Whittington
Xi Zeta Rho
Rebecca Hobbs
Five Are Tried In County Court Monday Nov 30
Five cases were heard in county court on Monday November 30 according to courthouse records. E C Thorworth 19 and Lee Edward Engle 43 both of Houston were fined 100 dollars and costs on pistol toting charges. Mrs Sam Brown of Saratoga was fined one dollar and costs and sentenced to one day in jail on a hot check charge. Earl C Andrews 25 of Silsbee was fined 25 dollars and costs on an aggravated assault charge. Roy Terrell 34 of Silsbee was fined 50 dollars and costs and sentenced to three days in jail on a DWI misdemeanor.
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E. C. Thorworth
Lee Edward Engle
Houston
Sam Brown
Saratoga
Earl C. Andrews
Silsbee
Roy Terrell
Chance Loeb ISD to vote on $950000 high school bond
Chance Loeb Independent School District will vote Saturday on a 950000 bond issue to build a high school. If approved the district could sell 720000 now with rest held for growth as enrollment rises. a tax rate of 1.73 would finance the bond versus 1.68 to fund four portable classrooms if it fails.
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Chance - Loeb Independent
Silsbee High
Pritchard
Abbott
L. J. Garner
The
BEE
Garner
Chance-Loeb
Mr and Mrs Arval Martin Visited Silsbee Family
Mr and Mrs Arval Martin and their children from Cleburne visited over the weekend at the home of Mr and Mrs Jack Kolls and family. Mr Kolls and his four children recently moved to Silsbee from Cleburne. He works as a night round house foreman for the Santa Fe.
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Arval Martin l
Cleburne
Jack Kolls
Kolls
Silsbee
Santa Fe
November Traffic And Parking Totals In City Court
In November Judge George Goynes presided over twenty three traffic cases with one no contest plea and twenty two guilty pleas. Fines totaled 299 dollars from traffic cases. Parking issued reached 400 with 300 paid plus 35 delinquent tickets settled. Two five dollar fines were paid for failing to display delinquent tickets. Seven warrants for arrest remain pending. Five misdemeanor complaints all pled guilty. Sixteen people were jailed in Kountze with eight drunken cases leading.
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George Goynes
Goynes
Kountze
Fray
Yule Basket Deadline Dec 17 For Silsbee Drive
Community Christmas Basket Drive progresses under General Chairman B W Graves. Applications for baskets available at the Silsbee BEE with blanks to show number of children ages and address. Deadline Dec 17. late submissions not accepted.
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B. W. Graves
Silsbee Bee
Graves
C. L. Jones
Jones
Silsbee
Silsbee State Bank
Allen Warrick
Warrick
Particu
Litter Barrels Placed on Highways Near Silsbee
Gilbert Henley of the State Highway Department announced two experimental litter barrels on Highway 96 near Village Creek north of Silsbee and south of Buna. The bright aluminum stands labeled Litter Barrel aim to curb roadside trash and reduce the district's $12,000 annual cleanup cost.
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Gilbert Henley
State Highway Department
Silsbee
Healy
Docket for January Term of 88th District Court Released
The 88th District Court docket for January 1965 trials, set by District Clerk W. L. Selman, spans five weeks starting January 4. Civil cases dominate Weeks 1 2 3, with ordinary felonies in Weeks 5 6 and criminal capital cases the week of February 18, including many capital and burglary related filings and multiple named parties.
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88Th District Court
W. L. Selman
State of Texas
Thomas F. Jeffcoat
Jack Pope
Bennis Hart
Frances Ann Paine
Feme
Clarence O. Paine
Paul C. Halleck
Norris Lumber Co
C. B. Franks
John Blair
Belin Manor, Inc
Pacific Finance Corp
Steinhagen Quil Co
Lula Mae Pickering
Columbia Casualty Co
Wilson Johnson
Texas General Indemnity Co
Jack Martindale
R. B. Warden
James H. Deshazo
Walter M. Mischer
T. Willie Jones
E. J. Dinkins
R. D. Edmondson
Leon G. Finklea
Buddie Gilliam
Bobby Cassidy
Howard Gafford
Aluminum Industries, Inc
Herman Blaisdell
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Silsbee Downtown Merchants Committee
Council
Mayor McClanahan
Paul Georgas
H. C. Hopkins
John Fordinal
Bert Slaydon
Cesar Dominguez
Dominguez
South Seventh
Beth Singletary
TWU Denton
Tom Singletary
Jack Gould
Dallas
Yule Basket
A. C. Luckey
Ax Vs. Geo
M. M. Cunningham
Annie Ard McGallion
Oscar McGallion
George Grimes
Jose Rodriguez
James T. Cannon
David C. Crooks
Everett Wisby
J. A Raines Contractors
Glynn Edward Anderson
Ganger Lee Hall
John Kirkend
Junius Landry Jr
Texas ‘Employers Insurance Assn
Ada McDonald
Lucille E. Moreland
Johnnie Ashworth
Beaver H. Williams
DWI
Lee Mallett
Pearly B. Smith
Herman Jackson
Staford Staton
Billy Frank Weeks
Clarence Gray
Charles Byrd
Bernice A. French
Forrest Bussey
Stanley Hollyfield
John L. Presley
K. L. Franks
William F. Dawson
Ollen. Malone
Bruce A. Jennings
R. T. Nichols Sr
D. G. Gilmore
Kenneth C. Langhnais
James A. Sheffield
Willkie J. Niven
Charles F. Pike
Waldo P. Cowan
Marvin E. Wiggins
Milton L. Roberts
van T. Clinard
Monte C. Ruggles
Jesse Manuel
Thormas V. Howard
Clarence Cravey
Robert E. Cochran
C. J. Rogers
Jessie Cleaver
L. J. Edwards
Johnny S. Roberts
Hugh Edgerton
Robert B. Haynes
Rabbert Bryant Haynes
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