Local Men Hospitalized After Saturday Wreck
Two Silsbee men remained in St Elizabeth's hospital Beaumont Wednesday after a one car crash Saturday at 11 10 PM on FM 418. Claude Wayne Hesse 22 critical with head injuries. Robert Bryant Haynes 22 fair unknown after tests.
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Silsbee
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Beaumont
South Third Street
Grady Tarver
Robert Bryant Haynes
Route 1
Tarver
Hesse
Haynes
J. E. Wilson
Albert Sharp
Bernard Parks
Collier’s Feed Store
Haynes Works
Gilley's
Parker's Clinic
Farmer Funeral Home
St. Elizabeth's
Christmas Basket Fund Drive Ends Wednesday
The Silsbee Christmas Basket Fund drive will end Wednesday per Weeks Crawford finance chairman. He said local businesses have been contacted by members of the three city sororities for contributions, with funds from area donations. Individuals or businesses not contacted may contribute by calling Crawford at the high school or sending a check to the Silsbee Christmas Basket Fund.
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Silsbee
Weeks Crawford
Crawford
Silsbee Christmaas Basket Fund
Charter Sought For New Neches National Bank in Silsbee
An application has been filed for Neches National Bank to serve Silsbee and Evadale with a $200000 capital. Proposed directors include Earl Wills Frank L McClanahan Jack Hedge Caraway Brown and others. If approved construction would begin soon on a modern bank with drive in facilities at Highway 96 S and Avenue M near the junior high.
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Silsbee
National Bank
Neches National Bank
Earl Wills
U. S
Jack Brooks
Beaumont
Frank L.mcclanahan
W. C. Caraway
Jack Hedge
State Highway Department
C. R. Lambert
South Hampton Co
W. O. Holmes
Alf Fullingim
Silsbee School Board
Davis B. Carter
Rep. Brooks
O. Ray Brown
East Texas Pulp and Paper Co
Evadale
Wills, McClanahan and
Hedge
Mann Group
Caraway and
Brown
Whitehead
Highway 96 S
Avenue M
Silsbee Bee
Last Rites For Mrs Bertha Wilson Today Al 2
Mrs Bertha Wilson 75 died 6 10 pm Wednesday in Har din Memorial Hospital after a week as a patient She lived north of Silsbee over 30 years born in Jasper County Funeral at 7 pm Thursday at Good Shepherd Baptist Church Rev David Blalock and Rev F G Harding officiate Burial in Bean Cemetery near Kirbyville with Farmer Funeral Home in charge Body kept at Wilson home until service Pallbearers named Surviving include sons O N Kipleyville and Devis Beau mont daughters N W Weaver Newton E E Adams Many La J T Hawthorne and E Hanks Silsbee sisters May Eastwood Oakdale Ruth Lewis Silsbee Kate Tucker Vidor Jamie Wright Vinton La brothers Ruben Odom Vidor Allen Odom Bleakwood 21 grandchildren 39 great grandchildren
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Wilson
Mities
Silsbee
Jasper County
Thureby
Good Shepherd Baptist Church
David Blalock
F. G. Harding
Bean Cemetery
Kirbyville
Farmer Funeral Home
Terry Hawthorne
N C. Weaver
J. E. Adams
Purvis Wilson
Hershel Whitnure
Robert Earl Wilson
O. N
Kipleyville
Devis
Beaumont
N. W. Weaver
Newton
E. E. Adams
Many
J. T. Hawthorne
E. Hanks
May Eastwood
Oakdale
Suit Filed Over Fatal Truck Collision in Beaumont
An $83,800 damage suit was filed in the 56th District Court Beaumont by Mable Brasseaux and Lemar Boudreaux as heirs of Willie Boudreaux, who died Oct. 11 after a collision on Freeway 9 on Sept. 26. Ennis Business Forms Inc and Earl Wesley Mullins were named defendants, alleged negligent acts caused the death after Willie Boudreaux was hospitalized 14 days at St. Elizabeth's Hospital.
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56Th Distriat
Beaumont
Mable Brasseaux
Lemar Boudreaux
Willie Boudreaux
Ennis Business Forms, Inc
Earl Wesley Mullins
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Une
Civil Docket For January 6 Civil District Court Trials
Civil cases are set for trial the weeks of January 6 13 21 and 28 1964 in the 88th District Court at Kountze Judge W L Selman released the schedule. Capital cases begin February tests include February 3 10 and 25 with civil docketing resumed.
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Kountze
W. L. Selman
Josie Broussard Mitchell
Paul Stephens
Alvin J. Ragan
W. Leo Wallace
Oak Farm Dairies
Sheriey Riley
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Sigel K. McLain
Zalah Burrus
Leavie Barneycastle
Employers Mutual Liab. Ins Co
Cree Stewart
Pacific Indemnity Co
Violet G. O'Fiel E
Leonora H. Wilder
Annie L. Stapleton
Fletcher Richardson
L. Bradley Jr
Pacific
Ins
Charles R. Rawls
Rueben Hemphill
Crawford Gilmore
A. E Sykes
Billy Ross Hartman
P. Copeland
Lida Lee Farris
E Cotten
James O. Lamberth
Zummo Meat Co
R. R. Graham
Gulf iCoast Investment Corp
Armine Marie Gauthreaux
Employers Mutual Cas. Co
Mecom McGlothlin
J. A Bean
Will Limbrick
Libert
Mutual Ins
Harry Lee Jenkins
Jack Provost
Benton Ray Key
Leon Tull
Charles S. Grass
Gulf
Colorado
Charles
County Jail Reports Light Week With 13 Bookings
County jail lodged 13 inmates in the past week per deputy Dave Rountree. Three faced charges on drunken behavior or disorderly conduct, one on burglary suspicions, two for worthless checks, one for simple assault, and one for child desertion. He called it one of the quietest weeks in memory.
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Dave Rountree
Christmas Choir Festival Remains Annual Silsbee PTA Event
Christmas music highlights the combined Silsbee PTA groups as the junior high and high school bands join church and school choirs for the annual Christmas Choir Festival in the high school auditorium on Sunday December 15.
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Silsbee
PTA
Co-Champ Silsbee Tigers Name 33 Football Lettermen
Silsbee High School honors 33 players on the 1963 football lettermen list under Head Coach Ray McGallion. The traveling squad for the AAA co champion group includes 15 juniors, 17 seniors, and Phillip Bufkin as the lone sophomore candidate. Four captains Paul Johnson Robert Parks Jimmy Mortimer and Scart Adams were elected by the team. all are seniors.
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Silsbee Tigers
Ray McGallion
McGallion
Phillip Bufkin
Bill Bellenger
Ted O'Dell
Doyle Brown
Kenneth Crocker
Nelson Flanagan
Harold Graves
Don Lewis
Bert Carpenter
Sammy Ashworth
James Collins
Jeff Hobbs
Jimmy King
Paul Neal
Jerry Simmons
Paul Johnson
Robert Parks
Jimmy Mortimer
Scart Adams
Christmas Toy Drive in Silsbee Seeks Toys and Volunteers
Toys drive chairman Allen Warrick appeals for dolls bicycles and other items for Silsbee children. Women are needed to clean and dress dolls while men repair bicycles and finish other toys. Fewer than 100 toys have been collected with three weeks until Christmas and organizers ask for any usable toy ages 1 to 13.
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Allen Warrick
Toys Toy Toys Drive
Silsbee
Warrick
Warrick TV Land
Silsbee State Bank Plans Remodeling and Expansion
The Silsbee State Bank board announces immediate remodeling and expansion to add a 40 by 50 foot two story addition. The project by George L. Ingram and Associates features marble glass metal and Mo-Sai panels with an open lobby, new teller line, private offices, enhanced safety deposits, a large second floor community room and coffee lounge. Chartered in 1906 the bank has operated continuously under N. A. Cravens as president and E. M. Wilson Jr. as executive vice president.
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Silsbee State Bank
George L. Ingram and Associates
N. A. Cravens
E. M. Wilson Jr
Olan H. Davis Seeks Hardin County Sheriff Post
Olan H. Davis of Silsbee announces candidacy for Hardin County sheriff subject to Democratic primaries. A former state game warden and forest ranger now with Texaco in Port Arthur, Davis cites 17 years in law enforcement and public service. He is 37, married with two children and past president of the Hardin County Sheriff's Posse.
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Olan H. Davis
Silshee
BEE
Hardin County
Mr. Davis
Kountze
Silsbee
U. S Department of Agriculture
Nacogdoches
Angelina
Cherokee
Cherokee County
Davis
Stephen F. Austin
Texas A&m
Texas
Texaco Inc
Port Arthur
Two New Masonry Buildings Rising on Highway 96 in Silsbee
Two new masonry buildings are under construction on Highway 96 South in Silsbee with completion due in the next weeks. Ray Richmond of Ray's Food Town is building a drive in grocery north of Bell's Station. A second two story concrete block structure at the corner of Highway 96 and Dardin Drive, valued around 50000 dollars, will house C C Ivie Jr's grocery on the ground floor and two offices on the first floor with a three bedroom apartment upstairs. L J Fleetwood of Maracaibo Venezuela owns the project, slated for early next year completion.
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Highway 96
Silsbee
Ray Richmond
Ray's Food Town
Evadale
Bell
L. J. Fleetwood
Maracaibo
Venezuela
C. C. Ivie Jr
Post Office Santa letters to be answered with ZIP codes
The Post Office Department teams with Santa to ensure children who write to the North Pole receive a reply. Postmaster L A Yankie says kids should use North Pole 99701 and their ZIPs on the return address for free delivery. Santa’s reply will arrive in a decorated letter via regular first class postage.
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Post Office
Santa Claus
North Pole
L. A. Yankie
Cateren
Yankie
Mr. Zip
New York
Santa
Nate
Ianta
Tigers Enter YMBL Tourney slate amid tough week
The Tigers suffered rebounds and shooting woes against two 11 4A foes. Doyle Langwin led with 18 in the 61 47 loss to the Buffaloes, while Park s added 15. A 58 45 loss at South Park followed as Parks and Langwin each had 13. Coach Rothrock said rebounding and FG percentage hurt the Tigers in both games. They host Woodville tonight with two games at 6 00 and 7 30. Friday Beau mont tourney action vs Port Arthur at Lamar College gym follows a 65 37 win over Woodville. Next week they visit Forest Park then a French return.
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Tiger Cagers
Tigers
Buffs
Doyle Langwin
Langwin
Robert Parks
Buffaloes
Silsbee
South Park
Parks
Greenie
Tiger
Tony Rothrock
Greenies
Rothrock
Woodville
Port Arthur
Beaumont
Forest Park
French
Alf Fullingim Receives Scouting's Beaver Award
Alf Fullingim president of Silsbee Auto Co and Silsbee School Board received the Silver Beaver Award at the 47th Trinity Neches Council meeting held at Camp Orland near Woodville Tuesday night. Also honored were T Gilbert Adams Jasper Supt. Robert A. Cooper San Augustine and George F. Davenport Jr. Beaumont. The event drew over 250 adult leaders and wives.
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Alf Fullingim
Silsbee Auto Co
Trinity Neches Council
Boy Scouts of America
Camp Orland
Woodville
T. Gilbert Adams
Jasper
Robert A. Cooper
San Augustine
George F. Davenport Jr
Beaumont
Fullingim
Silsbee School Board
Silsbee Library to Celebrate Third Anniversary Open House
Silsbee Public Library marks its third anniversary with an open house on Saturday December 7 from 10 a m to noon. The library opened in 1960, moved to Santa Fe Park in 1962, now serves 2598 cardholders with 4270 books. Aimed at children families and residents, the event invites new patrons to sign up for cards and view new Christmas books.
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Silsbee's
East Texas Wildlife Association
Jim R. Sims Jr
Ward Pollard
Allen Freeman
R. T. Gore
Leon Boyett
H. T. Horka
Cathryn Thornton Named To Who's Who Student Roll
Cathryn Thornton of Silsbee daughter of Mr and Mrs Z B Thornton is named to Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. A senior at East Texas Baptist College Marshall she pursues a BS degree and holds multiple campus offices and activities including regional representative of Alpha Chi faculty editor of the annual social chairwoman and SGA vice president.
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Mary Cathryn Thornton
Z. B. Thornton
Box
Silsbee
Cathy
East Texas Baptist College
Marshall
Miss Thornton
Alpha Chi
Student Government Association
William H Hancock Dies at 88 in Jasper
Funeral services were held in Jasper for William H Hancock 88 a native of Jasper and longtime resident. The retired lumberman and farmer died Thursday at Hardy Hancock Hospital after a brief illness. Survivors include three daughters Mrs Cary of Beaumont Mrs Clark and Mrs Silsbee and two sons Hancock and Earl, all of Jasper.
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William H Hancock
Peachtree Hancock Cemetery
Jasper
E. O Ingram
Peachtree Bapelist
Hancock
At & P
Hardy-Hancock Hospital
Jasy
CMMI
Wat
ViCary
Beaumont
Clark
Loree ‘Silsbee
Earl Ha
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Claude Wayne Hesse
New Neches National Bank
First National Bank of Silsbee
Willie H. Whitehead
Robert Allen Mann
Sam Tisdale
Houston
Bertha Wilson
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Don Edward Peco
Ida Mae Duplechen
M. E. Oden
Evater Adams
Liberty Mutual Ins
Alvin Blount
Robert Richarson
Tommie Lee Crockett
Cas. Co
Harold V. Fullingim
Belin Manor Inc
Pacific Finance Corp
Steinhagen Oil Co
Lula Mae Pickering
Columbia Cas. Co
Wilson Johnson
Texas General Indemnity Co
Jack L. Mathews
William C. Dobbs
Jack Martindale
R. B. Warden
Chessher - Sutton Inc
Joyce Haywood
James R. Fendley Sr
Fidelity and Cas. Co
L. F. Reeves
George Janson
Co-Champ Tigers
P. D
Scouting
Santa Fe Park
Cathryn Thornton
W. H. Hancock
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