Funeral services held for Leon Loe in Louisiana
Leon Loe age 59 of 103 Cypress, a 13 year resident of Silsbee, had funeral services Sunday at Elmonds Funeral Home in Jonesboro. Burial followed at Dubach Cemetery. He died at 3 30 a m Saturday in Hotel Dieu Hospital Beaumont after a short illness. Surviving is his wife Della Loe.
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Leon (. Loe
Louisiana
Leon
Loe
Cypress
Silsbee
Elmonds
Jonesboro
Dubach Ceme
Tery. Loe
Hotel Dieu Hospital
Beaumont
Della Loe
City Manager Pushes Sales Tax as Merchants Seek Meter Removal
Silsbee City Manager Wayne DuBose asked the City Council to consider a 1 percent municipal sales tax to fund growth needs. He outlined plans to extend sewer lines, upgrade water distribution, add a new garbage truck, hire more staff, and fund a master plan and library expansion. Downtown merchants want parking meters removed, risking about 6000 dollars in annual revenue.
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Silsbee
Wayne DuBose
DuBose
du- Bose
Etter
Silsbee Fire Department
City Planning Commission
Stores Set To Close For Christmas In Silsbee Area
Area residents are told most Silsbee trade area businesses will close Sunday and Monday for the holidays. Some groceries, one pharmacy, and a few service stations stay open Sunday. most close Monday. Post Office closes noon Saturday. reopens Tuesday morning. City and county offices close Friday evening, reopen Tuesday. Police and highway patrol on duty. garbage collection paused Christmas Day and resumes Tuesday. Downtown and Pine Plaza Center stores stay open late through Saturday night for large holiday shoppers.
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Silsbee
City of
Kountze
Edgar Blood
Auditor Reports Silsbee School Records as Well Kept
Outside auditor Philip F. DeShong of Beaumont reported the Silsbee Independent School District’s bookkeeping as accurate and well kept, noting the district’s financial position as of Aug. 31. The board approved Sammie Stephen as a junior high language arts teacher and authorized a textbooks committee. A resolution to borrow funds for December payroll was also approved due to timing of state money and holiday recess.
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Silsbee Independent School
Philip F. DeShong
Beaumont
DeShong
Sammie Stephen
Susan Bollich
U. S. Army
Don L. Hough
Betty Ann Mitchell
Bobby Meigs
Jacqueline Hooks
Charles Stephen
Sam McDonald
Martha Courtrey
Rosie L. Thompson
Hal Gregory
Lois Irby
Fannie Gregory
Ina Brewer
Elizabeth Crawford
Mona Plunk
Mathleen Brent
Hough
Local Merchants Send Christmas Greetings in Silsbee
For 34 years the SILSPEE BEE has carried messages of goodwill from over 100 Silsbee area merchants and firms. The greetings express sincere wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to readers of the local newspaper.
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Silspeebee
Silsbee
Silsbee Area
Texas Highway Commission approves area highway program
A $1 331 000 local highway allocation is approved as part of a 362 million two year plan to construct and reconstruct 1667.6 miles of US and state highways statewide. Lester P. Landgraf leads the Silsbee district work on US 96 and SH 327 segments, with right of way costs shared with local governments.
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Silsbee
Texas Highway Commission
Hardin County
Lester P. Landgraf
SH 327
Seven Indicted By Grand Jury In Hardin County
Hardin County Grand Jury returned seven true bills at its monthly session in Kountze. Indictments list George Brunson James Reed David Kotlarz Francis Kotlarz Jr James McClintock Rodger Gill and Bobby Ralls. All defendants were apprehended and free on 1000 bond.
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Hardin County Grand Jury
Kountze
W. L. Selman
George Joseph Brunson
James Clinton Reed
David Kotlarz
Francis J. Kotlarz Jr
James McClintock
Rodger Gill
Bobby Gene Ralls
Curtis Davis l
Hardin County
Hardin County Residents Hold Government Jobs
Hardin County shows 13.5 percent of the workforce in public employment, below national and Texas rates. Nationwide 11.5 million public workers exist, up from 8.7 million in 1960, with state and local payrolls expanding faster than the federal sector and education consuming half of local government outlays.
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Tax Foundation
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Hardin County
United States
Texas
Commerce Department
Funeral trip for Alma Farmer Hill’s family
Mr and Mrs R S Farmer and family will leave Friday morning to attend funeral services for his sister Mrs Alma Farmer Hill in Brenham.
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R. S. Farmer
Alma Farmer Hill
Brenham
Alma Farmer Hill Dies in Brenham at 69
Mrs. Alma Farmer Hill, 69, sister of R. S. Farmer of Silsbee, died early Wednesday in her Brenham home after a house fire accident. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, with burial in Prairie Lea Cemetery in Brenham. Exact cause of death not determined.
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Alma Farmer Hill
R. S. Farmer of
Silsbee
Brenham
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Prairie Lea Cemetery
Houston Man Killed in EasTex Paper Mill Accident
A 41-year-old Houston man, Garland Elliott, died after an industrial accident at the EasTex Inc paper mill in Evadale near Houston Friday noon. Justice of the peace M W Dowden held an inquest at the scene. Elliott, a pipefitter for Brown and Root Construction Co, reportedly slipped and was carried into the agitator by a conveyor chute.
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Houston
Garland Elliott
EasTex, Inc
Evadale
M. W. Dowden
Buna
Elliott
Brown and Root Construction Co
Lenox Hawthorne Jr to Receive Diploma in Tulsa
Lenox Hawthorne Jr will receive his diploma from Spartans School of Aeronautics in Tulsa on Friday. He and his wife will visit their parents in Silsbee and temporarily reside there afterward.
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Lenox Hawthorne Jr
Spartans School of Aeronautics
Tulsa
Oklo
Hawthorne
Silsbee
Lenox Hawthorne
Loral Vaught
Tigers Drop Three Games During The Past Week
Silsbee Tigers finish their pre Christmas schedule with three losses to move to 4-5 on the season. They face the Herdin Jefferson tournament December 28 through 30 at South Lake then open district play January 2 at home vs Cleveland.
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Silsbee Tiger Cagers
Silsbee
Herdin- Jefferson
South Lake
Tigers
Indians
Leveland
Eugene Pattillo
Tiger
Mauriceville
Shuff
Pattillo
Ralph Davenport
Manuel Tyler
Kirbyville Wildcats
Kirbyville
Wildcats
Toys for Tots seeks volunteers to stock toy shop
Toys for Tots chairman Jim Sims calls for volunteers tonight at 7 p m to stock the Toy Shop in the old Morris Pharmacy building on North Fifth Street. Helpers of all ages will prepare repaired toys and fill Friday morning orders as families pick up Christmas gifts.
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Toys For Tots
Jim Sims
North Fifth Street
Morris Pharmacy
Silsbee
Sims
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Evans Products Company
Silsbee Bee
C. Calvert Knudsen
John A. Elorriaga
P. Zenczak
Silsibee
Quali
New York
R.S. Farmer
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