Stores To Close Monday For Christmas Holiday In Silsbee
Most Silsbee business houses will observe the Christmas holiday on Monday following Christmas as approved by the Silsbee Merchants Association. Some, including Neches National Bank Silsbee State Bank and The Silsbee Bee office will stay open on the day after Christmas. The Bee will close Friday for the holiday. All drug stores will close Sunday Christmas Day with Morris Pharmacy on North Fifth Street open Monday. Government offices utilities offices will be closed Monday. City trash and garbage pickups will proceed as scheduled. Allen Warrick, president of
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Neches National Bank
Silsbee State Bank
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Local Businesses Send Greetings This Week
Local businessmen and firms in Silsbee share Christmas wishes in the Bee, offering heartfelt greetings and thanks for a prosperous year. The messages, collected over 30 years of publication, convey community spirit and a wish for a Merry Christmas and a good year ahead to readers and customers.
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Grand Jury Indicts 14 In Hardin County Session
James C. Hunter of Newton an Army private at Ft Polk La was indicted for murder with malice by the Hardin County Grand Jury. He was held on 2500 bond at St Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont after a foot injury from a Saturday night crash near Kountze in which George P Kirkpatrick Jrs wife died. Thirteen other indictments included two burglary counts each for four Silsbee men Marshall Ford Don Davis Jerry Davis and Harry Arline free on 1000 bond. Henry Cobden Willie Wyatt of Livingston indicted for timber theft. Dozier Lee of Galveston and Mrs J Landry Jr of Sour Lake true billed for theft both free on 1000 bond. William Oddist Smith street unknown was indicted for second offense driving while intoxicated and released on 1000 bond.
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Hardin County Grand Jury
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Kountze
Hardin County
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George P Kirkpatrick Jr
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Galveston
J. Landry Jr
Sour Lake
Texas 326
George P. Kirkpatrick Jr
Hardin Memorial Hospital
James C. Hunter Jr
George Allen Kirkpatrick
Garland Randall
Robert Gatson
Taylor Columbus Hunter
Houston
Saratoga
Wayne Pullen
Boy Hunter Dies In Accident Near Woodrow
Neil Adams 18 year old seventh grader was accidentally shot and killed while rabbit hunting with companion Tony Calhoun near his home in Woodrow. The incident near the Calhoun residence occurred Tuesday evening as officers investigated and Judge C A Kimball ruled the shooting accidental. Police investigated with Silsbee officers and Grady Tarver leading the probe.
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Tony Calhoun
Ted Calhoun
Marshall Lane
Calhoun
Neil Adams
Woodrow
Grady C. Adams
Gerson
Silsbee Clinic
C. A. Kimball
Koun
Justice of the Peace
Silsbee
Bob Crawford
Grady Tarver
Newton Man Charged In Fatal Auto Accident
Hardin County records report the first fatal Christmas season auto crash near Texas 326 and FM 770 leaving Mrs. George P. Kirkpatrick Jr. dead and her husband and their son injured. James C. Hunter Jr. of Newton, 25, charged with murder without malice. other riders from Ft. Polk treated.
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James Cawley
Fort Hood
Texas
Gene Bunce
Port Neches
J. T.cawley
EasTex Employees Hurt in Workplace Incidents
Two EasTex Inc employees sustained injuries from accidents at the plant. Nathaniel Scott Jr. suffered a back bruise when a pulpwood piece was thrown about 20 feet in the woodyard and was hospitalized for observation. Wayne Ensign lost the tip of a finger in the machine room and was treated at home. Both were reported in good condition. At the end, Mr and Mrs Read and sons arrived to spend Christmas with local families.
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Nathaniel Scott Jr
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Tennison Clinic
St. Elizabeth Hospital
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Wayne Ensign
Victor
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Randy Read
Wayne Robinson
R. L. Read
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Rice University
Houston
City installs five miles of primed streets under code update
Mild sun helps complete five miles of leased streets in the city as Wayne DuBose outlines surfacing plans for the fiscal year. Officials say about 15 miles have been primed since summer. material for Dardin Drive Extension is expected next week, weather permitting. A newly adopted building code details permit requirements, inspections, fees, and contractor bonds with city hall as the filing point.
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150 Christmas Baskets Delivered To Needy
Christmas baskets of food and toys were given to 150 Silsbee area families as the climax of the annual drive. The Toys for Tots effort, praised by B W Graves, marked the most successful year yet with over 450 local children to benefit.
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Silsbee
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Chairan
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Silsbee Ministers Fellowship
Silsbee Key Club
Sister of W C Britton Dies in Cameron Texas
Ida Jenness 81 died at her Cameron home. Funeral at First Baptist Church Cameron today at 2 p.m. with Marek Burns Funeral Home in charge. Survived by sister to W C Britton of Silsbee, a daughter-in-law and two grandchildren. Margie Ennis hospitalized in Beaumont for treatment.
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Cameron
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Silsbee
First Baptist Church
Marek Burns
Two Silsbee Women Named Outstanding Young Women
Two Silsbee women, Marilyn Davis Georges and James C. Jeffrey, named among Outstanding Young Women of America in a biographical volume profiling 6,000 young women ages 21 to 35. Georges, an English instructor at Lamar Tech, with civic roles in Silsbee, and Jeffery, a teacher and speech therapist, with global lecturing experience, appear in the Montgomery Alabama publication.
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James C. Jeffrey
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Britton-Cravens Insurance
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Far East
University of Texas
Silsbee Woman's Club
Two Auto Mishaps Take Monetary Toll
Traffic accidents in Silsbee over the past week caused substantial monetary costs though injuries were minor. On Wednesday at 5:05 p.m. a cattle trailer truck was rear‑ended by Mrs. Archie Gore on Highway 92 north of Silsbee, sending the Gore family to a clinic. At 5:18 p.m. a second crash near Highway 321 and Woodrow Road involved Mrs. Goldie Denman Price, Glen Gray, and others, with minor injuries to several occupants. Police cited a front‑to‑rear collision as Mrs. Price’s car entered Westbound Highway 327 and was struck by Mrs. McCoy. Additional visitors and patients are listed, with Mrs. F. M. Bowers confined to St Elizabeth Hospital.
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Price
Highway 327
Prince Ella McCoy
McCoy
Freedom Of Choice Slips Planned For Students In Sisbee
Sisbee School Board discussed reorganizing grades for the 1967-68 year after plans for a new high school. Freedo m of Choice slips will be issued January 13 to help families decide which school to attend. The board weighs Waldo Mathews High potential phaseout if enrollment falls.
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Fennall
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Jail Business On Increase The Past Week
Silsbee reports rising jail activity before Christmas with 26 inmates under varied charges. Officers cite offences including disorderly conduct, public drunkenness, hot checks, abandonment of children, assaults, burglary, theft from mortgaged property, and shooting from a public roadway. Police warn of forged checks affecting local merchants and urge vigilance.
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Grady Tarver
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Jeffrey Cleaners
Archie Gore
Farmer Funeral Home Ambulance
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Don Hough
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Jane Cole
Eloise Vonner
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Loretta Powell
Mary Muckleroy
Addie Irvin
Janet Rust
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Wesley Shaw
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