Silsbee Post details its 1919 publishing data and staff
The notice lists second class mailing permits, publishing frequency, address in Silsbee Texas, and subscription rates for Hardin Jasper Tyler Jefferson counties and outside areas. It names the editorial staff including David Read R L Read Tommy Read WW editor Leona Whitman and the mechanical department team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Texas
Highway 96
Hardin
Jasper
Tyler
Jefferson
David Read
R. L. Read
Tommy Read
Leona Whitman
Harold Leigh
John S. Basye
Linotype
James Johnson
Billy Joe Williams
Kingdom of Love Through Faith in Christ Devotional
Daily meditation explains radical life change through yielding to Jesus Christ. It contrasts alchemy with true transformation inside the heart, citing John 3 16 and Romans 10 9 and urging prayer for entry into the everlasting kingdom. By B M Ketchersid Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Jesus Christ
Son of God
Editor Reply on Cooks Lake Road FM status
Mrs. R H Smith Chance Loeb corrects a Kountze News letter stating Cooks Lake Road is not approved as a farm to market road. She notes the state has twice rejected it, requires land acquisition or condemnation, and needs a road bond vote by residents. She urges verification with the Highway Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Rash
Kountze
Rash
Cooks Lake Road
Cooks Lake
Highway Department
Rough Fish Routed From Dam B Reservoir
Commercial fishermen under contract with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department removed 66,428 pounds of rough fish from Dam B Reservoir in East Texas in the year ending Aug. 31, 1966. Nets harvested 56,025 pounds buffalo 6,065 pounds gar 6,219 pounds carp with 1,577 pounds of suckers carpsuckers drum and turtles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Dam B
East
Texas
Free Show to Feature Steam Locomotives
Fire Chief John Busby announces a free movie and slide show at the Fire Hall tonight at 7 36. The event, open to all ages, features pictures of the days of great steam locomotives on the railroads and aims to bring back memories for local residents. The fire department sponsors the public service program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Busby
the Fire Department
Legislature opens amid bills and cross currents
A hearing on a bill to legalize horse race betting in counties with voter approval kicks a fast start as 181 lawmakers introduce measures. Senate and House leadership diverge on a $5.2 million pay raise plan, Gov. Connally’s tax program looms, and activity covers liquor by the drink, highway beautification, election code changes, sales taxes, lily removal, right to work, cattle feed lot licensing, and wildlife land purchases. Population data shows Texas at 10.7 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Ben Barnes
John Connally
Preston Smith
Capitol
Smith
Connally
Jake Johnson
San Antonio
James Slider
Naples
Texas
U. S
Highway Department
Dick Cory
Victoria
James E. Nugent
Kerrville
House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
Gene Fondren
Taylor
Fondren
John Traeger
Seguin
Texas Municipal League
Leroy J. Wieting
Portland
P&w
Don Gladden
Bill Clayton
Springlake
House Labor
Children’s Dental Health Week Feb 5 11
Sabine area dentists join national observance with the theme Smile for National Children’s Dental Health Week February 5 through 11 1967. Dr Max C Mays notes primary teeth need care for chewing speech and jaw development and urges school lunch boxes include a dental kit.
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Sabine
United States
Max C. Mays
Silsbee
Sabine District Dental Society
Silsbee School Menus for Week Feb 6 10
Silsbee Public Schools list weekly meals: Monday beef stew with vegetables pinto beans pickled beets banana pudding cornbread milk. Tuesday hamburgers with lettuce tomato onion potato salad fresh pear cobbler milk. Wednesday fried chicken rice and gravy buttered English peas strawberry short cake rolls milk. Thursday roast beef mashed potatoes gravy green beans coconut cake. Friday fried fish baked corn tossed green salad fruited jello rolls.
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Silsbee
Four Weeks Left To Get Pine Seedlings In Texas
Texas tree farmers have four weeks to order and plant pine seedlings. Mason Cloud of the Texas Forest Service warns that planting before March 1 yields higher survival, with the Indian Mound Nursery near Alto offering 900,000 slash pine and 300,000 toblolly pine. Seedlings ship the day dug and are for soil erosion control and windbreaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Mason Cloud
Texas Forest Service
Indian Mound
Alto
Cloud
ASCS
Soil Conservation District
College Station
Masonic Leader to Visit Magnolia Lodge in Woodville
Deputy Grand Master J. W. Chandler of Houston will address Magnolia Lodge No. 495 A F and A M in Woodville on Tuesday night February 7. A barbecue dinner at 6 pm precedes the 7 pm meeting in the Masonic Temple. Chandler, president of Southern States Optical Co., will be elevated to Texas Grand Master in December. He is the first Grand Lodge officer to visit Tyler County and the 121st Masonic District since 1959.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Masons
J. W. Chandler
Houston
Magnolia Lodge No
Woodville
Mr. Chandler
J. E. Grimes
Magnolia Lodge
Chandler
Masonic Temple
Motor Inn
Southern States Optical Co
Texas Masonry
Tyler County
Silsbee Volunteers Responded to 140 Calls in 1966
Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department answered 140 alarms in 1966, with 64 within the city and 76 outside, mainly woods, grass, trash, and vehicle fires. Chief John Busby’s annual report notes eight false alarms, 40 drills, 12 meetings, 836 on duty hours, and 14,200 miles logged by firefighting equipment.
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Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
John Busby
Silsbee
Busby
UNICEF's aim to prepare children for constructive life
UNICEF pursues foundational work to equip children with skills and well being for a productive future. The effort spans health education and protection across communities and nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unicef
Designations for Hardin County Depositories and Local Bids
Public notices announce Hardin County commissioners court will designate depositories for public funds at the February 13 1967 regular term under Article 2544 RCS 1925. Included are bid deadlines for city trucks and vehicles, election notices for April 1 1967 mayor and council seats, and city clerk signatures with posting dates January 12 1967.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Texas
Hardin
Hardin County
Commissioners’ Court
Newborns Arrive as Silsbee Families Grow
John Kent, three months old, arrives in Silsbee to live with the Fountain family. Grandparents include B. B. Simpson and A. Fountain. Frank Albert Jr born Jan 23 to Frank Purvis and wife in Hardin Memorial Hospital Kountze. Tony Randall born Jan 27 to Eugene Reeves. Randall Ashley born Jan 29 to Billy Wayne Moulder.
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John Kent
Silsbee
Bobby Fountain
Mrs
A. Fountain
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Frank Purvis
Frank Albert Jr
Michael Lynn
Cecil West Jr
Eugene Arnold Reeves
Tony Randall
Randall Ashley
Billy Wayne Moulder
Kountze Optimists Sponsor Boys and Girls Tourney
The Kountze Optimist Club will sponsor its first annual junior high boys and girls basketball tournament at Kountze High School gym Feb 9 10 and 11. Participating schools include Hardin Jefferson Evadale Colmesneil Hull-Daisetta China Buna Chance-Loeb and Keansze. Trophies awarded for first second and consolation in both divisions and 2n all tournament team. Game times and finals are listed with Cecil Cain as club president and Dick Howell as tournament director.
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Kountze Optimist Club
Kountze High School
Hardin- Jefferson
Evadale
Colmesneil
Hull - Dassetta
China
Buna
Chance-Loeb
Keuntze
Cecil Cain
Dick Howell
Neches Watershed Authority Proposal Advances in Texas
Former State Sen. Ottis Lock urged East Texas residents to form a basin wide Neches River authority to coordinate development of the Neches watershed. He noted the river's six million acre feet of annual flow and compared it with Trinity Sabine and Brazos basins pursuing organized plans for impoundments navigation and industry. He cited endorsements from the Texas Research League and Gov. Connally for basin wide water planning.
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Neches River
Texas
Ottis Lock
Lufkin
Neches
Trinity, Sabine, and
Brazos
Lock
Texas Research League
Texas Water Conservation Assn
Federal Water Resources Planning Act
John Connally
Services Held for Mrs. Sarah Bylsma in Silsbee
Funeral services were conducted for Mrs. Sarah Bylsma 32 of Chance Loeb at 10 a m Saturday at Farmer Funeral Home Silsbee with Rev Charles Willis officiating. Burial followed in Morse Cemetery Buna pallbearers named Ed Hegood Carl James David Cook Archie Moss W E Spears and Marvin Willis. She died Wednesday night at home from a personal safety related gunshot wound per Justice of the Peace J M Bowman. Survived by husband George Bylsma of Chance Loeb father Jim Craddock Evadale two sisters Lillian Griswold Kansas City Mo Bela Craddock Los Angeles one brother Jimmy R Craddock Springfield Mo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Bylsma
Chance
Loeb
Farmer Funeral Home
Silsbee
Charles Willis
Graybury
Justice of the Peace
J. M. Bowman
George Bylsma
Chance Loeb
Jim Craddock
Evadale
Lillian Griswold
Kansas City
Bela Craddock
Los Angeles
Jimmy R. Craddock
Springfield
Final Rites for Mrs Alice Sheehan Friday
Mrs. Alice Sheehan 70 of Chance Loeb will be buried at Hooks Cemetery after a 10 a m Friday service at St John s Episcopal Church Silsbee with ministers Garrett Wingfield John Donovan and James Bradford officiating. She died Wednesday in St Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont after a lengthy illness. Surviving sisters include Mable Findlay Paramus New Jersey Grace W Church Riverdale New Jersey Pricilla W Brownell Pearl River New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Sheehan
Chance Loeb
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Silsbee
Garrett Wingfield
John Donovan
St. Stephens Episcopal Church
Beaumont
James Bradford
Loeb Baptist Church
Hooks Cemetery
Kountze
Farmer Funeral Home
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Brooklyn
N. Y
C. N. Kasper
C. L. Hall
E. E. Coco
Shirley L. Hardin
James L. Hardin
D. Parrish
Mable Findlay
Paramus
N. J
Grace W. Church
Riverdale
Pricilla W. Brownell
Pearl River
UNICEF Aids Underdeveloped Nations in Child Welfare
UNICEF provides support to developing countries to meet children’s basic needs. Programs focus on health nutrition education and protection services to improve child well being and survival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unicef
Legislature creates watershed board with 19 county reps
A proposed act would form a watershed board of directors from 19 counties including Van Zandt Smith Henderson Panola Rusk Cherokee Anderson Shelby Sabine San Augustine Angelina Houston Jasper Tyler Polk Trinity Hardin Orange and Jefferson. The plan aims to provide basin wide leadership while preserving the function and rights of existing water districts and authorities.
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van Zandt
Smith
Henderson
Panola
Rusk
Cherokee
Anderson
Shelby
Sabine
San Augustine
Angelina
Houston
Jasper
Tyler
Polk
Trinity
Hardin, Orange
Jefferson
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National
ASG Cffiib
B. M. Ketchersid
Virginia
Sincerely, Mrs. R. H. Smith Chance-Loeb
Toro
Chrysler
Texas Highway Department
Oy Vera Seniora Las
Austin
Tom Holmes
Granbury
Alonzo Jamison
Denton
Selwin Jones
Lubbock
Bill Rapp
Raymondville
The
Southwest Cattle Raisers Association
John L. Hill
Charles H. King Jr
Longview
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Thomas S. Bishop
James D. Scott
Mineral Wells
Army
James M. Rose
Crawford Martin
Vetawards Land Board
University of Texas Medical School
Galveston
Parks and Wildlife Department
PWD
Rolling Plains
West Cross Timbers
Grand Prairie
Trans - Pecos
Lower Coastal Prairie
Pineywoods
Rio Grande Valley
LBJ Park
Lyndon B. Johnson
Shepperd
Sweeneys
Gillespie County
William S. Newberry
Texas Public Employees Association
T. B. Wright
Don Kirby Miller
Rupert S. Gregory
Texas Business Review
Ture
Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Consumer Credit Study Commission
Frank Miskell
Railroad Commission
Pine Island Bayou
Little Pine Island Bayou
Liberty
Hardin Counties
Court of Criminal Appeals
Texas Research, League
North Canal
Texas Council of Governments
Dodge Boys
Dodge
Donalson Motor Co, Inc
Silsbee School
Masonic Grand Lodge
Emmett Lack County
Clarence Mcneely County
Geraldine Collins
City Hall
Studebaker
Dardin Drive
G. T. Smith
Wayne DuBose
P. O
Earnest Avenue
County of Hardin
Ster
Ant ER
Coun
Frank L. McClanahan, Jr
Ann Brown
Neches Watershed
Roosevelt & 10Th Streets
McCulloch
Manufacter
Teel Brothers
Saratoga
McCulloch Service Center
Richard Collier
HINSON’S _ Votaw
Timberland Law Co
Marshall
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