Texas Forest Facts highlights private ownership and Tree Farms
The 1957 Texas Forest Facts reports 40 000 full time forest jobs in Texas and thousands more part time, with 93 percent of commercial forest land privately owned totaling about 12 million acres. It notes 914 Tree Farms in January 1 placing Texas second nationally and nearly 315 million acres in Tree Farm holdings. Smokers caused about 31 percent of Texas forest fires in 1955. Copies available from American Forest Products Industries in New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Texas Forest Facts
Texas Forest Industries Committee
American Forest Products Industries, Inc
National Tree Farm
Lone Star
National Bank of Commerce Bldg
New Orleans
Loeb Community Briefs Reflect Local Life and Visits
Local notes recount settlement in an injury suit against a railroad, shop sale to Beaumont couple, and numerous family visits across Loeb, Beaumont, Jasper, and Silsbee. Community events include revivals, bridal showers, birthday suppers, and hospital updates, with several travels to Austin, Houston, and Lake Cook road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Shawver
Beaumont
Shawver
E. J. Tingle
Austin
M. Miers
Alton
Port Acres
Landry
P. Laffertry
Allen
Lufkin
Bill Hudson
Rosetta Alien
Lufkin Hospital
Don Rasmussen
Flint
Michigan
S. N. Lindsay
Jerry Burks
Mike
Honey Island
Everetts
Loeb Pentecostal Church
Billy Ray Stanley
Henry Williams
Zavalla
H. W. Pippin
J. W. Harvey
Paul Reese
Mary Reese
Jordan
John Shutter
J. V. Horn
Patricia Thompkin
Virgil Langham
Garland Lewis
Martin de Poores
W. T. Williford
Harvey
George King
Jasper
A. T. Langham
Sam
Joe Plain
E. E. Black
New Orleans
Buelah Duplechan
New Iberia
L. M
Jack
Bendy
Bobby McBryde
Lamar College
Cecile Bendy
Billy Mitchell
Panama Canal Zone
J. W. Brown
Lee Brown
Benson
T. F. Jeffcoat
Donna Jean
Carolyn McBryde
Rainbow
Masonic Temple
Roy Waggoner
Bobby
Fred
C. H. Smith
George Mitchell, Jr
Corpus Naval Base Hospital
S. E. Jordan
Victor
Lee Kirkland
J. W. Hampshire
Cook’s Lake Road
Kerry
Bill Beauchamp
Jerry Plain
O. D. Cowen
Prince Beard
Frank Childress
Joe Parker
Ross Parker
J. A. Moye
Saratoga
Henry Lee Holland
L. A. Holland
Spurger
Baptist Hospital
Holland
Tony Boudreau
Frank Boudreau
First Baptist Church of
Loeb
District 3
Silsbee
R. R. Beard
Also Mentioned on This Page
Silsbee Bee
Tinkle
Woodville
Tinkle’s
Loeb Community Briefs
Buickgmc
Simmons Motor
Simmons Motorco
Lane
Yormpany
Dixie
Felt
Park
Magnolia
Wagon Wheel
Chest of Drawers
Rocker
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