Easter Seal Campaign Set to Start March First
The 1968 Easter Seal Campaign in Hardin County runs March 1 through April 14 led by Carl D. Jones, with door to door parades March 29 30 31 and lily day sales. Funds aid care for crippled children and adults including Cerebral Palsy Foundation therapy and equipment, bra ces and hearing aids. Local women will lead sections with Mrs. John L. Teel as co chair.
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Carl D. Jones
Easter Seal Society For
Harding County
Hardin County
Easter Seal Society
Jones
Cerebral Palsy Foundation
Beaumont
Silsbee
Mesdames P. N. Nicholson
Doyle McKeown
Rachel Ferguson
T. C. Freeman
Mona Parks
Paul Keith
Leon Wood Brown
Alzettie Sharp
Doris Perkins
Glenn Claybourn
Sanford Jones
Wm. D. Campbell
Denver Lowe
Village Mills
van Wilkerson
Plank Community
Guy Heath
Holland Settlement
Aretta Holland
Wildwood
A. A. Drennon
Honey Island
Clarence McNeely
Wotan
David Bean
Saratoga
Carl Crow
Batson
Pates Hobbs
Kountze
W. G. Birdwell
Sour Lake
Anna Mae Hardage
North Chance - Loeb
Robert Green
South Chance-Loeb
R. M. Rives
John L. Teel
Masonic and Knights of Pythias Lodge Meeting Notices
Silsbee Texas lodges announce regular meetings. Masonic Lodge No 927 meets first and third Tuesdays at 730 pm. Knights of Pythias Lodge No 349 meets Tuesdays at 800 pm at Community Hall. Visiting brethren invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Lodge
Knights of Pythias
B. H. Gilley
Richard Weathersby
Tiger Band Concert Will Be Tuesday
Silsbee High School Tiger Band will present its annual concert Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the Silsbee Junior High School auditorium North 7th Street. The 80 piece band will perform solo and ensemble pieces. Band director James A Jones said there would be no admission charge.
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Tiger Band
Silsbee High School
Silsbee Junior High School
North 7Th
James A. Jones
Silsbee Texas Ordinance Calls 1968 Special Tax Election
The city adopts Ordinance No 682 ordering a March 14 1968 special election in Silsbee Texas to decide on a one percent local sales and use tax with one polling place Fire Hall E J Dietrich presiding and official ballot instructions provided. The measure asks voters to approve or oppose the tax within city limits and sets notice provisions election rules and emergency clause.
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Silsee
Texas
Vernon
Sils Es
Letty of Silsbee
E. J. Dietrich
Silsbee
State of
Local 1 Percent Sales Tax Initiative
Voter action proposed to adopt a one percent local sales and use tax within the city limits. The measure seeks new revenue for municipal services and infrastructure projects pending ballot consideration.
Election notice on voting mark guidelines in Silsbee Texas
The ordinance requires election judges to follow Texas Election Code regarding marking ballots with an x or clear mark. It states ballots count if voter intention is clear, even with scratched positions, with two-week newspaper notice and posting at polling places. Signed February 13, 1968 by Mayor Frank L. McClanahan Jr and City Secretary Wanda Berryman.
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State of
Texas
Nwspaper
Silsbee Bee
Silsbee
Frank L. McClanahan Jr
Sabine Dental Society To Meet Here Tonight
Dr Crawford A McMurray of Ennis will speak at the Sabine District Dental Society February meeting in Susbee State Bank at 6 30. Arrangements are led by Dr W C McNeil Dr Releigh O Jackson and Dr Ira G Markham all of Silsbee with Carl C Hardin Jr and Dr H Bradford Black also involved.
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Crawford A. McMurray
Ennis
Texas Dental Association
Sabine District Dental Society
Susbee State Bank
W. C. McNeil
Releigh O Jackson
Ira G. Markham
Silsbee
McMurray
Tulane
South
Southwest
Carl C. Hardin Jr
Texas State Board of Dental Examiners
Austin
H. Bradford Black
Beaumont
Joseph P. Arisco
Fort Arthur
Lumberton High Student Urges Support for Local Schools
Linda Richmond an 8th grade Lumberton High School student appeals to readers urging voters to keep the Independent School District and resist abolishing it in favor of a common district. She argues the community risks losing student pride athletics band yearbook newspaper art and sanctified modern facilities.
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Silsbee Bee
Silsbee
Teras
Lumberton
Severn
Texas
Linda Richmond
Lumberton High School
Jimmy Deans Ordination to Baptist Ministry in Hardin County
Jimmy Deans was ordained as a Baptist minister at North Baptist Church Hardin County by the Ordination Council. He becomes pastor of Calvary Baptist Church Jasper with Rev. W D Sherman chairing and delivering the closing message. A large audience attended the ceremony with church members and friends.
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Jimmy Dean
North Baptist Church
Hardin County
Calvary Baptist Church
Jasper
W. D. Sherman
North Hardin Church
Press Is Praised For Help With UNICEF Campaign
The United Nations Children's Fund thanks editors and readers for support of National UNICEF Day on October 31 as 3.5 million American children raised pennies nickels and dimes for needy youngsters in 117 countries. Early estimates suggest a substantial rise from 1966’s 2 712 000 and card sales for 1967 also show confidence in life saving efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unicef
United Nations Children’s Fund
U. S
Trail Riders Plan Horse Show At New Arena
Silsbee Trail Riders met at the Cryers home and voted in new members. A horse show is scheduled for April 28 at 9 a.m. in the arena that was Jaycee Rodeo Park, with junior and senior events for youth and adults and open participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Trail Riders
Bobby Cryer
Robbie Foley
Charles Stephen
Sharon Chapman
George Barclay
Jaycee Rodeo Park
Luther Chitty
Lambert Joins Tenneco Oil as Operations Manager
C R Lambert Sr accepted a position with Tenneco Oil Company Chalmette refinery becoming operations manager effective February 19. Previously he was plant manager at South Hamplton Refining Co in Silsbee for six years and serves on the Neches National Bank board of directors.
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C.R. Lambert Sr
Tenneco Oil Company
Tenneco Inc
Chalmette
Lambert
Neches National Bank
South Hamplton Refining Co
Highway 415
Silsbee
Thanking Friends for Kindness After Our Loss
We express gratitude for flowers food and acts of kindness during our mother’s illness and death. Special thanks to Dr Sam Copeland Pete Farmer Woodrow Baptist Church and Caney Head Assembly of God Church Daughters of Mrs Clara Ard Mrs Emmerlee Cravey Mrs Pearl Eason Mrs Appalonia Forse Mrs Viola Townsend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Copeland
Pete Farmer
Woodrow Baptist Church
Caney Head
Assembly of God Church
Clara Ard
Emmerlee Cravey
Pearl Eason
Appalonia Forse
Viola Townsend
Evans Products reports 1967 earnings rise and 1968 acquisition
Evans Products Co. chairman CEO Monford A. Orloff says net earnings for 1967 reached 7.779 million, up 45 percent from 5.357 million in 1966. Sales and rentals totaled 281.389 million, slightly below 282.698 million in 1966. Earnings per common share were 2.29 versus 1.54. In January 1968 the company bought Red Wing Wood Products Inc in a pooling of interests, adding 108,000 to 1967 net earnings and 38,000 to 1966.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monford A. Orloff
Evans Products Co
Red Wing Wood Products, Inc
Youth Association Set Meeting At Neches Bank
The Youth Activities Association will meet tonight at 7 30 in the Neches National Bank. Mrs Hugh Smith president will preside. Reports from committees and routine business for the Silsbee Youth Center will be on the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youth Activities Association
Neches National Bank
Hugh Smith
Silsbee
Hardin County election fight spurred by Houston Thompson bid
A group accuses Houston Thompson and Gene Barrington of political maneuvering to gain power in Hardin County. They claim the move aims to create conflict, sway voters, and take control of the Lumberton Independent School District amid the East Texas controversy.
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Consumer Corporation of America
East Mockingbird Lane
Department D
Dallas
Texas
Hardin County
Pine Needle
Gene Barrington
Houston Thompson
Tamberton
Lumberton Independent
Chance-Loch
Oain
East Texas Wildlife Conservation Association
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James Johnson
Billy Joe Williams
IENT
Linotype
Aember
Joe Ventura
Lodge
McCulloch
Nmiculloch
Elem Tay
McCulloch Service Center Old Kirbyville Highway
Wanda Berryman
Sabine Dental Society
Baptist
New York, N. Y
Victor de Keyserling
Information Services
Vok Il
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Jasper Federal Savings and Loan Asociation
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LAMAR
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Federal Home Loan Bank
SATS
C.R. Lambert
Evans Products
Tenneco Oil Co
Western Auto Associate
Auto Parts Co
Auto & Truck Parts Supplies
Silsbee, Texas
Youth Association
Charles Deir
Fender
Swicegood
College TE
Gibson
Epiphone
Rodgers Ludwig Prem
Howard Barrington
Commissioners’ Court
Silshee
Hardin County Sheriff's Department
East Texas Wildlife
Howard Hargrove
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