Silsbee Doctors Propose Local Hospital Plan
Four Silsbee physicians announced via attorney Earl B Stover a plan to erect a locally financed hospital costing over 500000. Doctors W J Posht taske George D Tennison Sim P Copeland and W T Wilde said plans include local participation and a modern facility to serve Silsbee and surrounding area. Construction could begin this year with further local disclosures forthcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Earl B Stover
W. J. Poshataske
George D. Tennison
Sim P. Copeland
W. T. Wilde
Center
J. E. Adams
Buna
Silsbee Hospital
Silsbee approves Title I reading program hires 19 teachers
Silsbee School Board approves 19 staff for a Title I reading program aiding economically disadvantaged students. $121,283.78 grants earmark first term. four portable classrooms at Read-Turrentine and Kirby near completion. Jimmie Lee Wright named coordinator with a team of teachers and aides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Don L. Hough
Board of Trustees
Read - Turrentine
Kirby
Bernice Morgan
Sandra Savage
Glenda Gray
Carolyn Fikes
Jacqueline Scott
Marilyn Smith
Elois Graham
Hopkins seeks seventh term on Silsbee City Council
Silsbee councilman H. C. Hopkins announced Wednesday his bid for a seventh term. He cites 12 years of experience and pledges to protect taxpayers and citizen interests while aiming to work with a conscientious council. He is the third candidate filed for three council seats. Deadline is Friday March 4 at 5 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Hopkins
Silsbee
Hopkins
John J. Fordinal
Paul Georgas
Jeity
Village Creek Floods Swamp Silsbee Area Camps and Homes
Heavy weekend rains sent Village Creek and the Neches River over banks near Silsbee. Flooding closed three roads and impacted about 100 camps in the Big Thicket area. Evacuations occurred as crews secured trailers, gas tanks, and damaged property while flows receded Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Village Creek
Neches River
Silsbee Area
Highway 327
Neches
Big Thicket
Willard Lake
Hardin County Sheriffs Department
Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
Silsbee
Grady Tarver
Five New Directors Listed V. C. Holmes To Head Cof
V. C. Holmes owner of Holmes Chevrolet Co was named president of the Silsbee Chamber of Commerce for 1966 67 at a meeting of five new directors and holdovers J R Sims of Kirby Lumber Corp was elected vice president and R L Paret of Eastex Inc secretary treasurer The five new directors Nelson Long Travis Votan Earl Stover John Meade and Allen Johnson also were elected Earl Stover discussed the newly organized hospital for Silsbee to be sponsored by four local doctors and not related to other hospital proposals Oil Reserves Corp has been asked to deed airport land to the city and a 3000 grant from the Texas Aeronautical Commission will fund a grass strip work will start after the deed is received The chamber voted to sponsor Linda Lee Yawn Miss Silsbee 1966 for the Dogwood Festival March 25 26 Planning for Religious Activities Week March 20 27 was discussed The event will be co sponsored by the chamber Silsbee Lions Club Kiwanis Club and the Silsbee Ministerial Alliance Preliminary plans for the annual Chamber banquet were discussed for April 12 accompanying past formats
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. ©. Holmes
Holmes Chevrolet Co
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
J. R. Sims
Kirby Lumber Corp
R. L. Paret
Eastex, Inc
Nelson Long
Travis Votan
Earl Stover
John Meade
Allen Johnson
Hospital For Silsbee
Earl Wills
Oil Reserves Corp
Oil Reserves
Linda Lee Yawn
Silsbee
Woodville
Chamber
Silsbee Lions Club
The
Kiwanis Club
Silsbee Ministerial Alliance
Chamber of Commerce
Hospital Plans To Include Nursing Home In Silsbee
J. E. Adams of Buna reports the Silsbee Medical Center expansion includes a 35 bed nursing home with four offices and a gift shop. He announced on January 6 a 67 bed hospital is planned and, if ground conditions permit, work could begin near the skating rink within weeks after securing land options from Kirby Lumber Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Medical Center
J. E. Adams
Buna
Adams
Silsbee
Dams
Kirby Lumber Corporation
County-Wide Meeting On Anti-Poverty Act Call Issued
Hardin County schedules a Feb 28 meeting at the Kountze courthouse to discuss participation in the Federal Anti Poverty Program under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. Bob Watts will explain organizational steps. local groups urged to attend. The court also opposes a Pine Island Bayou salt water barrier and approved right of way purchases and condemned awards on Highway 326.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Kountze
Commissioners Court
Bob Watts
Austin
EOA
Fletcher Richardson
Pine Island Bayou
Lower Neches
E. H. Wheeler
John Blair
Silsbee
Richard Jones
Ernie Dietrich
Caney Head
W. A. Rashall
Chance Loeb
Charlie Reed
Will Tanner
Plank
C. H. Votaw
G. D. Prince
Village Mills
Mamie Waddell
Lee Evans
Honey Island
A. D
Lindsey
Dock Flowers
Thicket
Eddie Loftin
Beckie Moye
Votaw
Cecil Collins
Edward
Foreman Homer Holland Hurt in Sawmill Accident
Homer Holland day foreman at Kirby Lumber Co. was injured Monday when a log struck a trap door in the sawmill. He was taken to Tennison Clinic and later moved to Beaumont hospital where doctors reported he is resting well but the full extent of his injuries is unknown. Holland suffered a deep cut on the forehead and could have impaired use of his left arm and leg. He will remain hospitalized for several days for tests.
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Homer Holland
Kirby Lumber Corp
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Tennison Clinic
Minister R Eugene Jonte Attends SMU Week in Dallas
Rev R Eugene Jonte pastor of First Methodist Church attended Minister's Week at Southern Methodist University in Dallas in a regional church gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Eugene Jonte
First Methodist Church
SMU
Dallas
Bowman seeks re election as Chance Loeb Justice of the Peace
J M Bowman of Chance Loeb announces candidacy for re election to Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 Hardin County subject to the Democratic Primary. Bowman has 18 years residency in the area and 22 years as district supervisor in Texas and Louisiana prior to starting a Chance Loeb business. He belongs to the Methodist Church and state law enforcement groups. He pledges fair impartial service and invites residents to meet him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Bowman
Chance- Loeb
Office of Justice of Peace
Hardin County
Bowman
Chance-Loeb
Kountze
Blume-System Tree Experts
Houston
Texas
Louisiana
The
Methodist Church
Texas Law Enforcement Organization
Justice of Peace and Constable Association of Texas
Man Held on Murder Charge After Silsbee Shooting
James Childers, 28, of near Silsbee, is jailed in Hardin County on $10,000 bond for murder with malice in the killing of his brother in law, Robert Jenkins, 22, of Fred. The shooting occurred last Thursday evening at about 6 15 on the Childers home premises. Police report the weapon was a 12 gauge pump shotgun loaded with buckshot fired from about five feet. Funeral services for Jenkins were held Saturday at Franks Branch Church near Fred with burial in the church cemetery. Surviving are four sisters, three brothers, a half brother and his mother. The investigation was led by Sheriff Overstreet and Officer Paine with Silsbee Chief Tarver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Childers
Near
Silsbee
Hardin County
Inlaw
Robert Jenkins
Fred
Rex Moore
Jenkins
Childers
Moore
Franks Branch Church
Eddis Smith
Pinecrest Baptist Church
Maudie Harville
Wilson l
Thelma Starke
Ruthie Childers
Dollie Hollyfield
Tharp Jenkins
Jim l
Monroe Jenkins
Judge Moore
Overstreet
Billy Paine
Grady Tarver
Henry Overstreet
Condition Of James Keith In Critical After Crash
James Franklin Keith 17 son of Mrs. Mary Charlene Keith of Silsbee remains in critical condition and unconscious at Baptist Hospital Beaumont after a car truck crash at Chance Loeb last Wednesday. Two Silsbee youths Henry Campbell Ellis 20 and Danny J Davis 16 died in the collision. Keith suffers head injuries brain damage kidney trauma broken pelvis both legs and left hip. He faces surgery on one leg Friday at 10 o clock and another on the other leg next Tuesday if condition allows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Franklin Keith
Mary Charlene Keith
Silsbee
Chance-Loeb
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Jimmy Earl Keith
Henry Campbell Ellis
Danny J. Davis
James Franklin
Twelve Silsbee Youths Drafted in March Call
Twelve Silsbee youths are among 34 young men ordered to report for induction on March 2 as Draft Board 86 at Liberty releases the call for Hardin Liberty and Chambers counties. Names include Lonnie Beard, Terry Creekmore, Larry Bradley, Charles Peden, Charles Simmons, Gary Gilbert, Marvin Williams, Herman Hinson, Doyle Brown, Mer vin Williams, and others from Silsbee and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Liberty
Hardin
Chambers Counties
Hardin County
Lonnie Arwin Beard
Terry John Creekmore
Larry Bert Bradley
Charles Wayne Peden
Charles Edward Simmons
Gary Dell Gilbert
Marvin Louis Morgan
Herman Monroe Hinson
Doyle Jay Brown
Mervin Eddie
Visit by Trent Hare to Grandparents in Bridge City
Trent Hare of Bridge City visited last week at the home of his grandparents Mr and Mrs J N Hare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trent Hare
Bridge City
Mrs
J. N. Hare
Fifteen Booked At Hardin County Jail During Past Week
Silsbee resident was held on ten thousand dollar bond for the shooting death of his brother in law last Thursday. Across the week Hardin County Jail also detained four drunks and disorderly conduct cases, one drunk in a car, three traffic violators, one petty thief, two for vagrancy, one felony driving while intoxicated, one simple assault, and one transport to the state mental hospital at Rusk.
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Rusk
Panthers Finish Cage Season In Second Place
Waldo Mathews' Panthers finished the District 6-AA basketball schedule tied for second with Scott High of Woodville, both at 7-5. Bunche High of Crockett claimed first with eight wins and four losses. Two Panthers earned all district first team honors: Leonard Garrett, senior forward, and Lendell Shaw, sophomore center, the only Waldo school to place two players on the team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldo Mathews
Panthers
Scott High
Woodville
Bunche High
Crockett
Panther
Leonard Garrett
Lendell Shaw
Mythcal
Waldo
Leatherwood Seriously Injured In One Car Crash
Keeton Leatherwood aged 59 of Chance Loeb suffered serious injuries in a one car wreck six miles south of Buna on Highway 62. He skidded in heavy rain and was found by passersby at 10:30 a.m. taken to Buna Medical Center then transfered to St. Elizabeth Hospital. Two ribs and a punctured lung with internal bleeding, a broken collarbone and head neck bruises were reported. Patrolman Bob Hutchins investigated.
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Keeton Leatherwood
Chance Loeb
Buna
Orange
Buna Medical Center
Leatherwood
St.Elizabeth Hospital
Bob Hutchins
Rabies Vaccination Drive Set for Silsbee Saturday
City of Silsbee sponsors rabies shots for pets this Saturday February 26 from 1 to 4 pm at the old warehouse across from the Fire Hall. Dr N.G Ferrell will administer vaccines priced at 2.00 instead of 3.50 with residents also able to purchase a 1.00 city license tag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Silsbee
N.G., Ferrell
Wayne DuBose
Barge and Jones families host visitors in Lufkin
Mr and Mrs W B Barge of Lufkin visited recently in the home of Mr and Mrs Emmett E Jones. The social call reflects local hosting traditions and community ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Barge
Lufkin
Emmett E. Jones
Cub Scout Pack 88 Plans Annual Blue and Gold Banquet
Cub Scout Pack 88 will hold its annual Blue and Gold banquet Tuesday at 6 30 p m in the Silsbee Junior High School Cafeteria to mark Scouting's 56th birthday. A covered dish luncheon features den mothers decorating tables with special awards ceremony led by Link Skillern and assisted by John Henry Schuler. Out of town guests include Mr and Mrs Mel Stewart of Beaumont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub Scout Pack 88
Silsbee
William Bosworth
All Soul's Catholic Church
Leo B. Hickman
Link Skillern
John Henry Schuler
Alvin Ragan
Mel Stewart
Beaumont
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Associa Cal
Ton
Stover Seld
Texas Medical Group
Stover
Snis‘bee
Diane Drody
Vera McKeithen
O’shan Little
Supt
Hough
Ray McGallion
L. D. Self
Ida Lewis
High
Jimmie Lee Wright
Kirby School
Mary Agnes Delaune
Lewis
Jeanell Crubbs
Wright
HomesOn Creek
Gore’s Store
FM 92
Evadale
Lakeview
Highway 96
Dam B
Wildwood Resort
Houston Natural Gas Co
Wildwood
V. C. Holmes
Texas Aeronautical Commission
Beaumont Hospital
Chance-Loeb JP
Fredman
James Keith
John Ronald Harrison
Dassetta
Wayne Allen Lusk
Percy Williams , Jr
Charles Wayne Johnson
Sour Lake
Sam Wesley Brown
Day
K. Leatherwood
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