Mrs. I. G. Gooden To Address Royal Clover Leaf
Mrs. I. G. Gooden wife of the New Hope Baptist Church pastor of Port Arthur will be guest speaker at the Royal Clover Leaf Club banquet in Silsbee The event is at 730 p m Saturday in the Masonic Temple Proceeds fund local district and state scholarships Mrs Frank Garrett leads the Royal Clover Leaf Civic Club in Silsbee The article notes test judging will be announced in April and five sixth grade students at O Neil Intermediate are winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Neil Intermediate
I. G. Gooden
New Hope Baptist Church
Port Arthur
Royal Clover Leaf Club
Silsbee
Masonic Temple
West Avenue
South 15Th Street
Frank Garrett
Royal Clove Leaf Civic Club
Haley seeks election as Pet 4 Hardin County Commissioner
L B Haley of Lumberton announces candidacy for Pet 4 Commissioner in Hardin County. He and his wife live in Lumberton with three sons and a daughter. Haley cites overdue road and drainage work and pledges honesty and hard work if elected.
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L. B. Haley
Lumberton
Hardin County
Haley
Doyle
Roger
Tony
Gloria
Fer
Central Freight Lines
Pet. 4
Rail Gauge Standard Four Feet Eight and a Half Inches
The standard gauge for railroad tracks is four feet eight and a half inches. This universal measurement, used worldwide, defines the distance between inner rails and guides rolling stock. It underpins interoperability across rail networks and historically traces to wagon wheel spacing in early mining carts.
O'Neil Students Excel In National Writing Contest
Five O'Neil Intermediate students earned local honors in a national creative writing contest sponsored by American Education Publications and Know Your World. Tammy Thomas leads as local first place entrant with an ending to the science fiction story The Cure. honorable mentions include Linda Eason Pam Headrick Priscilla Pelloquin and Paula Riggans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Education Publications
Tammy Thomas
Paula Riggans
Linda Eason
Priscilla Pelloquin
Pam Headrek
Pat Griffin
O'Neil
Know Your World
Athelene Beacham
Pearl Eason
Pam Headrick
Wiley L. Headrick
Melvin Pelloquin
R. L. Riggans
Griffin
Nine Hurt In County Rural Accidents In January
Hardin County saw nine people injured in 24 rural traffic crashes during January. No fatalities were reported. Sgt. C. H. Rudd of Texas Highway Patrol District 2B noted the January 1972 tally compared with January 1971.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
C. H. Rudd
Texas Highway Patrol
District 2B
Highway Patrol
Rudd
Kirby Reports Two Appointments at Silsbee Studio
Kirby Lumber Corp. announces two new staff appointments at its Silsbee facility. Industrial Engineer Hubert Bryan White, a Texas Tech graduate from McKinney, comes from Hardwicke Ett er Co. He and his wife Charlyne and children Scott and Shelly reside at 125 Britton Drive. Robert F. Sides is named assistant personnel manager after a career in personnel. he and his wife Nelma and son Chuck will relocate to Silsbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Stevens
Kirby Lumber Corp
Silsbee
Hubert Bryan White
Texas Tech University
White
Hardwicke-Etter Co
Sherman
Texas
McKinney White
Charlyne
Scott
Shelly
Britton Drive
Robert F. Sides
Sides
Northeast Louisiana State College J
Olinkraft Inc
National Educational Systems Corp
Kirby
National Educational SystemsCorp
Nelma
Chuck
Camp Fire Group Elects New Officers
The AQ WA KI YA Camp Fire Group elected officers after a meeting last week. New president is Shelia Bryant, vice president Denise Hinton, secretary Tammy Shafer, treasurer Darlene Cravey, pledge leader Lauri Leger, flag bearer Cheryl Calhount, song leader Theresa Willis, games chair Patti Buslin, and reporter Becky Fontenot. Plans include visits to Rainbo Bread Company and Jefferson County Airport, a ceremony for Feb 29, and a monkey-raising project for a Galveston trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AQ WA KI YA
Lauri Leger
Shelia Bryant
Denise Hinton
Tammy Shafer
Darlene Cravey
Cheryl Calhount
Sond
Theresa Willis
Games I
Patti Buslin
Becky Fontenot
Rainbo Bread Company
Jefferson County
Searama
Galveston
County Court Actions Include Road Requests and Radar Unit Update
County proceedings approve travel cap at 100 dollars per month and accept Steck Co. bid to rebind 14 used tax office books at eighteen dollars each. A radar unit for County DPS vehicles, leased last January, has 476 arrests and ten thousand forty eight dollars in fines. total unit cost is 1785 dollars. Commissioners appoint new Hardin Memorial Hospital Board members. Lisenby presses road and drainage improvements on Hayes Road. Tense exchange with Barrington over Lisenby as PET 2 candidate precedes deputized constable hire at 100 dollars monthly.
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Barrington
Steck Co
Anders
Lack
Wayne Pullen
DPS
Pullen
Bob Kerr
Lois Tarver
Silsbee
George Shanks
Pinewood
O. D. Hamilton
Lumberton
Ruby Dabney
H. A. Hooks
Jack Hedge
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Caraway
H. H. Lisenby
Virgil Caraway
Howard Barrington
Hayes Road
Kirby Lumber Corp
Lisenby
Liseny
Pet
Cess
D. L Harrison
Votan
Contable L. C. Kirk
Kerr
J. C. Busby
Lon Fe
Move
Busby
Richardson Infranice
Last Rites For T E Yawn 48 Held Feb 11
Funeral services for Thomas Eugene Yawn 48 were held at 2 p m Feb 11 in the First United Pentecostal Church with Rev FE W Stanley and Rev Jerry Ward officiating Burial was in Franks Branch Cemetery under Farmer Funeral Home direction He died at 7 am last Thursday after a long illness A native of Village Mills he lived in Silsbee 32 years He was a World War II veteran Surviving are his parents Mr and Mrs Tommy Yawn of Silsbee a sister Mrs Dorothy Nowasky of Silsbee and a brother Wyland Hall Yawn of Beaumont Pallbearers were Britton L C and Herman Yawn John Smart Garland Caraway and Robert Rohde
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Eugene Yawn
First United Pentecostal Church
FE. W. Stanley
Jerry Ward
Franks Branch Cemetery
Farmer Funeral Home
Village Mills
Sisbee
Tommy Yawn
Silsbee
Dorothy Nowasky
Wyland Hall Yawn
Beaumont
McClelland Jr Announces Pet Justice Candidacy in Silsbee
Robert O. McClelland Jr., 20, of Silsbee, a Coca Cola Beaumont employee and LaMar University student, announces a bid for Precin ct 1 Justice of the Peace. He urges voters to register by April 6 for the May 6 Democratic Primary in Hardin County.
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Robert O. McClelland Jr
Silsbee
Pet
Silsbee High School
Lamar University
Coca-Cola Co
Beaumont
McClelland
Hardin County
Navy Recruit Jay L. Hare Finishes Orlando Training
Navy Fireman Apprentice Jay L. Hare son of Mrs Jew el Hare of Evadale completed recruit training at the Naval Training Center in Orlando. A former Evadale High School student he is to report to the Damage Control School in Philadelphia.
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Navy
Jay L. Hare
Jewel Hare
Evadale
Naval Training Center
Orlando
Evadale High School
Philadelphia
Tongue in Cheek Awards Highlight Political Comedy
Ralph Novak catalogs humorous awards for political figures, lampooning Reagan Kennedy Lindsay Agnew Muskie Nixon Johnson and others. The piece wryly notes mock honors like the Election Bowl and the George Romney I Wish I Hadn't Said That Award reflecting 1970s U.S. politics.
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California
Ronald Reagan
National Football Foundation
Hall of Time
America
Death Valley
Greta Garbo
Edward Kennedy
Wayne Morse
Jill St. John
Henry Kissinger
David Eisenhower
Agnew
George Romney
Edmund Muskie
Johnny Unitas
Nixon
Supreme Court
Ronald Ziegler
Tricia
Pat
Norman Mailer
Lyndon Johnson
Ralph Nader
Mrs. Betty Mitchell Seeks Demo Chair Post in Hardin County
Silsbee teacher and longtime party official Betty Ann Mitchell files to run for Hardin County Democratic Executive Committee Chairman ahead of the May 6 primary. She cites decade of party work including state and county posts, and leadership roles.
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Betty Mitchell
Betty Ann Mitchell
Silsbee
Hardin County
Democratic Executive Committee
Texas
Mitchell
Silsbee Independent
Hank
Southern Methodist University
Mary
Betty
Silsbee High School
First United Methodist Church
Silsbee Woman’s Club
Maroon and White Club
Fire instructors to convene workshop in Killeen
Hardin County Fire Marshal John Busby and arson investigator Johnny Walters will attend an instructors' workshop in Killeen on February 19 to plan classes for the summer fire school at Texas A&M University. Busby will work with pump operations officers and Walters will meet with combined operations instructors at the Pump Operations Instructors' Workshop and Program Planning meeting beginning at 10 a.m. this Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
John Busby
Johnny Walters
Killeen
Texas A&m University
Busby
Walters
Silsbee Shrine Club elects John Kirby president for 1972
John Kirby of Silsbee was elected president of the Silsbee Shrine Club for 1972, succeeding Norman Rucker who becomes a 1972 director. Other officers named include James Dear assistant to the president, Pud Walker first vice president, Bill Tipton second vice president, Claude Coward third vice president, Billy Paine director of public relations, A B Walker secretary, A G Mashburn treasurer, and directors Roy Rodgers Lester Henderson Henry Donelson Ray Adamis Henry Thurston L M Brown Jr Randy Harper Perry Spell and Bronson Jeffcoat. Plans were set for the annual dinner and installation at the Silsbee Country Club on Feb 19. Final 1971 reports were presented and a donation sent to Carl R Byard of Galveston for the Shrine Burns Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kirby
Silsbee
Silsbee Shrine Club
Norman Rucker
James Dear
C. F. “Pud” Walker
Bill Tipton
Claude Coward
Billy Paine
A. B. Walker
A. G. “al” Mashburn
Roy Rodgers
Lester Henderson
Henry Donelson
Ray Adamis
Henry Thurston
L .M. Brown Jr
Randy Harper
Perry Spell
Bronson Jeffcoat
Silsbee Country Club
Carl R. Byard
Gualveston
The
Shrine Burns Institute
Birthday Party Honors Mrs. Winnie Jones at Local Church
Twenty seven guests attended a February 9 birthday party honoring Mrs. Winnie Jones. The Outreach Class for Mental Retarded hosted the event at First Baptist Church where Mrs. Jones serves as group leader. Pink and white decorations highlighted the party.
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Winnie Jones
First Baptist Church
Card of Thanks for sympathy and kindness
The family of Eugene Yawn thanks neighbors and friends for food words of sympathy and flowers. Gratitude extended to the United Pentecostal Church and Dr. George Tennison for their kindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Pentecostal Church
George Tennison
Jim Stinson Seeks Precinct 3 Constable Post
Jim Stinson announces candidacy for Precinct 3 constable. 39, longtime Harden County resident with Air Force Military Police and Oregon State Highway Patrol background. Currently a Special Deputy under Sheriff Billy E Paine and previously under Sheriff Henry Overstreet. He and his family attend Fletcher Emanuel Baptist Church.
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Jim Stinson
Stinson
Hardin County
Sue
Fletcher Emanuel Baptist Church
Masonic Lodge
Jim
Air Force Military Police
Oregon State Highway Patrol
Henry Overstreet
Billy E. Paine
Sheriff's Department
Precinct 3
Correction to Death Notice for Mrs Elizaveth Jackson
The obituary correction states Mrs Elizaveth Jackson is survived by three sisters: Mrs Maite Meawning of Conroe, Mrs Ella Williams and Mrs Alverta Maxie of Sisbee. An earlier writeup last week misstated the survivor list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizaveth Jackson
Maite Meawning
Conroe
Ella Williams
Alverta Maxie
Sisbee
Jackson
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Mrs. I. G. Gooden
L. G. Gooden
Myron’s Shoes
Pine Plaza
Dean Burcham
Dixson and
Dixson Architects
Court House
T. E. Yawn
Britton, L. C
Herman Yawn
John Smart
Garland Caraway
Robert Rohde
McClelland Jr
R. O. McClelland JR
Ralph Novak
National Scene
Shrine Club
Eugene Yawn
Torony
Robert Nowasky
Wyland
Paul
Claude
Ord
Odis Gore
Marvel
Ann Gore
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