Silsbee Chamber Of Commerce Meeting Set For Jan 14
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce calls all members to a January 14 meeting at 7 p m in Heritage Room of Silsbee State Bank chaired by President C R Baker. Old business includes membership drive airport farmers market transportation and parking lot. New business covers ground water supply promotion of new industry annual banquet nominating committee publicity for Silsbee and Miss Silsbee sponsorship.
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Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Silsbee State Bank
C. R. Baker
Silsbee
Two Men Charged With Theft At Fina Station
Silsbee police report two local men Bobby Gene Segrest 26 and Jerry Charles Reddick 17 charged with felony theft in the December 24 Fina Service Station robbery. Reddick allegedly guided Segrest to take 191.52 while a girlfriend of Reddick’s aided by passing a lie detector. Reddick claimed a staged break in to hide the theft. Segrest has prior convictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Fina Service
Silsbee
Grady Tarver
Bobby Gene Segrest
Jerry Charles Reddick
Reddick
Tarver
Beaumont
Segrest
Five Auto Accidents Mar Holiday Weekend In Hardin County
Texas Highway Patrol investigated five automobile accidents over the Jan 1 2 holiday in Hardin County. Causes included rain slick roads and slow traffic from a earlier Dixon wreck. One driver suffered serious injuries and two others minor injuries with two cars totaling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Highway Patrol
Leo Hickman
Travis G. Kirtley
Silsbee
Robert Lee Davis Jr
Buna
Hickman
Laura M. Veeret
la Porte
Ronny Gene Rhodes
Mae W. Richardson Jr
Kountze
Highway 69
Richardson
Village Mills
Joseph Dixon
Beaumont
Hardin Memorial Hospital
F. S. Clay
LaMarque
Dixon
Carl. E. Hunnicutt
Robert Leon Booker
Woodville
The
Highway Patrol
Hardin County
Families welcome babies in Silsbee Beaumont and surrounding towns
Hello World Mr and Mrs Alfred Dale Hare of Silsbee welcomed a daughter born December 30 at St Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Also in Silsbee, Mr and Mrs John Alton Malone welcomed a daughter born December 30 at St Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Other newborns include Charles Wayne first baby of the New Year born January 1 in Kountze to Mr and Mrs George Wayne Landry, and Kelvin born December 28 to Mr and Mrs Henry Charles Moulder of Silsbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Dale Hare
Silsbee
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
John Alton Malone
St Elizabeth Hospital
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
George Wayne Landry
Charles Wayne
Sam Parker
Charlie Doucette
Kelvin
Henry Charles Moulder
Kenneth Ray
Billy Ray Scott
Sour Lake
Wiley Gerald Randall
Gerald Cochran
Kountze Dee
Polio Victim Mike Lowe Celebrates Sixth Birthday
Mike Lowe son of Mr and Mrs Denver Lowe marked his sixth birthday with a Dec 31 party at home. The celebration featured a circus theme with cake and ice cream. He has been recovering from polio and spent five months in a rehabilitation center in Houston and will return for further treatment Jan 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Lowe
Denver Lowe
Mike
Houston
Rules For Rural Mail Deliveries By Yankie Postmaster
Yankie Postmaster L A Yankie appeals to rural customers to aid carriers in winter weather. Silsbee route map covers area north to Fred south to Pine Island Bayou east to the Neches River and west to Village Creek. He urges cooperation to keep box approaches clear and remove obstructions and notes forms 4056 may be used to signal attention. If approaches are not cleared mail delivery could be temporarily with held and foot service may be limited.
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L A. Yankie
Silsbee Post Office
Fred
Pine Island Bayou
Neches River
Village Creek
Yankie
Arvana
Cais Mel
Jaycees To Honor Outstanding Young Man Of 1964
Silsbee Jaycees observe national Jaycee Week January 17 through January 23 led by president Warren Bower. The week features community service award presentation to a local outstanding young man and ends with a January 23 banquet with Jaycees wives and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Jaycees
Warren Bower
Junior Chamber of Commerce
28 Lodged In County Jail
Hardin counties new sheriff Henry Overstreet reported 28 persons held at the county jail during the past week. One misdemeanor driving while intoxicated charge was filed during the New Years weekend, unusual for the period. Two were jailed for being drunk in a car. Six for simple drunk charges and one for drunkenness in a public place. Other detainees included two for game violations one for burglary seven for disturbing the peace one simple assault three frays and two traffic violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Henry Overstreet
Post Office Reports $8,000 Rise in 1964 Receipts
Postmaster L A Yankie released figures showing local office postage sales rose by 8 008 in 1964 from 1963. Total 1964 sales reached 118 853 with 110 845 in 1963. Christmas mail boosted activity. From Dec 7 to 24 1964 first class cancellations totaled 131 767 versus 120 850 in 1963, an increase of 10 917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Yankie
Yankie
Murder Suspect Admits Morris Pharmacy Burglary in Carthage
Thomas Walter Shaw 28 of Fort Lauderdale signed a statement in Carthage implicating himself and two companions Otis Webb and Edna Colotta in the December 4 Morris Pharmacy burglary. Police say $150.20 in change and $1264 from a cabinet were taken. The trio, held for murder of a police officer on December 7, will be turned over to Hardin County after Carthage questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage
Morris Pharmacy
Silsbee
Grady Tarver
Thomas Walter Shaw
13Th Street
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Otis Webb
Ednad Lcotta
Chief Tarver
Shaw
Highway 92
Webb
Brown's Washateria
Morris
Tarver
Washateria
Hardin Coun
Council Votes Acceptance of Sewer Disposal Plant
Silsbee city council met in a brief session to approve the northwest sewer disposal plant now in operation. City planning engineer Dave Perrell said only minor painting touchups remain and noted foam from detergents should clear as sludge forms in holding tanks. The 87,600 project cost was half funded by a federal accelerated public works grant. Navaho Construction Co. built the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Perrell
Perrell
Navaho Construction Co
APV
Buck Deer Purportedly 410 Bucks Killed in Hardin County
Hardin County reports a record deer season with Wildlife Biologist W T Wright estimating about 410 legal buck kills from available data. About 69 percent occurred in the Ariola area and surrounding territories, with 72 bucks killed near Pine Island Bayou and Black Creek within the Hardin County Wildlife Association base, up 14 from last year. Additional bucks were taken along the Keith strip and the Kountze Hunting Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Parks and Wildlife
W. T. Wright
Ariola
Hardin County Wildlife Association
Pine Island Bayou
Black Creek
Keith Strip
Kountze Hunting Club
Benson Family Holiday Visit Draws Wide North Texas Kin
Guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Benson over the holidays included their children Major Clyde M. Benson and Linda and Bobby of Wichita Kansas, David W. Benson and Alan Pat Pam of Nederland, Donald L E Sanderson Donna Jeff Wes and Phillip of Nederland, and William M. Benson of Mt Vernon Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Benson
Major
Clyde M. Benson
Linda
Bobby
Wichita, Kans
David W. Benson
Alan
Pat
Pam
Nederland
Donald LE. Sanderson
Donna
Jeff
Wes
Phillip
William M. Benson
Mt. Vernon
Ohio
Poll tax receipts due by January thirty first in 1965 voting year
The 1965 poll tax deadline is January 31 with 25 days left to obtain a $1.75 poll tax receipt or exemption. Eligible voters include those 21 to under 60 born before 1964, plus new residents and seniors eligible for exemptions. Poll taxes may be paid at listed local outlets across the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Village Creek
Armour’s Wrecking Yard
Pa-Go
Houston Thompson
City News
Silsbee Electric Co
A. A. Adams
Dominy’s Drive In
M. M. Bean Feed
Cunningham's
Chance - Loeb
J. M. Bowman
Milner’s
Tiger Cagers Battle West Orange Chiefs Friday Night
Silsbee hosts West Orange in a 7 30 p m boys basketball clash as the Tigers seek to improve their 1-2 District 9 AAA record. The Chiefs arrive off a decisive win over Liberty and the article notes Silsbee’s ball handling and defense, plus upcoming games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiger Cagers
Mighty West Orange Chiefs
Silsbee High Tiger Cagers
West Orange Chiefs
Chiefs
Liberty
Tony Rothrock
Cove
Bridge City
Tiger
Forest Park
Rothrock
Silsbee
Tigers
Port Arthur
Deweyville
Buna
Cardinals
Doyle Sanguin
Doug Tennison
Victor
Pirates
Bill Bellenger
Tiger Cubs
West Orange
Cubs
Hardin - Jefferson
Spurger
Austin Junior High
Beaumont
Pre School Pupils Ordered to Register January 25
Silsbee Schools will hold registration for pre school age children on Monday January 25 at Read Turrentine Elementary and Waldo Mathews gym for white and Negro pupils. Children must be six by Sept 1 1965 or will turn six by then. A birth certificate is required but if unavailable register anyway and bring it later. County Nurse Christine Read and school nurses will immunize against smallpox. White pupils 7 30 am to 12 noon at high school gym. Negro pupils 1 to 3 30 pm at Waldo Mathews gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
W. E. Sheffield
Read- Turrentine
Sheffield
Christine Read
Doris Williams
Jackie Gilchriest
Waldo Mathews
Sangwins Mark 60th Anniversary in Texas Home
Mr and Mrs Fred Sangwin plan a 60th wedding anniversary gathering Sunday at the son Clarence Sangwin home from noon to 4 pm. Married Jan 8 1905 in Stowell Texas the couple has 15 children five living with several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Sangwins
Fred Sangwin
Clarence Sangwin
Langwin
George
Clarence
Leonard
Melvin Edward
Port Arthur
Eunice Brown
Mrs Husmann Dies in Houston Former Silsbee Resident
Mrs A J Gus Husmann aged 63 died Friday in a Houston hospital. Former Silsbee resident, she and her husband lived in Houston over 50 years after moving from Silsbee. Funeral Monday at Settegast Kopt chapel with burial at Memorial Oaks Cemetery. Survived by husband, daughter, three sons, one sister and three brothers. They formerly resided at 665 North 7th Street Silsbee.
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A. J
Gus) Husmann
Silsbee
Houston
Husmann
Kirby Lumber Corp
Husmanns
North 7Th Street
Justice Office To Be Located In City Hall
Rex Moore, Justice of the Peace, announces his office will be in Room 8 of City Hall on Earnest Avenue. Office hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday.
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Justice Office
Rex Moore
City Hall
Earnest Avenue
Crippled Children Society To Meet In County Courthouse
The Hardin County Society for the Crippled Children will meet January 14 at 7 30 p m in the County Health officer s office of the Hardin County Courthouse in Kountze. Mrs Jess L Odom will preside over the gathering to plan the 1965 Easter Seal appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Society For the Crippled Children
County Health Officers Office
Hardin County
Kountze
Jess L. Odom
Families from Stillwater and Beaumont Visit Skinner Home
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith and daughter of Stillwater Oklahoma and Mr. and Mrs. Macky Pruitt and children of Beaumont visited recently in the home of their parents Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Skinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Smith
Stillwater, Okla
Macky Pruitt
Beaumont
Cecil Skinner
Fire destroys four apartments on 11th Street
Early Wednesday a spectacular blaze completely destroyed an old wooden building containing four apartments at 11th Street and Avenue C. Fire Chief John Busby said flames rose 80 to 100 feet before firefighters could control the fire after more than three hours. Nearby houses were shielded as water cooled surrounding structures. Insurance coverage was incomplete on the damaged property.
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11Th Street
Avenue C
Leon Tull
Silsbee
John Busby
Busby
Allen Warrick To Head New Silsbee Merchants Group
Silsbee Retail Merchants Association formed at a Tuesday morning meeting in the Heritage Room of Silsbee State Bank. Seventeen attended, about 35 signaled support. Allen Warrick named chairman with John J. Fordinal as co chair. Paul Georgas named acting secretary and treasurer until permanent officer elected. The group aims to promote goodwill and better business practices and to support local trade events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Retail Merchants Association
Silsbee State Bank
Silsbee
Allen Warrick
Warrick Television and Appliance Co
John J. Fordinal
Jay’s 5
Free Public Squirrel Hunt Planned January 8–10
The Parks and Wildlife Department opens Devil's Pocket Game Preserve in Newton County for a three day squirrel hunt January 8 to 10. The site lies 12 miles east of Buna on Highway 87 and allows both still and dog hunting. Hunters over 16 with licenses may join at the main entrance gate after 5 a.m. on January 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parks and Wildlife Department
Devil’s Pocket
Newton County
Devil's Pocket
Buna
Highway 87
Texas
William T. Wright
Silsbee
Mr and Mrs Myrow Return Home From Treatment Stay
David Myrow was confined to hospital for several days of treatment and returned home Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Myrow left Tuesday to spend several days at their Somerville residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Myrow
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Mrs. Myrow
Somerville
Miss Beth Singletary Returns to Denton for TWU Studies
Miss Beth Singletary returns to Denton on Sunday to resume studies at Texas Woman's University after Christmas holidays with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Tom Singletary. She will complete her junior year this term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth Singletary
Denton
Texas Woman's University
Tom Singletary
Johnson Family Holiday Visit Weaves Through Arthur Relatives
Reverend and Mrs. C. R. Johnson and their family visited relatives in Arthur during the holidays, stopping to share greetings and extend season’s wishes. The trip highlighted family ties and local gatherings as part of year end celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Johnson
Arthur
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Fina
Reform School
State Penitentiary
Silsbee Police
OVER
Kenneth A. Randls
Kenneth Alford
Dennie Ray Burnett
Evadale
Lessie Melane
Christi Renee
Milton Leon Copeland
L. E. Wilson
Geri Paulette
Kevin Lee
Silsbee City
Northwest
F. L. McClanahan
Gus Husmann
Crippled Children Society
11Th St
New Silsbee Merchants Group
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