Local Negro Woman Charged With Murder After Stabbing
Addie Pearl Parks 34, freed on 2500 bond after being charged with murder of Sam Edwards 60 following a Saturday night altercation at the Edwards home in Red Cat. Edwards died of knife wounds to throat and heart at Hardin County Hospital. Sheriff cites self defense after Parks says Edwards struck at her with a knife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie Pearl Parks
Sam Edwards
Silsbee
Edwards
Hardin County Hospital
William Whitaker
Red Cat
Dave Rountree
Ghost Road Mystery Play Staged Tonight By Junior Class
The junior class presents Ghost Road a mystery comedy at 8 p.m. tonight and tomorrow in the high school auditorium. Kenneth B. Fouts directs with special lighting and sound to heighten the midnight storm station setting. Reservations are by calling 52291 and tickets are sold at the box office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth B. Fouts
Mr. Fouts
Glass Menagerie
OES To Initiate New Candidates At Jan Meeting
Order of the Eastern Star 298 will hold a regular stated meeting Tuesday January 22 at 7 30 p m in the Masonic Temple An initiation ceremony for new candidates will be held and members and visiting members are invited to attend Mrs Faye Welk worthy matron P ty Choate is worthy patron
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Faye Welk
P. Ty
Choate
Silsbee
Rainbow Assembly
Masonic Hall
Port Arthur
Rainbow Assembly No. 7
Silsbee Girls
Silsbee Lodge No. 927
Avot A
Fay Welk
Silsbee Eastern Star
Worth
Silsbee Youth Club Boxers to Box Beaumont Orange Saturday
Silsbee Youth Club faces a Beaumont Orange team in 14 bouts at the Silsbee junior high gym. John Nolan leads the main event with prior Marine Corps and amateur experience, while Buddy Weines meets an Orange foe in the semi final. Other Silsbee contenders include Kinard Ruggles Skinner Bonner Creekmore Russ Monte Ruggles Roger Ruggles Windon and two more announced by Coach Vena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Beaumont
George Vena
Vena
Port Arthur
Orange
John H. Nolan
Marine Corps
Buddy Weines
W. D. Kinard
Glen Ruggles
Smokey Skinner
C. N. Bonner
Tom Creekmore
Robert Russ
Monte Ruggles
Roger Ruggles
Frank Windon
John Nolan
Sammy Smith
Roger
March Of Dimes Drive Nears $3000 Mark In County
Silsbee totals stand at $2911.53 with $1853.39 collected locally and other towns reporting partial sums. Lions and Kiwanis street drives yielded $86.74, while C Z Popes pancake supper added $241.12. Shriners raised $531.23 plus telethon $723.30. additional donations from donors and cafe fundraisers are planned this weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Robbie Jones
Lions Club
Kiwanis Club
C. Z. Pope
Shriners
Joe Register
Bluebonnet Cafe
Silsbee Shriners
Kountze
Village Mills
Batson
Sour Lake
Paul Georgas Named Manager at Britton Cravens Agency
Paul Georgas, formerly of Baytown, arrived in Silsbee January 4 to assume duties as manager of Britton Cravens Insurance Agency. He brings four years of insurance experience from a Baytown partnership and moved to Silsbee with his wife and son. The Georgas family resides at 114 Britton Drive in Kirby Addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Georgas
Baytown
Silsbee
Britton-Cravens Insurance Agency
Georgas
Ceorgas
Britton Drive
Kirby Addition
Hardin County approves blanket pay raises for officials
Hardin county commissioners vote a $300 annual raise for all county officials and courthouse staff. The list includes the county judge, sheriff, attorney, clerk, auditor, and treasurer, with salary changes aligning to the legal limit. Also discussed were right of way purchases for the Saratoga street project and a new health officer appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Kountze
Fletcher Richardson
Gulf Coast
Saratoga
Lawrence
Poll Tax Sales Underway in Silsbee This Winter
Poll taxes are on sale across Hardin county with booths at Birdwell's in downtown Silsbee each Saturday through January 31. Edna Guynes city secretary will staff the old city office January 19 and 26 with taxes available. H. P. Moran, poll tax deputy, operates at 280 S. 12th Street Pa Go Grocery on the right of way. An off year nationally but Texas senate, school board, and city council elections planned locally, with possible local option elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Silsbee Business and Professional Women’s Club
Birdwell’s
Edna Guynes
Old City
Silsbee
H. P. Moran
S. 12Th Street
Pa-Go
United States
Texas
Shriners Schedule Second March of Dimes Street Drive
Sim Ward announced that the Silsbee Shriners will again collect this Saturday with plate brigades. They raised over 500 dollars two weeks ago and aim to surpass that total. Allen Cleaners remains HQ with Tom Allen urging early fez wearers to join. The final street collection will support polio fight locally and nationally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sim Ward
Silsbee Shriners
Shriners
Mr. Ward
Allen Cleaners
Tom Allen
Landgraf Named Resident Engineer in Silsbee Office
Beaumont district announces changes effective Jan 15 Lester Landgraf of Silsbee becomes resident engineer for the Silsbee office and R B Terry moves to District Right of Way Engineer. Landgraf, Clemson graduate and registered engineer, will oversee Hardin county highway work.
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Fillingim
John Frazier
Silsbee
Frank S. Payne
Frazier
Commissioners Court
Frainer
Payne
Fravner
Highway Department
Kountze
FE. W. “Hamp” Mayo
Sour Lake
Saratoga
Fletcher Richardson
Richardson
Hardin County
R. B. Terry
Lester Landgraf
Silshee
Tom Burch
Terry
Beaumont
Landgraf
Clemson A & M College
Clemson
South Carolina
Florida
Sabine
Professional Engineers
Explorer Scouts Complete 25 Mile Hike From Chester to Colmesneil
Ten members of Silsbee Explorer Post 88 plus adult leaders Bill Hilliard and Johnny Johnson completed a 25 mile hike from Silsbee to Chester and Colmesneil last weekend. They camped at Chester Friday night then began early Saturday, arriving Colmesneil about 5 p.m. and returning to Silsbee Sunday morning.
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Silsbee Explorer Post 88
Chester
Colmesweil
Bill Hilliard
Johnny Johnson
Silsbee
Explorer Scouts
Colmesneil
Mickey Nash
Bobby Ford
Wayne Francis
Terry Gossett
Johnny Dietrich
Pat Richardson
Harry Allen
Nelson Bruns
Jack Clark
Jimmy Wyatt
County Law Officers Haul 20 To Lockup In One Week
Hardin county law enforcement officers lodged about 200 citizens in the county jail last week. Deputy Dale Smith reported in Kountz that the arrests included three disturbing the peace, three affray, three traffic, one DWI, one felony DWI, one petty theft, one theft, five drunks, one simple assault, and one murder charge against Addie Pearl Parks of Silsbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Dale Smith
Kountz
Addie Pearl Parks
Silsbee
Enthusiastic East Texas rally backs game conservation
Howard D. Dodgen executive secretary of the Texas Game and Fish Commission led meetings in Silsbee with five local outdoor groups and about 200 attendees. He stressed conservation as a state of mind and discussed game legislation, seasonal rules, and local warden needs. Raymond Moody of International Paper attended, signaling private industry support for stronger wildlife coordination and public relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilsbee
Game and Fish Commission
Howard Dodgen
Henry LeBlanc
Port Arthur
Dan Lay
Buna
Lewis Morris
Beaumont
Bee
Dodgen
East Texas
Howard D. Dodgen
State Game and Fish Commission
Silsbee
Mr. Dodgen
East Texas Wildlife Conservation Association
Hardin County Wildlife Association
Hardin County Game Preservation Association
Silsbee Boat and Sporting Club
Sour Lake Hunting Club
Howard Hargrove
Eastex Wildlife Conservation Association
Henry le Blanc
Nine Man Game and Fish Commission
LeBlanc
Dodgens
Raymond Moody
International Paper Company
Mobile
Ala
Moody
Paper
International Paper
Marvin G. Angle
Nacogdoches
Texas
Mr. Moody
Stanley Lindsey
Mrs Hart Goode and Greer Visit Stott Family
Mrs George Hart Mrs M N Goode and Mrs Minnie Greer visited Wednesday of last week in the home of Mr and Mrs George Stott and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hart
M. N. Goode
Minnie Greer
George Stott
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OES
Beaumont-Orange
Donald Ruggles
Nolan
Roy Donaldson
Corpus Christi
Henry Smith
W. S. Bartle
Santa Fe Railway
Mr. Bartle
J. W. Read
Bartle
J. B. Roten
Gainsville
Britton-Cravens Agency
Willis Selman
Myron Duke
Will Mask
H. A. Coe
Selman
Criminal District Court
Sam Jeffcoat
Kimber Scott
Paxton
Leviness
Charles Alexander
Liberty
Armand Marshall
B&p Club
March of Dimes
Rainbow Girls
Explorer
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