Funeral services for Lawson P. Dukes
Funeral services for Lawson P. Dukes 81 of this community were held at 2 p m Saturday at Farmer Funeral Home with Rev James W Bradford and Rev B T Lowe officiating Burial was in Resthaven Cemetery in Silsbee Dukes died at 7 p m Wednesday in Hardin Memorial Hospital Kountze after a long illness He was a member of the Baptist Church of Loeb and had lived in the community 50 years He was a retired lawyer for Kirby Lunder Corp and a Woodmen of the World member Surviving are his wife Myrtle and seven sons Billy Duke A L Duke O B Duke Carl Duke V L Duke G L Duke and Gay Duke a sister Mrs Annie Steward of Beaumont.
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Farmer Funeral Home
James W. Bradford
First Baptist Church of
Loeb
B. T. Lowe
Resthaven
Silsbee
Duke
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Baptist Church of
Kirby Lunder Corp
Woodmen of the World
Myrtle Duke
Billy Duke
Lumberton
A. L. Duke
Beaumont
O. B
Carl Duke
Victor
V. L. Duke
Colorado Springs, Colo
G. L. Duke
Uruguay
Gay Duke
Houston
Annie Steward
Johnny R. Kincaid
Warren
Edwards Funeral
Woodville
Jimmy D. Phillips
Herman Lonviere
Wirewood
Hart's Mill
Kincaid
Tyler County Hospital
Theo Kincaid
Conrad Kincaid
Clyde Foxworth
Belle Kincaid
Lee Kincaid
Tom Kincaid
Arthur Kincaid
Woorville
Tyler County Chamber of Commerce
Albert Mayo
Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church
Highland Avenue
Robert Greene
Greene
Geene
Lena Lair
Woman's Missionary Union
Fletcher Emanuel Baptist Church
J. W. Perdue
Dixie
Cleon Whiliams
Lumberton Home Demonstration Club
W Az. Wright
Blanche McKen
Hall's Restaurant Reopens Under Roy Hall at 205 West Ave
Roy Hall, owner of R & R Cafe, announces Hall's Restaurant at 205 West Ave N under his management. The former Tuckers and Dans locations become Hall's with new ownership and a menu featuring leaks and fresh seafood.
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R & R Cafe
Hall
West Ave
Hall's
Tuckers and Dans
R&r Cafe
Silsbee Boys Enter Golden Gloves Friday
Two Silsbee High School students Donnie Van Pelt and Carroll Curtis will fight in the preliminary rounds of the Golden Gloves in Beaumont Friday night at Sam's Sports Palace. The tourney leads to the Golden Gloves state event in Fort Worth with other area youths entering under the Tri-County franchise.
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Silsbee
Beaumont
Sam’s Sports Palace
Edgar Blood
Golden Gloves
Hardin County
Donnie van Pelt
Carroll Curtis
Silsbee High School
Tiger
Port Arthur
Orange
Chief Blood
Anyother
Tri-County
Jefferson
Hardin
Fort Worth
Timber Growth Spurs Texas Wood Industries Increase
Labor Bureau notes December job gain while East Texas pine timber rises over 40 percent in the last decade. Wood industries now fuel nearly one billion dollars for the state economy, with 120000 timber owners. A pilot Tree Farming Conference targets absentee landowners in Houston Dallas area and Beaumont Port Arthur to boost future timber markets.
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Texas
W. A
Bill” Smith
Smith
Houston
Dallas-Fort Worth
Beaumont-Port Arthur
Veterans eligible for extra aid and attendance payment
Veterans on VA pension rolls with severe disability needing regular aid and attendance can receive an additional $100 per month, according to the Veterans Administration.
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Veterans Administration
LCB hearings set on January hearing and probes
Texas liquor control board faced scrutiny as hearings were announced for January 29 to air complaints about employee conduct and mishandling of contraband liquor. Governor Connally praised firings tied to a confiscated truck sale and 11 bottles. DPS and the attorney general were urged to assist in the inquiry.
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LCB
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Lufkin
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House
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Kerrville
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Houston
McKee
Intrastate Airlines
Texas
King Flight Service
Wichita Falls
King
Texas Aeronautics Commission
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Texas Restaurant Association
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New York
Bristol Mygers
Charles Pfizer and Company
Crawford Martin
Olin Mathieson
VA Hospitals Linked to Most Medical Schools
The 166 Veterans Administration hospitals are affiliated with 76 of the nation’s 88 medical schools in a partnership that improves veteran care and trains half of the country’s new doctors in 20 fields of medicine.
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Veterans Administration
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