Silsbee school board plans three tract land buy and trustee election
The Silsbee school board sets April 3 for a trustee election for two expiring seats. Filing closes February 26 at 5 pm. Board discussed three land tracts for future buildings with options and terms, including a 15 acre Payne tract and 25 to 40 acre Bay town estate parcel.
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Silsbee School Board
Silsbee
E. J. Dietrich
John Busby
L. E. Martin
C. R. Baker
John Meyers
Baker
East Texas Pulp and Paper Co
Meyer
Kirby Lumber Corp
A W. Dainwood
Frank Payne
R. W. Pipkin
Baytown
A. B Cook
State
Cooks Road
Woodlea No. 2
Evadale Realty Co
Alf Fullingim
Earl Wills
Fullingim
Don L. Hougn
Payne
Waldo Mathews
Hough
Lamar College
Tigers Open Second Round With Jasper In Silsbee Gym
Silsbee beat Liberty 70 49 to equalize their district 9 AAA record at 3 3 and set up a home game Friday against Jasper starting the second round. Doyle Sanguin led scorers with 22 points. Wells 13 Tenni son 10.
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Silsbee Tiger Cagers
Liberty Panthers
Tigers
Jasper
Jasper Bulldogs
Liberty
Bridge City
Cardinals
Doyle Sanguin
Silsbee
Bill Bellenger
Calvin Wells
Doug Tennison
Port Arthur Yellow Jackets
Jackets
Wells
Sanguin
West Orange Chiefs
Victor
Forest Park
David Davenport Elected To Lamar Honor Society
David Davenport of Silsbee joined 32 new members elected to the Lamar Tech Honor Society for the fall semester. The society honors scholarship and character across college departments and limits membership to 10 percent of the graduating class. Davenport is in Liberal Arts.
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David Davenport
Silsbee
Lamar Tech Honor Society
D. E. Davenport
Davenport
School of Liberal Arts
Mrs Irby Hyde Returns From Visit To Family Homes
Mrs Irby Hyde returned Friday after several weeks with her daughter Dr. Ralph Disch and family and with her brother Mr R B Thomas and family in Fort Worth.
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Irby Hyde
Ralph Disch
R. B. Thomas
Fort Worth
Silsbee Lions at District Mid-Winter Meet
Silsbee Lions Club members Henry M. Donelson Jr. George Goynes and Wesley Latham attended the Texas Lions District 2S-1 Mid-Winter Conference at the Community Inn Woodville last Sunday. The event opened at 1 pm with a cabinet meeting led by District Governor Leon Adickles. Monroe L. Nute, past Lions International president, delivered the keynote address.
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Henry M. Donelson Jr
George Goynes
Wesley Latham
Silsbee Lions Club
Texas Lions
Community Inn
Woodville
Leon Adickles
Monroe L. Nute
Lions International
Houston Man Injured in Evadale Three-Truck Crash
Odis H. Bushart, 34, of 1721 Chiffordale Houston, suffered arm and back injuries in a Wednesday afternoon three-truck crash on Highway 105 at Evadale. In a heavy rain the pickup skidded into a Texas Highway Department truck, then was struck by a third vehicle. Bushart was thrown from the pickup and transported by Farmer ambulance to Copeland Clinic in Silsbee and then to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont.
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Odis H. Bushart
Chiffordale
Houston
Highway 105
Evadale
Bushart
Texas Highway Department
Copeland Clinic
Silsbee
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Jan 31 Tax Deadline Near For Silsbee Taxes
The Jan 31 deadline looms for city, school, and county taxes in Silsbee as 54 percent of the city tax roll totaling $44,125.66 has been collected. Tax statements were late due to a change in evaluation methods, and many notices were returned as insufficient addresses or unclaimed. Property owners are urged to visit the tax office for questions or corrections.
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Cesar Dominguez
Silsbee
Dominguez
Prichard and Abbott
Two Fred Men Receive Injuries In Monday Accident
A head on collision near Fred Monday at about 6 30 p m injured both drivers. Thomas H Bell of Fred drove a pickup south toward the highway and collided with George McInnis of Fred in a car. Both suffered minor injuries and were treated at Parker Clinic in Silsbee and Baptist Hospital in Beaumont.
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Fred
Thomas H. Bell
George McInnis
Farmer Funeral Home
Parker Clinic
Silsbee
Bell
McInnis
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Hardin County
Billy Paine
Woodville
Leroy Stelly Injured at Kirby Lumber Mill Accident
Leroy Stelly sustained undetermined chest injuries in a Wednesday mill accident at Kirby Lumber Corp. He was flipping logs in the debarker when the incident occurred and was rushed by Farmer ambulance to St. Elizabeth Hospital after examination at Parker Clinic by Dr. Wade Parker.
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Leroy Stelly
Kirby Lumber Corp
Farmer
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Wade Parker
Frank Roberts
Kirby
Parker Clinic
Parker
Silsbee Youths Attend Johnson Inauguration in Washington
Steve Eppes a Silsbee high school senior son of Mr and Mrs Ross Eppes joined a Houston group on a chartered plane to attend President Lyndon B Johnson and Vice President Hubert Humphrey inauguration ceremonies in Washington. Naomi Cross of Silsbee also traveled to the event leaving on Monday by commercial jet.
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Steve Eppes
Ross Eppes
Silsbee
Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Hubert Humphrey
Houston
Naomi Cross
MOD Street Collections Termed Great Success
Silsbee Shriners raised 550.72 for the March of Dimes during downtown street drives last Saturday led by Cesar Dominguez the campaign chairman. Next drives by Silsbee Lions Kiwanis and a Mother’s March Feb 2 are planned with all funds going to birth defect research.
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Silsbee Shriners
Cesar Dominguez
Silsbee
Silsbee Shrine Association
Silsbee Lions
Kiwanis Clubs
Silsbee High School Key Club
March of Dimes
Dominguez
Miss Silsbee Pageant contestants unveiled with sponsors
Nine contestants for the Miss Silsbee Pageant announced their sponsors from local groups including the Lions Club Silsbee Chamber of Commerce and Zi Zetta Rho Sorority. The pageant is set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday January 30 at the high school auditorium with Gordon Baxter as master of ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brenda Bartle
Alf Bartle
Lions Club of Silsbee
Carol Hicks
Andrew Hicks
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Diane Stevens
C. B. Stevens
Women's Club of Silsbee
Sharron Sizemore
Linda Hanzel
K. T. Hanzel
Business and Professional Women’s Club of Silsbee
Patricia Herron
R. W. Herron
Nightsey Garden Club
Sils
Vets and families receive over six hundred thousand in 1964
More than 630000 in federal benefits were paid to Hardin County veterans and families in 1964. W H Dunlap reports from Kountze, with Charles L Morris noting benefits are not automatic and require formal applications. Morris commends the county office for processing numerous claims.
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Hardin County
W.H. Dunlap
Kountze
Veterans Service
Dunlap
Charles L. Morris
Veterans Affairs Commission of Austin
Rand Family Visit Spreads Through Grosbeck
Mr and Mrs Lester Cara way visited Friday and Saturday in Grosbeck at the home of their daughter and family Mr and Mrs Jim Rand Paula Rand returned home with her grandparents for a visit
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Caraway
Grosbeck
Jim Rand
Paula Rand
Little League to Elect New Officers Monday Night
A Little League Baseball meeting will be held Monday at 7 30 p m in the Neches Room of the Neches National Bank. Officers for the new season will be elected and plans for the coming year will be discussed. Jim Conner is president and invites tall men interested in helping with Little League to attend.
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Little League
Neches
Neches National Bank
Jim Conner
Suspect Held In Silsbee Packing Co Burglary
Police plan to question a 20 year old Negro man arrested in Jackson Mississippi on a stolen car charge about the January 10 Silsbee Packing Co burglary in which $1038.00 was stolen from one cash register. Fred Herron confronted the burglar at the store and saw an accomplice flee. A 14 year old Negro youth was arrested with the man.
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Silsbee Packing Co
Silsbee
Jackson
Miss
Grady Tarver
Henry O. Overstreet
Mississippi
Fred
Bob” Herron
Bridge City
Avenue N
Herron
Silsbee State Bank Declares $1 Per Share Dividend
Silsbee State Bank will pay a 1.00 per share dividend to shareholders of record as of January 14, with payment set for January 25. Net earnings for the year were reported at 2.64 per share. All directors and officers were reelected at the annual meeting held January 14 at the bank.
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Silsbee State Bank
N. A Cravens
Cecil Cobble
A. W Dainwood
Ross Eppes
O A Ernest
Virginia Howell
Jack Evans
Joe Bell
Elijah Slavik Jr
Thirty One Booked At County Jail During Past Week
County jailers were kept busy last week with 31 persons housed in the Hardin county lockup between Jan. 10 and Jan. 18. Bookings for being drunk and disorderly outnumbered all the rest with 10 persons held. Five were held for overnight stays on disturbing the peace charges. Other bookings at the jail included two for felony driving while intoxicated, one for mis demeanor DWI, three for hot checks, three petty theft, one theft by bailee, one driving while license suspended, one driving with no license, two picked up for the army for AWOL, one theft and one burglary.
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Hardin County
Deadline for Poll Tax Payment Nears in Silsbee
Poll tax receipts are required to vote in upcoming elections including school trustees and city council. The last day to pay is January 31. Several Silsbee locations accept payments for the tax.
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Silsbee
Fire Chief Reports Silsbee Area Calls Drop From Earlier Years
Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department under Chief John Busby logged 110 calls in the year, down from 184 in 1963 and 191 in 1962. Most responses were outside city limits to grass, woods, and other fires, with 49 inside and 61 outside. The tally included 41 grass or woods incidents, 20 home fires, 10 vehicle fires, eight lost-person searches, and other minor causes. The department held 40 drills and several business meetings with about 17 men per session.
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John Busby
Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
Busby
Nual Rd Sale
Silshee Mail Carrier Charged With Mail Detention
Marvin Patrick Garcia, 22, a Silshee post office carrier, was arraigned before U S Commissioner A D Moore Jr in Beaumont on a charge of detaining and opening mail. He posted a personal recognizance bond and was later interrogated by postal inspector L W English after a bundle of Po was found near a creek and handed to the Metter County Sheriff's department.
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Marvin Patrick Garcia
Silshee
U. S
A. D. Moore Jr
Beaumont
Garcia
Post Office
L. W. English
Metter Country Department
Sheriff’s
Two AWOL Soldiers Arrested After Car Fire Near Silsbee
From Fort Polk Louisiana, soldiers Melvin Nally and Gerald Williams fled after renting a car in San Antonio and abandoning it on Highway 418 West of Silsbee when a generator burned out. Night patrolmen Bernard Parks and Albert Sharp detained them and turned them over to Fort Polk authorities in Kountze.
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Fort Polk
Silsoee
San Antonio
National Auto Rentals
Sils‘bee
Bernard Parks
Albert Sharp
Kountze
Melvin Nally
Gerald Williams
Final Rites For Harold O Bond In Beaumont
Funeral services for Harold O Bond age 51 of 8120 Ginger Chance Loeb will be at 10 am Thursday at the Kelly Hixson Funeral Home Chapel Beaumont. He died 7 20 am Tuesday at St Elizabeth Hospital after a sudden illness. John M Davis minister of Ridgewood Church of Christ will officiate. Burial in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife Maeron Bond a daughter Susan Bond both of Chance Loeb a brother Ralph Bond Tulsa and his mother Mrs Tom Bond Tishmingo Oklahoma.
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Harold O. Bond
Ginger
Chance Loeb
Kelly- Hixson Funeral Home
Beaumont
Bond
St. Elizabeth Hospital
John M. Davis
Ridgewood Church of Christ
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Tom Sparks
Pat Patton Sr
Charles Swann
Leon Kelly
W. L. Miller
Paul Anthamatten
Holmes Chevrolet Co
Silsbee
Church of Christ
Duret
Okla
Maeron Bond
Susan Bond
Ralph Bond
Tulsa
Tom Bond
Tishmingo
Local Births and Wedding Mention in Silsbee Area
Hello World Mr and Mrs Joe G Nixon of Silsbee welcome daughter born January 14 at Elizabeth Hospital Beavmont. Hardin Memorial Hospital lists a son Charles Allen born January 15 to Mr and Mrs Brown Jr of Silsbee. The McNeelys of Warren report a daughter Sandra Anette born to Mr and Mrs A McNeely. The Monman family and others visited in Galveston greeting relatives during weekend. B A Pet attended the wedding of Sharon Davis and Vernon.
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Joe G. Nixon
Silsbee
Elizabeth Hospital
Beavemont
Hardin Memorial Hospital
M. N. C. Brown Jr
Charles Allen
Martin
Sandra Anette
Mrs. A. &McNeely
Warren
Mrs. Monman
Galveston
B. A. Pet
Sharon Davis
Vernon
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Mately
Silsibee
George Ingram
Bruce Watts
Federal Housing and [Home Administration
Federal
Lamar Honor Society
Shelby Dale Moore
Thomas Ray Moore Sr
Highway 327
Neely
Rucker
Rex Moore
Fairview Cemetery
Town Bluff
Bruce Moore
Robert Dallas
Andrew
Thomas Ray Jr
Ben Neely
Bergrandparents
Nie David
Tommie Shelby Neely
Silsbee and
Bozeman
Mrs. Sagstetter
Tucson
Ariz
Stanley Smith
Robert Sagstetter
Pine Burr
American Business Women's Association
Tion
Duchesses
H. C. Scoggins
Eve Whitaker
James Monk
A. D. Walker
R. C. Byrd
J. F. McGee
Silshee Mail
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