Silsbee opens two way traffic at Little League underpass on Highway 327
Martin Wilson is elected to a second year as Silsbee Little League president. The Highway 327 underpass near South Third Street opened to two way traffic with two lanes usable now and two more to follow in about two months. Texas Highway Department official Lester Landgraf notes most eastbound work remains and outlines finishing steps and future four lane completion to Silsbee High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Highway 327
South Third Street
Lester Landgraf
Texas Highway Department
Silsbee High School
Landgraf
Trotti
Martin Wilson
Silsbee Little League
Final Rites For James T. Gore 76 Set Friday
Funeral rites for James T Gore 76 are scheduled for Friday at 10 a m in the Chapel of Farmer Funeral Home with Rev R Eugene Jonte of First United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Cemetery Beaumont He died Monday night at St Anthony Hospital Houston after a brief illness A native of Fred he taught in Silsbee Public School System 35 years a World War I veteran and member of First United Methodist Church Survivors include his wife Ora Gore a daughter Atholene Gore a son X M Gore a sister Mrs Rayburn Theus Port Arthur and two brothers Stanley Gore and Carl Gore Silsbee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T Gore
Chapel of Farmer Funeral
R. Eugene Jonte
First United Methodist Church
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Beaumont
St. Anthony Hospital
Houston
Fred
Silsbee
Ora Gore
Atholene Gore
X. M. Gore
Rayburn Theus
Port Arthur
Stanley Gore
Carl Gore
Silsbee Tigers Hold Even At 4 4 In District 9 AAA
Grady Walters led Silsbee with 32 points across the week as the Tigers split two games to reach a 4-4 district record. Walters had 13 in a 64-60 loss to Liberty and 19 in a 60 but the Tigers fell to Port Acres 60-40. Port Acres, Bridge City sit bottom at 2-6. Jasper Cleveland West Orange and Livingston lead 5-3. Tigers travel to Cleveland Friday at 7 30 p.m. to open the second round, after a 55-40 win at Port Acres on Tuesday sparked a balanced attack with Mark Yawn adding 10 points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiger Cage
Grady Walters
Silsbee
Walters
Liberty Panthers
Tigers
Port Acres
Liberty
Jasper
Cleveland
West Orange
Livingston
Bridge City
Eagles
Mark Yawn
Yawn
Tiger
Local Sinclair Oil Employees Return To Jobs Monday
Members of the Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers Union Local 4592 in Silsbee returned to the jobs Monday after a strike against Sinclair that began January 3. About 200 people in the Silsbee area were affected, with about half belonging to Local 4592. The rest work at mid county refineries and commute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Silsbee
Sinclair
Funeral Services Held Sunday For Sam Ned Yawn
Sam Ned Yawn 76 of Silsbee died Saturday after a short illness at Silsbee Doctors Hospital. He was a World War I veteran, former road commissioner, hospital worker, and member of First Baptist Church and Masonic Lodge 927. Survivors include wife Delaney, two sons Sam Yawn Jr and Durwood, sister and brother in Texas. Funeral was at First Baptist Church with burial in Franks Branch Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam (Ned) Yawn
Silsbee
First Baptist Church
R. E. Barclay
A. A. Drennen
Franks” Branch
Lodge 927
Yawn
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Fred
Masonic Lodge
Delaney Yawn
Sam Yawn Jr
New Special Education Class Discussed in Silsbee
Local adults explore creating a trainable mentally retarded classification class for five to eight year olds in Silsbee. A full classroom and materials would be provided at no cost if five children enroll. Contact Al Glenn at First Baptist Church or his home. Mr and Mrs Douglas Meigs of Houston visited Howard McDonald's home.
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Silsbee
al Glenn
First Baptist Church
Douglas Meigs
Houston
Mrs
Howard McDonald
Hardin County Tax Statements Mailed for Delayed Collection
Hardin County tax statements have been mailed and collections are coming in said Fred Anders tax assessor-collector on Tuesday. He noted no full county tour will occur due to late statements and urged residents to mail payments or visit the Kountze office. He also reminded voters that Friday January 31 is the final day to register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Anders
Anders
Kountze
Rites Held Here Tuesday For Candace Tennison
Funeral services were held for Candace Tennison 14 months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Nelson Tennison of Beaumont Tuesday at 3 p m in the Farmer Funeral Home chapel Rev Claude E Payne of St Mark's Episcopal Church Beaumont officiated Burial was in Resthaven Cemetery She died Monday at St Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont Survivors include grandparents Mr and Mrs Douglas Greene and Dr and Mrs George Tennison all of this city
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Candace Tennison
Nelson Tennison
Beaumont
Farmer Funeral Home
Claude E Payne
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Resthaven Cemetery
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Douglas Greene
George Tennison
City
Silsbee Sets April 1 City Election for Mayor and Three Seats
Silsbee City Council set Tuesday April 1 as election day for mayor and council places four five and six. Filing deadline 5 pm Feb 28. The council approved eliminating long distance rates to Kountze and raising business and two party line phone charges, adopted a cable TV ordinance, and authorized a 15 dollar first outlet 5 dollar each additional setup with monthly caps. A July 1 1969 burn ban at the city dump was noted. no action taken. Highway 96 traffic signal at Dardin Drive approved with standard requirements. A maintenance contract for three water storage tanks was approved and a county fire protection deal retroactive to May 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Kountze
Highway 96
Dardin Drive
J. C. Busby
R. F. Sanford
Edgar Blood
Bill Allen
Southwestern Bell
Texas Air Control Board
Texas Highway Department
Hardin County
Ann Kirkendall Wins Miss Silsbee 1969 Title
Ann Kirkendall daughter of Mr and Mrs C G Kirkendall was crowned Miss Silsbee 1969 at the sixth annual pageant before a capacity crowd. She will represent Silsbee at the Miss Texas Pageant in Fort Worth this summer. First runnerup was Carolyn McKinney and second runnerup Sharon Hawthorne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Kirkendall
C. G. Kirkendall
Miss Kirkendall
Silsbee
Fort Worth
East Texas Wild
Pians
Tigerette Drill
Jo Ann Allbritton
Lois Grote
Pine Burr
American Business Women’s Association
Miss McKinney
ABWA
Junior High Basketball Tourney Set in Silsbee
Silsbee Junior High will host its first basketball tournament on Feb 14 15 with eighth and ninth grade divisions. Games at the junior high and high school gyms, with finals at the high school gym, trophies for top three in each division. Participants include Lumberton Spurger Kirbyville West Orange Newton Orange North Mauriceville Buna Bishop Byrne Liberty and Silsbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Junior High School
Silsbee High School
Lumberton
Spurger Kirbyville
West Orange
New
Mothers March To Be Held Here Friday
Local March of Dimes drive chaired by Leon Crum with captains in Valinda Estates Timberlane West section Woodlea and Britton Cravens areas. Night drives Friday with youth groups collecting in Kirby additions Rainbow Girls and Key Club handling downtown Saturday final donations due February at Leon Crum law office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
March of Dimes
Leon Crum
Lene Turner
West Section
Marion Almond
Woodlea
Methodist
Kirby Additions
Rainbow Girls
Britton-Cravens
North 5Th Street
Key Club
Shrine Club
Lions Club
North 5Th
Little Theater Reading Planned for March 28 at Silsbee
The Silsbee Little Theater will stage a reading directed by Mrs J C Jefffrey Jr on March 28 at Silsbee State Bank. Directors decided to cancel the spring production and discussed a potential bus trip to the Alley Theater Houston with details to be announced at the Feb 6 meeting led by President Garrett Wingfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Little Theater
J. C. Jefffrey Jr
Silsbee State Bank
Maron
Alley
Houston
Garrett Wingfield
Bloods Visit Houston For International Boat Show
Mr and Mrs Edgar Blood and family traveled to Houston to visit Mrs Bloods parents Mr and Mrs J E Middleton and attended the International Boat Show over the weekend in Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Blood
J. E. Middleton
Houston
International
Final Rites Held On Saturday For Mrs. Ollie Terrell
Funeral services for Ollie Mae Terrell 80 of Silsbee were held Saturday at 2 p m in the Farmer Funeral Home chapel with Rev C M Duplissey and Rev Joe R Lane officiating. Burial followed at Davis Cemetery Beulah Springs near Kirbyville. She died Thursday at Silsbee Doctors Hospital after a brief illness. Survived by three daughters Mrs Theo Hight Galveston Mrs Evedell Parnell Houston and Mrs Annie Lewis Silsbee two sons John Ferrell Pineland and Claude Terrell Liberty a sister Mrs Edna Pate Nacogdoches and a brother Henry Hutto San Augustine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Mae Terrell
Silsbee
Farmer Funeral Home
C. M. Duplissey
First Pentecostal Church
Joe R. Lane
Plainview Baptist Church
Pineland
Davis Cemetery
Beulah Springs
Kirbyville
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
San Augustine County
Pentecostal Church
Philip Drody
C. L. Jones
Elton Merritt
Gerald Fitzpatrick
L. W. Cooper
Joe Ashcraft
Theo Hight
Galveston
Evedell Parnell
Houston
Annie Lewis
John Ferrell
Claude Terrell
Liberty
Edna Pate
Nacogdoches
Henry Hutto
San Augustine
Kirtleys Visit in Alta Loma at the Morres Home
Mr and Mrs T G Kirtley spent the weekend in Alta Loma visiting sister and family Mrs I Gur Ry Moore. They stayed at the Moore residence with relatives and enjoyed time together in the local community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. G. Kirtley
Alta Loma
Igurry Moore
Services Held In Tyler For Mother Of Mrs. C. S. Sherrell
Mary Kate Haralson 83 of 403 Lindsey Lane Tyler died after a lengthy illness. Funeral held at 2 p m Sunday in Tyler with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. She was mother of Mrs. C. S. Sherrell Sr. of Silsbee and resident of Tyler for 60 years. Survivors include three daughters two sons a brother four sisters eight grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Also notes weekend visit of Mr and Mrs C G McClinton in Waco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Kate Haralson
Lindsey Lane
Tyler
Rose Hill
Haralson
C. S. Sherrell Sr
Silsbee
Troy
Ala
Sherrell
A. C. Henderson
H. M. Koneke
Utica
N. Y
John R
Song
G. J. Satterfield
M. J. O'Conner
H. F. Curtis
Greenville
H. H. Horton
Kingsville
Classic Drama Cyrano De Bergerac Presented In Silsbee
The Inspiration Players of Santa Monica California stage Cyrano De Bergerac Rostand at First United Methodist Church Silsbee at 7 p m Sunday February 9. Cosponsoring are Silsbee Little Theater and Ministers Fellowship. Admission free. The troupe performs chancel drama with minimal props and costumes. Ro stand tale follows a man with a deformed nose who seeks dignity beyond ridicule.
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Rostind
Inspiration Players
Santa Monica
Calif
First United Methodist Church
Silsbee
Silsbee Little Theater
Silsbee Ministers Fellowship
The
Rostand
Mrs Albert McBroom Confined for Treatment at St Elizabeth
Mrs Albert McBroom is confined to St Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont for treatment. The note lists her as a patient with ongoing care at the Beaumont medical facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert McBroom
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Susbee native earns Silver Star in Vietnam action
First Lt. Gene Richardson son of Mr and Mrs Fletcher Richardson of Susbee received the Silver Star for gallantry on 29 April 1968 near My Tho in Vietnam. He was wounded and also awarded the Purple Heart while serving with Company B 2nd Battalion 60th Infantry 9th Division. he later completed his Vietnam tour at Fort Lewis Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Richardson
Fletcher Richardson
Susbee
Republic of Vietnam
Richardson
60Th Infantry
9Th Infantry Division
My Tho
United States Army
Ira A. Hunt Jr
Silsbee High School
South Texas Junior College
Houston
Lamar Tech
Beaumont
Army
Vietnam
Fort Lewis
Wash
Commissioners OK 1968 Tax Roll
Hardin County Commissioners Court approved the 1968 County Tax Roll as submitted by Tax Assessor-Collector Fred Anders. The court acted as the County Board of Equalization. Court also appointed W. H. Teddlie and Pat Pace to the Kountze Silsbee Airport Zoning Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Commissioners Court
Fred Anders
County Board of Equalization
W. H. Teddlie
Pat, Pace
Kountze - Silsbee Airport
Hardin County Retail Sales Up 25 Percent in Four Years
Hardin County data show a 24.9 percent rise in local retail activity from 1964 to 1968, totaling 28.493 million dollars against 22.817 million. The gain reflects 163 outlets, 763 employees, and payroll growth from 2.08 to 2.256 million annually, amid rising real earnings and consumer optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hardin County
Standard Rate and Data Service
Vietnam
United States
West South Central
U. S. Department of Commerce
Funeral Services Held Friday For Robert J. Jackson
Funeral services for 76 year old Robert Jack Jackson of Silsbee were held Friday at 2 p.m. in Farmer Funeral Home chapel with Monroe Walker of Beaumont officiating. Burial followed in Cunningham Cemetery. He died Wednesday at Doctors Hospital after a long illness. Jackson was a native of Eddy Texas and a retired Bethlehem Steel boilermaker. He was a Church of Christ member. He is survived by Ida Jackson, three daughters, two sons, a brother, six sisters, nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Jack Jackson
Silsbee
Farmer Funeral
Monroe Walker
Church of Christ
Beaumont
Cunningham Cemetery
Abner Cole
Morris Cole
Curtis Jackson
Robert Flanakin
Michael Augustine
Jackson
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Eddy
Texus
Bethlehem Steel
I da Jackson
Jackie Augustine
Betty Gray
Bonnie Flanakin
Claudie Ray
Weldon Jackson
Floyd T. Jackson
del Rio
Carrie Crownover
Connie Woodburn
Alexandria
Ellen Denman
Houston
Mae Murphy
Evadale
Gussie Haynes
Alma McNeely
Woodville
Mrs. Jack David Undergoes Surgery in Beaumont
Mrs Jack David underwent a surgical procedure at St Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont on Wednesday with hospital officials reporting the operation successful and patient recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack David
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
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Charlie Wright
Byron Rodgers
Emmitt Powell
Lincoln Skillern
Tom Matthews
Little League Park
James T. Gore
Tiger Cagers
Sinclair Oil
Sam ‘Ned
National Tank Maintenance Corp
Gordon Baxter
Frank L. McClanahan
Bill Coldren
Music Makers
Suzanne Barfield
Marguerite Dimerling
Elvis Mason
Malcolm E. Collier
David Stephens
Brenda Gee
Silsbees
Martha Richardson
Kay Billingsley
Cheryl Browning
Big Thicket
Linda Hopper
Carnation Malt Shop
Camp Fire Girls
Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
Val D. Hickman
Valinda Estates
Ward H. Bush
Timberlane
Ester
Little Theater
Ollie Terrell
C. S. Sherrell
C. G. McClinton
Paul McClinton
Waco
Lt. Richardson
Silver Star
National Industrial Conference Board
Robert J. Jackson
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