City Tax Collections Hit 92 Percent Delinquent List Noted
City of Silsbee reports 92 percent current tax collection for 1964 65 with $83 366 61 collected of $90 711 52 and adds $7 306 21 in unpaid taxes to the delinquent roll bringing total delinquents to $19 739 89. Delinquent accounts will be published and pursued by the tax attorney, with council aiming to keep tax rates low through high collection.
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City of
Silsbee
Cesar Dominguez
Dominguez
C. L. ‘Chance
Austin
26 Held At County Jail During Week
Hardin county Sheriff Henry Overstreet reported 26 persons held in the county jail during the past week. Six of the offenders were held for being drunk and dis orderly, and four others for dis turbing the peace. Other offenses included three for misdemeanor driving while intoxicated, two for felony driving while intoxicated, one for driving while license sus pended, two affray, one aban donment of children, one petty theft, two simple assault, one indecent exposure, and three for various traffic violations.
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Hardin County
Henry Overstreet
Mrs E M Wilson Jr Admitted For Tests In Beaumont
Mrs E M Wilson Jr entered St Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont on June 23 for medical tests and examinations as doctors begin diagnostic work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Wilson Jr
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Kenneth Segura
Nell
Bobby Fountain
Silsbee
James Mark
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Paul David
Ed Cravey
Jo Ann
Joe Earl Snider
Sour Lake
Richard Wayne Dean
Fred
Richard Caren
Rose Marie
Henry Lee Ellison
Kenneth Wayne Baldwin
Kenneth Ray
Area Residents Suffer Injuries In 3 Accidents
Mrs. Irvin Ard of Beau mont Highway near Silsbee recovers at home from a foot injury after a collision at the intersection of Highway 327 and 12th Street in Silsbee last Friday afternoon. She stated she was driving west on Highway 327 about 4 15 p m when her car struck another driven by Fred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin Ard
Beaumont Highway
Silsbee
Highway 327
12Th Street
Ard
Copeland
Farmer Funeral Home
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Simmons
Hardin Memorial
Coleman
Beaumont
Jo Hammonds
Harold E. Boyett
Baptist Hospital
Boyett
North 11Th Street
Highway 69
Village Mills
Wayne Bryant
A. P. Hughes
Adam Dorsey
Lois Ann Conner and Lynn David Named Queens at Silsbee Little League
Lois Ann Conner was named major league queen and Lynn David minor league queen at the Silsbee Little League coronation held Saturday evening. Cash raised by candidates determined selection with Conner at 388.77 and David at 302.10. Funds go to the Silsbee League Association for youth programs.
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Lois Ann Conner
Lynn David
Silsbee
Linda Griffith
Lois Ann
Lynn
Debbie Rash
Lions Club
Colt .45
Dixie Queen Mets
Silsbee League Association
Retail Merchants To Meet Tuesday In Silsbee
Silsbee Retail Merchants Association will hold its regular monthly meeting at 10 a m Tuesday July 6 in the Heritage Room of the Silsbee State Bank. Allan Warrick president will seek reports from committee chairmen on year events and discuss the First Tuesday celebration and the August citywide Crazy Days sale.
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Silsbee Retail Merchants Association
Silsbee State Bank
Allan Warrick
Four Hardin County youths to attend Austin crime conference
Four Hardin County youths were designated by Attorney General Waggoner Carr as delegates to the third annual Attorney General's Youth Conference in Austin. The youths will join peers from across the state to discuss crime prevention and community safety initiatives.
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Austin Crime Conference
Hardin County
Waggoner Carr
Local births and youth conference notes from Hardin County
Listings of newborns in Silsbee and nearby towns with birth dates and hospitals, followed by details of a Texas juvenile delinquency prevention conference in August. Mentions of Hardin County delegates Gene Yoksh Darlene Gill Robert Kirkland Rita Brown and sponsor groups Kiwanis Lions Silsbee Junior Chamber of Commerce and FHA West Hardin High School.
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Austin
Texas
Hardin County
Gene Yoksh
Edward E. Yoksh
Silsbee
Silsbee High
Kiwanis Club
Darlene Karen Gill
John E. Gill
Silsbee High School
Lions Club of
Robert Kirkland
Alfis Kirkland
Silsbee Junior Chamber of Commerce
Rita Jean Brown
Ruby Mae Brown
Saratoga
FHA
West Hardin High School
West Hardin
George Belt Former Resident Dies in Brownwood
George Belt of Brownwood and former resident of Silsbee died at 1 a m Wednesday in Santa Fe Hospital Temple. He was a brother of M A Belt of Silsbee and the late W Belt. Mr and Mrs M A Belt and Mrs L W Belt will attend the Brownwood funeral.
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George Belt
Brownwood
Silsbee
Santa Fe Hospital
Temple
M. A. Belt
Bear) Belt
L. W.belt
Silsbee Businesses Set July 4 Holiday for July 5
Most Silsbee shops will close on Monday July 5 for the holiday as a survey shows merchants prefer the observed day after the Fourth. The United States Post Office will also close that day while Silsbee State Bank and Nechles National Bank remain open. Some groceries and one drug store will stay open. Mr. and Mrs. Redkey and children returned from a two week trip visiting Arkansas Tennessee Mississippi Louisiana and friends in Giddings Texas.
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Silsbee
Allen Warrick
Silsbee Retail Merchants Association
United States Post Office
Silsbee State Bank
Nechles National Bank
A. E. Redkey
Linda
Jerry
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
A. C. Shropshire
Giddings
Texas
Mrs Stella Cook Finishes Eastern States Trip
Mrs Stella Cook returned Friday from a two weeks journey through the eastern states. Her party included Mrs E. E. Nation of Iola Mrs. Mary Wright of Houston and Mrs. M. E. Mallett of Beaumont. They visited Virginia Georgia Tennessee and Washington D C touring points of interest.
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Stella Cook
E. E. Nation
Iola
Mary Wright
Houston
M. E. Mallett
Beaumont
Virginia
Georgia
Tennessee
Washington, D. C
O. H. Bertram
Alexandria
Congress
Bertram
Howard Keel
Shady Grove
Nine DWI and theft cases heard in Hardin County court
Over the week Judge Fletcher Richardson heard nine cases in Hardin County. Defendants include Emory H. Phillips and T. R. Moore for driving while intoxicated, Emmett Hancock Jr and N. L. Haynes for petty theft, C. W. Griffing for DWI, Bill Martin for DWI, David H. Joa nner for license suspended driving, Romane Dowbell for carrying a pistol, and J. H. Hathaway for DWI. A separate charge of a worthless check was filed against Mary Ross Goodman of Silsbee.
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Emory H. Phillips
Victor
T. R. Moore
Silsbee
Emmett Hancock Jr
N. L. Haynes
Kountze
C. W. Griffing
Sour Lake
Bill Martin
Houston
DWI
David H. Johnner Kountze
Romane Dowbell
J. H. Hathaway
Beaumont
Justice of the Peace
Wallace McCasland
Mary Ross Goodman
Beaumont Weingartens
Community farmer Guy Nicks dies from highway crash injuries
Guy Nicks 72 a Pleasant Hill area resident died from injuries sustained in a Tuesday afternoon auto accident three miles south of Spurger on Farm Road 92. He was a passenger in a late model car driven by James Crosby of Victor. Crosby survived with multiple fractures and cuts and was hospitalized in Beaumont. Funeral services for Nicks are set for 3 p.m. Thursday at Edwards Funeral Home in Woodville with burial in Town Bluff Cemetery. He is survived by a brother James R Nicks of Spurger.
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Wicks
Silsbee
Spurger
Hall Stewart
Woodville
Nicks
James Clifford Crosby
Victor
Crosby
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Pleasant Hill
James R Nicks
Edwards Funeral Home
iBluff
City announces promotions and salary increases for 15 Silsbee employees
City manager Wayne DuBose announced promotions and raises affecting 15 City of Silsbee employees. Effective July 1 new salaries include W. L. Allen to superintendent streets drainage and sanitation at 500 dollars monthly. police officers Zeller Sharp receive raises. Judge Goynes moved to 50 percent of fines up to 300 monthly. several clerical and labor staff also receive increases including machine operators I. C. Williams and Lee Rue and others Date?
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City of Silsbee
Wayne DuBose
W. L
Bill” Allen
Water and
Max Zeller
Albert Sharp
Corporation Court
George Goynes
County Hires Pritchard & Abbott For Property Appraisal
Hardin County Commissioners Court met Monday and unanimously authorized the employment of Pritchard and Abbott evaluation engineers to appraise all industrial property in the county. The court also authorized payment of current bills.
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Hardin County Commissioners Court
Pritchard & Abbott
Fletcher Richardson
White Sox Lead League As Season Ends Tonight
East Texas Transit Mix White Sox top the major league with 10 wins, 2 losses, 2 ties for a .785 pct ahead of final game tonight. Minor league ends with Hardin Drug Colts first. other standings list Lions Club, Colts, Astros, and Braves among leaders. Bertrams visit Virginia and New Orleans en route home from Alexandria.
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White Sox
East Texas Transit Mix White Sox
Hardin Drug Colts
T Pet. E. Tex. Transit Mix White Sox
Lions Club Colt 45'S
Top Burger Astros
Silsbee Packing Co. Tigers
South Hampton Braves
Hardin Co. Sav. and Loan Oilers
Silsbee Auto Co. Pirates
VF. W. Yankees
WLT
Dixie Queen Mets
Neches Nat'l Reds
Kiwanis Club Cubs
Jaycees
Yankseee Moriss Pharmacy Ponies
Kenneth Keown Improves After Severe Head Injury
Kenneth R. Keown, 35, of FM Highway 418 Silsbee, remains serious at St. Elizabeth Hospital Beau mont but shows improvement after a June 11 mowing accident. A barbed wire fragment pierced his brain. surgeons removed it a week later with no new damage. He remains unconscious yet responsive at times and now tolerates nourishment.
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Kenneth R. Keown
Silsbee
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Keown
Hartburg
Letha Smith
Silsbee Sets First Tuesday Sale in Downtown Parking Lot
Silsbee planners announce a monthly First Tuesday sale in the downtown parking lot on July 6, starting 8 am, inviting anyone with items to sell to set up with their car as a showroom. An afternoon auction at 3 pm will let vendors offer items on the block. the auction is free for sellers who receive full purchase price. Public parking remains free all day downtown.
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Silsbee
Paul Georgas
Retail Merchants Committee
Police Chief Attends East Texas Officers Convention
Silsbee Police Chief G. C. Tarver returned Tuesday evening from the East Texas Peace Officers Association convention at the Kilgore Community Inn. Attendees heard speeches by Judge Joe Fisher of Beaumont and Attorney Joe Tonahill of Jasper.
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Silsbee
G. C. Tarver
East Texas Peace Officers Association
Community Inn
Kilgore
Joe Fisher
Beaumont
Joe Tonahill
Jasper
Former Tigers Earn Track Lettermen at Sam Houston
Sam Houston Bearkat coaches announced 34 spring-lettermen at Sam Houston State Teachers' College in Huntsville. Among them two Silsbee High School alumni William Pudgy Black 1962 and Hartman 1961 were named to the track team by Head Coach Paul Pierce.
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Sam Houston Bearkat
Sam Houston State Teachers’ College
Huntsville
Silsbee High School
William
Pudgy) Black
ISHS
Hartman
Paul Pierce
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Silsbee City
Guy Nicks
Austral Oil Co
Jacob Hill
Valinda Estates
West
Jerry Jones
Jones
DuBose
Orange
Public Works Department
City
Beverly Hare
Louise Barnes
Little Water Department
Larry Whitmire
R. J. Wallace
Leo Hudson
I. C. Williams
Water Department
Lee Rue
Sanitation Department
Martin Rue
Nathan Drumgo
County
Kenneth Keown
Tigers
Sam Houston
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