City Retirement System Advances For City Employees
The Silsbee City Council completed planning for a state sponsored retirement system covering all city workers and will place it on next Tuesday’s agenda for formal action. If adopted, about 35 to 36 employees would participate, with the city matching a fixed percentage of salaries and allowing withdrawals of the employee deposits upon leaving service while the city portion remains. City Manager Ronald Hickerson reported ongoing street repairs, targeting about 3.5 miles more this summer after equipment repairs, including topping 1.5 miles of dirt streets and overlaying about 2 miles of sealed streets, with iron ore hauled to build a four inch base on East Avenue J.
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Silsbee
Ronald Hickerson
East Avenue J
Hickerson
Silsbee’s Miss Texas entrant heads to Fort Worth pageant
Miss Silsbee 1969 Ann Kirkendall, 19, will represent Silsbee in the Miss Texas Pageant next week in Fort Worth. Accompanied by Mrs. Earlene Dehart, she stays at Green Oaks Inn. Final televised judging is Saturday night July 12 from the Civic Center. Kirkendall sang Harper Valley P T A at her Miss Silsbee win and will perform the same number. She is sponsored by the East Texas Wildlife Conservation Association with ABWA Pine Burr Chapter backing the local pageant. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C G Kirkendall and will attend Stephen F. Austin College in the fall majoring in political science.
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Miss Kirkendall
Earlene Dehart
Green Oaks Inn
Fort Worth
New Civic Center
Silsbee
Harper Valley P. T. A
Contracts Awarded On Highway Jobs In Silsbee Area
The Texas Highway Commission awarded contracts in the Silsbee area for highway work. Trotti and Thomson, Inc. won 4.8 miles of US 96 widening and pavement in Jasper County for 584 116.83 dollars, with Lester P. Landgraf as engineer in charge and a 120 day estimate. Gaylord Construction Co. won 13.4 miles of SH 105 and FM 770 in Hardin County for 298 302 41 dollars, with Landgraf in charge and a 60 day estimate. Trotti and Thomson also won 16 miles of US 96 in Hardin County for 176 105 05 dollars, with curb, gutter and storm sewers.
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Austin
Silshee
Texas Highway Commission
Jasper County
Trotti and Thomson, Inc
FM 105
Lester P. Landgraf
Silsbee
Highway Department
Gaylord Construction Co
Houston
SH 105
FM 770
Hardin County
Sour Lake
Fort Sill couple visits in Richardson home
Mr and Mrs Elmo Vinas of Fort Sill Oklahoma spent Sunday visiting at the home of Mrs J H Richardson in the city.
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Elmo Vinas
Fort Sill
Okla
J. H. Richardson
Mayor Coward Suffers Heart Attack at Home
Mayor Claude Coward was rushed to St Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont after a mild heart attack Sunday afternoon. He remains hospitalized for treatment and expects to return home in a few days, with no visitors allowed at this time per Mrs. Coward.
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Claude Coward
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Silsbee Businesses To Close July 4
Most Silsbee businesses will close Friday for the July 4 holiday including government offices Post Office banks car dealers downtown stores and lumber yards The Silsbee Bee and many retailers will shut as residents plan ahead Local law enforcement warns motorists to travel with extreme caution over the long weekend due to crowds heading to nearby lakes from Beaumont and Houston areas.
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Silsbee
Silsbee Bee
Beaumont
Houston
Jubilee Homecoming Groups To Cooperate In Diamond Jubilee
The Diamond Jubilee committee of the Silsbee Chamber of Commerce and the Silsbee High School Alumni Association will cooperate in weekend jubilee events October 11 to 18. The Homecoming parade starts at 2 30 p m with float themes inspired by Yesterday Today and Tomorrow. Robert A Scott Jubilee chairman urges merchants to decorate in 1890 style and employees to wear period clothing. A next Jubilee committee meeting is set for Tuesday July 22 at 7 30 p m in Neches National Bank.
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Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Silsbee High School Alumni Association
Robert A. Scott
Scott
Neches National Bank
Lions to Hear Rep Don Adams at July 8 Meeting
State Representative Don Adams of Jasper will speak at the Silsbee Lions Club on July 8. He will discuss the last legislative session and the Governor’s recently called special session, with the Blue Bonnet cafe in the club room as the meeting venue.
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Lions
Don Adams
Jasper
Preston Smith
Silsbee Lions Club
Blue Bonnet Cafe
Cesar Dominguez
W. A. Cawthon
Claude Coward
Leon Crum
Warren Bower
W. A. Barclay Jr
al Mashburn
Miles Tucker
Lion Information
Bob Flores
Lenox Hawthorne
B. L. Williams
Phillip Ellis
Library Board
Wes Latham
N. G Ferrell
Leo Club
Ernest Dietrich
Sammy Ashworth Earns All-College Honor Roll at McNeese
Lake Charles La July 2 Samuel W Ashworth of Silsbee is named to the All-College Honor Roll for McNeese State College with a 4.0 average. The registrar notes 69 students posted perfect averages for Jan May 1969, including 24 on the All-College Honor Roll and 45 on the President's Honor List for carrying 15 and 12 semester hours respectively with no grade below D.
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Lake Charles
McNeese State College
Billy J. Brown
Brown
Samuel W. Ashworth
Silsibee
Trustees respond to HEW demands on Robinson School
The Silsbee Independent School District board met in special session and notified the Office of Civil Rights that Frank Robinson School is being operated as an integrated school. The district seeks an alternate desegregation plan by July 1 while planning to absorb Robinson students into other elementary schools in 1970 and designate the Robinson campus for special education and kindergarten use. The board also set terms for selecting a depository for the 1969-71 biennium, adopting the School Depository Act of 1967 and inviting bids from Silsbee State Bank and Neches National Bank, with bids due July 9 at 7 p.m.
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Board of Education
Silsbee Independent School
Office of Civil Rights
Frank Robinson
Robinson
Don L. Hough
School Depository Act
Silsbee State Bank
Neches National Bank
Wreck Injures Three Silsbee Teens Late Thursday
Three Silsbee teenage girls were hurt in a late Thursday night crash on the Old Eva dale Highway east of the underpass. Rita Gore 19 suffered a broken back and pelvic injuries with possible other internal injuries. Linda Moore 19 sustained serious liver and kidney damage with other internal injuries. Sherry Rashall 19 had minor cuts and bruises and was released after treatment at St. Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont. The car skidded off pavement, struck an eight inch tree, and stopped near an old field. Highway Patrolman Wayne Pullen investigated.
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Silsbee
Evadale Highway
Rita Faye Gore
Vernon C
Wayne Pullen
Arrangements Announced For Ensign Hugh B Holmes
Funeral services for Ensign Hugh B Holmes 24 son of Mr and Mrs V O Holmes will be at 10 am Saturday in Memorial Cemetery chapel Tulsa Okla He died near Saigon South Vietnam on June 23 from Viet Cong wounds while leading a Navy river patrol His body arrived in Tulsa Tuesday from San Francisco Ninde Funeral Home is in charge Contributions to USO Fund in memory of Hugh B Holmes are requested in lieu of flowers
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Hugh B. Holmes
V. O. Holmes
Chapel of Memorial Cemetery
Tulsa
Oklo
Ensign Holmes
Saigon
South Vietnam
Vietnam
San Francisco
Ninde Funeral Home
USO
License Office To Be Closed July Fourth
The local Driver's License Office will be closed Friday for the holiday. It will reopen at the new location Monday at 375 North 4th Street across the highway from Farmer Funeral Home.
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North 4Th Street
Farmer Funeral Home
Womack Charged With Aggressive Assault on Busby in Silsbee
J C Womack 34 of Silsbee faces aggravated assault charges in Lumberton for allegedly attacking John Busby near the Maxwell Drive Busby garage site. Womack posted 500 bond. Busby was treated at Silsbee Doctors Hospital and released days later.
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J. C. Womack
Silsbee
Court of Justice of the Peace
J. M. Bowman
Lumberton
John Busby
Womack
Busby
Maxwell Drive
Earl Droddy
Little League Queens Crowned On Friday Night
The three Little League divisions named their 1969 queens: Senior Queen Charlotte White, Major Queen Leslie Hillard, and Minor Queen Teri Doyen. Managers of the year were Henry Ear Smith Reds, A P Shrimp Ratcliff Yankees, and Simon D Prince Jr Colts. Coronation held Friday with details in Queen section.
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Charelotte White
Lewis White Jr
Giants
Leslie Hillard
W. K. Hillard
Braves
Teri Doyen
Jimmy Doyen
Cubs
Leach
Henry Ear
Smith
Reds
A. P
Shrimp” Ratcliff
Yankees
Simon D. Prince Jr
Colts
Queen
City Receives 22196 From Sales Tax Payment
The City of Silsbee has received a 22196 sales tax payment from the state for the quarter ending March 31. It marks the third quarterly collection since the tax began July 1 1968, with earlier payments totaling 48365. The city expects one more payment this fiscal year, and revenue is running above initial projections, already surpassing 70000.
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Silsbee
Ronald Hickerson
All Stars Begin Play in Area 3 July 14
Little League Area 3 Major and Senior divisions schedule opening play on Monday July 14 in Buna. Silsbee meets Buna Evadale. district rep will face Louisiana District winner in section play. Area 3 teams include Silsbee Buna Evadale Kountze Lumberton Groves Nederland with several managers and alternates listed.
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Silsbee
Buna
Martin Wilson
Buna-Evadale
Kountze
Lumberton
Groves
Nederland
Wallace Sego Dies in Galveston at 63
Wallace Claren Sego, 63, of Galveston died at 5 a m Thursday June 26 at St Marys Hospital after a sudden illness. Funeral services were held at J Levy & Bro Funeral Home with Rev Larry Stokes officiating. Burial followed in Silsbee. Sego was born in Tuskegee Alabama and had lived in Galveston since 1930. Surviving: wife Delores Sego. brother J E Sego of Irving. three sisters Mrs Henry Tyson Mrs George Doughtry and Mrs Eddie Craft of Tuskegee.
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Wallace Claren Sego
Galveston
St. Mary's Hospital
J. Levy & Bro
Larry Stokes
Sils‘bee
Tuskegee
Ala
Delores Sego
J. E. Sego
Irving
Texas
Henry Tyson
George Doughtry
Eddie Craft
Deen Wood Captures Silsbee Golf Tournament Victory
Deen Wood of Liberty’s Magnolia Country Club won the championship flight with a 72 hole total of 285 at Hardin County Country Club. Wayne McClanahan of Silsbee took medalist honors with top Thursday score as 144 entrants braved heat and dust across four days of play.
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Hardin County Country Club
Deen Wood
Liberty
Magnolia Country Club
Wayne McClanahan
Sils‘bee
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Miss Silsbee
Ft. Worth
Ann Kirkendall
Coward
Sammy Ashworth
McNeese
Neches River
J. Busby
Little League Queens
James W
Bill” Bowen
Henry Earl Smith
Paul Randal Richard
Dodgers
Robert Morad Bumstead Jr
Rufus Monroe Cook
Robert Grant Dean
Albert George Witte Jr
Gary James Laskoskie
James Allen Bowen
Charles Taylor McMichen
Astros
Roy Charles Eddins
Donald Wayne Gallion
Robert Ellis Woodard
Henry Kar! Smith Jr
David Cec
Cil Moss
Bruce Anthony Calhoun
Richard Clint Skillern
George Ras Pitman
Randy Allen Fuller
Spencer Davis Armour Ill
P. “Shrimp” Ratcliff
Grady Walters
Owen Paul Broussard
Tom Edd Sawyer
Dale Eric Cather
Ves
Curtis Barnett Braswell
Tigers
Walter Douglas Gore Jr
Kenneth James Overall
Artie Glenn Shankle
Oilers
Michael Jan Ratcliff
John Darrell Gordon
Lynn Wade Spurlock
Fred Maurice Sanford Jr
Bobby Leroy Taylor Jr
Thomas Harold LaToof Jr
Marion Douglas Almond
Michael Joe Skinner
Robert Paul Albrecht
Michael David McClung
David Burl Bradshaw
Almond
Shankle
Samford
Spurlock D. Cather
J. Gordon
I Sawyer
W. Harper
R. Griffith
C Braswell
Braves Astros
White Sox
Pirates
Wallace
Sego
Silsbee Golf
Nopeland
George Thompson
J. M. Dansby
Thomson
Clement
Jack Brooke
Sandy Roane
George Bass
Newt Hopkins
Desult
Brooke
Bass
Bob Thomas
Peck Henderson
Paul Georgas
Tommy Bus Ne
Louis Berdon
Charles Galloay
James Farris
Jim and
Farris
Berdon
Third Flight
Johnny Clement
Sam
Frank Osborne
Rick Alderman
George Hurst
C. H. Dunn
Barclay Ded. Gillett
J-up
Bob Herbst
Jey Griffin
Crum
H Altenburg Jr
Onlaten
Charlie Kohler
Pelzat
Jake Phares
J. R Hopkins
James Long
Pelzar
Hopkins
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