Reds Place Four on Senior League All Stars
Selections for the Silsbee Little League senior league All-Stars named a 14 man team with Reds leading by four players. Notables include Mack Brown Raleigh Garrett Shannen Kilpatrick and Wilbert White. Alternates cover Cards Giants Dodgers and Braves affiliates. Major League All-Stars also announced with Astros listing seven players and a separate eight alternates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reds
Silsbee
Mack Brown
Raleigh Garrett
Shannen Kil
Astros
Butch Smith
Pet Pryor
Tommy Clark
Don Morgan
Gary Laskoskie
Lerry Calhoun
Denny Olivier
Scott Skinner
Nathen Ferrell
Mike Collier
Jerry Skinner
Bubba McGallien
Ricky McClelland
Donnie Hardison
Steve Albrecht
Randy King
Steve Rodgers
Bill Wright
Danny Hoke
Giants
Braves
Dodgers
W—L. Anderson
L—Mathews
Brave
W—Walters
L—Willis
W—Kilpatrick
L—Bowen
City awards bids for new 20 cubic yard garbage truck
The Silsbee city council awarded the 20 cubic yard garbage truck bid in a called meeting. Garwood Equipment Company won the packer body at 5352.86 after discounts, with original bids higher. Thomas Auto secured the cab and chassis at 6448.73, while Donson Motor and Silsbee Auto offered other bids. The Dodge unit failed to meet specifications due to transmission and other features. Delivery is set for 30 to 60 days and will supplement existing service amid higher demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Pak-Mor
San Antonio
Wayne DuBose
Garwood
Thomas Auto
Silsbee
International
Silsbee Auto Co
Donason Motor Co
Dodge
Donalson Motor Co
DuBose
Silsbee Police report shows June traffic violations dip
Moving violations in June totaled 83, down from May, with three major accidents versus six in May. The report notes 110 criminal cases investigated, one felony arrest and 39 misdemeanor arrests. Four day July 4 period yielded six accidents, two with single-car involvement, no serious injuries.
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Silsbee
Edgar Blood
Blood
Quiet Hardin County Jail Week After July Fourth
Hardin County Sheriff reports an unusually calm four day holiday period with 23 inmates at the jail during the long weekend. Twelve were held for drunkenness in public, others include hot checks, drunken driving, suspended license, disturbing the peace, assault and battery, and traffic violations. Deputies also aided in search operations at two drownings on the Neches River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Sheriff's Department
Curtis Davis
Davis
Sheriff's Department
Neches River
Final Rites Held In San Saba For Mrs Hetta Coffey
Funeral services for 79 year old Hetta L Coffey were conducted at the Howell Dorn Funeral Home in San Saba with Rev Hugh McGee officiating. Burial followed in Locker Cemetery at Richland Springs. She died Sunday in Hardin Memorial Hospital Kountze after a long illness. A native of Richland Springs she had lived in Silsbee three months and was a member of Richland Springs Chapter Order of the Eastern Star and the First Baptist Church there. Surviving are two daughters Mrs F R Maul of Silsbee and Mrs Jack M Glover of Galveston two sons J D Coffey of Beeville and C B Coffey of Austin six sisters including Mrs Arleigh Fowler Mrs C H Heatherly and Mrs J N Arvin all of Brownwood plus Mrs J F Powell of Zephyr Mrs B F Brown of Richland Springs and Mrs Wade Royall of Puerto Rico.
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Hetta L. Coffey
Cravens Drive
Howell Dorn
San Saba
Hugh McGee
First Baptists Church
Richland Springs
Locker Cemetery
Silsbee
Order of the Eastern Star
Land of the First Baptist Church
F. R. Maul
Jack M. Glover
Galveston
J. D. Coffey
Beeville
C. B. Coffey
Austin
Arleigh Fowler
C. H. Heatherly l
J. N. Arvin
Brownwood
J. F. Powell
Zephyr
B. F. Brown
Wade Royall
Puerto Rico
Hospital notes on Clinefelter and Worley updates
C D Clinefelter entered Santa Fe Memorial Hospital Temple for treatment and observation and is doing well in room 324 with Mrs. Clinefelter. Rex Worley senior vice president at Silsbee State Bank is in Methodist Hospital Houston undergoing treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Clinefelter
Santa Fe Memorial Hospital
Temple
Rex Worley
Silsbee State Bank
Methodist Hospital
Houston
Five 4-H Members Enter District Horse Show
Five Hardin County 4-H Horse Club members have been chosen to compete at the District 4-H Horse Show in Texas City on July 6. Leaders name Jimmy Butler Renee Mitchell Ronald Mitchell Kirsty Hoke and Laura Lea Coe as the selected participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin ‘County
4-H Horse Club
Texas City
Henry Allen Coe Jr
Kountze
Jimmy Butler
J. M. Butler
Lumberton
Renee
Ronald Mitchell
Nick Mitchell
Silsbee
Kirsty Hoke
Johnnie Hoke
Laura Lea Coe
H. A. Coe Jr
Kountse
Drownings mar area over four day holiday weekend
A four day holiday period in the Silsbee area saw five drownings and several serious accidents. Victims include 16 year old James Nelson of Silsbee, who disappeared while swimming near Evadale and was later found downstream after a strong current. Funeral plans proceed through Coleman Funeral Home. The article also notes deaths at Dam B Lake and urged caution as rescuers searched muddy river waters with boats and divers. A separate electrocution near Devers, burns in Evadale, and injuries from a boating accident near Lamberton are reported with responders from multiple fire departments and sheriff's offices assisting.
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Silsbee
James Nelson
Marie Nelson
Fresenius Road
Nelson
Neches River Bridge
Evadale
Ralph Davenport
Earnest Westbrook
Chester Holmes
Marvin Lee
Hardin County
Henry Overstreet
Justice of the Peace
C. A. Kimball
Kountze
Chance- Loeb
Hardin County Sheriff's Posse
Hardin
Jasper
Martin McKinney
Hardin County Sheriffs Posse
Doyle Herrington
Brown & Root Construction Co
Eastex Inc
Herrington
Tennison Clinic
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Home Ambulance Hospital
Houston
Neches River
Lamberton
Denise Carrol Daniels
Rhonda Daniels
Dale
Daniels
D.C. Daniels
Kountas St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beamont
Neches
Pat Biddle
Walter Ray Overstreet
McKinney
Overstreet
Three Injured After Silsbee Head-On Collision
Three people were injured, none seriously, in a head on collision on Cravens Camp Road three miles east of FM 92. Lebron Dowden Jr. Billy Breeding and Sherry Ann Kirkinsoll were treated at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Kountze for cuts and lacerations after the 2 PM crash on a curve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
W. W Pullen
Lebron C. Dowden Jr
Liveoak
Billy Breeding
Sherry Ann Kirkinsoll
David Lynn Smith
Pujlen
Cravens Camp Road
Pullen
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Funeral Rites For Mrs Fedrick Held Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs Mattie Pope Fedrick 80 were held Wednesday at 10 a m in the Farmer Funeral Home chapel. A longtime Silsbee resident, she died Tuesday at Hardin Memorial Hospital Kountze. She leaves two sons T F Fedrick Dallas and Arthur Fedrick Houston, eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Burial was at Brookside Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Pope Fedrick
Farmer Funeral Home
Fedrick
Silsbee
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Liblerty Baptist Church
Chester
T. F. Fedrick
Dallas
Arthur Fedrick
Houston
C. E. Willis
The
Good Shepherd Baptist Age
Brookside Cemetery
Burgess Family Ends Texas Visit After Garland Trip
Mr and Mrs Dick Burgess and their children, former Silsbee residents, left Tuesday after visiting in the home of her mother Mrs R D Daniel and other relatives. They planned to visit her brother Billy Free in Garland before returning to Franklin Park New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Burgess
Silsbee
R. D. Daniel
Billy Free
Garland
Franklin Park
N. J
Local births reported from Silsbee and area
Mr and Mrs Charles W Mitchell of Silsbee announce a daughter born at Baptist Hospital Beaumont on July 2. Mr and Mrs John Williamson of Lufkin have a son Steven born June 23. Grandparents listed include Mrs A G Williamson Zwede La and Mr and Mrs Ozro Parker. Mr and Mrs James Lester Jusey Sr of Silsbee announce a son Ronald Eugene born June 28. Christopher Ardale born June 29 to Mr and Mrs Charles Lee Wilson of Silsbee. Mr and Mrs Joe Von Smart announce a son Joe Earl born June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Mitchell
Silsbee
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
John Williamson
Lufkin
Steven
A. G. Williamson
Zwede
Ozro Parker
City
James Lester Jusey Sr
Ronald Eugene
Christopher Ardale
Charles Lee Wilson
Joe von Smart
Joe Earl
Weekend guests at Richardsons' home visit relatives
Weekend guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Richardson included their children and spouses and several relatives from Port Neches Bellaire Orange Yoakum Beaumont Orange Calif and Kingfisher Okla with multiple families visiting for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Richardson
Bryan Mays
Port Neches
John D. Gibson
Bellaire
Marrel Conway
Jerald Pedeto
Orange
Thomas Burns
Yoakum
Donna Nolen
Beaumont
C. W. Ericson
Orange, Calif
John H. Richardson
Johnny D. Gibson
Kingfisher
Okla
T. E. Chumley Confined at St Marys Hospital Port Arthur
T E Chumley is confined to St Marys Hospital in Port Arthur with unspecified illness. The note provides no further medical details or duration of stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Chumley
St. Mary's Hospital
Port Arthur
Two DPS Graduates Assigned to Hardin County Patrol
Gale McMullen aged 20, from Tyler, joins Highway Patrol in the Silsbee area as partner to Wayne Pullen. The other new trooper, William L. Greer of Orange, is stationed in Kountze with C. H. Cain. Both graduated from the Texas Department of Public Safety school in Austin in June and are newly posted in Hardin County.
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Gale McMullen
Tyler
Silsbee
Texas Department of Public Safety
Austin
Hardin County
Wayne Pullen
McMullen
De’s
William L. Greer
Orange
Kountze
C. H. Cain
Greer
DPS
Harden County
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Sheila Simmons
Kathy Barclay
Toni Monferdino
Linda W Hisenant
Emily Landolt
Suzanne Barfield
Pat Bosch
Louisiana
Mississippi Gulf Coast
New Orleans
Biloxi
Fort Polk
Henry V. Barfield
Oilers
Yankees Tigers
Pirates
White Sox
Yankees
Yankees White Sox
Colt Ad’s
Tigers
Sheriff's Office
Hetta Coffey
4-H
Coleman Funeral Home
Silsbee High School
Tiger Band
Louis Wayne Walton
Fletcher Emanuel Baptist Church
Henry Shettles
Walton
Buria
L. B. Walton
Chance-Loeb
Billy Paine
Paine
Ernest
Bennett Haynes
Sheriff's Posse
Liberty
Dayton
Nederland
David Earl
Ernest Glenn Walton
Margaret Ann Walton
Jo Ellen Walton
Jeri Lynn Walton
Chance Loeb
Jesse Walton
Anna Moss
Dam B Lake
Mary Ann LaGrappe
Lola Ann LaGrappe
Bridge City
Henhouse Ridge
Martin Dies State Park
Jasper County
Cherokee Park
Dies Park
Siggers
J. O. Stringer
Mary Dickerson Hospital
Bobby Gene Proctor
Devers
Silsbee Social Notes
Leon Ward
Mark
Cecil Ward
Edna Guynes
Laura Belle Holland
Guynes
Honey Island
L. E. Worley
Richard
Callie Mae Merriman
Willie Mae Brim
David Brim
H. A. Langston
Danton Grimes
Ray Walton
Grand Canyon
San Francisco
Los Angeles
California
Jerry Stoeppleman
Jim Lightfoot
Edith Yankie
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
South Carolina
Florida
Augusta
Pfc
Wayne Yankie
Fort Goron
Joe W. Fears
Corpus Christi
James L. Hays
Karlen
Veda Hays
Fears
Jola Griffith
Calif
UCLA
J. B. Grit
W. L. Miller
William Sagstetter
Willie B. Lakey
Paul
J. J. Maxwell
Jody Hartley
Aline Allred
Old Center
J. S. Hartley
Mattie Walker
Waco
B. R. Walker
R. S. Farmer
Jack Rolls
Jerry Telford
Eglin Air Force Base
Mrs. Fedrick
Hardin Memorial Hopital
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