Kirby to Expand Plywood Plant at Silsbee Facility
Kirby Lumber Corp announces expansion of veneer drying facilities at its Silsbee plywood plant. The upgrade, starting this fall, will nearly double annual capacity from 60 million to about 120 million square feet 3/8 inch basis. First commercial production at Silsbee began in July 1964 with a 36 million annual capacity.
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Kirby Lumber Corporation
Silsbee Plywood
J. KK. Herndon
Silsbee
Kirby Lumber Corp
West Coast
Marvin Sims Charged With Evadale Burglary
Marvin Sims 25 of Evadale faces a night time burglary charge in Silsbee for robbing Roy's Restaurant near the Neches River Bridge on June 21. Arrested in Lake Charles, he traveled to Beaumont with police, and deputies collected his statement. He is also charged in Jefferson County for a $1900 bad check to finance a car and remained in Beaumont custody for arraignment and bond.
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Melvin Lee Sims
Evadale
Silsbee
Justice of the
Rex Moore
Roy
Neches River Bridge
Lake Charles
Beaumont
Earl Marshall
Hardin County
Billy Paine
Jefferson County
Paine
Jasper County
Bruce Gravis
Henry Overstreet
Elmer Prossie
Louisiana
Sims
Texas
Frank Holland Dies at 53 in Nacogdoches
Funeral services for Frank Holland age 53 who died Tuesday night in a Nacogdoches hospital will be held at 10 this morning in the same city. He lived in Silsbee for years and worked at Pope's Cafe. Survived by two brothers Rev E C Holland of Silsbee and W T Holland of Beaumont and three sisters Mrs R C Huff Mrs E B Nash of Silsbee and Mrs Betty Jo Shaw of Beaumont.
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Frank Holland
Nacogdoches
Holland
Silsbee
Pope's Cafe
E. C. Holland
W. T. Holland
Beaumont
R. C. Huff
E. B. Nash
Betty Jo Shaw
C D Clinefelter Returns Home After Hospital Stay
C D Clinefelter, who recently had surgery at Santa Fe Hospital in Temple, has been discharged to his home. He is recuperating and anticipates resuming normal activities soon.
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C.D. Clinefelter
Santa Fe Hospital
Temple
Moms And Dads To Meet In Softball Contest Friday
The Little League Mothers and Fathers softball game will be played Friday at 6 30 p m at the Little League Park on the Spurger highway.
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Little League
Spurger Highway
Fire destroys Ray Marshall home near Silsbee
A north of Silsbee on FM 92 house owned by Ray Marshall burned early Wednesday becoming a total loss. Fire Chief John Busby said the blaze, reported at 3:04 a.m., was well advanced when volunteers arrived about 3:20 a.m. Fire concentrated in the kitchen but spread to other areas. the two apartments were unoccupied. Marshall and family were in San Augustine visiting relatives.
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Ray Marshall
Silsbee
John Busby
Busby
Marshall
San Augustine
Two-Story Office Building Planned On North Sixth Street
Construction begins in about 30 days on a 90 by 70 foot two story masonry office building at the corner of North Sixth Street across from the School Tax Office. It is to honor late Pinckney Adrian Short. Gulf States Utilities handles downstairs space. second floor vacant. Final architect meeting Friday. contract may be signed by month end. Construction lasts 90 to 120 days, weather permitting. Occupancy hoped for year end.
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Avenue H
Tommy Short
North Sixth Street
Pinckney Adrian Short
Gulf States Utilities Co
Torrid Pace Keeps Colts and Astros Tied For First
The Colt 45's and Astros share first in Silsbee Little League after a rainout adjusted week. Each team has played 12 and 10 games respectively with three losses, leaving the pair tied atop the past week standings.
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Astros
Silsbee
Colts
Silsbee Social Notes Highlights From Local News and Weekend Visits
Weekend visitors gathered at various homes including Mrs. J H Richardson Mrs Joe Lockhart of Mena Ark Mrs Mar ell Conway and the Gillespies from Orange. Read Dominguez wedding attendance and Guynes reunion at Honey Island Pool documented along with health, church camp, and baseball updates featuring Colt 45s Tigers Yankies Astros and White Sox. Top batter statistics listed for Colt 45s Yankies and Astros. Rain-out games to be posted next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Sangwin
Ethel Curtis
Pfee
Doyle Sangwin
U.S. Army
Sangwin
J. H. Richardson
Joe Lockhart
Mena
Ark
Marell Conway
Gillespies
Orange
Harvey Ashcraft
Florence Francis
Midland
Rachel Baker
Pearsall
James L. Goodman
Carrollton
Tex
Tom Singletary
Read-Dominguez
J. H. Stoeppleman
Jerry
Beaumont
Leslie Raney
Edna Guynes
Ruby Ward
Laura Belle Holland
Guynes
Honey Island Pool
Sallie Huff
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Rufus Cook
Colt
Tigers
Jim Bo Bowen
Colt 45
Rickey Skillern
Grant Dean
Yankies
Mike Zellers
Astros
William Walters
Niel Adams
White Sox
Rickey Thousha
Doyle Sangwin to Go To Viet Nam
Doyle Sangwin visits his parents in Silsbee Texas. He joined the U S Army on September 21 1965 and trained at Fort Polk Louisiana. After three and a half months at Fort Gordon Georgia he will report July 16 to Oakland California for 12 months duty in Vietnam. He is a 1965 Silsbee High School graduate and made the All District basketball team. While in Georgia he played for the Army team and earned a second place trophy.
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Pe. Doyle Sangwin
George Sangwin
Sangwin
U.S. Army
Fort Polk
Fort Gordon
Oakland
Calif
Viet Nam
Langwin
Silsbee High School
Georgia
Army
WWI Vets To Meet Saturday at Neches Bank
World War I Beatricks and auxiliary will meet Saturday at 2 30 p.m. in the Neches Room of the Neches National Bank. R D Daniel has invited all members to attend.
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WWI
Beatricks
Neches
Neches National Bank
R. D. Daniel
Contract Awarded On FM 418 Extension
Dobson Construction Co. submitted the low bid of $231,166.26 for grading, structures, base and surfacing on the FM 418 extension. Project duration is 105 working days with no start date yet set. Lester P. Landgraf will direct the work from Silsbee, while the highway commission announced the award to a Lufkin firm for a 1,694 mile highway extension.
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Dobson Construction Co
John G. Keller
Beaumont
Lester P. Landgraf
Silsbee
Lufkin
Austin
State Highway Commission
Wilmer Miles Jr Dies After One Car Crash
Wilmer Miles Jr., 22, died from head and internal injuries after a one car accident last Saturday near Silsbee. He reportedly lost control, drove into a ditch, and overturned alone in the vehicle. Funeral services are set for New Bethel Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Saturday under J. B. Coleman Funeral Home with Rev. H. L. Foster officiating. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Miles Sr. of near Center.
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Wilmer Miles Jr
Silsbee
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Miles
New Bethel Baptist Church
J. B. Coleman Funeral Home
H. L. Foster
Wilmer Miles Sr
Near Center
Library To Sponsor Story Hour For Children 5 To 8
The Silsbee Public Library will sponsor a Story Hour for children ages five to eight from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. each Tuesday from July 12 through August. Librarian Mrs H T Horka announced Emily Landolt assisted by Billie Coudrain will conduct weekly sessions with varying stories including The Best Little House by Fisher and Part-time Dog by Thayer.
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Silsbee Public Library
H. T. Horka
Emily Landolt
Billie Coudrain
Fisher
Thayer
Second Semester Of Summer School Begins At Silsbee High
Second semester of summer school will begin Monday at Silsbee High School with registration at 7 a.m. Courses available include social studies mathematics and language arts. Half credit subjects cost 17.50 dollars and full credit courses are 30 dollars.
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Silsbee High School
Conley Bradshaw Named Acting Postmaster Here
Conley C Bradshaw took over as Acting Postmaster of the Silsbee Post Office on July 1 replacing L A Yankie who retired after 16 years. A Silsbee native and Navy veteran, Bradshaw was chief clerk for Santa Fe Railway in Silsbee before his appointment and serves on local boards and organizations. He pledged to improve postal service and serve the community with dedication.
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Silsbee
Conley C. Bradshaw
L. A. Yankie
L. W. English
Beaumont
Yankie
Bradshaw
Santa Fe Railway
Silsbee High School
Navy
Pacific
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Fletcher Richardson
Sils
Arvin Yankie
Post Office
Postal Service
Cleanup underway on illegal dump north of Silsbee bridge
County Commissioner Virgil Caraway and the Silsbee Chamber of Commerce lead a large cleanup of the illegal dump area north of the Village Creek bridge on Highway 96 south of Silsbee. Workers collect combustible material for burning while heavy machinery will bury leftovers, with two county dumping grounds advertised for residents lacking regular trash pickup.
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Highway 96
Silsbee
Virgil Caraway
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Caraway
Village Creek Bridge
FM 418
Thirty Four Held At County Jail Over Holiday Weekend
Hardin County Sheriff Henry Overstreet reported 34 persons held at the county jail in Kountze during the July 4 holiday period. The count included one felony theft and aggravated assault on a peace officer, eight drunk, one simple assault, five misdemeanor driving while intoxicated, six disturbing the peace, one parole revocation, one child neglect, one felony driving while intoxicated, one forgery and passing, one rape, two affray, one driving while license suspended, and five traffic violators.
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Hardin County
Henry Overstreet
Kountze
Luther Bates Crushed Hand In Port Arthur Plant Accident
Luther Bates, 45, of Chance Loeb, suffered a crushed hand Tuesday at a U S Steel plant on Hwy 87 in Port Arthur during riveting. He is at St Mary’s Hospital Port Arthur with possible amputation.
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Luther Bates
Chance Loeb
U.S
Hwy. 87
Port Arthur
Bates
St. Mary’s Hospital
Flags Fly Across Silsbee For Fourth Of July
Eighty four flags were displayed on as many business houses in Silsbee on Monday for the Fourth of July. The Silsbee Kiwanis Club sponsored the project to show patriotism and aid club charitable work. The club provided flag holders and storage and will loan any missed flags to residents by calling J. C. Perkins, the club president.
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Silsbee
Silsbee Kiwanis Club
J. C. Perkins
Japanese Student To Spend Four Weeks Here
Akifumi Nagamoto a freshman from Chichibu Saitama Japan will visit the community for four weeks staying with four host families during his exchange stay He will join local school activities and learn about local culture and daily life through a home stay program coordinated by the community.
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Akifumi Nagamoto
Chichibu
Saitama
Japan
Houston area births and a Japanese youth visit summary
The notice reports multiple births in June and July in Houston area families: Cynthia Lynn Roach at Heights Hospital. Jerry Lynn Langston. James Douglas Powell. Vergie Neal Tyra. Dee Annette Woodard. Starla Kay Gore. It also covers J E Mask visiting Center, and Lions International bringing Akifumi, a Japanese teen, for a four week stay in Silsbee Beau mont area with host families including Hawthorne and Georges households. A group dinner and welcome activities are planned with transit between Silsbee and Beaumont.
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Charles Roach
Houston
Cynthia Lynn
Heights Hospital
Jerry Lynn
Jerry Dale Langston
Silsbee
Wilbert Leon Powell
Kountze
James Douglas
Vergie Neal
Robert Neal Tyra
Evadale
Herman Woodard
Dee Annette
Starla Kay
Gilbert Gore
Houston International
Beaumont
Lions International
Silsbee Lions Club
Akifumi
Japan
Lions Club
Lenox Hawthorne
Hawthornes
Lamar Tech
Jesse the Hawthorne
Paul Georges
Walt Howell
Wesley Latham
Rudisaile Named To Dean's Honor Roll At TCU
Miss Dagma Fay Rudisaile of 735 S 7th St Silsbee has been named to the Dean's Honor List for the 1966 spring semester at Texas Christian University School of Business. She is a senior marketing major and the daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Rudisaile.
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Dagma Fay Rudisaile
S. 7Th St
Silsbee
School of Business
Texas Christian University
TCU
AddRan College of Arts and Sciences
School of Education
Harris College of Nursing
School of Fine Arts
Frank Rudisaile
The
University
Teresa Roebuck Undergoes Surgery in Houston
Teresa Roebuck three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Roebuck underwent surgery to remove a blockage between her kidney and bladder Thursday at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. Her father Robert Roebuck underwent a successful kidney transplant at Methodist Hospital in Houston on May 13 and is expected to be released before August 1.
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Teresa Roebuck
Robert Roebuck
Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston
Methodist Hospital
R. S. Farmer Returns Home From Hospital
R. S. Farmer, formerly confined to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont for surgery, was returned to his home here on Wednesday. He is reported to be recovering very well.
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R. S. Farmer
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Widay
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Marvin Sims
C. D. Clinefelter
Leon Williams
Helen Parks
Garner State Park
Uvalde
Silsbee Social Notes
Mrs. Legna Whitman
Homer Shawver
Osyka
Miss
Laurel Hester
Athens
Sim
Hot Springs
Eureka Springs
Fort Smith
Arkansas
San Antonio
San Marcus
Robert Isbell
Ronnie Lee Smith
Tyler
J. E. Smith
Smith
J. O. ‘Cowart
James E. Smith
Benford Walters
A. W. Overland, Sr
Connor. Overland
Ala
Pirates
Oilers
Braves
Pic
Library
Conley Bradshaw
Knighton
J. E. Mask
Center
C. M. Cawley
J. C. Davis
Port Neches
Gene Burce
J. T. Cawley
Dagma Rudisaile
Dean
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