Wanda Cooper Attends Summer Citizenship Conference
Miss Wanda Cooper attends the Fourth Annual Summer South Citizenship Conference from June 29 to July 25 at Stuartard's University in Austin. She and two Port Arthur youths are funded by the Sabine Area Central Labor Council AFL CIO Port Neches. Cooper received a $77.00 check from H. Davis, president, to fund the conference.
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Wanda Cooper
Sta Iward’s University
Austin
Port Arthur
Sabine Areantral Labor Council A. F. L., I. O
Port Neches
H. Davis
Willoper
Family of Cary Ard thanks friends and neighbors
The Ard family expresses gratitude for food visits flowers and prayers during the loss of their loved one. Special thanks are extended to Mr. Farmer and Pete Farmer for their support.
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Cary Ard
Righbors
Mr.armer
Pete Farmer
Odessa businessman Joe W. Rice dies at 83
Joe W. Rice of Odessa died at 9 p m July 8 in Odessa. A native of San Angelo, he lived in Odessa since 1907 and was a retired businessman and real estate man. Funeral at 4 p m Thursday at First Baptist Church Odessa, burial Sunset Memorial Gardens. Survived by wife Ida, son Dan McLendon of San Antonio, three daughters Cope land of Silsbee, Allbright of Athens, and Ellen McLendon of Santa Fe NM.
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Joe W. Rice
Odessa
San Angelo
First Baptist Church
Ida Jean Allbright
Athens
Ellen McLendon
Santa Fe
N. Mex
Card of Thanks to Dr Hooks and Hardin Memorial Staff
Mrs. Alice Welch expresses gratitude to Dr Hooks and the Hardin Memorial Hospital nurses for care and to everyone who sent cards flowers visits prayers and kindness during her stay. God bless each of you.
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Hooks
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Alice Welch
Thank You Note from Mrs Sim Ward for Hospital Stay
Sim Ward expresses gratitude to friends for gifts flowers visits prayers and kind deeds shown during her hospital stay.
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Sim Ward
Hardin County Retail Disease Of 1967 Surpassed In 1968
Hardin County retail volume rose with higher incomes led by food purchases totaling 6,134,006 dollars for home meals. Auto and equipment sales reached 7,357,000 while general merchandise sold 1,466,000 and clothing 566,000. Furniture and household goods added 618,000.
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New York
Hardin County
Standard Rate and Data Service
Couture Named Eastex Training Director
Herbert D. Couture is appointed training director at Eastex Inc. to head a new employee training department and develop programs for advancement. The move, announced by R L Paret, aims to expand supervisory training and prepare workers for higher job levels while Couture, a longtime Eastex staffer, brings decades of experience in training and personnel work. He is a Eau Claire, Wisconsin native and Wisconsin State College graduate with three children.
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Eastex Inc
Herbert D. Couture
R. L. Paret
Couture
Paret
Eau Claire
Wis
Wisconsin State College
Champion Papers Inc
Bowaters Southern Paper Corporation
Local Baptist Youth Attend Dallas Conference
About 8000 youths gathered for the State Baptist Youth Evangelism Conference July 3 4 at Moody Coliseum SMU Dallas. Local First Baptist Church group included Ricky Price John Burnaman Dwight Thompson Jerry Hawthorne Wayne Calvert Betty Shine Carol David Shannon Hawthorne Diana Munden Nancy Barclay Kathy Barclay and Jan Barclay led by youth director Al Glen. Don Sturrock former organist joined Craig Baynham Cowboy football player Johnny Lowe and Tom Lester in the program.
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Moody Coliseum
SMU
Dallas
First Baptist Church
Ricky Price
John Burnaman
Dwight Thompson
Jerry Hawthorne
Wayne Calvert
Betty Shine
Carol David
Shannon Hawthorne
Diana Munden
Nancy Barclay
Kathy Barclay
Jan Barclay
al Glen
Don Sturrock
Craig Baynham
Johnny Lowe
Tom Lester
Smith Family Reunion Heads Toward Arlington and Pensacola
EO/1 and Mrs. Thomas Jerry Smith plan a reunion with their three children Tommy Stacey and Bobby in Arlington Virginia where Jerry serves as chief in charge of transportation at Jim Creek Radio Station. Robert Allen Smith and his wife will move to Pensacola Florida joining siblings Glenda Faye Seigns and Rusty Monroe Smith with their parents in Silsbee.
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EO/1
Thomas Jerry Smith
Tommy
Stacey
Bobby
Robert Allen Smith
Dallas
Jerry Smith
Arlington, Va
Jim Creek
Robert Allen
Pensacola
Fla
Glenda Faye Seigns
Warren
Rusty Monroe Smith
Mrs. T. L. Smith
Silsbee
Chief Busby to Teach at 40th Texas Firemen's School
Fire Chief John Busby will teach pump operations at the 40th Annual Texas Firemen's Training School at Texas A&M University in July 2025. He will be joined by Silsbee volunteers J. C. Busby Russell Busby and Bill Owens to study topics from pump operations to hose streams and vehicle driving.
Inter-Faith Choir To Meet Sunday In Local Church
The area Inter-Faith Choir will meet Sunday at 2 30 p m in the First Baptist Church. They practice Handel Messiah to be presented in December and need bass and tenor singers. Open to all denominations from high school age, meetings occur on the second and fourth Sundays each month until the performance.
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Inter-Fath
First Baptist Church
al Glenn
Past Officers Meet in Beaumont July 21
Mrs Inez Walker president of the Past Matrons and Past Patrons Club announces the quarterly meeting at 7 p m Monday July 21 at St Pauls Methodist Church 4445 Pershing St Beaumont with South Park Chapter as hosts Reservations via Mrs Juanita Townsend at 866 2974
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Inez Walker
District 4
Section 2
OES
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Pershing St
Beaumont
South Park
Juanita Townsend
Anti cancer agent isolated from Annona glabra
U S Department of Agriculture scientists identify liriodenine as the active anti cancer agent from dried wood and bark of Annona glabra a relative of custard apple in Florida. Experiments show significant inhibition of human cancer cells in culture.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Annona Glabra
Florida
Silsbee Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Travel
Silsbee social notes catalog several visits and travels from early July. Rickie Munden of Dallas spent the Fourth with his parents Dr and Mrs H E Munden. Housto visitors F L Choate stayed with S R Terry and Ed Blount. O B Haught returned to Lubbock after a five day visit with Read family. Harold Leigh and daughter Sondra visited Grace Leigh in Jasper Alabama and James G Leigh in Tuscumbia Alabama. S Q Jones convalesced at Silsbee Doctors Hospital then returned home. Sim Ward recovered from injuries at Doctors Hospital. Donna Nolen of Beaumont visited her mother J H Richardson. J C Busby flew to Midland to see daughter and family. David Crane, previously stationed in Hawaii, visited wife at the Arby Scott home. will move to Long Beach, California for eight months before discharge. Harrell Holland and family from Jackson Alabama visited W H Holland. Pvt Buddy Wright departed from Houston June 17 for eight weeks basic at Fort Bliss. Mary Ella Sheffield attended July 6 double funeral services in Navasota for Williard and J C Johnson. W H Holland plans trip to Los Angeles to visit son Howard and stop to see Lt Col Rueben Thornal en route home.
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Rickie Munden
Dallas
H. E. Munden
F. L. Choate
Housto
S. R. Terry
Ed Blount
O. B. Haught
Lubbock
R. L. Read
Harold Leigh
Sondra
Grace Leigh
Jasper
Ala
James G. Leigh
Tuscumbia
S. QO. Jones
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Sim Ward
Doctors Hospital
Harrell Holland
Jackson
W. H. Holland
Buddy Wright
Earline Nelson
Houston
Fort Bliss
Mary Ella Sheffield
Navasota
Williard Johnson
Los Angeles
Calif
Howard
Rueben Thornal
Lodge Notices for Hercules Masonite Lodge No 295
Stated meetings of Hercules Masonite Lodge No 295 F and AM at 510 South 11th Street Silsbee Texas are the first and third Tuesday each month at 7 00 p m Visiting brethren invited L K Johnson W M J D Lane Secretary
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Hercules Masonite Lodge
F&am
Llth Street
Silsbee
Texas
Former Silsbee Man Promoted By Texaco Inc
John B. Paine Jr. a Silsbee native and Silsbee High School graduate, was promoted last week by Texaco Inc of Port Arthur to zone foreman at the chemical plant. He joined Texaco in 1952 and remains with the company. He is married with two sons and two daughters and lives in Nederland.
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John B. Paine Jr
Silsbee
Silsbee High School
Texaco, Inc
Port Arthur
Paine
Texaco
Paines
Nederland
Funeral Services For the Ard 71 Held in Silsbee
Funeral services for the Ard 71 of Silsbee were held at 10 a m Monday at Caney Head Assembly of God Church with Rev W G McNaughten officiating. Burial followed in Cunningham Cemetery. Ard died Friday night at Silsbee Doctors Hospital after a lengthy illness. A lifelong Hardin County resident, he was a retired oilfield worker and member of Caney Head Assembly of God Church. He is survived by daughter Cynthia Ard, wife of Lovell Harrington. son L G Ard. two brothers Dennis and Andy Ard. three sisters Bertie Foster Annie McGallion and Fannie McGallion.
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Ard
Silsbee
Caney Head
Assembly of God Church
W. G. McNaughten
Cunningham Cemetery
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Hardin County
Cynthia Ard
Lovell Harrington
L. G. Ard
Dennis
Andy Ard
Bertie Foster
Annie McGallion
Fannie McGallion
Thanks for sympathy after loss of Mrs Thelma Tarver
The families of C. L Allen T. T. Tarver Jr Andy Davis Rex H. Boyett R. H. Pinkston and Kenneth Biddle express gratitude for food flowers prayers and acts of sympathy shown during the death of Thelma Tarver.
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Thelma Tarver
C. L Allen
T. T. Tarver Jr
Andy Davis
Rex. H. Boyett
R. H. Pinkston
Kenneth Biddle
Singers To Meet Near Colmesneil For Tyler County Convention
The Tyler County Singing Convention meets July 12 and 13 at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church northeast of Colmesneil. From Colmesneil head two miles north on Highway 69, east on Farm to Market Road 2628, follow signs. Lunch will be served Sunday, according to D. V. Felps, chairman. The church is air conditioned.
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Tyler County
Singing Convention
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
Colmesneil
D. V. Felps
Gratitude for Kind Deeds During Hospital Stay
The writer expresses sincere thanks for visits prayers flowers and acts of kindness during a hospital stay. Special appreciation goes to Dr Poshat aske and the nurses at Silsbee Doctors Hospital and to Mrs Lula Jones.
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Dr. Poshataske
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Lula Jones
IRS Q and A on travel reimbursements and home sale tax benefits
Internal Revenue questions cover non taxable travel expense reimbursements for job interviews and excess amounts being taxable. It also explains tax treatment of home sale profits with postponement options and age based exemptions for withholding for those 65 and older. Readers are advised to obtain Publication 523 for details.
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IRS
Woodcrest Kindergarten Opens Enrollments for Fall 1969
Woodcrest Kindergarten announces limited openings in the afternoon class for fall 1969. Children must be five before Sept 1 1969. Registration is first come first served. Morning class 8 05 to 11 00 a m. Afternoon class 12 05 to 3 00 p m. A new pre kindergarten for four year olds will also start with limited enrollment. Call 755 4403 or 755 1133 for details.
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Woodcrest
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