Daylight Burglar Strikes Second Home Saturday
A thief with a fetish for female garments burglarized the B F Newsum home in Prewitt subdivision Saturday while the couple were away in Abbeville Louisiana. Neighbors recovered missing underwear on a clothesline and a prior similar theft occurred three weeks earlier from Mrs Myrtle Holishouser on South Third Street. Deputy Sheriff Ka Moore investigated the daylight burglary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Newsum
Prewitt Subdivision
Jack Shepherd
Newsum
Myrtle Holishouser
South Third Street
Village Creek Bridge
Beaumont Highway
Ka Moore
County Receives State Right Of Way Payment
The Texas Highway Department sent Hardin County a partial payment of 1998.25 dollars as the state's share for land needed on St. 326 between Street 105 and Pine Island Bayou. District Engineer W. E. Simmons of Beaumont will transmit the check to the Hardin County Commissioners Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Texas Highway Department
St. 326
Street 105
Pine Island Bayou
W. E. Simmons
Beaumont
Hardin County Commissioners Court
Four Vehicle Crash Injures Six Near Silsbee Sunday
Six people were treated after a chain reaction crash north of Silsbee at FM Road 92 and the loading rack road. A log truck and a Halliburton well service truck, plus two cars, collided as one slowed for a left turn. Victims include Albert Crain and family, and the Gallaspy children. others unhurt. Public safety crews contained a gasoline threat as investigators from Silsbee and Beaumont compiled details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Emma Gallaspy
Carlos Kirkendall
Woodrow Brown
Leo Hickman
Tom Carey
Beaumont
Well Service
Hickman
Commission OKs running of deer with dogs in Hardin area
The Texas Game and Fish Commission voted in Austin on July 7 to allow running of deer with dogs in a nine county regulatory area including Hardin. Supporters argued locals prefer dog hunting and that banning it would revert seasons to informal local controls. Biologist Wright noted higher deer populations where dog hunting is banned, citing Hardin County as an example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Texas Game and Fish Commission
Austin
Howard Hargrove
Silsbee
East Texas Wildlife Conservation Association
Emmett Lack
Dwayne Overstreet
Kountze
Frank Carpenter
Sour Lake
W. T. Wright
Commission
Hargrove
Mr. Hargrove
Game and Fish Commission
East Texas Wildlife
Association
Association Congress
Wright
Hardin County Wildlife Association
Ariola
Charges Grow From City Council Actions And Fatal Crash
City council voted acting city manager McClanahan to oversee staff hiring after a June 30 resignation and formed an efficiency study committee. They discussed a citywide drainage survey, a nuisance condition on a resident’s property, and opening a blocked Pine Street segment. A fatal two car crash near the Hardin Tyler line killed Cecil Gore, his wife, and son Marcus, with several injured. charges against Dolphus Peck were filed and bond set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. McClanahan Jr
B. D. Banks
McClanahan
H. C. Hopkins
Bert Slaydon
Lenox Hawthorne
Elton Brockins
Charles R. Haile and Associates
Houston
Hopkins
J. H. Freeman
Woodrow Road
12Th Street
Caney Head
Cecil Ernest Gore
Silsbee
Marcus
Gore
Willie Martin Gore
Baptist Hospital
Hardin-Tyler County
Tyler County
Hardin County
Leo Hickman
Tom Carey
State Highway Patrol
Dolphus Lee Peck
Mr. Gore
Beaumont Hospital
Peck
P. R. Smith
Peace Court
Woodville
Peckato
Ruthie Jenkins
Fred
Beaumont
Thorp Jenkins
Hannan Hollyfield
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Jenkins
Hollyfield
Dally Jenkins
Hardin Memorial Hospial
LI All Star Picks Underway Queen Contest Is Friday
Silsbee Little League All Stars start the playoffs Friday July 21 with a first game after a bye in round one. They will face the winner of Port Neches and Hamshire-Winnie-Stowell on July 20 at the local park, which earned an excellent rating as a playing site this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Little League All Stars
Port Neches
Hamshire-Winnie- Stowell
Silsbee
Billy Dinkle
Cecil Wright
Ep. m
Rolunda Rudisaile
Frank Rudisalle
Pete Farme
Farmer Funeral Home
Earnest Tucker
Little League Auxiliary
Major Taxpayers To Meet With Board in Hardin County
Major industrial taxpayers of Hardin County will meet next Tuesday morning with the county board of equalization in Kountze. Judge Fletcher Richardson said the board, chaired by him and including Frank S. Payne D Rosk? The text lists Silsbee, D. W. Rocky Richardson Kountze E E Cotten Saratoga Tom Burch Sour Lake. About 150 firms and individuals will be represented, totaling roughly 85 percent of the county's taxable values. The county tax roll is $54 million and is expected to be the same or higher for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
County Board of Equalization
Kountze
Fletcher Richardson
Frank S. Payne
Silsbee
D. W
Rocky” Richardson
E. E. Cotten
Saratoga
Tom Burch
Sour Lake
Judge Richardson
Richardson
Library Speaker Due Al Kountze Friday Evening
James L. Love of Dibell, president of the Friends of Texas Libraries, will speak at a 7 p m open meeting in the Fountie auditorium of the courthouse Friday night. Mrs H M Donelson, publicity chair of Hardin county library board, announced the event and library service details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Love
Dibell
Friends of Texas Libraries
Fountie
H. M. Donelson
Herdin County Brary Board
Weather outlook with scattered afternoon thundershowers likely
The area is forecast cloudy to partly cloudy with mild humid conditions through Thursday. Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the afternoon, are expected with highs 85 to 89 and a tonight low around 72. Winds southeast to south 10 to 18 mph, gusts up to 30 mph in storms. The Neches River at Evadale rose to 13.68 feet this month, with 6.93 inches of rainfall recorded in Evadale, as daily readings show a steady rise since July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Weather Bureau
Jefferson County
Neches
Evadale
Violet Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Four Drunk Drivers Plead Guilty In County Court
Arrests in Hardin county total 26 for the past week. Five guilty pleas were entered in county court for the week, including five drunk drivers and one aggravated assault. Early Finkley of Silsbee was sentenced to a year in jail and costs for aggravated assault. Karl Shaver and H C Ferguson of Silsbee were fined $50 and costs and three days in jail for DWI. Levi Elmer Wood of Silsbee was fined $100 and three days in jail for DWI. Deputy Rountree reported arrests included three drunk drivers, four traffic violations, one child desertion, two hot checks, one drunk in a car, and one simple assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Dave Rountree
Rountze
Early Finkley
Silsbee
Fletcher Richardson
Karl Shaver
H. C. Ferguson
Rountree
FFA Members To Attend Dallas Convention For Award
Three members of the Silsbee FFA will attend the state convention in Dallas on July 19 to receive recognition for their chapter's rating in the national contest. Advisor O Miller announced this week. Bobby Cortex will receive the rating, accompanied by voting delegate Jerry Harrell and alternate Linn Ray Pattillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Future Farmers of America
FFA
Dallas
O. ©. Miller
Bobby Cortex
Jerry Harrell
Linn Ray Pattillo
Trail Riders Rodeo Meeting Sets Plans for August Event
The Silsbee Trail Riders meet Friday at 7 30 p m in the rodeo arena to appoint committees and plan the August 25 and 26 rodeo. Woody Spurlock will preside and urges members to attend and assist in making plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Trail Riders
Rodeo
Woody Spurlock
No Charges Filed In Beaumont Shooting Case
H B Barney Geisendorff, 46, remained in Baptist Hospital Beaumont after surgery for a gun shot wound received Thursday night at his Farm Road 92 home. Sheriff Whitaker and Deputy Moore reported the stepson, Allen Geisendorff, shot him during a domestic argument. No charges were filed as of mid week. The stepson is paralyzed from an earlier automobile accident. Geisendorff did not want to press charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B
Barney” Geisendorff
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Farm Road 92
Whitaker
J. W. Moore
Geisendorff
United Appeals Drive Set To Begin In Hardin County
United Appeals drive for 1961-62 aims at 26753 and starts October 2 with area chairmen named to cover Batson Kountze Sour Lake Village Mills Saratoga Votaw Chandl Loeb and Money Island area. Agencies include Red Cross Health Welfare Salvation Army and Boy Scouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin
Texas Library Book
Mobile
Kountzr
Silsbee
Saratoga
Batson
Pine Ridge
Sour Lake
Village Mills
Honey Island
Wotawa
Chance-Loeb
Friends of Texas
Librari
Texas
Hardin Count United Appeals
Kountee
Lamoyne Goodwin
Lushee
Robert Yust
Fred Sonnier
Kountze
E H. Vinson
Warren Bower
van Wilkerson
A. T. Mills
Cecil ‘Collins
Votaw
C. B. Meadows
Chandte-Loeb
Money Island
Agenete
Hardin County United Appeals
Red Cross
Hardin County Health and Welfare
Texas Rehabilition Center
Texas Limited Fund
Boy Scouts
Salvation Army
Muscular Dystrophy Foundation
Goodwin
Hardin County
Glen A. Drumgoole
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State
Halliburton
Albert Crain
Opaline Crain
Darlene Crain
Eddie Gallaspy
Carolyn Gallaspy
Debra Sue Gallaspy
McClanahan Names City Study Group
Arcident
Leo Wickman
Silshee
Tom
Jimmy Brown
Woorlville
Highway Patrol
William Whitaker
Silehea
Caney Head Church
W. B. Sherrell
Bridge City
Murrah Drake
Jessie van Winkle
Corn City
Bethle
R. O. Jackson
Mr. Hopkins
Earl Wills
Frank Payne
Mr. McClanahan
West Ave
Exquisette Club
Colored Women’s Civic Club
S. M. Miears
Grady Tarver
Ira W. Moore
Willie Gore
Belinda Gore
Veeck
Queen
Chance-Loeb Optimists Indians
Janis Ann Harris
Larry Dorrell
Morris Pharmacy Cardinals
Barbara Hays
David Barnes
Kiwanis Club Braves
Brenda Worthey
Charles Howell
Industrial Welding Pirates
Barbara Benson
Ivory Hatch
Anderson & Gilchriest Tigers
Susan Brookins
Bo Rev
Suitis Humble Oilers
Marie Landgraf
David Blaylock
Lions Chub Cubs
Melinda Hiummelreich
Albert Plainty
East Texas Transit Mix Concrete Co
White Sox
Dnaie Gore
Jack Walker
VFW Cubs
Kathy Jen Hawthorne
Warne Conner
Suzanne Jones
Merle Kurehoff
Alford’s
Pontes
Venus Ruth Eddy
William Nichols Jr
Hardi County Savinge and Loan
Ann Paret
David Stutts
Chesser Butane Rams
Georgia Knurple
Mike Leggett
Hardin County Sheriff's Posse
Tucker
Posse
al Kountze
Glen Reid
Nes
H. Byrnie
Tia
Daillas
Weatherman
Trail Riders
United Appeals
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