Explosion Averted When Car Strikes Gas Pumps
Fire units contained a vehicle fire at the State Service Station on Highway 96 South and Avenue K after a rain slick collision with a second car toppled two gas pumps. No injuries reported. pump damage estimated at 2100 dollars.
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Highway 96 South
Avenue K
Johnny Duval
Dorothy L. Williams
Silsbee
Roy Wayne Hill
State Station
Williams
Hill
Eight Held At Hardin County Jail On Drunk Charges
Twenty three persons were held in Hardin County jail in the past week per Deputy Curtis Davis. Eight booked for overnight stays on public drunk charges. Two minors were charged and held briefly for possession of alcohol. Others included two for felony driving while intoxicated, one misdemeanor DWI, two for disturbing the peace, one for serious threat, three for petty theft, one for aggravated assault, and three for traffic violations. Mr and Mrs Ellis J Rhodes learned their son AA David C Rhodes was aboard the USS Constellation and served during a recent Vietnam United States official meeting. he is in the US Navy.
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Hardin County
Curtis Davis
Ellis J. Rhodes
AA David C. Rhodes
Constellation
Vietnam
United States
US Navy
Final Rites For Donald Fea Held Here Friday
Funeral services for Donald Mixon Fea 22 of Buna were held at 10 a m Friday at First Baptist Church Silsbee with burial in Antioch Cemetery Buna. Fea died after a highway patrolman shot him near the Buna Recreation Center during a traffic stop for excessive noise and expired license. The shooting is being investigated by Dist Atty Bill Martin and the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department. Survivors include his wife Martha Sue Fea a son Nicky two parents Montin N Fea and Mrs Fea of Buna a brother Robert M Fea of Buna and two sisters Mrs R A Arnet of Leavenworth Kan and Mrs C Jamison of Houston.
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Donald Mixon
Fea
Buna
First Baptist Church
Silsbee
Antioch
Buna Medical Center
Buna Recreation Center
R. E. Hutchins
Kirbyville
Five Cases Heard In County Court
Five misdemeanor criminal leases were heard in Hardin County Court of Judge Emmett. Dismissals included R L Vaught for theft and Jack E Whittingham for passing a hot check. Johnny Roberts faced assault and battery with $200 bond await further hearing. W E Howell fined $1 for theft. William C Smith fined $25 for assault on a female.
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Hardin County
Emmett ‘Lack
R. L. Vaught
Jack E. Whittingham
Johnny Roberts
W. E. Howell
Near Silsbeek
William C. Smith
Kountze
Senior League All Stars Open In Beaumont
Silsbee Little League Senior League All Stars will face Lake Charles La All Stars in Beaumont next Thursday July 20 in a post season opener at Price Daniel Stadium beside Beaumont High School. Public practice sessions are planned at Silsbee High School diamond this week. Final standings show Reds eight Giants seven Cards seven Braves five Dodgers three.
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Silsbee
Lake Charles
Price Daniel Stadium
Beaumont High School
Silsbee High School
Reds
Santa Fe President Leads Silsbee Area Inspection Tour
John S. Reed president of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway headed a high level Santa Fe delegation on an East Texas tour visiting Silsbee facilities including Kirby Lumber Co. and Evans Products Co. plant. Other executives on the trip included Raymond D. Shelton Kelley M. Fogg and R. H. Beedher with Chicago and Houston headquarters noted. The visit followed Reed’s recent ascension to railroad president and highlighted modernization efforts such as a 12 million computerized operation and faster freight service between major hubs.
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John S. Reed
Atchison, Topeka and Sana Fe Railway
East Texas and Silsbee
Kirby Lumber Corp
Santa Fe
New
Evans Products Co
Silsbee
Texas
Reed
Houston
Chicago
Los Angeles
Raymond D. Shelton
Shelton
Clarence Tucker
Kelley M. Fogg
Southwest
Tiger Grid Workouts To Begin On August 9
Silsbee High will start football workouts for varsity and junior varsity on August 9 at 8 a.m. Players must bring completed physical examination forms to the high school. Junior high and ninth grade players start on the first day of the school year.
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Tiger
Silsbee High
Ray Mcc- Gallion
Conley
Brad
Embezzling Charge Filed Against Silsbee Woman
Ruby Faith Henley 38 of Star Route Silsbee was charged with embezzling 159 from Neches National Bank where she worked. The complaint was filed by the FBI. Henley waived a hearing before U S Commissioner A D Moore and was released on a 500 personal recognizance bond.
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Ruby Faith Henley
Star Route
Silsbee
U. S
A. D. Moore
Beaumont
Neches National Bank
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Shawver Child Has Leg Cast Removed
Charles Shawver eight year old son of Mr and Mrs Homer Shawver had the cast removed from his leg Friday Mr and Mrs D Elarton and children of Osaka Mississippi visited Sunday in the Shawver home and Sandra Shawver returned home after visiting two weeks in the Elarton home
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Charles Shawver
Homer Shawver
D. Elarton
Osaka
Shawver
Sandra Shawver
Elarton Hore
Silsbee High School progress reported for September opening
The Silsbee School Board heard that the new high school complex remains on track for a September 5 opening, with completion hoped for by mid August hindered by electrician shortages and late hardware shipments. Equipment is arriving but cannot be placed until deliveries arrive. the gym floor is being finished.
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Silsbee High School
Mrs Huddleston 84 Dies in Shreveport
Mrs May Jacob Huddleston 84 longtime Nederland area resident and widow of Rev J C Huddleston died Sunday at a Shreveport hospital. Funeral services were held Monday at Rost Neach Funeral Home Shreveport with burial there. Surviving are four stepsons and three stepdaughters.
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May Jacob Huddleston
Shreveport
Nederland
East Texas
Rost Neach
J. C. Huddleston
Texas Conference
J. M. Huddleston
Local Teachers Named as Panel Judges for 1967 Awards
Mrs. Lee Winniford Flowers and Howard Perkins of Silsbee High School are regional judges for the National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Awards Program 1967. Committees of English teachers from college and high schools will assess nearly 8000 high school seniors on writing skills and literacy awareness. Finalists are announced in late November and may receive scholarship offers from U S colleges. The program aims to recognize excellence in English and improve instruction nationwide.
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Lee Winniford Flowers
Howard Perkins
Silsbee High School
United States
National Council of Teachers of English
Mrs Nita Grimes Burned Lighting Grill at Cafe
Mrs Nita Grimes sustained second degree burns to her face neck and arm Tuesday morning while lighting a stove grill at the Blue Bonnet Cafe. Gas in the oven apparently ignited causing the flash. She was taken to Hardin Memorial Hospital in Kountze and expected to stay several days. Grimes works as a waitress.
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Nita Grimes
Blue Bonnet Cafe
Silsbee State Bank Expands with Property Purchase
Silsbee State Bank bought the east-adjacent site formery home to Silsbee Dry Goods Co and now leased to Silsbee Discount Center. The deal followed a $100000 increase in capital to surplus, lifting the loan limit to 125000. For the first six months of 1967 earnings neared 90890, deposits rose 1300000, resources topped 10700000. dividend of 1.00 per share paid in June.
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Silsbee State Bank
Silsbee Discount Center
Silsbee Dry Goods Co
Virginia Howell
N. A. Cravens
E. M. Wilson Jr
Commissioners Discuss Salary Increase At County Session
County Commissioners at Kountze considered a request by County Attorney Dwayne Overstreet to raise his secretary’s salary from 3192.72 to 4613.04 annually. A motion to grant the rise was tabled after debate with plans to revisit the issue next morning. The Wildwood Association plat was approved. secretary Eve Havens plans Aug 1 resignation, with Judy Huff named to replace.
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Commissioners Court
Kountze
Dwayne Overstreet
Tom Burch
E. E. Cotten
Cotten
Wildwood Association
Eve Havens
Emmett Lack
Judy Huff
Silsbee
Council Receives Bids On Group Hospital Insurance
Silsbee City Council in a short session tabled most business until two absent members return. Next meeting will consider fireworks oil well drilling and trailer park ordinances. City Manager DuBose to consolidate best points from two trailer park drafts. Four firms bid group hospitalization for city employees. bids from Travelers Farmers ETNA and American Life await tabulation.
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Silsbee City
Wayne DuBose
DuBose
Travelers Insurance Co
Farmers New World Life Insurance Co
Etna Life and Casualty Co
American Life and Casualty Co
Cesar Dominguez
Silsbee
Pomce
Delia
Thenia Dickerson appears on TWU honor roll in Denton
Texas Woman's University announces second semester 1966-67 honor roll. Them a L Dickerson of Route 1 Silsbee is listed as a junior majoring in home economics education with a 2.3 average.
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Thenia Dickerson
TWU
Denton
Texas
Texas Woman's University
John D. Williams
Williams
Thema L. Dickerson
Route 1
Silsbee
James B. Francis Named to Lamar Tech Dean's List
James B. Francis of 107 Seaman Drive was named to the Lamar State College of Technology spring 1967 Dean's List. A sophomore biology major, he earned a 2.77 GPA. Francis is a 1963 Sillbee High School graduate and a Navy veteran.
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James B. Francis
C. N. Francis
Seaman Drive
Lamar State College of Technology
Beaumont
Francis
Sill«bee H School
Navy
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Evans Products
Vernon Spikes
Ida Scott
Copeland Clinic
North Fifth Street
Bob Crawford
Scott
Spikes
Crawford
William Lee Mallett Jr
Route 2
Kyle M. Rumery
Young Mallett
Baptist Hospital
Donald M. Fea
Giants
Cards
Braves
Dodgers
Goolsby
Eager
E. E. Baker
H. Cc. Martin
J. E. Eisemann
Neer
L. J. Cassell
Dallas
Huntsville
Beaumont High
Victor
Bridge City
Jasper
Forest Park
Cleveland
West Orange
Liberty
Barbara Watts
James Bollich
Gwenna Glenn
Charles McCall
Herma Chandler
Bill Allen
Jimmy Kirby
R. J. Wallace
Mrs. Huddleston
John 8S. Reed
AT & SF
Council
John Busby
Texas A&m
Frank L. McClananan
C. E. Landolt Jr
John Fordinal
Paul Georgas
Frank Rudisaile
James L. Hays
H. C. Hopkins
Waratinn
Lamar Tech
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