Silsbee sewage plant gains federal inspection approval
Inspectors from the State Health Department and the U S Public Health Service reviewed Silsbee's new sewage disposal plant and its transmission line. They approved work to date and payment of 58000 in federal matching funds. The plant should begin production by mid August or early September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Health Department
U. S. Public Health Service
Silsbee
Bill Riddle
State Department
F. A. Gutierrez
Federal Service
Spence Love
Houston
Dave Perrell
Nederland
Kirby Lilljedahl
Lilljedahl
Silsbee area reviews civil defense plan for hurricane season
H M Donelson reports District 2 B meeting in Livingston covered area preparedness for approaching hurricane season. State DPS officials discussed coordination with state county and local offices, training, weather data, finances, and Red Cross and Salvation Army roles. Silsbee seen as evacuee haven for upper Texas coast with field hospital ready for surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
District 2-B
Texas Civil Defense Network
Livingston
Silsbee Civil Defense
H. M. Donelson Jr
Texas Department of Public Safety
Office of Defense and Disaster Relief
Texas Dps
Donelson
Weather Bureau
Salvation Army
Red Cross
DPS
Texas
Jefferson
Orange Counties
W A Defibaugh Dies In Colorado
Wesley A Defibaugh former foreman of the Silsbee Bee composing room died Tuesday at the International Typographical Union home in Colorado Springs Colorado He worked at the Bee many years driving from Beaumont daily He previously printed at Beaumont Enterprise and led the Beaumont Typographical Union He retired moved to California then Colorado Funeral services are planned at Swan Funeral Home Colorado Springs and burial there His wife Ollie Defibaugh is his only survivor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley A. Defibaugh
Silsbee Bee
International Typographical Union
Colorado Springs
Colo
Defi
The
Bee
Beaumont
Beaumont Enterprise
Beaumont Typographical Union
California
Colorado
Swan Funeral Home
Ollie Defibaugh
Five youths charged in window breaking spree
Five Silsbee area white youths were charged after a spree breaking car and residence windows. The 15 year old was charged in juvenile court and released after restitution. Adults Warren Burrill Wilkerson Simmons received jail terms and fines. Burrill faced extra fine for a loud muffler.
Final Rites For Mrs Hattie Smith Held Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie Smith 62 were at Fairview Church north of Town Bluff with Rev. E A Ingram officiating and burial by For mer Funeral Home. A native of Town Bluff she died at her home after a short illness and had lived in Silsbee three years. Survived by husband Ollie Smith a daughter Mrs Kenneth Martin of Nederland two sisters Mrs Bill Wilson Baytown and Mrs Rosa Lee Tolar Deer Park and five brothers Allen Leon Park Ludice and Opie Shepherd Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Smith
Fairview
Town Bluff
E. A. Ingram
Peach Tree Baptist Church
Jasper
Funeral Home
Kenneth Martin
Nederland
Bill Wilson
Baytown
Rosa Lee Tolar
Deer Park
Allen
Leon
Park
Laudice
Opie Shepherd
Houston
Final Rites for W. M. Sharp Age 65
Funeral services for Melvin Sharp age 65 who died Tuesday after a heart attack will be held today at 4 p m at the First Baptist Church of which he was a member Rev R E Barclay will officiate and Farmer Funeral Home will be in charge He was a native of El Reno Oklahoma and a retired dairy farmer surviving are his wife Oma May Sharp of Silsbee two daughters Verna Lee Schooley Beaumont and Fayola Arganbright Nederland seven sisters and a brother The family names include El Reno Bethany Oklahoma Fort Worth Woodland Washington and El Reno
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Sharp
First Baptist Church
R. E. Barclay
Colrge
Fl Reno
Okla
Silsbee
Oma May Sharp
Verna Lee Schooley
Beaumont
Fayola Arganbright
Nederalind
Edna Longwith
Steve Wilds
Lois Riley
Ermanell Kay
el Reno
Will Fredrick
Bethany
Lloyd King
Fort Worth
John Coleman
Woodland
Wash
Tommy Sharp
Mrs Myrtle Revia Dies In Beaumont
Mrs. Myrtle Effie Revia, 60, native of Beaumont, died Tuesday in Beaumont after an 11 year illness. Funeral held Wednesday at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in Victor with Rev. B. H. Clendennen and Rev. P. D. Poynter officiating. Burial at Rest lawn Memorial Park, Victor. Survived by her mother in Beaumont, six sisters, five brothers, seven daughters all of Victor or nearby Silsbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Funeral Home Chapel
Victor
Myrtle Effie Revia
Beaumont
Revia
Baptist Hospital
Pentecostal Church
B. H. Clendennen
Victory Assembly of iGod Church
P. D. Poynter
Victor Pentecostal Church
Restlawn Memorial Park
Rosie Whitmire
Dorothy Duval
Mary Carroll
Doris Baker
Alice Lessac
Gertie Mattheus
Joan Johnson
Silsbee
Local Visitors and Travels Listed Across Region
A roundup of residents and relatives traveling to and visiting kin in several towns includes Joseph Faulk visiting cousin Barner Hooks in Port Neches and Sylvia Richardson visiting her grandmother in Vinton Louisiana. Other trips feature families to Waco Garner Park San Antonio Oceanside Mexia Pasadena Orange Tulsa and Abilene with stops at homes of relatives and friends.
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Joseph Malcolm Faulk
Morris Faulk
Washington St
Port Neches
Barner Hooks
Chester B. Hooks
Eagle
Sylvia Richardson
Fletcher Richardson
Vinton
W. E. Sheffield
Diffon Grimes
Beaumont
Waco
Mike Grimes
Ann Shaw
Business
Lutskin
Agnes Shaw Edward Nichols
California
US Army
C. D. Nichols
Leon Williams
Glenn Reid
Garner Park
San Antonio
L. E. Martini
Larry
Oceanside
Calif
M Sget
John Sole
L. H. Simpson
Mexia
C. Seely
Charlie Woodard
Pasadena
Frank Sullivan
Houston
R. L. Stone Sr
W. A. Barclay Sr
Orange
Alice Fuller
Clifford Turk
Tulsa
Okla
George L. Turk
W. W. Windham
Merle Willingham
Abilene
University of Texas
Fights and a Murder Attempt Kept Sheriff Busy
Hardin County authorities reported a busy weekend with multiple arrests. In Kountze, R L Phillips a Kountze Negro and Eugene Boykin a Kountze white man faced fines for fighting and drunkenness. In Silsbee Frank Jones and Joe Butcher, both described as Negro, were jailed for disturbing the peace and drunkenness with fines of 245 and 144 respectively. Harry O Neil of Rountree was charged with assault with attempt to murder with a gun. released on 1000 bond after allegedly shooting his son, Harry O Neil Jr., at the hospital. the boy is described as in good condition. Additional jail holds included five for malicious mischief two thefts two felony DWI two traffic violations one simple assault one drunk in car and ten for drunk and disorderly. A Silsbee Negro woman pled guilty to shoplifting six items valued at 5.72 and was fined 17.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Phillips
Eugene Boykin
Kountze
Justice Court
J. M. Bowman
Chance Loeb
Silsbee
Frank Jones
Joe Butcher
Topburger
Bowman
Justice of the Peace
Jones
Butcher
Harry O'Neil
Rountre
Rountree
Harry O'Neil Jr
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Corporation Court
George A. Goynes
Sinclair and OCAW Endorse New Pension Heavy Benefit Pact
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union and Sinclair Companies announced a new master agreement with enhanced pension flexibility and higher vacation allowances. The pact, negotiated since June 16, covers about 5,500 Sinclair employees across four refineries and related facilities. John Pennell and Harry OConnell of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service aided the talks in Kansas City Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schafer
Sinclair
W. R. D'Alessandro
Final Rites Held for Escar Sirmons in Spurger
Funeral services for Escar Sirmons 72 of Spurger were conducted at the United Pentecostal Church with Rev. Y G Durham and Rev. H B Morgan presiding. Burial followed at Turner Branch Cemetery under Edwards Funeral Home of Woodville. Sirmons, a retired oilfield worker and WWI veteran, died of a heart attack en route to visit a neighbor Grady Waldrop justice of the peace presiding over the inquest. He was a native of Waco and had lived in Spurger 20 years. He left a wife Mrs Grace Evans Sirmons and a son Claude Sirmons plus siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Escar Sirmons
Spurger
United Pentecostal Church
Y. G. Durham
H. B. Morgan
Silsbee
Turner Branch
Edwards Funeral Home
Woodville
Grady Waldrip
Jimmy Jordan
Gordon Sheffield
Burrell Bingham
Norman Bingham
Simmons
Grady Waldrop
Justice of the Peace
Pet. 4
Tyler County
Waco
Grace Evans Sirmons
Claude Sirmons
Windham Home Hosts Lake Charles and Houston Visitors
Miss Bonnie Windham of Lake Charles Louisiana and Mrs Gwynn Williams of Houston Texas visited over the weekend in the W V Windham home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Windham
Lake Charles
County Court Rejects Five New Tax Office Positions
Hardin County Tax Assessor Collector Willie Bean asked the Commissioners Court for five additional employes in the tax office. The request was tabled, then reopened. a motion to grant three positions died for lack of a second. Other actions included approving eminent domain awards on Highway 96 and 327, accepting Timberlane Estates subdivision, and awarding a $17,866 hospital equipment bid to Southern Hospital Equipment Supply Co. Additions to Hardin Memorial Hospital were 84 percent complete and expected by early fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Willie Bean
Commissioners Court
Fletcher Richardson
Bean
Tom Burch
Sour Lake
D. W. Richardson
Kountze
Tilda Haynes Et al
William V. Coudrain
R. N Chamers
Nathan Chambers
W. J. Gibbs
E. A. Airhart
Richard Reeves
Leon Tull
Biela Ford Ewing
I. S. Highway 96
Silsbee
Robert Neyland
Cecil Cobble
Oscar Adams Sr
Chance-Loeb
H. D. O’brien
Cecil Skinner
H. L Lackey
Timberlane Estates
Knapple Road
Silsbee Planning Commission
Southern Hospital Equipment Supply Co
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Richardson
Silsbee Scouts Travel to National Jamboree from Beaumont
Eighty boys and leaders from the Trinity-Neches Council depart Beaumont by Kansas City Southern Scout Special to attend the Boy Scout National Jamboree at Valley Forge Pennsylvania. The group will tour New York City and the World's Fair before the jamboree starting July 16. Silsbee participants include Joel Allen Mack Brown James Connor John Meyers Lance Latham Stuart Lee Brad Norvell Randy Wallace and Russell Wright. Joe Hignet leads Troop 88 as scoutmaster of one jamboree unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity - Neches Council
Beaumont
Valley Forge
Lance Latham
Silsbee
BEE
Kansas City
New York City
United Nations
New York
KCS
St. Louis
Latham
Joel Allen
Mack Brown
James Connor
John Meyers
Stuart Lee
Brad Norvell
Randy Wallace
Russell Wright
Joe Hignet
Trinity-Neches Council
Cheerleaders Return From School at Nacogdoches
Kristi Fuller head cheerleader along with Glenda Geisendorf Linda Powell Donald Thomas Barbie Benson and Darlene Hare returned Friday from a cheerleader clinic at SFA College in Nacogdoches Silsbee High School cheerleaders were among 250 from the area Miss Susie Stein headed instruction The group won a second place honorable mention and two third places learning 12 yells three pom pom routines and one skit
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Kristi Fuller
Glenda Geisendorf
Linda Powell
Donald Thomas
Barbee Benson
Darlene Hare
SFA College
Nacogdoches
Silsbee High School
Susie Stein
Buna's 8 2 record wins Pony League crown
The 1964 Silsbee Pony League season ended with Buna in first place and the crowning of Pony League Queen Miss Sylvia Woodcock of Kirbyville at ceremonies July 6 at Silsbee High School. Final standings are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Pony League
Buna
Sylvia Woodcock
Kirbyville
Silsbee High School
Woody McDaniel Dies In Kansas
Woody McDaniel 50, former Silsbee and San Augustine resident, died in a Belleville hospital at 9 a m Friday after a heart attack while visiting his wife’s parents. Survived by his wife, one brother C B McDaniel of Oberlin Louisiana, and three sisters Mrs J H Oglesbee Sr of San Augustine, Mrs S C Jensen of Seattle, and Mrs O P Ellison of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville
Kans
W. L. McDaniel
Silsbee
San Augustine
Belleville, Kans
C. B. McDaniel
Oberlin
J. H. Oglesbee Sr
S. C. Jensen
Seattle, Wash
O. P. Ellison
This City
Trustees Study Wiring To Cut Electrical Costs
Silsbee School Board met July 8 and reviewed potential savings from wiring changes. Victor Norvell of Gulf States Utilities cited possible reductions including $523.70 by combining high school meters, with smaller gains at Waldo Mathews and Frank Robinson facilities. The board to obtain cost estimates for next month and approved bills totaling $5,307.45, bus tire purchases, and staff attendance at a Texas Football Coaches Association school in Fort Worth. Insurance coverage for students was authorized with Paul Georgas as local agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee School Board
Victor R. Norvell
Gulf States Utilities Co
Norvell
Silsbee High School
Waldo Mathews
Frank Robinson
Don L. Hough
Silsbee High
Texas Football Coaches Association
Ft. Worth
Standard Life and Accident Insurance Co
San Antonio
Paul Georgas
Britton- Cravens Insurance Agency
Services Held Here For Mrs. Regina Bankston
Mrs. Regina Bankston 56 died Friday night in Beaumont after a brief illness. Funeral 10 a m Monday at First Presbyterian Church with Rev. George McCall. Farmer Funeral Home in charge. Autopsy ruled death from natural causes cerebral hemorrhage. burial Resthaven Cemetery. Survived by daughter Mrs J M Hebert of Necerland, son W B Harvill of Orange, brother Tom Scott Savannah GA, sister Mrs W E Hilburn Pensacola FL.
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Regina Bankston
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
First Presbyterian Church
George McCall
Farmer Funeral Home
Bankston
Silsbee
St. Elizabeth Hospital
R. A. Richardson
Richardson
Resthaven Cemetery
Melvin Winger
Clifton Caraway
Marshall Ewing
Hugh Smith
Charles Larmbert
Joe Savage
J. M. Hebert
Necerland
W. B. Harvill
Orange
Tom Scott
Savannah
W. E. Hilburn
Pensacola
Fla
Mrs Hornsby Rites Held In Fred
Funeral services for Mrs Nancy Permealia Hornsby 86 of Fred were held at 2 p m in Frank's Branch Church Jasper minister Jasper Church of Christ officiated Burial was in Frank's Branch Cemetery under Farmer Funeral Home of Silsbee direction Mrs Hornsby died at 80 a m Tuesday at a nephew Willis Pate home in Fred She was a native of Angelina County and lived most of her life in Jasper Survivors include husband J A Hornsby of Fred a brother L B Letney Zavalla and three sisters Miss Vina Letney Mrs Abbey Sanders both of Zavalla and Mrs Mollie Jones Spurger
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Nancy Permealia Hornsby
Fred
Frank
Jasper
Church of Christ In
J. A. Hornsby
L. B. Letney
Zavalla
Vina Letney
Abbey Sanders
Mollie Jones
Spurger
J Eason Jr 19 Killed in Logging Accident Near Silsbee
J Eason Jr a 19 year old mule skinner for Allen Ard was killed when a falling tree struck him at the I J Gore farm twelve miles north of Silsbee about 8 15 am Friday. An inquest by Justice of the Peace A R Hardison ruled accidental death. He was a native of Tyler County and longtime resident of Hardin and Tyler Counties. Graveside services were held Saturday afternoon. He is survived by his parents several brothers and sisters and grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Eason Jr
I. J Gore
Silsbee
Eason
Allen Ard
Justice of the Peace
A. R. Hardison
Tyler County
Harding
Tyler
Fred Pentecostal Church
W. A. Rashall
Wiley Mae Pentecostal Church
Farmer Funeral Home
C. J. Eason Sr
John
Jimmy
Thomas Esson
Elbert Walker
Okla
Hazel Jackson
Mary
Faye
Linda
Janey
Lois Eason
Lum Eason
Fred
Cora Ard
Pakistan Student To Speak Friday At Baptist Church
Runa Nasir of West Pakistan will speak at the First Baptist Church in Silsbee Friday night at 7 30 under the Silsbee Ministers Alliance Nasir a 23 year old student at Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee has been working with the Baptist Home Mission Board in California this Sunday The public is invited to attend and hear Nasir tell of his experience in West Pakistan He describes early life training for the priesthood at age four and reciting the entire Koran at 12 His conversion at 17 is noted amid witness of Christian persecution by Moslems
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Runa Nasir
West Pakistan
First Baptist Church
Silsbee
Nuoir
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Avenue J
19Th Street
Woodrow
Lilsbee
Avenue K
Lilliedah
H. M. Donelson
W. A. Defibaugh
Silsbee Area
Hardin County Sheriff Department
Silsbee City
Dave Rountree
Willie Jean Warren
Walter Allen Burrill
J. R. Simmons
Bobby
Wilkerson
Evadale
Bonner Street
Highway 96
H. A. Coe
Burrill
Leo Hickman
W. M. Sharp
Myrtle Revia
Leona Whitman
Hardin County Sheriff's
Dave Kountzee
Ocaw-Sinclair
County
AO Buna
Giants
Yank
Braves
Johnny Hale
Charles Powell
Claude Coward
Buddy Tancer
Kyle Bracken
David Diden
Gary Wood
Woody McDaniel
Kansas
R. Bankston
Mrs. Hornsby
Pakistan
Baptist Church
Rana Nasik
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