City Streets Damaged by Weather Cause Plumbing Delays
City crews lag 90 days behind on street surfacing as rain and floods hinder work. Major drainage ditches 70 percent cleared with summer help. Water tank painting to finish in a week. Rust in mains prompts flushing but tank must return to service. Two mains ruptured last week near Silsbee Ice Co and Erby Street. one back in service, the other still out.
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Wayne DuBose
DuBose
Avenue 1
Ola
Silsbee Ice Co
E.rby Street
Trucks Collide In Rain Near Silsbee Crossing
Two large transport trucks collided in a heavy rain at a rail crossing on Highway 327 in Silsbee. Clyde Rallie of Houston suffered deep cuts after being thrown from his cab. Ralph Funk of Bossier City escaped with minor burns and bruises. Police said damage was about $25,000. both rigs were empty.
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New Highway 327
Silsbee
Clyde Rallie
Houston
Grocers
Morris Cole
Kenneth L Franks Dies In Accident Near Victor
Kenneth Lynn Franks age 16 died at 10 50 PM Monday after the car he rode in struck a median on Interstate 10 near Victor and overturned. Driver Frank Thomas Blincoe 17 and passenger Albert East 16 were treated and released. Franks lived in Silsbee and planned to enter Beaumont High School in fall. Funeral 2 PM Wednesday at Kelley Hixson Chapel Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Survivors include parents Mr and Mrs K L Franks a sister Mrs Tommy Goins and brothers Robert Claude Terrell Glenn Edwin and Douglas Franks.
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Kenneth Lynn Franks
Interstate 10
Victor
Silsbee
Read‘Turrentine Elementary
Frank Thomas Blincoe
Beaumont
SH 10
Department of Public Safety
Justice of the Peace
Joe Unn
Franks
Biincoe
Albert East
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Wednessray
Chapel
Kelley- Hixson
Buriess Wee
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Beaumont High School
Stephen F. Austin Junior High
Friendship Baptist Church of
Wedding of Kathleen Sory and Gene Isbeil in Beaumont
Reverend and Mrs. Denver Lowe and family Mrs. W J Roe buck Mr and Mrs Robert Roebuck and daughter attended the wedding of Kathleen Sory and Gene Isbeil Saturday at Washington Boulevard Christian Church in Beaumont.
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Denver Lowe
W. J. Roebuck
Robert Roebuck
Kathleen Sory
Gene Isbeil
Washington Boulevard Christian Church
Beaumont
Break-ins Reported In Silsbee Area Burglaries
Three burglaries were reported in Hardin County with at least 3100 in whiskey taken from Richard Reeves Package Store No 2 east of Silsbee on Highway 96. Coin machines and a juke box were broken into at Nelza Swimming Pool Lumberton and Doris Place east of Silsbee with undetermined losses. Sheriff Overstreet said arrests were not yet made.
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Hardin County Sheriff's Department
Silsbee
Richard Reeves
Highway 96
Nelza
Lumberton
Doris’ Place
Henry Overstreet
Trustees To Desegregate Frank Robinson School
The Silsbee School District approved an amended desegregation plan directing desegregation of Frank Robinson Elementary School by September 1969. HEW ordered substantial faculty desegregation and hiring assurances, with possible loss of federal aid if not complied with. Robinson serves 157 students in grades 1-4. Waldo-Mathews closes this year, making all other district schools desegregated.
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Frank Robinsoh
Silsbee
Robinson
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Don L. Hough
Hrough
Jimmie Wee Wright
Hough
Silsbee All Stars blank Buna 8 0 in opening round
Silsbee Little League All Stars won the first round of the playoffs beating Buna All Stars 8-0 on the Silsbee diamond. Winning pitcher was Gary Laskaskie. Silsbee hitters included four homers by David Moss Scott Skinner and Bates. Game vs Kountze postponed by rain.
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Silsbee
Little League All. Stars
Buna All Stars
Gary Laskaskie
David Moss
Scott Skinner
Bates
Smith
Kountze
Deer Season Opens Across Area On November 9
The Parks and Wildlife Commission set deer season opener for November 9, two days earlier than last year, with a three deer limit and up to two bucks. An experimental longer season was approved for Frio County running November 9 to January 7. Alligator season is halted in regulated counties to study the reptile, and trotline hooks in the Panhandle and Southeast Texas must be at least three feet apart.
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Parks and Wildlife Commission
Frio
Pearsa
Commission
Wlso
Panhandle
Texas
Cliff Francis Named Director of KU Southwest Center
Lawrence Kansas Cliff Francis takes the directorship of the University of Kansas Southwest Kansas Center in Garden City filling the vacancy after the death of OQ PD Calhoon Jr He remains a lecturer in English and technical writing at KU began in 1965 pursuing a PhD in English He will oversee extension class services in 24 southwestern counties
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Cliff Francis
Center At Kansas U
Francis
Texas
K. U
Garden City
Burglar steal exceeds $800 from Silsbee State Bank drive in
Bank officials report coins totaling 832.47 removed from a drive in booth after forced entry using a screwdriver and tire tool. Lights were off during the break in as Joe Johnson discovered the scene at 5 am. Investigators from Silsbee police and FBI Beaumont office followed fingerprints and examined a 200 pound steel cash chest. Vandalism at Top Burger No 2 was also reported with six jugs broken through plate glass windows but no missing items.
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Cobble
Joe Johnson
E. M. Wilson
Silsbee
Edgar Blood
James W. Wade
Ronald McBryde
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Beaumont
Brood
Silsbee State Bank
Frank E Short to Receive Masters Degree Friday
Frank E Short son of Mr and Mrs D M Short of 345 4th Street Silsbee will receive the master of religious education degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Fort Worth during the annual summer commencement July 19 at 10 am in Truett Auditorium. President Robert E Naylor will present degrees in church music religious education and theology to about 85 candidates. Gerald Martin pastor of Poplar Avenue Baptist Church Memphis Tenn will deliver the commencement address. Martin is immediate past president of the Southern Baptist Pastors Conference and vice president of Southwestern's Alumni Association.
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Frank E Short
Mrnd
D. M. Short
4Th St
Silsbee
Southwestern Baptist Theology Seminary
Fort Worth
Truett Auditorium
Robert E. Naylor
Southwestern Seminary
Gerald Martin
Poplar Avenue Baptist Church
Memphis
Tenn
Martin
Southern Baptist Pastors’ Conference
Southwestern
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Southern Baptist Convention
Weekend visit from Oil City couple to local King and Potter homes
Mr and Mrs Lish King of Oil City La visited over the weekend in the homes of Mr and Mrs L J King and Mr and Mrs Phil Potter confirming social ties in the community.
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Lish King
L Oil City
L. J. King
Phil Potter
Two Charged With Assault On Silsbee Police Officers
Christine Gilder Maxie of Warren faces charges including assault on a peace officer carrying a prohibited weapon affray and disturbing the peace after a Keystone Club fight where Patrolman Reese Davis was struck with a baseball bat. Johnny Bagwell of Silsbee is charged with driving while intoxicated and aggravated assault on a peace officer after an incident with Patrolman James Wade near the FM 92 FM 438 intersection.
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Christine Gilder Maxie
Warren
Justice of the Peace
Rex Moore
Keystone Club
Pine St
Silsbee
Reese Davis
Miss Maxie
Johnny Bagwell
Moore
James Wade
Wade
Wace
Bagwell
Merchants Seek New Christmas Lights for Silsbee
At the Silsbee Chamber monthly meeting President Nelson Long heard N P McCarney of the Downtown Merchants Association urge replacing outdoor Christmas decorations. The retail merchant committee led by John Fordinal will study the proposal and a local opinion survey will be arranged.
Rites Held for Hall T Burrows Veteran Silsbee Native
Hall Tucker Burrows 59 of Silsbee died at 10 a m Monday in Santa Fe Hospital Temple after a long illness. Funeral service 2 p m Wednesday at Farmer Funeral Home chapel with Rev A H Reeves officiating. Burial in Knuppile Cemetery. Survived by wife Lee Burrows. World War II veteran.
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Hall Tucker Burrows
Silsbee
Montany
Santa Fe
Temple
Farmer Funeral Home
A. H. Reeves
Knuppile Cemetery
W. Whittlock
C. B. Ingles
C. W. Irby
K. B. Seas
K. D. Blair
Final Rites Held Saturday For Henry Richardson
Henry A. Richardson, 77, died suddenly at 9 a.m. Friday in Silsbee Doctors Hospital after a heart attack at his home, 750 North Sixth. A native of Tyler County, he had resided in Silsbee for many years. Final rites were scheduled for Saturday.
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Henry A. Richardson
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Richardson
Tyler County
Sils
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