Silsbee reminiscences and local notes from a 20 year lens
Uncle Bud Landolt shares a look back at 20 years of Silsbee history from a 1941 Bee issue. The piece recalls an $80,600 school bond, the Bluebonnet Cate building, local farms, and noted residents. It blends booster pride with memories of growth, vacations, and rural life around Silsbee, Jasper County, and nearby spots.
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Bud” Landolt
Bee
The
Silsbee Independent School District
Bluebonnet Cate
Arch Nelyand
East Texas
City Arrests Since July 4 Hit 28 Chief Tarver Reports
Police Chief Grady Tarver said Wednesday that city arrests since July 4 totaled 28, including nine jailed cases and 19 traffic offenses. Among arrestees were seven drunks, one hot check, and one disturbing the peace, with counts of no driver's license, following too close, speeding, racing, running stop signs or red lights, failing to yield, and unnecessary noise.
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Grady Tarver
Pirates to Stage Tryout Camp in Jasper at Pabe Ruth Park
The Pittsburgh Pirates will run a baseball tryout camp in Jasper at Pabe Ruth Park on Monday July 4. Harmon Johnson and Bob Zuk will lead the session for boys aged 16 to 22. Participants must have written permission from their coaches, according to John son.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
Jasper
The
Pabe Ruth Park
Harmon Johnson
Bob Zuk
Pirates
American Legion
Johnson
Area Forests Dealt Severe Blow By Beetles
Area forest owners battle the Southern Pine Beetle across Hardin Polk Jefferson Liberty and Tyler counties. An epidemic has killed and damaged trees over 500000 acres with 10 million board feet of lumber and 10000 cords of pulpwood affected. Forester Art Green notes 640 spots since January 1 and a salvage effort hampered by rain and diesel oil spraying.
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Art Green
Texas Forest Service
Woodville
Liberty
Livingston
U. S. 69
Village Creek
Segno
Hardin
Polk
Jefferson
Tyler
Green
Three Enter Pleas In County Court In Kountze
A week in Kountze saw 30 arrests and three county court pleas. Judge Fletcher Richardson reported two cases on July 15 and one on July 17. Mary Eliza Glenn and Jim Rose paid 100 dollars and costs for adultery on July 15, Elijah Lee Watts paid 100 dollars and costs for transporting liquor illegally on July 37. Arrests included two drunk drivers, two in car, four traffic, four affray, three theft, one rape, one child desertion and 12 drunks, per deputy Dave Rountree.
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Kountze
Fletcher Richardson
Mary Eliza Glenn
Jim Rose
Elijah Lee Watts
Dave Rountree
Beaumont and Port Arthur Families Visit Ill Mother
Mr and Mrs Hugh Good of Beaumont and Mr and Mrs Joe Good and their son of Port Arthur visited their mother Mrs Nannie Good who has been ill last week.
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Hugh Good
Beaumont
Joe Good
Port Arthur
Nannie Good
Grand Jurors Indict Seven in 88th Court Sirs
Hardin county grand jurors returned seven indictments at their Monday session. Indictments include three theft cases three felony drunk driving and one murder by motor vehicle. Names withheld pending arrests. Several cases dismissed or resolved with suspended sentences and probation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
W. L. Selman
Kountze
Carl Neal Cole
Jack Baker
Village Mills
Leon Sims
Louis P. Powell
Silsbee
Joseph Farr Griffin
WDI
Zalah Burriss
88Th District Court
Silsbee Little League barbecue fed by local officials
Chickens for the Silsbee Little League barbecue dinner were furnished by County Commissioner Frank S. Payne, County Judge Fletcher Richardson, Sheriff Whit Whitaker, and Silsbee Police Chief G C Tarver. The Bee had wrongly credited the Sheriff's Posse. Barbecue duties were handled by Game Warden Olan Davis and Police Officer Max Zeller.
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Silsbee
Frank S. Payne
Fletcher Richardson
Whit Whitaker
G. C. Tarver
Bee
Sheriff's Posse
Olan Davis
L Max Zeller
School Board Approves Purchases At Regular Session
The board approved 7093 in expenditures for the school system at last Wednesday's meeting. Items include 1618 for venetian blinds 824 for a stage curtain 1123 for intercom additions 870 to light the tennis court 1510 for seven Underwood typewriters and 165 to repaint the tax office. Coaching staff receives 100 each for the coaches training in August in San Antonio. Two resignations were accepted and four new teachers were hired. Public budget hearing set for August 9 at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirby
Robinson
Underwood
San Antonio
Don Hough
Jo Ann Price
Silsbee Little League Playoffs Open Friday Night
Parbara Bensons 1961 Little League Queen leads Silsbee All Stars into the first round playoff action. They draw the winner of Port Neches-Winnie versus Hamshire Stowell, with rosters named and alternates listed. Queen ceremonies crowned Barbara Benson and Kathy Jan Hawthorne, with officials, sponsors, and fund totals noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parbara Benson
Silsbee
Port Neches-Winnie
Hamshire
Stowell
David Harrell
Mike Downey
Jay Dorrell
Demp Conners
Tim Freeman
Gary Anderson
William C. Roy
Ivory Hatch
Thomas McKeown
Robert Price
Charles Powell
Harold
Rolanda Rudisaile
Bridget Brown
Barbara
Industrial Welding Pirates
Kathy Jan
Wayne Conner
VFW Cubs
Pete Farmer
R. E Barclay
First Baptist Church
DeHart Family Vacationing in Colorado
Mr and Mrs Clarence Dehart and their daughter Judy are spending this week in Colorado accompanied by Mrs Lillie Belle Collier of Baytown on a family vacation with plans to return soon.
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Clarence Dehart
Judy
Lillie Belle Collier
Baytown
Colorado
County Land Values Up Oil Values Decrease in Hardin County
Hardin County Board of Tax Equalization tentatively agreed with major taxpayers at a Kountze hearing. The 1961 tax roll rises to about 55 million from 54.57 million, with oil property values cut by 3.8 million and land values increased by 1.5 to 2 million. Major firms affected include Southwestern Settlement and Kirby Lumber.
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Hardin County Board of Tax Equalization
Kountze
Fletcher Richardson
Southwestern Settlement
Kirby Lumber Corp
Sinclair
Atlantic Refining
Humble Oil
Atlantic
Humble
Unan
Commissioners’ Court
Hardin County
Richardson
Supreme Court
Glen Kirby
Tax and Title Department
South
Kirby
Board of Equalization
County ‘Commissioners
Local and Personal News Roundup Across area
Mrs. Sallie Hurt returns home from Beaumont hospital while many neighbors and relatives visit in Spurger Buna Carrollton and Port Neches areas. Trips include visits to Livingston Dallas Houston Grosbeck Carthage Bellville and Oregon with family members and service members listed among extended family and friends in this broad community notices.
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Pat Strahan
Beaumont
Grayson Lee
Sue Hollis
Hampshire
George Hart
J. S. Wilson
Jeff
Jill
Houston
E. J. Wilson
E. G. Thornal
R. E. Thornal
Jaro Slavik
Arkansas
Oklahoma
L. W. Belt
Baptist Hospital
Richard Byrd
Bessie Lee Cline
D. A. Correll
T. C. Sweetman
Odessa
Larry Correu
Jimmy Rand
Grosbeck
Lotis Cole
Port Neches
F. H. Hemmenway
Basar Holt
Fort Sill
Oklo
Visijted
Clarence Holt
Sim Ward
Robert
Dallas Trade Mart
Dallas Home Mart
Homer Holland
Lake Charles
W. H. Holland
Carl Tarver
D. Mastre
Portland
D. D. Cline
Larry Corre
Garner State Park
Uvalde
Hello World Baby Born to Mr and Mrs Earl Stover
Hello World reports the birth of Milton Andrew to Mr and Mrs Earl Stover of Silsbee. He arrived July 14 at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont after a prior note that Yardin Memorial Hospital in Kountze was involved, per page reference on Hello World page 4.
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Earl Stover
Silsbee
Milton Andrew
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Yardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Winford Randall
San, Wa
Foreign Students To Be Entertained At Cravens Camp
A 36 member international group from Tulane University will visit Cravens Camp on the Neches River for a barbecue dinner hosted by the Altrusa Club Beaumont and the International Hospitality Committee. The students from South and Central America, Mexico, Iran, France and Thailand study English in an orientation course at Tulane and pursue fields including medicine, business, journalism, physics and agronomy. They will arrive at Lamar Tech in Beaumont Friday afternoon for a weekend of entertainment and tours planned by college, mute and club leaders to promote people to people diplomacy.
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Cravens
N. A.cravens
Neches River
Silsbee
Tulane University
Altrusa Club of
Beaumont
International Hospitality Committee
South
Central America
Mexico
Iran
France
Thailand
Tulane
Lamar Tech
Beaurmont
City Junior Olympic Squad Sweeps Meet
Silsbee High School’s Junior Olympics track team dominated the regional meet in Port Arthur. Coaches and athletes, led by Ray McGallion, collected multiple first and second place ribbons across senior and intermediate divisions, with Pudgie Black’s 450 ft shot put clinching a win and notable performances in high jump, long jump, and relay events by Hargrove, Johnson, and Adams.
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Silsbee High School
Lithe Hion
Port Arthur
Morris Windham
Jimmy Hargrove
Silsbee
John Clawson
Robert Mocivette
van Hargrove
J. Hargrove
Hargrove Fen Rte
Joe Blackmon
Carne
Carl Adamas
Reggie Madison
Pee Wee Ix
Paul Johnson
Roy Pve
Aviil Faw
Adams
Furet
Bill Bollenger
Sammy Ashworth
Siulshee
Kirk Benson
Dery! McGalhon
Joel Allen
Claude Tarver
Mic Galion
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David Read
Laura Kennerly
S. 11Th Street
Laura
George Tennison
New Mexico
Ruidoso
United States
Glacier National Park
Montana
Double R
Tarver
International Paper
Champain Paper
Earl Diggles
Jean Watson
Clint Horn
R. D. Stubbs
Lloyd Broussard
J. H. Richardson
Charley B. Rose
Jasper County
James Hudson
Houston Elam
James Mitchell
Ollie Holmes
Washington, D. C
Mations Rapitel
Ralph Yarborough
Jack Brooks
Senator Yar
Borougs
Leon Bo
C . Move
J J Richardova
Frank Choate
Edna Guynes
Carl Move
Lugenia Nixon
G. L. Move
Grady Lichtfoot
Ben Bobine
Lydia Wainwiicht
O O Overstreet
Vera Waldrop
B.S. Matthews
Evs Forrester
Miy
Elbert Smith
Mere
CG McClaren Messiers
Belle Belldad
E. J. Wilson Jr
May Overland
C. D. Jones
Nounced
L. D. Self
L. A. Yankie
Herbert Elmore
Christine Lindsey
Chanece-Loeb Consolidated
Joe Karkins
Saratoga
Howard Barrington
John Blair
Leona Whitman
Sallie Hurt
W. H. Yarborough
Spurger Highway
Ted Lambert
Buna
C. H Watts
Edward Hargrove
Mary Jane
Cotulla
Andrew Hicks Sr
W. A. Barclay Jr
H. T. Hicks
Dickinson
Barclay
Mitch Droddy
Merryville
Douglas Droddy
Bert M. Slaydon
W. F
Atlanta
D. H. Suitt
Martha Suitt
Carol Hicks
Bellville
William Hicks
Birdie Hardin
Willa
Carthage
J. S. Hartley
Martha Ashworth
Sam Houston
Army
Jimmy
Glenda
H. D Weeks
Camp Wolters
Texas
Curtis R. Davis
Libby
Curtis L Davis
Armor School
Fort Knox
Wayne Lea
Oregon
Cape Cod
Washington
Virginia
Canada
R. D. Fletcher
Manley Beazley Sr
D. D Chine
A. V. Hamilton
el Pase
F H. Hemmenway
Bob Ebard
Santa Fe Hospital
Temple
Vie
Charles Lobden
New Osane
W. J. Gibbs
Cravens Camp
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