Five New Teachers Hired and Bonds Discussed by Silsbee Board
Silsbee School board hired five new teachers at last Wednesday's meeting and accepted two resignations. New staff include junior high art and eighth grade math specialists as well as elementary physical education and seventh grade football coach. The board approved band uniform and instrument purchases and discussed stadium improvements funded from athletic revenues, not tax money. Directors also authorized coaching staff to attend a Dallas clinic and approved monthly bills totaling 4297 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
W. B. Gernand
Birdelle Baker
Don Hough
Lee Ann Austin
Lenora Campbell Vance
Leonard E. Barnett
Elizabeth Madison
June Evelyn Samuel
Frank Robinson Elementary
Waldo Mathews
Hough
C. R. Baker
Dallas
Chip Truck Driver Hurt In Fall At Evadale Paper Mill
Eugene Keel of 1065 North Sixth Street is hospitalized at Baptist Medical Center after a fall at East Texas Pulp and Paper Co. in Evadale last Thursday. The Robertson Transport driver slipped about 18 feet on a catwalk, breaking his left leg and injuring his back, and remains in traction in room 305A as of Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Keel
Sixth St
Baptist Hospital
East Texas Pulp and Paper Co
Evadale
Keel
Robertson Transport
Raymond
The
Bee
Raymond Keel
36 Lodged In Jail During Past Week Reports
County jail records show 36 inmates processed in the past week. Deputy Dave Rountree noted 11 vagrants 19 drunks one child desertion one hot check two driving while intoxicated and two drunk in car. County Judge Fletcher Richardson said no cases had been heard in county court through noon Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rountree
Dave Rountree
Fletcher Richardson
Jasper Couple Visits Clark Home Saturday
Mr and Mrs J W Hancock of Jasper visited Saturday in the home of Mr and Mrs Jack Clark for an informal gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Hancock
Jasper
Jack Clark
Lions See Film On Scouting Tuesday In Silsbee
Dale Long of the Trinity-Neches Council, Boy Scouts of America, showed a scouting film at the Silsbee Lions Club meeting. Warren Bower led the program and is scoutmaster for Scout Troop 34. Lion Alvin Ragan sought six pints of blood for his ill mother on the West Coast. donors may contact Mr. Ragan or give at Beaumont blood center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Long
Trinity-Neches Council
Boy Scouts of America
Silsbee Lions Club
Warren Bower
Mr. Bower
J. D. Donalson
Lion Alvin Ragan
Beaumont Blood Center
Mr. Ragan
Markham Leads Tie in Skeet Shoot at One in One Hundred
Two teams tied for first at the One in One Hundred Gun Club in Arcola on Sunday. Dr. I. G. Markham of Silsbee captained one winning squad, with Joe Marino of Beaumont leading the other. The winners broke 214 clay pigeons, outshooting seven teams. third place went to Dene Gober of Beaumont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
One In One Hundred Gun Club
Ariola
Dr. I. G. Markham
Silsbee
Joe Marino
Beaumont
Dene Gober
Trail Riders Plan Arena Work Day
The Silsbee Trail Riders met Friday night with 30 members present planning a workday at the arena for Saturday. They scheduled an outing for July 30 leaving the arena at 2 p.m. and going to the Eastex Picnic grounds for supper at 6 p.m. The next meeting will be July 29 in the arena.
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Silsbee Trail
Rodeo Arena
Eastex
Writers Club To Meet July 21
The Silsbee Writers Club will hold its regular meeting on July 21 at 7 30 p m in the annex of the First Presbyterian Church Mrs Effie Suitt will present the program on How to Construct a Novel Persons in the Silsbee area interested in creative writing are invited to attend
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Silsbee
Benson couple returns from Laredo visit
Mr and Mrs Milton Benson returned Thursday after visiting in Laredo with their son and family Captain and Mrs Clyde M Benson. They went on sightseeing trips to Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Benson
Laredo
Clyde M. Benson
Mexico
Louis Youths Jailed After Man Is Assaulted
Four youths from St. Louis Missouri were jailed in Newton county after a brief manhunt in the Buna Evadale area last Wednesday. Two youths aged 18 and 19 and two young female companions were said to have assaulted a man named Mr. McClelland, knocked him unconscious, then fled into the woods before being apprehended by Orange County deputies. They are being held in the Newton jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Missouri
Newton County
Buna- Evadale
McClelland
Buna
Orange County
Hardin County
Dave Rountree
Rountze
Newton
Local Families Welcome Newborn Daughters in July
Hello World Mr and Mrs Kenneth Hay of Lakehurst New Jersey welcome daughter Judith Anelle born July 11 at Lakehurst Navy hospital. Mrs Hay formerly Virginia McClelland. Grandparents R E McClelland Silsbee. Leon Williams Voth parents of Janice Louise born July 12 at Hardin Memorial hospital. Ivy June born July 15 to Newton Simmons Buna. Camelia Grace born July 18 Beaumont to John Isbell. Roger Dale born July 18 to Hollis Collins Village Mills at Hardin Memorial hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Hay
Lakehurst
N. J
Judith Annelle
Navy Hospital
Hay
Virginia McClelland
R. E. McClelland
Silsbee
Leon Williams
Voth
Janice Louise
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Ivy June
Hardin
Mrs Funderlough Visits North Little Rock Relative
Mrs Pete Funderlough of North Little Rock Arkansas is visiting her mother Mrs Sally Ward in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Funderlough
North Little Rock, Ark
Sally Ward
Local Residents Visit Relatives Across Towns and States
Mary Evelyn Ella Fay Char lene and Charles Paul Har graves of Fannett and Linda Faye Morris of Spurger visit J. T. Odoms. Pamela Crowell returns from Hemphill. Several families travel to Port Arthur Franklin Park New Jersey Dodson La Orange Mc Alister Okla and Houston for visits. Shared trips include Seely Conn and Ashworth families with relatives in Jasper Galveston and Mexia. Eddie B. Clark serves aboard USS Chemung. Margaret Biden visits in Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Evelyn
Ella Fay
Charlene
Charles Paul Hargraves
Fannett
Linda Faye Morris
Spurger
J. T. Odom
Pamela Crowell
Hemphill
Sally Ward
Pete Funderburg
Don Hawthorne
Port Arthur
William Free
R. R. Burgess
Franklin Park
New Jersey
Burgesses
Margaret Ann Barnes
Dodson
T. H. Blake
I. T. Odom
Houston
J. C. Marisch
Galveston
Albert Cook
John Sealy Hospital
O. C. Seely
Mexia
Raymond Dillard
Rayford Birdswell
W. M.parker
Ldude
Gulfhill
Miss
E. M. Prewitt
Leonard Barclay
J. D. Cones
Johnny
Pasadena
Louis H. Thacker Jr
Ronnye Cones
G. T. Barnheart
Whitesboro
I. L. Stowe
Marcia Jean Herndon
R. A. Jackson
Jerry
Memphis
San Pedro
Calif
Eddie B. Clark
USN
J. E. Clark
Silsbee
Margaret Biden
Dallas
David Biden
Chance Loeb Youth To Receive Lone Star Award
John Harrell son of Mr and Mrs Harvey Harrell of Chance Loeb will receive the Lone Star Farmer degree at the State Future Farmer of America Convention in Houston Coliseum in July 2022. He is a Silsbee High student president of the Silsbee FFA Chapter and has completed three years of vocational agriculture under Mr Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Harrell
Harvey Harrell
Chance- Loeb
Future Farmer of America
Houston Colliseum
John
Silsbee High
O. O. Miller
Funeral Services Held Friday for Mrs. Ad die Woodyard
Funeral services for Mrs. Ad die Woodyard 76 of Houston were held at 2 p m Friday at the First Baptist Church of Silsbee. She died en route to Hardin Memorial Hospital Wednesday night while visiting her daughter Norma Reeves. Survivors include four daughters and two sisters. Burial followed at Rosewood Park Cemetery near Humble. Arrangements by Farmer Funeral Home.
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Addie Woodyard
Houston
First Baptist Church of
Silsbee
Woodyard
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Norma Reeves
Roosevelt Drive
R. E. Barclay
Minton Bailey
Humble
Reeves
I. V. Musgrove
Liberty
LaNelle Loreant
H. W. Blackmon
George Bush
Boudro
Tommy Childress
Rosewood Park Cemetery
Doyle Swarthout
Fletcher Richardson
Milliard Eckel
Milton Reeves
Clifford Bush
Helen Bush
Farmer Funeral Home
Cub Pack 199 Jubilee Program Set at Eastex Grounds
Cub Scout pack 199 sponsored by the PTA will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a Jubilee program on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Eastex picnic grounds. A noon basket lunch will be served and each cub attending will receive an award for families and cubs. For information contact the committee or den mother. publicity chairman is Mrs. C. D. Thompson.
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PTA
Eastex
C. D. Thompson
Woodard Family and Sherry Hinkel Weekend Visit Pasadena
Mr. and Mrs. H. EB Woodard and family and Sherry Hinkel spent the weekend in Pasadena visiting relatives.
Wreck Tuesday Hospitalizes One Injures Another
One woman hospitalized for observation and possible internal injuries after a 1:20 pm collision on highway 96S at Ave. O. Mrs. Rubin Prine treated for a scalp laceration and released. Mrs. Free later transferred to Hardin Memorial Hospital after her facial cuts. City policeman Max Zeller investigated.
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Parker and Copeland
Ave. O
Herbert Free
Silsbee
Rubin Prine
Kirbyville
Free
Farmer
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Max Zeller
Woodworkers Receive Four-Cent Pay Increase Pact
Kirby Lumber Corp and International Woodworkers of America Local S-114 reach a four cent hourly raise for about 900 workers. The minimum wage rises from 1.11 to 1.15 per hour. Union ratification 132 to 66, contract effective at midnight Saturday with renewal set for next year.
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Kirby Lumber Corp
International Woodworkers of America
S-114
E. L. Roberts
J. Kirby Herndon
Lumber Company
Kirby
Roberts
John M. Hutto Dies at 47 in Kountze Funeral Saturday
John Mack Hutto 47 of Kountze died at 6 a m Friday after a short illness. Funeral services will be at 2 p m Saturday at the family home followed by services at First Baptist Church with Rev E T Ramsey and Rev David Jenkins officiating. Burial will be in Frank's Branch Cemetery under Pace-Wells Funeral Home. Surviving are his widow Miona Hutto of Kountze, his parents Leonard and Mrs Hutto of Fred, a brother Bill Hutto of Buna and five sisters Mrs L H Powell, Mrs S C Mayes of Brookeland, Mrs Jodie Powell, Mrs Gertrude Davis of Nederland, and Mrs W G Pate of Fred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mack Hutto
Kountze
First Baptist Church
E. T. Ramsey
David Jenkins
Mount Olivet Baptist Church
Fred
Frank's Branch
Pace-Wells
Miona Hutto
Leonard Hutto
Bill Hutto
Buna
L. H. Powell
S. C. Mayes
Brookeland
Jodie Powell
Gertrude Davis
Nederland
W. G. Pate
J C Busby Wins Fireman Award in Silsbee
Fireman J C Busby receives the Senior Fireman Award from the Silsbee Fire Department and Allstate Insurance. Chief John Busby presents the honor for long, devoted service safeguarding lives and property in the community. Busby began with the department in May 1939 and has served continuously since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.C. Busby
Silsbee Fire Department
Allstate Insurance Companies
John Busby
Allstate
Busby
Williford and Vincent Indicted on Auto Theft Charges
Hardin County grand jury indicted Hiram Williford and King David Vincent on auto theft charges. The pair were arrested in Jackson Mississippi after the drowning death of Basil Jones of Silsbee and later returned to Hardin County. A second indictment for felony drunk driving involved a suspect unnamed pending arrest.
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Hiram Williford
King David Vincent
Hardin County Grand Jury
Willis Selman
Williford
Vincent
Jackson
Miss
Basil “Buz” Jones
Silsbee
Hardin County
William Whitaker
H. A. Coe
B&th
Artesian Acres
Loeb
Progressive Builders Et al
Pine Island Bayou
Earl Stover
H. A.coe Jr
Kountze
Progressive Builders
Also Mentioned on This Page
Waldo
Rolanda Rudisaile
Bridget Brown
Frank Rudisaile
Kathy Jo Fuller
Rudisaile
J. G. Brown
James Scarborough
Charles Frazier
Morris Pharmacy
Robert Neyland
Hardin County Savings and Loan
Little League Auxiliary
Doyle McKeown
Grant Herbst
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Boy Scout Troop 88
Miss Rudisaile
Linda Redkay
Young’s Supermarkets
Alice Bell Harrison
East Texas Transit Mix
June Walcott
Conoco Oilers
Candy Reese
Bond
Chance-Loeb Optimists
Miss Brown
Morris Ponies
Linda Moore
Dehart Cubs
Barbara Thomas
Ray’s
Food Town Rams
Brenda Humble
Independent Steers
Cassie Jean Reeves
Tony's Cafe
Carolyn Gallaspy
Industrial Welding Lions
S. M Miears Jr
McKeown
Lions
Trail Riders
Writers Club
1. Louis
Debara Nell Kaine
Cardinals
Jimmy Scarborough
Cook Dummer
Joan Hale
Buna Yankees
Candy Keess
Sen
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
N.Y
Leona Whitman
M. H. Kelly
J. H. Richardson
Iris Conway
Orange
Gussie Stroud
McAlister
Oklo
Stroud
Richardson
Arkansas
J. F. Lockwood
Bill Reed
David
Bill Ashworth
L. W. Belt
Leon Ashworth
Bill
H. H. Movers
Fort Worth
J. L Shine
J. T. Parrish
Moyer
Parrish
Corrigan
B. F. Adams
Claxton Seely
University of Texas In Austin
Huey Conn
Percy Hargis
Roy Rodgers
Kelle Scharber
Sun
Ella Boozer
Port Neches
R. L. Lindsey
H. M. Jayroe
Groves
R. E. Jayroe
Chance-Loeb
FFA
Lone Star Award
John M. Hutto
Wilas Whitaker
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