Silsbee to Get Ultra Modern 40 to 50 Bed Hospital
East Texas investors announce late August groundbreaking for a 40 to 50 bed hospital in Silsbee. Backers from outside the area, led by Urbina of Port Arthur, plan a brick facility with surgical, lab, X ray and cafeteria facilities at an estimated $500000. Public meeting set July 29 to disclose details and locations near Silsbee.
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Silsbee
Ellis. Urbina
Port Arthur
Urbina
Center
Longview
Neches
Neches National Bank
Hardin County Investempe
One Dead and 11 Hurt In Four Week-Long Auto Accidents
A week of four local auto crashes left one person dead and 11 injured. Gene Scott, 23, was in critical condition, with another recovering from a broken neck and one still on the critical list. Eleven people were hospitalized from the incidents.
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Gallion-Biddle
Gene Scott
Arby Scott
Franklin Dyer Earns Appointment To West Point
Franklin Dyer son of Mrs. Henry W Thurston of Cooks Lake Road Loeb has been selected for appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point New York He reported to West Point in July Dyer graduated with honors from Silsbee High School in 1964 where he was active in sports and was chosen for Whos Who He has served since then in the Air Force During training at Lackland AFB he was a squadron leader From August 1964 until his appointment he served at Lowry AFB Colorado He remains on active duty with the Air Force during his West Point tenure.
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Barnard Franklin Dyer
Henry W. Thurston
Cooks Lake Road
Loeb
United States Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
Dyer
Silsbee High School
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Lowry Air Force Base
Colorado
Jerseys and gear still missing after Silsbee break in
Nineteen football jerseys and four dozen T shirts plus athletic wear stolen from Silsbee High School fieldhouse on June 26 remain unrecovered. Police and Hardin County investigators continue probing the thefts as Coach Raymond McGallion warns no one should possess stenciled Silsbee Athletic Department gear and urges athletes to return issued items to coaches to avoid embarrassment if found.
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Silsbee High School
Raymond McGallion
Silsbee Police Department
Hardin County Sheriff's Department
McGallion
Silsbee Athletic Department
Escape planned for Hanks after early Sunday crash
Douglas Dwaine Hanks, 25, of Avenue J, was to be released from St. Elizabeth Hospital yesterday after injuries from a collision one mile east of Kountze. He will stay home until facial cuts heal then be readmitted for surgery on the bone beneath the eye. William Pierce Morrison, 23, of Beaumont, a car passenger, was readmitted to St. Elizabeth Monday for observation after treatment and release Sunday for a chest injury.
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Douglas Dwaine Hanks
Avenue J
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Kountze
Donald Ruggles
William Pierce Morrison
Beaumont
Diane Stevens to Represent Silsbee in Miss Texas Pageant
Diane Stevens of Silsbee will travel to Fort Worth with her mother and chaperone for the Miss Texas Pageant. Events run Tuesday through July 31 with final televised Saturday night. Contestants are judged on poise personality evening gown swimsuit talent and interviews. Diane returns August 1 after the pageant.
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Diane Stevens
Silsbee
Fort Worth
Diane
C. B. Stevens
Lydia Monk
43 Percent of 1965 Silsbee Grads Headed to College
Approximately 43 percent of Silsbee area graduates plan to attend college in the fall. Of 224 graduates from Silsbee High and Waldo Mathews High, 105 will pursue higher education at Lamar State College of Technology Beaumont Lamar Tech Vocational School Beaumont University of Texas Austin University of Texas Medical Branch John Sealy Galveston Stephen F. Austin Nacogdoches Lon Morris Jacksonville and other colleges. The list names numerous students and institutions including Lamar Tech, UT Austin, UTMB Galveston, Sam Houston, Texas A&M, Baylor, Texas Women’s University, Tyler Junior College, and more along with several applying to Gulf Coast and Chenier’s Business College.
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Silsbee
Silsbee High School
Waldo Mathews High School
Lamar State College of Technology
Beaumont
Dale Bailey
Lee Crowley
Patricia Cook
Ray Crab
Rob Greene
Herman Hooks
Ola Beth McEwin
Allan Murmise Neal
Ted O'Dell
Lynn Page
Cynthia Rich
Ardson
Marilyn Roberts
Janet Rogers
Walter Stepnick
Sharon Sutton
Ann Taylor
Ronnie van Pelt
Mike Ward
Wallace Woods
Marvin Littlepage
Georgia Gatson
Ben Linzy Jackson
Dalton Smith Lane
Allen J. Scott Jr
Lamar Tech Vocational School
Roy Wayne Hill
University of Texas (Austin
Steve Eppes
Robert Grote
Judy H. Jones
Carolyn Lee
Barbara Perkins
Britt Plunk
Diane Stevens
J. Q. Vanderburg
University of Texas Medical Branch
John Sealy
Galvestton
Bert Carpenter
Stephen F. Austin State College
Nacogdoches
Dickie Boddie
Gail Overland
Patricia Herron
Jeff Hobbs
Danny Modisette
Paul Freeman
Kristi Fuller
Ellen Ford
Dorothy Mallett
Dianne Henshaw
Lin‘ida Read
Diane Williams
Wilburn Gore
Lon Morris Junior College
Jacksonville
Mike Edwards
le McKeown
cNeese State College
Lake Charles
Sammy Ashworth
Texas A&m University
College Station
Bill Bellenger
Harold Graves
Texas Women’s University
Denton
Flo Nash
University of Houston
Ben Holmes
Houston Baptist College
Mike Armand
East Texas Baptist College
Marshall
Vickie Barclay
Tyler Junior College
James Collins
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Huntsville
Margaret Gore
Baylor University
Waco
Terry Pringle
Southwest Texas State College
San Marcos
Jack Swenson
Gulf Coast Business College
Houston
Marcia Herndon
Chenier’s Business College
Guilda Roy
Julia Tucker
Sylvia Cunningham
Sheila Hollyfield
Donnie Pippin
Linda Smith
Glenda Geisendorff
Yolande McDonald
Tyler Barber College
Aedes Ray Dixon
Jesse Moffett
Wiley Coll
Gwendolynton
Wesley Lynn Thomas
Randolph White
Texas Southern University
Sou
Een R. Ma
Lyndalon D. Moye
J .Gunite
Sek Tile Smith
Tillis Jt
Youth Baseball Has Busy Week in Hardin County
Hardin Colts win the area minor league championship by defeating the Western Auto Astros of Kountze 14 12 in Kountze on Monday night. Jack Gallaspy pitched six innings. Fred Davis manages.
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Silsbee All-Stars
Kountze All-Stars
Silsbee
Little League Park
Evadale All-Stars
Silsbee Little League Park
Charlie Wright
Travis McDonald
Beaumont Americans
Gateway Park
W. E. Association
Kountze Woman Fined for Pistol Packing
Berdie Barnes of Kountze was fined 100 dollars plus costs in county court before Judge Fletcher Richards on July 19 for carrying six pistols.
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Kountze
Berdie Barnes
Fletcher Richards
Two Negro Boys Caught Sunday With Stolen Car
Hardin county sheriff Henry Overstreet arrested two Negro youths who claimed Silsbee addresses after they were seen 11 p m Sunday near Joy's Furniture store and earlier took a car from Silsbee Auto Company's used car lot. The suspects were detained in Chance Loeb at 11:50 p m and tied to the burglary and theft.
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Silsbee
Hardin County
Henry Overstreet
Chance Loeb
Silsbee Auto Company
Overstreet
Kountze
Joy
Beaumont
Paine
Tommy Clark
Highway 69
Wedgeworth’s
Lt Gov Preston Visits Silsbee Addressing Local Clubs
Lt. Gov Preston Smith accompanied by Neal Miller Jr and Sam Tanner spoke to a joint Silsbee Lions and Kiwanis gathering Tuesday noon. Sheriff Overstreet reported on a burglary spree involving two 15 year old suspects from Hardin County, who confessed to stealing a car and attempting store breakins in Silsbee Kountze and Beaumont. The youths face burglary theft charges and await juvenile court hearings as deputies and police investigated linked incidents.
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Preston Smith
Texas
Silsbee
Silsbee Lions
Kiwanis
Neal Miller Jr
Sam Tanner
Beaumont
L. D. Self
Lions
D. A
Silsbee Chamber Adopts New Welcoming Service
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce directors approved a resident welcoming program to begin by August 5 with Mary Lou Wright named hostess. Ten directors and seven visitors attended, and coupons will allow newcomers to redeem items donated by local merchants. The group also plans talks with the Kountze Chamber on Hardin County airport and a dam.
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Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Bill Loden
Mary’ Lou Wright
Loden
Chamber
Vic Norvell
Kountze
SHS Journalists Take Honors At Workshop
Silsbee High School earned five of 37 awards at a Texas A M University high school publications workshop held July 11 to 16. SHS delegates Sherry Skinner Peggy Gore Gayle McDonald James Donelson won top honors for a under 750 student yearbook dummy layout. Peggy Gore also placed second in advertising. Tiger Rag creators Rodney Warren Buddy Witte plus Gene Yoksh Carol Ragan Howard Perkins earned multiple placements. Memorial High School led with 13 students at the event drawing large representation.
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Silsbee High School
Texas A&m University
Satsuma
SHS
Sherry Skinner
Peggy Gore
Gayle McDonald
James Donelson
Janie Hough
Rodney Warren
Tiger Rag
Buddy Witte
Gene Yoksh
Carol Ragan
Howard Perkins
Story Junior High of
Dallas
Memorial High School of
Houston
Las Animas
Colo
Texas A&m
Del
Cheatham Gordon Dies Wednesday
Cheatham Gordon died at 2 30 p m Wednesday of a heart attack while visiting at the home of his daughter Mrs T L Wheeler in Woodville He was born in Hardin County and lived north of Silsbee on the Spurger highway A retired farmer and stockman he is survived by his wife Bessie two daughters Mrs Frank Treadway and Mrs Nolie Whitmire and a son Lawrence all of Silsbee Funeral arrangements will be announced by Farmer Funeral Home.
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Cheatham Gordon
T. L. Wheeler
Woodville
Hardin County
Silsbee
Spurger Highway
Bessie
Wheeler
Frank Treadway
Nolie Whittmire
Lawrence
Farmer Funeral,Home
High School Grid Practice To Begin August 16
Head Coach Raymond McGallion announced that football players will report to the fieldhouse on August 9 to complete medical forms and certificates for eligibility. Two-a-day sessions start August 16 at 7:30 a.m. with evening workouts depending on heat. The season includes varsity junior varsity and sophomore schedules.
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Silsbee High
Raymond McGallion
McGallion
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Earnard Franklin Dyer
Franklin Dyer
Scott
Walden Road
W. E. Anderson
Paul Gallion Jr
Paul
Wanda Gallion Biddle
Baptist Hospital
Gary Anderson
Mary Alice Gallion
Gordon Pyles
Sour Lake
Pyles
Mouth
James Gordon Parker
Parker
John H. Montgomery
Montgomery
William Henry Gray
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Douglas Hanks
Hardin Colts
Preston
H. A. Coe
Silsbee Auto
Hardy County
Henry Ove Street
Seon Lin
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