Trees and people touch Silsbee in town notes and poems
Silsbee notes feature a new apple tree in Mrs. C. B. Davenport’s yard grown from seed planted years ago by the McKenzies, with fruit larger this year. The column reflects on trees’ value, citing a Henry Abbey poem and local publisher Mary Lee Perry’s visit to the Wharton Spectator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Davenport
North Fifth Street
T. E. McKenzie
Baptist Church
McKenzies
Mary Lee Perry
Wharton Spectator
Wharton
Mary Lee
Frank Shannon
River Readings and Rainfall Log at Evadale
Official weather log by Miss Violet Kirkpatrick records Neches river readings and daily rainfall from July 18 to July 25. Entries include times, river gauges, and rainfall totals per 24 hour period ending 8 am. No rain on July 19 20 21. Rain totals: 0.06 in July 22, 0.05 in July 23, 0.40 in July 24, 0.29 in July 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neches
Violet Kirkpatrick
Evadale
D. Wa Bi
Cub Pack 199 Family Night at East Texas Picnic Grounds
Cub Scout Pack 199 invites families to a Friday 6 PM event at East Texas Picnic Grounds on Kountze highway A. A wiener roast will run with each family supplying their own hot dogs and buns. Cubmaster Gaines W. J. Jackson (626 Gaines) will lead the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub Scout
East Texas
Kountze Highway
W. J. Jacason
Satsuma Staffers Attend Publications Workshop At A&M
Five members of the 1962 Satsuma staff and their sponsor joined 345 high school delegates at Texas A&M for the third annual high school publications workshop held July 16 21. Under Don ald Burchard and Edith King the event was the largest in Texas. Carmen Dominguez editor of 1962 served on the 1961 Summertime staff. Dr William H Taft led the yearbook sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satsuma
Texas A&m College
Donald Burchard
A&m
Edith King
San Antonio College
Texas
Carmen Dominguez
Beth Singletary
Paula Prewitt
Joyce Rhea Miller
Joan Meyers
Jean Dinkle
Workshop
William H. Taft
NSYA
Driver pulls flaming truck from building
Fast thinking by three men averted a serious fire at Robertson Transport in Evadale. Bob Sissell and M L West pulled two flaming trucks away from the terminal as fumes from a gasoline transport ignited during steaming. Fire crews fought the blaze that destroyed the transport, with damage estimated near 15000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robertson Transport Terminal
Evadale
M. L. West
Bob Sissell
H. W. Turner
West
Sizzell
Robertson Transport Truck Terminal
Silsbee
Mr. Sissell
Mr. West
Sissell
Singing Convention At Honey Island Church This Weekend
The Hardin County quarterly singing convention will be held at the Assembly of God Church in Honey Island, Saturday 7:30 PM and Sunday 10:00 AM. A basket lunch is served at noon. Dallas based Stamps-Baxter Quartet and other singers will attend, with Fred Anders as president inviting public attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Quarterly
Assembly of God
Honey Island
Stamps-Baxter
Dallas
Fred Anders
Dog Vaccination Day Set At City Warehouse
A special dog vaccination day will be held Friday Aug 4 at the warehouse across from Silsbee city office. Police Chief Grady Tarver announced Dr. Guy Ferrell the new veterinarian will vaccinate dogs 7:30 to 10 am and 3 to 5 pm. Dogs roaming city limits must have a city tag and vaccination within the last year. Dogs without tags or vaccines will be picked up and placed in the city pound, with unclaimed animals disposed of as required by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Grady Tarver
Guy Ferrell
Tarver
Child Bruising Incident Traps Girl Behind Car Door
A 10 year old girl Suzanne Jones was bruised when the family car rolled backward while she was exiting into a carport. Farmer Pete Farmer freed her by moving the car as the ambulance arrived. Doctor Wade Parker treated her at Parker and Copeland Clinic with exams and x rays finding no broken bones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer
W. L. Jones
Suzanne Jones
Parker and Copeland Clinic
Wade Parker
Cain
Sgt
Carey
LI All Stars Win Pair in District Playoff Night
Silsbee Little League All Stars, coached by Billy Dinkle and Cecil Wright, beat Port Neches 7 to 2 and Groves 3 to 0 in District 12 playoffs. Bobo Roy started Friday, Mike Gossett pitched Saturday, with Roy fanning 11 and Gossett fanning 7 while allowing five safeties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Little League All Stars
Beaumont West End
Groves
All Stars
Billy Dinkle
Cecil Wright
Port Neches
Bobo Roy
Mike Gossett
Roy
Gossett
Court sentences three on varied offenses this week
Judge Fletcher Richardson presided as County Court Three heard three cases. W C Whitehead, about 30, of Sour Lake, got 12 days in jail and costs for child abandonment. James Shaw, 25, of Silsbee, fined $1 and costs for theft. Herman A Boyd of Beaumont was fined $500 and costs on a DWI charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher Richardson
W. C. Whitehead
Sour Lake
James Shaw
Silsbee
Herman A. Boyd
Beaumont
Silsbee Group to Attend San Antonio Emergency Hospital Training
Fourteen Silsbee residents will travel by car pools to a July 29 training in San Antonio hosted by the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization. The course covers setting up and operating the 200 bed emergency hospital stored locally. Four team members will join in San Antonio: Dr. Wade Parker, Dean Duffle, J. L. Ratliff, and Rev. Grant Herbst, the local civil defense director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee CD
Silsbee
San Antonio
Office of
Civil and Defense Mobilization
Wade Parker
Dean Duffle
J. L. Ratliff
Grant Herbst
Civil Defense
Youth Fined 500 After Sunday Car Chase in Hardin County
Beaumont youth Herman Anthony Boyd 19 pleaded guilty to first offense drunken driving after a Sunday chase near Silsbee. His Corvette overturned on 418 West, causing about 1500 in damage. Boyd paid a 500 fine, costs, and judge Fletcher Richardson noted maximum penalty. Fellow rider Benjamin F E Quinn 19 was fined 25 for drunkenness. another youth, Ronnie Domino 18, faced a racing charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Kountze
Beaumont
Herman Anthony Boyd
Swallow
Boyd
Fletcher Richardson
Cecil Cain
Tom Carey
Silsbee
Mill Creek
Benjamin FE. Quinn
Quinn
Justice Court
Ronnie Domino
Louis Sellers
Cain
Sgt
Carey
Sinclair Refinery
Spurger Highway
418
Bannister
Children Made Wards of State in Hardin County
Seven Hardin County children from a broken home were declared dependent and wards of the state by Judge H A Coe in 88th district court. The five boys and four girls, ages 5 to 15, were placed in temporary custody of Sheriff Whit Akaker, with efforts to place them together in Buckner's Orphans Home in Dallas. The case followed the arrest of a 19 year old youth for hot checks used to feed the family as the father is out of work. The father faces a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. the mother, remarried, says she has had 14 children, 10 living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
88Th District Court
H. A. Coe
Whit Whitaker
Buckner
Dallas
Grouth
Fred
Silsbee Area Social Notes Show Wide Family Visits
Srief News items record Milly Johnston of Atlanta to visit sister and family in Silsbee. Many relatives travel between Beaumont, Nederland, Port Arthur, Shreveport, and Dallas for visits, hospital stays, and vacations. Several members are noted moving hospitals, attending weddings, and planning trips to Memphis, Michigan, and Rochester Mayo Clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milly Johnston
Atlanta
Texas
Bill Dinkle
Jacqueline Collier
Dickie Collier
Opa Locka
Fla
Millard Gallien
Rochester
Minn
Gallien
Mayo Clinic
Tom Singletary
Beth
Dallas
Singletary
Oklahoma City
Okla
Lenox Jr
Richard
Jessie Hawthorne
Kirbyville
Ayard My
Tove Negter
Timpson
Pearl Hayes
Timpson High School
Delores
Curtis Mullins
Ray Penry
Port Neches
Aaron Penry
Beaumont
Clyde Dark
Juamy Wyble
Nederland
Kennedy pledges to defend Berlin with more troops and funds
President Kennedy told Americans on TV and radio that the United States must provide $3.454 billion in defense funds and authorize mobilization of reserves to uphold liberty in Berlin. He announced plans to boost army strength from 845,000 to one million, expand air and naval forces, and deploy Civil Defense measures. He warned the U S will fight if necessary to defend West Berlin, blaming Moscow for tensions and stating talks may occur only if conditions allow. He urged a balanced budget for next year and hinted at tax increases if defense costs rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F Kennedy
U. S
United States
Berlin
Congress
Kennedys
West Berlin
Gersbany
Kennedy
Kremlin
Moscow
Local Births Reported From Kountze and Sour Lake
Hello World Born To Hardin Memorial Hospital In Kountze Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Walker Sr of Kountze are the parents of a son Billy Joe Jr born July 22 Charles Murphy a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Tate of Sour Lake July 2 Mr. and Mrs H. C. Busby of Silsbee are the parents of a daughter Bertha Elaine born July 24 Lees Gaye a daughter was born July 24 to Mr. and Mrs T. S. Kellum of Kountze Mr. and Mrs Joe Donald Sanders of Kountze are the parents of a daughter Barbara Faye born July 25
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Bledge
Pennington
Ala
Billy D. Moore
Houston
Robert Cobb
Eugene Smith
Ivory Hatch
Rena Lois
Baptist Hospital
R. H. Liveritt
New Orleans
C. D. Redmond
John E. Rawls
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
Illinois
Missouri
Arkansas
C. P. Bryan
Brenham
Ward McDonald
W. H. Baten
Shreveport
Joey Pryant
Midland
H. H. Morgan
L. W. Belt
Beaumont
Santa Fe Hospital
Temple
Truman Ray Ward
Alvin
Sim Ward
Elizabeth Wilson
Nederland
E. Wilson Sr
Ray Collins
Sour Lake
Joe Gregory
Omaha
Neb
J M Stallcup
Memph Tonn
Kathys Schofield
Jasper
Jim Sigler
Odessa
R. A
Archie Gistlet
Garland
Texas 3S
B. J. Walker Sr
Kountze
Billy Joe Jr
Charles Murphy
G. A. Tate
H. C. Busby
Silsbee
Bertha Elaine
Lees Gaye
T. S. Kellum
Kountzé
Joe Donald Sanders
Barbara Faye
Jay
Red Cross Conducts Home Service Course
The Hardin County American Red Cross Chapter hosted a Home Service course on Thursday led by Mrs. Helen Seymour of the National Red Cross in Houston. The session outlined aid for servicemen, veterans and dependents, and community services with attendees from several surrounding counties. Local Red Cross worker Mrs. Laminie Jordan confirmed ongoing recruitment and outreach effort in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County American Red Cross Chapter
Helen Seymour
National Red Cross of Houston
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David Read
You
Henry Abbey
Neches River
City Warehouse
LI All Stars
Groves Park
Richardson
Highway 92
Srief
Leona Whitman
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Mattie Walker
Young Clark
Silsbee High
Long Beach
Calif
A. W. Overland Jr
Gail
California
John S. Hartman
Sally
Michigan
Lenox Hawthorne
Ford
S. T. Odom
Texarkana
Jack Ogden
T. H. Blake
LeCompte
Lake Charles
Orange
Jack Harris
Earnest Nerren
Colorado
County Commissioners
Board of Equalization
Glenn
Kirby
Southwestern Settlement and Development
Hardin Memorial
Red Cross
Laminie Jordan
Iocal Red Cross
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