Trustees Reaffirm Silsbee ISD Depository Policy
School trustees at a called meeting reaffirmed Silsbee State Bank as the district depository while considering Neches National Bank's request to share funds. Supt. Hough cited a new law allowing bank board members to serve but not vote on depository matters. About 1.5 million in deposits were discussed, with tax funds totaling around 650 000. Three new teachers were hired for the fall term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee State Bank
Silsbee Independent
Nelson Long
Neches National Bank
Long
V. O. Holmes
Alf Fullingim
Bill Dinkle
C. R. Lambert
Jack Hedge
Silsbee
Hardin County Savings and Loan Association
Supt. Hough
Supt
Hough
Tennison
Ing
Leeo Paine
Naomi Paine
Ramona Falls
Vandals damage Read-Turrentine Elementary, Silsbee
Read-Turrentine Elementary School suffered an estimated 175 to 200 dollars in damage after vandals entered via an unlocked window. A kitchen door was knocked down and a vending machine broken. no money or items were taken. Police may file burglary charges as investigators collect fingerprints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Read-Turrentine
Silsbee
Edgar Blood
Blood
Jon
Bob Crawford
FBI Police School Set for Silsbee City Hall
FBI sponsored police training will start August 14 at Silsbee City Hall with Chief Elmer Blood supervising. All local officers and other county law enforcement may enroll. instructors include agents John McCabe and John Kesler. Topics include arrest techniques traffic stops defensive methods evidence collection fingerprinting and burglary investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Silsbee
City Hall
Elmer Blood
Blood
FBI
John McCabe
John Kesler
Birth Announcements in Silsbee and Kountze
SP5 and Mrs Gerald E Mc Laughlin announce a son Gregory Ellis born July 24 at St Elizabeth Beaumont. Leroy Anderson and Melissa Denise born July 18 and 21 in Hardin Memorial Hospital Kountze. Patricia Kay July 23 daughter to Armstrong. Tammie Renee July 23 daughter Barr. Linda Ann July 23 daughter Buesing. James Robert July 25 son Hill. Grandparents named for each family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SP/5
Gerald E. McLaughlin
Silsbee
Gregory Ellis
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
McLaughlin
South Vietnam
G. E. McLaughlin
Raymond Goodman
Wheaton
Kans
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Leroy Anderson
Keith von Aaron
Melissa Denise
Travis William Henderson
Thomas Dale Armstrong
Patricia Kay
Carlos Mack Barr
Tammie Renee
Alfred Buesing
Linda Ann
Pat Henry Hill
James Robert
Ragan Family Plans Deluxe West Coast Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin J. Ragan and daughter Carol Kay will travel Friday to visit relatives in Del Rio Santa Barbara and Delta Colorado. They plan sightseeing along the route and expect to be away two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin J. Ragan
Carol Kay
Joe F. Smith
del Rio
Willis J. Warren
Santa Barbara
Calif
Delta Colo
Ardmore Couple Visit Ardmore Friends at McGills
Mr and Mrs Marvin Hope of Ardmore Oklahoma visited recently in the home of Mr and Mrs D H McGill with their family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Hopeland
Ardmore, Okla
D. H. McGill
Commissioners Buy Two Parcels Of Land Monday
The county treasurer's quarterly report was approved at the Commissioners Court in Kountze. Eminent domain payouts were approved to Howard Barrington for Edwin B. Buster and Mrs. Cramer. Barrington may buy two printing calculators for the tax office. road funds will be redirected to county lateral road improvements. Fire department contracts set $800 yearly for out‑of‑city responses, sparking tensions between Silsbee and City authorities over fund routing. a Silsbee budget dispute prompts a Friday City Council meeting to resolve the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioners Court
Kountze
Howard Barrington
Edwin B. Buster
Cramer
Barrington
Etex Typewriter Co
Cesar Dominguez
Silsbee
Hardin County Civil Defense
Sour Lake
Saratoga
Chance-Loeb
Fire Department
Bee
City of
Kelley Family Visit Spans Oregon Home Return
Mr and Mrs Alvin Kelley and their son David returned last week from a visit in Fugene Oregon staying with Mr and Mrs James Kelley and their family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Kelley
David
Fugene
Ore
James Kelley
Parcel Post Expands in Silsbee to Six Days a Week
Postmaster Conley Bradshaw announced parcel post deliveries in Silsbee will increase from five to six days weekly starting Tuesday Aug 1. The move follows a Post Office appropriation and restores six-day service nationwide, addressing unequal timing between motorized and foot routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conley Bradshaw
Silsbee
Lawrence F. O’brien
Post Office Department
Johnson
Bradshaw
Silsbee Council OKs Sergeant Position For Police
Silsbee City Council approved creating a sergeant position in the Police Department with a $450 monthly salary. Chief Edgar Blood said the role would extend supervision and train patrolmen, with shifts arranged to ensure coverage. The meeting also accepted Aetna Life and Casualty for city employee group insurance and discussed a house trailer fee ordinance. Tax collections reached 96 percent, and a Friday special session will address tensions between the volunteer fire department and city government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Edgar Blood
Blood
Blood l
Aetna Life and Casualty
Wayne DuBose
Aetna
Silsbee Social Notes Growth of Family Ties
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Cawley returned last week after visiting their son and daughter-in-law in Fort Sill Oklahoma and other relatives in Rising Star Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Richard-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Cawley
Fort Sill
Oklo
Rising Star
Texas
Burglary Probe in Kountze Ties to Polygraph Tests
Grand jury continues the Robbery of Tax Collector Willie Bean's office in Kountze. Investigators discuss lie detector tests given to several tax office workers while two Texas polygraph operators refused to test police. Bean reported about $4000 stolen with no forced entry reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Bean
Kountze
Bean
Henry O. Overstreet
State of Texas
Grand Jury
Department of Public Safety
Austin
Waco
Houston
Texas Rangers
Overstreet
R. A. Richardson
Polygraph Society
FBI Records Prints Of 11 400 In County
The article reports that Hardin County residents face growing privacy concerns as federal data centers may compile personal details. FBI files list fingerprints for about 11 400 people while SSA data covers over 13 400 residents, plus Census records on divorces 429 and foreign born 110. The White House study supports a national data center with safeguards and no individual identifications.
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FBI
New York
Hardin County
Boy Scouts
Social Security Administration
Census Bureau
Washington
White House
Budget Bureau
Library Story Hours Extend Four Saturdays
The Silsbee Public Library will host a story hour for four Saturdays starting at 9 30 a m. Children of all ages are invited to attend.
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Silsbee Public Library
Airport Luncheon Focuses on Small-City Airport Projects
The Silsbee Chamber of Commerce hosts a Dutch Treat luncheon at noon Friday at the Blue Bonnet Cafe. A speaker from the Federal Aviation Authority of Houston will discuss federal-aid airport projects for smaller cities. Reservations by 8:30 a.m. Friday at IEV 5-5562.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Blue Bonnet Cafe
Federal Aviation Authority of
Houston
Silsbee
Arthur Cawthon
Silsbee Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Music Makers Return From Tour
Thirty four Music Makers and guests left Silsbee July 19 at 7 a m for their first summer tour. They stopped in New Orleans and Biloxi where they visited Glenn Hutto and others. At Keesler Air Force Base they performed for ambulatory patients before continuing to Fort Polk Louisiana. They returned home July 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Music Makers
Silsbee
New Orleans
Keesler Air Force Base
Biloxi
Miss
Glenn Hutto
Buddy Brown
Bevil Becomes Sunday Visitors in Jasper
Mr. and Mrs. George Bevil and David McClelland of Jasper visited Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Land family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bevil
David McClelland
Jas
P. A. Land Family
Two Charged In Evadale Burglary
Two men were charged with the early morning July 9 burglary of Evadale Packing Co. Burlis Trammell and Hubert Whittington face charges in Jasper and Hardin counties with bonds set at $20,000 and $20,000 respectively. The theft included hogs beef and sausage and led to multiple arrests after a barbecue tips provided clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evadale Packing Co
Hardin County
Henry Overstreet
Jasper County
Bruce Gravis
Burlis Trammell
Lakeview
Victor
Hubert Whittington
Bunn
Justice of the Peace
Marvin Dowden
Buna
Gravis
Elmer Prosise
Overstreet
Strother Family Reunion At Honey Island Pool
Weekend guests in the home of Mr and Mrs Wade M Strother were their children Rev Marshal J Strother and family of Glendive Montana Rev Alvin Strother of Saratoga and Mrs Barbara Ann Scharber of Houston. The family held a reunion at the Honey Island Swimming Pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade M. Strother
Marshal J. Strother
Glendine
Mont
Alvin Strother
Saratoga
Barbara Ann Scharber
Houston
Honey Island
Baytown Friends Visit Local Families Over Weekend
Mrs. Lillie Belle Collier and Mrs. Nora Colvin of Baytown visited over the weekend in the homes of Mrs. Clarence Dehart and Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Eubanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Belle Collier
Nora Colvin
Baytown
Clarence Dehart
J. L Eubanks
Tigers Open Drills August 9 For Silsbee Football
Silsbee Tiger football fans will see the team in pre season workouts starting Wednesday August 9 with 90 to 100 boys at 8 a.m. at the field house. McGallion requires physicals for varsity and junior varsity players and notes ninth graders wait for varsity start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Tiger
Ray MccGallion
McGallion
Sidney Dauphin
Pat Day
Wayne Reilly
Tiger
Bo Tarver
Dan Montgomery
Silsbee
Tigers
Four Silsbee Servicemen on Rescue Ship in Vietnam
Four Silsbee servicemen serve aboard the SS Worden in the Tonkin Gulf off South Vietnam. The missile frigate acts as a Ship-Air Rescue unit, hunting and saving downed pilots. Worden operates with carrier Bonne Homme Richard and destroyer R. B. Anderson as support. The crew includes Bobby Nash, Bob Fain, Glenn Tracy, and Roger Baten, each unaware of the others until deployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Worden
Tonkin Gulf
South Vietnam
Bonne Homme Richard
R. B. Anderson
Bobby Nash
GM-1
Bill Nash
Bob Fain
Gm- 1
Glenn Tracy
SK-3
Bob Cartwright
D. C.tracy
Beaumont
Roger Baten
W. H. Baten
Seaman Rawls Reports for Duty in Da Nang Vietnam
Seaman William Jessie Rawls USN son of Mr and Mrs Johnny A Rawls of Box 36 Fred reports for duty at Naval Support Activity Da Nang Vietnam The activity supports combat logistic needs with about 8000 Navy personnel assigned Tasks include unloading ships handling allies from items as varied as razor blades to road graders aircraft fuel lubricants and provisions through the port of Da Nang and beaches from north to Chan Beach
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
da Nang
Vietnam
William Jessie Rawls
USN
Johnny A. Rawls
Box 36
Fred
Cha Snie
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Read- Turrentine School
Silsbee Police
Bryan Mays
Billy Worsham
Port Neches
Marreil Conway
Ginny Burns
Orange
J. H. Richardson
Richardson
Gerald Peveto
Sons of Orange
Saturay
Council
Silsbee Social Notes
Mrs. Leona Whitman
Mr. and
Mrs
Aaron Richard
Clarence Jones
Victory
Arlington
Ray Marshall
Linda Kelley
Phillippine Islands
Phillippines
Bert Dardin
Es. & Hodges
Ossining
Dardin
Walston
Baker
Marvin Williams
Arkansas City
Cornelia Knupple
M-Set
Joe Knupple
US Air Force Base
Amarillo
William A. Knupple
Uss Sacramento
Evadale
Whittington
Curtis Davis
Newt Hopkins
Ralph Davenport
James Malone
Wayne Calvert
Dwayne Anderson
Joel Allen
John Landgraf
Jerry Wall
Carol Curtis
Bo We
Danny van Pelt
Mike McDonald
Wesley Darby
Jerry Rodriguez
Frank Malone
W. J. Rawls
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