Negroes Seek City Council Aid To Enforce Civil Rights Law In Silsbee
A three-man Negro delegation pressed the Silsbee city council to aid in enforcing the federal civil rights law. The mayor and council declined enforcement authority, urging the group to work with civic clubs and the Chamber of Commerce for a peaceful solution. The meeting also covered street-name signage, sewer/water connections, and vault bids for City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Anderson Wiliams
Williams
Elijah Conaway
John Rogers
H. C. Hopkins
Frank L. McClanahan
John Ferdinal
McClanahan
Anderson
Chamber of Commerce
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Rogers
Johnny's
J & H Cafe
Best Maid
Conner's
Blue Jonnet
Conaway
Deep South
C. R. Baker
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Baker
America
Charles Barnes
Woodrow
Planning Commission
Lilljedahl
Martin MacKinney
W. M. Kelly
Bobby D. Armour
McKinney
Council
Lowrey Plan Service
Lilliedah
Lilliedahl
City Water Service
Water Department
Dave Perret
Austin
Dallas
State Health Department
Local Builders Plan To Organize In Association
A group of contractors suppliers and others plan to meet tonight at the Blue Bonnet Cafe to organize the Silsbee Home Builders Association. W C Seaman says a steak dinner will be served at 7 30 and Joe Trum of Beaumont will be the principal speaker. Several firms and individuals have indicated interest in joining the new association including contractors lumber yards and financing firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Bonnet Cafe
Silsbee Home Builders Association
W. C Seaman
Joe Trum
Beaumont
Silsbee Association
Seaman Caid
Youths Join Summer Reading Drive Across Hardin County
Hardin County youths join the Texas Reading Club with several readers completing 12 books. Winners will receive certificates from the Texas State Library. The Hardin-Polk-Tyler Library reports many participants and lists names from Chance-Loeb Pine Ridge Pinewood Sour Lake Votaw and others. Bookmobile visits are scheduled in August across Honey Island Votaw Thicket Saratoga Batson Pine Ridge Sour Lake Pinewood Transcontinental Village Mills Mumtimer’s Store Chance-Loeb Kowntze Libraries receive deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Texas Reading Club
Ruth White
Hardin - Polk - Tyler
Texas State Library
Austin
Chance- Loeb
Gilbert Freeman
Diane Lewis
Buster Mitchell
Cynthia Raye Mitchell
Joe Mitchell
Teresa Jane Mitchell
James R. Riles
William Riles
Audie Milner
Pine Ridge
Addie Jane
Betty Jo Ellison
Sammy Waltman
Pinewood
Saratoga
Dann
Henry
Medrick Hunter
Carlton Ray Loftin
Sour Lake
Janey Benfield
Votaw
Brenda
Tim Dryden
Florinda
Karen Lynn Jackson
Honey Island
Thicket
Batson
Transcontinental
Village Mills
Mumtimer’s Store
Silsbee
Kowntze
De Molay Chapter To Reorganize August 6
The Silsbee Chapter, Order of De Molay will meet August 6 at 7 30 p m at the Silsbee Masonic Temple to reorganize the chapter inactive for a year. Past members and Masons are invited, chapter advisor Bert Kellar said this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Order of de Molay
Silsbee Masonic Temple
Bert Kellar
County to Hire Five New Tax Deputies for Bean
Hardin County commissioners court authorized tax assessor Willie Bean to hire five temporary deputies to prepare notices of assessment for the next tax year. They also bought four right-of-way tracts totaling 575 dollars along Highway 96 east of Silsbee from Arlen Akridge and Ola Mae Tankersley et vir. Walter Bell raised drainage concerns on Ice Plant Branch near his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Commissioner’s Court
Willie Bean
Bean
Fletcher Richardson
Highway 96
Silsbee
Arlen Akridge
Ola Mae Tankersley
Walter Bell
Ice Plant
Silsbee Scouts Return From Jamboree Adventure
Silsbee Boy Scout Troops 65 and 66 returned to Beaumont at 8 50 am after nine days at the Sixth National Jamboree in New York City and Philadelphia. The group collected many friendship addresses while tallying large food and supply totals and thanking volunteers and Army personnel for a memorable event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout
Beaumont
New York City
Philadelphia
Troop 65
Joe Hignett
Silsbee
Valley Forge
St Louis
Neosho
Lence Latham
Warren district timber valuations set aside for reassessment
Judge W. R. Blalock in Woodville ruled that 1962 and 1963 timber company valuations in the Warren Independent School District suit were improperly arrived at and must be reassessed. The consolidated case involves Southern Neches Corp, East Texas Pulp and Paper Co, W. T. Carter and Brothers, Kirby Lumber Corp, and Champion Papers Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Blalock
Mission
Warren Independent School District
Hilda Coats
88Th Judicial District
Woodville
Southern Neches Corp
East Texas Pulp and Paper Co
W. T. Carter and Brothers
Kirby Lumber Corp
Champion Papers Inc
Two Charged In July 20 Country Club Burglary
Hardin County deputies arrest Melvin S. Robertson 24 Monte Carl Ruggles 19 and a 16 year old for burglary at the Silsbee Country Club on July 20. Bond set for the men at 1000 while the juvenile was released to parents. The week’s arrests total 24 with multiple charges including disturbing the peace threats assault cattle rustling fraud and DWI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Sheriff's Department
Silsbee Country Club
Melvins
Robertson
Monte Carl Ruggles
Silsbee
Justice of the Peace
C. A. Kimble
Kountze
Dave Rountree
Funeral Services for J T Craft 63 Held Wednesday
Jiles Thomas Craft 63 died Monday at his home in Silsbee after a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held at 9 am Wednesday at Farmer Funeral Home chapel with two local ministers officiating. A second service occurred at 2 pm at Castor Baptist Church in Leesville, Louisiana, followed by burial in Castor Cemetery. He owned Craft's Grocery in Woodrow and is survived by his wife Mattie Craft of Silsbee, two brothers, four half-brothers, and one sister in Louisiana and Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jiles
Thomas Craft
Gerson
Farmer Funeral Home
Charles Pringle
Woodrow Baptist Church
R. L. Bateman
Castor Baptist Church
Leesville
Castor
Silsbee
Craft's
Woodrow
Mattie Craft
John F. Craft
James M. Craft
Kountze
H. N. Shavers
Louis Shavers
Frank Shavers
Buna
George Shavers
DeRidder
Hardy Legg
Silsbee All Stars in District Playoff Showdown
Silsbee Little League All Stars beat Groves 3 0 in a district playoff game with Matt Dinkle earning the win and 11 strikeouts. The victory advances Silsbee to face Victor for the district championship after a 0-0 tie until the sixth and a three run seventh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Groves
Port Acres
Allen Willis
Grady Walters Jr
Wayne Conner
Bill Smith
Mark Yawn
Deryl Ray McGallion
Matt Dinkle
Joe Buckner
Shannon Kilpatrick
Benny Brown
Jimmy Spurlock
Little League Stars
HII Chams
Ters
Dinkle
Evadale
Grady Walters
All Stars
Groves Americans
McGallion
Acres
Walters
Howard Hebert
Victor
Silsbee All Stars
Butch Day
Warne Conner
Robert Flanagan
Ronnie
Summer Band Classes Start at Silsbee High School
Summer band sessions start Monday in the Silsbee High School band hall. Director Melvin Winger will teach the 8:30 to 9:30 classes for sixth graders, 9:30 to 10:30 for seventh graders and new instrument changes, and 10:30 to 11:30 for junior and senior high sectional rehearsals. Classes are free. larger instruments supplied, players bring smaller ones. Marching band rehearsals begin August 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee High School
Melvin Winger J
Winger
Glen Vernon
Vernon
Final Rites For C H Sullivan In Harlingen
Orville H. Sullivan 59 a former Silsbee resident died Monday at his Harlingen home after a three day illness. Funeral services were set for 11 a m in Harlingen with burial there. He was district manager for Universal CIT credit corporation in Harlingen a 1923 Silsbee High School graduate a Texas A M graduate WWII veteran captain and former Silsbee Auto Co partner. An autopsy was planned. Survivors include three daughters Teresa Ann Gail Sullivan and Helen Bush and a sister Mrs Carl Markley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville H. Sullivan
Silsbee
Harlingen
Sullivan
Universal Cit Credit’ Corporation
Texas A&m
Bill
Silsbee Auto Co
Rio Grande Valley
Teresa Ann Sullivan
Gail Sullivan
Helen Bush
Houston
Carl Markley
Beaumont
Dora Scott Dies in Kirbyville Port Arthur obituary
Mrs Dora Scott, mother of Archie Scott of Silsbee and wife of Law Scott, died Sunday at her daughter’s Port Arthur home. Funeral was held at 2 pm Monday at E E Stringer Funeral Home Chapel Kirbyville with Rev Dewey Fuller presiding. Burial followed in Kirbyville Cemetery. Surviving family includes two sons Carl and Vernon Scott and a brother Will Wright among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Cunningham
Trout
L. A. Stringer
R. T. Gore
New Orleans
Virgil Chance
Amarillo
R. L Harrison
T. M. Pickett
Tobie McDonald
Canada
Johnson
Glen Darby
Lake Charles
A. Darby
James Kelly
Springfield
Ore
Jim Kelly
A. B. Kelly
Arthur Lee Ford
R. F Ford
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
George Markham
Elmendorf Afb
Anchorage
Alaska
G. Markham Sr
I. G. Markham Jr
Kenneth Markham
E. E. Stringer
Kirbyville
Dora Scott
Dewey Fuller
First Methodist Church
Scott
Jasper County
Archie J. Scott
Silsbee
Hollis Singletary
Port Arthur
Law Scott
Carl
Verenon Scott
Walter Rober Birpecse
Will Wright
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Kirby Lilljedahl
H. L. Lackey
Timberlane Estates
Lackey
Martin McKinney
de Molay
Warren
J. T. Craft
Leona Whitman
Johnnie Wood
Ricky
Nancy
Pasadena
Eddie York
Margaret York
Enid
Okla
Homer Craft
John LeBleu
Foy Mason
I. L. Jones
Johnny and
Mary Down
Zavalla
Tom Metcalf
Newton
Barbara
Feilene Wyatt
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Bandera
R. L. Lindsey
Billy Lindsey
Earl Lindsey
Thelma Roger
J. T Lindsey
Glen Fondren
Port Neches
R. G. Davis
E. A. Davis
Mary Bruns
Nelson Bruns
Muscatine
Iowa
Lamar Overland
Galveston
A. W. Overland
Grady Tarver
I. J. Sparks
Hotel Dieu Hospital
C. H. Sullivan
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