Knifing and Shooting Leave One Dead in Weekend Incident
A knifing in Silsbee left Willie Hageon dead and his wife charged with murder. The same weekend Isiah A. Gibson was shot and hospitalized. Lois Gibson faced an assault with intent to murder charge and bond set at 2500. Investigating officers included Silsbee Police Chief Blood and County Attorney Diverstreet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Hageon
Silsbee
Silsbee Doctor’s Hospital
Hageon
Moore
Hardin County
J. B. Coleman
Seven Hurt In Weekend Wrecks Near Kountze Silsbee Evadale
Six drivers and a passenger were hospitalized after five weekend crashes near Kountze Silsbee and Evadale. Injuries ranged from ankle fractures to facial lacerations with drivers charged for intoxicated operation in one incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kountze
Silsbee
Evadale
Travis Broom
Woodville
Ed Hamilton Jr
Hamilton
Broom
Fire Station Leased to City by Trustees
Silsbee Fire Department trustees and the City Council approved a lease of the fire station on Friday July 25. The city will pay 25 per month to the trustees and handle building maintenance as the May discussions and budget rises in fire funds push department needs for equipment maintenance and training. Fire trustees are Fred Perlitz Judge L A Yankie and E M Wilson Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Fire Department
Ronald Hickerson
Fire Department
Fred Perlitz
L. A. Yankie
E. M. Wilson Jr
Travis Broom
Woodville
Ed Hamilton Jr
Kountze
Broom
Michael Shakelford
Truman Dougharty
Hamilton
Light Turnout Expected At Amendment Election
Hardin County and Silsbee voters are not anticipated to cast many ballots for nine Texas Constitution amendments on August 5. Absentee ballots are scarce. polling sites include Silsbee O Neil Intermediate School, Lumberton Elementary, and Caney Head Wiley Mae Pentecostal Church with 8 am to 7 pm hours. Voters are urged to read the amendments, as full text will not appear on ballots, and cast a yes or no vote on each item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Hardin County
Silsbee
Clarence McNeely
McNeely
O'Neil
Richard Jones
Lumberton
Caney Head
Wiley Mae Pentecostal
Votaw
Saratoga
Grayburg
Thicket
Honey Island
Assembly of God
Village Mill
First Baptist Church
Plank
Bo’s
Kountze
Sour Lake
Batson
Silsbee Bee
Silsbee Social Notes Highlight Local Travel and Visits
Mrs. Erna Fee returns from a week in Minneapolis and Dallas. Over seas duty starts for Thomas Earl Brown at Fort Lewis with deployment to Pusan Korea. Knupple family visits Corpus Christi and Abilene. Mrs. Clarence Dehart hospitalized in Beaumont for tests. Wright City Assembly of God homecoming attended. Bob Herbsts visit Gainesville and Eisenhower Birthplace in Denison and attractions in Dallas Fort Worth. Gene McClelland to Fairbanks Alaska. Hollands visit Los Angeles and Disneyland. Janie Knupple stays for extended visit with Knupple family in Silsbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Herbst
Randy
Rusty
Gainesville
Jack Rolls
Eisenhower
Denison
Turner Falls Park
Davis
Okla
Dallas
Fort Worth
Gene McClelland
Thei
Fairbanks
Alaska
Atlantic Richfield
W. H. Holland
Los Angeles
Calif
Thei Son
Howard
Disneyland
CBS
el Paso
Cornelia Knupple
David Knupple
Joe B. Knupple
Abilene
Bobby Knupple
Corpus Christi
Janie Knupple
Joe Knupple
Dedication Today for Silsbee Highway Underpass
The first railroad underpass in Hardin County is dedicated today at 2 p.m. in Silsbee. The ceremony, by the Silsbee Chamber of Commerce, includes a ribbon across Highway 327 southbound lane and remarks from Mayor Claude Coward and School Supt. Don L. Hough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Silsbee
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Lenox Hawthorne
Claude Coward
Don L.hough
Franklin C. Young
A. B E. Johnson
Sammy Ashworth to Receive Degree at McNeese
Samuel W. Ashworth of Silsbee is among more than 200 graduates and undergraduates to be conferred degrees at McNeese State College Lake Charles Louisiana. He is a four year football letterman and will earn a BS in forestry. The ceremony at 9 am in McNeese Auditorium features Dr Boxd M Woodard as keynote speaker. He is the son of Mrs Bob Ward and Claude E Ashworth Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel W. Ashworth
Silsbee
McNeese State College
Lake Charles
Ashworth
Tiger
McNeese
Boxd M Woodard
State Board of Education
Bob Ward
Claude E. Ashworth Jr
Warren
Visitors From Several Cities Stay At Local Home
Mrs J B Gill of Marshall Mrs E E McElroy of Lubbock and Mrs H E Johnson of Beaumont visited last week at the home of Mr and Mrs Vern a McDaniel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Gill
Marshall
E. E. McElroy
Lubbock, Yeu
H. E. Johnson
Beaumont
Verna McDuaniel
Mrs Gladys Barclay Returns to Silsbee Home
Mrs. Gladys Barclay of Port Arthur, a former resident, has moved back to Silsbee to live with her sister Mrs. E M Prewitt marking a homecoming in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Barclay
PortArthur
Silsbee
E. M. Prewitt
Lack To Negotiate Neches Roads With Land Owners
The Commis sioner's Court discussed open-road versus game preserve plans tied to Neches River access. Judge Lack was authorized to negotiate right of way with timber firms for three roads proposed as public. Additional actions included road credit use, a county mental health clinic agreement, and a new sign for Hardin County Airport on Highway 327 West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert McKinney
Caney Head
East Texas Wildlife Association
Howard Hargrove
McKinney
Ernest Spell
Lester Gore
Emmett Lack
Neches
Board of County and District Road
Texas Mental Health and Mental Retardation Association
Hardin County
Local Birth Announcements From Texas Mississippi Area
Fredericksburg couple welcomes William Christopher born July 28. Ingleside couple greets Raymond Alan born July 18 in Corpus Christi hospital. Silsbee couple adds Eulicia Lavette born July 27 and Morgam Kent born July 28. Warren couple welcomes Clifton Lee born July 25. Spurger couple's daughter Nicole born July 26. Voth couple's Tambra Lynn born July 28. Kountze couple's Edwin Benard born July 29 and Daphne Evette born July 29. Beaumont couple's John Batt Vernetti Jr. born July 28. Williams and Vernetti guests visit Rosedown Plantation in Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Jesse E. Mofffette
Silspee
Morgam Kent
Oscar Lavoy Eason
Spurger
Clifford Joseph Thomas
Warren
Clifton Lee
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Nicole
Thomas Keith Minter
Thomas Dalton Frazier
Voth
Tambra Lynn
Edwin Benard
John Meyers
Kountze
Willie Edward Hageon
Daphne Evette
John Batt Vernetti Jr
Beaumont
Baptist Hospital
Vernetti
Marilyn McMillan
Silsbee
Major Minor Moms And Dads To Battle In Return Baseball Game
Little League Park hosts a return match between major and minor league parents with the minor moms and dads seeking to even a June defeat. Managers include Tiny McCormick and Jolin Jimmie Wright for minor ladies, La Vinie Drake and Melissie Gordon for major ladies, and Bobby Nickelby with Don Kay for minor dads. Ed Kobak will provide play by play as the mamas start at 6 pm and the dads at 7 30 pm with concessions on site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little League
Martin Wilson
Melissie Gordon
Bouncing Bobby Nickelby
Don Kay
Turkey Pullen
Thom
As Norton
Ed Kobak
Linament
Local Family Returns From Corpus Christi Visit
Mr and Mrs Edward Curtis return home after visiting in Corpus Christi at the home of their son and family First Class Petty Officer and Mrs Jimmy Curtis Mrs Curtis and daughter travel on to Silsbee to visit the Curtis home and the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Iivin King
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Curtis
Corpus Christ
Jimmy Curtis
Houston Doctor Arrested Here
A Houston physician Dr Hyman H Ruchelman fled a traffic stop on Chance cut-off road south of Silsbee and was arrested by Silsbee Police for driving while under the influence. He was jailed in Hardin County jail at Kountze and released on a $500 bond Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broom
Michael Shakelford
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Pace Funerial Hospital
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Hamilton
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Truman Dougharty
Shakelford
Doctors Hospital
Larry Whitmire
Buna
Neches Club
Robbie George
Evadale
George
Dougharty
Whitmire
Joyce Turbeville
Dallas
Kountze
Houston
Silsbee
Edgar Blood
Hyman H. Ruchelman
Linkwood
Don Merrill
Merrill
Ruchelman
Hardin County
Ray Gordon Dies in Kansas City Mo
Ray Gordon of Kansas City Missouri died July 21 of a heart attack while at work. He was a native of Silsbee and had lived in Kansas City 15 years. Survived by his wife Havel and three sons Leon James Ray and Gerald all of Houston. Burial at Brushy Cemetery in Warsaw Missouri July 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Gordon
Kansas City
Silsbee
Havel Gordon
Leon
James Ray
Gerald Gordon
Houston
Bob Gordon
Grady Gordon
Kan
C. L. Gordon
Draft Lists 33 Area Youths For August Induction
The draft board ordered 33 area youths to report for induction on August 13 and 48 others for armed forces physicals the same day. Inductees and phy sical lists include names from Silsbee Dayton Cleveland Liberty Sour Lake Hankomer Hull Voth Mont Belvieu Kountze Saratoga Anahuac Devers Winnie and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
James Daniel Durham
Donald Earl Davis
Royce Gene Lefitte
Allen Dale Davenport
James Donald Nelson
Kenneth Wayne Riedinger
Ronnie Kenneth Langston
James Emery McNeely
Larry C. Davenport
Henry Edward Collier
Dayton
Barry Lynn Faulkner
Tommie Lynn Gillen
John Harding Urban
Ronald Lloyd Thornton
Asa Franklin Cole Jr
Elray Allen Abshier
Don Willard Reeves
Cleveland
Jerry Don Evans
Curtis Wayne Cleveland
Henry Lee Burkes
Hardy Jeff Collins
Charles Dean Kelley
Jack Kenneth Black
Marion Sidney Boothe
Leslie Wayne Hopkins
Liberty
Gary Bryan Wright
Albert Ray Jordan
Sour Lake
James Elmer Wilkins
Hankomer
Bert Jackson Penick
Hull
Leonard Lee Dickerson
Voth
Frank Snider
John Schull
Mont Belvieu
Tommy Clarion
Mark Lee Edwards
Willie Edward Stanley
Carl Henry Taylor
Charles Denny Perkins
Jimmy Ray Leviness
Don Earl Garrett
David Royce Stutts
James Linton Crouch
Steve McKee
James Michael Folks
Winston John Gillies III
Jerry Lynn Wilson
William Nichols Jr
James Earl Taylor
Kenneth Wayne Drake
Robert Lee Elam
Kount
Earl Joe Stephens
Harold Jules Simon
Anahuac
Ronald Clyde Moore
Frankie Lee Randle
Martin Leon Jackson
Dennis Wayne Lumpkins
George Calvin Griffin
Louis Wayne
Martin Milton Miller Jr
Arthur Benford Mc Williams
Devers
J. D. Ainsworth
Thurston Craig Roberts
Gerald James LeBlanc
Village Creek Burglar Sought By Sheriff
The Sheriff's Department seeks a burglar in Village Creek Estates after a water pump and table saw were taken from Raymond Bartmess home Tuesday night. Deputy Lester Cowart collected footprint casts. no suspects were arrested at press time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff’s Department
Raymond Bartmess
Village Creek Estates
Lester Cowart
Mrs Opal Ruggles Dies in California
Mrs Opal Ruggles of Escondido California died Monday July 28 at her home. She is survived by her husband Curtis Ruggles and five children, all of Escondido. The Ruggles were former Silsbee residents. burial will be in Escondido.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opal Ruggles
Escondido
Calif
Curtis Ruggles
Ruggles
Silsbee
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May Bell Hageon
Justice of the Peace
Rex Moore
Gibson
She
Husband
Jerry Turbeville
Orange
Wayne Hatcher
Turbeville
James J. Lowe
Kirbyville
Ochis Lane
Lowe
James Merril
James M. Thornton
Thornton
Doctor’s Hospital
Ella
Turbevilles
City
Silsbee Social Notes
Mrs. Leona Whitman
Erna Fee
Minneapolis
Minn
Thomas Earl Brown
Fort Lewis
Sammy Ashworth
Commissioner’s Court
Con
Barrington
Brushy Bluff Road
Cravens Camp Road
Timberland Slough Road
Henry Overstreet
John L. Williams of
Rosedown Plantation and Gardens
St. Francisville, la
Brushy Cemetery
Warsaw
R. E. Hale
Tunney Smith
Avenue J
Village Creek
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