Run-Off Election To Be Held Here Saturday
Run off voting takes place Saturday June 4 in Silsbee and surrounding precincts. Key races include the Democratic attorney general contest between Crawford C Martin of Hill County and Franklin Spears of Bexar County along with county commissioner contests in Precincts 2 and 4 and a Justice of the Peace runoff in Precinct 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pii Trich
Silsbee
Ant
E. J. Die
Crawford C
Martin
Hill County
Franklin Spears
Bexar County
Inumbent D. W
Rocky” Richardson
Howard Barrington
Chance-Loeb
Kountze
Plank
Village Mills
Honey Island
Constable
L. C. Kirk
T. H. Wren
Commissioners
Thomas B. ‘Burch
Thomas B. ‘Burch Is Being Challenged By ‘Leroy Justice
Sour Lake
Grayburg
Justice
Justice of the Peace
Robert H. Broeder
W.S. Westbrook
State Office of Attorney General
City Wide Cleanup Campaign Ends Saturday
The Chamber of Commerce announces a Saturday trash pickup as part of the Clean Up Silsbee campaign led by Fred Perlitz. About 12 trucks will start at the Chamber office and cover the city collecting dry trash. volunteers including high school groups will assist.
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Chamber of Commerce
Silsbee
Fred Perlitz
Chamber
Apache Lumber Co
Buck Jones Lumber Co
Britton- Cravens Lumber Co
Smitty's Supply
City of Silsbee
Hardin County
Perlitz
Resi
Victoria Jonte Receives Southwestern Degree in 1966 Commencement
Miss Victoria Jonte of Silsbee earned a degree as Southwestern University conferred 126th graduating class during May 29 1966 ceremonies. U S Ambassador Edward Clark gave the commencement address to 129 seniors while honorary degrees were awarded to Clark Landrum and two Texas ministers. The bacalaureate sermon was delivered by Bishop Paul F E Martin at Lois Perkins Chapel.
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Victoria Eileen Jonte
Silsbee
Southwestern University
Edward Clark
U.S
Australia
Clark
Dallas
Texas
Neely Landrum
Lamar S. Clark
Houston
Horace M. King
San Antonio
Paul FE. Martin
Lois Perkins
Miss Jonte
R. Fugene Jonte
North 4Th Street
Methodist Student Movement
Student Christian Association
Kappa Chi
Phi Mu Sorority
Silsbee Area Residents Injured In Two Accidents
A Range Road wreck near Beau mont left Walter A. Eason of Spurger in satisfactory condition and Delilah Farris of Silsbee in good condition after their car overturned several times. A second crash at 11th St and Highway 105 in Beaumont sent 24 month old Josh Lynch to St Elizabeth Hospital, treated and released.
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Range Road
Highway 105
Beaumont
Silsbee
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Walter A. Eason
Spurger
Delilah Farris
DPS
Josh Lynch
William Lynch
11Th St
Mary Bertram
Frank Lewis
Garden
Silsbee Social Notes Reflect Wide Weekend Visits
Silsbee residents and friends gathered as Rev. and Mrs. Frank Short of Fort Worth visited family, while Baytown, Houston, Sacramento and Nederland guests arrived for weekends. Local graduates, travelers, and service members featured in a roundup of visits and health updates.
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Frank Short
Fort Worth
D. M. Short
26 Lodged In County Jail This Past Week
Hardin County Sheriff Henry Overstreet reports 26 persons lodged in the county jail during the past week. Page 4 details names and charges.
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Hardin County
Henry Overstreet
Ann Hayes Graduates Lamar Tech With Highest Honors
Miss Ann Marie Hayes of Silsbee earned a Lamar Tech elementary education degree with highest honors at the December ceremony. A class of 634 graduates, including 179 completing all requirements, heard principal speaker Dr. F. L. McDonald discuss what a college education is not.
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Ann Marie Hayes
Silsbee
Lamar Tech
F. L. McDonald
Miss Poshataske Earns LSU Master of Science Degree
Miss Anelle Poshataske of Silsbee received a master of science at LSU spring commencement on May 28. She was among about 1,200 seniors and graduates to earn degrees, as LSU President John A. Hunter presided over three ceremonies at the main campus Colisee.
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Anelle Poshataske
Silsbee
Louisiana State University
LSU
John A. Hunter
Miss Poshataske
W. J Poshataske
Silshee
Leslie Raney Receives Fourth Award of Merit
Leslie A. Raney, superintendent of the City of Silsbee Water and Sewer Department, earns his fourth consecutive Award of Merit from the American Water Works Association for the department's outstanding safety record in 1965. If kept for another year, it could qualify for the Award of Honor after five straight years.
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Leslie A. Raney
City of Silsbee Water and Sewer Department
American Water Works Association
Raney
City of Silsbee
Library To Sponsor Reading Club This Summer
The Silsbee Public Library and the Texas State Library sponsor a vacation reading club. Students who read 12 books on their age level earn a reading certificate. Logs are available, with the theme Vacation Readers Go Everywhere. The library also offers a college-bound reading list and a mix of juvenile and adult titles across fiction and non fiction for summer readers.
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Silsbee Public Library
Texas State Library
H. T. Horka
Bowen
Smith
America
Daedalus
Vallee
Farley
Wiese
Nic of
Ward
Kielgaard
Mitchcock
Shady Glade
Peet
George
Rey
Lolla Sollow
Seuss
Stewart
Wellman
Price
Caldwell
Stone
Capote
Papa Hemingway
Hatchner
Schlesinger
Margaret Mitchell
Atlanta
Farr
Prescott
Featheringill
J. F. Kennedy
Hartman Receives NSF Fellowship For MIT Electrical Engineering
Donald W. Hartman of Silsbee has earned a National Science Foundation fellowship to study Electrical Engineering at MIT. He will complete a bachelor’s degree at Texas in June, then pursue a PhD at MIT starting September. He ranks high in EE and has active leadership roles and multiple honor societies.
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Donald W. Hartman
Silsbee
National Science Foundation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hartman
University of Texas
MIT
Engineering
Texas Instruments
Dallas
Texas Engineering and Science Magazine
Order of Alcalde
Silver Spurs
Tau Beta Pi
Phi Eta Sigma
Phi Kappa Phi
Eta Kappa Nu
Omicron Delta Kappa
J. S. Hartman
Silsbee High School
Mrs Eddie Shuff Admitted For Treatment At Beaumont Hospital
Mrs Eddie Shuff was admitted to Baptist Hospital in Beaumont on Monday for treatment. The report notes her hospitalization and ongoing medical care.
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Eddie Shuff
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Summer School Registration At Silsbee High
Registration will be Monday at 8 am at Silsbee High for students joining the summer school program. Courses in English, math and social studies will be offered at junior high and high school levels. The 10 week session provides full credits in each subject with five week halts possible. Classes run 7 am to 1 pm five days a week with instructors Eve lyn Allen, Bobby Meigs, and a McGarahan.
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Silsbee High
Silsbee High School
Don L. Hough
Evelyn Allen
Bobby Meigs
A McGarahan
EasTex Mill Expansion Moves to Engineering Stage
EasTex Inc plans a 35 million mill expansion at Evadale awaiting engineering work. About 300 to 400 construction workers will begin preliminary tasks by late June, with Brown & Root supervisor H B Zuber noting most locals will join by late July. Housing studies are underway as the project aims to raise the plant’s output by about one third.
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EasTex Inc
Evadale
H. B. Zuber
Brown & Root, Inc
Zuber
Lother
Cpl Virgil Bohler May Visit Silsbee This Weekend
Cpl Virgil Bohler who was wounded in Viet Nam may visit his hometown of Silsbee this weekend. His mother Mrs E A Bohler told the Bee that he is improving, walking with a cane and could be picked up Friday and returned to Houston Veterans Hospital by Sunday. He has been visited by President Johnson at Bethesda Naval Hospital and invited to the White House.
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Everett Aston
Baytown
Leon Avery
Ricky O'Barbo
Richard O'Barbo
Houston
Corbitt L. Jones Jr
John Wesley Latham
Appleton
Wis
Wes Latham
Leonard Lauderdale
Sacramento
Calif
Frank Nowlin
C. O. Williams
Nederland
Vivian Doucette
Beaumont
R. B. Palmer
J. W. Castleberry
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
J. T. Loller
H. F. Wiggins
Silsbee
Fred
Richard Grifin
Hitchcock
A. R. Hardison
Eugene Smith
Bob McCuistion
Bessie Smith
Elizabeth Hardy
R. E. Jackson
Tommy Hardy
Pasadena
Richard Griffin
Billy D. Moore
R. W
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Jerry Martin
Wharton
Ben
PD. Smith
L. E. Martin
Kirk Esmond
Madge Esmond
Eddie Hughes
Thibodaux
Jimmye McDonald
Sammie Doughty
Baptist Hospital
E. M. Prewitt
Dallas
Wallace Smith
Ruston
Smith
Hunt Lumber Company
Virginia Oldham
Palacios
Joe Hartley
Alt Bartle
Wayne Nash
Deer Park
Six Flags
Texas
Arlington
T. L. Smith
Rusty
Thomas J. Smith
Faye ‘Saenze
Warren
Virgil Bohler
Iin Silsbee
E. A. Bohler
the Bee
Bohler
Viet Nam
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Maryland
Lyndon B Johnson
White House
Veterans Hospital
Virgil
Deborah Dolley Wins O Neil Scholarship at Silsbee High
Deborah Ann Dolley received the second annual Edgar and Estelle O Neil Scholarship during the 1966 Silsbee High School commencement. The four year, $2000 award honors her as top-ranked senior. other local scholars include Lynda Reeves and Sherry Skinner, with Arthur Witte gaining West Point admission alongside a football scholarship.
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Deborah Ann Dolley
Edgar and Estelle O'Neil
Silsbee High School
Miss Dolley
Herbert S. Dolley
Lynda Reeves
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Sherry Skinner
Silsbee Woman's Club
Linda Redkey
Norman Wallace
Industrial Arts Club
Robert Kirkland
James Henry Donelson
Lions Club
Mack Williams
Arthur Witte
U.S. Military
Aca
Demy
West Point
Army
Lake Charles
Witte
Red Cross Swim Lessons To Begin Monday Morning
The first series of free Red Cross swimming lessons will begin Monday at the Silsbee Swimming Pool. Burke Hargrove announced all phases of the program will be taught this summer and urged parents to register children or obtain more information by calling EV 5-5511.
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Red Cross
Silsbee Swimming Pool
Burke Hargrove
Hargrove
Final Rites Held Wednesday For A D Ashworth
Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 p m in the First Methodist Church for A D Ashworth 83 with Rev Eugene Jonte officiating and burial in Resthaven Cemetery. He was a longtime resident of Silsbee who owned and operated the A D Ashworth Dairy before retirement. Survived by two sons Allen of Beaumont and Bevis of Houston a daughter Etta Mae Johnson of Silsbee two sisters Georgia Lindsey and Mary Leon both of Beaumont six grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
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First Methodist Church
A. D. Ashworth
Eugene Jonte
Resthaven Cemetery
Farmer Funeral Home
Mr. Ashworth
Silsbee
Harmon Weathersby
Cecil Cobble
Rex Worley
Morris van Winkle
L. E. Worley
Robert Neyland
Allen Ashworth
Beaumont
Bevis Ashworth
Houston
Etta ‘Mae Johnson
Georgia Lindsey
Mary Leon
Little Theater Comedy to Open Run Friday in Silsbee
The Silsbee Little Theater presents The Male Animal by Thurber and Nugent at 6:00 P.M. Friday and Saturday with 6:30 P.M. box office tickets in advance at Latham & Latham or by calling Mrs. R. O. Jackson. Proceeds support the Public Library and future productions.
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Little Theater Comedy
James Thurber
Elliott Nugent
Silsbee High School
Silsbee Little Theater, Inc
Latham & Latham
Art Crafts
Silsbee Public Library
Silsbee Little Theater
Public Library
Evelyn Allen
Weldon Gilchriest
James Leigh
Jerry Boardman
Edward Grubbs
Jack Evans
Lance Latham
Eddie van Winkle
W. E. Weiss
I. F. Eldredge Jr
Edward Dominguez
Elton Smith
Harold Gardner
Leon Rust
James Jeffrey
James Hays
William Dinkle
Eton Brookins
Robert Neyland
R. Q O. Jackson
Wesley Latham
Kountze Resident Arrested on Murder Warrant
James Kenneth Lakey, 33, of Kountze, arrested in Beaumont on a murder warrant. He is the second suspect in the slaying of Robert Donald Lowe, 34, of Meteaire, whose body was found near Vinton. John Simmons, 25, surrendered to Beaumont police after being named a suspect. both fight extradition and await Texas governor approval. Lowe was a seaman aboard the Cornell Victory docked at Beaumont.
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James Kenneth Lakey
Rt. 1
Kountze
Beaumont
Thhe
Calcasieu Parish
Lakey
Robert Donald Lowe
Metaire
Vinton
John G. Simmons
N. Main
Calcasieu
Wallace McCasland
Justice of the Peace
Texas
George Cole
Tommy Lawdon
Louisiana
Simmons
McCasland
Lowe
Cornell Victory
White Sox Take Lead In Little League Majors Race
The White Sox pulled ahead in the Little League Majors standings during week two as four wins and a tie gave them a slim half game lead over the Astros, who had three wins and a loss. The tight playoff race continued as both teams pursued the top seed with early season momentum.
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White Sox
Astros
Pirates
Yankees
Ruffus Cook
Colt 45
Braves
Guy Zufelt
Tony Calhoun
Oilers
RH E
Neil Ad
Jim Bol
Bowen
Colt
Gary Laskoskie
Mike Zel
Tigers
Colts
Rheings—Majors
LT Ave. Tigers White Sox
Ee Astros
Ab. H. Ave. Pirates
Rickey Skilern
William Walters
Yankies
Grant Dean
Oilers Wewrease
Also Mentioned on This Page
Victoria Jonte
Southwestern
Silsbee Area
James L. Hays
Corpus Christi
Oren Fears
Joe
W. Fears
Veda
Karen Hays
Silsbee Social Notes
Ann Hayes
Leslie Raney
Donald Hartman
Cpl
O'Neil
A.D. Ashworth
U.S. Highway 96 South
R. O. Jackson
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