Two Silsbee Men Charged In Beaumont Cases
Indictments allege Robert Lynn Plain, 18, and two Beaumont youths burglarized the Beaumont Masonic Temple with a pistol stolen. Arthur C. Riggs, 54, Silsbee, faces a liquor violation for selling beer to a minor at Rosedale Drive In Beaumont. Hardin County Sheriff reports 16 inmates in jail for varied suspensions and offenses. Legislature redraws district lines ending Jack Brooks’s tenure in Hardin county. new district includes Jefferson and other counties with Brooks cited for regional projects and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lynn Plain
Silsbee
Jefferson County Criminal District Court
Grand Jury
Beaumont Masonic Temple
Plaia
Beaumont
Arthur C. Riggs
Jefferson County Court-at-Law
Riggs
Rosedale Drive
Hardin County
Henry Overstreet
Texas
Jack Brooks
Hardin
East Texas
Jefferson
Galveston
Chambers
Fort Bend
Brazoria County
Highway 418 North Loop Approved for 138000
The Texas Highway Department approved a 1.7 mile extension of Farm Road 418 from FM 92 near Kirby Elementary to intersect Highway 96 northeast of Silsbee. Cost is $138,000 for grading structures and surfacing. The project will bypass downtown Silsbee, easing truck bottlenecks. Work to start soon.
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Kirby
Silsbee
Texas Highway Department
Lester P. Landgraf
Avenue G
North Fifth Street
New England
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Landgraf
E. J. Dietrich Elected Head of United Appeals
In Hardin County on May 27 1965 E J Dietrich Jr of Silsbee was elected president of United Appeals succeeding Rev Glenn A Dromgoole. He named J R Curlee Henry Olen Overstreet Judge James F Parker W W Howell B A McMahon and H F Peck to the Budget and Admissions Committee which will meet July 1 1965 in the United Appeals office in Kountze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Appeals
Hardin County
E. J. Dietrich Jr
Silsbee
Glenn A. Dromgoole
Outstanding Students Recognized On Monday At Silsbee High
On Monday May 31 Silsbee High School held General Awards Day in the auditorium at 9 30 a m Britt Plunk received the Senior Citizenship Award selected by the Student Council and faculty Doyle Langwin won the Key Club Sandy Ninninger Award Sammy Ashworth was Honorable Outstanding Senior Athlete and other athletes earned all district honors in football basketball track and volleyball Music awards were presented Band Service Award went to Paul Freeman Vickie Barclay and Shirley Barnes were praised for Outstanding Service in choral Paul Brown and Diane Henshaw earned Outstanding Individual Performance in choral John Jones and Glenda Geisendorff received Most Progressive Choral Students Robert Kirkland was recognized as Outstanding Math Student with the highest average Sheila Williams was named Future Homemaker of the Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee High School
Britt Plunk
Doyle Langwin
Sandy Ninninger
Sammy Ashworth
Paul Freeman
Vickie Barclay
Shirley Barnes
Paul Brown
Dianne Henshaw
John Jones
Glenda Geisendorff
Robert Kirkland
Sheila Williams
O Neill Scholarship Awarded to Louis O Grissom Jr
Louis O Grissom Jr son of Mr and Mrs Louis O Grissom of 705 Railroad received the Edgar and Estelle O Neill Scholarship at Silsbee High School 1965 graduation. The $2000 award funds $250 per semester for four years of college. Louis plans Lamar Tech first two years then LSU.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis O. Grisham Jr
Louis O. Grissom
Railroad
Edgar and
Estelle O’neil
Silsbee High School
Louisiana State University
Mack Williams
Lions Club
Ray Crabtree
Lem Hooks
Lorna Hamilton
John Hamilton
Patricia Cook
J. F. Cook
Silsbee
Woman's Club
Shirley Barnes
Charles E. Barnes Jr
Mickey Frayter
Louis Frayter
Industrial Arts Club
Mike Ward
Patt Ward
American Business Women’s Association
Diane Stevens
C. B. Stevens
Linda Cheshire
Guy Cheshire
Last Rites Held Wednesday For G. R. Iles Sr 72
George Ross Iles Sr. 72 of 645 N Sixth St died Tuesday at Veterans Hospital in Houston after a long illness. Funeral at Southside Church of Christ with Glen Melton officiating. Burial in Resthaven Cemetery. Survived by wife Myrtle and two daughters, plus son, three brothers, six grandchildren. Pallbearers named nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ross Iles Sr
Sixth St
Veterans Hospital
Houston
Southside Church of Christ
Glen Melton
Lake Charles
Myrtle Iles
A. E. Read
Aline McBryde
Silsbee
George Ross Iles Jr
Ho‘well
Elbert Iles
Pineland
C. W. Iles
Hemphill
Ray Payne
Arvie Payne
Elwin Ies
John K. Iles
Benny Paul Ener
John Pat Morrison
TSO Opens Office in Silsbee by August First
Texas State Optical will open a downtown Silsbee office once the north half of the A. R. Neyland building at 125 North Fifth Street is remodeled. Dr. S. J. Rogers of Beaumont, the firm’s director, informed the Bee this week that completion is targeted for August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas State Optical
Silsbee
A. R. Neyland
North Fifth Street
S. J. Rogers
Beaumont
The
BEE
White's
Iis
Robert Neyland
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Montgomery Ward and Co
Goodyear Auto Supply
Hardin County Saving and Loan
North Fifth
Paim
TSO
Silsbee Board Approves Portable Classrooms Amid Integration Review
Silsbee school board approved two 24 by 60 portable classroom units for Kirby and Read-Turrentine as enrollment from the integration report rises. Superintendent Hough cited 124 Negro students signing preference cards and noted overcrowding in Read-Turrentine and Kirby, with additional teachers planned for Kirby fifth and sixth grades and for Silsbee High and junior high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Kirby
Doh L. Hough
Read-Turrentine
Silsbee High
Waldo Mathews
Robinson Elementary
Read-Turrentine and
Supt. Hought
Herman Myers
Beaumont
Second Annual Jaycee Rodeo Thrills in Silsbee
Silsbee Jaycees host the 2nd annual rodeo at the trail riders arena on Lee Miller Road off FM 418 Friday and Saturday as part of western week. Parade at downtown Silsbee at 3 30 p m Saturday. signups at Conner's Drive In. entries close June 3 8 p m. Events include bareback bronc riding tiedown calf roping steer wrestling ladies barrel racing bull riding and clown acts with improvised bull fighting and a bucking Ford feature.
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Silsbee Jaycees
Trail Riders
Horace Whittington
Silsbee Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Texas
Whittington
Silsbee
Conner’s Drive In
Hoke Rodeo Co
the Jaycees
Trail Riders Arena
Lee Miller Road
Conner Signs Football Scholarship With Texas A&M
Ronny Conner 19 son of Mr and Mrs Dave Conner of Silsbee announced he signed a full football scholarship with Texas A&M University on May 15. A 1963 Silsbee High graduate, he lettered three years in football and played two years at Henderson County Junior College as starting offensive guard. He finished there this May and plans to try for defensive back at A&M, aiming to drop weight from 223 pounds while majoring in physical education.
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Ronny Conner
Dave Conner
Silsbee
Texas A&m University
Silsbee High
Conner
Henderson County Junior College
Henderson
the Bee
A&m
Waldo Mathews High graduates receive diplomas
Thirty one students graduate from Waldo Mathews High School in Panther Stadium. Dr. George D. Tennison presided at commencement. Ben Linzy Jackson delivered the valedictory and Georgia Earnestine Gatson gave the salutatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldo Mathews High School
George D. Tennison
Board of Trustees
Panther Stadium
Ben Linzy Jackson
Georgia Earnestine Gatson
James Howard Akins
Florastine Arline
Milton Lewis Arline
Iida Lou Bailey
Walter Edward Collins
Cynthia
Silsbee Businessman Finds TNT in Neches River
Claude Coward of Silsbee and his family found six half pound TNT containers along with primacord and detonators in the Neches River near Lakeview. After warning others, Coward retrieved all pieces from a ~10 by 15 foot area on the river bed about 2:30 PM Sunday. Deputies collected the explosives and turned them over to a Fort Polk bomb disposal squad.
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Claude Coward
South Third Street
Silsbee
Neches River
Coward
Industrial Welding Inc
Army
Hardin County
Neches
Lakeview
Evadale
Victor
Claude Wayne
Margie Dell
TNT
U.S. Ordnance Depot
Air Force
Pat Hill
John Duuddis
Kirbyville
Sheriff’s Department
Coast Guard
Sabine Pass
45Th Ordnance Detachment
Fort Polk
Harry Van Winkle Rites Held in Silsbee Tuesday
Funeral services for Harry Van Winkle age 53 of Silsbee were conducted at 10 a m Tuesday at the First Baptist Church in Silsbee with Rev B B Reed assisted by Rev R E Bartlett. Burial followed at Resthaven Cemetery under direction of see Var Winkle Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry van Winkle
Silsbee
City Taxes Near 92 Percent as 1964 Current Year Closes
City tax collections in Silsbee topped 91 percent by Wednesday. Cesar Dominguez, the tax assessor, reported current-year collections reached 82,559.95 with a total tax roll of 90,711.52 and delinquent totals of 3,517.88 for the year. The delinquent list stood at 13,004.74 as officials praised citizens and the new tax system.
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Silsbee
Cesar Dominguez
Dominguez
Wayne DuBose
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Silsbee Men
Brooks
Sam Reyburn
Newhjes National Bank
Silsbee State Bank
David Read
Silsbee Bee
E. J. Dietrich
O'Neil
Louis O. Grissom Jr
Sylvia Cunningham
Curtis Cunningham
Chenier Business College
G. R. Iles Sr
School Board
Supt
Hough
Robert A. Neyland
Ee Jane By Savings and Loan
Ford
A & M University
Silsbee Jaycee
Hoke Rodeo Company
Waldo Mathews High
Yvonne Dabney
Betty Louise Davenport
Charles Ray Dixon
Gwendolyn Fulton
GeorgiaEarnestine Gatson
Janet Alicia Hitchens
Richard Grandival Holden
Isaac Hollis III
Dalton Smith Lane
Carolyn Ann Lee
Jacqueline R. Matthews
Jesse IL. Moffett
Lyndalon D. Moye
Irma Jean Saruel
Allen J. Scott, Jr
Margie Ruth Shaw
Charles E. Simmons
Judy Ann Simmons
Bettye Jean Smith
Wesley Lynn Thomas
John N. Tillis, Jr
Macie L. Trottie
Brady Turk
Randolph T. White
Mervin Williams
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