McLaughlin Wins JP Race in Second Primary at Silsbee
Elmer McLaughlin won the Democratic nomination for Justice of the Peace Precinct 5 in Silsbee with an unofficial 901 votes to 412 for Edgar Eaves. County results show Connally, Yarborough, and Smith leading in various statewide races, with detailed box-by-box tallies across Har County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer McLaughlin
Silsbee
Justice of the Peace
Edgar Eaves
Don Yarborough
John Connally
Connally
James Turman
Preston Smith
Harcounty
Smith
Waggoner Carr
Tom Beavley
Hardin County
Woodrow Bean
Bean
Joe Pool
Kountze
Yarborough
Turman
Carr
Faves
Wotaw
Reavley
Pool
Chance-Loeb
Village Mills
Batson
Reaviey
McLaughlin
Eaves
Local Families Welcome Newborns in May
Hello World Mr and Mrs H F Wilcox of Silsbee announce the birth of Robert Edmond on May 12. Anna Rachelle born May 30 to Mr and Mrs Robert E Evers of Saratoga. Laura Rebecca born May 1 to Mr and Mrs Aubrey Melnnis of Kountze. James Randy born May 11 to Mr and Mrs Felton Adair of Silsbee. Sherri Suzette born May 31 to Mr and Mrs Joe David Nelson of Silsbee. James Haller born May 22 at Baptist Hospital Beaumont to Mr and Mrs Ward K Pollard of Silsbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Wilcox
Silsbee
Robert Edmond
Anna Rachelle
Robert E. Evers
Saratorga
Laura Rebecca
Aubrey Melnnis
Kountze
Felton Adair
James Randy
Joe David Nelson
Sherri Suzette
Ward K. Pollard
James Haller
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Local Student Earns Phi Kappa Phi Honor at OSU
Robert Imre Gara of 207 Read Street Silsbee qualifies for Phi Kappa Phi at Oregon State University the national honor society. Gara a graduate student in the school of science earns the high campus recognition for outstanding scholarship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Imre Gara
Read Street
Silsbee
Phi Kappa Phi
Scholesty Henor
Gara
School of Science
Holt family message from Basar Jones at Fort Sill
Mr and Mrs W C Holt received a telephone call from their son Basar Jones who serves in the US Army at Fort Sill Oklahoma. He said he was on the line and reporting in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Holt
Basar Jones
US Army
Fort Sill
Oklo
Four Silsbee youths to attend Key Club International meet
Robert Parks John Isbell Joey Taylor and Doug Fullin of Silsbee will join about 2000 Key Clubbers and advisers at the 19th Annual Convention of Key Club International in Long Beach California. The four day event opens July 1 4 with a theme and objectives for 1962 63 set by Kiwanis and Key Club leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Parks
John Isbell
Joey Taylor
Doug Fullingim
Silsbee
Key
Key Club International
Long Beach
Calif
Kiwanis International
United States
Canada
H. Andru “Andy
Turk
Gainesville
Philadelphia
Bob Richards
I. R. Witthuhn
Barry Goldwater
U. S
Arizona
Annette Funicello
Long Beach Municipal Auditorium
Richards
International High School Service Organization
Kiwanis
Milwaukee
Senator Goldwater
Disneyland
Ralph Edwards
Stolen 1949 Chevrolet Recovered in Beaumont Area
A 1949 Chevrolet reported stolen from a Beaumont used car lot was found Sunday afternoon by Constable E. Ricks of Chance-Loeb in the Rolling Hills Addition on Boggy Creek Road. The vehicle was abandoned and turned over to Beaumont police. This marks the second recent recovery in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
E. Ricks
Chance-Loeb
Rolling Hills
Boggy Creek
Kiwanis Club Marks 30th Anniversary With June 21 Fish Fry
Silsbee Kiwanis members observe the club's 30th anniversary June 21 with a Cravens Camp fish fry. General chairman is Bill Coldren, master of ceremonies Ear] Stover, club president John Henry Schuler, and committee heads include Carl Paramore, Vic Norvell, Rev Larry Correll, J C Perkins, John Meyers, Weeks Crawford, and Jim Heddleston. Volunteers handle cleanup and welcome guests. special attendees include families and Division 10 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Kiwanians
Cravens Camp
Bill Coldren
Stover
John Henry Schuler
Carl Paramore
Vic Norvell
Larry Correll
Paramore
J. C. Perkins
Mr. Paramore
John Meyers
Weeks Crawford
Mr Perkins
Jim Heddleston
Cardinals win first half crown in Silsbee Little League
The Industrial Welding Cardinals captured the first-half title with a 7 4 win over Sin Clair Oil Braves, finishing 7 0. Braves stand 6 1, Tigers and Cubs 4 3, others varied. Little Leaguers take a week off before the second half resumes Monday at 8 p m with Oilers vs Cardinals and a Tuesday slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardinals
Silsbee
Braves
Industrial Welding Cardinals
Sinclair Oil Braves
Silsbee Packing Tigers
Lions Club Cubs
East Texas Transit Mix White Sox
Silsbee Auto Pirates
Hardin Drug Indians
Oilers
Hardin Drug
Silsbee Auto
Sin Clair Oil
East Texas Transit
Tigers
White Sox
Robert Price
Sox
Tigilers
Cubs
Indians
Pirates
Mis
Steers
Rams
Ponies
Cats
Evadale Firemen Stage Country Jubilee Tonight
Evadale volunteer firemen sponsor a Country Jubilee Show at 7 30 this evening in the Evadale High School auditorium J B Stimuts vice president says the program features radio and recording artists from Louisiana Hayride and Grand Ole Opry with local acts Will Morgan Kurt Mattox Clarence and J W Charlies Drake Linda and Brenda Lou Smith and the Skyliners and Jack Stalsby with his talking guitar
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evadale
Evadale High School
J. B. Stimuts
Louisiana Hayride
Grand Ole Opry
Will Morgan
Kurt Mattox
Clarence and
J. W
Charlies Drake
Linda and
Brenda
Lou Smith
the Skyliners
Jack Stalsby
Talking Guitar
Special Buses To Colt Braves Tilt Leave At 5 Today
Two charter buses for the Houston Colt Stadium game versus the Milwaukee Braves will depart at 5 p.m. from Santa Fe Park in Houston. The trip is organized by Paul Georgas of the Silsbee Chamber of Commerce with loading starting at 4:30 p.m. and buses sold out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colt Braves
Houston Colts
Milwaukee Braves
Houston
Paul Georgas
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce Committee
Santa Fe Park
P.m
Colt Stadium
Georgas
Hayes family visit at Mintic Hayes home
Mr and Mrs Melvin Hayes and their children from Livingston spent Saturday visiting Melvin Hayes mother Mrs Mintic Hayes at her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Hayes
Livingston
Mintic Hayes
City Police Jail 36 During May Chief's Report Says
City police spent a busy May with 36 persons carried to jail and 28 traffic arrests. Chief Grady Tarver led a month noting 18 drunks and six burglary charges among those jailed, plus three drunk in car, one no license, two drunken drivers. Traffic offenses covered speeding following too close failure to yield illegal parking red light violations and stop signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Polie
Grady Tarver
152 Students Enroll In Silsbee Summer School
Summer school in Silsbee fills its first week with 152 students enrolled across math social studies driver education and English. Weeks Crawford, the high school principal, notes the program opens in about five weeks with foreign language instruction to begin. Faculty listed include Charles Stephen Howard Perkins Marion Tipton and Jim Rand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Weeks Crawford
Charles Stephen
Howard Perkins
Marion Tipton
Jim Rand
Evelyn Allen
Crawford
Liquor Violations and Drunk Driving Cases Tally in County Court
County Judge Fletcher Richardson reported multiple liquor law cases in the past week with fines ranging from 50 to 250 dollars. Lexie Thomas of Kirbyville and Elmo J. Williams of Silsbee faced penalties for transporting liquor in wet areas, Jewel V. Woods of Silsbee for possession, and Troy Crawford of Kountze for drunk driving. Lonnie Nobles of Silsbee paid one dollar on a hot check, and R. L. White of Village Mills was fined for unauthorized sale of alcohol. Additional prior-month arrests were noted with two more defendants, Woods and Williams, fined 250 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher Richardson
Lexie Thomas
Kirbyville Negro
Lonnie Nobles
Silsbee
R. L. White
Village Mills
Troy Crawford
Kountze
Liquor Board
Elmo J. Williams
Jewel V. Woods
Woods
Williams
Housing Sought For Work Force Due In Mill Expansion
Brown and Root plans a 23 million expansion at East Texas Pulp and Paper in Silsbee creating about 600 construction jobs at peak. The firm has started a half million dollar warehouse project. The chamber canvass seeks available housing and rent properties with contact via Frank Rudisaile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
1Texas Pulp and Paper Company
Brown and Root
Time Inc
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Rudisaile
Silsbee Giants Take Early Pony League Lead in 1962
Silsbee Giants jump to 3-0 in the 1962 Pony League standings after opening with wins over Buna Cubs 12-4 and Fred 8-1 plus a 7-5 victory over Buna in later games The Merchants Braves Chance-Loeb and Fred all faced rainouts and rescheduled games with mixed results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Giants
Larry Paine
Kountze Merchants
Fred
Silsbee Braves
Chance-Loeb
Buna
Cubs
Kountze
Giants
Braves
Merchants
Buna Cubs
Fred Tigers
Four Troop 88 Scouts Pass Eagle Award Tests
Silsbee Boy Scouts of Troop 88 pass their Board of Review for Eagle status and await the Court of Honor. Names include Russell Holt Lance Lathem James Henry Donelson and Gerald Rodgers. May 30 Cravens Hall First Methodist Church. Seven others earned ranks or merit badges. Joe Hignett leads Troop 88 with Wes Latham Julian Bankston assistants and E A Airhart as troop committee chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Boy Scouts
Troop 88
Russell Holt
Lance Lathem
James Henry Donelson
Gerald Rodgers
Cravens Hall
First Methodist Church
Joel Allen
Rocky Skillern
Robert Taylor
Mike Gossett
Stewart Lee
Randy Jordan
Russell Wright
Lance Latham
Charles Barnes
Wesley Yawn
James Conner
Elmer Littlepage
Jerry Redkey
Steve Adams
Dickie Hile
Jack Landgraf
William Holt
George Eldredge
Bill MccGinty
John Meyers
Newt Hopkins
Charles Howell
Joe Hignett
Wes Latham
Julian Bankston
E. A. Airhart
Lions Club Invites Ladies To Installation Rites
The Silsbee Lions Club will install new officers and directors at a ladies night program next Tuesday at 6 30 PM at the Eastex picnic grounds on Highway QQ 27. Incoming president Ernie Dietrich succeeds Walt Howell. Rev Glen Drumgool of the Sour Lake Lions will officiate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Silsbee Lions Club
Eastex
Ernie Dietrich
Walt Howell
Glen Drumgool
The
Sour Lake Lions Club
Charlotte Ann Kirby
Lions Crippled Children’s
Kerrville
Lion Kelly
Lion Lenox Hawthorne
Twenty six jailed this week report by deputy Rountree
A total of 26 persons were lodged in the county jail since last week. Dave Rountree, deputy, reported Wednesday. Offenses included 17 drunks, two traffic violations, one felony drunk driving, one first offense drunk driving, two liquor violations, one sale of beer on election day, and two minors buying beer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Rountree
Offee
Silsbee Chamber Surveys City Housing Capacity
The Silsbee Chamber of Commerce led by president Frank Rudisaile reports a city housing capacity study. A house to house canvass of rooms for rent apartments and houses will collect data and be available through the chamber to industries seeking worker or resident housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Frank Rudisaile
Chamber of Commerce
Summer Junior Olympics Program Opens At Silsbee High
Silsbee High School starts a summer Junior Olympics program Monday June 11 open to boys grades 8 through 12. Meet schedules include two Houston meets and a July 12 regional in Port Arthur with regional qualifiers advancing to the July 18 and 19 Del Mar Stadium championship in Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee High School
Ray McGallion
McGallion
Silsbee
Houston
Port Arthur
del Mar Stadium
Eastern Star Plans Officer Installations Friday Night
The Order of Eastern Star will install officers Friday at 8 P M in the Masonic Temple. Mrs Ora Milner to be worthy patron and L E Martin as worthy patron with L E Martin assisting as installing officer. Outgoing officers include Mr and Mrs R E McClelland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora Milner
L. E. Martin
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
R. H. Ernst
Bessie Tuxworth
Joe Register
Willie Mae Brim
Sam Farrell
J. J. Taylor
Dean Duffle
Lois Tarver
J. W. Oldham
Harry van Winkle
Roy Huff
Grace Daniel
Marshall
John K. Bower
Bobbie Adams
Adah
Ada Raye Dean
Ruth
Mildred Chance
Esther
Stella Witie
Martha
Luther Creel
Electa
John L. Teal
Warden
al Witte
Sentinel
R. E. McClelland
Local and Personal News Bits From Area Families
Mrs. Leona Whitman and others are listed in a string of brief updates. Families report visits, moves abroad for military service, travel to Fayetteville and Frankfurt, and various relatives visiting or returning home from locations including London, Germany, Breaux Bridge, Jackson ville, and Arkansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leona Whitman
R. W. Pipkin
Baytown
David Cook
Daniel L. Tracy
London
England
U. S. Air Force
Careo- Ion Grant
Asa Grant
L J. Kingdri
Frankfurt
Germany
U. S. Army
Jo Lynn Cook
C. B. Vermillion
Jacksonville
Fla
Jack Hill
88th District Court Session Opens July 2 in Kountze
The July session of the April term of the 88th District Court in Kountze begins Monday July 2. Judge H A Coe presides. Civil docket lists 37 cases with no capital felonies. criminal docket features 21 felonies, 13 for drunken driving. Some civil cases set for trial include cases involving Zimmerman, Peck, Thompson, Leonard, Moreland, and others. The schedule shows trials through mid July with continued listings on page 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kountze
Willi Solman
H. A Coe
A Lédeed
D. Shepherd
Services Held for E. Richmond 60 in Silsbee
Curtis E. Richmond age 60 of East Ave Silsbee died unexpectedly at 3 20 am Saturday in a Beaumont hospital. Funeral services were at 2 pm Sunday at the First Methodist Church with Rev Eugene Jonte and others officiating. Burial followed in Forest Lawn Cemetery Beaumont. Richmond was superintendent for Kirby Lumber in Silsbee and had worked there since 1944. He previously worked in New Orleans and Wiergate. He is survived by wife Ome Richmond two sons Jerry and Bobby Richmond a daughter Mrs J Boyd Williams five sisters and eleven grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis E. Richmond
East Ave
L. Silsbee
Beaumont
First Methodist Church
Eugene Jonte
Ernest Pheiffer
Roberts Avenue Methodist Church
R. E. Barclay
First Baptist Church
Silsbee
Forest Lawn
Farmer Funeral Home
C. K. Netterville
Harmon Weathersby
F. Walker
Bill McMahon
J. Goodwin
L. D. Self
Richmond
Kirby Lumber Corp
Kirby
New Orleans
Wiergate
Pine Prairie
Elmer Lennox
Houston
A. L. Szatmary
Hulduh Cole Lee
C. W. Stage
Alexandria
Eva Morgan
Jonesboro
Ann Brown Clinches Local Ladies Golf Tourney
Mrs. Ann Brown of Silsbee won the Hardin County Golf and Country Club one day women’s invitational with 81. Alyne McMahon earned first low net with 75. Blanch Elain of Orange was runner up with 84. L. L. Williams took second low net with 76. Further winners include Laurene Marshall and others across multiple flights and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Brown
Silsbee
Hardin County Golf and Country Club
Alyne McMahon
Blanch Elain
Orange
Brown
L. L. Williams
Beaumont Country Club
Lorine Hardy
Laurene Marshall
Maxine Kremheller
Helen McCoole
Hilly Boyer
Katy Mann
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Hardin Memorial Hospital
Ino Kountze
Honor Society
Long Beach Key Club
Chance - Loeb
Kiwanis Club
Division 10 of
Evadale Firemen
City Police
Sils
Bee Bee
East
Lenox Hawthorne
C. E
Pete” Landolt
H. M. Donelson Jr
L. G. Jordan
Jerry Zuber
Leon Kelly
D. M. Short
Mr. Howell
Warren Bower
J. A. Hendrix
Rayford Birdwell
Bluebonnet Cafe
Christine Read
Rountree
of C
Eastern Star
Stella Cook
Breaux Bridge
Keith Cook
Tom Tennison
Palestine
FE. H. Batley
Cayuga
Raymond Tennison
Takoma Park
T. M. Tennison
Uu. S Navy
R. D. Tatman
J. B. Mayes
Tuesiday
Jack Fruge
Uvalde
L. L. Huff
Robbie Jones
R. W. Worthey
Diana Worthey
Fayetteville, North Carolina
E. B. White
Worthey
Mr White
Billy Joe McGowan
Lubbock
D. V. Swarthout
Irene McGowan
Aubrey Barker
Hamshire
W. P. Crockett
David Roberts
Keesler Air Force Base
Biloxi
Miss
Nancy V. Holland
D. G. Carpenter
Glenn Mitchell
Shreveport
Robert Ward
Perkins Distributing Co
Truman Ray Ward
G. E. Donnlson
St. Elizabeth Hospital
F. L. Swarthout
Albuquerque
D. V Swarthout
Marvin Williams
Larry
Arkansas City
Kans
C. L., Willams
Eugene Green
Lake Jackson
G. W Gilchriest
88Th District Court
Stanley Zimmerman
George Virgil Peck
South Hampton Co
City of Silsbee
Bobby Joe Clark
Texas
Ins. Assn
W. Leo Wallace
Oak Farm Dairies
Shirley Riley
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Vernell Hughes
Traders & General Ins
R. B. Smith, Inc
State of
Texa
Priest Trimble
Louis C. Messer
Et Jux
Columbia Casualty Co
R. E. Murphy
Sigel K. McLain
Zarah Burrus
John MM. Smith
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. Co
Feith Iney Moore
W. J. Boudreaux
A. RK
Leavie Barney
Castle Ve
Mutual
Carles Freeman
Casualty Ins. Co
Calif GI
Cyril d. Thorn
Sinclair Oil & Gas Co
Kula Bell
Ib. Frans
F. B. Cryer
Pan American Fire & Cas. Co
Oldfield Gregory
Dallas Safety Convoy Co
W. L. Loden
Tradvers General Ins. Co
E. Richmond
Jessie Chant
Sis Howard
Vi Wolford
Pauline Wornick
Mary Perlitz
Mildred Davis
Gladys Yarborough
Maxine Gerland
Jerry Parker
Myra Kent
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