City Recreation Program Offers Tennis Arts Crafts
The City of Silsbee funds a summer recreation program starting June 25 featuring arts and crafts and a tennis clinic for beginners. Tennis for ages 12-16 runs July 2 to July 8 at Silsbee Junior High School with separate times for girls and boys. Registration is limited to 16 per sex.
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City Recreation
City of
Silsbee
Cesar Dominguez
Silsbee Junior l High School
Edward Dominguez
Kay Dezendorf
Waldo Mathews Park
Cindy Santos
Exquisette Club Park
Vickie DeBretagne
Lester Banks
Kirby Park
Carolyn Watts
Joe Goodwyn 81 Dies After Long Illness in Silsbee
Joe F Goodwyn 81 of Silsbee died at 5 20 am Monday after a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held at 2 pm Tuesday at the First Christian Church of Silsbee with Rev K E Thorne, burial in Rest Haven Cemetery. He was a retired machinist of the Texas Co and lived in Silsbee forty years. Survivors include his wife four daughters thirteen grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren.
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Joe F Goodwyn
Silsbee
First Christian Church of
K. E. Thorne
Resthaven Cemetery
Goodwyn
The
Texas Co
Jimmy Stevens
John Denson
Mark Denson
Ronald
Freddy Farand
Jerry
Dru Donalson
Roddy Farmer
Oliver Horner
Rudy Ernst John Busby
F. E. Hornesberger
Frank Caskey
E. D. Cheatham
N.C. McLain
Jenneviere Goodwyn
Fred Denson
J. D Donalson
Pete
Reappointed Pastor Eugene Jonte for 15th year at Silsbee church
In the 1973 74 Texas Annual Conference appoint ments Bishop Kenneth W Copeland named Rev Eugene Jonte to begin his 15th year as pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Silsbee. Rev L E Davis will serve St Vincent s Methodist Church in Silsbee and other churches list Rev R Edwin Willis Rev David Snow den Rev James Bauman Rev Michael A Munn Rev Lewis Risinger. It notes Jonte s unusual tenure at Silsbee while Dr John Wesley Hardt has 16 years at Beaumont First Methodist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Jonte
First United Methodist Church of
Silsbee
Kenneth W. Copeland
Texas
Houston
St. Vincent's Methodist Church
L. E. Davis
Woodcrest Methodist
Lumberton
Edwin Willis
Kountze
David Snowden
Sour Lake-Saratoga
James
Bauman
Spurger
Magnolia Springs
Michael A. Munn
Warren
Big Sandy
Village Mills
Lewis Risinger
Jonte
John Wesley Hardt
Beaumont
Hardin County weighs new road funding after bond defeat
Commissioners explore emergency relief grants under Public Law 91 606 and look at a Farm to Market Lateral Road Fund with a 30 cent tax cap to fund road work. Plans include a potential $1 million bond, a Lumberton district, and budget reform while tax rates trend down.
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Hardin County
Texas Department of Public
Safety
Federal Office of Emergency Preparedness
Emmett Lack
The
BEE
Lack
Allen Forsythe
Kirby
Horace Move
Lumberton
Forsythe
Moye
City Awarded Grant to Hire Four Student Helpers
The Deep East Texas Council of Governments grants 100 percent reimbursement to Silsbee for four summer workers aged 14 to 22. Selected youths will serve nine 32 hour weeks at $1.60 per hour. Three join Street and Drainage, one joins Parks.
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Deep East Texas Council of Governments
Silsbee
Edna Brown
the Bee
Silsbee seniors honored with O Neil and other scholarships
Charlene Free and Danny Cornwell head 1973 SHS graduates receiving the Edgar and Estelle O Neil Memorial Scholarships of 2000 dollars each for four years. Free also earns a 1250 dollar Texas Interscholastic League Foundation award. other scholarship recipients include Sandy Gore Connie Gilder Herbert Sapp and more from Silsbee High School.
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Charlene Free
Danny Cornwell
Silsbee High School
Edgar
Estelle ‘Oy Neil
SHS
Cornwell
Miss Free
Herbert Free
Silsbee
Houston
Texas Interscholastic League Foundation
TILF
UIL
Tiger Rag
University of Texas
David Cornwell
Creative Writing Club
Texas A&m University
Sandy Gore
Connie Gilder
Herbert Sapp
Kirby Lumber Co
Michael O'Brien
Silsbee Women’s Club
Rebecca Creel
Alpha Delta Kappa
Texas Beta Eta
Jo Lois Parks
Silsbee Business Land
Jo Anna Evans
Beta Sigma Phi
Xi Zeta Rho
Julie Green
Bobby ‘Joe Westbrook
Exquisette Club
Final Rites Held On June 5 For J. D. Walton Sr
Jessie D. Walton Sr 76 of Lumberton died at 12 30 p m June 3 Burial followed at Walton Cemetery Services were conducted at 10 am Tuesday in Farmer Funeral Chapel Rev Doug Fincher officiating Survived by wife Hattie Walton four sons L B Walton Winnie J D Earl L and Carroll W all of Lumberton and three sisters Mrs Ronnie Glasscock Mrs Josie Townsend and Mrs Bertie Townsend of Beaumont
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Jessie D. Walton
Lumberton
Walton
Farmer Funeral Chapel
Doug Fincher
Walton Cemetery
Hattie Walton
D. B. Patillo Jr
Lamberton
L. B. Walton
Winnie
J. D
Earl L
Carrol W
Ronnie Glasscock
Josie Townsend
Bertie Townsend
Beaumont
Final Rites Held Saturday For Billy David 56
Funeral services for Billy David 56 were held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Farmer Funeral Home. Rev R Eugene Jonte officiated. Burial was in Knupple Cemetery. David died Thursday at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont from injuries suffered in a car wreck Tuesday. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church United CB Clubs of America and a barber by trade. Survivors include wife Dorothy David two sons Jeep and Cliff Compt on Silsbee his mother Mrs Etta David Silsbee two sisters Mrs Curtis Harvill Silsbee and Miss Addie Bell David Beaumont. Pallbearers were Cesar Dominguez Curtis Harvill J R Jackson Albert McKinney G T Smith Calvin Simmons Sonny Fowler and Chuck Gagliano.
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Billy David
Farmer Funeral Home
R. Eugene Jonte
Knupple
David
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
First United Methodist Church
United CB Clubs of America
Dorothy David
Silsbee
Jeep
Cliff Compton
Etta David
Ttwo
Curtis Harvill
Addie Bell David
Ceasar Dominguez
J. R Jackson
Albert McKinney
G T. Smith
Calvin Simmons
Sonny Fowler
Chuck Gagliano
Mrs McLain Honored for 100 Hours of Volunteer Service
Mrs. Carol McLain received special recognition for 100 hours of volunteered service at the Silsbee School for the Mentally Retarded by the Beaumont State Center for Human Development.
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Carol McLain
Silsbee School For
Beaumont State Center For Human Development
Last Rites For James A Nelson Held Friday
Funeral services for James Andrew Nelson 62 held at 10 am Friday at All Souls Catholic Church with Father Irvin Wyble presiding Burial in Cunningham Cemetery Nelson died Tuesday night at Silsbee Doctors Hospital He was a Temple native resident of Silsbee eight years a heavy equipment operator WWII veteran and owner of The Hickory House restaurant in Silsbee Also Mrs Helen Nelson one son James D Nelson Irving and sister Mrs J J Rhyan Hayotown listed as survivors
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James Andrew Nelson
All Souls’Catholic Church
Father Irvin Wyble
Cunningham Cemetery
Nelson
Silsbee
Temple
Hickory House
Helen Nelson
James D. Nelson
Irving
J. J. Rhyan
Hayotown
Texas Highway Commission Proposes East Texas Multi Lane Route
The commission conditionally proposes a multi lane highway from I 30 in northeast Texas to Port Arthur. The plan uses US 259, SH 149, US 59 and US 96 through Longview Carthage Tenaha to Port Arthur, contingent on local funding and participation.
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Highway Dept
East Texas
Austin
Texas Highway Commission
Texas
Port Arthur
Longview
Carthage
Tenaha
Texas Highway Department
Louise Wyatt Installed as OES Worthy Matron at Silsbee Chapter
Mrs Louise Wyatt was installed as worthy matron and Tra Wyatt as worthy patron during an open installation of the Silsbee Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star held Friday at 8 PM in the Masonic Temple. May Pear Ernst presided, with a full slate of officers named including Juanita Woodard associate matron Rudy Ernst associate patron Albertine Oldham secretary Ethel Mae Dardin treasurer Barbara Witt conductress and others. Retiring officers were Sue Olsen and Arthur Olsen.
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Louise Wyatt
Tra Wyatt
Silsbee
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
May Pear Ernst
Juanita Woodard
Rudy Ernst
Albertine Oldham
Ethel Mae Dardin
Barbara Witt
Emma Bean
Alma Benson
Gladys Harrison
Marshall
Gladys Bower
Sadie David Ada
Rubalee Elledge Ruth
Mary Hickman
Esther
Tommy Bryant
Martha
Helen Baker
Electa
Maurine Bottoms
Horace David
Sentinel
Sue Olsen
Arthur Olsen
Washington man Dennis Allen visits parents home
Dennis Allen of Washington DC visits the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Bill Allen. Allen has been associated with the Metropolitan Police Department for 30 years.
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Dennis Allen
Washington, D. C
Bill Allen
Allen
Metropolitan Police Department
Gas Fumes Kill Man At Eastex
Two Victor men died and a third was hospitalized after inhaling sulfur dioxide at Eastex Inc in Evadale. Charles R Hughes 28 of 395 West Railroad Street Victor died at Silsbee Doctors Hospital at 2 09 p m June 5 autopsy ordered by Justice of the Peace Bennie L Como. J C Wheat 54 of Victor admitted to Silsbee hospital in satisfactory condition. Hughes funeral set for 10 a m today at L M Williams and Sons Beaumont with Magnolia Cemetery burial.
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Victor
Eastex, Inc
Evadale
BEE
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Charles R. Hughes
West Railroad Street
J. C. Wheat
Silsbee Hospital
Wheat
New York State
Brea
Purvis Girl Returns Home After Heart Surgery
Three year old Lisa Kay Purvis, daughter of Mr and Mrs M E Purvis Jr, left Texas Children’s Hospital Houston Friday after open heart surgery in the Heart Center. Surgeon Dr Denton Cooley led the operation, which lasted one hour and will be televised on Channel 13 June 20.
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Lisa Kay Purvis
M. E. Purvis Jr
Texas Childrens Hospital
Houston
Denton Cooley
SHS Tigers announce 1973 football schedule
The SHS Tigers release their 1973 fall grid schedule. First game vs Strake Jesuit at Kirby Memorial Stadium on Sept 7 at 8 pm. Sept 14 vs Klein also at 8 pm. Other non zone games and district matchups listed with kickoff times and locations.
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Silsbee
SHS Tigers
Houston
Strake Jesuit
Kirby Memorial Stadium
Klein
Tigers
Cleveland
Huntsville
Liberty Panthers
Bridge City
Cardinals
Port Arthur
Stephen F. Austin
Little Cypress-Mauriceville
Kirby Stadium
West Orange
Jasper
Ray McGallion
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Lula Fae Cain
Laurence Leon Arnett
DPS
Truman Dougharty
Cain
Beaumont Hospital
Joe Goodwyn
First Methodist
Clifton Caraway
Kirby Lumber Corp
Move
O'Neil
Patsy Willis
Jean Ratchford
Rose Harvey
Royal Clover Leaf Club
Sarah Griffin
Ida Lewis
Mary Sims
Kiwanis Club
Michael Grissom
Lions Club
Mack Williams
Lee Sheek
Leo Club
Sandra Odom
Silsbee Municipal Police Association
J. D. Walton Sr
James A. Nelson
Morris
Upshur
Gregg
Rusk
Panola
Shelby
San Augustine
Sabine
Hardin
Mrs. Louise Wyatt
Jesuit
Emes Fency
Silsbee Isd
Huntsville State Prison
Bruce Watts
Let
Harold Gardner
Department of Corrections
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