Silsbee Trustees Set To Decide On Teacher Pay Raise
Silsbee School Trustees discuss alignment with Texas Legislature pay raise. Supt. Hough notes current district pay above state minimum and outlines increases needed to maintain extra pay for new teachers. Also planned are machine accounting talk, Chance-Loeb tuition, high school transfers, and next building committee meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Texas
Silsbee School Board
Don L. Hough
Supt
Hough
Chance-Loeb
Silsbee Board
Chance- Loeb
Supt. Hough
Silsbee Council Targets Insurance Rates And City Services
Silsbee city council tackled taxation, a new police car bid, library debt, delinquent tax lists, and a bid process for hospitalization and general insurance. Discussions covered civil defense plans, dog vaccination rescheduling, and a dispute over which agency should insure the city’s roughly $260,000 fire and casualty policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DuBose
Silsbee Insurance Agency
Basil Rodgers
Local social notes and city council insurance talks
Visiting families and clergy extended weekend stays across the area with graduations and weddings noted. The city council discussed deviation in insurance bids, weighing whether to award to Elmore or Rodgers, with plans to review city property and reconvene Thursday to resolve the matter.
Miss Cynthia Taylor Heads to Spain for Six Week Visit
Cynthia Taylor granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Elmore leaves today for six weeks in Spain. She will stay a month in Benidorm with her father Paul B. Taylor and family, then travel Europe with him for two weeks. Mrs. Eddie Martin of Clifton, a frequent Silsbee visitor, accompanies her. Mr. Taylor, formerly English professor at the University of Iceland, will join Geneva University for the fall term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale M. Rogers
Air Force Base
Woodrow Cook
L. D. Crowell
James Perritt
Linda
Paul
Vonda
Myrtle Ashford
San Francisco
Calif
Linda Perritt
Edward Singletary
Moffett Field
USS Navy
Rawlins
Wyo
W. C. Ashford Jr
Bobby Verdine
Brazoria
E. Verdine
H. M. Donelson Sr
Galveston
H. M. Donelson Jr
Donelson
Austin
Ronald Churchwell
John Andrade
Palms Spring
Churchwell
W. O. Churchwell
Cynthia Taylor
H. G. Elmore
Spain
Benidorm
Paul B. Taylor
Europe
Eddie Martin
Clifton
Silsbee
Taylor
University of Iceland
University of Geneva
Miss Jola Griffith Among 66 Honor Graduates at North Texas
Denton June 9 Jola Griffith of Silsbee ranked among 66 spring term honor graduates at North Texas State College. Of 742 bachelor’s degree recipients 19 earned high honors and 47 honors. Griffith earned a bachelor of science in education and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs I B Griffith of Silsbee. She is a 1961 Silsbee High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Jola Griffith
Silsbee
North Texas State
Miss Griffith
I. B. Griffith
Silsbee High School
District Court Sets 53 Cases For July Session
Ordinary felonies go to trial at 9 a.m. July 6 in Kountze as the 88th District Court opens its July session. Civil suits are slated for weeks two and three. criminal capital cases start week four on July 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kountze
88Th District Court
Lena L. Hubbard
A. T. Maida
Pat H. Overstreet
Grapette Bottling Co
Nita McCall
J.C. Elam
James W. Roberts
American Mutual Liability Ins
Green B. Denman
Bituminous Casualty Corp
Howard P. Blythe
Jack Callaway
Pat Pace
Kellogg Sales Co
Anna Clyde Brown
Roy Vernon
Employers Liability Assurance Corp
Vernon Rece Pennywell
Globe Indemnity Co
State of Texas
Roy Gene Potts
Elmer Lee Tanton
Rufus Walker
Hon. H. A. Coe
W. L. Selman
H. O. Overstreet
Valerie Pray
R. A. Richardson
Dist
Dwayne Overstreet
Silsbee High Enrolls 92 In Summer School Courses
Ninety two students enroll in summer academic courses at Silsbee High School with eighty nine in driver education. Students from seventh through senior high join classmates from Buna Evadale Jasper Kountze and Chance-Loeb. Sessions run ten weeks two periods daily 7 00 to 10 00 am and 10 am to 1 pm. Credits limit to one and a half. Courses include language arts mathematics and social sciences. Costs 17 50 per half credit 30 per credit 45 per one and one half credits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee High School
Robbie D. Bradshaw
Silsbee
Buna
Evadale
Jasper
Kountze
Chance- Loeb
Evelyn Allen
Lee Flowers
Herbert Free
J. D. Hubbard
Chance-Loeb
Red Water Flushed By City Crews
City manager Wayne DuBose reports red water in the water system due to a broken Calgon distributor now repaired. Flushing began Tuesday night with more sessions planned to clear the rust color, mainly affecting Woodlea and South Third Street. Also, the Gradeau and motor grader have arrived and are being trained for use over the next two to three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DuBose
Woodlea
South Third Street
BEE
East Texas
30 Held At County Jail During Week
Dave Rountree, office deputy at the Hardin county jail, reported 30 persons held during the past week. Leading the list were 12 picked up for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Others included one AWOL from the Army, five for disturbing the peace, two for simple assault, one juvenile, one for being drunk in a car without a license, one hot check, three for misdemeanor driving while intoxicated, and one for abandonment of children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Rountree
Hardin County
Student James Leigh Enrolls at North Texas State University
James Leigh lived with his parents Harold and Mrs Leigh in Denton and enrolled for the summer session at North Texas State University. He will graduate in August with a BA in English and plans to teach this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Leigh
Harold Leigh
North Texas State University
Denton
Disturbing Peace Case In Silsbee Involves Three Youths
Three Silsbee youths were charged with disturbing the peace Tuesday night. Glenn Lovelady 17 and Howard Jordan 18 were charged and fined as adults, $47.50 each, by Justice J. M. Bowman. A 16 year old was bound for juvenile court and will be heard after this district session. Police intervened at the skating rink on Avenue J after shots with a blank revolver at black patrons. Deputy Billy Paine reported police stopped the incident around 10:15 p m. The trio spent Tuesday night in county jail and were released Wednesday morning. Paine warned more charges could follow with fines up to 100 and court costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Justice of the Peace
J. M. Bowman
Billy Paine
Glenn Lovelady
Howard Jordan
H. A. Coe
Avenue J
Paine
Bernard Parks
Albert Sharp
Hardin County
Henry Overstreet
Asa Hickman
Judge Bowman
Former Resident Char lie Sanders Dies in Louisiana
Graveside services were held at 11 a m Saturday for Charlie Sanders age 72 in Dry Creek Louisiana. Sanders a former resident of Silsbee died Thursday in Veterans Hospital in Alexandria after a long illness. Among survivors is a brother Louis Sanders of this city.
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Charlie Sanders
Dry Creek
Sanders
Silsbee
Veterans Hospital
Alexandria
Louis Sanders
Delegates Attend Democratic Meet In Wichita Falls
Mrs. Betty Ann Mitchell state democratic executive committeewoman attended a Wichita Falls meeting held at Tradewinds Motor Hotel. Topics included redistricting remarks by Attorney General Carr and plans for a state finals art contest with prizes.
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Betty Ann Mitchell
Wichita Falls
Tradewinds Motor Hotel
Carr
Mitchell
Clyde Thompson
Diboll
Amarillo
Marvin Watson
Watson
Washington
Maverick Club
Wichita Falls Chamber of Commerce
Midwestern University
Conley Bradshaw
Dog Babies Shots By City Put Off Until June 26
Silsbee postpones the second dog vaccination day to June 26 after a scheduling conflict with a veterinarian. The May event vaccinated nearly 200 dogs and 90 were licensed, with city aim to vaccinate and license all pets by summer end to aid stray control.
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City
Silsbee
Wayne DuBose
DuBose
Three Cases Heard Last Week In County Court
Three cases were tried in Hardin County court last week before Judge Fletcher Richardson. Irene Bishop of Kountze was fined $1.00 plus costs for passing a hot check on June 2. Charles E. McDonald of Kountze was fined $1.00 plus costs for theft on June 2. B H McGuire Sr of Woodville received a $1.00 fine plus costs on June 3 for a pleaded guilty charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Fletcher Richardson
Irene Bishop
Kountze
Charles E. McDonald
B. H. McGuire Sr
Woodville
Morris Cole Named New Silsbee Night Patrolman
Morris Cole, 23, was hired by the Silsbee Police Department as the new night patrolman replacing Bernard Parks, who retires July 1. Son of Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Cole, he grew up in Silsbee, attended local schools, earned a Lamar Tech high school completion certificate, and has worked three years for Kirby Lumber Corp. in Silsbee. He will start on day shift until Parks retires, then switch to night duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Cole
Silsbee
Patirolman
Grady Tarver
Cole
Bernard Parks
N. A. Cole
Lamar Tech
Kirby Lumber Corp
Tarver
Parks
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Council
Silsbee Auto Co
Co. L. Chance
Chance
State Civil Defense Office
Britton- Cravens Insurance Agency
Elmore Insurance Agency
Frank L. McClanahan
Bert Slaydon
Paul Georgas
Elmore
Leona Whitman
C. E. Cole
Tom D. Bailey
Temple
F. O. Connally
McGregor
Texas University Medical School
John Reed
Louis Freeman
St. Francisville
Crown-Zellerbach Co
Horace C. David Jr
New Mexico
Carlsbad Caverns
Eugene Smith
Houston
J. A. Smith
Ruby Bledge
Lenox Hawthorne Jr
Oklahoma City
Lenox Hawthorne
Oklahoma City Air Force Base
J. O. Cowart
Port Arthur
J. E. Smith
D. S. Barrow
Sammy Barrow
Lufkin
Sam Kaemmerling
David Kaemmerling
Brenda Smith
Calvary Baptist
Robert Ward
Henderson County Junior College
Athens
Sim Ward
Rodgers
Herbert Elmore
McClanahan
H. C. Hopkins
C. E. Landolt
John Fordinal
Landolt
Rogers
Rodgers and
Pat Hill
Lester Landgraf
Fred Herron
C. R. Baker
North Texas U
William C. Whitehead
DWI
Pearly B. Smith
Herman Jackson
Harvey Wright
Clarence Gray
D. G. Gilmore
Samuel S. Christian
James A. Sheffield
Willie James Nixon
Waldo P. Cowan
Clarence Cravey
C. J. Rogers
Robert B. Haynes
Charlie C. Davis
Robert H. McGee
Jimmy Droddy
Perry Malone
State
Lewis W. Cherry
Johnny Pichoda
Chester T
Crawford
B. Franks
John Blair
Dba
Pacific Finance Corp
Steinhagen Oil Co
Benton Ray Key
Leon Tull
Hugh Carl Williams
Louisiana
New
Silsbee High
Henry Donelson
Louis Grissom
B. H. Amstead
University of Texas
Gulf States Utilities Co
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