Lack Overstreet Caraway Win Democratic Majorities
Silsbee voters turnout 2779 for the Second Democratic Primary. Incumbent Rep. Emme Lack of Kountze won district 19 with about an 1800 vote majority over George Kirkpatrick. Henry Overstreet beat Ira Moore for Hardin county sheriff 4225 to 2857. Virgil Caraway swept Precinct 1 County Commissioner against Frank Payne 1857 to 1440. E. E. Cotton narrowly won re election over Houston Fields by two votes in Precinct 3. Official results certified. winners sworn January 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Richard E. Jones
Emme
Lack
Kountze
George Kirkpatrick
Hardin
Polk
San Jacinto
Hardin County
Moore
Virgil Caraway
Frank Payne
Payne
Allias
Caraway
Thicket
Votaw
Saratoga
Batson
E. E. Cotton
Houston Fields
Fields
Cotton
Fice
County Democratic Executive Committee
Banvass
E. E. Cotten
Silsbee Kids Stage Nonviolent Racial Demonstration
In Silsbee last Saturday about eight to ten young Negro children ages five to eight marched at the Junior High School cafeteria with a placard supporting Sheriff-elect Henry Overstreet and Commissioner-elect Virgil Caraway. The event, seen as a playful snake-dance to some, raised questions about adult origins and local reaction while underscoring documented Black voting rights in the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Hen
Ry Overstreet
Virgil Caraway
Trustees Study Proposed 1964 65 Budget in Silsbee
Silsbee school trustees met for their June session to review a temporary budget for the coming school year. Superintendent Don L Hough noted a modest tax rate increase and discussed teacher salaries. The board planned resignations and new hires and reviewed cafeteria profits, attendance and enrollment figures. A bond issue discussion closed the meeting with no immediate decision on new classrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Supt
Don L. Hough
Hough
Anita Pope
Lela Parker
Read- Turrentine
Philip Allen
Dannah Ford
Martha Hull
Robert H. Schlieker
Mary Schliecker
Public meeting weighs new game law changes
At a courthouse gathering in Kountze, five Game Commission personnel and 15 area sportsmen heard proposed hunting regulation changes. Ideas include shifting deer season start to November 14, allowing any firearm for deer, and permitting unlimited fur bearing takings with pelts sale only in season, plus mink hunting with dogs ban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Game Commission
Kountze
Game Department
Silsbee Soldier Awarded Bronze Star Medal in Vietnam Duty
Fort Polk La June 10 Platoon Sergeant George A Glasspool of Silsbee and Esther his wife receives the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service with the U S Military Assistance Command in Vietnam He served with the Third Battalion 2nd Vietnamese Infantry Division near Ha Than August 1962 to August 1963 Also honored were Capt Julian H Smith Leesville Capt Donald M Fann Leesville and Capt Paul Osborne Crowley for duties as advisors and training officers to Vietnamese units in the 22nd Infantry Division and IV Corps Their service included ranger development Civil Guard training and battalion advisory roles and they are linked to families in Leesville Ireland Fla Bradenton and Dallas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Polk
George A. Glasspool
Silsbee
Esther
Vietnam
U. S. Military Assistance Command
Glasspool
Central Highland
Ha Than
Julian H. Smith
Leesville
Donald M. Fann
Paul l Osborne
Crowley
Smith
22Nd Infantry Division
Juanita Smith
Route 3
Ireland
Fla
Homer Smith
Elizabeth
Anderson Dr
Preher High School
Columbia
S. C
Citadel
Charlston
Fann
Civil Guard
Manatee High School
Bradenton
John D. Fann
Sue Ann
Aaron Drive
Osborne
21St Infantry Division
IV Corps
Army of the Republic of
Commissioners Rehire Deputies for Hardin County Sheriff
Hardin county commissioners rehired J. W. Moore and E. W. Coleman as deputy sheriffs at their regular meeting. Both previously ran for sheriff and will fill two vacancies left since May. Dorothy Taylor appointed county home demonstration agent effective Aug 1, replacing Ruth Causey who retires June 30. Taylor has 22 months experience in Brazoria county. Commissioners ordered condemnation on a tract of land on FM 1293 owned by A. L. Bevil of Kountze, dedicating 5,264 acres for a roadway and 247 acres for a drainage channel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Moore
E. W. Coleman
Hardin County Sheriff's Department
Commissioners Court
Willie Whitaker
Dorothy Taylor
Miss Taylor
Ruth Causey
Texas A&m University Extension Service
Taylor
Brazoria County
A. L. Bevil
Kountze
Durant Injured In Eastex Accident At Evadale
Statam E Durant 28 of Victor remained in very serious condition at St Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont after an Eastex spill at East Texas Pulp and Paper Co Evadale Saturday 9 25 am. He suffered third degree burns about 65 percent of his body from hot liquor escaping from a pipe a head cut and broken wrist as he jumped or fell about 15 feet from a catwalk. His wife Mrs Shirley Durant said doctors reported output good and burns improving though delirious most of the time with visitors limited to family. He was a second helper in the recovery unit at Eastex and came from Oakdale Louisiana in October 1959. He was taken to Tennison Clinic Silsbee then to Beaumont in a Farmer ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Statam E. Durant
Victor
St. Elizabeth Hospital
East Texas Pulp and Paper Co
Evadale
Durant
Shirley Durant
Eastex
Oakdale
Tennison Clinic
Silsbee
Beaumont
Tragedy at Neches River Claims Victor Cone Boy
Funeral held for John Gilbert Cone 13 of Victor after drowning at Evadale near the Highway 96 bridge. Rescue teams from Evadale and Silsbee, aided by deputies, recovered the body at night. John, a sixth grader born in Woodville, lived in Victor eight years with his parents Andy and Mrs. Cone and four brothers. Burial at Ebenezer Cemetery.
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John Gilbert Cone
Andy M. Cone
Victor
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Colmesweil
Cone
Neches
Evadale
Highway 96
Hardin County Sheriff’s Office
Young John
Evadale Fire Department
Silsbee
Victor School
Woodville
J. D. Wooden
Ebenezer Cemetery
Andy Milton
Michael Condard
Paul Edward
Steve Howard
Jewel Cone
Elda Morgan
Houston
Silsbee Tigers win no hit game in Little League clash
Silsbee Packing Co Tigers edged East Texas Transit Mix White Sox in a no hit affair pitched by Matt Dinkler. Deryl McGallion homered as part of a high scoring Little League night and standings show multiple teams in action with batting averages listed. National League Week urged uniforms for church.
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Silsbee Packing Co.Tigers
East Texas Transit Mix White Sox
Matt Dinkle
Deryl McGallion
Weeet
Silsbee Packing Co. Tigers
Hardin County Savy & Loan Oilers
South Hampton Braves
F. W. . Yankees
Hardin Drug Indians
Lions Club
Colt
Silsbee Auto Co
Pirates
East Texas Transit Mix
White Sox
Dixie Queen Mets
Kiwanis Club Cubs
Jaycee's Yanks
Best Maid
Rams
Curry Gulf Service Colts
Way Cleared For Bids On New Downtown Parking Lot
Raytford Birdwell announces that bids will be sought within two weeks at Birdwell's Department Store for an 89 space asphalted parking lot in downtown Silsbee. Removal of large concrete chunks from the city park has cleared the way for construction.
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Tee
Silsbee
Harvey House
Birdwell
Silsbee Council Sets June Hearing On Budget Plan
City Manager Kirby Lilljedahl presented a record high budget proposal balancing General Fund at 1844 and Water Fund at 149,700 with a planned rise in street work and equipment retirement funds. A $1200 library budget increase is proposed after library circulation rose 184 percent in 1963. Public hearing set for Tuesday June 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the council chamber.
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Kirby Lilliedahl
Silsbee
Lilljedahl
Lilsbee
Lilliedah
Woodrow
Avenue J
Two Nabbed In Saratoga Burglary
Pierce Oliver 27 from California and Richard J. Sharpino 20 from New Orleans were arrested in Saratoga for Sunday's burglary at Brown's Service Station. They were charged with burglary and held on $3000 bonds each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce Oliver
Hardin County Sheriff's Deputies
California
Richard J. Sharpino
New Orleans
Saratoga
Brown
Dave Rountree
Carol McWhorter Earns Top Honor at Lamar
Miss Carol Anders McWhorter daughter of Mr and Mrs Ira V McWhorter of Silsbee graduates with highest honors from the School of Education at Lamar State College of Technology Beaumont during the 12th annual commencement. She will teach in Silsbee schools next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Anders McWhorter
Ira V. McWhorter
Silsbee
Lamar State College of Technology
Beaumont
McWhorter
Lillian Whitman in Serious Condition After Beaumont Crash
Lillian Whitman 23 of Silsbee remained unconscious at St Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont after a two car crash on Interstate 10 last Saturday at 5 23 am. Fred Cutter 27 of Port Neches and John Rex Cluck 23 of Beaumont survived with Cluck injuring his back. Whitman employed by Gulf States Utilities Beaumont was pinned beneath a Cyclone fence after the car left the road and overturned.
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Lillian Whitman
Silsbee
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beauont
Beaumont
Fred Cutter
Port Neches
John Rex Cluck
Quinn
Cluck
Miss Whitman
Leona Whitman
Virgil Whitman
M. B. Day
S. W. Jolly
Pine Street
Gulf Stoees Utilities Co
Silsbee Scouts to Attend National Jamboree at Valley Forge
Eight local boys and one adult leader from Silsbee join 80 from Trinity- Neches Council to attend the Boy Scout National Jamboree July 16 24 Valley Forge Pa. Scouts from Troop 88 and Sea Explorer Ship 203 will tour New York Philadelphia and United Nations sights. The trip features two jamboree troops and a July 18 Washington reenactment marking American Heritage Day.
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Trinity
Randy Wallace
A. Wallace
Sea Explorer
Silsbee Lions Club
Lance Latham
Wesley Latham
John Meyers
Brad Norvell
Victor Norvell
Russell Wright
Bill Wright
Stuart Lee
Mary Ann Lee
Jim Lee
Joe Hignett
Latham, Meyers, Allen
Norvell
Wright
Trinity - Neches
United Nations
New York Yankee
New York
Philadelphia
George Washington
Valley Forge
Beaumont
Crippled Children Group To Meet In Kountze
The Hardin County Society for Crippled Children and Adults will meet tonight at 7 30 in the county health office of the courthouse in Kountze. Mrs Jess Odom president will preside at the election of officers and hear committee reports. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Kountze
Jess Odom
Thelma Smith
Library Officers To Be Elected At Board Meeting
The Silsbee Public Library board will meet at 7 30 p m on Monday June 15 to elect officers for the next year and review annual reports. Former trustees city officials and sponsoring organizations are invited to attend and participate in the meeting led by president Mrs Jim R Sims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Public Library
Jim R. Sims
Sims Sa
Soldier on leave as his family joins him in Texas
Sp William C. Pharris of the 36th Infantry Division returns home on leave to his wife and children at Route 1 Silsbee. He plans to return to Germany later this month, and his wife and children will follow. His daughter Patricia serves with the Marine Corps in Pensacola Florida.
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William C. Pharris
36Th Infantry Division
U. S. Army
Germany
Silsbee
Patricia
Marine Corps
Pensacola
Fla
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Flint
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Howard McClusky
Frederick
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McClusky
Hartman
Victor Bay
Silsbee Packing Co
Tigers
David Newsum
Oilers
Caney Head
Lé ‘Hance
Loeb Aan
STE Plank
Village Mills
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Sour Lake
Gravburg
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Dilaia A
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Ation
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L. C. Kirk
Court of Justice of the Peace
Charles Allen Nagle
Conroe
Rountree
Carol McWhorter
Lamar
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