Silsbee to Hold Public Hearing on City Budget
Next Thursday June 23 at 7 30 p m a public hearing date is set for the new city budget. In a Tuesday afternoon meeting the Silsbee city council voted to call the hearing to discuss city finances from July 1 196 through Oct 1 1967. The budget proposes wage increases for all city employees and raises the starting wage for laborers from 1 25 to 1 40 per hour. Major purchases include three dump trucks and two pickup trucks. The council plans to explain changes at the hearing and move the second regular meeting to after the hearing so the budget may be approved before the deadline.
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Silsbee
DuBose
Burglars Take Load Of Wire From Ford Electric
Ford Electric suffered a burglary last Friday night or early Saturday with three large rolls of copper wire about 300 in value and 200 feet of extension cord stolen. Entry was likely via a back door shielded by machinery and a key may have been used. Night patrols saw nothing unusual. Two 14 year old boys were later detained for a separate poolside theft, money recovered, no charges yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Electric Co
Grady Tarver
Tarver
Jack Young
Ford Electric
Silsbee
William Nichols
Minimax To Add 3000 Sq. Ft. To Present Store
Neches Minimax on North Fifth Street, run by Fred Perlitz, plans a major remodel to add about 3000 square feet, expanding to over 12000 total. Jim Perlitz expects six weeks of work with good weather, front facade rebuilt, drainage ditch covered, and front parking extended. Inside will gain new fixtures and cold display cases for meats frozen foods and produce. Construction will largely avoid closing except for brief front door closure during concrete pouring. Back door and parking will stay open.
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Neches Minimax
North Fifth Street
Fred Perlitz
Jim Perlitz
Fifth Street
Perlitz
Kiwanis Fish Fry Set For Next Thursday Night
The Silsbee Kiwanis Club will hold its traditional annual fish fry on Thursday night June 23 at Cravens Camp. Serving starts shortly after 7 o clock. Virgil Caraway and Martin Wilson co chairmen, with members and guests from area clubs attending. A larger crowd is anticipated and an engaging program is planned.
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Silsbee Kiwanis Club
Cravens Camp
J. C. Perkins
Virgil Caraway
Martin Wilson
Joyce Miller Starts European Tour For Six Weeks
Joyce Miller daughter of Mrs. Sidney J. Miller and granddaughter of Mrs. E. F. Bistline left Friday to begin a six week tour of Europe. She spent three days in New York with Susan Witcher and Mrs. S. L. Witcher of Clifton Tex. They visited sights and the Broadway musical Hello Dolly. Joyce and Susan flew Monday on BOAC with Lee Service Student Tours of Waco. The itinerary includes England Holland Belgium Luxembourg Austria Italy Switzerland and France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Miller
Sidney J. Miller
E. F. Bistline
Europe
New York
Susan Witcher
S. L. Witcher
Clifton
Tex
Joyce
Susan
Boac Airlines
Lee
Waco
England
Holland
Belgium
Luxembourg
Austria
Italy
Switzerland
France
Pierre Trahan Drowns In Dine Island Bayou
Pierre Pete Trahan 35 drowned Monday afternoon while swimming across Pine Island Bayou near his home. His body was recovered at 7:15 pm by Chance Loeb volunteers. Funeral held Wednesday at Farmer Funeral Home. Survived by mother and stepfather, three half brothers, three sisters and other relatives. He was a Korean War veteran.
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Pierre
Pete Trahan
Farmer Funeral Home
Edgar Marcantell
Loeb Cemetery
Trahan
McCuistion Construction Co
Pine Island Bayou
Chance-Loeb Volunteer Fire Department
Ed Leatherwood
Loeb
Herbert Nichols
Voth
Ray
Donald Leatherwood
Chance- Loeb
Wendy Gibson
Beaumont
Hazel Trahan
Houston
Delores Trahan
Lufkin
Frank Farmer Silshee Graduate Injured In Collision
Frank Farmer a May graduate of Silshee High School suffered head injuries in a four way collision on Sunday at 10 30 am in High Island. He traveled with six Beau mont youths and was hospitalized at Winnie Stowell. His condition is improving and he will be moved to a Beaumont hospital when stable.
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Frank Farmer
Silshee
Silshee High School
High Island
Beaumont
Farmer
Winnie Stowell
Beaumont Hospital
Taxpayer Discontent Echoes From County and School Hearings
Hardin County and Silsbee Independent School District face potential trouble as major taxpayers resist valuations. Land and timber firms seek delay until June 20. hearings set for 9 a.m. June 20. Atlantic Richfield letter cites widespread reductions in renditions and missing oath attestations, signaling broader appraisal disputes.
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Hardin County
Silsbee Independent
Board For Equalization
Silsbee Independent School District
Kirby EasTex Inc
Temple, Champion
L. D. Self
Kountze
Hardin County Commissioners Court
Willie Bean
R. M. Underwood
Atlantic Richfield Company
Atlantic Richfield Properties
Underwood
Timber Tax Battle Over School Valuation in Silsbee
The Silsbee School District Board of Equalization met with major local taxpayers to raise district valuation to nearly 40 million dollars to fund a 1.5 million high school bond.
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Silsbee School District Board of Equalization
Herbert Elmore
L. A. Yankie
Newton Hopkins
Board of Equalization
Nine Silsbee Scouts Begin Month Long Canoe Trip
Nine Silsbee Explorer Scouts from Post 88 join 26 Beau imont Explorers and two adult advisers for a month long journey to Charles L. Sommers Canoe Base near Ely Minnesota. The group travels via bus from Beaumont with a July 16 return, includes a Lincoln Trail hike in Illinois, and a two day training course before a week long paddle through Quetico Superrior Wilderness.
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Silsbee Explorer
Canoe Base
Charles L. Sommers
Boy Scouts of America
Ely
Minn
Silsbee
Beauimont
Calder Avenue Baptist Church
Beaumont
Ozarks
Illinois
New Salem
Springfield
Ill
Silsbee and
Quetico-Superior
Danny Barclay
Mack Brown
George Eldredge
Bob Hobson
William Holt
Paul
Harold Gardner Named To New School Position
Harold Gardner was named to a newly created position in the Silsbee school system as director of transportation and maintenance, a 12 month role paying 7200 dollars annually. The Silsbee School Board approved the action May 27 as faculty prepared for commencement. Gardner formerly taught industrial arts in high school.
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Harold Gardner
Silsbee School System
Silsbee School Board
Bruce Watts
Watt
Gardner
Evadale Firemen Seek New Members in Community Drive
The Evadale Volunteer Fire Department invites interested residents and nearby residents to join. No admission fees or monthly dues. Meetings run Monday evenings from 6 30 to 9 00. J A Black urges all who want to help run the department to attend.
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Evadale Volunteer Fire Department
J. A. Black
Dagma Rudisaile Joined TCU Honor Society Beta Gamma Sigma
Dagma Fay Rudisaile a Texas Christian University senior from Silsbee was initiated into Beta Gamma Sigma, the national honor society for business students. The event involved 21 new members this spring with Dean Ike Harrison as faculty sponsor. She majors in marketing, resides at 735 South 7th, and has repeatedly earned Deans Honor List honors.
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Dagma Fay Rudisaile
Silsbee
Texas Christian University
Beta Gamma Sigma
National
Business
Ike H. Harrison
TCU
School of Business
Frank Rudisaile
South 7Th
Phi Chi Theta
Organization For Women
Silsbee Chamber Sets General Meeting Next Tuesday
The Silsbee Chamber of Commerce will hold its regular quarterly meeting at 7 30 p m next Tuesday June 21 at Neches National Bank. President W O Holmes says active committee chairs will report progress including updates on the Silsbee airport and beautification work cleaning up unsightly areas into Silsbee.
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Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Neches National Bank
W. O. Holmes
Silsbee
White Sox Hold Half Game Lead on Astros in Local League
In Silsbee Little League action last week the White Sox remained first with a half game over the Astros. Tony Calhoun of the Pirates hit his second homer and a first grand slam of the season. Jim Bo Bowen of the Colt 45s belted his third homer. Mack Barclay also homered during the week.
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White Sox
Astros
Silsbee
Tony Calhoun
Pirates
Jim Bo Bowen
Colt 45'S
Mack Barclay
Tigers
Oilers
Braves
Colt 45
Yankies
AB H Ave
Team
Grant Dean
Yankies Braves
Ricky Skillern
Colt
The
Andy Odom
Rufus Cook
Pen Gallion
Elob Cist Hebert
Oilers Astros
Bubba McGallion
Mitch Dinkle
R H
ELOB
Tigers Tigers
William Walters
R H Elob Pirates
City To Sponsor UT Public Relations Course
The City of Silsbee will sponsor a four night public relations course in cooperation with The University of Texas Division of Extension. Frank A. Driskill of UT will teach July 18 to 21 at Neches National Bank Neches Room at 7 p.m. The course targets managers owners and employees in retail wholesale and service sectors with a small registration fee and Cesar Dominguez at City Hall for details.
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Division of Extension
University of Texas
Silsoee
Frank A. Driskill
Driskill
Texas A&m College
The
Benford Walters Suffered Seizure and Heart Attack
Benford Walters 35 of Silsbee is in critical condition at Baptist Hospital Beaumont after a heart attack at 10 p.m. Monday while visiting his father in law John Busby’s home. Walters, an EastTex Inc employee and Silsbee volunteer firefighter, was rushed to Hardin Memorial Hospital and transferred to Baptist on Tuesday afternoon.
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Benford Walters
Silsbee
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
John Busby
Walters
Ot EastTex Inc
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Visitors from New Orleans Call on Lincoln Home
Recent callers to the C. A. Lincoln house were Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Brown of New Orleans. Mrs. Brown formerly Miss Annie Payne of Silsbee and was employed by Kirby Lumber Co. The Browns also visited the Sam Welch home in Beaumont, where Mrs. Welch is remembered as Miss Bessie Herrington.
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C. A. Lincoln
L. R. Brown
New Orleans
Brown
Annie Payne
Silsbee
Kirby Lumber Co
Sam Welch
Beaumont
Welch
Bessie Herrington
Illegal Trash Dump On Highway To Be Cleared
A trash dumping ground south of Silsbee near Village Creek on Highway 96 will be cleared during June 20 to 24. Fred Perlitz, chairman of the Chamber Beautification Committee, coordinates with the Silsbee Chamber and Virgil Caraway, Hardin County Precinct No. 1. The site, about a mile north of Village Creek, has attracted health and aesthetic concerns since 1950. Residents are urged to use the new county dump east of Village Creek, south of Highway 418, west of Silsbee, with signs on FM 418 marking the location.
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Silsbee
Village Creek
Beaumont Highway
Fred Per
Lone Mile
Dallas firm wins 4425 mile Hardin County road contract
The State Highway Commission awarded a contract for 4425 miles on US 96 and SH 327 in Hardin County to a Dallas firm. Worth Construction Co. submitted the low bid of 939,752.95. Grading, structures, base and surfacing, and concrete paving are to be completed in 200 working days. John G. Keller, district highway engineer at Beaumont, said Lester P. Landraf, resident engineer at Silsbee, will oversee construction.
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Hardin County
Dallas
Austin
State Highway Commission
Austin Road Co
Worth Construction Co
John G. Keller
Beaumont
Lester P. Landraf
Silsbee
Mrs Brenda Yeagin Critically Injured In Houston Collision
Mrs Brenda Yeagin Young Yeagin is on the critical list at Ben Taub Hospital after a two car crash in Houston Sunday. She underwent brain surgery and remains unconscious. Allen Weiderman, driver of the other car, suffered multiple injuries. Vanessa Yeagin, her two year old daughter, had minor facial cuts and was released.
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Brenda Young Yeagin
Ben Taub
Houston
Allen Weiderman
Venessa Yeagin
Yeagin
Silsbee
Evadale High School
She
Erma Shivers
Dudley Young
Read Graduates With Honors From Rice University
Randy Read of Silsbee joined 587 other graduates at Rice University in Houston as 423 undergraduates earned degrees and 165 advanced degrees were awarded. Read, a cum laude graduate, will pursue a Master of Science in electrical engineering after a three year NDEA fellowship. He works for IBM in Lexington this summer and plans to return to Rice in September. His wife and young son will stay in Silsbee with her parents.
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Randy Read
Silsbee
Rice University
Houston
Lovetti Hall
Read
Rice Development Office
R. L. Read
IBM
Lexington
Rice
NDEA
Wayne Robinson
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Dine Island Bayou
Linnette Butler
George Samuels
Temple
Santa Fe Hospital
Silsbee High
Southwest Timber Co
Kirby Lumber Corp
Temple Industries
Southern Neches
Champion Paper
Atlantic Richfield Co
Self
Atlantic
Texas Railroad Commissioner
Oil Company
Pritchard & Abbott
Bean
Evadale Firemen
Dagma Rudisaile
TCU Honor Society
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City
Highway Dept
Brenda Yeagin
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