Hardin County Awards Tax Roll Appraisal to Dallas Firm
The Hardin County Commission ers Court at a special session on June 12 authorized Pritchard and Abbot of Dallas to prepare a new county tax roll and pay a $600 fee for the appraisal. County Attorney Dwayne Over street was to submit an emergency request as part of the Mental Health Regional Health Program setup. Tax Assessor-Collector Fred Anders was authorized to hire three temporary staff to assist in writing county tax receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Dwayne Overstreet
Pritchard and Abbot
Dallas
Commissioner’s Court
Fred Anders
Final Rites For Athan C. Allen Sr
Funeral services for Athan Curtis Allen Sr. 68 were held at 4 p m in Farmer Funeral Home chapel with burial in Resthaven Cemetery. He died at 8 a m Monday in M D Anderson Hospital Houston after a long illness. A Meridian native and retired contractor, he survived by four sons Tommy Allen Bruce Allen Neal Allen and Philip Allen four daughters Mrs Rossies Jr Mrs Curtis Keown and 23 grandchildren two great grandchildren and four sisters. Pallbearers named include Jonathan Allen David Iles George Illes Steve Keown Chris Campbell Thomas Allen Jr and Ricky Campbell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athan Curtis Allen Sr
Farmer Funeral Home
Resthaven
Allen
M. D. Anderson Hospital
Houston
Meridian
Tommy Ailen
Lumberton
Bruce Allen
Tuscumbia
Ala
Neal Allen
Vietnam
Philip Allen
Rossies Jr
Curtis Keown
Silsbee
Carl Allen
Albert Durham
Beaugnont
Harold Watson
Pete Campbell
Hull
Jonathan Allen
David Iles
George Illes
Steve Keown
Chris Campbell
Thomas Allen Jr
Ricky Campbell
Funeral Services Held Here For Rupert Crawford
Rupert Crawford died at 6 p m Sunday in Baptist Hospital after a short illness. Funeral services were held at 2 p m Wednesday at the Home with Rev Eddis Smith officiating. Burial followed in Rest Haven Cemetery. Surviving are his wife two daughters four brothers and one sister. He was 62 and a native of Shelbyville a retired mechanic and member of First United Methodist Church of Shelbyville. He had lived in Beaumont three years formerly of Center and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert Crawford
Beaumont
Baptist Hospital
Farmer Funeral Home
Eddis Smith
Pinecrest Baptist Church
Resthaven Cemetery
Shelbyville
Center
California
First United Methodist Church of
Two-Car Crash Damages 1200 In Silsbee
At 5 40 p m Thursday a two car collision at Highway 96 East and Winter Street in Silsbee caused 1200 in damages. John Edwin Havens 29 and Colleen Wellborn 16 were involved. Havens 67 Dodge and Wellborn 69 Dodge sedan were towed to Simmons Motor Co. Neither Havens passengers were injured. Colleen Wellborn was cited for failure to yield the right of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway 96
Winter Street
Wellborn
Simmons Motor Co
Havens
Wellborn Auto
Joyce
Tracy Havens
Women Golfers To Meet Tonight At Silsbee Club
Members of the Women's Golf Association of the Silsbee Country Club will meet tonight at 8 p m at the Country Club. Work plans will be made for the Men's Second Invitational Golf Tournament to be held next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Golf Association
Silsbee Country Club
Heal
Silsbee
Silsbee State Bank
Robert Scott
Sabine
Scott
City Budget Amended for Wage Hikes and Upgrades
City manager Ron Hickerson announced amendments to reflect unexpected revenues from last year 1 tax. The council adopted the measures retroactive to June 1 and plan wage increases for hourly workers and a city retirement system with August implementation. Funds will upgrade departments and fund new equipment including a fire truck cab and chassis and utility vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronauld Hickerson
Hickerson
Manager Of The Year To Be Chosen By Little League Managers
Little League managers will meet Wednesday June 25 at 8 p.m. in Neches National Bank to elect Manager of the Year in Minor Major and Senior divisions. All-Star teams will be chosen and trophies awarded at Queen's Coronation June 27 at the Little League Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little League
Martin Wilson
Neches National Bank
Wilson
Medical Records Group To Meet At Doctors Hospital
Doctors Hospital in Silsbee hosts the first meeting of the Medical Records Library for District IV-D on Friday June 20 at 7 30 p m. Dr Phillip T Weisbach returns from Vietnam to present slides on hospital facilities equipment and records available to the district hospitals. Mrs Kathryn Niecoy introduces Dr Weisbach and Gene Jordan administrator welcomes MRS personnel. hostesses are Mrs Ruby Stewart and Mrs Dianne Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Medical Records
Silsbee State Bank
District IV
Phillip T. Weisbach
Vietnam
Kathryn Niecoy
Weisbach
Gene Jordan
Personnel
Ruby Stewart
Dianne Clark
Four Alligators Stolen From Evadale Market
Four alligators belonging to Bruce's Fish Market in Evadale were killed and stolen from a fenced pond about 5 a.m. Friday. The reptiles, each about five feet long and 100 pounds, were taken from Ben Bruce Jr.'s market. the burglary is under investigation by the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Bruce Jr
Bruce
Evadale
Jasper County
Bruce Gravis
Gravis
Prame
Jasper County Sheriff's Department
Het
Harris County Woman Injured in Car Wreck
A Harris County woman was unconscious at St. Elizabeth Hospital after a 1960 Volkswagen overturned Friday night near the old Spurger highway FM 92 intersection north of Silsbee. Sheri A. Perez of Spring was hospitalized after the crash. damage to the car was about 350 dollars. Sheriff reports Perez lost control on a curve and the vehicle skidded, with another driver noting she appeared unaware of the curve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris County
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Volkswager
Silsbee
Sheri A. Perez
Masse Oak Drive
Spring
Doctors Hospital
Farmer Funeral Home
Beaumont Hospital
Tramar Dougharty
John Hanks
Voth
Perez
Dougharty
Insurance On Waldo Mathews Buildings Reduced To 65000
Insurance coverage for the Waldo Mathews school property was cut from 271000 to 65000 at a June 11 board meeting following Twin City Fire Insurance Co. withdrawal notice. Superintendent Don F E Hough said remaining insurers will maintain coverage at a reduced rate until disposal. The board also accepted resignations and new hires, and discussed transfer law and tax collection duties as part of June actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldo Mathews
Don FE. Hough
Basil Rodgers
Silsbee Insurance Co
Twin City Fire Insurance Co
Minneapolis
Hough
Nell Williams
Susan Irvine
Richard Strong
Ida Flo Coldren
O'Neil
Patricia Grissom
Kirby
Jesse Hawthorne
Silsbee
Cheryl Jane Bean
Gary Frank Butler
Judi Sue Vassar
Albert ‘George Witte
Donna M. Miller
C. L. Chance
Silsbee Independent
Kirby Stadium
O’neil
Dallas Couple Attends Cook Family Reunion at Banks Cook Home
Dr and Mrs Chester Cook of Dallas visited over the weekend in the home of Mrs Banks Cook for a Cook family reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Cook
Dallas
Banks Cook
Cook
Silsbee Social Notes Highlights Visitors And Hospital Stays
Local residents report a string of social visits and medical updates. Sgt. Glenn Earl Hutto returns from Georgia with family. Ed Hugheses back from Florida and Picayune. Clinefelter, Yarbro, and Knupple family members receive care in Beaumont and Temple hospitals. Trips include Pueblo Colorado and a Jamaica cruise. Dr. Bille Strother visits from Hawaii. extended visits span multiple states and European travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. R. Hutto
Sgt
Glenn Earl Hutto
Biloxi
Miss
Stone Mountain
Jack Shahan
Ed Hughes
Fort Walton Beach
Fla
Picayune
D. Clinefelter
Santa Fe Hospital
Temple
James Goodman
Carrollton
Tom Singletary
Edgar R. Collins
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Cline Yarbro
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Robert E. Knupple
Corpus Christi
Cornelia Knupple
David Knupple Jr
Silsbee
Knupple
Wade Strother
Pueblo
Colo
Marshall J. Strother
Marsha Ann
Lash King
Oil City
Phil Potter
L. J. King
Virgil L. Caraway
R. L. Read
Jamaica
Russell Busby
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Bille Strother
Hawai
Europe
Robert Earl Strother
Augsburg
Germany
Munic
France
Belgium
Italy
J. H. Richardson
Jerald Peveto
Marrell Conway
Orange
Donna Nolen
Charles Holt
McAlister
Okla
Carolyn Worsham
Port Neches
Trevalyn Buck
Lucille Grammer
Galena Park
Bessie Read
Read
Pickets form line at Evans Products site over wages
On Highway 418 extension a picket line formed at the Evans Products Co storage building in Silsbee. P & A Construction Co workers under a Local Union contract are protested by Operating Engineers Local 450 for sub standard wages and conditions. The lines aim to pressure contractors while allowing public access to nearby pool and skating rink. Local 150's Bert Fountain clarified the disruption targets the site, not local businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans Products Co
Silsbee
Nederland
P & A Construction Co
B. E
Bert) Fountain
International Union of Hoisting and Portable Engineers
the Bee
Fountain
Silsbee Man Skids 595 Feet. No Injuries Reported
Larry Ray Gresham 22 of Silsbee lost control on old Honey Island Road after a collision near one oncoming car. His 1969 Dodge slid 595 feet into a woods line, leaving $600 damage. passenger William Mack Brown uninjured. Highway Patrolman Wayne Pullen notes high speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Larry Ray Gresham
Honey Island
Wayne Pullen
Gresham
Pullen
William Mack Brown
Wild chase ends with DWI filed on youth
A Silsbee youth Kenneth Lee Walker twenty was charged with driving while intoxicated and speeding after a 100 mph chase by Highway Patrolman Truman Dougharty. The pursuit began near Massey Lake Road and ended at Conner's cafe in Silsbee where Walker was captured. An unidentified passenger fled. an officer also charged Walker with destroying county property for tearing an air conditioner vent from his cell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Truman Dougharty
Dougharty
Mark Mustang
Kenneth Lee Walker
Massey Lake Road
Old Beaumont Highway
Innto U. S. 96
Conner
Walker
Dreddy Chevrolet
James Martin
Jack Rhymes
Brady Turk
Houston
19Th Street
Highway 327
Turk
Roosevelt
Troop 82 Elects New Officers For Summer Camp Prep
Boy Scout Troop 82 met Monday night June 16 at the usual meeting place with Scoutmaster Bob Parr and two boys present. Awards were given to George Armstrong Vance Swarthout Keith Goins George Graham Mark Denson Wade Parr Raymond Varzchi Clint Parr Danny Mandeville Jerrs Curtis and Vance Swarthout named Assistant Patrol Leader. The troop plans to attend the annual summer camp at Camp Orland near Woodville leaving Sunday June 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout
Bob Parr
George Armstrong
Vance Swarthout
Keith Goins
George Graham
Mark Denson
Wade Parr
Raymond Varzchi
Clint l Parr
Danny Mandeville
Jerrs Curtis
Camp Orland
Woodville
Scribe
Troop
Mrs Flanakin Family Returns From Texas Tour
Mrs G FE Flanakin and daughter LeAnn with Mrs W L Allen return home Friday after touring San Antonio Austin Galveston and San Marcos visiting points of interest. In San Antonio they saw Mrs Allen's son Dennis stationed there with the US Armed Forces.
West Hardin Votaw School Consolidation Vote Set
A consolidation election for West Hardin County Independent School District and Votaw School District No 4 is scheduled for Saturday July 21. County Judge Emmett Lack names polling places at school cafeterias with 8 am to 7 pm voting hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Hardin-Votaw
West Hardin County Independent School District
Votaw School District No
Emmett Lack
Mets Continue To Lead Minors In Early Standings
June 14 standings show the Mets leading the Minor League with 7 wins and 3 losses. The Reds Colts Powys and Yankees share a 6 4 or 3 6 record, while Major League leaders list Yankees at 10 1. Top hitter Artie Shankle leads with 31 at bats and 17 hits for a .550 average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie Queen’s
Mets
VFW
Yankees
Reds
Colts
Powys
Yanks
Cubs
Colt .45'S
Tigers
Braves
Astros
White Sox
Oilers
Pirates
Artie Shankle
Grand Jury Indicts Four in Hardin County Case Docket
Hardin County grand jury on June 16 returned four true bills though by Wednesday afternoon only four indictments were recorded by District Clerk W. L. Selman. Sammy Thomas Jr. 21 of Texas City faces two counts rape and robbery by assault. James Lee Wormsley 25 of San Antonio faces rape and robbery by assault. Both allegedly involved a 35 year old Silsbee woman in a May 25 incident near Lumberton Justice of the Peace J. M. Bowman. Selman noted no new indictments will be filed before July 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Grand Jury
W. L. Selman
Sammy Thomas Jr
Texas City
James Lee Wormsley
San Antonio
Silsbee
Lumberton
Justice of the ‘Peace
J. M. Bowman
Jim Bo Bowen Fires First No Hitter of Senior Little League
Jim Bo Bowen of the Giants pitched the league’s first no hitter of the season in a June 12 game against the Braves. Bowen had two other Giants infielders with hits, and Buzzy Witte collected his first homer of the season. Standings as of June 14 show the Giants with nine wins and one loss, while the Astros, Reds, Dodgers, Cardinals, and Braves follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Bo Bowen
Giants
Braves
Giant Omers
Buzzy Witte
Sevon
Bowen
Theeague
Astros
Reds
Dodgers
Cards
Funeral Services Today For Leslie J. Richardson
Leslie Joseph Richardson 78 of Lumberton died at 2 05 pm Tuesday in Baptist Hospital Beaumont after a lengthy illness. Funeral services are today at 11 am in Farmer Funeral Home chapel with Rev E W Stanley officiating. Burial will be Hooks Cemetery near Kountze. He was a Louisiana native and longtime Lumberton resident and a retired Bethlehem Steel employee. Survivors include his wife Emily and three stepsons, W M Spell, R M Spell, D A Spell, plus siblings and pallbearers named in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Joseph Richardson
Lumberton
Baptist
Emily Richardson
W. M. Spell
Port Arthur
R. M. Spell
D. A. Spell
Texas City
Steve Richardson
Orange
Able Richardson
Port Neches
Morris Richardson
Houston
Ella Fuller
Veda Parker
Joe Gray
Baton Rouge
Ada Breaux
Sulphur
Norman Condry
Lloyd Condry
Boyd Condry
Walter Burge
Wesley Faul
J. W. Harvey
Births in Silsbee and Fred area reported
A son Darrell Lynn was born to Mr and Mrs D G Rashall of Silsbee on June 11 at St Elizabeth Hospital. Mr and Mrs Manuel Ard of Fred welcomed a daughter on June 15 at Baptist Hospital. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Dennet Spillar of Silsbee at St Elizabeth Hospital on June 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrell Lynn
D. G. Rashall
Silsbee
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Manuel Ard
Fred
Baptist Hospital
Dennet Spillar
Also Mentioned on This Page
Claude Coward
Don Adams
Jasper
Southwestern Bell
Lloyd Gropp
Tom McGrenera
Jack Martin
Larry Hill
Athan C. Allen Sr
Sibyl Crawford
Joann Wilson
North Hollywood
Calif
Linda Hickman
R. H. Crawford
Joe Crawford
Los Angeles
Gordon and
Alton Crawford
Seattle
Wash
R. E. Pridemore
Morago
Evadale Market
Lions Club
Silsbee Lions Club
Blue Bonnet Cafe
Nick Mitchell
Robert Riceman
Warren Bower
W. A. Cawthon
Roberto C. Flores
John L. Teel
R. David Shows
Lion Tamner
Robert A. Scott
W. A. Barclay
Cesar Dominguez
James Hays
Terry Curran
Robert Price
Bernard Klein
Otto Smith
Silsbee Social Notes
Strother
Evans Products
W. J. Gibbs
Slidell, Ua
Hame
Ronald Miller
AB H
Doug Almond
Dale Cather
Tom Sawyer
John Gordon
Lynn Spurlock
Winfred Harper
Curtis Braswell
Sparky Gore
Keith van Winkle
Diamond Jubilee Committee
L. H. Wade
Larry
Linda
Mike Wade
New Orleans
Mrs. Harold Marble
Uaskoskie
Ook
Zitman
Richards
Moss
Moffett
Witte
Jean
Laynes
Leslie J. Richardson
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