Kiwanis Lions Softball Showdown Set for June 29
The Kiwanis and Lions Clubs meet at 7:30 p.m. on June 29 at the Little League diamond in a charity softball clash. Proceeds benefit both organizations. Featured Lions and Kiwanis players include noted nicknamed lineups with pitchers and fielders listed, plus reservists expected to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis-Lions
Lions
Kiwanis
Paul
Georgas
Lions Club
Don
Brewer
Strack To Direct Methodist Youth In Silsbee
Charles Strack of Beaumont is in Silsbee to supervise summer activities for First Methodist Church youth. Weekly youth fun night runs Thursdays 6:30 to 10 pm for all junior and senior age youths. Strack, son of Carl and Mrs. Strack of Beaumont, is UT Austin graduate and plans SMU study for ministry. officers named to assist him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Strack
Beaumont
Silsbee
First Methodist Church
Mr. Strack
Carl Strack
Beaumont High School
University of Texas In
Austin
SMU
Dallas
Strack
Jimmy Wills
Don Hartman
Bobby Jo Shepherd
Jeff Hobbs
Sandy Hile
Brenda Bartle
Evadale Bridge Pile Driving Paused For Depth Tests
Steel footings for the 1604 foot Evadale bridge on Highway 96 across the Neches River are halted about 10 days for tests of underground formations. Engineers seek minimum depth data as inconsistent soil densities affect piling. one pile endured 400 blows and moved only 2.5 inches. Right of way through the Neches River bottom has been cleared as the 28 foot wide reinforced concrete bridge progresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway
Neches
Evadale
Evadale Bridge
Neches River
Lester Landgraf
Hugh Hornsby
Beaumont
Silsbee Attorney Jailed On Indictment For Libel
Houston Thompson a Silsbee lawyer was indicted for libel by the Hardin County Grand Jury over distribution of a Harmony Ticket before the Democratic primary. Bond set at 500 dollars. he was released after about 90 minutes. The sheet named local and area candidates and was printed in Beaumont. Additional indictments for driving while intoxicated and theft were also returned.
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Houston Thompson
Silsbee
Hardin County Grand Jury
Thompson
Harmony
Sheriff's Department
Grand
R. A. Richardson
Kountze
Hardin County
H. A. ‘Coe
88Th District Court
Richardson
Thomas Sidney Hooks
Dean Cruse
Lester A. Caraway
Earl Wills
Dwayne V. Overstreet
Thei
Beaumont
Grand Jury
Claud Gore
George Edward Foreman
Raymond Herrington
Earl Diggles
Whitaker
H. C. Anderson
Wallace S. Benoit
Wallace Starke
Batson
Justice of the Peace
Louis Sellers
Wildlife Group Wins Four Thousand More Acres in Texas
The East Texas Wildlife Conservation Association receives a lease on the Cox League in Hardin County from Southern Pine Lumber Co. The Cox League spans about 4005 acres along the Neches River bottom and adds a four mile by eleven mile block in the county. The association totals 58,000 acres across Tyler Hardin and Jasper counties, Walter Glenn reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Texas Wildlife Conservation Association
Cox League
Hardin County
Southern Pine Lumber Co
Walter Glenn
Neches
Tyler
Hardin
Jasper
Glenn
Pines To Show World Title Fight Films In Silsbee
The Pines Theatre in Silsbee will screen the Johansson Patterson world championship heavyweight fight on Friday and Saturday July 1 and 2. Manager D H Suitt said the program includes slow motion replay to show Patterson’s powerful blows as he regains the title.
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Pines
Johannson
Patterson
Pines Theatre
Silsbee
D. H. Suitt
County CD Official Attends Rural Defense Course in Michigan
William W. Howell of Warren Texas and Hardin County Civil Defense aide attended a Rural Civil Defense course in Battle Creek Michigan from June 13 to 17. The program trained local leaders to aid rural residents in nuclear disaster preparedness and to strengthen cooperation with local civil defense offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Howell
Box
Warren
Texas
Industrial Service Company, Inc
Hardin County
Kountze
Battle Creek
Michigan
Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
Chance Loeb Beer Election Set for July 9
Hardin County commissioners call a local option vote on beer sales in the Chance Loeb area for July 9. The district remains dry, and future election costs will be borne by petitioners. Mrs. Moise Guidry posted $100 to cover the July 9 expense. a prior report misstated July 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chance-Loeb
Hardin County
Moise Guidry
Bee
Lady Golfers to Qualify for Tourney
Qualifying rounds for the Lady Golfers championship begin Tuesday and run through Sunday. To qualify a player must partner with a tournament entrant and complete 18 consecutive holes. The championship starts July 4 and runs to July 10 in match play, with the monthly handicap event following Tuesday. Scores from Tuesday qualifiers may count toward the handicap tournament.
Cramer Family Visiting Relatives in California
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Cramer of San Bernardino California are visiting his sisters and their families including Mrs Bill and Mr Sam and Mrs Matteuan and Mrs Tutt Arnad and brother Pat Cramer.
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Jim Cramer
San Bernardino
Calif
Bill
Sam and
Matteuan
Tutt Arnad
Pat Cramer
Beaum on Editor R W Akers Speaks at Silsbee Kiwanis Dinner
R W Akers, editor in chief of the Beaumont Enterprise and Journal, will be the principal speaker at the Silsbee Kiwanis Club fish fry at Cravens Camp on the Neches River. The event, a ladies night with about 250 expected attendees, begins at 7 pm and features fried catfish and cornbread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W
Bob) Akers
Beaumont Enterprise and Journal
Silsbee Kiwanis Club
Clifton Caraway
Akers
E. M. Wilson Jr
Cravens Camp
Neches River
Caraway
Morris Team Parents Plan Benefit Game
The parents of the Morris Pharmacy Little League team sponsor a Saturday night baseball game at eight o clock. Mothers challenge the fathers with Ted Tate as emcee and umpires Mayor H M Jones G W Gilchriest and Pete Landolt. Proceeds support Rolando Rudisaile and Morris Little League queen candidate Kate Hargrove. Giles Reid leads the men and Kate Hargrove leads the mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Pharmacy
Ted Tate
H. M. Jones
G. W. Gilchriest
Pete Landolt
Rolando Rudisaile
Morris Little League Queen
Kate Hargrove
Sothers
Giles Reid
Services Held For Mason Infant at Redhaven Cemetery
Graveside services were conducted Sunday at 2 p m for Pamela Kay Mason infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry T Mason at Redhaven Cemetery Rev Lloyd Moorman of Wonderland Church officiated Survivors include sister Debra Ruth and grandparents Frank Ward and Mrs Mason A L Mason and Mrs Mason
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Redhaven
Pamela Kay Mason
Henry T. Mason
Lloyd Moorman
Wondcrest Methodist Church
Debra Ruth
Frank Ward
A. L. Mason
Mrs Shackelter Returns From Tem ple After Brother's Funeral
Mrs J O Shackelter returned home Friday from Temple where she attended the funeral of her brother June Payne.
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J. O. Shackelter
Temple
June Payne
Funeral Rites For Gregory Landers Held Saturday
Funeral services for Greg Landers three year old son of Mr and Mrs Van Landers of Silsbee were held at a.m. Saturday at the chapel Farmer Funeral Home Rev Joseph P Dazio pastor All Souls Catholic Church officiated. Burial was in Rehaven Cemetery. He died in a Beaumont hospital at 10 40 p.m. Thursday. He is survived by his parents grandparents Mrs and Mr A Hinckley and Mr Mrs Van Landers Sr great grandfather Jim Cwall of Silsbee. Pallbearers were W Creel W T Berryman O Green and Edwin O Dell.
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Greg Landers
van Landers
Silsbee
Farmer Funeral Home
Joseph P. Dazio
All Souls Catholic Church
Fiotating
Rehaven Cemetery
Bemont
A. Hinckley
van Landers Sr
Jim Cwall
W. Creel
W. T. Berryman
O. Green
Edwin O'Dell
Hardin Hospital Auxiliary Meets in Kountze
Hardin Memorial Hospital auxiliary held a Thursday meeting at the hospital in Kountze. Sheriff William Wicker presented a television for hospital use. Plans were set for a canteen stand at the YMBL trek. A donation funds lazy work and Mrs Anna Marie Bardage Sour Lake serves as president of the auxiliary.
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Hardin Memorial Hosp
Kountze
William Wicker
Anna Mie Bardage
Sour Lake
Alae
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Farmer
Clarence
Dehart Newton
Hopkins
George
Tennison
Wright
Hough
Crawford
Calvin
Mickey Mantle
Hancock
Earl
Stover
Lester
Landgraf
The
Longball” Wills
J. D
Methodist
Jasper County
the Bee
Way
Wildlife Group
America
Camp Ariand
Woodville
Pony Airhart
Jesse Hawthorne
Gowmett
James Henry Dosilborn
Bellenger
Bill McGinty
Ronnie Taylor
Charles Barnes
Gerald Rogers
Dickie Bodie
Hardy Bourgeous
Ronald Shuff
Lance Latham
James Bell
Ricky Hargorve
Doug David
Wayne Yankie
Bill Gilchriest
Tibby Scarbrough
Dickie Reeves
hance-Loeb Beer
R. W. Akers
Kiwanis Party
Bill Wright
Lamoyne Goodwin
Bear Man's Bluff
Morris Team
Mason
Gregory Landers
Hardin Hospital Auxiliary
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