Silsbee Adopts 338 156 Balanced Budget for 1964 65
Silsbee city council approved a 338 156 balanced budget for 1964 65 at a Tuesday night hearing. The measure funds street repair five percent pay raises for several city staff including City Secretary Dominguez and police officers, and adds a new equipment replacement fund and a library budget increase. The council approved maintained tax rates and discussed water service expansion and street culverts as future needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
J. C. Busby
Paul Lowry
Martin McKinney
Val Hickman
Tom Tennison
Pat Richardson
Robert Arline
Dudley Stone
Kirby Lumber Corp
South Third
Cesar Dominguez
Max Zeller
Bernard Parks
Albert Sharp
Dominguez
Eastern Transit Mix Concrete Co
Frank L. McClanahan
Lilliedal
Frank Payne
Payne
Ben Franklin Store May Open In Silsbee Soon
Remodeling began on the former Silsbee Dry Goods Co. building in downtown Silsbee. West Co reportedly leased the site from N. A. Cravens, plans a Ben Franklin variety store with a 40 by 125 foot footprint and a 40 by 105 foot main area, second floor storage, and front awning repairs.
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Silsbee Dry Goods Co
Silsbee
West Co
N. A. Cravens
Ben Franklin
Silsbee Dry Goods
E. M. Prewitt
Little League To Crown Queen During Final Week
Silsbee Little League enters its final week of play with a public crown ceremony at the park on Thursday July 2 at 5 p m Pete Farmer will host the event Two Little League queens one for majors and one for minors will be chosen by donations led by Mrs Ray Hardison president of the Little League Auxiliary The girl with the most money raised will win Possible local support urged for the candidate of choice.
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Silsbee Little League Action
Pete Farmer
Ray Hardison
Last Rites For James W Curry Held Here
James W. Curry 88 died Sunday in Texas City native of Buna. Funeral services were held at 10 a m Tuesday at Farmer Funeral Home Silsbee burial Antioch Cemetery. Surviving include two daughters Mrs J E Armstrong Texas City and Mrs Angie Landers Silsbee three sons Garland Curry Cleveland Merion Curry Silsbee and Randolph Curry Diboll a brother Marion Curry Buna a sister Mrs Maggie Patrick Bessmay Pallbearers were Calvin Curry Larry Gene Curry Lewis Landers A T Fountain Leon Armstrong and Jewel Helstum Emkin Linton Funeral Home Texas City handled arrangements.
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James W. Curry
Texas City
Buna
Farmer Funeral Home
Silsbee
Antioch Cemetery
Curry
The
Baptist Church
J. E. Armstrong
Angie Landers
64 65 Tiger Basketball Schedule Announced
The Tigers release a 26 game 1964 65 schedule with district rivals Port Neches Nederland Big Sandy South Park Port Arthur and new District 9 3A entries West Orange Liberty Forest Park Included are three tournaments YMBL West Orange and Port Arthur Coach Tony Rothrock expects six lettermen from 1964 with Leo Paine as assistant JV games start at 6 00 pm district games marked with an asterisk and begin Nov 23 with Woodville on Navy 23.
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Tiger
Port Neches
Nederland
Big Sandy
South Park
Port Arthur
West Orange
Liberty
Forest Park
Ray McGallion
Beaumont Y. M. B. L
Woodville
Navy
Jasper
Tony Rothrock
Leo Paine
Rothrock
Orange
Wes
Bridge City
Funeral Services Today For Mrs Eunice Murphy 83
Funeral services are held for Mrs. Eunice A Murphy 83 of Silsbee at First Assembly of God Church with Rev J A Hendrix officiating. Burial follows at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Beaumont under Farmer Funeral Home. She died at Baptist Hospital and is survived by relatives across Silsbee Beaumont Port Arthur Victor Rosepine Buna and Rosepine.
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Eunice A. Murphy
Silsbee
Assembly of God
J. A. Hendrix
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Beaumont
Farmer Funeral Home
Raymond C. Chamberlain
Henry Charles Moulder
Donald Gene Hall
Kevian Casey
L. J. Chamberlain
Donald R. Jacobs
Final Rites Held For R. E. Watkins Evadale Resident
Funeral services for Robert E. Lee Watkins 68 of Evadale were held at 5 p.m. Tuesday in Beaumont with W T McQuiston of Rosedale Church of Christ officiating. He died Monday at Baptist Hospital. Burial was in Mount Pleasant Old Union Cemetery. Survivors include his wife four daughters two sons two sisters and one brother.
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Robert E. Lee Watkins
Evadale
L. M. Williams and Sons
Beaumont
W. T. McCuiston
Rosedale Church of Christ
Watkins
Baptist Hospital
Church of Christ
Mount Pleasant
Old Union
Gertrude Watkins
R. B. Williams
Roy E. Wedge
Robert McNairl
Kansas City
Robert Habor
Houston
R. L. Watkins
Orlando
Fla
Guy Watkins
Ft. Knox
Mincie Durbin
Dallas
H. T. Cox
Waxahachie
Lillian Whitman Returns Home From Hospital
Lillian Whitman 23 daughter of the Bee's society editor Mrs Leona Whitman and Virgil Whitman showed improvement after serious head injuries from an automobile accident in Beaumont on June 6. She remained hospitalized at St Elizabeth hospital in Beaumont and regained consciousness, likely to be brought home Wednesday evening after days of unconsciousness.
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Lillian Whitman
The
Bee's Society
Leona Whitman
Virgil Whitman
Beaumont
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Miss Whitman
800 High School Students Predicted For Chance Loeb
C Lyman Ellis Jr of the Texas Education Agency met Chance-Loeb School Board to outline current and future needs for district expansion. He praised the 28.3 acre site purchase and urged planning for an elementary campus and a multi level high school program to meet rapid growth in 5 to 10 years. He stressed the district must act now and set a fair tax structure for a growing bedroom community.
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C. Lyman Ellis Jr
Texas Education Agency
Chance- Loeb School Board
Ellis
Saratoga election contest heads to trial Friday
The Fields v Cotten suit, filed in 88th District Court by Houston Fields, seeks to overturn Cotten’s precinct 3 commissioner win. Ernest L. Sample represents Fields. Judge H A Coe paused proceedings to Friday 9 a.m. for evidence, with the trial anticipated to be lengthy.
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H. A. Coe Jr
Cotten
Coe
Saratoga
Kountze
E. E. Cotten
Sarato
Houston Fields
Fields
Ernest L. Sample
Beaumont
H. A. Coe
W. L. Selman
Field
Earl B. Stover
Silsbee
Silsbee Proclaims Western Week With Parades Rodeo
Mayor Frank L. McClanahan proclaims July 6 to 11 as Western Week in Silsbee. The Silsbee Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors the event including a two day rodeo and a parade day set for July 11. Plans for the parade and rodeo are nearing completion and organizers invite participation at Western Auto in Silsbee.
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Silsbee
Frank L. McClanahan
Silsbee Junior Chamber of Commerce
City of
Warren Bower
Jaycees
Western Auto
Texas
Three Plead Guilty To Charges In County Court
Three individuals appeared before Judge Fletcher Richardson in Hardin County Court this past week. Jose Botley of Kountze served one day in jail and paid court costs for abandonment of children and later pleaded guilty to aggravated assault on his wife with a $100 fine and costs. Albert C. Rapstain of Houston received three days in jail and $50 plus costs for driving while intoxicated. Billy Samuel of Silsbee was fined $25 and costs for aggravated assault.
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Hardin
Fletcher Richardson
Jose Botley
Kountze
Albert C. Rapstain
Houston
Billy Samuel
Silsbee
Four Silsbee youths named to state attorney general youth conference
Attorney General Wag goner Carr designated Jesse Hawthorne, Russell Holt, Berl Slaydon Jr., and Mary Ewing of Silsbee as delegates to the Second Annual Attorney General's Youth Conference in the State Capitol July 10 11 and 12. The event features seminars on juvenile crime prevention and youth involvement with over 1600 delegates from 254 Texas counties. Delegates are urged to apply ideas in their communities and drive youth oriented programs with support from civic clubs and private sponsors.
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Waggoner Carr
State Capitol
Jesse Hawthorne
Lenox Hawthorne
Russell Franklin Holt
H. N. Holt
Berl M. Slaydon Jr
Berl M. Slaydon Sr
Mary C Ewing
Lloyd E. Ewing
Highway Contract Set For Construction Near Honey Island
The State Highway Commission awarded a 7.4 mile project on F M 1293 in Hardin County to Constructon Inc for 541 997. Low bid covers grading structures base and surfacing from F M 1293 F M 1003 Honey Island to S H 3236 in Kountze. Project to last 175 working days under district engineer W E Simmons with Lester P Landgraf in charge.
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Hardin County
Jacksonville
Austin
State Highway Commission
R. C. Buckneer
Hoople Jordon Constructon, Inc
Honey Island
Kountze
Mrs Patt Ward and son return from Jay Oklahoma trip
Mrs Patt Ward and her son Mike returned last Saturday from a vacation trip to Jay Oklahoma where they visited relatives and friends. They also visited Grand Lake and other points of interest there.
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Patt Ward
Mike
Jay, Okla
Grand Lake
Untapped Ground Water Seen as Key to Hardin County Growth
A Texas Water Commission and USGS report on Hardin County uses of ground water shows potential for major industrial expansion. The bulletin cites about 200 million gallons per day available, about 20 times current pumpage, and notes good to excellent water quality suitable for public supply, industry, and irrigation.
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Hardin County
Houston
Texas Water Commission
U. S. Geological
Texas
E.T Baker Jr
USGS
the Bee
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Gulf of Mexico
Neches River
Graveside Services for Mrs Dougharty Held
Graveside funeral services were held Monday for Mrs Sarah Ellen Dougharty 92 of Sour Lake. The service took place at Koupple cemetery at 2 p.m. with Rev. A A Calloway officiating. Farmer Funeral Home directed arrangements. She died at her home Saturday morning. Survivors include son Martin Dougharty of Houston, brothers Luther and Rich Jordan of Jasper, and sister Julia Courtney of Houston.
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Sarah Ellen Dougharty
Silsbee
Koupple
A. A. Calloway
Evergreen Assembly of God Church
Farmer Funeral
Dougharty
May Nelson
Sour Lake
Martin Dougharty
Houston
Luther
Rich Jordan
Japer
Julia Courtney
Final Rites For Mollie Jones 78 Held Wednesday
Mrs Mollie Jones 78 died at a daughter’s home in Chance Loeb after a long illness. A native of Troup Texas she lived in Port Neches 1940 59 and in Chance Loeb five years. Survived by four daughters two sons three sisters a brother 17 grandchildren and 85 great grandchildren. Funeral held 2 pm Wednesday at Farmer Funeral Home chapel Rev BE W Stanley officiating burial Resthaven Cemetery.
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Mollie Jones
C. P. McDaniels
Chance- Loeb
Jones
Troup
Texas
Port Neches
Chance-Loeb
F. C. Dugan
Shreveport
Joe Roccaforte
H. C. LaGrone
Nederland
McDaniels
Charles Pike
Silsbee
O. H. Pike
Addie Parker
Ada Brown
Pay Springs
Idaloonery
Pittsburgh
Robert Marshall
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Silsbee Tiger
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R. E. Watkins
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Attorney General's Office
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Jerry Gage
Chester Hughes
Ann Ener
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Jimmy Harper
Estelle Brown
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Pam Stewart
Henry Short
Sam Amimo
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Carolyn Holmes
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Rita Brown
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