Governor bids Big Thicket park plan to advance
Governor Price Daniel proposes a state wilderness and game restoration project for the Big Thicket in East Texas. He urges a March 22 Beaumont meeting with the Texas Tourist Council and area chambers to discuss a coordinated park effort and possible restocking of native wildlife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price Daniel
Big Thicket
Texas
Daniel
Texas Tourist Council
Beaumont
Houston
Liberty, Silsbee, Lufkin
Chambers of Commerce
United States
Yellowstone National Park
State Parks Board
Highway Department
Game and Fish Commission
Big
Ellison Completes Army Quartermaster Cooking Course
Airman Third Class Daniel C Ellison son of Mr and Mrs John H Ellison Route in Kountze Texas completed a cooking course at the U S Army Quartermaster school in Fort Lee Virginia on February 13.
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Daniel C Ellison
John H. Ellison
Kountze
Texas
U. S. Army Quartermaster School
Fort Lee
Vehicle Inspection Deadline Set for April 15 1962
The Texas Motor Vehicle Inspection Service warns that about two thirds of registered vehicles still lack safety checks with fewer than two months to the April 15 deadline. Captain N C Pugh urges early inspection to avoid long lines. no extension will be granted and driving without a current sticker after April 15 is subject to arrest. Inspection costs are one dollar and fines for violations range from one to two hundred dollars plus costs.
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iCaptain
N. C. Pugh
Motor Vehicle Inspection Service
Texas Department of Public Safety
Pugh
Land Firm Names New Forest Boss
Joe R. Miesch native of Texarkana now in Jasper receives promotion to manager of Forest Operations for Southwestern Settlement and Development Co. East Texas Pulp and Paper Co. announces the change. Miesch replaces R. M. Townsend who resigns for a British Honduras consulting role. John Chessher of Woodville named to fill vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe R. Miesch
Texarkana
Jesper
Southwestern Settlement and Development Co
East Texas Pulp and Paper Co
Miesch
R. M. Townsend
British Honduras
O. R. Crawford
Mr. Miesch
Texas High School
A & M College of Texas
United States Army
Louisiana Tech
Ruston
Southwestern
Kirbyville
Woodville
Jasper
John Chessher
Chessher
Saratoga
Saratoga High School
Stephen F. Austin College
Nacogdoches
Mormon Church Official to Attend Beaumont Meeting
Bishop Robert L. Simpson of the Mormon Church will preside over Beaumont Stake quarterly conference sessions on March 3-4 at Victor High School. Stake President Alden Cardon Stout conducts all sessions in the region. Sunday sessions are at 10 a.m. and 1 30 p.m. Visitors and members are invited.
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Robert L. Simpson
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Mormon
Salt Lake City
Beaumont
Alden Cardon Stout
North Lynwood Dr
Victor High School
Bishop Simpson
New Zealand
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
California
Auto Mishap Fatal To Cousin of Mrs Don L Hough
The accident near Baytown claimed three lives including Lucille Brinkley 57 of Laurel LaMarque and a Texas City duo, Betty Hodges 35 and her son Milton Hodges 7. A Hodges daughter, 12, remained in critical condition in a Baytown hospital.
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Don L. Hough
Lucille Brinkley
Laurel
LaMarque
Galveston County
Baytown
Brinkley
Silsbee
Hodges
Soldier Elmer Laird takes part in Hailstorm I exercise
Army Pvt. Elmer Laird of Silsbee Texas joined personnel from Headquarters Company 7th Cavalry 1st Division in Hailstorm I a division level command post drill in Korea Laird is listed as son of Mrs Bernice Laird of Silsbee Texas amid the unit scope of the exercise.
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Army
Elmer Laird
Bernice Laird
Silsbee
Texas
1St Division
7Th Cavalry
Korea
Services Held For Donald Parks Silsbee Native
Funeral services for Donald Murriel Parks forty four of Silsbee were conducted at Woodrow Baptist Church with Rev. R L Bateman officiating. Burial followed at Knapple Cemetery with Farmer Funeral Home in charge. He died at Santa Fe Hospital Temple after twenty years with Santa Fe Railroad as a car inspector. Survivors include his mother Nancy Parks and siblings Bernard Hubert Willie and Mrs Sam Cape. Pallbearers named Maxie Buckner Ray Tarver Phillip Earnest R N Ebard D R Chance Charles F Earnest.
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Donald Murriel Parks
Silsbee
Woodrow Baptist Church
R. L. Bateman
Knapple Cemetery
Farmer Funeral Home
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America
Parks
Santa Fe
Temple
Santa Fe Railroad Co
Nancy Parks
Bernard Parks
Hubert Parks
New Mexico
Willie Parks
Austin
Sam Cape
Beaumont
Maxie Buckner
Ray Tarver
Phillip Earnest
R. N. Ebard
D. R. Chance
Charles F. Earnest
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Big Thicket State Park
Alabama-Coushatta
America
Briggs & Stratton
Caraway Motor CO
S. P
Caraway Silsbee Mattress CO
NORGE
Norge Gas
Houston Natural
Beauty-Shop
Warrick TV & Appliance Company
Ward's Furniture Company
Apache Lumber Company
Tinkle Furniture
New Forest Boss
Mormon Church
Jake May
Federal Reserve System
Silsbee State Bank
Deke
Yazoo
A. E. Read CO
North 5Th
Donald Parks
Prescription Chemists
Fuller Building
Neecee
NSUA
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