Silsbee Chamber of Commerce Membership Drive
The Silsbee Chamber of Commerce urges dues payment and highlights its volunteer, community focused work. It promotes town information services, a published area guide, and collaboration with regional groups while inviting local business and individual members, led by President Paul Georgas. John Spillar, Silsbee Country Club manager, visits editor and shares birding notes and deer sightings.
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Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Silsbee’s
Chamber of Commerce
Silsbee
C. of C
United States
Paul Georgas
John Spillar
Silsbee Country Club
John
Double R Ranch
Dickinson Found Insane. To Rusk Hospital
Gordon B. Dickinson was adjudged insane in the 88th district court at Kountze and Judge H A Coe ordered his commitment to the state hospital at Rusk. Dickinson had been found not guilty by reason of insanity for the Sept 20 1961 murder of Robert N Parks of Silsbee. a new trial motion was overruled. He was transported to Rusk Monday morning by deputies.
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Gordon B. Dickinson
Kountze
H. A. Coe
Rusk
Dickinson
Robert N. Parks
Silsbee
Silsbee Students Win Praise At Bi-District Game
Silsbee High School students earned praise at the Bryan bi-district game on February 20 and impressed spectators with their neat appearance and support. Herb Gromley of the Killeen Herald commended the student body and noted Goodnight of Killeen hit the foul shot over the line.
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Silsbee
Killeen
Silsbee High School
Bryan
Tiger
Herb Cormley
Killeen Herald
Terry Smith Wins Fourth Miss Silsbee Contest Saturday
Terry Lyn Smith, 17, won the Miss Silsbee pageant at the high school auditorium, earning a bouquet and bracelet and earning a chance to compete at the Dogwood Festival in Woodville and other spring events. Sharon Ritchie and Becky Yawn finished second and third. contestants included Linda Lee Yawn, Vivian Dietrich, and Daphne Ashworth. Gordon Baxter hosted. the event supported the Silsbee Public Library building fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Lyn Smith
Silsbee
Woodville
High Scool
Sharon Ritchie
Becky Yawn
Miss Smith
Silsbee High
Chance-Loeb
Randall Phelps
Margaret Scoggins
Sheila Donalson
Joy Fullingim
Linda Lee Yawn
Vivian Dietrich
Daphne Ashworth
Gordon Baxter
Beaumont
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Silsbee Public Library Building Fund
Buna Cougars Crown State Basketball Champs Again
The Buna Cougars captured their sixth state title by defeating Jacksboro 49 to 30 to become the winningest team in Texas Interscholastic League history. Coach Cotton Robinson led a 42 percent shooting night while holding Jacksboro to 27 percent. stars John Hatch Pete Hillin and John Richardson return next season.
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Buna Cougars
Athens
Buna
Jacksboro
Cotton Robinson
Cougars
John Hatch
Pete Hillin
John Richardson
T Simmons
Cleveland
Hatch
Reese Hillin
J Richardson
Ross McHugh
Meaux
Jo. Richardson
Ti Wheelis
Leach Breding
Dickson
Miller
Simpson
Sikes
Winston
Neelys Davis
Twenty Jailed Five Plead Guilty In County Court
A weekly county court report shows 20 people jailed and five entering guilty pleas. Pleas included Isaac Jackson for child abandonment, Wayne Epp for failure to pay board, J C Vaughn for drunk driving, Johnny Yont for theft by false pretext, and Maurice Wyatt for theft. Arrests listed two drunk drivers two drunk in car one theft one drunk and disturbing the peace two traffic and 12 drunks. Jerry McMicken, SHSC student, visited home over the weekend.
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Kountze
Fletcher Richardson
Isaac Jackson
Silsbee Negro
Wayne
Epp
Newton
J. C. Vaughn
Liberty
Johnny Yont
Houston
Maurice Wyatt
Kountze Negro
Dave Rountree
Easter Seal Dinner To Be Tonight
The Hardin County Society for Crippled Children will meet at 7 p.m. tonight in the Blue Bonnet Cafe clubroom for a dinner meeting. There is an orientation for the board of directors and Easter Seal volunteers with Mrs. Annie Mae Hardages presiding. Larry Correll of the Presbyterian church will lead the volunteer campaign from March 15 to April 22.
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Hardin County Society For Crippled Children
Blue Bonnet Cafe
Annie Mae Hardages
Sour Lake
Larry Correll
Presbyterian Church
Heiselbetz Rites Held in Beaumont
Funeral services for Herman Heiselbetz Sr. 70 were held at Broussard's Mor tuary Chapel following his death February 27 in a house fire at Artesian Acres near Loeb. Burial was at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Heiselbetz, a 65 year area resident and retired Texaco employee, left seven sons and a daughter, a brother and a sister, with seven grandchildren.
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Broussard
Herman Heiselbetz Sr
Artesian Acres
Loeb
C. A. Woytek
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Charlie Loupe
Wilford Bell
F. Bankston
Pat Scully
Andy Howe
Charlie Tansil
Lee Beard
Sam Brocato
W. J Coleman
Lulo Riutta
Heiselbetz
Texaco
Hardin County
E. W. Coleman
Ira Moore
Beaumont
Justice of the Peace
J. M. Bowman
Clem
Otis
J. B. Heiselsbetz
Earl
J. H. Stauts
Tiger Nine to Host French Today at 4
Silsbee Tigers open 1962 season at home against Beaumont French at 4 p m. Jerry Lindsey will start for Coach Rothrock. They lost 10-0 at Beaumont in the opener with Robert Hare Lynn Patillo and Donnie Bomer sharing pitching duties.
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Silsbee Tigers
French
Beaumont
Jerry Lindsey
Tony Rothrock
Silsbee
Beaumont High
Robert Hare
Lynn Patillo
Donnie Bomer
Tiger
Tigers Trip to Port Arthur Set for Eagle Relays Defense
Silsbee Tiger track and field squad led by Pudgy Black heads to Port Arthur Friday to defend the 1961 Eagle Relays title with Cypress-Fairbanks and other district foes expected. Black set meet records in shot put and discus last weekend at Carthage.
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Sid
Dauphin
Silsbee Tiger
Port Arthur
Pudgy Black
Black
Carthage
Morris Windham
Silsbee
Lonnie Beard
Tiger
Jerry Lindsey
Andy Crosby
Henderson
Jacksonville
Tigers
Cypress-Fairbanks
Pony League Boys To Register March 17
Boys ages 13 and 14 must register March 17 at 9 a m at the Silsbee High School baseball diamond to play in the Silsbee Pony League. Eligible players must not be 15 before August 1. D R Stuart serves as league president and urges registration on time.
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Silsbee Pony League
Silsbee High School
D. R. Stuart
City May Approve Bonds Up To 425000 In Silsbee
The City of Silsbee may issue general obligation bonds up to 425000 if voters approve. Bond brokers told the council in a special session that financing depends on tax rate or valuation changes. Council will study the proposal, while library plans continue with local fundraising and bids.
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Silsbee
Frank McClanahan
Glover Wills
Fausher, Pierce & Co
J. R. Phillips
Harry Ratcliff
A. G. Edwards & Son
Davis McGill
Dittmar & Co
Houston
Wills
Phillips
Ratcliff
McGill
Public Library Advisory Board
Frank Grote
Earl Wills
Woodville Man Dies in Highway Crash Near Kountze
J C Henry aged 38 of Woodville was killed nine miles north of Kountze when left rear dual wheels from an approaching semi struck his 1955 model sedan and forced it into a tree. The tractor driver was John Rodges, 36, Houston, Negro. Henry left a wife and four children. Investigated by Highway Patrolman Cecil Cain and Set J R Allen.
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J. C. Henry
Woodville
Kountze
Mr. Henry
John Rodges
Houston
Pace-Wells
Edwards Funeral Home
Henry
Cecil Cain
Set
J. R. Allen
Jones Infant Girl Dies in Houston Rites Today
Jennifer Katherine Jones, day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Jerry Jones of Houston, died at 4 30 am Wednesday in Texas Childrens Hospital. Graveside rites were set for 9 am today at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Beaumont with Rev Jos Dazio officiating. Arrangements are with Farmer Funeral Home. Survived by parents and grandparents M Jones, Mrs Perlitz Sr., all of Silsbee.
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Jennifer Katherine Jones
Jerry Jones
Houston
Texas Childrens’ Hospital
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Beaumont
Jos. Dazio
All Souls Catholic Church
Farmer Funeral Home
M. Jones
Fred Perlitz Sr
Silsbee
Rhodes Accepts Linden Pastorate
Rev and Mrs H E Rhodes moved Tuesday to Linden Texas where he accepted the pastorate of a church in that city He has served as pastor of the Calvary Baptist church while in Silsbee.
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H. E. Rhodes
Linden
Texas
Calvary Baptist Church
Silsbee
DeMolay Week Planned in Silsbee March 11 18
The Silsbee Chapter of DeMolay marks International DeMolay Week March 11 18 with a full slate including church visits, a window display at West's Department Store, initiation on March 15, a fraternal rush March 16, and a district basketball title defense March 17 plus a radio program. The chapter has grown since 1957 and sponsors scholarships from candy fundraisers for a Silsbee High senior member.
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Silsbee
Order of DeMolay
Kansas City
Frank S. Land
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church of
West's Department Store
Sabine
Victor
Kkas Radio
First Baptist Church of
San Antonio
Texas
East Texas Shrine Club
Science Fair Set At Silsbee Junior High Gym Tonight
The fifth annual Silsbee Junior High Science Fair, open to the public from 7 to 9 p m in the school gym, showcases winners across ninth and seventh grade biology and physics. Sponsors are teachers Mrs. Jacqueline Hooks Herman Johnson and Raymond S Whitehead.
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Silsbee Junior High School
Jacqueline Hooks
Herman Johnson
Raymond S Whitehead
Mike Edwards
Sandy Hile
Judy Jones
Gail Overland
Ike Baugh
Joy Hopkins
Patricia Cook
East Texas
Bernard Dunn
Earl Keith
Ronnie van Pelt
Kristi Fuller
Ellen Ford
Dorothy Mallet
Susan Williams
Leta Barnett
Louis Grissom
Billy Slaydon
Bill McGinty
Mike Ward
Texas
Janis Morris
Linda Read
Ben Holmes
Doug Tennison
Llewellyn Dickinson
Mary Dear
Doyle McKeown
Britt Plunk
J. Q. Vanderburg
Allan Murphy
Kenneth Nichols
Patsy Penryv
Barbara Perkins
Ike McWhorter
Ricks Harcrove
Bettse Freeman
Cindy Shepherd
Marsha Wooley
Ester Wells
Shirley Eagles
the Ant
Silsbee ISD Leads County With 3373 Students for 61 62
County report by Neal House shows Silsbee Independent School District as the largest in the seven subdivisions with 3373 students. Hardin-Jefferson ISD ranks second with 1549. Wotaw and White Oak total 164. Kountze 1140. Chance-Loeb 714. West-Hardin 451. Total county enrollment is 7391 with 5929 white and 1462 Negro.
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Silsbee
Silsbee Independent
Neal House
Hardin-Jefferson Independent
Wo‘taw
White Oak
Wotaw
Kountze
Chance-Loeb
West-Hardin
Batson-Saratoga
77 000 Building Program Winds Up At Evadale School
Evadale school nears completion of a 77000 program per Supt E C Nash. Public viewing is set for tonight during the public school week. Additions include a home economics lab with new superintendent and tax offices and a connected covered walkway to the high school and gym.
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Evadale School
E. C. Nash
Bee
Nash
Absentee Voting Starts March 14 in City Election
Cesar Dominguez city secretary announced absentee voting opens March 14 for the April 3 city election. Only three candidates filed for three incumbents R. O. Jackson H. C. Hopkins Lenox Hawthorne, making it a no contest election as councilmen drew ballot positions Hopkins Jackson Hawthorne in that order.
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Cesar Dominguez
R. O. Jackson
H. C. Hopkins
Lenox Hawthorne
Hopkins
Jackson
Mr. Hawthorne
Parrott is Promoted to Staff Sergeant in Air Force
Jerry C. Parrott son of Mr and Mrs N H Parrott of Sour Lake Texas has been promoted to staff sergeant in the United States Air Force Mrs Parrott is the former Eva L Laird of Salsbee
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Jerry C. Parrott
N. H. Parrott
Sour Lake
Texas
United States Air Force
Parrott
Eva L.laird
Salsbee
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David Read
Coe
Terry Smith
Jerry McMicken
SHSC
Huntsville
F. A. McMicken
Lester D. Self
First Methodist Church
Mr. Self
W. Coc. McNeil
Arthur
Cy-Fair
Pony League Boys
City Hall
Jones
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