Read-Turrentine Elementary Eyes New Principal
B L Williams 53 a Silsbee junior high counselor is recommended as Read Turrentine elementary principal to replace Mrs W E Sheffield who retires at year end. He has seven years in Silsbee plus 18 total teaching years and degrees from Sam Houston State and Stephen F Austin College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. L. Williams
Silsbee
Read - Turrentine
W. E. Sheffield
Don L. Hough
Williams
Sam Houston State College
Stephen F. Austin College
U.S. Department of Education
Supt
Hough
Oma Sharp
Four Injured In Highway 96 Collision Near Silsbee
Four people were injured in a two car crash at 7:50 a.m. Saturday just south of Silsbee on US 96. Patricia Quick 28 of Loeb and her sons Dicky 7 and Daniel 6 suffered injuries along with Ruby Dabney a Waldo Mathews School teacher. An additional vehicle driven by Ar chie Hooks veered into a ditch to avoid the crash. The Quicks were taken to Wilde Clinic and the Dabneys to Hotel Dieu Beaumont.
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Silsbee
Patricia] Coker Quick
Loeb
Dicky
Daniel
Ruby Mae Dabney
Waldo-Mathews School
Silshee
Quick
Amanda
Laura
Danny Reneau
Kountze
Reneau
Quicks
Dabney
Joy Harvey Ener
Wilde Clinic
Farmer Ambulance
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Bee Ad Earns Results From 1200 Miles Away
Gore's Smoke House owner Gore reports a Rawlins Wyoming reader 1200 miles away asked about home cured meats after seeing a small ad in The Silsbee Bee. The reader requested a sampler package and information, proving Bee ads reach distant customers effectively.
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Silsbee
Aake Gore
Gore
Bee
Rawlins
Wyoming
Express
Silsbee City Council creates three member Fire Commission
The council approved a three person Fire Commission by unanimous vote to oversee the volunteer department. E. M. Simmons and C. R. Baker were named, with the third member elected by the volunteer force. The commission takes immediate effect and reports will be studied further by attorneys Barrington and Buchanan. Also listed are election candidates, Religious Activities Week proclamation, and city finances showing $1,253.12 surplus with 91 percent tax collections. Dr. Sam P. Copeland reappointed health officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Fire Commission
Fire Department
Gene Barrington
H. C. Hopkins
Doc Ray
Franklin Suitt
E. J. Jones
Tom Barnes
Grady Walters
Dalton Fousha
Bill Hulin
Martin McKinney
Rex Moore
C. L. Allen
Thut
Evien
Terrell Buchanan
Barrington
T. C. Freeman
Paul Georgas
John J. Fordinal
Frank McClanahan
Burglars Hit Four Clinics Monday
Silsbee officers report five doctor office burglaries on Monday. Vehicles entered were those of Drs. Tennison Copeland Wilde and Mayes in Silsbee and Dr. Ramirez in Kountze. Cash taken totaled 130 dollars. entry through back doors with forced locks. same method suspected.
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Silsbee
Kountze
Grady Tarver
George Tennison
Sam Copeland
W. T. Wilde
Max Mayes
M. J. Ramerez J. Kountze
Silsbee Police
Silsbee Schools Close Tuesday Amid 18 Percent Absentees
Silsbee public schools shut down after absenteeism neared 18 percent as measles mumps and other viruses spread. Attendance fell to 82 percent. three days will be made up later. Classes resume next Monday with epidemics expected to subside during the five day break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Supt
Don L. Hough
Hough
Kirby Elementary
Silsbee High
Supt. Hough
Chance-Loeb
Lions Variety Show Set by Silsbee Lions Club
The Silsbee Lions Club announces its seventh annual Variety Show for March 18 at 7 30 p.m. in the Silsbee High School auditorium with dancing singing and a Lions Club skit Miss Linda Lee Yawn will appear along with Miss Patti Tennison and Miss Emily Landolt as club sweethearts Lenox Hawthorne heads the club and all seats are reserved with tickets from club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Lions Club
Silsbee High School Auditori
Lions Club
Silsbee
Linda Lee Yawn
Patti Tennison
Tom Tennison
Emily Landolt
C. E. Landolt Jr
Lenox Hawthorne
Country Club Golf Tourney Set For Next Sunday
Silsbee Country Club announces a mixed men and women golf tournament for March 13 with handicaps and Callaway scoring. Men tee from the regular tees while women use the women's tees. Players form their own matches or pair with friends. 18 holes, score cards due. Entry is $100 and the course is described as firm with fast greens. Also noted is Chuck Gagliano’s recent surgery in Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Country Club
John Spillar
Spillar
Docket Released For 88th Court Jan-Feb Session
January February session of the October term of 38th District Court convenes April 4 in Kountze. First week Civil Case trials set for 10 a m. listed are J R Tomlinson v J S Kidwilder et al and others, with criminal trials to begin in week seven. presiding judge H A Coe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
38Th District Court
Kountze
H. A. Coe
Clarence N. Yarbrough
Kirby Lumber Corp
T. Willie Jones
E. J. Dinks
State of Texas
Thomas F. Jeffcoat
R. D. Edmondson
Leon G. Finklea
Annie A. McGallion
Ada McDonald
Edward L. Haynes
Leon Calvin Lee
Elijah Green
the Fidelity and Casualty Co
Sam F. Bashara
Floyd L. Karstein
Eunice Roye
Aetna
Proposed Amendments To Charter Published
All 20 proposed amendments to the Silsbee city charter are published in the BEE this week. The city council voted to publish the full text and notes from the charter study commission to explain each change. The notes clarify necessary changes to comply with state law. The ballot form appears at the end of the double page ad for the April 5 general election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
BEE
Special Charter Study Commission
Little League Parents Meet Set For March Fifteenth
An important meeting of all parents of boys in the Little League and Senior Little League is scheduled for 7 30 Tuesday evening at Neches National Bank. James Skinner, president, urges both men and women to attend, calling it urgent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neches National Bank
James Skinner
Skinner
Optimist Group Elects Temporary Officers in Silsbee
A Silsbee group formed an Optimist Club electing temporary officers Tuesday led by Val Hickman as chairman. J R Smith secretary-treasurer Dan Herron sergeant-at-arms and Tom Knighten membership chairmen. Norman Troy guest speaker and the North End Optimist Club of Beaumont sponsors the new group. Next meeting is March 15 at 7 PM in Dan's Restaurant.
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Silsbee
Val Hickman
J. R. Smith
Dan Herron
Tom Knighten
Norman Troy
Optimist Southeast
Texas
North End Optimist Club of
Beaumont
Dan's
Conditional voter registration certificate statement form
Voter registration record fragment shows applicant details including name street address rural route box and route age length of residence in Texas and in city or town Hardin County color female naturalized citizen status. The readable portion indicates a registration form placeholder rather than a completed application with final personal data.
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Texas
Voter Registration Stations Listed Across Hardin County
Hardin County lists polling and voter registration sites including Lilsbee Spurger Spurger Hwy and Kountze County Tax Office. Total poll tax receipts issued reach 6702 with 124 exemptions. Qualified voters will receive registration after March 17 1966 deadline set by Willie Bean.
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Lilsbee
Gertrude Fields
City News Stand
Joyce Ener
Jack Gardner
Honey Island
Louise Markentell
Votaw
Cecil Collins
Thicket
Aline Brackin
Saratoga
Beulah Skinner
Batson
Lee Smith
Clara Lambert
Sour Lake
Charlie Lambert
Gulf Service Station
Roy Maynor
Maynor
T. L. Brown
Brown
Mose Johnson
Johnson's Cleaners
Grayburg
Gertrude Johnson
Kountze
Hardin County
Willie Bean
250 Named to Lead Poverty Program
A large meeting at the Hardin County courthouse in Kountze elects a poverty program leadership panel for the Economic Opportunity Act. County Judge Fletcher Richardson and a nominated 50 member list join a second slate of about 204 names chosen by Houston Thompson. 217 attendees signed in, with others present unregistered.
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Hardin County Community Action Committee
Fletcher Richardson
Robert Watts
Nacogdoches
Texas Eda
Houston Thompson
Thompson
Gene Barrington
Funeral Services Held Tuesday For Mrs Louise Riley
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday for Miss Louise Riley 74 of Chance Loeb who died suddenly Sunday night. The Fletcher Emmanual Baptist Church officiated with Reverend Henry Shettles and Reverend E W Stanley assisting. Burial followed at Old Hardin Cemetery under Farmer Funeral Home. Survived by sisters Mrs Jesse Watton and Mrs Lilly Chance both of Chance Loeb and brothers Edgar Riley of Baton Rouge and Marion Riley of Honey Island.
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Louise Riley
Chance| Loeb
Fletcher Emmanual Baptist Church
Henry Shettles
E. W. Stanley
Loeb Pentecostal Church
Old Hardin Cemetery
Farmer Funeral Home
Jesse Watton
Lilly Chance
Chance Loeb
Edgar Riley
Baton Rouge
Marion Riley
Honey Island
Silsbee Police arrest 88 in February
Silsbee Police Chief Grady Tarver reported 88 February arrests with 75 disposed of in the corporation court and 13 turned over to Hardin County Sheriff. The month also saw 152 parking meter tickets, 23 accidents investigated, 12 funeral escorts and seven dogs destroyed. Police cars logged 10 446 miles, 260 outside city limits. Mrs and Mrs Joe Isbell and children of Houston visited Lena Isbell.
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Silshee
Grady Tarver
Hardin County
Silsbee
Joe Isbell
Houston
Lena Isbell
Esther Reed, Former Silsbee Teacher, Dies in Port Arthur
Esther Reed 64 a former Silsbee resident and Port Arthur teacher died at 12 15 p m Wednesday in St Marys Hospital Port Arthur from injuries suffered in a one car crash Tuesday at Las Palmas and Twin City Highway Port Arthur She taught 20 years in Port Arthur schools retiring last year as Sam Houston Elementary principal A P Reed her husband survives with two daughters Mrs Ann Washington Edinburg and Mrs Frances Ferguson Ardsley N Y and six brothers John P Read W A Read Joseph R Read David A E and R L Read all of Silsbee Funeral held this afternoon at St Marks Methodist Church Port Arthur burial in Port Arthur.
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Esther Reed
Silsbee
St. Mary's Hospital
Port Arthur
Las Palmas
Twin City Highway
Sam Houston
Sam Houston State College
Huntsville
St. Mark’s Methodist Church
Orrick
Ann Washington
Edinburg
Frances Ferguson
Ardsley
N.Y
John P. Read
St. Paul, Minn
W. A. Read
Beaumont
Joseph R. Read
David
A. E
R. L. Read
Six Candidates Vie For Two Positions On C L School Board
Six candidates will be on the ballot for two places on the Chance Loeb School Board. The election is set for Saturday April 2 with absentee voting to begin next. The five names on the ballot are R G Milner O B McConnell Kenneth C Dougharty J Carl Vincent James D Lowry and Charles W English. Incumbents are Milner and McConnell.
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C-L
Chance-Loeb
Supt
J. L. Garner
R. G. Milner
O. B. McConnell
Kenneth C. Dougharty
J. Carl Vincent
James D. Lowry
Charles W. English
Milner
McConnell
Work and Daniels To Build Chance Loeb High School
Chance Loeb Independent School District trustees amended the high school contract at a March 2 meeting and awarded the project to Work and Daniels Construction Co. of Kountze for 560 660 dollars plus 11 200 dollars for a sewer unit. Architects Rustay Martin and Yale of Houston designed a 13 classroom facility with science labs home economics rooms a gym cafetorium health room and offices on 28 13 acres north of the current campus along highway 6. Groundbreaking will occur as weather permits.
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Chance - Loeb Independent School District Board of Trustees
Work
Daniels Construction Co
Kountze
L. J. Garner
Rustay, Martin and
Yale
Houston
Preschoolers to register at Silsbee High School gym
All children entering Silsbee Public Schools for the first time in September must register March 30 in the Silsbee High School gym between 8 a.m. and 3 30 p.m. Mrs. W. E. Sheffield said. Each child must bring a birth certificate. Nurses will be on hand to provide required immunizations.
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Silsbee Public
Silsbee High School
W. E. Sheffield
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B.l.williams
Jackie Herron
Fletcher
Village Creek
Highway 96
Sandra Savage
Carnell Roberts
Jean King
U.S. Treasury
Karl Stover
Stover
Sam P. Copeland
G. E. McLaughlin
Orange
E. A. Gregory
Tarver
Lions
Tthe Lions Club
Country Club
Chuck Gagliano
Veterans Hospital
Optimist Group
Hardin Co
U.S
W. T. Bean
Work and Daniels
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