Texas Forestry Association boosts arson reward to five thousand
The Texas Forestry Association raises the reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those who willfully burn another’s woodland to 5000 dollars. Executive director E R Wagoner notes recent incendiary fires in southeast Texas prompted the increase. Rewards are open to anyone, with penalties including fines up to 1000 dollars and up to five years in prison. Claims should be filed with the Texas Forestry Association in Lufkin.
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Woodlands
E R. Wagoner
Association
Texas
Wagoner
East Texas
Woods
Texas Forestry Association
Lufkin
TFA
City repairs under way as crews tackle holes and damaged lines
At J and W Construction Co work began on venue 1 to lay water lines and repair damage with completion expected next week. Gerald Mora Construction has not shown to start Roosevelt Drive and Extension repairs despite attempts to contact them. City crews continue filling worst street holes while planning codes undergo review by the city planning commission to lower insurance rates for Silsbee, with a full report to follow. The fire siren, out for days, is back in service after electrical work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J & W Construction Co
Ile
Gerald Mora
DuBose
Silsbee
Cies
Texas
Planning Commission
Pentecostal Revival Held At First Pentecostal Church
Rev Upton of Tulsa Oklahoma conducts revival services at the First Pentecostal church 945 North 5th Street nightly at 7 30 p m Pastor H B Morgan invites the public to attend with evangelist Rev Leo Upton leading the event
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Upton
First Pentecostal Church
North 5Th Street
Leo Upton
Tulsa
Kla
H. B. Morgan
Highway Construction Sealed Bids Opened in Texas Counties
Sealed proposals for asphalt concrete surface treatment and road work in Orange and Hardin Counties were received by the Texas Highway Department in Austin. Bids to be opened at 9:00 AM on March 22 include various segments from SH 10 to US 96 and other state routes. The notice lists project codes and the resident engineer at Kanne and Texas Highway Austin, with usual rights reserved.
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Par
W. Park Ave
GC & SF RR
Silsbee
4Th St
Gc&sfr
Texia
SH 10
Newton
Brians
Kanne
Texas
Austin
Final Rites Held Wednesday For Mrs. Marcella Hall
Mrs. Marcella Clementine Hall of Silsbee a resident since 1913 died at 86 at Schlessinger Nursing Home. She leaves a Beaumont daughter and a Houston son. Funeral 3 p.m. at Farmer Funeral Chapel with Rev. O L Beck officiating. Burial Resthaven Cemetery Silsbee. Pallbearers listed.
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Marcella Hall
Marcella Clementine ‘Hall
Silsbee
Schlessinger Nursing Home
Magnolia Avenue Baptists Church
Beaumont
Ben
C. F. Coispion
Hall
Houston
Farmer
O. L. Beck
Resthaven
Eli Aldridge
H. J. Schexnayder Jr
Arthur Feldman
Junius Morgan
Lee Hawkins
Larry Aldridge
Den 1 Cub Scout Pack 201 Meeting Recap
Den 1 of Cub Scout Pack 201 met at Mrs. R Brunner’s home with seven cubs, the den chief and assistant. Dwaine Moss elected new denner and Ken Ducharme scribe. They planned a contest and song program for Kirby School March 29 and discussed South of the Border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Brunner
Kirby School
Dwaine Moss
New Denner
Ken Ducharme
Mark Jones
Episcopal Lenten Open House Teaches Mutual Responsibility
St John s Episcopal Church in Silsbee hosts a program titled Open House with Holy Eucharist at 6 00 p m and a covered dish supper Rev Roger Rishel rector of St Paul s Orange speaks on Mutual Responsibility and Interdependence in the Body of Christ a Toronto 1968 Anglican Congress manifesto Future action. babysitters provided.
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Episcopal Church
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Roosevelt Drive
Silsbee
Roger Rishel
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Orange
Anglican Congress
Toronto
Canada
Card of Thanks to Friends and Nurses
Words cannot express my sincere thanks and appreciation to my many friends for the deeds of kindness and cards visits and prayers during my recent illness. I also want to express gratitude to the nurses in the hospital. Burch Lakey.
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Burch Lakey
Thankful notice for sympathy after bereavement
We express gratitude for the many kind deeds and acts of sympathy during our recent bereavement in the loss of our loved one, Mrs. Jacob Gehab. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Cones and family.
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Jacob Gehab
J. D. Cones
Legal notices of multiple insurance cases listed
Case captions include Charles Stephens versus Western Mutual Insurance Co and Nita McCall with others against unspecified insurers. Other filings name James Willie Roberts versus Ina Mutual Liability Insurance and Sylvester Jones versus Glenn Falls Insurance Co. Details show multiple intermingled civil actions and defendants listed against various insurance entities.
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Elers
Rape cases on docket and civil trials set for May
Criminal calendar lists Roy Gene Potts rape case and Haynes rape. Civil docket includes State of Texas et al versus Jeffcoat et al and multiple insurance company disputes with firms such as Liberty Mutual, Pacific Employers, and Aetna. Dockets show trials scheduled May 1 and May 14 at 9 a.m. with various parties and defendants.
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Ian ‘Haynes
Roy Gene Potts
State of Texas
Thomas Frank Jeffcoat
Dorothy Williams
Elmer Elliott
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co
Walter D. Haynes
Wiliam E. Greene
Kirby Lumber Corp
Falcon Seaboard Drilling Co
Gerald Murphy
Pacific Employers Insurance Co
Eunice
Trials Set for Ordinary Felonies Next Tuesday
The docket lists cases including State of Texas v Melvin Lee Sims for fraudulent disposition of mortgaged property and multiple Texas cases on charges from DWI and keeping a gambling house to burglary with intent to commit theft, forgery and assault with intent to murder.
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State of Texas
Melvin Lee Sims
Beaver H. Williams
DWI
Pearly B.smith
Herman Jackson
Clarence iGray
Bernice A. French
Stanley Hollyfield
D. G. Gilmore
Cub Scout Pack 88 to Meet Tuesday Evening
Cub Scout Pack 88 will hold its regular monthly committee meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the home of Mrs. W V Coudrain at 965 North 6th Street. All den mothers assistant den mothers and committee men are invited per cubmaster Alvin Ragan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kthete
W. V.coudrain
North 6Th Street
Alvin Ragan
Texas Defendants Listed for DWI Offenses and Thefts
The list notes numerous State of Texas cases with defendants charged for DWI 2nd offense, theft, burglary with intent, and robbery by assault. Trials are scheduled in the week ahead, including Monday May 31 at 9 a.m. Several names appear repeatedly across offenses, highlighting widespread charges in the docket.
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State of Texas
Jessie
Cleaver
L. J. Edwards
Robert B. Haynes
Charlie C. Davis
DWI
Robert H. McGee
Jimmy
Dreddy
Perry Malone
Percy Edlgar Gray
Lewis Wiley Cherry
Johnnie Pichoda
Glen Cligford Rule
Chester T. Crawford
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Lukin
Mateth
The
Tex
Forestry Association
Lucas School
Pam
Snyder
Hardin County Society For
Jess Odom
Hardin County
Thelma Smith
Ity Council
Silsbee Auto Co
Tee ‘WinGen
Annie Ard McGallion
Ada McDonald
Lee
Garland B. Gore
George N. Tennison
Doris Jean Graham
Eugene Payne
Donald G. Barclay
Archie
A. Myers
Claretoe l Cravey
Wilson Jack Fruge Jr
C. J. Rogers
Sears
Kenmore Detergent
Ana
Nomon
Prive
Kenmore
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