Fred R. Hardy Opens FRH Lumber Co Sawmill Near Silsbee
Fred R. Hardy of Silsbee announces the FRH Lumber Co an all electric over air sawmill east of the US 96 and Highway 327 intersection with a projected capacity of 30 35 thousand board feet per day The 10 employee plant begins operation tests on Tuesday March 17 and aims for full production next week The mill will cut hardwood logs into lumber up to 22 feet long and produce items from three by threes to crossties and larger lumber R A Martindale will manage with up to nine workers Debarked logs are fed by a John Deere loader into a 60 inch saw and lumber moves to beds by a 40 foot live roller bed The facility could yield about 500 000 dollars in lumber annually and a future handle factory is possible
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred R. Hardy
Hardy
Silsbee
FRH Lumber Co
Highway 327
John Deere
R. A. Martindale
Catfish Smith to Speak at Silsbee Chamber Banquet
M A Catfish Smith Baylor athletic department promotion director will address the Silsbee Chamber of Commerce Banquet set for 7 p m Tuesday April 7 at the Silsbee High School Cafeteria Don Oliver Baylor Sports News chief dubbed Smith a man of many stories Smith gained fame at Carey and Mt Vernon was 1953 Coach of the Year and THSCA president in 1958 He joined Baylor as freshman coach posting a 25 20 record in nine seasons before becoming promotion director and executive VP of the Baylor Bear Club
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A
Catfish” Smith
Baylor Athletic Department
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Silsbee High School
Smith
Don Oliver
Baylor Sports News
Baylor Bear Club
Ten Seek Four Lumberton School Board Seats
Ten candidates file for four seats on the Lumberton Independent School District Board in the April 4 trustee election. Three three year terms include incumbents Kenneth Kirkendall Place 3 and Jim Stinson Place 4, both facing challengers. Place 7 asks four candidates for a one year term. Voting is 8 am to 7 pm at the elementary cafeteria with Darnell Gardner as judge. Absentee voting runs March 31 at the administration office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumberton Independent School District Board
Kenneth Kirkendall
Bob G. Agnew
Beaumont
Jim B. Stinson
Ed Bos
F. N. Hamilton
A. L. Rash
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Clifton Hargraves
Gulf Oil Corp
Bartmess and Co. Realty
I. L. Hartman
Beaumont Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Alton A. Bayless
Mobil Research and Chemical Co
George E. Enderle
Mobil Oil Corp
Darnell Gardner
Robert G. McFadden
Mrs. Victoria Seaman Dies In Beaumont
Funeral services for Mrs. Victoria Hickman Seaman 85 of Beaumont were held at Kelley-Hixson with Rev. R C Dearman and Rev. Andy Radke officiating. Burial followed in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Beaumont. She died at Baptist Hospital after 8 a m Friday. Survivors include a daughter Berdie Rogers and five sons with residences listed in Town Bluff Silsbee Beaumont Lake Charles plus two sisters and fourteen grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Hickman Seaman
North
Beaumont
Kelley-Hixson Funeral Home
R. C. Dearman
Andy Radke
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Seaman
Baptist Hospital
Berdie Rogers
C. BE
Andy) Seaman
Town Bluff
Final Rites Held Wednesday For Emil O. Slavik
Emil O Slavik 60 longtime Silsbee businessman and fire marshal died Monday in Houston Methodist Hospital after surgery. Funeral at All Souls Catholic Church with burial in Resthaven Cemetery. Survivors include wife Nell Slavik daughter Jill Clark and several siblings. Pallbearers named with honorary fire department members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil O Slavik
Silsbee
All Souls Catholic Church
W. J. Boxworth
Paul Fee
Dayton
R. Eugene Jonte
First Methodist Church
Resthaven
Farmer Funeral Chapel
Slavik
Methodist Hospital
Houston
West Avenue
Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
Silsbee Country Club
Hardin County Wildlife Association
el Campo
Nell Slavik
Jill Clark
Beaumont
Bob
Elijah
Louie Slavik
Emma Weathersby
Vlasta Istre
Bertie Baca
Matty Slavik
Richard Weathersby
Cecil Cobble
John Henry Schuler
Fletcher Richardson
Howard Hargrove
Paul Georgas
E. M. Simmons
Charles McGinty
Appellate briefing in Byrd armed robbery case heard
Eddie Ray Byrd 29 filed an appellate brief with Judge H A Coe in 88th District Court seeking review of his May 1969 armed robbery conviction and 101 year sentence. Both sides submitted briefs to be forwarded to the Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin. Byrd has been jailed in Hardin County at Kountze since May awaiting appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Ray Byrd
H. A. Coe
Little Tiger Relays Set At Kirby Stadium This Week
The Little Tiger Relays will be held Thursday and Friday at Kirby Memorial Stadium with eighth and ninth graders from Junior High participating. Forty five area junior high schools are invited. Field events start Thursday at 1 p m and Friday’s running events begin at 1 p m with finals at 6 p m. The eighth grade won last week’s Beaumont meet.
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Kirby Memorial Stadium
Beaumont
Silsbee Police Probing Weekend Thefts
Silsbee police investigated three thefts from March 13 to 15. A 14 foot aluminum boat vanished from the Jeffcoat home and was found later in a roadside ditch. A purse stolen from Lavine Jackson's car contained identification and about eight dollars. A pickup truck on Raymond Robinson's property was broken into and items including a box of ammunition checks and a tire were taken. Probers also checked two prowler reports with no results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamar O’barbo
Dorothy Jeffcoat
Avenue D
Y’barbo
Jeffcoat
Lavine Jackson
Kirby
James Martin
James Doane
Raymond Robjinson
East Avenue
Morris Cole
Silsbee State Bank
Robinson
Trustees Set Policy On Eligibility For State Kindergarten Program
Silsbee Independent School District approves a state kindergarten pilot for 1970 73 limited to educationally handicapped five year olds with low income and non English speakers. Policy and narcotics amendments, land lease discussions, insurance appraisals, staff resignations and UIL conference attendance are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Independent School
Don L. Hough
Hough
Versie Flowers Seeks Hardin County Treasurer Post
Versie Flowers announced she would refile with the Democratic Chairman to have her name on the May 2 Primary Ballot for Hardin County Treasurer. She stated she will comply with all laws and decisions relating to her candidacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Versie Flowers
Stinson Seeks Second Term On Lumberton Board
Jim B. Stinson files to seek reelection to Position 4 on the Lumberton Independent School District Board. A Lumberton resident six years, he cites three years on the board and his work with administration to improve schools. He is an engineer with Big Three Welding & Equipment Co. and a South Park High School graduate with four children in Lumberton schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim B. Stinson
Lumberton Independent
Stinson
Lumberton
Texas
Big Three Welding & Equipment Co
South Park High School
Lamar Tech
Sue
Methodists Receive $91326 Gift for Silsbee Sanctuary
Edward Wilson of Silsbee State Bank presented a 91326.36 check to the First United Methodist Church of Silsbee on March 13. The gift, from the Ella G. McKee estate, funds a proposed sanctuary and follows Mrs. McKee's wish after arranging other claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Eppes
Ella G. McKee
Vandalia
Ill
E. M. Wilson Jr
Silsbee State Bank
Eppes
First United Methodist Church of
Silsbee
the Bee
Edward Wilson
Eugene Jonte
First National Bank of
Wilson
McKee
Silsbee State
First United Methodist Church
The
Santa Fe
Services Are Held For Clark Hurst 64
Clark Hurst 64 of Silsbee was found dead in his home at 12 30 p m Monday by his brother in law after he failed to report to work An inquest found death due to natural causes Funeral services were held at 2 p m Wednesday at Wiles Mae Pentecostal Church Burial was in Cunningham Cemetery He was a McComb Miss native lived in Silsbee 20 years truck driver for South Hampton Refinery WWII veteran member of Boiler Makers Union in Orange Teamsters Local and a Baptist Survivors include widow Mrs Bessie Hurst two daughters Mrs Leona Hooks of Silsbee Mrs Beatrice Jennise of Morgan City La sister Mrs Maggie Deffee of New Orleans brother John Hurst of New Orleans Pallbearers were R L Larry Wilbur Gore Clayton Mac Innis John Anderson Ernest Corrigan
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Hurst
Silsbee
Justice of the
Rex Moore
Wiles Mae Pentecostal Church
W. A. Rashall
James H. Stephenson
Cunningham Cemetery
McComb
Miss
South Hampton
Boilermakers Union
Orange
Teamsters
Bessie Hurst
Leona Hooks
Beatrice Jennise
Morgan City
Maggie Deffee
New Orleans
John Hurst
R. L., Larry and
Wilbur Gore
Clayton MacInnis
John Anderson
Ernest Corrigan
Births in Silsbee area report multiple March arrivals
Mr and Mrs Robert T Sea man of Silsbee welcome a daughter born March 12 at St Elizabeth Hospital. Johnny Paul Fortenberry and wife add Tia Michelle born March 14 at Women’s and Children’s Hospital Beaumont. Grandparents include Milton Bradshaw and Elsie Fortenberry of Woodville. Additional births include Leo Karnes March 15 at St Elizabeth, Stephanie Yvonne Dalford born March 11 at Hardin Memorial in Kountze, Darrell Lee Wright born March 12 at Hardin Memorial, Celena Reney McClelland born March 12 at Hardin Memorial, Neal Edwin O Dell born March 15 at Hardin Memorial, and Joe Edward Guillory born March 16 at Silsbee Doctors. Melessa Irene McGowan born March 7 in Garland Memorial Hospital to daughter of Mrs Garland residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert T. Seaman
Silsbee
St. Eliabeth Hospital
Tia Michelle
Johnny Paul Fortenberry
Women's and Children’s Hospital
Beaumont
Milton Bradshaw
This City
Elsie Fortenberry
Woodville
Leo Karnes
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Leroy Dalford
Stephanie Yvonne
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Darrell Lee
Herman Lee Wright
Sour Lake
Celena Reney
Robert Earl McClelland
John Edwin O'Dell
Neal Edwin
Joe Edward
Guillory
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Don McGowan
W. B. Ge
Lumberton Man Indicted on Forgery by Jefferson Jury
Murphy John Jarrell Jr., 29, of Lumberton, charged with forging and passing a forged instrument. A Jefferson County Grand Jury returned 12 true bills on March 12 including Jarrell for allegedly forging and cashing a $58.25 Sears check in Beaumont on December 9.
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Lumberton
Jefferson County
Murphy John Jarrell Jr
Sears
Beaumont
Jarrell
Political Rally At Lumberton High School
The Lumberton Volume Fire Department ladies auxiliary sponsors a political rally on Saturday April 18 at 7 p.m. Speakers from all state district county and precinct offices are invited. The public is welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Auxiliary
Lumberton
Grand Jury Indicts Seven in Hardin County Term
Hardin County Grand Jury returns seven indictments and five on-bills at the October term. Indicted: Henry Benson of Kountze for statutory rape. Johnny Glenn Smith and John Paul Tones of Silsbee for assault with intent to murder. Pink Allen Hatcher Silsbee, Orange Lee Porter Beaumont, and A. D. Fountain Jasper County for DWI second offense. One true bill for child abandonment. several named not billed. April term jurors listed. Foreman Eddie Plunk submits term report noting 33 indictments, 35 no-bills, 2 reduced to County Court and no school narcotics problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aline Harper
Henry Benson
Kountze
Johnny Glenn Smith
John Paul Tones
Silsbee
Pink Allen Hatcher
Orange Lee Porter
Beaumont
A. D. Fountain
Jasper County
Sammie Thomas
Willie Ard
Nellie Walters
George Hutto
Ellison Crews
K. H. Fountain
Jim B. Stinson
Lumberton
K. R. Kirkendall
Lumbberton
John Traugott
Hugh O. Peebles Jr
Evelyn J. Allen
T. E. Alford
Honyor
Treasurer filing draws appeal talk amid ballot dispute
As of March 18 no formal notice of appeal had been filed by Charles H. Newsom in the Hardin County treasurer dispute. B. F. Whitworth plans to submit an appeal, while opponents Donelson and Flowers began filing again. The executive committee reopened filings March 17 with a $2,040.00 net assessment and minimum $1,020.00 filing fee per candidate. Newsom, Flowers and Donelson were ruled ineligible March 16 for not meeting the assessment requirements within the allotted period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. “Chuck” Newsom
Kountze
H. A.coe
Aline Harper
Hardin County
The
BEE
B. F. Whitworth
Jasper
Newsom
Herman Adams Jr
Democratic Executive Committee
the Bee
Henry Donelson Jr
Silsbee
Versie Flowers
Saratoga
Adams
Coe
Crawford C. Martin
Donelson
Mrs. Flowers
Retired Persons Group Plans Evening Games Night
Netirees To Meet The Silsbee Area Chapter of Retired Persons will gather at 7 p m in O Neil School cafeteria for games night. Members should bring card tables and dominoes. Refreshments will be served and visitors are welcome, says publicity chairman Mrs L H Wade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Area
Chapter of Retired Persons
AARP
O'Neil
L. H. Wade
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M. A. “Catfish” Smith
Catfish’ Smith
Victoria Seaman
Emil O. Slavik
Calude C. Coward
Waldo Mathews
Silbee Woman’ Club
Royal Clover Leaf Club
Georges
Hall Gregory
O'Neil Intermediate
Gregory
Linda Broeder
Diana Spurlock
Read Turrentine
Kelly Muckleroy
L. A. Yankie
H. N. Hopkins
Herbert Elmore
Jewell H. Jones
Tiger Rag
UIL
Austin
Jefferson Jury
Yew Goun
Hardin County Grand Jury
Wiley Alford
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