Man held on murder charge after Hilltop Cafe shooting
George L. Moore of Silsbee, about 45, free on $50,000 bond after Hardin county grand jury indicted him for the Saturday murder of Kimmey Washington, 30, also of Silsbee. The shooting occurred outside Hilltop Cafe on Evadale Highway near Silsbee. Washington was hit twice by a .765 Italian automatic. Moore claimed Washington burned bedding worth about $35 in a dispute over damages. Investigating officers included Sheriff William Whitaker and Deputy I W Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Moore
Silsbee Negro
Hardin County Grand Jury
Kimmey Washington
Hilltop Cafe
Evadale Highway
Redcut
Silsbee
William Whitaker
Washington
Moore
South 11Th Street
Sils
The
Bee
Hilltop
Liquor Men Hit Area Violators
County court heard ten cases with twenty jail arrests in a week. Pleas of guilty were entered in all. Notable sentences include Wayne Reynolds two six month terms for theft and contributing to a minor, and Bruce H Broussard fined 100 dollars for selling beer after hours. Multiple hot checks and liquor law violations are listed along with other fines and jail phrases. Police reported liquor raids in Silsbee land Kountze quarters with at least two charges filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher Richardson
Wayne Reynolds
Kountze
Thomas Bell
Silsbee
Billy Jones
Zavalla
Bruce H. Broussard
B. F. Hill
Bunn
Maggie Gray
Liquor Board
Land Kountze
Tasting Tea Today for Silsbee Public Library
The Silsbee Woman's Club hosts a tasting tea from 2 to 5 p.m. in Cravens Hall at First Methodist Church. Proceeds support the Silsbee Public Library with about 30 recipes for tasting and purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Public Library
Silsbee Woman's Club
Cravens Hall
First Methodist
I. F. Eldredge Jr
H. T. Horka
A. T. McDonough
The
City Police File 26 Charges Here During Week Past
City police reported 26 arrests for the week, including 15 jailable offenses and 11 traffic violations, Chief Grady Tarver said Wednesday. Arrests aside from traffic included seven drunks, three drunk in ear, one drunk e driver, one simple assault, and three petty thefts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Tarver
Little League Drills To Begin
Spring training for Little League Baseball starts March 27 with registration for new players. Boys from minor leagues and newcomers must register. major players from last year need not. Registration at the school or Little League Park Saturday 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Spring training starts Monday at Santa Fe Park at 4 p.m. Men will meet at the park Saturday to work on the field. Dr Z Pope recovers at home after a Beaumont hospital stay and receives weekly therapy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little League Park
Little League Ball Park
Santa Fe Park
Assault Charge Is Filed Against Police Chief Here
Charges of aggravated assault were filed in county court last week against Police Chief Grady Tarver of Silsbee by cattle trader H. C. Long. The dispute arose Friday near the city pound pen. Tarver posted $500 bond set by County Judge Fletcher Richardson. no trial date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Tarver
Silsbee
H. C. Long
Tarver
Fletcher Richardson
Silsbee Relays to Draw 13 Schools Next Thursday
Silsbee hosts 13 district 103A schools for the Silsbee Relays on the local cinder track with preliminaries at 1 p.m and finals at 7 p.m. Coach Ray McGallion must缺replace Joe Blackmon mumps and Richard Ratliff returns from injury as Nederland and other teams compete. notable performances include Pudgie Black in discus and Drake in pole vault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Ray McGallion
Joe Blackmon
Port Arthur
Richard Ratliff
Nederland
McGathon
Silshee
Trinity
Silsee
Conroe
Jasper
Victor
Huntsville
Evadale
Kirbyville
Port Neches
Beaumont
Tigers
Blackmon
Silsber
Morris Windham
Pudgie Black
David Drake Pole
Tommy Hartman
Drake
J H Dickerson Gets 3 Years In Mail Theft Case
J H Dickerson alias Stephenson M McCorquodale aged 25 was sentenced to three years in federal prison for stealing mail from the Silsbee Post Office letter drop on the night of December 1960. He pleaded guilty and waived trial by jury after being indicted in Los Angeles on February 14 1961. The theft led to arrests in Santa Ana California where some checks were cashed. The sentence was reported by Postal Inspector BE Carleton of Beaumont based on information from Inspector W W Prokseh of Santa Ana and Postmaster L A Yankie of Silsbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Harry Dickerson
Stephenson M. McCorquodale
Silsbee
Dickerson
Los Angeles
BE. B. Carleton
Beaumont
Santa Ana
Calif
California
Shore Patrol
Ilegally
Carleton
W. W. Prokseh
L. A Yankie
Grote To Speak On Southern Pine Program
Frank Grote logging superintendent for Kirby Lumber Corp will address the Southern Fine Association Logging Conference in the Roosevelt New Orleans April 4 on the academic approach to logging scheduled for April 8 appears in the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grote
Frank Grote
Kirby Lumber Corp
Southern Fine Association
Roosevelt
New Orleans
Mr. Grote
Local Man Tagged With Three Counts Of Assault
Three counts of aggravated assault were filed in Jefferson County court at law Beaumont against Elton Denman 25 of Silsbee. Denman surrendered to the district attorney’s office last Wednesday and was jailed in Beaumont. He is accused of assaulting two youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Jefferson County Court-At-Law
Elton
Denman
Silsbee
District J
Weekend visitors from three cities stay with Skinner family
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith and daughter Karla of Lake Charles, Mr. and Mrs. Mackes Pruitt and son Tony of Victor, and Mrs. Mike Ryan and daughter Phyllis of Houston visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Skinner, over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Smith
Karla
Lake Charles
Mackes Pruitt
Tony
Victor
Mike Ryan
Phyllis
Houston
Cecil Skinner
Coffee Friday To Launch Cancer Crusade Drive
A 9 a.m. coffee at Mrs. W. C. McNeil 535 N Fourth St in Silsbee will kick off the Cancer Crusade fund drive in the Silsbee business district. Mrs McNeil chairs the drive for the trade and industrial areas and the meeting will plan canvassing methods and assign work areas with a group of women. Assisting in the trade and industrial area are L. Fe Martin, John Cullinan, Warren Bower, O Seely, A. E. Johnson, Paul Georgas, Ed Brown, Bruce Watts Jr, J. B. Gossett, Hub Morgan, Roy V. Brown, Sam Copeland, Wade Parker, C. Richmond, Howard Hargrove and Doyle McKeown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. McNeil
N. Fourth Street
Cancer Crusade Fund
Silsbee
Mesdames L. FE. Martin
John Cullinan
Warren Bower
O ‘Seely
A. E. Johnson
Paul Georgas
Ed Brown
Bruce Watts Jr
J. B. Gossett
Hub Morgan
Roy V. Brown
Sam Copeland
Wade Parker
C. Richmond
Howard Hargrove
Doyle McKeown
Miller-Dunbar Observes 38th Anniversary Today
Miller-Dunbar Moetor Com pany, a local Chevrolet dealer in Silsbee, marks 38 years in business. Owner Lee Miller recalls opening on March 28, 1923, at the current Read’s Plumbing site. The week features a fusion car sale a free bunny giveaway with new purchases and a birthday party offering coffee and cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller-Dunbar Moetor Company
Silsbee
Lee Miller
A. FE
Indictments Plentiful in 88th Hardin Court Jury Panel
The October term grand jury for Hardin County returned 48 indictments and 13 no bills, with five cases referred to county court. Included were one murder, ten forgery and passing charges, four against Louis Watson for forgery, three for child desertion, and one felony drunk driving. A 16-person panel, 12 to serve on the April term, was ordered to appear April 3 under Judge H A Coe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
W. L “Doc” Selman
Mondas
George Moore
Silsbee Negro
Louis Watson
Kountze Negro
Seven City Pastors To Deliver Good Friday Messages
Seven Silsbee pastors will deliver seven messages on the seven last words of Christ from the cross during a Good Friday service. The noon to 3 pm event Friday at First Presbyterian Church is open to the public with sermons by pastors from St. John's Episcopal Woodrow Baptist First Christian First Methodist Assembly of God and First Presbyterian. The Silsbee Ministers Fellowship sponsors the observance, now in its 1959 annual tradition, inviting participation and media coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Christ
First Presbyterian Church
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Silsbee Ministers’ Fellowship
Larry M. Correu
Grant A. Herbst
St. John's Episcopal
Bob Bateman
Woodrow Baptists
P. F. Herndon
First Christian
Eugene Jonte
First Methodist
Alvin Hendrix
Assembly of God
Corren
First Presbyterian
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints
County Scholastics by District for 1961 62
Hardin county census figures show total scholastics 7114 with 5733 white and 1351 colored. District tallies include Votaw 4 white 87 total, White Oak 19 white 76 total, Batson white 173 total, Saratoga white 289 total, Kountze white 839 colored 262 total 1101, Chance Loeb white 662 total, Hardin Jefferson white 1115 colored 390 total 1505, Sulphur Bluff white 2492 colored 729 total 3221.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Neal House
Votaw Csd
Batson
Wwe
Kountze
Chance-Loeb
Sour Lake
Hardin-Jeffersore
Silshbee
Former Resident Named To High Garden Club Office
Mrs L C Shepherd formerly Marjorie Jo Gilson of Silsbee was installed as Governor's Aide at the March 15 meeting of District IV of Texas Garden Chairs Inc. The Shamrock Hilton Hotel in Houston hosted the gathering with attendees Mrs KE Brown and Mrs L O Turrentine from Silsbee. Shepherd, editor of the district newsletter, has lived in Freeport since 1944 and held leadership roles in Jones Creek Garden Club and Brazoria County Council of Garden Clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Shepherd
Marjorie Jo Gilson
Susbee
District IV of
Texas
Garden Chairs, Inc
Silshee
Shamrock Hilton Hotel
Houston
KE. B. Brown
Sidney Farmer Jr
Galveston
Cancer dressing units spread across Harden County area
Eight counties—Har din County communities plus Jasper i County—form cancer service units making dressings. Units include Chance Loeb Fletcher Sour Lake Honey Island Kountze Evadale Grayburg Cooks Bluff with four divisions in Sillibee led by church and club chairmen. County chairpersons TrHlead. Readers invited to join for dressing instructions and April fund drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Jasper i County
Elton Jardell
County Cancer Service
Chance Loeb
Fletcher
Sour Lake
Honey Island
Kountze
Evadale
Grayburg
Cooks Bluff
Social Security Representative To Speak To Teachers
Carlton Touchet, field representative for the Social Security Office of Beaumont, will speak in Silsbee tonight under the sponsorship of the Silsbee Classroom Teachers Association. The meeting at 7:30 in the High School Cafeteria aims to explain how Social Security covers teachers and is sponsored by Mrs. Evelyn Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton Touchet
Social Security Office
Beaumont
Silsbee
Silsbee Classroom Teachers Association
Evelyn Allen
Classroom Teachers Association
Minstrel Show Workouts Begin For Silsbee Lions
The 1961 Silsbee Lions Club Minstrel Show opens April 7 with Dr. Wade Parker and Dr. R O Jackson directing rehearsals. Local and out-of-town acts are being booked as the selection of endment nears completion, and auditions for Mr Interlocutor are underway. The April 21 show marks the 12th Lions production, with proceeds benefiting the Lions scholarship fund and civic projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Lions Club
Wade Parker
R. O. Jackson
Lions Club
Tigers and Beaumont High Clash Under Lights
Tigers at Silsbee faced Beaumont High after a 5-4 loss in a prior meeting. The column notes earlier rainouts, a 4-1 score in an Orange game, and upcoming non district matches with Kountze and French. Kenneth Cones drove in a run for Silsbee with Jerry Donalson batting him in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee High School
Tigers
Beaumont High
Beaumont
French
French Mar
Kountze
Kenneth Cones
Jerry Donalson
Silsbee
Orange
Census figures for Hardin County from Wm Free
The 1960 Hardin County population is 24,629 per William Free citing Census Bureau data. Males 12,340 and females 12,289. Age 65+ total 2,095, age 60-64 total 980, giving 3,075 residents aged 60 or over. Non-white residents number 4,020.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Wm. Free
Census Bureau
PTA Elects Officers For 3 Units In Local Schools
Three slates of officers for three PTA units were approved at a junior high meeting. Read Turrentine unit officers include I F Eldredge Jr president and others. Kirby unit officers feature Mrs Baker Morris as president. Junior-primier High unit officers list Mrs G T Eason as president. A $218.2 check was presented to library chairwoman Mrs Paul Georgas from the Miss Silsbee Talent Show funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA
FTA
Read-Turrentine
I. F. Eldredge Jr
Intys HW
OL. Lackey
Allen Freeman
J. B. Felps
Leroy Stanford
C. C. Kent
Kirby Pta
Tre
Baker Morris
Ray Collins
Richard Weathersby
Bill Brownlee
Ior-Permier High School
G. T. Eason
George Tennison
W. H. Beddie
J. J. Turner
Janet Benson
Doyle McKeown
R. L. Paret
Paul Georgas
Library Coordinating Committee
Paret
C. S. Sherrer
Texas Congress of
Patjents and
L. J. Ratliff
Ruth Olcott
Salar Tech
Irene Holland
Read Turrentine
Ina Brewer
Kirby
Lenora Vance
J Junior High
Luevle Prewitt
Betty Issstehel
Hagh Ochoo
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Margaret Scoggins
Our City
Woodville
Tyler County
Silsbee High
Joy Fullingim
Jo Hicks
Rebecca Yawn
Norma Jean Doucette
South Park
Raymond Grissom
John Clinson
Hubert Modisette
Sammy Barrow
Grissom
J. H. Dickerson
Cancer Crusade
Miller-Dunbar
County Scholastics
House
Saratoga
High Garden Club
Sillibee
First Baptist Church
Steve Redmond
All Soul's Catholic Church
Marie Gibbs
First Methodist Church
Kate Hargrove
Home Demonstration Club
W. M. Bingham
George Dickson
American Cancer Society
W. Free
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