Big Thicket Park Idea Aims For East Texas Support
Silsbee urges conference in Beaumont on a possible Big Thicket state park in East Texas. Publishers from Silsbee back the plan, arguing a small protected area would conserve diverse wildlife without harming timber industries. The idea gains momentum with Governor Daniel and the Texas Tourist Council backing it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
East
Texas
Silsbee
The
Bee
United States
Daniel
Texas Tourist Council
Fete set with Lum of Lum and Abner to keynote
The 1962 fete will feature Chester Lauck executive assistant of Continental Oil Company Houston known as Lum of Lum and Abner as principal speaker. Banquet at 7 30 p m with E M Wilson Jr as MC. Dinner music from Silsbee High School Orchestra and Silsbee Woman's Chorus will entertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cate
Georgas
Grote
Cobble
Aline Iles McBryde
Marion Almond
W. A. Barclay Jr
Rayford Birdwell
W. P. Crockett
E. M. Prewitt
Mr. Almond
Morgan & Lindsey
Barclay
Silsbee State Bank
Mr. Birdwell
Birdwell’s
Mr. Crockett Isowner
Crockett Feed and Supply
Mr. Prewitt
Big Thicket Park Session Opens East Texas Delegations
Delegations from 22 East Texas counties gather at Ridgewood Motor Hotel Beaumont for a plan to create a Big Thicket State park and Game Restoration area. Speakers include Governor Price Daniel and officials from the Texas Tourist Association and Parks Board as a cavalcade tours 170 miles of the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Texas
Ridgewood Motor Hotel
Beaumont
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Paul Georgas
Silsbee
Price Daniel
Texas Tourist Association
Beaumont Chamber of Commerce
Big Thicket
East
Texas
Charles L. Smucker
Daniel
John S. Redditt
Lufkin
Texas Highway Commission
Commission
James M Gaines
San Antonio
Texas Tourist Council
Don O. Baird
Huntsville
Texas Academy of Science
Sam Houston State College
Howard P. Dodgen
Texas Game and Fish Commission
Austin
Bill M. Collins
State Parks Board
Read And Die Lead 1962 Graduates Read And Die Lead 1962 Graduates
Randy Read 18 valedictorian with 98.74 four year average leads Silsbee High School class of 1962. Jerry Die 17 salutatorian with 197.86 average. largest class ever with 153 graduates. Ann Marie Hayes 17 top girl, 96.74 average. Read to deliver valedictory May 25 at Kirby Stadium. Die to deliver salutatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randy Read
Silsbee High School
Weeks Crawford
R. L. Read
Die
Silsbee Butane Co
Crawford
Read
Amelia Junior High School
Ann Marie Hayes
R. L. ‘Hayes
Ann
Kirby Stadium
John Clawson
Nederland Dominates Silsbee Relays Showing Strength
Nederland wins the Silsbee Relays with 169 points while Silsbee trails with 1431 points. Pudgy Black Jimmy Hargrove David Drake and John Clawson win gold for Silsbee. Records fall in high jump and discus as Windham and Smith shine for Nederland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodville
Hardin
Tarkington
Victor
Evadale
Newton
Channelview
la Porte
Conroe
Silsbee
Pudgy Black
Jimmy Hargrove
David Drake
John Clawson
Tigers
Black
Drake
Clawson
Run Hargrove
Simons
Huntsville
Smith
Nederland
Don Hartman
Jimmy Green
Wayne Spurlock
Harper
Elliott
Orr
Silsbee Hartman
Green
Spurlock
Liberty
Cypress-Fairbank
Black Silsbee
Phillips
Hughs
Sanderson
Hateke
Cash
Riley
Batley
van Hargrove
Hill
Waltman Victor
LeBlanc
Evadale Mile Run
Ellison
Coffman
Fullingim
Beard
Morgan
Durham
Loomis
Rodgers
Head
Guillot
Albritton
Whitehead
Giazza
Cypress-Fairbanks
Spurlock Silsbee
Hartman
Elliot
Norris
Hich
Windham
Williams
C. Drake Silsbee
Guilelot
Tiger Nine Nets First Win Set for Friday Duel
Tiger baseball under Coach Tony Rothrock notches a 17 to 1 win over Woodville to open the season. The team faces French High in Beaumont Friday at 4 after recent losses to Orange and a 9-0 setback by South Park. Pitcher Jerry Lindsey may start as district play opens April 10 against Huntsville. Next week the Tigers travel to Woodville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Rothrock
Silsbee
Tiger
Beaumont
Rothrock
Huntsville
Jerry Lindsey
Tigers
Woodville
Easter Seal Parade Workers Named for Silsbee Drive
The Easter Seal parade for Silsbee is set for Monday night April 2. Local organizer Mrs Thelma Smith announced the list of 20 volunteers including Carole Cobble Cecile Cobble Carmen Dominguez Ann Hayes Beth Madison Margaret Scoggins Bobby Ja Shepherd Sharon Simmons Beth Singletary Kay Yoksh Barbara Wyatt Terry Lyn Smith Virginia Woodard Annette Ebard Jean Cable Wanda Caraway Janice Doggett Jane McClelland Lynette Witte and Mrs Dwight noted on Parade Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Thelma Smith
Texas Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Louis Carruth
Carole Cobble
Cecile Cobble
Carmen Dominguez
Ann Hayes
Beth Madison
Margaret Scoggins
Bobby Ja Shepherd
Sharon Simmons
Beth Singletary
Kay Yoksh
Barbara Wyatt
Terry
No Contest City Election Looms Here on Tuesday
Silsbee voters go to the polls to elect three councilmen Tuesday with only incumbents Lenox Hawthorne Roe Jackson and H C Hopkins running unopposed. Polls open 8 a m to 7 p m at five stations. Election judge Ernie Dietrich. clerks listed. School trustee race set for April 7 with four candidates for two seats including incumbents A W Dainwood and Cliff Baker plus Johnny Fordinal and Sam Cernigha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Lenox Hawthorne
Roo Jackson
H. C. Hopkins
Ernie Dietrich
Bruce Fuller
D. M. Short
Odis Alexander
Eula Turrentine
B. L. Moreland
Margaret McNeil
Margie Martin
Velma Bartle
Jakie Mock
A. W. Dainwood
Cliff Baker
Johnny Fordinal
Sam Cernigha
Cancer Crusade For Silsbee Tuesday April 3
A house to house canvass of Silsbee will be made April 3 Cancer Control Day in Silsbee. Mrs Herbert Elmore is chairman for the American Cancer Crusade in Silsbee. Mayor McClanahan proclaimed April Cancer Control Month in Silsbee. House to house canvass chairman is Mrs R O Jackson Jr with Mrs W P Crockett as co chairmen. Captains include Mesdames Mark Allen Weldon Gilchriest Bills Welbern John Martin Doug Jordan Henry Nix Merle Juyroc B C Riker J B Thornton Bert Slaydon George Tennison Alien Freeman W J Jackson Leon Williams P W Watkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Herbert Elmore
American Cancer Crusade
Frank L. McClanahan Jr
R. O. Jackson Jr
W. P. Crockett
Mark Allen
Weldon Gilchriest
Bills Welbern
John Martin
Doug Jordan
Henry Nix
Merle Juyroc
B.C. Riker
J. B. Thornton
Bert Slaydon
George Tennison
Alien Freeman
W. J. Jackson
Leon Williams
P. W. Watkins
Funeral for Fred Stringer Held in Silsbee
Funeral services are set for Fred Stringer 28 a local Negro in Silsbee at 2 p m Saturday. Stringer died at 11 p m Sunday in Beaumont Baptist hospital from injuries suffered in a one car wreck on Eva dale highway in Red Cut Sunday March 18. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Jessie Stringer of Silsbee. Passenger Sam Johnson escaped serious injury as both men were thrown from the car after leaving the road in a curve near Hill stop tavern in Red Cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Stringer
Silsbee
Stringer
Baptist
Hillstop
Red Cut
Sam Johnson
Gen Walker Visits Silsbee on Campaign Stop
Retired General Eldwin A. Walker spoke at the Bluebonnet Cafe in Silsbee on Wednesday as part of his Texas governor campaign. He addressed about 30 people, urging public awareness of Communist dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldwin A. Walker
Silsbee
Bluebonnet Cafe
Texas
General Walker
Fines Levied in Justice Court for Trash Dumping
Justice of the peace Judge Louis Sellers reports three individuals paid total fines of 30 dollars each for dumping trash on roads. Complainants Commissioner Frank Payne and John Hartman near Itown area prompted warrants. Fines were imposed March 10 for J Ferguson and David Evans and March 12 for David McGill. other cases pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Court
Louis Sellers
Justice of the Peace
Itown
Frank& Payne
John Hartman
Silsbee City
Lmit
Evadale Highway
Sellers
J. Ferguson
David Evans
David McGill
Ministers Back Expanded Hospital Space in Hardin County
The Hardin County Ministerial Alliance voted unanimously to support increased hospital facilities for Hardin County. The group discussed ministry at the hospital and jail, civil defense, youth issues, and elected Officers of the Year: President Lewis Risinger Sour Lake, Vice President Rev C T Cole Kountze, Secretary-Treasurer Rev Kenneth Gant Batson. Hospital committee Rev C T Cole and Bob E Waters Kountze Civil Defense committee Rev Grant Herbst Silsbee and David Lipscomb Saratoga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Lewis Risinger
Sour Lake
C. T. Cole
Kountze
Kenneth Gant
Batson
C T. Cole
Bob E. Waters
Civil Defense Committee
Grant Herbst
Silsbee
David Lipscomb
Saratoga
East TexPulp and Paper plans $23 million Evadale mill expansion
East Tex Pulp and Paper announces a $23 million expansion at Evadale to raise plant capacity by 50 percent and add 400 area workers by end of 1963. The project includes a new 198 inch by 435 foot high speed paper machine, hardwood pulp mill, bleach plant, steam plant, and expanded storage and finishing facilities. Contractors and payroll boosts are expected to lift the local economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Texas Pulp and Paper Company
Evadale
R. M. Buckley
Beaumont
Brown & Root
County Tax Office Open All Day Saturday in Kountze
County Tax Collector Willie Bean said the courthouse office in Kountze will be open all day Saturday March 31 to help late license payers finalize automobile license payments. He noted many cars still have last year’s licenses and March 31 is the deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Bean
Kountze
Headon Crash Sends One To Hospital
A headon collision on highway 69 about a mile north of Kountze sent Carwin Bailey 22 of Silsbee and Cleveland driver to Hardin Memorial hospital. Thomas Wood 37 of Saratoga was treated and released. Investigating officers were Leo Hickman Ira W. Moore E B Coleman and D W Richardson. Pace-Wells ambulance transported the patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Highway 69
Carwin Bailey
Silsbee
Cleveland
Thomas ¥. Wood
Saratoga
Wood
Bailey Auto North
Leo Hickman
Ira W. Moore
E. B. Coleman
D. W. Richardson
Pace-Wells Ambulance
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David Read
Frank Rudisaile
Bragg
Honey Island
Randy
Jerry Die Salutatorian
Read Is A
National Honor Society
Key Club
Tiger Rag
Polyglots and Thespians
Chief Dauphin
Silsbee Tiger
Trinity Valley
Huntsvile
Broussard, Riley
Bailey
Gibson
Hartman Brown
Tarver
Hargrove
Jim Rand
Cypress Fairbanks
Garza
Liliot
Cancer Crusade For
Negro
Gen. Walker
Eastex Mill
Headon
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