Parade Launch Set for Silsbee Little League Opening Day
Silsbee Little League launches its 1969 season with a parade on Saturday May 3 starting at 10 a m from Fifth Street to the Little League Park on Highway 92. Opening ceremonies at 1 p m feature J P White as master of ceremonies and the first game at 2 p m. Eight major league teams participate with queen candidates, team mothers and officers, plus concessions and games through the night.
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Silsbee
Fifth Street
Little League Park
Highway 92
Silsbee Junior High
Hardin County
Henry Overstreet
J. P. White
KKAS
Carolyn Rateliff
Ratcliff
Kountze-Silsbee
Silsbee Little League
Silsbee Little League Park
Claude C., Coward
Little League
Texas
Claude C. Coward
Big Thicket Recreation Group to Secure FHA Loan
The Big Thicket Area Recreation Association plans a Saratoga recreation center with pools baths shelters trails and museum in the old school building funded by a 210 000 Farmers Home Administration loan at 3 256 percent interest. Membership sales at 50 dollars provide loan security and stock to each member with two thirds living in rural communities.
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Big Thicket Area Recreation Association
Saratoga
Lige Hoffman
Big Thicket Association
Hoffman
Farmers Home Administration
Maxine Johnston
Batson
Big Thicket
Jett Holmes Wins Optimist Zone Speaking Contest
Jett Holmes son of Mr and Mrs W Holmes of Silsbee won first place in the Optimist Zone 9 oratorical contest held in Sour Lake on April 26. He previously won the Silsbee Optimist Club contest on April 24 and will enter district competition in Houston on May 24 with a speech on Respect for Law.
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Jeff Holmes
Holmes
Silsbee
Silsbee Optimist
Danny Cornwall
Wendell Cornwell
Houston
Law
SHS honors two valedictorian and salutatorian at spring assembly
Brenda Parks and James Rogers were named valedictorian and salutatorian of Silsbee High School. Parks graduates with a 95.854 average and will study biology at Lamar Tech Beaumont. Rogers, 95.4313, will attend the University of Houston.
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SHS
Brenda Parks
James Rogers
Brenda Joyce’ Parks
Robert ~. Parks
North 7Th Street
Silsbee High School
James
Linda Lee Savant
Andonilla
Rene Rodgers
Cheryl Lynn Jones
Cynthia Annette Carter
Chris Michele Tennison
Jerry Michael Redkey
Martha Sherry O'Brian
John Edward Price Jr
Randolph Alan Smith
Randall Glen Wallace
Gloria Ann Hartley
Danny Hugh Almond
Connie Ann Glover
Gail Ann McClelland
Lawrence Delane Herrington
Elizabeth Ann Fer
Reeves Heirs Win Title To 25 Acres Near Silsbee
The 88th District Court jury ruled G Harrelson was not an innocent purchaser against an unrecorded deed, granting the Reeves heirs title to 25 acres in the Thomas Simmons Survey of Hardin County about four miles west of Silsbee off Highway 418. Heirs named include Mrs Corn Reeves and others. defendants were Jeff R Mooney and A L Thornton.
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Thomas Simmons
Hardin County
Silsbee
John Reeves
G. Harrelson
Reeves
Corn Reeves
Everett
Milton
Stuart
Emery
Lynn Reeves
Hazel Roberts
Marla Myers
Jeff R. Mooney
A. L Thornton
Woodville
H. A. Coe Jr
Earl B. Stover
Grady Trimble
Max Langston
Janice L. Holmes
Charles Davis
Marjorie Greak
Weaver Chesher
Geraldine Boyett
E. H. Copley
I. B. Hinkie
K. K. DuBose Raleigh
Davidson
Betty Haase
Herman McKee
Pat Richardson Receives Army Aviator Wings at Fort Rucker
First Lieutenant Pat Richardson earned Army aviator wings on April 22 at Fort Rucker Alabama after graduating from the helicopter school. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Fletcher Richardson of Silsbee and will be on leave through May before heading to Vietnam. His wife a registered nurse plans to work in Houston while he is overseas. Attending the graduation were Gene Helen and Cynthia Richardson.
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Pat Richardson
Fort Rucker
Ala
Richardson
Fletcher Richardson
Silsbee
Vietnam
Korea
Houston
Gene Richardson
Helen Richardson
Cynthia Richardson
Ft. Rucker
Silsbee Little League Sets Work Night
A work night at Silsbee Little League Park is scheduled for Friday at 7 p m. Martin Wilson urged all dads and interested persons to help before opening day. Attendees should bring lawn mowers hoes rakes and other needed tools.
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Silsbee Little League Park
Martin Wilson
Councilman Sims Reveals Future Resignation Plans
Silsbee city councilman Jimmy R. Sims announced his future resignation to the city council on Tuesday April 29.
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Sims
Silsbee
Jimmy R. Sims
Two Injured In Two Hardin County Accidents Monday
Two Hardin County crashes left three Spurger residents seriously hurt when a log truck collided with a southbound auto on FM 92 near Silsbee. Betty Jo Hughes and daughter Barbiera suffered facial injuries. infant Georgia Kay head injuries required hospital care. Driver George W. Hughes and log truck driver Bud Whitaker were uninjured.
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Georgia Kay Hughes
George W. Hughes
Spurger
Plymouth
FM 92
Silsbee
Betty Jo Hughes
Barbiera
Georgia Kay
Bud Whitaker
Fred
Wayne Pullen
Council Pays For Fire Truck Cab And Chassis
Silsbee City Council approved paying 8 678 08 to Silsbee Auto Co for cab and chassis for the new fire truck. The cab and chassis were sent to Ward LaFrance Inc of New York, contractor for the fire bed and equipment, and Ward LaFrance confirmed they met specifications.
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Silsbee
Silsbee Auto Co
Claude Coward
Silsbee Auto
Ward LaFrance, Inc
New York
Ward LaFrance
Commissioners Condemn Land for FM 770 Relocation
At a special session the Hardin County Commissioners Court voted to condemn about half an acre of Paraffine Oil Co land under eminent domain for relocating part of Highway 770 north of Kountze after negotiations failed. Attorney Far B. Stover was authorized to file proceedings. Wildcards omitted.
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Hardin County Commissioner’s Court
Paraffine Oil Co
Xountze
Aad
Far B. Stover
Silsbee
Au’o
Sour Lake
Jack Dreddy Chevrolet Company
Sheriff’s Department
Deep East Texas Development Association
Lumberton II To Hold Capping Ceremony Tonight
Lumberton Little League will stage its capping ceremony tonight at 7 in the Lumberton High School Cafetorium. The public is invited to attend.
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Lumberton Little League
Lumberton High School
Lumberton Honors Mrs. Era Forrester on Era Forrester Day
Lumberton Elementary School proclaimed Era Forrester Day on April 23 with a surprise assembly and band concert. Former students awarded roses, and gifts from PTA and students celebrated her 45 years of teaching before retirement.
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Era Forrester
Lumberton
Forrester
PTA
Nelson Fichman
Loeb Consolidated
Plum Grove
Liberty County
Sam Houston State Teachers College
J. R. Mayhan
Esther Hext
Judy Bingham
Bingham
Lamberton
Garland
Beaumont
Shepherds Move to Lake Hyatt Near Warren
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Shepherd and family relocate to Lake Hyatt near Warren to establish a new home after twenty years in Silsbee.
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G. C. Shepherd
Lake Hyatt
Warren
Silsbee
Stephen McNally Receives National Merit Scholarship
Stephen R. McNally, 17, son of Mr and Mrs Fugene Mc Nally of Route 3, awarded National Merit Scholarship by Morton Oil Company Foundation. About 3,009 seniors earned Merit Scholarships from 15,000 finalists scoring in the top half of one percent on the qualifying test. Funds come from colleges, universities, corporations and foundations. Stephen attends Monsignor Kelly Catholic High School in Beaumont and plans UT Austin as a psychology major.
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Stephen R. McNally
Fugene McNally
Route 3
Moriit Oil Company Foundation
Stephen
Monsignor Kelly
Beaumont
University of Texas
Local births in Silsbee and Beaumont reported
Hello World notes several newborns including Thomas Richard Hardy born April 22 at St Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont to Mr and Mrs George B Hardy of Silsbee. Leslie Virginia Nerren born April 17. Clayton Thomas Skinner born April 27. and an unnamed daughter born April 25 to Mr and Mrs Donald Skinner.
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Sour Lake
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Phillip L. Cramer
Village Mills
Wayne Hatcher
Cramer
Kountze
St Elizabeth Hospital
St. Elizabeth's
George B. Hardy
Silsbee
Thomas Richard
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Hardy
Lynn Caldwell
City
Donald Milton Skinner
James Stiba
Clayton Thomas
Leslie Virginia
Clarence Nerren
David Allen
O'Neil Operetta To Be Friday Night
Pink Bread a two act operetta from O Neil Intermediate School will be performed Friday at 8 p m in the O Neil School Auditorium.
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O'Neil
Training Molds Policeman Not Badge And Uniform
Silsbee police sergeant recalls early days of policing with only badge and uniform. Lamar State College began a 144 hour Basic Law Enforcement Course in February 1968, with three Silsbee patrolmen already graduated and a fourth due. The four week program covers law, ethics, patrol, first aid, report writing, firearms, interrogation, ordinances, defensive tactics, and investigations. Police Chief Edgar Blood says the program upgrades the department and anticipates future state standards requiring a basic policeman’s course before patrol duties.
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Silsbee
Morris Cole
Beaumont
Lamar State College
Lamar School of Vocations
Gordon Johnsson
State Department of Public Safety
Edgar Blood
Silsbee Police Department
Texas Commission On Law Enforcement Officers
Police
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Huey Mashaw
Reds
Neches National Bank
Big Thicket Area Recreation Group
FHA
Jett Holmes
Army
Pullen
Hughes
Ethel Fay Caldwell
Nome
Missouri- Pacific
Thomas Prater
DeQuincy
Caldwell
Mercy Ambulance
Kirby Lumber Corporation
Kirby
Silsbee Bee
Ronald Hickerson
Santa Fe
Council
FM 770
Lumberton II
Stephen McNally
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