Three Accidents Mar Traffic Scene Sunday Monday
A rash of accidents Sunday and Monday in the Silsbee area left no serious injuries. Mrs Vytular Lathan Barnes 43 was treated for chest injuries after a 4 40 Sunday crash four miles north of Beau mont on Highway 96. Fannie Ford Thomas of Bon Wier drove into a tree in Silsbee during heavy rain on Highway 327 Monday at 12 40 pm. Corbitt L. Jones 56 of Silsbee sustained a neck injury in a collision with a tractor trailer at North 11th Street and Highway 105 Beaumont Monday evening.
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Silsbee
Vytular Lathan Barnes
St. Elizabth Hospital
Leo Hickman
Beaumont
Fannie Ford Thomas
Bon Wier
Highway Department
Angelina Thomas
Silsbee City
Max Zeller
Corbitt L. Jones
St. Elizabeth Hospital
North 11Th Street
Highway 105
Eighteen Drunks Held In Hardin County Jail This Week
Hardin County sheriff's office reports 28 people were jailed in the past week. Drunk and disorderly arrests totaled 18, with additional charges including one game violation four traffic violations one driving while intoxicated one drunk in a car and three for bad checks. Clarence Gray, 51, of Silsbee charged with transporting liquor in a wet area without a permit. Harold Ward paroled back to Hardin County from Jefferson County after 24 years and eight months on a 30 year murder sentence begun March 4, 1949.
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Rountree
Clarence Gray
Silsbee
Jefferson County
Fourth and College
Beaumont
State Board of Pardons
Harold Ward
Hardin County
Two Men Fined In County Court
Two Black men were assessed fines in Judge Fletcher Richardson’s county court last Monday May 11. Elzie Thomas age 35 of Silsbee and Marco Thomas age 40 of Call Junction were each fined 1.00 dollars and court costs on separate theft charges.
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Fletcher Richardson
Elzie Thomas
Silsbee
Marco Thomas
Call Junction
Silsbee High Names 123 Graduation Candidates
Silsbee High School lists 123 seniors as candidates for graduation on May 28. Principal Weeks Crawford notes the class is large but smaller than last year and predicts next year’s enrollment will exceed 230 students. Baccalaureate services are planned in the lead up to graduation.
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Silsbee High School
Crawford
Gradu
Silsbee First Baptist Church
Don L. Hough
F. C. Drake
Evergreen Assembly of God Church
Eddis Smith
Pine Crest Baptist Church
Joseph C. Harrison
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Robert Neyland
Yvonne Cryer
Kirby Memorial Stadium
Robert Parks
Jean Poshataske
Silsbee School Board
Carl Adams
Cecil Arnold
Judy DuBose
Huntsville
Silsbee
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Ralph W. Brown
Joyce M. Paramore
Bettie
Cravey
Denton Arthurs Cooley
Houston
United States
Stepen F. Austin State College
Joseph N. Gerber
Griffith Fine Arts
James McCracklin
Southwest Texas State College
Silsbee School Board approves 1964 65 teacher contracts
The Silsbee Independent School District board approved one year contracts for teachers with less than five years experience and two year contracts for those with five or more years for the 1964 65 school year. The action followed superintendent Don L. Hough's recommendation at a recent meeting.
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Don L. Hough
Board of Education
Silsbee
Four Games Parade To Open Little League Season Saturday
Silsbee's Little League season opens Saturday with a parade and four major league games at Little League Park. Eight major and five minor teams enter floats with queen candidates as local bands and riders take part. Major games begin at 2 pm with Colts 45s vs Oilers, Indians vs Yankies at 4 and Braves vs Pirates at 6, concluding with White Sox vs Tigers at 8. Minor league action starts next week.
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Silsbee
Silsbee League
Little League
Jim Conner
Little League Park
Colt 45’S
Oilers
Indians
Braves
Pirates
White Sox
Tigers
Colt 45'S
Silsbee Lions Club
Charlie Woodard
Charlie Wright
Hardin Drug
Grady Walters
Hardin County Savings and Loan
James Brown
G. H Miller
Silsbee Auto
Ted Calhoun
Reggie Brewer
Beaum ont Territory Firemen Face Dismissals on Railroads
Six Santa Fe firemen with under two years service lose jobs and receive severance as diesel crews expand. Arbitration permits nationwide cuts. Walter Caven cites about 200 Texas firemen to be fired this year. AMERICAN railroads plan to eliminate tens of thousands more firemen over a decade amid payroll savings.
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Beaumont
Santa Fe
J. E. Gill
Silsbee
Walter Caven
Austin
General Council
The
Texas Railroad Association
Federal Arbitration Board
Firemen To Begin Placard Sale In Silsbee
The Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department starts its annual placard sale this week. Fireman E. C. Bryant leads the canvass of Silsbee to promote booster placards bearing volunteer names, contact numbers for fires, and indicating booster support.
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Silsbee
E. C. Bryant
Fire Department
Clean-up Fix-up Week Set For Silsbee May 25 30
Silsbee plans Clean-up Paint-up Fix-up Week May 25 through May 30 with city crews and extra trucks to collect bulky trash. City manager Kirby Lilliedahl will keep the dump open for free disposal and the Chamber committee led by Richard Jones urges all residents and clubs to participate.
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Silsbee
Richard Jones
Chamber of Commerce
Jones
Kirby Lilliedahl
East Texas Pulp and Paper Co
Horace Whittington
Paul Lowry
Silsbe 4
Brooks Named Chairman of New Neches National Bank
Congressman Jack Brooks was named chairman of the board at the inaugural meeting of the Neches National Bank of Silsbee held Wednesday morning. Nelson O. Long Jr. of Houston was named president and Wayford Hollis of Houston, vice president. H. B. Foster of Port Arthur won the construction contract and site work was set to begin at Avenue M and Highway 96 with foundation work likely by Friday.
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Jack Brooks
Avenue M
Highway 96
Final Rites Held Here For A L Tucker 74
Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church for Arthur L. Tucker 74 who died Saturday in Beaumont. Tucker lived in Silsbee 23 years and retired as bookkeeper at Miller Dunbar Motor Co. He served 50 years as a Baptist deacon in East Texas and was active in church work. Burial was in Woodville with Farmer Funeral Home directing. Survivors include wife Grace Tucker three sons J H Tucker W L Tucker and B E Tucker two daughters Mrs Joe Stallcup and Mrs N T Schofield a brother Leo Tucker two sisters and nine grandchildren.
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First Baptist Church
Arthur L. Tucker
St. Elizabeth ‘Hospital
Beaumont
Tucker
Silsbee
Miller- Dunbar Motor Co
East Texas
R. E. Barclay
E. A. Ingram
Jasper
Woodville
Farmer Funeral Home
L. P. Skinner
C. G. McClinton
W. L Miller
Ray G. Collins
Don L Hough
Clarence
Dam B
A. E. Pedigol
City Council Hears Request For Bigger Library Budget
The Silsbee Library Board and local clubs urge a larger budget for 1965 to boost operations and open hours. The board cites library circulation up 184 percent from 1961 to 1963, with 1964 growth also strong. An extra $100 monthly was requested to fund new books and services.
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Silsbee Library Board
Silsbee Garden Club
Silsbee Woman's Club
Library Board
J. R. Sims Jr
Sim
F. L. McClanahan
Leggett
Sister Of Silsbee Woman Dies In Buna
Adella Gore Reid 85 resident of Buna for 65 years died Monday at home after a long illness. Graveside rites were held Wednesday at Cunningham Cemetery near Fred, with Rev. Billy Cole officiating. Survivors include three sons Elmer Andrew and Charles all of Buna, daughter Mrs Lillie Denman of Buna, three sisters all of Silsbee, one brother Andrew Gore of Starks La, and funeral arrangements by E E Stringer Funeral Home.
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Adella Gore Reid
Buna Areca
Cunningham Cemetery
Fred
Billy Cole
Buna Central Baptist Church
E. E. Stringer
Elmer
Andrew
Charles
Buna
Lillie Denman
Ida Alexander
Lisha Gore
Tina Gore
Silsbee
Andrew Gore
Starks
Hardin Democrats Name Delegates To State Meetings
The Hardin County Democratic Convention in Kountze elected David Read as permanent chairman and Betty Ann Mitchell as secretary. Delegates named for two state conventions include Read, Wilson, Burch, Mitchell, Stover and Davis with alternates Worthey, Carpenter, Donelson, Georgas, and Plynn.
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Hardin County
Kountze
Haskell Wilson
Texas
Lyndon Johnson
Connally
David Read
Tom Burch
Betty Ann Mitchell
Earl B. Stover
Curtis Davis
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Dave Rountree
Hardin County Sheriff's Department
Silsbee High
School Board
Silsbee Independent School District
Joe Hignett
Doris Williams
Evelyn Allen
Dixie Donelson
Maryvonne Fredien
Janie Hough
Ida Lewis
Henry P. Hall
Lucyle Prewitt
O. O. Miller
Betty A. Mitchell
H. C. Muckleroy
Teressa Singletary
Harold Gardner
Stella Vanderberg
Norma Ratliff
Helen Read
Melvin Winger
Sidney Dauphin
Jewjell Jones
Herbert Free
Lee O. Paine
Jean Din
Margaret Choate
Beryl Jones
Graye McClinton
Marguerite Weathersby
Mildred Wiess
Joyce Hopkins
Rebecca Hobbs
Juanita Bellenger
Nena McKinney
Elizabeth Crawford
Frieda Johnson
Jacqueline Read
Mary G. Bower
Ethel Ward
Jane Cole
Irene Holland
Lola
Read
Jo Anne Hignett
Hannah Robinson
Marvin Brown
Carolyn Lindsey
Kirby
Hanna Grote
Oma Odom
Jimmie L. Wright
Dorothy Smith
Mona Plunk
Cyprene Beck
Lorilei Ragan
Lucile Thornton
Marzie A Smith
Janice Sampson
Lloyd Markham
Mary B. Ellis
Mary N. Gardner
Fannie W. Griffith
Lydia Monk
Evelyn Williford
Wanda Morgan
Mary Bertram
Beatrice Simmons
Mattie L .Gardner
Hazel J. Drake
Mignon Winger
James E. H. Gregory
Billie S. Blake
Carl James Adams
Ernest ‘Cecil Arnold
Leslie Dwan Ashworth
James E. Baldwin
Barbara Ann Balla
Bobbie Jean ‘Barrett
Evelyn Marie Barrett
Roger Dale Eaten
James Mar‘vin Bell
Barbara Lynn Biscamp
Sondra Faye Blalock
Sarah Catherine Bledsoe
Virgil ‘Lee Bohler
Betty Bolin
Annie Zelda Burge
Vicki Busby
Charles Ruston Cable
Sylvia Lynn Caldwell
Ronnie Gene Capps
William Scott Clark
Carolyn Ann Cline
Martha Ann Cook
Terry John Creekmore
Roy Eugene Creel
Tommy Allen Curtis
Helen Faye Daigle
James Eugene Deal
Thenia
Loraine Dickerson
Kenneth Dale Dillon
James Coleman Dodson
Carolyn Spurlock Doggett
Clyde E. Drake
Donald A Drennen
Rebecca Laura Dryden
Judith Rae Dubose
Barnard Franklin Dyer
Truett
Michael Eason
Ivy Earl Ferguson
Michael Nolan
Fields
Mary Delores Gilbert
Carolyn Sue ‘Gilmore
Willie Truman Gore
Yvonne Gore
Anita Marie Graham
Mary Jane Gray
Jerry Wade Grimes
Wanda Louise Grisham
Maria Grvggar
Onie Laura Hall
Alice Faye Hare
Jerry L. Hare
Robert James Hare
Ronald Allan Harrison
Sarah Ann Hartman
Richard Henry Head
Selma Jean Hill
Phyllis A. Hoffpauir
Tim David Hoke
James Holland
Kenneth Michael Hollyfield
Betty R. Jackson
William Paul Johnson
Merline
Glen Edward Sims
Juanita Sue Sims
Archie R. Smith
Martha Lou Smith
Joanna Smyly
Geraldine Spell
Gary J. Stanford
Beverly Ann Stanley
Leon M. Stokesbury
Carolyn Sue Tanton
Claude Thomas Terrel
Edward William Upshaw
Gerald Robert Walker
Charles Raybon Walters
Gloria Jack Watts
Frances St. John Wills
William Edward Winger
Eva Jane Yarbro
Barbara L. Young
Parade
Yankees
Glenn Reid
Johnny Wood
South Hampton Oil Co
Carl Lindsey Jr
Charles King
Silsbee Packing Co
Dale Grishaw
Jerry Biddle
East Texas Transit
Lard
Yanks
Silsbee Jaycees
Erry Herrices
Winky Dear
Cubs
Kiwanis Club
J. H. Gilchrist
Colts
Curry
Gulf Service
Fred Davis
Ralph Butkin
Bill Dinkle
H. W. Boddie
Jeanette Wright
Link Skillern
Emmitt Powell
Ernest S. Marsh
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Newsweek
Cong
Neches National
A. L. Tucker
Hattie Jackson
Bell Fence Co
Anchor Fence Co
Avenue J
Sixteenth Street
City Planning Commission
Dr. Cooley
Baylor University College of Medicine
Texas Children's Hospital
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
Methodist Hospital
Jefferson Davis Hospital
Veterans Administration Hospital
Brooke Army Medical Center
Lackland Air Force Base Hospital
San Antonio
Lon Morris Junior College
Lon Morris College
Jacksonville
Victoria Eileen Jonte
R Eugene Jonte
Carole Cobble
Cecile Cobble
Cecil Cobble
Miss Jonte
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Leawar College
Beaufront
Cecile Cobbles
Stephen F. Austin College
Nauvogdoches
Stephen BF
Austin State
Nacogdoches
Barbara Ann Black
Evadale
Hardin
Democrats
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