Housing statistics from Hardin County Texas 1960 report
United States Commerce figures show 8013 housing units in Hardin County in 1960 with 4415 in sound condition and complete plumbing. Seven thousand one hundred thirty three were occupied, 880 vacant. Owner occupied 5200, median value 5900 dollars. Renters 1933 paying 50 dollars monthly. Hot and cold water 5605, flush toilets 5822, baths 5804. Basements 30. trailer homes 112. TV 5654, radio 5457, telephones 4146. Washers 4508, dryers 608, freezers 2556. Auto ownership: 3567 one car, 1722 two cars, 188 three or more. Public notice offers Texas housing book No 45 from Government Printing Office.
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United States Department of Commerce
Hardin County
Texas
Department of Commerce
Government Printing Office
Washingtonnia
Drivers License Officer to Visit Silsbee Two Days Weekly
Edward Phillips of the highway patrols drivers license division announced a June schedule change. He will be in Silsbee at the fire station two days each week to administer tests, replacing the prior once weekly arrangement. Tests will occur every Wednesday and Friday except the first Friday in June.
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Edward Phillips
The
Highway Patrol
Silsbee
Phillips
Silsbee School Budget Proposal For 1962 63
Silsbee school board reviews the proposed 1962-63 budget totaling 1 139 250 with estimated expenditures and a tax roll of 29 million needed at current rates. The board plans final action in August and notes last year’s budget was boosted by an 810 teacher raise.
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Silsbee School Board
Don L. Hough
W. H. Taylor
Freeda Duffle
Kirby Elementary
Jimmie Lee Wright
Kirby
Johnnye Lou Hile
Ben Smith
Ollie Davis
Read-Turrentine
Emma L. Hawthorne
Read - Turrentine
Marzie Smith
Janice Sampson
Pat Kirby
Mary B. Ellis
Jacquelyn Read
Baccalaureate Services Set for Silsbee High and Waldo Mathews
Silsbee High School baccalaureate for its 155 seniors is at First Baptist Church Sunday at 7 30 p m with Rev J A Hendrix as a principal speaker. Waldo Mathews seniors also hold a Sunday 7 30 p m service at New Bethel Baptist Church led by Rev Robert McGrue. Commencement for Silsbee follows Friday at Kirby Memorial Stadium. Waldo Mathews caps Thursday May 24 at Frank Robinson Stadium. Ninth grade graduation is May 25 at the junior high auditorium with diplomas by Supt Don Hough.
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Silsbee High School
First Baptist Church
J. A. Hendrix
First Assembly of God Church
Kirby Memorial Stadium
Waldo Mathews
New Bethel Baptist Church
Robert McGrue
McGrue
Frank Robinson Stadium
R. E. Barclay
Don L. Hough
Grant Herbst
Carole Cobble
Sharon Richey
Hough
Local Woman In Serious Condition After Car Collision
Mrs. Wilburn Eddings of Silsbee was reported in serious condition at Baptist Hospital after a car struck her on Farm Road 92 about four miles north of Silsbee last Friday evening. She was transported by ambulance for treatment.
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Wilburn Eddings
Silsbee
Baptist Hospital
Death of Mrs Opal Eddings in Silsbee Baptist Hospital
Mrs Opal Eddings aged 47 of Rt 1 Silsbee died at 4 10 p m Wednesday in Baptist Hospital Beaumont. Survived by husband Wilburn Eddings four sons Wilburn Jr Melvin Roger Dale and John Wayne Eddings all of Silsbee four daughters Lilly Mae Bell Frances Norman Bobby Jean Denby Betty Jo Eddings eight grandchildren one brother Forest Baker in the Marine Corps overseas and one sister in California Funeral arrangements are incomplete at presstime and will be announced by Farmer Funeral Home.
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Opal Eddings
Rt 1
Box
Silsbee
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Wilburn Eddings
Wilburn Jr
Melvin
Roger Dale
John Wayne Eddings
Lilly Mae Bell
Frances Norman
Bobby Jean Denby
Corpus Christi
Betty Jo Eddings
Forest Baker
Marine Corps Overseas
California
Farmer Funeral Home
Hospitalized wife in serious condition after accident
Mr Eddings reported that his wife remained in serious condition after the accident. Highway Patrolman Leo Hickman investigated the incident but was out of town Wednesday and further details were unavailable.
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Farmer Funeral Home
Eddings
Leo Hickman
Silsbeck
Three From Silsbee Seek Degrees From Lamar Tech
Three Silsbee students aim for Lamar Tech degrees at the May 26 commencement. They are Clifford O. Turk sociology Willard B. Ivy accounting and Jobie Ralph Smith civil engineering.
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Silsbee
Lamar Tech
Centenarian Bishop Brantley Receives Washington Birthday Greetings
Bishop Brantley aged 102 on May 11 received birthday greetings from Victor Christgau director of the Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance. Miss Melanny Schwartz delivered the message in Silsbee Texas from Beaumont Social Security office. Brantley, born in Georgia, lives with his wife at 154 Bonner Street and values Social Security as their only income.
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Brantley
Victor Christgau
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
Melanny Schwartz
Hardin
South Liberty Counties
Beaumont
Bonner Street
Silsbee
Texas
Monroe County
Bishop Brantley
Washington, PD. C
Old Age and Survivors Insurance
Melarny Schwartz
South Liberty
Brantles
Fire on FM Road 418 Leaves Family Of Six Homeless
An early Sunday fire destroyed the Clyde Sheard home on Farm Road 418 leaving a family of six with only the clothes they wore. Susbee volunteer firemen arrived as the building was consumed. appeals for clothing donations are coordinated by Louie Barrett.
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Clyde Sheard
Susbee
L. M. Brown
Sheards
Louie Barrett
Lee Brown
Ruling Due Today on Eastex Pickets Blocking Evadale Plant
In Jasper Court the question looms whether Judge Bacon will extend the temporary restraining order against Beaumont Trades Council as Eastex workers face possible loss of jobs for not crossing picket lines at the Evadale paper mill. Brown and Root says local hiring is ongoing and production continues 24/7 while union grievance steps proceed.
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D. J. Broussard
Orangefield
Zester Fuller
Beaumont
East Texas Pulp and Paper Company
Beaumont Building Trades Council
Brown & Root Construction Co
O'Neal Bacon
Newton
First Judicial District Court
Jasper
Evadale
Silsbee
Eastex
Beaumont Building and Construction'Trades Council
G. C. Tarver
First District Court
Beaumont Building and Construction Trades Council
Construction Road
Brown and Root Construction
Brown & Root
Ekastex
Bacon
Constiuction Road
Bastex
Ray Brown
the Bee
Brown
Leon Curtis
International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill
Charlie Stewart
International Union
Eustex
Five Juveniles Arrested for Collier Hardware Burglaries
Police Chief Grady Tarver arrested five boys, ages 12 to 16, after a tip from a mother led to confessions. The burglaries at Collier Hardware included thefts of baseball gloves, air rifles, a .22 pistol, rifles, shotguns, and other items across multiple incidents in the past 10 weeks. Recovered items ranged from rifles to archery gear and bats before the suspects were jailed in Kountze.
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Collier Hardware
Grady Tarver
Richard Collier
Tarver
Kountze
Special Bus To Colt .45 Game From Silsbee
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce will run a special Silsbee Men’s Night bus to a June 7 Houston game against Milwaukee. Tickets cost 7.50 including round trip and a box seat. Reservations with Paul Georgas or Frank Rudisaile by May 24. A 41 passenger bus is secured. extra bus may be chartered if demand grows. About 20 fans have expressed interest.
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Major League Baseball
Colt .45
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Houston
Silsbee
Paul Georgas
Georgas
Frank Rudisaile
Mill Explosion Lawsuit Nearing Settlement in Texas Case
Principal parties in the 81.5 million suit Mary Leoa McNabb and others v. Combustion Engineering Inc. and five co defendants may reach an out of court agreement. Seven plaintiffs seek 1.5 million for seven death claims from the Sept. 14, 1939 East Texas Pulp and Paper mill blast. Judge O Neal Bacon extended hearings to Saturday to hear settlement details.
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Jasper County
Mary Leoa McNabb
O'Neal Bacon
First District Court
Jasper
Dayton visitors stay with the Jordans over weekend
Mrs. Charles McClain and her daughter from Dayton visited over the weekend in the home of their grandparents Mr. and Mrs. L. B. G. Jordan alongside Mr. and Mrs. Pat White of Houston.
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Charles McClain
Dayton
Pat White
Houston
Lb. G. Jordan
Nine Enter Guilty Pleas in County Court
County court records show nine guilty pleas entered by defendants from May 1 through May 11 in Judge Fletcher Richardson’s docket. Seventy-five arrests since May 1 include 24 for drunken and disorderly conduct, four for drunken driving, three for traffic violations, three for intoxication in a vehicle, and one for child desertion, per county jail official Dave Rountree.
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Kountze
Dave Rountree
Fletcher Richardson
Jewel V. Woods
Horace Graham
B. W. Walters
McNeely
Robert Johnson
Diay
Elmo J. Williams
Jimmy Spears
Nellie Barlow
Barlow
Stanley Coe
Oscar Keeling
Frank David Hamshire
Loeb
Jefferson County
Beaumont
Last Rites Held Wednesday For Mrs. Martha Suitt
Mrs. Martha F. Suitt died at 1 15 a m Tuesday in Hardin Memorial Hospital after a short illness. The Silsbee resident, 89, native of Searcy Arkansas, lived with son D H Suitt. Funeral 2 p m Wednesday at First Baptist Church. Burial Rest Haven Cemetery. Survivors include son J O Suitt two daughters Ira Mae Keyes and R F Collado, three grandchildren, five great grandchildren, one great great grandchild, two brothers and three sisters.
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Martha F. Suitt
Silsbee
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Searcy
Ark
D. H. Suitt
First Baptist Church
R. E Barclay
Rest Haven Cemetery
Ot Farmer Funeral Home
Atlanta
Texas
J. S. Woodson
Rotan
Mary L. Henderson
Arvin
Calif
Georgia Hicks
Latha Grissette
Bondville
Red Cross Water Safety Program Schedules Local Course
The American Red Cross seeks Silsbee youths for a 10 day swimming and water safety course. Selected candidates attend National Aquatic School at Athens Texas from June 3 to 18, with all expenses paid. They then lead the local water safety program at the Silsbee Swimming Pool under Mrs. L. G. Jordan.
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American Red Cross
Silsbee
L. G. Jordan
Red Cross
Scheol
National Aquatic School
Athens
Texas
Silsbee Swimming Pool
Silsbee Red Cross
Mrs. Clara Bell Ashworth Buried at Rest Haven
Mrs. Clara Bell Ashworth 75 of 730 S Sixth Street died Saturday at Hardin Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Her funeral was Monday at First Methodist Church with Rev. Eugene Jonte officiating. Burial followed at Rest Haven Cemetery under Farmer Funeral Home. Survivors include husband A D Ashworth daughter Etta Mae Johnson two sons Bevis and Allen, sisters Lee and Maggie Maxwell Lela Cross, brother Jack Maxwell, six grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Pallbearers were Harmon Weathersby N H Marutsky G C Shepherd Martin McKinney W H Holland Leon Boyett Doug Jordan and Rex Worley.
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Clara Bell Ashworth
S. Sixth Street
First Methodist Church
Eugene Jonte
Houston
Allen Ashworth
Beaumont
Lee Maxwell
Maggie Maxwell
Lela Cross
Glendale
Calif
Jack Maxwell
Liberty
Harmon Weathersby
N. H. Marutsky
G. C. Shepherd
Martin McKinney
W. H. Holland
Leon Boyett
Doug Jordan
Rex Worley
Rest Haven Cemetery
Farmer Funeral Home
Thursday Services Held Here For Mrs Holland
Funeral services for Mrs Misutie B Holland 79 were held at 3 pm May 11 at Woodrow Baptist Church with Rev W H Bateman officiating. She died May 1 at 9 20 pm in Hardin Memorial Hospital Kountze. She is survived by daughter Mrs M C McCullough of Silsbee and sister Mrs Mary Elliott of Trenton Georgia. The body was shipped to Tullahoma Tennessee for burial Sunday afternoon. Farmer Funeral Home of Silsbee was in charge locally.
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Misutie B. Holland
Woodrow Baptist Church
W. HH. Bateman
Holland
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
M. C. McCullough
Silsbee
Mary Elliott
Trenton
Tullahoma
Tenn
Farmer Funeral Home of
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Bruce Watts
D. J. Knighten
J. R. Smith
Mr. Knighten
Mr. Smith
First Baptist
Mr. Christgau
Jasper Court
Martha Suitt
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