Lazy two week vacation at the dam and around town
Jerry Zuber recalls a relaxed two week layoff with fishing mixed by a garage painting spree. He enjoys sunrises, visits San Jacinto monument and the Texas battleship, and touring San Jacinto Inn. The trip includes family time with Rebecca and sightseeing near Baytown via I-10 and the LaPort tunnel openings while Lynchburg ferry repairs impact travel.
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San Jacinto Monument
San Jacinto Inn
Baytown
LaPort Tunnel
Lynchburg
County FM Roads Boost Approved For 1962 Program
The Texas Highway Commission approved 168,300 for 5.6 miles of new Farm to Market road work in Hardin County under the 1962 FM Road Program. Work supervised by L P Landgraaf Sr. and tied to FM 787 and State 326 projects, part of a statewide 2314 million plan to add 1,216 miles across 179 counties.
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Texas Highway Commission
Hardin County
W. E. Simmons
Beaumont
This
L. P. Landgraaf Sr
Silsbee
Wotaw N
Polk County
State
Kountze
Herbert C. Perry Jr
Herb Petry Jr
Highway Department
Hardin County Sealed Bids For Hydraulic Back Hoe Machine
Hardin County Commissioners Court will receive sealed bids by May 28 1962 at 10:00 A M for a truck mounted hydraulic back hoe ditch cleaning machine. Specifications call for 72 HP gas engine full hydraulic central frame 360 degree rotation outriggers two booms two outriggers cylinders double acting swing cylinders dual hydraulic pumps 46 GPM 1500 PSI max with 60 inch wide bucket 6.8 cubic yards capacity tandem rear axles 32 000 pound rear 7 000 pound front axles 8 26x20 10 ply tires and a full weather cab with safety glass. Richardson County Judge listed as official.
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State OF Texas
Hardin
Commissioners’ Court
Commissioners
Richardson
Coastal fishing notes and river trip update
The writer describes a river trip two miles from a monument and fifty miles further, planning no coast trip Friday. Live bait activity is rising, shrimp remain small for weeks, mackerel appear along the coast, and big specks are expected. Bill Wright and Floyd Willis caught about 66 flatfish near Smith Point the night before election day. the author hopes to fish successfully soon.
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Bill Wright
Floyd Willis
Smith Point
Texas Democratic primary ends with broad changes in sight
Eight candidates reach the Democratic runoff for high offices on June 2, with Connally Yarborough and others advancing. Republican Jon Cox wins the GOP primary, while lieutenant governor and attorney general races heat up. Texas eyes a new slate of top state officials in January.
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John Connally
Don Yarborough
Price Daniel
Will Wilson
Marshall Formby
The
Highway Commission
Edwin A. Walker
Texas
Jack Cox
Jimmy Turman
Texas House of Representatives
Preston Smith
Lubbock
Turman
Bill Hayes
Temple
GOP
Woodrow Bean
el Paso
Joe Pool
Dallas
Waggoner Carr
Tom Beavley
Austin
Runnoff
Texas Proclaims Highway Week May 20 26 1962
Mayor Frank L. McClanahan designates May 20 to 26 1962 as Highway Week in Silsbee Texas urging continued highway improvement to handle rising traffic and reduce fatalities. The proclamation notes Texas gains in safety but warns that 22 000 miles of 25 000 mile system are obsolete under growing loads.
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Texas Highway Department
Daniel
D. C. Greer
Texas
U. S
Frank L. McClanahan
Silsbee
Local Serviceman Trains in Germany Grand Slam I Exercise
Army PFC Homer C. Yarbro, son of Mr and Mrs Chine Yarbro of Silsbee Texas, participated in Grand Slam I a five day CENTAG exercise in Germany. The exercise tested operations involving German French and US forces as part of NATO CENTAG. Yarbro 20 a 1950 Silsbee High School graduate.
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Army
Homer C. Yarbro
Chine Yarbro
Dainwood Dr
Silsbee
Central Army Group
Centag
Germany
WU. S.S
NATO
Europe
Silsbee High School
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Jefferson
David Read
R. L. Read
Jerry Zuber
Leona Whitman
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Harold Leigh
Ruth Stirling
James Johnson
Charles Green
Linotype
Pressman Stereotyper
Dizzy Dean
Pete Fountain
Harry James
Belafonte
Rebecca
Jack
Board of Education
House
J. W. Edgar
R. W. Byram
Austin Ig
Nored
W. T. Dungan
Alabamas
Coushattas
Pole
Judge
Honey Pie
Carlsbad
TOUR
Teenage Organization For Urban Renewal
Boston
Mass
Sue McLennan
Journal
Ladies’ Home Journal
Sealy
Omean
Fisar
Nerthoth
Robert Frost
Berlin “Wall of
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