Tigers Inch Ahead in District Title Race
Silsbee Tigers hold undisputed district lead after an open week as they prepare to host Cleveland at Kirby Memorial Stadium. Cleveland, boasting a tough defense and balanced attack, travels to face the Tigers Friday night at 8 p.m. with several key players listed as probable starters for Silsbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Tigers
Liberty
Silsbee
Indians
Kirby Memorial Stadium
Tigers
Cleveland
Forest Park
Trojans
Joe Price
Silshee
Bridge City
Tiger
Wayie Calvert
Ralph Davenport
Carroll Curtis
Gary Wood
James Smart
Winston Gillies
Charles Powell
Deryk McGallion
Silsbee Council Updates Securities Pact With Bank
Silsbee city council met in a special session to decide if a contract with Neches National Bank is required for city deposits. Attorney Terrell Buchanan said it must be enacted immediately and a technicality blocked a prior bid from American National Bank. The council adjourned to reconvene at 5 p.m. to pass the securities contract. Mrs. Gussie Stroud was taken by ambulance to Galena Park to live with her daughter and son-in-law after residing in Silsbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
City of
Neches National Bank
Wayne DuBose
Terrell Buchanan
Buchanan
American National Bank
Beaumont
Gussie Stroud
G. E. Buck
Galena Park
J. H. Richardson
County reduces tax rate and district levies in Hardin County
Hardin County Commissioners cut the general tax rate to $1.20 per $100 valuation, six cents less than 1967, with district rates in Dist 5 falling to 12 cents and Dist 3 to 25 cents. Dist 1 remains 35 cents. Estimated county valuation is $58 million, about 25 percent of actual value, and the 1968 budget projects $2,049,472 balanced.
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Hardin County
Commissioners Court
Kountze
Silsbee
Caney Head
Chance - Loeb
Village Mills
Honey Island
Batson
Saratoga
Rent Supplement Funds for Silsbee Housing Project
Senator Ralph Yarborough announced 89 997 dollars in rent supplement funds for 100 housing units on Avenue 1 in Silsbee. Federal agencies confirmed the allocation, with the Most Worshipful Prince Hall of the Grand Lodge F and AM as sponsor. City Council approved the project in July. developers to coordinate with City Manager Wayne DuBose on utilities.
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Silshee
Ralph Yarborough
Austin
Federal Housing Authority
Department of Health and Urban Development
Yarborough
Avenue 1
Silsbee
THE
BEE
Prince Hall
Grand Lodge F & AM
Wayne DuBose
BuDose
Henry Holland Returns as NT Defensive Starter
Henry Holland, a 6-214, 230 pound senior from Silsbee, resumes his role as defensive right tackle for North Texas State University Eagles. The NT defense ranked second nationally against the rush last season, and the team stands 3 0 1 after four games with Holland contributing as a starter. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W H Holland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Holland
Silsbee
North Texas State University Eagles
W. H.holland
Atlantic And Sinclair File Tax Suit Against County
Hardin County faces a major tax suit brought by Atlantic Richfield Co and Sinclair Oil and Gas Co seeking an injunction to halt tax roll certification and collection until alleged inequities are corrected. The hearing is set for December 11 in East Texas District Court in Kountze before Judge Max M. Rogers. Plaintiffs allege omissions and discriminatory 1967 assessments leave them bearing excessive taxes while tendering 127 281 dollars into court.
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Hardin County
Atlantic Richfield Co
Sinclair Oil and Gas Co
Lgsth District Court
Kountze
Max M. Rogers
Huntsville
2Nd Administrative Judicial District of Texas
W. L. Selman
Emmett Lack
Board of Equalization
Virgil L. Caralway
Howard Barrington
E. E. Cotten
Thomas B. Burch
H. A. Coe
88Th District Court
J. M. Slater III
Blades, Crain, Slater, Winters and Ross
Houston
John G.tucker
Orgain, Bell and Tucker
Beaumont
City Plan Theme at Silsbee Chamber Luncheon
Approximately 25 residents heard Beaumont city planner Hershel Lindly discuss the need for comprehensive planning. He used a vacation trip analogy to show planning applies to growth, financing, and daily decisions, stressing a master plan is a guide, not a law, and outlines factors like economics population land use and utilities.
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Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Hershel Lindly
Beaumont
Lindly
Christmas Basket Association To Meet On Tuesday
Silsbee community Christmas Basket Association calls a meeting of officers at 7 p m Tuesday November 7 at First Methodist Church Silsbee. Agenda includes selecting chairmen for operating committees of the Christmas Basket Drive. Officers elected in October include E J Dietrich secretary treasurer Rev John Williams finance chairman Rev Garrett Wingfield publicity chairman.
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B. W. Graves
Silsbee
Tornadoes Blacked Hardin County Area Early Monday
Tornadoes ripped through the northeast Hardin County area near Kountze and Silsbee causing major property damage but no serious injuries. Homes in the Smith Fagen Additions and off the Old Spurger Highway suffered roof removal, carport destruction, and debris tossed across yards and woods.
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Hardin County
Kountze
Silsbee
Marvin Freeman
Smith - Fagen
Freeman
Robert Crane
Spurger Highway
Crane
Halloween Pranks Cause Little Damage in Silsbee
Silsbee police report only one plate glass window damaged by a BB gun at Hardin County Savings & Loan Association on Halloween night. Most pranks involved water balloons flour eggs and soap as patrols in the downtown area increased to deter repeats of last year's more costly spree.
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Silsbee
Edgar Blood
Hardin County Saving & Loan Association
Victor Norvell Named Foreman of Grand Jury
Victor R. Norvell of Silsbee was named foreman of the October term Grand Jury for 88th District Court in Kountze. Other six month jurors include Gene T. Barnes and John A. Malone of Silsbee, L. J. Richmond and J. Keith Gary of Chance Loeb, Noel D. Bartlett, Mack W. Richardson and Lawrence E. Biggs of Kountze, M. J. Johnson of Sour Lake, Mrs. Trueman Wright and W. E. Coon of Sara Ces, and Otis Geudry of Batson.
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Victor R. Norvell
Silsbee
Kountze
Gene T. Barnes
John A. Malone
L. J. Richmond
J. Keith Gary
Chance Loeb
Noel D. Bartlett
Mack W. Richardson
Lawrence E. Biggs
M. J. Johnson
Sour Lake
Sheriff Probes Leads in Oct. Shooting of Mrs. Whittington
Hardin County sheriff and Texas Rangers pursue new leads in the October 14 shooting of Mrs. Sue Whittington, shot in the back of the head in her kitchen. She remains hospitalized in Beaumont with a serious head injury and a $500 reward is offered for information.
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Hardin County Sheriff's
Sue Whittington
Henry Overstreet
Hardin County
Curtis Davis
Allen Son Wounded in Louisiana Truck Crash
Harry Lee Allen son of Mr and Mrs Charlie L Allen of this city is hospitalized in Alexandria Louisiana after a truck wreck near New Iberia on Oct 24 He has a broken upper right leg pelvis knee and a deep elbow cut He works for Entron Television Cable Co in New Iberia and his parents plan to return later this week for updates.
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Harry Lee Allen
Charlie L. Allen
Veterans Hospital
Alexandria
New Iberia
Allen
Entron Television Cable Co
Three Injured In East Of Silsbee Car Crash
A Saturday afternoon two car collision one half mile east of Silsbee injured three people. Albert Eugene Hudson 18 and passenger James Oliver Weston II of Victor were taken to St Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont. Weston suffered a broken collar bone and both had scalp and facial lacerations. Eschel Ricks 47 of Chance Loeb was treated at Copeland Clinic Silsbee for arm and leg lacerations and released. Hudson car was struck broadside at the highway and Gentry Road intersection at 3 40 p m. Both cars demolished.
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Charles Elam
Silsbee
Evans Products
FE. C. Elam
Texas
Albert Eugene Hudson
James Oliver Weston II
Victor
Eschel Ricks
Chance Loeb
W. W. Pullen
Hudson
Weston
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Farmer
Pullen
Ricks
Copeland Clinic
Gentry Road
Shopper Expected To Start Here in Near Future
A free distribution shopping paper named Hardin County Chronicle will debut in Silsbee next week. Robert Andrews will manage the weekly with East Texas News founder Jesse Knighten and Ernie Dietrich as associated staff. Office at Avenue G and N Fourth Street. printing planned in Victor or Beaumont.
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Silsbee
BEE
Hardin County Chronicle
Robert Andrews
East Texas News
Buna
Avenue G
N. Fourth Street
Victor
Beaumont
Andrews
Jesse Knighten
Southeast Texas
Ernie Dietrich
Kirby Lumber Corporation
Halloween Spooks Collect for UNICEF Fund
Forty children from Methodist, Presbyterian, Christian, and Episcopal churches collected $125.50 for UNICEF on Tuesday night. The event, sponsored by the WSCS of the First Methodist Church, ended with refreshments in the church fellowship hall and Halloween themed decorations provided by participating churches.
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Methodist
Presbyterian
Christian and Episcopal
WSCS
First Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
Ministers Fellowship
Mrs Landolt in Hardin Memorial for Tests
Mrs. C. E. Landolt Sr. is confined to Hardin Memorial Hospital in Kountze for tests and wearment.
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C. E. Landolt Sr
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
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Bulldogs
West Orange
Council
North Texas
Atlantic and
Sinclair
Christmas Basket Association
Silsbee-Kountze
Buck McNeely
Anne Clark
Bert Crane
Carport
Victor Norvell
Louisiana
Unicef
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