Picket Silsbee Office in Gulf States Strike
Nine Silsbee Gulf States Utilities employees joined about 2000 coworkers in a system wide strike by the Independent Electrical Workers Union over working conditions, not wages. Pickets lined Gulf States offices from Baton Rouge to Navasota for 24 hours. No talks planned as the strike entered its fourth day, with Federal Mediator G F Wincrster in Houston optional talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxine Bell
Doris Cryer
Silsbee
Gulf States Utilities Co
Independent Company Union
Electric Company
Gulf States
Silsbee Gulf States Utilities Co
Gulf Sates
Baton Rouge
Navasota
Independent Electrical Workers Union
G. F. Wincrster
Houston
Beaumont
The
BEE
Mrs pal Hoffman Dies In Warren
Lillian Opal Hoffman aged 56 of Rt. 2 Warren died at 7 50 a m Friday at home after a long illness She was a member of New Covenant Assembly of God Church Silsbee Surviving are her husband A L Hoffman two sons Charles Beaumont and Joe E in Georgia her parents Mr and Mrs S J Venson of Warren and three sisters Funeral services were held at New Covenant Assembly of God Church with pastors officiating Burial followed at Richardson Cemetery Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Opal Hoffman
Rt. 2
Box
Warren
New Covenant Assembly of God Church of
Silsbee
W. C. Seaman
New Covenant Assembly of God Church
Hollis Vaughan
D. K. Martin
Village Mills
B. F. Hartman
Warren Baptist Church
Richardson Cemetery
Farmer Funeral Home
Roger Shandley
Sam Shandley
Tom
Wayne McGowan
Fred
Larry
James Seaman
Bill Howell
A. L. Hoffman
Charles
Beaumont
Joe E
Georgia
S. J Venson
W. W. Howell
N. C. McGowan
W. C. Shandley
Conroe
Three Misdemeanor Cases Heard In Hardin County Court
Three cases were tried in Hardin County Court before Judge Fletcher Richardson since Oct 24. On Oct 24 R E Vaughn of Silsbee was fined 10 dollars and costs for theft. Chester Stracner of Silsbee fined 100 dollars and three days in jail for misdemeanor driving while intoxicated. On Nov 2 L J Young, tavern operator west of Silsbee, fined 100 dollars and costs for selling beer after legal hours. All pleaded guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Fletcher Richardson
R. E. Vaughn
Silsbee
Chester Stracner
L. J. Young
Dowdy to Visit Kountze Friday in Hardin County
Congressman John Dowdy of Athens will meet Hardin County constituents at the courthouse in Kountze Friday Navy 11 according to information from his office. Dowdy will represent the county in Congress after January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dowdy
Athens
Hardin County
Kountze
Navy
Dowdy
City Passes Building Gas Plumbing Codes
Silsbee city council approved the first and final reading of a building plumbing and gas code ordinance. Second reading was waived and codes set construction standards permit fees and inspection by a city inspector. Codes follow Southern standard guidelines refined by the Builders Association and Planning Commission. Also approved sale of the alley behind the First Baptist Church for 1200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee City
Silsbee Builders Association
City Planning Commission
Silsbee
City Hall
First Baptist Church
Bill Hobson
Silsbee Trustees To Open Bids For School Site And Gym Equipment
Silsbee school trustees meet to receive bids for clearing the site of the new high school football practice field and for gymnasium equipment. Final bid decisions likely later after review. Also on agenda: attorney contract renewal, resignations from Mary Bertram and D J Johnson, enrollment and attendance data, cafeteria meals, and recent hepatitis outbreak status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Don L. Hough
Attorney C
Chance
Mary Bertram
Kirby
D. J. Johnson
Supt
Hough
Chairman Seeks Funds For Christmas Baskets Drive
B W Graves chairman of the 1966 Silsbee Community Christmas Basket Drive says plans are under way to provide food baskets for needy families in the Silsbee area. Applications must be filed by Dec 12 with ministers and the screening committee, and donations are welcome in lieu of Christmas cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Graves
Silsbee
Graves
Silsbee Bee
Grieves
Silsbee Community
Silsbee State Bank
Jimmy Sims
Toys For Toys
Stanford
South 3Rd Street
City
Alzeitie Sharp
Annual Dinner Set by Crippled Children Society
The Hardin County Society for Crippled Children and Adults will hold its annual dinner at the First Baptist Church on November 17 at 7 30 p m Members should bring a covered dish A film Reach for Tomorrow will be shown by Mrs Thelma Smith area representative for Texas Society for Crippled Children and Adults All Easter Seal Workers and others are invited
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Society For Crippled Children
First Baptist Church
Reach For Tomorrow
Thelma Smith
Texas Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Thirty-Six Housed At County Jail
Hardin County jail housed 36 persons the past week, according to deputy Curtis Davis. Most were held for drunk charges, 15 in all. Other reasons included mis indicated, theft, bond forfeiture, disturbing the peace, affray, drunk in car and assault on a peace officer, driving while license suspended, carrying a pistol, destruction of personal property, and traffic violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Curtis Davis
Linda Yawn Contests for Homecoming Queen at Lamar Tech
Linda Lee Yawn, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lee Yawn, will represent the Young Republicans Club as candidate for homecoming queen in Lamar State College of Technology Beaumonts annual pageant to be presented Monday night. Three finalists will be chosen and the queen will be voted by the student body Friday. Miss Yawn, a 1963 Silsbee High School graduate and senior history major at Lamar Tech, was Miss Silsbee 1966 and competed in the Miss Texas pageant in Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Lee Yawn
Lee Yawn
Young Republicans Club
Lamar State College of Technology
Beaumont
Miss Yawn
Silsbee High School
Lamar Tech
Silsbee
Dallas
Dagma Rudisaile Elected Officer of TCU Society
Dagma Fay Rudisaile of Silsbee has been elected treasurer of Phi Chi Theta at Texas Christian University. A senior marketing major, she is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Rudisaile of 735 S 7th Street. She also serves as vice-president of the Marketing Club and of the Beta Gamma Sigma sorority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dagma Fay Rudisaile
Silsbee
Phi Chi Theta
National Businesswomen
Texas Christian University
Frank Rudisaile
Miss Rudisaile
Beta Gamma Sigma Soroity
E Cole Undergoes Surgery in Houston Hospital
C E Cole of 104 Bowers Road underwent surgery at Methodist Hospital in Houston Monday morning and is progressing satisfactorily. He is treasurer of EasTex Inc at Evadale and, if condition improves, is expected to be released Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Cole
Bowers Road
Methodist Hospital
Houston
Cole
EasTex Inc
Evadale
Childers gets five years probation in murder case
James K. Childers 28, of Caney Head, found guilty without malice in the Feb 10 shotgun slaying of his brother in law Robert Jenkins 22 of Fred. The 88th District Court jury returned the verdict after two hours of deliberation. Judge H A Coe gave a five year probationary sentence. Trial began last Monday with jury selection on Tuesday and the case given to the jury Friday afternoon. Childers claimed self defense. Represented by Hendrix and Beeson. State by District Attorney R A Richardson, with Earl Stover as special prosecutor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James K. Childers
Caney Head
Robert “Pete” Jenkins
Fred
H. A. Coe
Childers
E. W. Baldwin
Ing of
Jenkins
Rob Childers
Childers Parker
Ers
Baptist leaders named to boards in Texas
Rev. R. E. Barclay of Silsbee was named to the Baptist Hospital of Southeast Texas board in Beaumont at the Baptist General Convention in Dallas. Rev. David L. Jenkins of Kirbyville joined the East Texas Baptist College board in Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Barclay
First Baptist Church
Silsbee
Baptist Hospital of Southeast Texas
Beaumont
Baptist General Convention
Dallas
David L. Jenkins
Kirbyville
East Texas Baptist College
Marshall
Presbyterians To Install New Ministers Sunday Night
Rev. John L. Williams will be installed as pastor of First Presbyterian Church Silsbee at 7 30 p m Sunday. A Bravos Presbytery commission will conduct the service with several pastors and elders in attendance. Williams, a Houston native, held multiple ministry roles and earned degrees at Davidson College Austin Theological Seminary and studied in Germany. A reception follows in the educational building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Williams
First Presbyterian Church
Silsbee
Bravos Presbytery
John Purcell
Robbins Memorial Presbyterian Church
Beaumont
Joel Locke
Alvin
Donald Robertson
Lamar Tech
C. R. Lambert
W. C. Caraway
Silsbee Church
Marvin W. Williams
Presbyterian Church
Mr. Williams
Houston
Wright
Bellaire High School
Davidson College
Davidson
N.C
Alpha Tau Omega
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Newell
Gottingen
Germany
Williams
New York City
Judson Memorial Church
Greenwich Village
First Presbyterian
The
Presbyterian Church In
Nashville, Ark
Brazos
Humble
O. H. Bertram Retires From Santa Fe After 57 Years
O. H. Bertram retires from the Santa Fe Railway Co after 57 years of service. He began April 12, 1909 as a machinist helper and spent 39 years as a locomotive engineer. Previously he held roles as engine watchman emergency switch fireman and locomotive road fireman. He is 74 and lives with his wife on Roosevelt Drive in Silsbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. H. Bertram
Santa Fe Railway Co
Bertram
The
Santa Fe
Silsbee
Roosevelt Drive
Tower Wins In County
Hardin County voters favored Senator John Tower over Waggoner Carr with 1 950 to 1 858 statewide. In Silsbee Carr led 662 to 583 for Tower with 1 329 votes total. Connally and party slate carried the county tickets. 16 amendments were on the ballot with Nos 2 and 5 defeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
John Tower
Waggoner Carr
Tower
Carr
John Connally
Silsbee
Connally
T. E. Kennerly
Woman's Club To Study Safe Driving
The Silsbee Woman's Club public affairs department presents a 3 p.m. program in the Heritage Room of Silsbee State Bank titled Drive to Live. R L Dickerson of the Texas Highway Safety Division will show a film strip and give a driver rating test. Safe Driving Month was proclaimed by Mayor Frank L McClanahan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Affairs Department
Silsbee Woman's Club
Silsbee State Bank
R. L. Dickerson
Texas Highway Safety Division
Beaumont
Frank L. McClanahan
Silsbee
Kirby PTA To Hold Open House
The Kirby Elementary School PTA hosts an Open House and Fathers Night Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read Tarentine School PTA joins at 7:30 p.m. in Kirby cafeteria for a joint meeting led by Mrs. Loyd Karnes. Rev. R. E. Barclay gives a devotional. R. L. Dickerson, BeauMont safety director, speaks on Safety. Mrs. Bobby Mack arranges refreshments. A nursery is provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent Teacher Association
Kirby Elementary
Read Tarentine School
Kirby School
Loyd Karnes
R. E. Barclay
First Baptist Church
R. L. Dickerson
Beaumont
Bobby Mack
Boss Night Banquet at Pine Burr Chapter
The Pine Burr Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association hosts its Fourth Annual Boss Night Banquet Monday November 21 at 7 30 PM in the Junior High cafeteria. Tommie Shelton of Beaumont will entertain. Over 100 attendees expected as members invite bosses and guests. Kirby Lumber’s T M Orth will discuss Development of Southern Pine Plywood and the group will crown Boss of the Year King Pine Burr IV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Burr
American Business Women’s Association
Tommie Shelton
Beaumont
T. M. Orth
Kirby Lumber Corporation
Southern Pine Plywood
King Pine Burr IV
William G. Byars
King Pine Burr II
Births Announced in Local Hospitals
A series of birth notices from area families lists newborns in November. Ernest R. Haire of Silsbee welcomed a son at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Kountze, and a baby boy arrived for C P Coe vert of Beaumont on November 1. C L Gray and Evadale celebrate Tom Erwin born November 2, with Henry J Ratcliff Jr tied to the Selina Sue born November 5 prompt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Ernest R. Haire
Silsbee
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Phillip Thomas
C. P. Coevert
C L. Gray
Evadale
Tom Erwin
Selina Sue
Henry J
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GSU
Pal Hoffman
Winters Street
Avenue L
Jerry Jones
Robert Richards
Ed Farr
Marvis Gore
Presley Gore
Tracy Gore
Huntsville
Harold Dunn
Texas University
Austin
C. H. Dunn
Mickey Webster
W. T. Holland
Crippled Children’s Society
Linda Lee
Queen
Lamar
Dagma Rudisaile
TCU Society
E. Cole
Presbyterians
H. Bertram
Woman's Club
Kirby Pta
ABWA
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