New High School Building 32 Percent Complete
Work on the new Silsbee High School is over 32 percent complete with Bella Construction reporting near schedule. Supt. Don L. Hough said completion could occur by June 1, 1967 or earlier as roofs for all three buildings are in place and interior work continues despite weather.
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Silsbee High School
Silsbee
Bella Construction Co
Don L. Hough
Supt
Hough
Industrial Welding Inc
Supt. Hough
Toys For Tots Drive In Silsbee Seeks More Toys
Hundreds of toys are needed for the Silsbee Toys for Tots campaign as the Optimist Club takes over the drive. Collections lag with a Santa tradition at stake for 400 to 500 children. drop points include 270 South Third Street and local businesses, with pickup available through Optimist members.
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Silsbee
South Third Street
Val Hickman Real Estate
Goodyear Service Store
Morris Pharmacy
Smitty's Supply
Collier Hardware
Silsbee Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Hospitalizations
Silsbee residents shared a week of social visits and hospital stays. W E Sheffield visited Houston. Mr and Mrs Bobby Grisham joined D D Cline family. Kirbyville tea drew Mrs N F Eldredge Jr and others. R L Lindsey had surgery at MD Anderson. Several guests stayed with J H Richardson, and others visited Beaumont, Port Neches, Orange, Corpus Christi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Sheffield
Houston
Mike Grimes
Bobby Grisham
D. D. Cline
N. F. Eldredge Jr
L. H. Wade
A. R. Neylind
Silsbee Woman's Club
Kirbyville Club
Camp Fire Banquet Draws Record Crowd in Reading
Over 330 people attended the Camp Fire Girls Ded and Daughter banquet at Read-Turrentine school. The event caps the year for Blue Birds Camp Fire Girls and Horizon Club. Highlights included the Blue Bird Fly-Up ceremony, awards, and service pins. Fathers tied red neckerchiefs for 40 entering the age group. Pins recognized three, five, and seven years of participation.
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Camp Fire Girls
Read- Turrentine
Blue Birds
Horizon Club
Camp Fire
T M Orth To Speak At ABWA Boss Of Year Banquet
Mayor Frank L McClanahan will present the Boss of the Year award at Pine Burr Chapter ABWA. The event Monday at 7 30 p m in the Junior High School cafeteria features T M Orth of Kirby Lumber presenting on the Development of Southern Pine Plywood. Dr William G Byars is the reigning King Pine Pv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. McClanahan
Pine Burr
American Business Women's Association
Tommie Shelton
Beaumont
T. M. Orth
Kirby Lumber Corporation
Southern Pine Plywood
William G. Byars
King Pine
Local births honor Davia Jones and Randol Read families
Mr and Mrs Davia M Jones of Silsbee welcome daughter Susan Delaney born November 12 at St Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont. Mr and Mrs Randol R Read of Houston greet son Christopher Robinson born November 10 at St Luke's Episcopal Hospital.
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Davia M. Jones
Silsbee
Susan Delaney
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Randol R. Read
Houston
Christopher Robinson
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
County Clears Timber Sale Bid On Bragg Right of Way
Hardin County commissioners opened three bids for timber on the Saratoga Bragg Road right of way and accepted the highest bid from Amos Laird at 2001 dollars. Other bids were E J Campbell 1750 and Tom Easley 1700. The county canvassed the Nov 8 general election results showing Democrats leading except in the U S Senate race where incumbent Republican John Tower led Waggoner Carr. Amendments 2 and 4 failed in county votes, airport authorities and extending terms for conservation directors.
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Hardin County
Saratoga-Bragg Road
Amos Laird
E. J. Campbell
Tom Easley
John Tower
Waggoner Carr
Three Projects Benefit Yale Basket Program
Silsbee community Christmas Basket Drive announces three fundraising efforts to support needy families. Activities include a children's movie at Pines Theater on December 3, a skating event with toy or canned goods donations, and a November 24 charity date. Local sororities organize drives, with Williams and Dietrich handling inquiries.
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B. W. Graves
Silsbee
John Williams
Graves
W. S. Rosser
Pines Theater
Ceeries
E. W. Biscamp
Biscamp
Tommie Read
Mr. Williams
E. J. Dietrich
GSU Employees Return To Work Under New Pact
Gulf States Utilities workers including nine in Silsbee returned after a nine day strike ended with a two year contract. The Independent Electrical Workers Union voted 42 to 0 to accept the deal after final proposal reviews. Wages rise over eight percent. benefits total 1 305 272 across 1966 1967.
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GSU
Gulf States Utilities Co
Silsbee
The
Independent Electrical Workers Union
Gulf States
Game Violations Rise in Hardin County During Deer Season
Deputy Curtis Davis reports 30 people held at Hardin County jail in the past week as deer season opens. Six were jailed before charges, five for no hunting license and one for killing a spike buck. Other violations include five drunk and disorderly, three burglary, eleven disturbing the peace, one child desertion, one in a fray, one drunk in ear, and two for statutory rape.
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Hardin County
Curtis Davis
Thanksgiving Services Planned At Local First Baptist Church
The Silsbee Ministers Fellowship announces community Thanksgiving services Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the First Baptist Church. Rev J A Hendrix president says all area citizens are invited. Music by the host church choir, Hendrix to deliver the message, several ministers participating, offerings to fund fellowship service.
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First Baptist Church
Silsbee Ministers Fellowship
J. A. Hendrix
Sunday Gun Mishap Fatally Injures R. D. Cunningham
Ronal D. Cunningham, 37, was accidentally killed at his Houston home when a gun he was cleaning discharged. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Pat H. Foley Funeral Home, with interment in the Veterans Administration Cemetery. He is survived by his wife Pat Moody Cunningham and his parents, L. G. Cunningham and his Fort Worth-based family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronal D. Cunningham
Houston
Pat H. Foley
Veterans Administration
Pat Moody Cunningham
L. G. Cunningham
Fort Worth
Youth Center Plans To Be Discussed Monday Night
Six Silsbee youths will present plans for a community youth center at 7 30 pm Monday in the Heritage Room of Silsbee State Bank. Beta Sigma Phi ABWA Alpha Delta Kappa and other groups are invited. The discussion covers center design activities youth advisory council and solving center problems with adult supervision and civic support.
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Silsbee
Heritage Room
Silsbee State Bank
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
B & PW Club
ABWA
Alpha Delta Kappa Teachers Sorority
Hugh Smith
Conservation Committee
Silsbee Woman's Club
Smith
Sue Bullock
Stuart Smith
Woman's Club
Jasper
Music Makers to Entertain at Veterans Hospital
The Music Makers, a Silsbee choral group, depart by chartered bus Saturday for a weekend in Houston. They will perform for patients at the Veterans Hospital Saturday night, attend a luncheon and style show at Sukowitz Tea Room, and lodge at the Lamar Hotel before returning Sunday. This Houston appearance is their first outside Silsbee. Jena Curtis, three, daughter of Mr and Mrs Buford Curtis, had a tonsillectomy at St Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont Tuesday.
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Silsbee
Houston
Veterans’ Hospital
Sukowitz Tea Room
Lamar Hotel
Jena Curtis
Buford Curtis
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Final Rites Held For F C Fedrick 56 In Silsbee
Funeral services for Freder ic C Fedrick 56 of Rt 1 Silsbee were held at 2 pm Sunday at Former Funeral Home with Rev R E Barclay and Rev B A Sigler officiating. Burial in Holland Cemetery. He died Friday morning in Hardin Hospital after a short illness. He was a machinist for Kirby Lumber Corp and a lifetime Hardin County resident. Survived by his wife one daughter Mrs Jack Clark of Silsbee a son Arthur E Fedrick of Silsbee two brothers Arthur of Houston Tom of Dallas and his mother Mrs Mattie Fedrick of Silsbee.
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Frederick C. Fedrick
Rt. 1
Silsbee
R. E. Barclay
B. A. Sigler
Holland Cemetery
D. C. Grisham
B. F. Leach
J. E. Bottoms
Madison Ward
H. E. Ebard
O. Parker
Fedrick
Chester
Hardin Hospital
Kountze
Kirby Lumber Corp
Hardin County
First Baptist Church of
Honey Island
Masonic Lodge
Jack Clark
Arthur E. Fedrick
Arthur Fedrick
Houston
Tom Fedrick
Dallas
Mattie Fedrick
Rites Held Monday For Mrs Bertha Dowell
Funeral services for Mrs Bertha Dean Dowell 33 of 615 Inwood Baytown and former Fred resident were held at 2 p m Monday at Farmer Funeral Home Silsbee Reverend Rodney Coon officiated burial followed at Franks Branch Cemetery Pallbearers Marl Hutto Gary Spurlock Carl Stewart Cecil Stewart Leslie McKinzie and Bill Woods. Mrs Dowell died 5 45 p m Saturday in Baytown after a heart condition. She was a native of Silsbee lived in Fred area most of life and in Baytown three years She is survived by husband Edmund C Dowell daughter Cary Dowell Baytown stepfather and mother Mr and Mrs Jack Burleigh Melville La and sister Opal Delgado of Houston.
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Bertha Dean Dowell
Inwood
Baytown
Fred
Farmer Funeral Home
Silsbee
Rodney Coon
Open Door Baptist Church
Dowell
Franks Branch
Marl Hutto
Gary Spurlock
Carl
Cecil Stewart
Leslie McKinzie
Bill Woods
Bill Woods. Mrs. Dowell
Edmund C. Dowell
Cary Dowell
Jack Burleigh
Melville
Opal Delgado
Houston
You Cant Take It With You at Silsbee Little Theater
Ticket sales open November 23 for the Silsbee Little Theater production You Cant Take It With You. Performances are Friday December 2 and Saturday December 3 at the high school auditorium. Tickets available from ticket chairman Paul Georgas at Britton Cravens Insurance or by P O Box 157. Cast includes Elizabeth Williams Howard Perkins Shirley Eubanks Eddie VanWinkle and Harold Crampton with Co Directors Evelyn Allen and James Leigh leading a large cast and stage crew.
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Silsbee Little Theater
Paul Georgas
Britton-Cravens Insurance Agency
P. O. Box
Georges
Evelyn Allen
James Leigh
Cheryl Markham
Wes Latham
Stage Properties
Betty Ann Mitchell
Gene Evans
Jim Hays
Leon Rust
Jerry Boardman
R. O. Jackson
L. R. Clawson
House
Harold Gardner
Don Hough
Wesley Latham
Elizabeth Williams
Howard Perkins
Shirley Eubamyks
Eddie VanWinkle
Harold Crampton
Celeste Johnson
Lavera Landis
A. E. Templeton
Arthur Templeton
Wingfield
I. F. Eldredge Jr
Ronnie Nash
Ward Bush
Hugh Smith
Dowdy to address WWI vets in December meeting
Congressman John Dowdy will be the principal speaker at the Second District Convention of World War I veterans in Silsbee on December 10. Commander John J. Richardson says delegates from many towns will attend and all WWI veterans are invited, with the Ladies Auxiliary of the district also present.
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John J. Richardson
Silsbee Barracks
John Dowdy
Richardson
Second District
Car Registrations Jump 18 Percent in Hardin County
Hardin County shows an 18.6 percent rise in private cars over three years from 8610 in 1963 to 10210 by early 1966, with 126 cars per 100 families. Higher roads, suburban living, and rising incomes drive ownership, boosting local spending on gas, oil, and repairs to about 2.954 million dollars.
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Hardin County
Vice
United States
Texas
Funeral services held Saturday for J. J. Register
Funeral services for Durt Jor dan Register 78 of Silsbee were held at 2 p m Saturday in Good Shepherd Baptist Church. Rev B A Sigler and Rev Eugene Jonte officiated with Masonic rites at Resthaven Cemetery. He died Thursday at home. surviving wife Hattie, son Joe of Silsbee, daughter Mrs Paul A Davis of Jackson Miss, brothers Jess and Robert Register of Logansport, and extended family visited in Sacramento.
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Durt Jordan Register
Silsbee
Good Shepherd Baptist Church
B. A. Sigler
Eugene Jonte
First Methodist Church
Resthaven Cemetery
Masonic Lodge
Farmer
Angelina County
Logansport
Hattie Register
Joe Register
Paul A. Davis
Jackson
Miss
Jess Register
Robert Register
Donald Cudd Dies in Auto Crash Near Kountze
Funeral services were held for Donald Cudd 24 of Rt 2 Silsbee after a two car collision on U S 69 south of Kountze. Cudd died from injuries. Wilton Stelly of Beaumont is in serious condition. Cudd worked in Du Pont maintenance, a Navy veteran, and was a West Side Church of Christ member.
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Donald Cudd
Rt. 2
Silsbee
Robert Puentes
Henry Allen Coe Jr
Bill Garcia
Charles
Harold Clifton Cudd
C. A. Kimball
Jim Jenkins 80 Native of Village Mills Dies Saturday
Funeral services for Jim Jenkins 80 of Village Mills were held at 3 p m Sunday at First Baptist Church Village Mills with Rev E E Castila and Rev Delbert Lamb officiating Burial followed at Village Mills Cemetery under Pace-Wells Funeral Home of Kountze Survivors include two sons James and Nathan W Jenkins three daughters B B Hearn C A Hutto and A T Lewis three brothers Phillip Ben Lester Jenkins and three sisters Maud Reed Tom Blewett and Ida McFaddin all of Beaumont Kirbyville Silsbee Hil lister and Kountze respectively
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Jim Jenkins
Village Mills
First Baptist Church
E. E. Castila
Delbert Lamb
Pace-Wells Funeral Home
Kountze
Jenkins
First Baptist Church of
James Jenkins
Nathan W. Jenkins
Beaumont
B. B. Hearn
Orange
C. A. Hutto
Groves
A. T. Lewis
Phillip Jenkins
Silsbee
Ben Jenkins
Hillister
Lester Jenkins
Maud Reed
Kirbyville
Tom Blewett
Ida McFaddin
Crippled Children's Society Dinner In Kountze Tonight
The Hardin County Society for Crippled Children and Adults hosts a covered dish dinner tonight at 7:30 at Kountze First Baptist Church. Mrs. Thelma Smith will present a film Reach Tomorrow. All Easter Seal workers are invited to attend.
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Hardin County Society For Crippled Children
Kountze First Baptist Church
Thelma Smith
Soc
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Read - Turrentine
Silsbee Junior High
Silsbee Social Notes
Richard Weathersby
St. Eliabeth Hospital
Chris
Brazoria
George Badge
R. L. Read
Randy Read
Yale
Rho Upsilon Sorority
Mirtha Courtney
Xi Kappa Nu Sorority
Richard Jones
Xi Zeta Rho Sorority
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Baton Rouge
R. D. Cunningham
Veterans Hospital
F.C. Fedrick
Bertha Dowell
Leona Whitman
Ellen Whitman
Merryville
E. G. Thomas of
W. H. Holland
Austin
Bertha Harrell
J. J. Register
R. H. Abbott
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Elton Richardson
Crippled Children's Society
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