Oil Companies Agree To County Tax Valuations Hardin County officials ponder oil property values as the board of equalization hears testimony from Atlantic Richfield and others while a consolidation drive for united appeals advances across the county
Hardin County commissioners heard testimony on oil company valuations and prepared for possible reconvening. Atlantic Richfield representatives faced contempt threats before the matter settled as Pritchard and Abbott set valuations. The board heard from land and timber firms over higher numbers, with an overall increases of about 80 percent. Dietrich outlined campaign planning begun last June, detailing a budget of 15030 and the goal to fund ten agencies through county-wide drives. Area chairmen and vice chairs plan to launch volunteer work, with donations already totaling 1485 from advanced gifts chair Clark Allen and out of town firms. Proclamations designate October 1966 as United Appeals Campaign Month in Hardin County and Silsbee. signatures by Fletcher Richardson and Frank L. McClanaghan Jr. confirm official endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Knighten
Hardin County
Glenn A. Dromgove
First Baptist Church
Sour Lake
Dan's
County United Appeals
Dromgooe
Knighton
A. L. Bevil
United Appeals Campaign
Board of Equalization
Fletcher Richardson
Equalization Board
Atlantic-Richfield
W. P. Horsley
Bob Underwood
Pritchard
Abbott
Ernie Dietrich
Dietrich
Clark Allen
Advanced Gifts
H. F. Wiggins
Inlaw
Grady Shivers
Avenal
Calif
Marcus Shivers
Ontario
Larry Shivers
Moravia
Hardin County United Appeals
State of Texas
County of Hardin
Our County
Silsbee
Texas
United Appeals
Frank L. McClanaghan, Jr
Final Plans for Silsbee Homecoming Days
Plans for the 1966 Silsbee homecoming unfold for October 14 and 15. A dance at Thunderbird Ranch, between Kountze and Beaumont, on October 15 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., features the Novatones in the clubroom with seating for 400 to 500. Parade steps off at 10 a.m. October 15 with about 50 bands and Shrine Clubs invited. 10 school floats and the Homecoming Queen’s Float participate. Assembly program led by C. R. Baker at 1:30 p.m. in the Silsbee High School auditorium. The Beta Sigma Phi Rho Upsilon chapter serves dinner October 15 under Mrs. Charles Stephen. Ex-Students president Ed Tom Worthey lists class reception details through the Bee office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Thunderbird Ranch
Fort Apache
Novatones
Thunderbirds
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
C. R. Baker
Silsbee High School
Rho Upsilon
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Charles Stephen
Ed Tom Worthey
ExStudents Association
Silsbee Bee
Committees Announced for Old Timers Reunion
The Old Timers reunion set for October 16 at the Junior High School cafeteria will be chaired by J. E. Pete Farmer. Committees include Publicity with David Read and others, Ticket Sales led by C W McGinty, Registration with Grace Daniel, Reception including Eula Turrentine and L H Jennings, Coffee and Cake by Tom Tennison, and Work Committee led by Richard Weathersby. General Manager Pete Farmer will be master of ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Watts
J. E
Pete” Farmer
David Read
Jack Hill
I. F. Eldredge
Richard Weathersby
Tom Tennison
Link Skillern
Herbert Elmore
Bob McClelland
Harmon Weathersby
Pete Farmer
Toys for Toys drive seeks new leader in Silsbee
Allen Warrick, seven years the driving force of the Toys for Toys drive in Silsbee, will step down due to business and family duties. The campaign needs a new leader and space to sort thousands of donated toys to repair and distribute with Christmas food baskets via local ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Warrick
Silsbee
Warrick
Republicans Meet Tonight at Tennison Clinic in Silsbee
The Hardin County Republican Party will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday October 13 at the Tennison Clinic in Silsbee. The session will include a report on the Republican State Convention by Mrs. Newton Guilbeau, a Hardin County delegate, and plan for the November 8 election. J Keith Gary, county GOP chairman, urges all interested in helping reelect Sen. John Tower to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Republican Party
Tennison
Silsbee
Newton Guillbeau
J. Keith Gary
John Tower
Funeral services for Ida Grissom in Kirbyville
Mrs Ida Grissom 95 of Newton dies after a stroke. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. in Stringer Funeral Home chapel Kirbyville with burial in Kirbyville Cemetery. Native of Tyler County she lived in Newton for years. Survives include daughter Mrs Hershel Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Grissom
Newton
Stringer
Kirbyville
Newton County
Tyler County
Hershel Williams
Silsbee Boy Hospitalized After Auto Accident
An 11 year old Grant Sims was hospitalized with a severe head wound after a one car crash on Knappie Road near Silsbee city limits. Two other 11 year olds suffered minor injuries while 15 year old Randy Smith was uninjured. The driver was Ricky Smith, 11, who was the son of the boy scout group driver. The car skidded on the soft shoulder and hit a utility pole causing sparking wires. A second incident involved a J B Coleman Funeral Home ambulance, skidding on rainslick pavement and colliding with two cars, causing about 500 dollars damage to the ambulance and 200 dollars to a car. No injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knapple Road
Grant Sims
Jimmie Sims
Young Sims
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Ricky Smith
Hugh Smith
Larry Heddleston
J. L. Heddleston
Randy Smith
Ricky
Smith
Knupple Road
Silsbee
J. B. Coleman Funeral Home
Inez Butler
Highway 327
Butler
Kountze
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Rainslick
N. G. Ferrell
Local ABWA Members Head to Tulsa National Convention
Mr and Mrs Louis P Havens Mr and Mrs Jerry Scoggins Mrs S E Robbins Mrs Algene McBryde and Mrs Evelyn J Allen will depart next week to attend the National Convention of ABWA in Tulsa Oklahoma guiding the travel plans of several local members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis P. Havens
Jerry Scoggins
S. E. Robbins
Algene McBryde
Evelyn J. Allen
ABWA
Tulsa
Okla
Births Abound in Silsbee and Surrounding Areas
A series of birth announcements from Silsbee, Evadale, Sour Lake and nearby towns lists new daughters and sons born in Beaumont and Kountze hospitals. Names include Teresa Gail Richardson, Mark Lee Davis, Debra Ann Proctor, Darline Elizabeth Nash, and Chance Burt Burnett, with families from Silsbee, Evadale, Sour Lake, Sulphur and Lufkin. Grandparents A C Bartle and Bill Nash noted. Tris Pendergrass transferred to Baptist Hospital Beaumont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chance Burt
Denny Ray Burnett
Evadale
G. B. Richardson
Silsbee
Teresa Gail
Olan H. Davis
Mark Lee
Debra Ann
T. R. Proctor
Sour Lake
Darline Elizabeth
St. Elizabeth ‘Hospital
Wayne Nash
Sulphur
A. C. Bartle
Bill Nash
Tris Pendergrass
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
254000 Highway Improvement Program Approved For County
The Texas Highway Commission approved 254000 dollars for Hardin County highway safety and farm to market road improvements in 1967. District Engineer John G. Keller noted 17.9 miles will be affected with work supervised by L P Landsgrat at Silsbee. The plan covers 10.4 miles of safety work costing 236700 dollars and 7.5 miles of FM road work costing 17300 dollars across several routes including SH 326 US 69 SH 327 US 96 FM 42 and SH 327 Village Creek Bridge. The statewide program targets 5587 miles with 39.9 million construction and 161.5 thousand right of way costs across 912 projects in 215 counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Highway Commission
Hardin County
John G. Keller
Beaumont
L. P. Landsgrat
Silsbee
Way Commission
Hardin
Texas
U.S
Herbert C. Petry, Jr
Highway Commission
Pine Island Bayou Bridge
U.S. 69
U.S. 96
Four From Here Attend Area D-TA Workshop
At Orange Texas the Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers South District Autumn meeting featured Kirby School officials and Read Turrentine staff. Topics included teacher shortages and emergency certificates, need for higher pay, health and sex education, and venereal disease prevention. A counciling system for unsteady students and a child psychologist were proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers
South District
Orange
Texas
Wayne Dubose
L. L. Karnes
Otis Barge
B. L. Merchant
Kirby School
Emmett Barefield, Jr
Read Turrentine School
PTA
State Health Dept. of
Austin
California
Texas State Health Dept
Artist Of Month: Mrs Cullinan Showcased By Silsbee Art League
Mrs. John Cullinan named Artist Of Month by the Silsbee Art League. One painting to hang in Silsbee Library in October. Cullinans residents for years with one daughter Melinda. Mrs. Cullinan has painted three years and studied under Mrs. James Bond and Mrs. Mary Dale Nelms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cullinan
Silsbee Art League
Silsbee Library
Planning Commission Approves New Codes in Silsbee
The Silsbee Planning Commission voted to recommend adoption by the city council of the Southern Standard Plumbing Gas and Building codes. The body also discussed a possible 40 percent cut in permit fees as a starting point. The First Baptist Church proposed the city study purchasing the alley behind its building for future growth and storm drainage construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sion
Southern Standard
Planning Commission
Silsbee
Commission
United States
Silsbee Builders Association
First Baptist Church of
Little Theater Membership Meeting Tuesday in Silsbee
The Silsbee Little Theater will hold a general membership meeting at 7 30 p m Tuesday October 1 in the Heritage Room of Silsbee State Bank. Evelyn Allen and James Leigh will present readings from The Man Who Came to Dinner by Moss Hart and George Kaufman. Tryout schedules will be announced. Ward Bush is president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Little Theater
Silsbee State Bank
Evelyn Allen
James Leigh
Man
Moss Hart
George Kaufman
Ward Bush
Rites Pending For Mrs. McKee
Centhay McKee, 68, of Fred died Wednesday in Hardin Memorial hospital after a short illness. A native of Tyler County, he was a member of the Fred Pentecostal Church. Survivors include one son Floyd McKee of Fred, three daughters Mrs. Allie Mac Ard of Silsbee, Mrs. Elizabeth Ard and Mrs. Ben Dryden, both of Fred. one brother Thomas Crawford of Silsbee. one sister Mrs. Lizzie West of Fred. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Farmer Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centhay McKee
Fred
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Tyler County
Fred Pentecostal Church
Floyd McKee
Allie Mac Ard
Silsbee
Elizabeth Ard
Ben Dryden
Thomas Crawford
Lizzie West
Farmer Funeral Home
Idaho Company To Build Paper Mill At DeRidder
Boise Cascade to develop a multi million dollar forest products complex in Louisiana centered on a $65 million pulp and paper mill to be built on 1900 acres near DeRidder. Peak construction may employ 1000. 350 will work at the mill thereafter plus 500 in woods. Mill will produce kraft linerboard and newsprint for southern container plants. Local and state officials praised the project as a boost to Louisiana’s resources and economy. The development includes timberland holdings across eight parishes and two Texas counties totaling about 430,000 acres with near one billion board feet of sawtimber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeRidder
John McKeithen
Louisiana
Robert V. Hansberger
Boise Cascade Corporation
Boise Cascade
Pulp and Paper Central
Keith Miller
Portland
Ore
West Memphis
Ark
Southern
Dallas
Texas
Newton
N.C
DeRidder Chamber of Commerce Today
McKeithen
Phigh I
Taplin
Boise
Cascade
Hansberger
South
U.S
Allen
Beauregard
Calcasieu
DeSoto
Rapides
Vernon
Natchitoches
Sabine
Hardin
Jefferson
Fisher
Zwolle
Southern Wood Products
George W.hijort
C. B. Byrd
A. J. Hodges
Boise Cascade Land Grab in Hardin County DeRidder Plant Planned
Boise Cascade Corp expanding timber holdings in Louisiana and Hardin County. plant at DeRidder, La, costing about 65 million dollars, employing roughly 850 workers with potential plywood and sawmill facilities on the same 1900 acre tract. the firm has purchased large tracts across Beauregard Parish and Hardin County and is negotiating with other land firms for more timber land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise Cascade Firm
Hardin County
Boise Cascade Corp
DeRidder
Wall Street Journal
Beauregard Parish
Boise
Industrial Lumber Co
Ariola
Idaho
Keith Co
Jars Land
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Jack Hedge
Commissioners’ Court of
State OF
Ann Brown
Silshee Boy
Ray Gene Curtis
Robert Dean
Ozre Parker
J. M. Williams
Lufkin
Kenneth. Parker
Houston
Village Creek Bridge
P. R. Hutto
Guy Marshall
Judy
San Antonio
Glenn Earl Hutto
Gary Marshall
Lackland Air Force Se
Pvt
Dennis M. Alen
Fort Polk
Army
W. L. Allen
Fort Walton Beach, Fla
J. Q. Adams
Slidell, la
Mrs. I. F. Eldredge Jr
Silsbee Planning
Commis
Little Theater
McKee
Idaho Company
John B. Fery
Cecil Taylor
Company Timberlands
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