Settlement Ends Tax Fight Between School and Timber Firms
An eleventh hour compromise between Silsbee Independent School District authorities and large landowners ends a court battle that nearly depleted the district finances. Delinquent taxes for last year plus penalties and interest will be paid by several plaintiffs, including East Texas Pulp and Paper Co and Kirby Lumber Corp, ending ongoing court actions and disruptions to school administration.
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Silsbee Independent School
School Canalization Board
East Texas Pulp and Paper Co
Kirby Lumber Corp
Southwestern Settlement and Development Co
Champion Papers, Inc
Southern Pine Lumber Co
Southern Neches Co
Evadale Realty Co
Silsbee
Board of Equalization
District Court
Hardin County
Texas
Silsbee Independent School District
Silsbee Independent
East Texas
Pulp & Paper Company
Southern Pine Lumber Company
Two whiskey stills destroyed near Votaw and one man arrested
The Texas Liquor Centre Board said two illicit whiskey stills were destroyed Saturday at Jess Jordan’s residence five miles southwest of Votaw in Hardin County. Jordan was charged with possessing illicit equipment and untaxed liquor. Authorities reported two cookers three gallons of corn liquor six mash barrels 25 pounds of sugar two cooking coils and other items destroyed in a shed behind the home.
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Texas Liquor Centre
Jess Jordan
Votaw
Hardin County
Jordan
Silsbee High School Homecoming Activities Begin Thursday
Silsbee High kicks off homecoming with a Thursday night pep rally and bonfire at the Santa Fe park. Friday features a 2 p.m. band-led parade and 7:30 p.m. football with Jasper, plus an exes reception in the cafeteria. Balloting for homecoming queen is next Monday with halftime reveal. Saturday includes a 10 a.m. parade, floats, a dinner 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and a 9 p.m. dance.
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Eloise Mathews
Elizabeth Kennedy
Janet Reeves
Pat Grisham
Johanna Thomas
Barbara Grant
Janice Witte
Selma Hill
Sylvia Payne
Ellen Ford
Lynn Caldwell
Wanda Grisham
Silsbee High School
Santa Fe
North Seventh Street
Weeks Crawford
Silsbee High
Tigers
Jasper Bulldogs
Silsbee Plans Second Polio Vaccine Clinic Oct 21
Silsbee schedules a second oral polio vaccine clinic for Sunday Oct 21 with Type I Sabin vaccine. Dr Wade M Parker county drive chairman says vaccines are available to all ages. Clinics repeat Oct 21 at Silsbee High gym Waldo Mathews gym Kountze courthouse and Sour Lake school with a 25 cent per dose contribution.
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Silsbee
Wade M. Parker
County Drive
Parker
Hardin County Medics Association
Jack Smith
Beaumont
Jefferson County
Sabin
Hardin County
Silsbee High
Waldo Mathuw
Kountze
Sour Lake School
Associaen
Presbyterians Approve Church Expansion Plan
First Presbyterian Church approved a master building plan to add long-range educational worship and fellowship space. Architect was Robert Husmann of Houston. committee chaired by James L. Hickleston with members J. W. Savage and others.
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First Presbyterian Church
Robert Husmann
Houston
James L. Hickleston
J. W. Savage
RB. Db
Paret
V. C. Caraway
Presbyterians
First Presbyterian Church of
Silsbee
James L. Hedleston
College Students Now Number 127 At Silsbee
Seven Silsbee college students not in last week list bring total to 127 attending higher learning. Names include Cecile Cobnle and Len Morris at Jacksonville College, Mike Brookins at Texas A&M College Station, Bobby Jo Shepherd Wayne Cernigna Dick Spillar Kay Williams at Lamar College Beaumont, and Margaret Robinson at the University of Texas.
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Silsbee College
Wreek
Silsbee High School
Cecile Cobnle
Len Morris College
Jacksonville
Mike Brookins
Texas A&m
Bobby Jo Shepherd
Wayne Cernigna
Dick Spillar
Kay Williams
Lamar College
Beaumont
Margaret Robinson
University of Texas
Two Silsbee High Seniors Earn National Merit Commendations
Two seniors at Silsbee High School have been honored for high performance on the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Each student receives a formal commendation letter signed by the principal and the president of the school district.
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Silsbee i High School
Silsbee Old Timers Meet Set For Nov 4
Preparations for a Silsbee Old Timers gathering on November 4 at the Junior High School cafe teria include a gabfest before a noon luncheon served by the Business and Professional Women's Club. Principal Weeks Crawford announced Commended students Joan Meyers and Nelson Tennison. National Merit Scholarship Corporation notes 28 700 letters of commendation nationwide and that semifinalists plus commend ed students total about 2 percent of high school seniors.
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Silsbee
Business and Professional Women's Club of
Informe
Oldtimers
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
Weeks Crawford
Joan Meyers
Nelson Tennison
John M. Stalnaker
Silsbee United Appeals drive kicks off October 15
Hardin county campaign set a county wide goal of 11100 for Silsbee with 15 unit captains and five workers per captain to contact nearly all residents. Kountze Sour Lake Batson Saratoga Chance Loeb Honey Island Village Mills Wotaw targets named with varied quotas. Dietrich urges unity to merge multiple drives into one yearly campaign.
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United Appeals
Haram
E. J. Dietrich
Silsbee Arcs
Silsbee
Kountze
A. J. Hussmann
H. M. Donelson
Bruce Watts Jr
Mr. Dietrich
Art L. Wornick
E. & Brown
Marion Almond
Paul Georeas
Tom Tennison
D. M. Short
Wade Parker
Rayford Birdwell
Jerry H. Jones
C. E Landolt Jr
J. C. Perkins Jr
J. Hy. Thomas
C ‘An
Johnny Dietrich
Celeste Johnson
Hardin County
Sour Lake
Batson
Saratoga
Chance - Loeb
Honey Island
Village Mills
Wotaw
Dietrich
Ethics Committee Plans Meeting With Student Group
The steering committee of the Junior-Senior High Parent Teacher Association for a student social code of ethics meets Wednesday at 10 o'clock at the high school. They consider adopting a code and will reconvene October 23 at 10 p.m. with Student Council officers and Student Council representatives from grades six through twelve of Silsbee schools.
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IV ‘Oelock
High Schoon
Counleil
Silsbee
Silsbee Tigers Ready for Huntsville Challenge in District Play
The Silsbee Tigers, unbeaten this non district season, prepare for a top rung match with the Huntsville Hornets in Huntsville. Huntsville showed resilience though struggled earlier, and the Tigers aim to extend their perfect record as district play approaches.
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Tigers
Huntsville
Silsbee
Oranae
Port Arthur
Tiger
Silhee
Huntsville Hornets
Hornets
Jasper
Squirrel Season to Open on Monday in 12 Texas counties
Squirrel hunting begins 30 minutes before sunrise on Oct 16 and runs until 30 minutes after sunset on Jan 15 in 12 Southeast Texas game management district counties. Daily bag limit is 10 with 20 in possession. deer season runs Nov 16 to Dec 31 with a special antlerless hunt in Trinity and Houston counties.
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Southeast
Texas Game Management District
Bill Wright
Gam Land Dish Commission
Trinity
Houston
Oquirrel
Fire Chief Busby Speaks at Lions Club Luncheon
Fire Chief John Busby was guest speaker at the Lions Club weekly luncheon Tuesday. He showed a film on volunteer firemen work and training and thanked local businessmen for their volunteer program support. Lions Club meets each Tuesday at noon at the Blue Bonnet Cafe.
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John Busby
Lion’s Club
Lions Club
Shine Returns From State Surveyors Convention
D Shine of Silsbee came home Wednesday after attending the state surveyors convention in Austin.
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D. Shine of
Silsbee
State Surveyors Convention
Austin
Burglary and petty theft top county jail bookings
Four petty theft suspects lead this week’s jail bookings in Hardin County with 26 detainees. Juvenile from Village Mills charged with burglary after breaking into a camp house on Village Creek and tied to other camp-house burglaries in the area.
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Hardin County
Dave Rounties
Village Mills
Village Creek
Football Tickets Available For Huntsville Silsbee Game
Huntsville school administration announced reserved seat tickets may be available for Friday's Huntsville Silsbee game in Huntsville. Assistant Superintendent Bruce Watts Jr. also noted Tiger homecoming tickets remain for sale for the Jasper game on October 19.
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Huntsville
Newspaper Week Declared In Texas For 1962
Governor of Texas designates October 14 to 20, 1962 as Newspaper Week in Texas urging citizens to recognize the free press. Theme emphasizes newspapers make a big difference in people's lives and the role of a free flow of information in democracy.
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United States
Texas
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