Three Die In Silsbee Shootout as Dickinson Opens Fire
Gordon Dickinson, 37, fired from a long barreled .22 revolver at a house on Spurger Highway, killing Robert Parks and wounding State Trooper Leo Hickman and Deputy Ira Moore. Parks died at the scene. Hickman and Moore were hospitalized. Dickinson was wounded, arrested at the scene, and later charged with first degree murder. He claimed the shooting aimed at securing equality in the courts and said he would do it again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Dickinson
Robert I. Parks
Silsbee
Dickinson
Ruger
Leo Hickman
Ira W. Moore
Hardin County
Coleman
Spurger Highway
Rusk
Jefferson County
Grady Tarver
Justice of the Peace
Louis Sellers
Moore
Rapist
Hickman
Parks
Oanthe
BE. W. Coleman
Robert J. Parks
Mr. Parks
Lester Gore
Silbee
William Whitaker
Sour Lake
United States Senate
Senate
Love Ermor
Fluoridation Poll Set For Saturday In Silsbee
Silsbee residents vote Saturday on fluoridating the city water. Proponents say fluoride prevents tooth decay in children, while opponents call it poison and say it forces consumption. Silsbee PTA backs the plan with officials asserting safety. Election at the fire station with E. J. Dietrich as judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee P T. A
E. J. Dietrich
Silsbee Library Eyes New Building as Reads Grow
Silsbee Library Advisory Board heard 27 young readers earned Texas Reading Roundup certificates, with 23 elementary students and four teenagers among them. The library outgrew the East Texas Wildlife Building in city park, and plans for a new building are under discussion. August checkouts reached 905 with 998 members. updated hours are Mon to Wed 1 5, Thu 2 6, Sat 11 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
1961 Homecoming Plans To Be Aired At High School
Class agents of Silshee Ex-Students Association meet at 7 30 pm at Silshee High School to map plans for the 1961 Homecoming. President Pete Farmer says Homecoming will be on Nov 3 4 and urges all agents to attend. Mr and Mrs Otis Will of Beaumont visited I T Odoms over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silshee Ex- Students Association
Silshee High School
Pete Farmer
Citizens Protest City Garbage Fee At Council Meeting
More than twenty visitors attended the council meeting to challenge the compulsory garbage charge enacted in June. They argued they neither use the service nor should pay for it. Churches echoed similar objections while Mayor McClanahan and the council pledged to study the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Council
City Hall
Frank L. McClanahan
B. L. Williams
Cook Estate
Knapple Road
David Davenport
Watts Road
Burke A. Hargrove
Silsbee Swimming Pool
Hargrove
Squirrel Hunters Pay Heavily for Out of Season Activity
Out of season hunting in Hardin County leads to fines totaling 145 dollars for three men after being caught with squirrels. Hollis Smith faced 50 dollars plus costs and jail for two counts. Johnny Ashley and Emery Warlow paid 24 dollars each. Roy Beard and Bill Leatherwood also paid 25 dollars plus costs for running deer with dogs. Warden Davis and others conducted the arrests in Knupple Cemetery area and Boggy Creek region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Hollis Smith
Olan Davis
Knupple Cemetery
Louis Sellers
Smith
Loeb
Roy Beard
Bill Leatherwood
Fletcher Richardson
Johnny Williams
Weekend Visit From New Orleans Family
Mr and Mrs Jerome Sable of New Orleans visited over the weekend in the home of their daughter and family Mr and Mrs Julian Bankston in a family gathering noting travel from Louisiana to share time together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome Sable
New Orleans
Julian Bankston
Tigers Seek Third Win In Port Acres Invasion
The Silsbee Tigers travel to Port Arthur for a 7:30 p.m. Friday game at Yellow Jacket Stadium, missing starter Jimmy Hargrove with a broken collarbone. His club extended Liberty 27 0 last week behind Bo Tarver 109 rushing yards and a sharp Read Har grove connection, while the Tiger defense limited the Panthers to 101 yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Tigers
Jimmy Hargrove
Port Acres
Yellow Jacket Stadium
Port Arthur
Port Arthur Highway
Beaumont
Broussard's
Nederland
Hargrove
Liberty
Panthers
Tiger
Jimmy Whitehead
Billy Sisk
Silsbee
Bo Tarver
Tarver
Randy Read
Promised Land
Panther
Paul Johnson
Slisbee
Johnson
Read
Pudgie Black
Jerry Lindsey
Johnny Upshaw
Wayne Nash
Morris Windham
Whitehead
Tigers
Leff
Erty
Glenn Ward
Nicky Gilbert
Black
Upshaw
Many Silsbee Students Attend State Colleges
Local students are listed as attending colleges this fall. Names tied to Lamar Tech, Sam Houston State College, Stephen F Austin College, North Texas State College, Texas A and M, University of Texas, University of Houston, and Rice are named alongside students from Silsbee. Notable institutions include Lamar Tech in Beaumont and Sam Houston in Huntsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Ing
Lamar Tech
Harold Bean
James Ellis
Judy Wilson
Bobby Puntis
Harry Hough
Robert Gray
Joyce Paramore
Sherry Hinkel
Bobby Ford
Jerry Lilley
Charlie Rashall
Charlie Woodard
Frank Short
Katherine Marshall
Wesley Simpson
Richard Johnson
Jack Clark
Johnnie Sue Muntz
Cheryl Markham
Cerelyn Purvis
Bully Bruce Caraway
Richard Worley
Bob Brewer
Dariol McWhorter
Joey Fullingim
Bill Fields
Judy Reeves
Sam Houston State College
Huntsville
Martha Ash
North Texas State College
Denton
Jola Griffith
Carolyn Baker
Harbara Clark
Burthce
Ray Whitney
Texas A & M College
Richard Ratliff
Edward Hendrix
Neuville Miller
Keith Wingfield
Bull Shepherd
Gary Partin
Terry Gossett
Edwin Hughes
Mike Brookins
University of Texas
Melinda Cullinan
Herman Adams
Helen Robinson
John Hartman
Mike McMahon
University of Houston
Donnah Holmes
Rice
Many Silsbee
Funeral services for Robert I Parks set at 2 PM today
Funeral services for Robert I Parks aged 42 will be held at 2 PM in First Baptist Church with Rev R E Bar clay and Rev R L Bateman officiating. Parks a 25 year Santa Fe Railroad veteran and Silsbee foreman was killed Wednesday while aiding Patrolman Leo Hickman who was shot during a manhunt for Gordon Dickinson. He leaves a wife, four children, his mother, four brothers and one sister. Burial at Knapple Cemetery fenced by Farmer Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert I. Parks
First Baptist Church
R. E. Barclay
R. L. Bateman
Woodrow Baptist Church
Mr. Parks
Leo Hickman
Gordon Dickinson
Hickman
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Santa Fe Railroad
Silsbee
770Th
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
Helen Parks
Stone
Robert I. Parks Jr
Brenda
Phyllis
Beverly
Barbsara
Henry Parks
Bernard
Donald
Willie
Austin
Hubert Parks
New Mexico
Sam Cape
Knapple Cemetery
Farmer Funeral Home
R. L. Read
Scout Troop 88 Court Of Honor Advances 29 Boys
A Court of Honor for Scout Troop 88 at Cravens Hall First Methodist Church honored 29 Scouts. Quincey Lee spoke as guest. Robert Neyland led ceremonies. Cecil Cobble gave the invocation. Tenderfoot badges: Eldridge, Holt, Hooks, Jordan, Landgraff. Second class: Lee, Conner, Jordan, Newson, Holt, Eldridge, Adams, Hopkins. First Class: Yankie, Wright, Taylor, Allen, Lee, Skillern, Hile, Barnes. Merit badges given to 13. Life badges to Donelson and Rodgers. Closing by Sioux patrol. refreshments served by McWhorter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cravens Hall
First Methodist Church
Quincey Lee
Central District
Trinity- Neches Council
Robert Neyland
Cecil Cobble
Gerald Rogers
Fox Patrol
Joe Hignett
George Eldridge
Willan Holt
Barner Hooks
Randy Jordan
Jack Landgraff
Allen Freeman
Stewart Lee
James Conner
Rincy Jordan
Ben Newson
William Holt
Steve Adams
Newton Hopkins
Latham
Wayne Yankie
Russell Wright
Robert Taylor
Joey Allen
Rocky Skillern
Dickie Hile
Charles Barnes
Buster Rucker
Bill Barclay
James Donelson
Gerald ‘Rodgers
Julian Bankston
Ike McWhorter
Births in Silsbee and nearby towns prompt local notices
Stacey Michelle Herron born Sept 9 at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Kountze to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Herron of Silsbee. Carl Allen Buckner born Sept 16 to Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Buckner of Silsbee. Reba Nadine hooks born Sept 16 to Mr. and Mrs. Perry Hooks of Silsbee. Jesse Ray Collins born Sept 16 to Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Lee Collins of Silsbee. Michael Crawford born Sept 14 to Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Crawford of Kountze. Patsy Ruth Brown born Sept 11 to Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Brown Jr. of Kountze. Thad Douglas Burnett born Sept 14 to Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Burnett of Saratoga. Jeffrey Howard Lawson born Sept 15 to Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lawson of Silsbee. Linda Gail Wright born Sept 6 to Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Wright of Buna. Bradley Allen Trahan born Sept (incomplete) to Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Trahan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stacey Michelle
Fred Herron
Silsbee
Carl Allen
C. L. Buckner
Perry Hooks
Reba Nadine
Jesse Ray
Kountze
Michael
M. W. Brown Jr
Patsy Ruth
Thad Douglas
Sherman Burnett
Saratoga
Jeffrey Howard
W. H. Lawson
C. E. Wright
Buna
Linda Gail
P. A. Trahan
Bradley Allen
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Spurger
State Hospital
Gordon Dickson
Owen Lord
Silsbee City
Sinclair Oi & Gas Company
Tulsa, Oklahomea
Texas
National Bank OF Tulsa
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Owen Bergman
Sinclair Oil and Gas
Silsbee School Board
Don L. Hough
L. D. Self
Silsbee Library
Mrs. Otis Will and Baby
Mrs. I. T. Odom
Zollie Steakley
Supreme Court of Texas
Judge Steakley
Kimble
Davis
J. W. Brown
Silsbee Liberty
Stephen FL Austin College
Nacogdoches
Bob Smith
Gas Gary
Jar Hazen
Sammy Barrow
James Leigh
Thomas Butts
Joey Landry
Robert Modisette
Court of Honor
Hardin Memorial Hospital
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