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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1966
Page
2
The Silsbee Bee is issued under a second class mailing permit dated April 19 1919 from the Silsbee Texas post office. It publishes weekly every Thursday at 410 Highway 96 Silsbee Texas. Subscriptions cost 350 per year within Hardin Jasper Tyler Jefferson counties and 400 per year outside these counties.
In Buna area, fire crews from Buna Evadale and Silsbee plus neighbors searched Jackson fish pond after Nealy Griffis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nealy Griffis, vanished during fishing with his brother. A roadside lighting sweep and riverine dragging found him hidden by a rod, near home. The boy, shaken but unharmed, returned to school. Grateful parents thanked the community and God for his safe recovery.
Mr and Mrs J R Smith report their son Archie has reached the battle zone in South Vietnam aboard the USS Perkins. He is among ten men in the Black Beret unit assigned to rescue pilots from crashed planes in the South China Seas. Archie enlisted August 29, 1965, trained in San Diego and studied electronics in San Francisco.
The 1967 Plymouth Fury presents a distinctive big car look with flowing styling and three new hardtop rooflines. The Fury emphasizes size at 213.1 inches long on a 119 inch wheelbase, offering 25 models in five series and five engine choices. New safety features include an impact absorbing steering column and deep padded instrument panel, with a flow through ventilation on many hardtops.
A reader writes praising the work of minister Rev. Charles W Pringle after his move to Kerens. The note reflects on personal loss and the strong bond between parishioners and the clergyman, noting how small the world feels despite the distance.
The Silsbee Trail Riders schedule a regular meeting Saturday at 7 30 p m in the Trail Riders arena and a public calf roping Sunday at 2 p m with youth activities for ages up to 18. Events include barrel racing pole bending flag racing calf riding and more. Parents must provide a release for participants.
Hardin County Texas records list numerous real estate deeds easements and trust deeds among entities including First Re Discount Corp Gulf States Utilities Jasper Federal Savings & Loan Assoc Sun Oil Co and Hardin County Savings & Loan Assoc. Entries cover warranty deeds deeds of trust releases assignments and easements reflecting a broad transfer activity across properties and mineral rights.
W C Caraway of Caraway Motor Company Silsbee is named Area Director of the Texas Automobile Dealers Association by B P Crittenden of Beaumont. The post asks him to work at the grass roots with state dealers to promote integrity and safer, more convenient and economical driving. He will serve until the next TADA convention in Houston in May 1967. The association, based in Austin, represents 1400 franchised new car and truck dealers.
Army Private First Class Ira J. Sykes Jr., 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira J. Sykes of Silsbee, is taking part with the 101st Airborne Division in Operation Bar Frost 66 near Bardufoss, Norway. He left Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Aug 27 for the three week joint U.S. and allied exercise. Sykes is a 1964 Waldo Mathews High School graduate.
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