The Pine Needle (Kountze, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 12, 1965 Page: 1 of 12
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A WORTHY PROPOSAL «•
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KOUNTZE, HARDIN COUNTY,TEXAS
THURSDAY, AUGUST-12, 1965'
lielWtfiRET
PAST
PRESENT
FUTURE
by GERALDINE WATSUN
If one is to regard the B i g
Thicket as an acological area,
then Village Creek flows right
through the center, but the pop-
ularly accepted idea is that it
makes the Eastern boundary.
,Either way, the land through
which the creek winds and coils
on its way to join the Neches is
as dense and wild as any to be
found. Over its banks tower large
pines, cypress and hardwoods; in
the luxuriant understory, the
hop-hornbeam (or ironwood)
predominates; the lower shrub-
bery is ■ dense and varied, and,
of course, the sandbars have their
fringes of young willows. Some
aged willows that have survived
the frequent violent floods sefld '
long, twisted limbs far out over
die water. Tying all these lev-
els, colors and textures of vege-
tation together are the vines,
most of which are flowering or
fruiting. A list of the species o£
plants on the banks of Village
Creek would fill volumes-it is a
paradise for the botanist.
Most of Village Creek is inac-
cessible by car.- To reach it, one
ipust often cross marshes and
sloughs, or sand hills which are
worse than mud to drive through.
,W hile there are many ways to
„njpy the creek, there is only
one way to really get to know
and appreciafe it, its bird, ani-
mal and plant life-that is by,
floating down it in a light paddle
boat. To make this trip has been
one of my fondest ambitions-at
least a bridge - to -bridge odyssey -
bat my family has pretty strong
views of how ladies should amuse
themselves and have so far been
successful.in thwarting (or pro-
tecting) me. Guess I just rilled
my head with too many adven-
ture stories when I was young,
but Don B l a n d i n g’s poetry and
tales of vagabondage fired me
with a yearning for travel. Since
then, my world has narrowed;
I've had to exchange my far-
away places for'’the close-at-
hand. Village Creek is a poor
substitute for the China seas or
the lagoons of the South Pacific-
and even it is denied me! Ah,
when will I face reality and re-
in ember that I chose a house-
wife’s profession and that I’m
supposed to find my excitement
in TV soap opera, sexy novels,
gossip and fighting with my hus-
band. Housewives-, rebel! Join
me in proving thatwe women can
do.something besides push buttons
mops and wag our tongues-leave
all behind for a day that will
either be a refreshing adventure
qr make you appreciate your lot
and vow never to complain about'
it again. Come with me down
Village Creek-the silent glide of
dhe boat and soft ripple of the
paddle won’t disturb the birds*
the kingfisher will scream and
;kim over the water right beside
you and the Mue heron takes
(Cont. Page 8).
BULLETIN
Durdin Drive
To Be
Extended
PORTION OF 3rd St.
TO EVENTUALLY
CLOSE
At approximately 10:05 p. m.
and after friendly expression of
opinion on both sides, the City*
Council of Silsbee approved the
eastward extention of Durdin Dr.
the widening of the bridge over
the oil branch on South third St.
when City finances, permit. Af-
ter the completion of this work
and after these facilities are in
use, the portion of Third Street
between the Worthy Property \ will
be deeded to Apache Lumber Co-
mpany. The vote was 3-2; Lan-
dolt, Georgas and Fordinal for;
Hopkins and McClanahan'against.
See map on last page.
KOUNTZE MOTHER
ISON DROWN
IN FISH POND
KOUNTZS -The bodies
of a. Kountze woman and her
son, missing since Thursday,
were found in a fish pond north
of Kountze Saturday night.
Hardin County Sheriff Henry
Overstreet of Kountze identified
the dead as Mrs. Marie Taylor,
31, and her. adopted son, Fred*
rick Hill Taylor, 8, both, of
Kountze.
Failed to Return
J. J. Taylor had reported his
wife and son missing Thursday
afternoon when they failed to re-
turn from picking peas at tht
C. H. Votaw home in the Prov-
idence community about nine
miles north of Kountze on Farm
Road 420, Overstreet said.
He said Mrs. Taylor had ap*
(Continued on page 5)
SHERIFF DEPT.
LISTS ARRESTS
The Jailor’s repoft for the Har-
iin County Sheriff, Henry Over-
street, office Deputy Curtis Dav-
is from August 1-7 finds that there
were 37 arrests made.
Arrests were for-Theft-3, Traf-
fic Violations-2, Drunk-18, Dis-
turbing the peace-5, Hot Check-
2, Affray-4, DWI (Misdemeanor)
1, Simple Assault-1, and Malici-
ous Mischief-1.
PEP SQUAD NEEDS
&LL KOUNTZE GIRLS
A11 high school girls interested
in the Pep Squad meet Mrs. Coe
at the School Friday, August 13
;a’t 1:00 p.m. All cheerleaders
and alternates please be present.^
5ILSBEE TRAIL
RIDERS PLAN
ANNUAL RODEO
The Silsbee Trail Riders are
planning their annual Fall Rodeo
for August 27th at the Trail Ri-
ders Arena off Hwy 418 west of
town. For the first time in this ,
area we will be using the Dayton
F F A Stock Produced by the F F A
Chapter of Dayton High School..
This stock • is well known for its
good performances. There will
be 7 events including Barrel Rac-
ing, Bull Riding, Steer Wrestling
Calf Roping, Bareback Bronc Ri-
ding and a Queen Contest.
The Queen Contestant must be
between thirteen and eighteen
and have a sponsor. She will be
j udged on horsemanship, person-
ality and apparel. Silsbee is be-
ing represented by Sharon Chitty,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Luther
Chitty, Call Mrs. Olen Davis at
EV 5-4293 for information.
Sharon is sponsored by Silsbee
Jaycees.
The Orange County Sheriffs
Possee Jr.and Adult Quadrill Team
will perform each night. There
will also be a calf given away
Saturday night to the holder of
the lucky donation ticket.
Books will be open on the 27 th
from 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.
(Continued Pa_ge 10, Column 4)
Commissioners Court
Subpoenas Bean
Last Monday morning the Sher-
iff of Hardin County served the
threatened subpoena on County
Tax Assessor - Collector Willie
Bean. This subpoena was issued
at the request of the Court and
the following is a copy of the
document:
rHETSTATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF HARDIN
IN THE COMMISSIONERS COURT
(Continued on page 3)
+TERS
<3a* Theater, Kountze
See Ad j
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THE PINE NEEDLE
| EDITOR..........
PICTURE EDITOR-
JAMES C. JENNINGS
.....THOMAS BEAN
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ESS ASSOCIATION
I Published every Thursday at Kountze, Hardin founty
Texas, by the Pine Needle Publishing Company
Second Class Postage paid at Kountze, Texas ,
SILSBEE
I Box 38 - EV 5-4872
KOUNTZE
Box 127 - CH 6-3979
Subscription Rates:
In Hardin County— ------—------$2.00 Per Year
Outside Hardin County-------------$3. 50 Per Year
TSO OPENS SILSBEE OFFICE
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TSO OPENS OFFICE IN SILSBEE - Left is Mr. John P. Royal, Dispensing Optician and Adminis-
trative Manager of the new TSO office in Silsbee. Right is Dr. William G. Byars,Examining Doc-
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tor of Optometry, in charge of the new TSO office in Silsbee.
PROGRESS SEEKS MORE DOCTORS FOR
HARDIN COUNTY
The Hardin County PROGRESS
group announced its latest action
hoped to help solve the County's
lrgent need for additional phy-
;icians to serve the needs of the
pebple of the County.
Gene Barrington, chairman of
the group, told the Pine Needle'
"the PROGRESS organization is
concerned that two ipore doctors
in Hardin County are leaving tc
practice in other areas of the
State. Of course, the respect
that Dr. Hooks and Dr. Tate have
had over the years in our area will
cause a great personal loss to
people throughout the County;
but, even more crucial, is the
needing Hospital care in its ia-
c.ilities.
Members of PROGRESS have
talked with several physicians a-
bout locating in Kountze td fill
the need now that Dr. Gauntt will
be the only doctor for the area;
Last week I personally went
(Continued Page 10, Column 7)
KOUNTZE LADIES
AUXILLIARY TO
MEET Aug. 19
There will be a general meet-
ing of the Little League Auxiliary
it the Cpunty Commissioners
Court Room, Thursday, August
19, at 7:30, to elect nfew officers
Dr. S. J. Rogers and Dr. N.
IJay Rogers, Optometrists and Di-
rectors of Texas State Optical ,
nave announced the opening of a
TSOoffice in Silsbee at 125 North
Fifth Street. The new facility is
the ninety=sixth TSOoffice in the
State and the seventh in South-
east Texas.
In remarking about the open-
ing, Dr. C., J. Rogers said, "con-
tinuing growth of patronage of our
eye care service in this area, com
bined with our desire to make
these services more conveniently
available to the people of Silsbee ,
Kountze, Jasper^ and Woodville,
and surrounding area, prompted
our establishment of this Silsbee
office. Many patients, whom we
J alfeady serve in Beaumont, will
I1 have the benefit of obtaining their
fact that only six full-time doc- . (Cont Page
tors will be left to serve'the thou- SILSBEE QUARTERBACK * ° -
sands of people throughout the
County. Also, of concern is the
fact that out tax supported Har-
din County Hospital will be no-
ting but a useless tax burden un-
less there are enough doctors in
the County to treat the people
CLUB TO MEET
The Silsbee Quarterback Club
rill hold its first meeting for the
impose of organizing and elect-
ng officers. The meeting will be
teld Monday, August 16 at 7:30
p. m. in the Neches Room of the
'leches National Bank. Besides
the election of officers, there will
also %be a discussion of projects
for the coming year according to
President Edwin O'Dell.
Everyone interested in Silsbee
(Continued Page 12, Column 7)
BELL TELEPHONE
CONTRIBUTES TO
TEXAS ECONOMY
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Company and other segments of
the Bell System contributed $541
million to the Texas economy
last year.
LeRoy Poole,Manager for South-
western Bell in Silsbee, said the
figure includes $272 million spent
by the company for wages, goods,
(Continu d Page 10, Cloumn 5)
JIMMY PARSLEY AWARDED
BRONZE STAR IN VIET NAM
Philosopher
Editor’s note: The Village Creek
Philosopher on his Fire Ant Farm
on Village Creek has been seeing
some news programs on televis-
ion, his letter this week indicates.
Dear editar:
According to a serious article
I read last night in a newspaper
a neighbor had used to wrap up
some vegetables he brought me,
Sir Alec Douglas-Home has re-
signed as leader of Britian's Tory
party because his television i-
•nage is so bad he loses more votes
chan he makes every time he
shows up on the screen.
They tried everything, chang-
ing the lights, photographing him
from this angle and that, teaching
him how to smile, how to Hell a
joke, what a joke was, etc., but
it wouldn't work. When his face
showed up on television, he just
didn't look like a leader, so he
resigned in favor of a man who
photographs better.
Now according to a news ana-
lyst, what this proves is that from
now on no homely-looking man
can ever get elected, that unless
a man shows up good on televis-
ion, he might as well stay out of
politics. Maybe try banking.
Right away though I'd like to
.say that I have never considered
bankers any homelier-looking
thananybody else andif it'll help
swing a loan I’ll say they're han-
somer than everybody knows they
are.
But about having to have a cer-
tain-style face to get elected, I
don't know about that. I have se-
en some Congressmen on tele-
vision that would explode this
theory, although it's possible they
got in before television was in-
vented. Or that whoever they were
running against looked less like
leaders than they, which stretches
the imagination pretty far, at
least further than mine will go.
I don’t like to argue with an
expert, but there may have been
some other factor in Sir Alec's
failure on British television.May-
be how he said something wasn't
as important as what he said, al-
though I dftn't know anything a-
bout British politics, I don't know
anything about American politics,
but having seen lots of Senators
and Congressmen and Governors'
on news programs, I’d say that
the theory that you have to be
handsome and leader-1' oking o
television to get elect* * is apple
sauce. Most of em lock about
like the rest of us.
Yours faithfully,
J. A.
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WILLIE BEAN GETS A DOLLAR - Willie Bean has been unsuccessful
in obtaining needed funds to buy equipment for the tax office, but
received a dollar attached to a subpoena to appear before
the Commissioners Court, Below,, he and W^yne Elmer, deputy tax
collected in charge of industrial accounts, are shown carting the tax
records down the hall to the Commissioners Court room. Bean has vo\
ed not to permit the records of his office being transfered to Pritchard
jid Abbott’s offices either in Houston or Fort.Worth as has been donq
i‘"the past.
S. F. C. Jimmie R. Parsley, a
former resident of Silsbee, Texas
has recently returned from Viet.
Nam and Olinawa. During his
three years in Asia, he served in
Viet Nam, Thailand, Ifcrea and
Republic of China. His wife Bon-
nie L. Parsley is accompaning
him to his new assignment at
Fort Bragg, North Carolina, where
he will be attending special train-
ing in Special Warfare Tactics of
the U. S. Army Elite Special For-
ces.
S. F. C. Parsley was recently
awarded the Bronze Star with -V-
Deyice for valor during action
in Viet Nam on 21st and 22nd
February 1964. S. F. C. Parsley
|has 19 years in the regular Army
and has received the Nations sec-
ond highest award for action in
Korea, while serving two regular
service tours in Korean conflict
for extraordinary heriosm.
S. F. C. Parsley and wife are
/isiting his brother, P. A. Parsley ’
of Silsbee, his brother Lindburg
Farsley of Evadale, brother Cody
Parsley of Port Neches and a bro-
ther, Hooper Parsley of Buna.
V.
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Mr. And Mrs. Jimmy R.. Parsley1
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