The Pine Needle (Kountze, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 27, 1964 Page: 1 of 6
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Kountze School Scene 1910
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Junior College Information
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HARDIN COUNTY'S
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VOLUME I, NUMBER 34
Bazx Saw
Sunday afternoon the editor
of this paper and I had along
session with Thomas Earl Jor-
dan on the proposed Hardin
County Junior College. The
discussion was long and the in-
formation was interesting. It
just goes to show that there are
very few clean-cut decisions-
that there is two sides to every
question.
I believe the proponents o f
the College are on the side of
the future and that this devel-
opment will come in the future-
just when, I don’t know. I doubt
that this will come this year as
the proponents hope, but it is
not an idea to be killed.
The whole case for the Col-
lege hinges, as I see it, on the
future prospects of the popula-
tion growth in this area. Cer-
tainly, there will be a great in-
crease in population in the fu-
ture. Andlamsure that this
Will be a rapid growth and may
be as g r e a t as the proponents
believe. If this is so, then Har-
din County will be able to sup'
port and need a college soon.
However, I doubt that the
people of this county are in the
present mood to vote to estab-
lish a new taxing agency. The
people are more tax conscious
than at any time in Hardin
County's history. I believe this
is a happy situation and believe
that this newspaper is partially
responsible for this concern with
taxation. The political mood
of this county will not support
a move to set up new taxes for
a future need that is not clearly
shown. Our past growth has been
greater than most people are
aware and I'fti sure our future
growth will surprise us.
The cold political facts of
life are that Silsbee recently
voted down a bond i s s u e for
needed school improvements
and the Chance-Loeb School
district has plans for a high
school development. Add to
that the fact that many 6f the
new residents are refugees from
high taxation areas of Jefferson
County and you can see that the
prospects of immediate success
is not good. But, mind you, do
not dismiss the idea, because
there is a lot of merit in it.
There are many arguments that
can be made concerning the
venture. I hope that the pro-
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KOUNTZE. HARDIN COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1964
There were 99,000 mortgage
foreclosures on single family
dwellings last year, the largest
total since 1939.
More than one million pass-
ports were issued or renewed
last year by the U. S. Passport
Office.
SCHOOLS BEGIN
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Shown above is Angela Dominguez, young daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Dominguez of Silsbee. She was born Aug-
ust 3, 1964, in a Beaumont hospital.
The Pine Needle Publishing
Company announced a new sub-
scription drive beginning this
week. The Pine Needle, coun-
ty newspaper that began publi-
cation last January,, will be
sold by young boys and girls
throughout Hardin County.
Each girl or boy that sells 25
one-year subscriptions will be
given a full Western Flyer Bi-
cycle during this drive. Sub-
scription blanks can be picked
up at the Pine Needle office in
Kountze. See the ad in this
week's Needle for details.
Kountze High Football players continued their workouts preparing for their first game
at West Hardin, September 4th. For related story turn to page 5.
Seaman 1st Class Mike Wheeler
son of Mr.&Mrs. E. H. Wheeler
of Kountze, will be home soon
on a 20 day leave, Mike grad-
uated .from Kountze High Sch-
ool in 1962. Mike is married
and he and his wife are expect-
ing their first bundle from hea-
ven in November.
Mrs. Maudie Smart
Of Kountze Dies
Mrs. Maudie Smart, 46,
Kountze, died at 11:35 a, m.
last Wednesday at her residence,
after a long illness.
Funeral services were at 3 p, m.
Friday, in the Evergreen Assem-
bly of God Church in Silsbee,
with the Rev, F. C. Drake, pas-
tor, and the. Rev. S. E, Martin of
Buna Assembly of God Church of-
ficiating. Burial w a s in Frank's
Branch Cemetery in Fred, Texas.
A native of Village Mills, Mrs.
Smart lived in Kountze nine
years. She was the widow of O. V.
Smart, who died in 1958,
She was a member of Ever-
green Assembly of God Church.
Survivors include four sons:
Jerry Smart, Larry Smart, and
Roger Smart, all of Kountze, and
Cecil Earl Smart of Daisetta,
and two daughters, Mrs. C, A.
Bass and Miss Dianne Smart, both
of Kountze; stepmother, Mrs,
Maude Drake, and a half sister
Mrs. L. J. Touchette, both of
Silsbee, and eight grandchildren.
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Editor’s note: The Village
Creek Philosopher on his John-
son grass farm-on Village Creek
discusses a personal matter this
week. We guess that’s whathe’s
doing.
Dear editar:
A man out here the other day
stopped me, well he really didn't
stop me, I was already sitting
down resting under a sjiade tree,
and got to talking and finally
said he wanted to know how I
get my ideas for these letters to
The Pine Needle.
<«How do you do it?” he asked.
«*I mean, how do you know where
to start and when to quit*?”
. Well, I'll tell you, it's simple,
and I've always found it just as
easy to stop as start. You come
out of the house and look around
and see all the physical labor
there is to do on this Johnson
grass farm and confronted by
that any thinking man will start
thinking.
Some people don't realize
we're living in critical times,
have been ever since I can re-
member, and what's a sagging
gate compared to the situation in
Viet Nam? How can a man patch
his roof when the Turks and the
Greeks may start fighting again,
not that they haven't been doing
it since reoorded history?
How can I be bothered about
cutting weeds when at the moment
I don't even know who's going to
be Lyndon Johnson's running
mate?
I know how- to get rid of weeds,
that's been discovered for hun-
dreds of years, but who knows
how to keep Russia contained?
I know some people say I ought
to work harder, that the way to
solve the world's problems is to
start with your own, but it doesn't
work out that way. Twenty-five
years* ago I was minding my own
business and looked up to find
Hitler wasn't.
Working for yourself is a fine
idea, but very few people achieve
the goal. Most of them, the way
it looks .to me, spend at least
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The decline in polio in the
U. S. has been dramatic. Be-
tween 1951 and 1954 an average
of 40,000 Americans contracted
polio each year. By 1962 the
total ,had dropped to 910. In
1963 431 were affiliated.
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Neches National Bank, Southeast Texas newest and most modern banking facility near-
ed completion this week. Spokesmen for the new bank said that the Bank would be open
for business within 30 days,
MobilLibrary Announces Move
THE PINE NEEDLE
EDITOR------------JAMES C. JENNINGS
PICTURE. EDITOR________THOMAS BEAN
Published every Thursday’ at KoOntze, Hardin County,
Texas, by The Pine Needle Publishing Company
p- 0. BOX 127 TELEPHONE CH 6-3979
Application for 2nd Class Permit pending at Kountze, Texas.
Subscription Rates:
In Hardin County---------------$2.00 Per Year
Outside Hardin County___________ $3.50 Per Year
The Hardin-Polk-Tyler Mul-
ti-County Library announces
that more 'students in H a r d i n
County have earned reading
certificates by participating in
the Texas Reading Club. Among
them are the following at th e
bookmobile stops.
Chance-Loeb and M i 1 n e r’s
Store -Robbie Rogers. W anda’
Rogers, Phyllis Williams, Pat-
ricia Durand, Kathy Durand,
Joel Edgar Rice, John Leslie
Rice, Peggy Bertrand, Sherry
Ann Bertrand, Deanne Powell,
Jeanne Avis Covington, Karen
Freeman and Linda Harper.
Saratoga-John S. Callander,
Sharon Joy Loftin.
Sour Lake-Edith Lawson.
The bookmobile comes to
these communities regularly
every two weeks with books for
both children and adults. The
schedule is as follows:
Thursday, Aug. 27 and Sept. 10
and 24.
Village Mills 9:45-10;30.
Milner's Store 1:15-2:30.
Chance- Loeb 2:45-4:00.
Books are 1 e f t on deposit at
the Kountze and Silsbee lib-
raries.
Wednesday, Sept. 2, 16, and
30.
Honeylsland 9:00-9:30.
Votaw 10: 00 - 10: 30.
Thicket 10:45-11:15.
Saratoga 11: 30-2: 00.
Batson 2:15- 3; 4 5.
Saturday Sept. 5 and 19.
Pine Ridge 9:30-10:30.
Sour Lake 10:45rl;15.
Pinewood 1:30-2; 30.
Transcontinental 3:00-3:30
Among the new books for
children's reading are:
Preep - Shulman
May I Bring A Friend-de
Regniers
Collecting Cocoons-
Hussey
Blaze and the Indian C a ve-
Anderson
Mystery of the Hurricane
Castle- Nixon
The Greedy One - Martin
Meet the Future - Meyer
Mr. Zip and the U, S,
Mail- Ban
Tiny’s Big Umbrella - La
Rue
A Dawn in the Trees-
Wibberly
Voices in the Meadow-
Bosworth.
SILSBEE
Andy’s Drive In
City News Stand
Byrd’s Drive In
Ivy’s Grocery
Bill’s Grocery
Min-1-Max
Nifty Drive In
Pat’s Drive In
Ray’s Food Town
Silsbee Print Shop
Crockett-Gilcriest
Williamson’s Wrecking Yd.
Ruggles Cash Grocery
Bus Station
Ransh Club
Peavy’s Grocery
Langston’s Fixit Shop
T & M Drive In
Ashworth Grocery
Callaway’s Grocery
Dominy’s Drive In
Eddie’s Package Store
PICKUP STATIONS
KOUNTZE
Boyd’s Cafe
Central Garage
Gibson’s Cafe
Kountze Electrical
Kountze Hardware
Kountze Pharmacy
Marshall’s Grocery
Mary’s Cafe
'Moore’s Super *Mkt.
Phillips 66 Station
The Pine Needle
Smith’s Super Valu
Top Half Drive In
Wheeler’s Drive In
Williams Farm & Home
Williford’s Grocery
T-Bone Drake’s Drive In
SARATOGA
Mid-Way Grocery
Basil’s Service Station
Cleava’s Shop
Crouch Dry Goods
Crawford’s Cafe
Brammer’s Grocery
Big Thicket Inn
Son Collin’s Grocery
Babe Martin’s Grocery
SOUR LAKE
Aline’s Drive-Inn Gro.
Maynor Drive In
105 Cafe
HONEY ISLAND
Orand’s Grocery
BATSON
Hobb’s Grocery
Rhoden Cafe
THICKET
CHANCE-LOEB
B & C Drive In
Burge Drive. In
Cochran’s Grocery
Jeffcoat’s Feed Store
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