The Pine Needle (Kountze, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 1964 Page: 1 of 6
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H£i5ENEEDLE
HARDIN COUNTY'S
BEST ADVERTIZER
DRIVE CAREFULLY LABOR DAY WEEKEND
TELEPHONE NO.
CH 6-3979
VOLUME I, NUMBER 35
KOUNTZE, HARDIN COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1964
PHONE CH6-3979
Buzz Saw
One of the jobs of the County
Commissioners is to provide for
roads and bridges throughout
Hardin County. Most of this
activity is performed by Coun-
ty employees with county
equipment. Sometimes a job
comes along that is out of the
ordinary and the Commissioner's
Court decides it is best to put
the job outon contract. Maybe
it is because the job is difficult
and requires technical knowl-
edge or equipment not owned
by the County. In such a case,
the Commissioner of the pre-
cinct where the job is being
done, oversees and keeps a run-
ning inspection of the job
being performed by the con-
tractors. This i ns pec ti on is
made for the purpose of know-
ing whether the job should be
accepted when completed by
the contractor.
Apparently this is the proce-
dure being followed on the con-
tructionofthe McNeely Bridge
across Village Creek in the Prov-
idence Community. The Bridge
is in the process of construc-
tion by a local Contractor
and is due to be com-
pleted this week or early next
week, I went out to make an
inspection of the job last Sun-
day afternoon. I suggest that
others that are interested in
how the County tax money is
being spent should go out and
look the job over. And I sug-
gest that you go now, before
the job is accepted by the Coun-
ty. Otherwise it w i 11 be too
late to do anything about.
Last week I received a tele-
phone call from an interested
tax payer who had been up that
way and had observed the con-
struction methods. Now, I’m
no bridge builder and I g o t
someone to go wi th me that
knew a little about construction
methods and most of what I'm
saying comes from his knowl-
edge. But, I don't believe you
have to be an expert to know
that the building methods were
short of the usual methods of
construction.
For instance, the piling was
driven into the creek sand beds
and were stopped before a solid
foundation was reached. This
means that the pilings and the
bridge will sink in thefuture and
there will be very little time
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KOUNTZE YOUTH
RIDERS MEET
KQuntze Youth Riders met
Fnday, August 28, at the Court-
house.
They elected the following
officers; President, Johnny Lan-
dis; Vice-President, Lawrence
Gordy; Treasurer, Celeste Bird-
well; Secretary, Julie Smith;
Sweetheart, Beverly Dugat; Flag
Bearers, Allen Hodge, Wayne
Williford, Gary Gauntt; Alter-
nate, Ronnie Smith, Larry
Moore, and Noel Bartlett. Wiley
Alford was elected Trail Boss.
The Kountze Youth Riders
wish to thank all the merchants,
parents, and adult leaders that
helped to make such a success
with our Trail Ride and Bar-B-
Que at the Honey Island Swim-
ming Pool.
Reported by Jule Smith.
Many Have Worked Tkree...Two... Ont...Ztra
RayL. Boyd
EDITOR’S NOTE; The article
below was submitted by one
of our favorite writers. It
comes at an appropriatetime
for the United Appeals drive
opening September 8.
"GOD LEFT ME HERE FOR A
PURPOSE", These words were
spoken by the late Raymond L.
Boyd after a serious illness and
a major operation.
For that purpose GreaterHar-
din County Chamber of Com-
merce and HardinCounty Health
and Welfare was organized with
Raymond L. B o y d as President
of Hardin County Health and
Welfare.
Mr. Boyd wanted an Organi-
zation to help the needy of Har-
din County without the formal-
ity of red tape and a long wait-
ing period, thus Hardin County
Health and Welfare.
Dr. Tennison is still the pres-
ident, assisted by Dr. John Tate
Clark Allen
and Dr. Sam P. Copeland as 1st
and 2nd Vice Presidents. This
organization is able to assist the
n e e d y of Hardin County with
foot, clothing, and medical
care.
UnitedAppealsof Hardin
County with Mr. Clark Allen as
president was organized shortly
after the Chamber of Commerce
and Hardin County Health and
Welfare. Mr. Allen although
no longer president i s a strong
believer in United Appeals, and
his firm Allen-Peavy Lumber
Company contributes most gen-
erously to U, A. by payroll de-
ductions.
There are seven participating
Agencies at present, Salvation
Army, Red Cross, Boy Scouts
of America, Texas United Fund,
Texas Rehabilitation Center,
Muscular- Dystrophy, and Har-
din County Health and Welfare.
Some of the first members of
each board are still members,
and still work faithfully to keep
these agencies. They give of
their time and money generous-
ly. Among them are Rev. Glenn
A. Dromgoole, President of
United Appeals, Mr, George
Christian, Treasurer of Hardin
County Health and Welfare and
Mrs, A.P. Mills who has work-
ed faithfully for many years
even driving from Saratoga i n
all kinds of weather to help the
needy of Saratoga who did not
have a w a y to get to Kountze
for medical supplies and food.
There are many firms that
give most generously to United
Appeals. Among them aresEast
Texas Pulp and Paper, Kirby
Lumber Corporation, Allen
Peavy Lumber Company,
Kountze Hardwood, Birdwells
Department Store, Allens De-
partment Store, Britton Crav-
ens Lumber Company, Silsbee
Auto, City of Silsbee, and many
others to numerous to mention.
THE PINE NEEDLE
EDITOR——_______JAMES C. JENNINGS
PICTURE EDITOR______— THOMAS BEAN
Published every Thursday at KoCmtze, Hardin County,
Texas, by The Pine Needle Publishing Company
P. O. 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
Cheerleaders
DANCE A
SUCCESS
The cheerleaders report that
the dance they sponsored in tfre
Kcantze Fire hall to raise money
to pay for their uniforms w a s a
success. The dance lasted from
7;00 ’till 10;30. Over 30 people
were reported in attendance.
Cheerleaders that sponsored
the dance were Kelly Jane Smith,
Nancy Williford, Penny Chris-
tian, Dana Hillyer, Dympthea
li Flowers, Faylene Phillips , and
alternate, Barbara Herrington.
Mrs. Burl Musgrove and Mrs. Kel
ly Smith were chaperons.
The cheerleaders would like
to urge everyone to support the
Lions in their coming season,
w i n or 1 o s e. The cheerleaders
motto is;" Behind every winning
team are supporting fans." The
Pine Needle would also like to i
note that leading the cheers and
helping to build the school spirit
to a winning level will be six of
the prettiest cheerleaders in the
state of Teffls.
GETTING READY FOR THE BIG GAME FRIDAY NIGHT.
Pictured ABOVE are seven pretty reasons for a Kountze Lions victory Friday night. Left
to right-Front row: Nancy Williford, Dympthea Flowers, and Penny Christian. Back row-
left to right; Dana Hillyer, Kelly Jane Smith, Barbara Herrington, and Faylene Phillips.
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VILLAGE CREEK
Editors note: The Village
Creek Philosopher on his F ir e
Ant farm on Village Creek has
caused a little comment, and
we are publishing another of his
letters, which this week inci-
dentally reveals a considerable
ignorance of international af-
fairs.
Dear Editor:
I read in a copy of the Enter-
prise which I go t in town Sat-
urday becauseTt was wrapped
around the shoes lhad h^lf-soled
where England some time ago
negotiated a loan from the
United States and die terms were
so interesting to me I have been
wondering why we can't have
some banking like that herein
Hardin County,
As Iunderstand it, the United
States loaned Great Britian four
hundred million dollars and
won't any interest start until
1968 and when it does start it
will be 2 percent, with the pro-
vision that England can ignore
the interest if her exports fall
below sixty percent of what they
were irpmediately before the
last war started.
Now there's a system of bank-
ing which I admire and I would
like to know why the People's
State Bank or the Silsbee State
Bank don't get their banking
principles up on the internation-
al level and really do some bus-
iness.
If the bank will loan me
money without interest until
1968 and none then if my farm
doesn't produce sixty percent of
what it did before the war, and
I figure I can arrange to ke e p
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SE Texas
Conservation
Project
F o r ty conservation-minded
leaders decided to apply to the
United States Department of
Agriculture for a Resource Con-
servation and Development
Project, last week. Five Coun-
ty J u d g e s and eight County
Commissioners met with twelve
Supervision from eight Soil Con-
servation Districts to discuss the
proposed project, which will
include Chambers, Liberty,
San Jacinto, Polk, Tyler, Har-
din, Jasper, Newton, Jefferson
and Orange counties.
Chairman B.J.Jones, Jr., of
Liberty, said the purpose of the
project was to orderly develop,
improve, conserve, and utilize
the tremendous natural resources
of Southeast Texas to provide
employment and increase in-
crease income of landowners.
At Kountze, on September
24, all interested State and
Federal agencies have been in-
vited to work with officials of
the Southeast Texas Resource
Conservation and Development
project, to develop the over-
all application.
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