Pine Needle (Kountze, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 23, 1964 Page: 1 of 6
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VOLUME 1, NUMBER' 3
KOUNTZE, HARDIN COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23,1964
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Bank Here
Observes
Anniversary
About 300 friends and cus-
tomers stopped by to offer their
congratulations and have coffee
and cake with President, George
Christian and crew on the tenth
anniversary of the Peoples State
Bank of Kountze, last Friday.
On hand to open the cere-
monies were directors Willie B.
Cariher, Vinson Overstreet, R.
A. Williford Jr., Alfred Car-
ter and George Christian.
Girls from the High School
Homemaking classes served re-
freshments throughout the day.
The cake was given by Regis-
ter’s Bakery of Silsbee. A beau-
tiful bouquet of flowers was sent
by the Sour Lake State Bank.
The bank opened for business
January 18, 1954 and deposits
received on that day were
$110,213.34.
The December 31, 1963 con-
densed statement of condition of
the bank shows deposits to be
$1,985,034.27, with total as-
sets of $2, 203, 434. 89.
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Roadway
Rights Are
Questioned
A jury was picked in the 88th
Judicial Court Tuesday to try a
case brought by the Reeves heirs
against George Janson and E. L.
Ellender. The Reeves heirs
sought a declaratory judgment
decreeing an easement for road
purposes accross land owned by
Janson and Ellender.
The Reeves heirs alleged that
they and their family had used
the roadway for 70 years and
that they were entitled to un-
disturbed use in the future. De-
fendant George Janson hac
erected a gate across the road.
The plaintiff called two wit-
nesses, Jim Burns of Silsbee,
and the defendant George Janson
of Silsbee. Then the Court re-,
ce'ssed and after a lengthy ne-:
gotiation, the case was settled
between the parties. Reliable
sources indicate that the Reeves
received the land by purchase
from the defendants.
Attorney for the Plaintiffs was
Houston Thompson of Silsbee.
Attorney for the defendants was
Jack Carson of Beaumont. Judge
H. A. Coe, Sr. presided.
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Shower For
Mrs.McNeely
Is Given
A Wedding Shower was given
for Mrs. Milton McNeely, Fri-
day, Jan. 17, 2 to 4 p. m. by
Mrs. Jessie Norton, Mrs. Edith
Balia, and Mrs. Maxine Bartho-
wick.
About 50 guests were served
punch, coffee, and cake in the
home of Mrs. Roy Brown, Mother
of Mrs. McNeely. The young
bride, and former Miss Ruth
Brown, received many lovely
and useful gifts.
She was also h o n o r e a with
a surprise personal shower, Thurs*
day, January 16 at 3:30 p. m. in
the home of Mrs. Edith Balia.
Cookies and cokes were served
to 10 or 12 young friends of the
bride.
BIRTHDAY CAKE --Pictured ABOVE is the People's State Bank's
huge birthday cake that was served to friends and customers who
went by Friday to offer congratulations. (Pine Needle Staff Photo)
Rabies Clinic
Be Held Thursday
Four Are
Bitten By
Rabid Dog
Four members of the R. C.
Williams family are taking ra-
bies immunization sho ts after
being bitten by a rabid dog.
The young dog, a pet of the
Williams died last Tuesday and
Mr. Williams took the body to
a veterinarian in Silsbee for ex-
amination. The dog had been
given to them about a month
ago. He said he became suspi-
cious of it by its actions a week
before it died. The doctor sent
the head to Austin for tests to
determine if it had rabies. The
tests were positive and Mr. Wil-
liams was notified immediate-
ly. They started taking the shots
late last week.
The dog was said to have bit-
ten many dogs in the area so a
clinic is being held at the Agri-
culture Building at the high-
school, Thursday afternoon from
3 to 6 p. m.
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Youth Riders
Will Meet
Saturday
There will be a meeting of
the Kountze Youth Riders Satur-
day,. January 25th at 7 p. m. in
the Courthouse- at Kountze. All
members and prospective mem-
bers are urged to attend.
The parade for The 1st Annual
Kountze FFA Livestock and
Youth Project Show, sponsored
by the Kountze Chamber of
Commerce, will be discussed,
also the parade for "The Dog-
wood Festival" will be discuss-
ed.
Mr. Emmett Lack, State Rep-
resentative will furnish refresh-
ments.
A Rabies Clinic will be held
today, Thursday, Jan. 23 from
3 to 6 p. m. at the High School
Agriculture Building according
to James Kelley. Dr. Ferrell of
Silsbee will give the vaccina-
tions. Fee will be $2.00 for
each animal vaccinated.
Everyone with a dog or cat
that has not 'been vaccinated
are urged to bring their animal
for the shot. A jr a b i d dog has
been loose in the area and was
said to have bitten many dogs.1
Fo'ur members of the R. C.
Williams family are taking the
immunizations since they were
either bitten or scratched by the
rabid dog.
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Basketball
Schedules
Listed
The Kountze Church Basket-
ball League has announced the
schedule for the next few weeks,
On January 25 the Bears will
play the Cubs and the Lions will
play the Falcons. On February 1
the Cubs will oppose the Lions
and the Bears will face the Fal-
cons. On February 8 it will be
Falcons versus Lions and Cubs
versus Bears; on February 15,
Bears Versus Lions and Cubs
versus Falcons and on February
22 the Falcons will play the
Bears and the Lions will play
the Cubs.
The coaches of Kountze High
School and the high school boys
assist in coaching and referee-
ing the games. Boys in the four-,
th, fifth, sixth and seventh
grades who are i n t e r e s t e d in
playing are invited'to come on
out and play Saturday mornings
from nine to eleven a. m. Bro-
ther Tom Ruble, Church of
Christ minister gave the invo-
cation before the last game.
Brother Leon Peacock, pastor of
the Methodist Church served as
scorekeeper.
Members of the Bears' team
are John Landis, David Holmes,
Eddie McCoy, Danny Moody,
Two Seek Commissioner Post
L. R. Taylor
Announces
County Post
L. R. (Buck) Taylor, a life-
long resident of Hardin County,
announced this week his candi-
dacy for Commissioner of Pre-
cinct #3, subject to. the action
iof the Democratic Primary. Pre-
cinct #3 is comprised of the
areas in and around the com -
rriqnities of Saratoga, Batson,
Votaw and Thicket.
Mr. Taylor, who is active in
church and community affairs,
has been a member of the West
End Baptist Church for 36 years
and has served as a Deacon and
Treasurer for 25 years. He is a
imember of S a ra tog a Masonic
Lodge #914. Mr. Taylor and his
,wife, the former Lizzie Dou-
cette, have one son, Bobby. He
and Mrs. Taylor are both mem-
bers of pioneer Hardin County
families.
Mr. Taylor, In announcing
,his candidacy stated: "I have
been employed for the past twel-
ve years by Weldon Oil Com-
pany!, and prior to that time
have had eight years experience
in b u i 1 d i n g and maintaining
roads. I believein treating eve-
ryone impartially and honestly,
and in the equalization of taxes
for all. I feel I am fully qual-
ified to serve as your Com-
missioner, and when elected to
do so, will devote my full time
and energy to the duties of the
office, having no outside inter-
ests. "
It is my intention to see each
of you personally in the near
future. I earnestly and sincere-
ly solicit your support.
PERSONALS
Rep. Emmett Lack made a
business trip to Austin over the
past week-end.
S. H. Brown visited his par-
ents in Bronson over the week-
end of January 18.
Mrs. Emmett Lack visited
Mrs. BillBuilderback in St. Eli-
zabeth's Hospital in Beaumont
Saturday, January 18. Also
visited Kenney Pitts who under-
went surgery on his knee re-
cently.
Byron Overstreet, Jules Conna-
roe and J. D. McCoy. Mem-
bers of the Cubs are Jerry Ste-
phenson, Bobby Fife, Douglas
Gibson, Ronald Tate, James
Overstreet, John Lucky, Roger
Kelley and Robby Peacock.,
Falcon team members are
Leslie Smith, Mike Mitchell,
Dale Williford, Steve Martin-
ka, Larry Moore, Robert Mid-
dlebrook, Steve Williams, and
Tommy Riley.
Members of the Lions' team
are Roger Anderson, Harrison
McMillan, Gary Gauntt, Randy
Drake, John*Bennett, Bennie
Smith and Ricky Tate.
In Saturday's game the Cubs
scored over the Bears 10 to 6
with Stephenson making two
points and Tate and Fife four
each for the Cubs. Holmes and
Landis made three each for the
Bears. The Lions had an 11 to
9 win over the F a Icons with
Anderson scoring six and Mc-
Millan five for the Lions.
Smith made seven and Mit-
chell tyro for the Falcons.
RECEIVING CHAPTER PINS--At a meeting of the Future Farmers of America Monday Night, the
above boys were, elevated from Greenhand to the, Chapter Farmers degree. Each received a pin. (Pine
Needles taff Photo)
Greenhands
Promoted
At Meet
By Mike McNeely
Monday night, January 20,
1964, the Kountze Chapter o f
the Future Farmers of America
held their regular monthly meet-
ing.
The Greenhand members that
met the minimum qualifications
were raised to the Degre'e of
Chapter, with the regular cere-
monies.
After the ceremonies our Ag,
Teacher, Mr. J. G. Kelley
spoke to the boys about the up
coming Livestock Project Show.
Those raised to the Degree of
Chapter Farmer were: Trevor
-Pinder, Lawrence Gordy, Joe
Lewis, Jack James, Don Gandy,
Jerry Lewis, President, Keith
Stephenson, Charles Williams,
Don Riley, Allan Harper, Dou-
glas Crawford, Lewis Sanders,
Archie Holsenback, Robert Wil-
lis, Leonard Castilaw, Ronnie
Chessher, Allan Hodge, Tommy
‘Shane*.
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Speech Class
To Give Play
Here Jan. 24
The Fifth Period Speech Class
of Kountze High School will
present an original play in the
High School Auditorium on
January 24 at 2:15 p. m. The
intriguing title of this original
play is ” The Hanging at Honey
Island". The cast is liberally
laced with "Bad Guys" and
"Good Guys" a la TV westerns.
The "Bad Guys" include Tom
Pooley played by Mark Cole,
Pete Peterson portrayed by
Tommy Shane, Bullet Benson
by Joel Richardson, Casper by
Harry Williams and Girty Deal
by Pencie Brown. The "Good
Guys" include Lester Lightfoot
played by Ray Castilaw, Ma
Lightfootportrayedby Judy Ha-
vel, Jasmine played by Caro-
line Smith, Bart Maverick play-
ed by William Cassel and Ma-
tilda by Sarah Williams. Other
characters are Sugar Boot play-
ed by Charles Moore, Social
Drinker by Joe Overstreet and
the special guest, "The Beau-
tiful Leslie"
Admission will be 15 and 25
cents. This should draw a large
crowd of curious spectators.
Tom Ruble
Announces
Broadcasts
Tom Ruble, minister of the
Kountze Church of Christ, pre-
sents a devotional on Radio Eta-
tionKKAS, Monday through Fri-
day at 1T.55 a. m. The topic
this week is "The Christian
Home".
Brother Ruble is the new mini-
ster pf the church here. The Ru-
bles. moved here in November
and are living in the parsonage
in Forest Acres. Brother Ruble is
a native of Tennessee and at-
tended David Lipscomb Bible
College at Nashville. His mini-
stry has been mainly in Texas
and Oklahoma. He held a pas-
torate at Temple for six years,
at Vanderbilt over three years
and was pastor of a Houston
church. The Rubles have been
in Texas since 1948.
They have a daughter who re-
sides in Houston, a son in Abi-
lene and five Grandchildren to
enjoy. They know first hand all
the expense, heartache, long
period of rehabilitation and
other factors involved in polio
as their daughter was a victim
of this dread disease. The Na-
tional Foundation provided help
and assistance and their daugh-
ter is now employed as a secre-
tary to the Veteran's Admini-
stration in Houston. Also, she is
wife, mother and homemaker,
apparently she lives a quite full
and busy life.
REASONS FOR WORKING
It used to be that when a wife
went to work outside the home
itwas because money was needed
to meet all the bills. According
to recent news releases, this no
longer is true. Wives of men
earning more than $7,000 a year
wOrk'almost as often as do wives
of men earning half that amount.
FFA Show
To Be Staged
March 20-21
Herbert Williams, chairman
of the Agriculture Committee,
of the Kountze Chamber of
Commerce announces plans for
the Annual FFA Livestock and
Youth Project Show to be held
March 20-21.
The show is being sponsored
by the Kountze Chamber of
Commerce to help further the
purpose of youth today and
leaders tomorrow. "We feel that
every citizen of Kountze should
be proud of their young people
and guide them with the best, "
Mr. Williams said.
Mr. Williams continues, "the
livestock show in Beaumont is
limited to Jefferson County
‘young people only so we feel it
is fitting and proper to give our
young people a chance to show
their ability and talent.
"We are going to be calling
on every citizen to help make
this show a success by being,
there to urge the young people
on in their great efforts.
"We are planning on this be-
ing an Annual Show, and hope
by next year to have permanent
quarters in permanent buildings
for this show. Remember the
success or failure of the show
depends on you."
The events for the show will
be outlined in the coming issues-
of The Pine Needle.
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Dimes Drive
Nets*285.65
A total of $285. 65 was con-
tributed during the "Stop the
Traffic" March of Dimes last,
Saturday here according to Dud-
ley Keith, community chair-
man. The maj orettes of the
Kountze High School band sev-
eral Lions Club members and
other volunteers assisted. Lions
were Mr. Keith, Tom Ruble,
'minister of the Church of Christ,
Pat Pace, Kountze Mayor, D.W.
Richardson, G. W. Lemley, and
John Blair. Majorettes were Gail
Moore, Margaret James, Barbara
Herringto'n, Dani Eversol, Eliza-
beth Kirk, Barbara Blessing, Ua-
hala Simms and Barbara Trau-
gott.
Mr. Keith announced that
there would be another street
drive Saturday, with the Kountze
Volunteer Fire Dept, collecting.
I The Mothers March will be
I
| Tuesday night.
H. Fields
Asks to Be
Elected
I would like to announce
that I am a candidate for the
office of County Commission-
er Precinct 3, Hardin County,
Texas.
My name is Houston Fields,
I have lived in Hardin County
thirty-two years and in Sara-
toga for the past 27 years.
I am married and have four
children. All of the children
finished school in Saratoga.
I am a veteran of World War
I, ynember of the First Baptist
Church in Saratoga, a former
member of VFW American
Legion.
I ran four years ago for this
office on a write-in and record-
ed a mighty good vote. My
name will be on the ballot this
time
If elected, here are some of
the things, I intend to try to do*
Be a full time commissioner;
Spend our money where it
will do the most good;
To take care of our- old peo-
ple better;
To work as many unemployed
people as is possible;
To pay as much as any of the
other Precincts are paying;
To try to keep our towns as
clean as possible;
To try and get some land to
dump our waste on;
And build a road to it so the
people can get to it in any kind
of weather;
To give the same service to
all of the towns and all the peo-
ple;
Never vote for more taxes on
the people;
Never try to run our tax of-
fice;
To see that our prisoners are
treated right;
To vote in the Commission-
ers Court for what is right and
vote against wrong;
To speak up in the court and
not stay silent.
I w i 11 appreciate everyones
vote and support.
Houston Fields
P O Box 233
Saratoga, Texas
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Orville Wright became the
first person in history to fly
when he piloted his Airplane 120
feet through the air at Kitty
Hawk, North Carolina, Dec-
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Welch, James E. Pine Needle (Kountze, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 23, 1964, newspaper, January 23, 1964; Kountze, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth847664/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lamar University.