The Pine Needle (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 19, 1967 Page: 2 of 8
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THE PINE NEEDLE
OCTOBER 19, 1967
Church of Christ
60S N. FIFTH ST., SILSBEE
GOSPEL MEETING
Hershel McDonald
of RISING STAR, TEXAS
Evangelist
OCTOBER 22 - 27
MONDAY through FRIDAY
7:30 P. M.
SUNDAY
10:50 A.M. 6:00 P.M.
Ivory-bill Chances Of
Comeback Good
■LJir-Ti— 1
pair since December and thinks
there may be "from five to 10"
pair in the Big Thicket.
Government wildlife specialists in addition, the Interior De-
at Patuxent Wildlife Research partment is going to try to track
Center in Maryland, are quietly down other reports of sightings a-
optimistic that the recently re- long the Congaree River in South
discovered ivory-billed wood- Carolina, the Apalachicola River
pecker can make a comeback. in Florida, the Tombigbee River
Renewed interest in the ivory- in Alabama and Mississippi and
bill, the largest and rarest of A- the Altamaha River in Georgia,
merican woodpeckers, has been Dennis, who likens the first
prompted by recent sightings of sighting to "what a mountain cl-
the big bird in the Big Thicket imer must feel when he reaches
country of Texas-a wild, swampy the top, " said he feels "there is
area northeast of Houston, en- room for some optimism" that the
compassing pasts of Trinity, Ty- ivory-bill population can be built
ler, Hardin, Liberty and San Ja- up.
ciiito Counties. He ppinted out that the pileated
Most experts believed the bird woodpecker, whichoftenhas been
had joined the passenger pigeon confused with the ivory-bill, for-
and other species into oblivion, merly was relatively rare "but
One of those hopeful about the has come back. "
ivory-bill's future is John V. Den- Both woodpeckers are larger
nis, 50, the Leesburg, Va., orn- but their black and white mark-
ithologist who made the recent ings are different. The ivory-
sightings. bill was an ivory-colored bill
Dennis, working under contract while the pileated's is black. The
to the Interior Department, first ivory-bill's call is trumpet-like,
spotted a pair of the birds briefly according to Dennis, while the
in early December of last year, pileated cackles.
The last previous confirmed si- Dr. Ray C. Erickson, assistant
ghting had been made in Florida director of the wildlife research
in 1950. center and an expert on endan-
Most ornithologists had con- gered species, also feels there is
eluded that the ivory-bill was ex- a good chance the ivory-bill will
tinct, although there were occa- make a comeback,
sionalreports of sightings by both He adds, however, that very
professional and amateur bird- little is known about the bird,
watchers. "We don't know much about their
Dennis has sighted two other distribution or numbers, "he said.
"At no time has there been more
than one bird seen at the same
time so we don’treally know whe-
ther there are six or 60 or how
many. ” In fact, he said, some
ornithologists still are not con-
vinced of the bird's survival and
want further proof.
Erickson said the fact that the
elusive ivory-bill has survived
this long despite continuing en-
croachment on its natural habitat
by man is a reason for believing
it will keep on living. ” Their
"retiring nature" and extreme
wariness "may have kept them
alive this long," he said.
The woodpecker formerly lived
in swamps from southeastern South
Carolina to eastern Texas,ranging
as far north as the Ohio River and
as far south as the Florida cypress
swamps.
They feed on wood-boring in-
sects that live in the inner bark
or between the bark .and sapwood
of dead or dying oak, gum and
cypress trees. Because of their
size and strong beaks, the ivory-
bills can reach areas that could
not be exposed by smaller wood-
peckers.
The Interior Department has
asked lumbering operators in a-
reas where the ivory-bill might
still survive to help protect the
habitat. Harry Goodwin, chief of
the Office of Endangered Species
in the Interior Department, says
he is confident the lumber com-
panies will cooperate.
HARDIN COUNTY HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB won first pl-
ace blue ribbon at the South Texas State Fair in Beaumont. The
theme of the exhibit was economy in home living with the motto,
"Don’t Clown Around With Budgets. " Sub-themes were "Compare
Price and Quality" and "Avoid Impluse Buying".__
By Scuuten & Thomas
THE 4-H CLUBS OF HARDIN COUNTY had one of the most col-
orful exhibits at the South Texas State Fair. The exhibits featured
color of clothes to be worn with different hair color. The club
members who were active in setting up the booth were Peggy Laird,
Shirly Glaze, and Pam Hatcher of the Pine Ridge 4-H Club and
Robin Hown and Henri Etta Butler of the Lumberton 4-H Club. Mrs.
E. W. Laird, Mrs. L M. Butler and Mrs. Robert Hown are 4-H a-
dult leaders that assisted.______
XMAS BOXES FOR
SERVICEMEN
The Kountze Business and
Professional Women’s Club has
adopted another worthwhile pro-
ject. Club members are busy
preparing Christmas Cookie Pa-
ckages for servicemen in Viet-
nam. Hardin County citizens
are asked to submit names of
servicemen in Vietnam within
ten days to Phillis Loftin at
CH 6-3939 or Box 4, Kountze
Texas. Mrs. Loftin asked that
she be notified as soon as poss-
ible.
Visitors in the home of Mr. &
Mrs. Pat Langston were Mrs. Dell
Wilkerson of Beaumont and Mr. &
Mrs. H. J. Gipson of Devers.
Mrs. Lorene Overstreet was shop-
ping in Beaumont Saturday.
*****
Mrs. Mattie Overstreet & Mrs.
Rae Scouten attended the funeral
of Mrs. Lela Jenkins in Silsbee
Wednesday.
****
Mr. & Mrs. Earl Gaines of Hou-
ston visited Mrs. Ola Thomas &
Cindy Sunday.
****
Mrs. Cecil June Portier of Beau-
mont was a weekend guest of her
mother, Mrs. Anita Spence.
****
Mr. J. W. Ray of Warren was Lay
Speaker at. the Methodist Church
Sunday.
****
Cindy Thomas has been ill since
Thursday. We hope for a speedy
recovery.
****
Mr. Marshall Yancy of Romayor
visited his sister, Mrs. Stella Gay
and Mrs. Opal Hargraves.
****
Mr. Shelton Hill of Vidor visited
his children Sunday.
Mr. & Mrs. Doyle Hall of Beau-
mont visited Mr. Hall's mother,
Mrs. Stella Gay.
Mrs. Ella Neil Lott has been con-
fined to her home for a week with
a back injury.
Mrs. Katie Bass attended the fun-
eral of Mr. Willie Gieger in Ko-
untze Wednesday.
****
Mr. & Mrs. Mickey Martin & son
of Houston visited Mr. & Mrs.
Max Langston the past week.
****
Saturday afternoon visitors in the
.ee Sumrall home were Mr. and
Mrs. Wilburn Bullion of Port A-
:res and Mrs. Walter Whiddon,
[r. and children of Port Arthur.
****
Mrs. Adrain Zittle and children
of Houston spent the weekend w ith
her sister, Mrs. Lee Sumrall and
Jason.
Mr. & Mrs. Mike Cook and sons
of Houston and Mr. & Mrs. Sam
Barrington of Livingston visited
their respective parents, the Ted
Cooks, die Ernest Fowlers, and
the Howard Barringtons, over the
weekend.
****
Mr. & Mrs. E. T. Wilkerson of
Kountze and their grandson, Ch-
arles Argabrite were visitors in
the home of their daughter and
son-in-law, Mr. & Mrs. Lynn
Wilkerson. Charles will enter the
service next week.
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Gardner made
a business trip to Beaumont Sat.
***
Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Thompson of
Houston were visitors in the Ray
Freeman home last week.
Little Bruce Freeman, five year
old, is being treated for ulcers.
He is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Ray
Freeman.
Mrs. Mattie Wiggins returned
Sunday from a stay at the beach
at Tideland. She, Mr. & Mrs. D.
A. Reese and Mrs. L. A. Richey
of Wildwood were fishing for fl-
ounder at Rollover Pass. Mrs.
Reese caught a redfish.
Mrs. Bate Rice’s uncle and wife,
Mr. & Mrs. L. B. Rice of Sher-
man were Friday visitors in the
Pete Rice home.
Mr. Charles Rice of Ft. Worth
came Monday for a short visit
with his brother, Pete Rice and
family. Their father, Mr. H. P.
Rice, will return to Fort Worth
with him.
Mr. George Creel fell off a barn
roof and injured his ribs. Several
were badly bruised and one cr-
acked. He should take better care
of himself. George is one of our
respected old timers who has
worked hard for many years. He
has been a good uncle to his ne-
phews, Preston and Leroy .Creel,
and his niece, Mrs. Myrtle Hol-
loway. Get well soon Uncle
George!
****
The Village Mills Cemetery Assn,
purchased a new lawn mower- a
baby Yazoo. Preston Creel, the
cemetery caretaker, started cl-
eaning the cemetery Saturday.
print & copy shop
909 Hwy. 96 South in Silsbee
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Barrington, Peggy. The Pine Needle (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 19, 1967, newspaper, October 19, 1967; Silsbee , Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth662615/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.