The Pine Needle (Kountze, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 10, 1966 Page: 1 of 8
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HARDIN COUNTY'S
BEST ADVERTISER
SHOPPER
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C. R. Riggs, owner of C & R Drive-In
at 945 hwy 96 South in Silsbee, died
suddenly at mid-night Tuesday.Fanner
Funeral Home of Silsbee will make the
arrangements for Funeral Services.
VOLUME III, NUMBER VI
KOUNTZE, HARDIN COUNTY, TEXAS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1966
Site Thicket
PAST
PRESENT
COUNTY POLITICAL RACES LINE UP
FUTURE
by GERALjPINE WATSON
The country culture of East Tex-
as has gone the way of the virgin
wilderness, but as we work to pre-
serve the forests,others are attemp-
ting to preserve our cultural heri-
tage aswell. I have just heard that
the folks at Saratoga are planning
some Saturday night country and
folk music jamborees to be held
at the school house. Our family
loves classical music, but we also
appreciate good country music,
and the Bluegrass Boys rest right a-
longside Beethovan, Bach and Br-
ahms on our record shelves. Most
classical music is adapted from the
folk music of the old European g
countries, for the great composers DEATH CAR-This is the car in which two Silsbee youths rode to th-^
recognized the deep feeling in the deaths early Tuescjay morning in a collision with a transport truck
at Loeb.
The car was demolished by the truck, which was loaded with pipe.
A third youth in the car was critically injured but the truck driver was
not hurt.
songs of the common people- th-
eir work songs, gay dances or dir-
ges of mouring. Our country mus-
ic is the/voice of the common,
people of our hills and forests, and
most of it is like them- simple,
uncomplicated and wholesome, I
canhardlyhear Jan Sibelius’ "Fin-
landia" without being moved to
tears, and I feel the same way a-
bout the Louvine Brothers’ "Ken-
tucky". I hope I will never be so
narrow as to close my ears to the
beauty and meaning in any music
just because of the class it’s in-
or be ashamed of my origin in th-
ese people. Like most country fo-
lks, I tried hard to polish my East
Texas accent when I lived in lar-
ge cities and among sophisticated
people, but I’ve discovered that
there’s nothing like living among
your own people and speaking your
own language-in other words, just
being yourself. Sp if those I meet
don’t want my friendship because
of my manner of speech, they’re
not the kind of friends I want either
At any rate, the Saturday night
jamboree ought to be a big success.
There are too few places of enter-
tainment to which one can take
the whole family, so we are look-
ing forward to going.
Another phase of East Texas
culture I would like to see restored
is the Josie party. They were some-
times called play parties, but nev-
er "square dance" as they are to-
day. "Round" dancing was regard-
ed as sinful by die religious of th-
at day, but the innocent fun of
the Josie party could be enjoyed
by everyone. In coucette, we
young people from town, (accom-
panied by our mothers, of course),
would walk two or three miles in-
to the country to the parties. No
refreshments were served and no
band played- those participating
sang "Hold my mule while I swing
Josie", and believe me, after di-
scontinued Page Three)
Crash Kills Two
Silsbee Youths;
Another Injured
Two Silsbee youths were killed
and a third youth critically injur-
ed in the collision of a car and
truck Tuesday morning at Loeb, 1
1/2 miles north of Beaumont.
Dead were; Henry Campbell E-
llis, 20, of Rt. 1, Box 805, Sils-
bee, and Danny J. Davis, 18, of
box 1074, Silsbee.
J. Earl Keith, 18, of Rt. 1, Box
365, Silsbee, was listed in critical
condition in the intensive care u-
SalutelL
Shearer’s
A special salute goes out to
Shearer's Shoe Store this week for
their contribution to the Mary Ann
Banks family of Silsbee who lost
everything when their home was
destroyed by fire two weeks ago.
When Mr. Shearer heard about
this tragedy, told Mrs. Caldwell
manager of tire Store in Silsbee, to
get in touch with the family and
♦have them come by die store and
pick out shoes for the children.
There are six children in the Banks
family.
Mr. Harvey Shearer, we salute
you for this act of kindness to a
family in need.
nit of Baptist Hospital after under-
going surgery. * He was taken to
the hospital by a Williams ambu-
lance.
The three were traveling in die
car south on Highway 96 when th-
eir car was in collision with die
truck, going north on Highway 96,
at the "Y" intersection of the two
.highways at 6:11 a. m.
The driver of the truck, which
was loaded with pipe and belongs
to Younger Brothers of Houston,
was Ducy J. Courville, 42, of La-
fayette, Louisiana. He was not
injured.
Charges of negligent homicide
were filed against Courville Tues-
day morning with Justice of die
Peace James M. Bowman of Loeb
by Highway Patrolman Tommy
Clark,who investigated the wreck.
(Continued Page Six)
The flood gate opened over last ■
weekend and what the Clique had
been fearing would happen finally
came to pass. There is a choice
of candidates across the Board.
State Representative Emmett
Lack filed for County Judge against
Fletcher Richardson who is now in
his 18th year~in office.
Van Wilkerson of Village Mills
and Cecil Dominy of Chance-Loeb
both filed against Clarence Mc-
Neely for County Clerk. McNeely
is in his 14th year as Clerk.
Howard Barrington of Kountze,
MaxRobinsonof Kountze, Norman
Warden of Kountze and Rueben
Martin of Chance-Loeb all an-
nounced against D. W. Richardson
for Commissioner of Precinct 2,
Richardson is in his 12th year in
office.
Hayden Theriot of Sour Lake
and Leroy H. Justice of Sour Lake
both filed against Commissioner
Tom Burch for Commissioner of
Precinct 4. Burch is in his 20th
year in office and is the "Dean"
of the Courthouse Clique.
The Justice of the Peace in mo-
st of Hardin County will have to
run to hold on to their seats. C. A.
Kimble of Kountze is opposed by
T. R. Dahl, Sr. of Kountze in Jus-
tice Precinct #1. J. M. Bowman
of Chance-Loeb is opposed by Dar-
nell Gardner of Chance-Loeb in
Justice Precinct #2, In the Sour
Lake Justice Precinct Vernon S.
Westbrook, Vestal Harrison and
t (Continued Page Five)
CHURCH DIRECTORY
TO BE NEW FEATURE
IN PINE NEEDLE
This week the Pine Needle, in
cooperation with members of the
Silsbee Minister's Fellowship and
the Hardin County Ministerial Al-
liance, begin the publication of
a Church page listing the schedules
of Hardin County's Churches. This
page is sponsored by leading Har-
din County businesses and progres-
sive individuals.
The Pine Needle needs the
schedules of Churches not now on
this page.
Any firm or individual desiring
to appear as a sponsor of this page,
can do so by calling the Pine Ne-
edle at EV-5-4872 or CH-6-3979.
LACK ANNOUCES
FOR COUNTY JUDGE
if
Representative Emmett Lack of
Kountze, member of the Texas
House of Representatives, Satur-
day announced his candidacy for
County Judge of Hardin County .
He is running against the present
incumbent who is in his 18th year
as County Judge.
The veteran lawmaker is now
serving as Representative of Dis-
trict 19 composed of Hardin, Polk
and San Jacinto Counties.
Rep. Lack in his announcement
stated;
"I believe that the experience
and knowledge gained in my years
of service to the people of Hardin
County in Austin will enable me
to serve the people of Hardin Co-
unty in the office of County Judge
so as to resotre dignity and integ-
rity to our County government.
As State Representative, Lack
is a member of the Interim House
Office Committee which is pres-
ently completing the remodeling
and renovation of the State Capi-
tol Building in Austin. Lack was
commended by the Speaker of the
Texas House of Representatives
for his contribution to saving mon-
ey and adding efficiency to the
State Capitol Building Program.
Service on the Agriculture Com-
mittee, the Military and Veterans
Affairs Committee, the Public
(Continued Page Five)
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WLKERSON AND DOMINY
COUNTY CLERK POST
SEEK
THE PINE NEEDLE
EDITOR..........
I PICTURE EDITOR'
JAMES C. JENNINGS
.....THOMAS BEAN
| Published every Thursday at Kountze, Hardin Lounty
Texas, by the Pine Needle Publishing Company
SILSBEE
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Cecil Dominy of Rt. 2, Box 548
Silsbee has announced his candi-
dacy for County Clerk of Hardin
County. Dominy is now 55 years
of age, born in Tyler County, has
been a resident of Hardin County
20' years. He is now employed for
National Old Line Insurance Co.
and has served as District Manager
for the past 14 years and is owner
of 'Dominy’s Drive In Grocery on
Spurger Highway. Dominy is a
member of the Fletcher Emanual
■ Baptist Church; he has four chil-.
dren who reside in Hardin County,
two daughters, Doris Wilson and
Jean Dominy who are graduates of
South park High School, Beaumont
and two sons, James Dominy and
Raymond Dominy who are gradu-
ates of Silsbee High School.
In announcing his candidacy
Dominy stated "I am asking to be
elected for County Clerk on my
honesty and will, to the best of
my ability, serve the people of
this county. Since I have been in ,
the insurance business for the past
15 years I feel I fully understand
the meaning of service and trust
to the people; and have a great
desire to continue in this field of
work. I am asking the People of
Hardin County for the opportunity
to do this service.
I will see as many citizens as
time will permit. I welcome and
seek the support of everyone
T. J. Wren
AnnouncesFor
Constable
T. J. Wren of Kountze announces
today his candidacy for constable
of Precinct 2.
Mr, Wren was employed by So-
uthern Pacfic Railroad as an extra
Gang Foreman for the past 40 ye-
ars. He is now retired and said
that he would work fulltime as
constable if elected. _
W.R. Overstreet
Announces For
Constable
Walter Rae Overstreet has author-
ized the Pine Needle to announce
Editor's note: The Village Creek
Philosopher on his Fire Ant farm on
Village Creek explains some of the
facts of life to Castro in his letter
this week. Unfortunately, Castro
doesn't subscribe to The Pine Nee-
dle.
Dear editar;
According to a newspaper which
a friend in town gave me yesterday,
well I son't think he exactly gave
it to me, he rustled it sort of im-
patiently to indicate he had some-
thing else to do besides talk with
me and handed it over as I left to
make sure I was on my way. Cas-
tro is having some more trouble in
Cuba.
In addition to being puclred off
the front page by Viet Nam, Cas-
tro is having a hard time under-
standing Communism.
Red China, he explained to his
people in a four-hour television
speech, promised to deliver him a
million tons of rice or some such
amount and to take some of his
sugar in exchange, but now she has
gone back on her word and he thinks
this is outrageous.
Somebody ought to take Castro
aside and tell him all about Com-
munism.
He ought to find out that when a
Communist leader for example
says I'll send you a million tons of
rice, It means what the ordinary
person means when he says I'll dan-
ce at your wedding. It has nothing
to do with dancing or delivering
rice.
When a Russian Communist says
Stalin was a saint, what he means
is he's a saint till everybody is or-
dered to call him a bum.
Truth in Communist countries is
like a calendar in other countries.
After 30 days you tear off a page
and start over. What you said in
January has nothing to do with what
you say in February,
Castro is sort of new at the Com-
munism business and I'm afraid he's
in for a lot of dissapointments if lie
goes around believing what his new
friends tell him. It's a very unre-
liable way to get any rice.
Fidel, a Communist's word is as
good as his bond, which is why no-
doby would buy one.
Yours faithfully,
J. A.
his candidacy for constable of Pet.
2 subject to the action of the De -
mocratic primary May 7.
Overstreet is 39 years of age,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Over»
street of Kountze. He is a native
of Hardin County and is presently
employed as a truck driver of Ma-
bry Founderies of Beaumont.
Mr. Overstreet said "If elected
I will serve people in an efficient
manner, and will be available to
all that needs me. I will appreci-
ate the vote and support of all in
this Pet. and if elected will justi-
fy their confidence in me. I will
try to see as many voters as possi-
ble between now and election. "
(Continued Page Six)
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of the citizens of our County in our
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Jennings, James C. The Pine Needle (Kountze, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 10, 1966, newspaper, February 10, 1966; Kountze, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth662686/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.