The Pine Needle (Kountze, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 29, 1965 Page: 1 of 8
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Pine-Needle
" The voice of Hordin County *
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VOLUME II, NUMBER XXX
\KOUNTZE,HARDIN COUNTY,TEXAS
THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1965
BiftlkteiET
PAST
PRESENT
FUTURE
by GERALDINE WATSON
The word for the Big Thicket at
this time of the year is "green”.
While the summer sun has baked
brown the hills and plains of the
state, our Eastern woodland is an
ocean of green: soft, dark green
pines-glossy, bronze-green mag-
nolias, billows of yellow-green
willows-millions of in-between
textures,tones and shades of greer^
and the green-ish grey of the Span-
ish moss draped through all. The
streams coursing through the for-
ests reflects the somber brown-
green walls of vegitation over-
hanging them, but here and there
in the shallows is a silver-blue
glittering reflection of sun and
sky. Psychologists tell us that col-
or strongly influences us. The reds,
yellows and oranges excite and
stimulate while the "cool" blues
and greens soothe and calm.
Those of us who are still hold-
ing out against air-conditioning
search out the cool blue-greens
of the outdoors during these hol^
steamy days. Our family has al-
ways sought out the secluded spots-
away from people and automo-
biles and the noise and confusion
accompanying them, Boykin
Springs, up in Angelina County
was once our favorite letreat.
During week days, we had the
whole place, lake and all, to our
selves- but after some national
publicity, it has become one of
the most popular recreation areas
in Texas, True, facilities are
vastly improved, but it has lost
the wildness and remotenesswhich
made it so attractive to us. The
hillside known as the old Indian
graveyard there a few lone vir-
gin pines towered and sang over
the wild flowers, is now a maze
of asphalt roads and trailer park-
ing sites with tables, running wa-
ter, etc. So now that everyone
flocks there, to Dam,"B", or the
new Sam Rayburn reservoir, we
seek our peace by the small bea-
ches of clean, white sand, ideal
for family outings, but most of
them are inaccessible. Near our
home, and old bridge and road
were demolished and the bull-
dozers cleared a wide area on the
creekbank.The sand hills adjoin-
ing soon washed down into the wa-
ter, creating a beach and wide,
shallow water the entire width of
the creek. The only disadvantage
in the areals the lack of a shady
spot to camp or picnic, but our
family was never one to wait for
the government to come in and
do something for us which we
could do for ourselves-in this case^
•build a recreation atea-so the
children and I took hoe, rake and
shovel and went to work. On a
sand bank, two cypresses and a
sweetgummade a nice shade, but
having caught debris from past
floodings, it was as snaky and ug-
ly a place one could imagine and
a gully had washed out between
them.' We pulled the debris into
(Continued on page 6)
Barrington Gets Run- Around;
Resigns
MISS SILSBEE MISS TEXAS ??
SILSBEE BEDS DIANE GOOD LUCK--The Silsbee Chamber of Commerce and City Officials wish Diane
iStevens, Miss Silsbee of 1965, bon voyage to the Miss Texas Pagent. Shown ABOVE are Left to Right:
Chamber President Vic Norvel, Mr. C. B. Stevens, Mrs. C. B. Stevens, Mrs. Lydia Monk-sponsor, Diane,
and Mayor Frank McClanahan. Tom Bean Photograph
COMMISSIONERS BACKDOWN AGAIN &
AGAIN &
AGAIN
Mr. C. E. Lunsford of Houston,
head of the firm of Industrial Ap-
praisers, appeared before the Har-
din County Commissioners Court
last Monday morning and demand-
ed to know if any of the members
or officers of the court had accused
him of being an alcholic.
Mr. Lunsford had submitted a
bid for the job of appraising the
industrial tax rolls of Hardin Co-
unty. His br1 was rejected and the
firm of Pritchard and Abbott was
ce-hired instead. The P & A Firm
was not required to bid for the job
and took the job for $250.00 less
than Lunsford had bid. Lunsford
had bid for approximately one-
half the price that Pritchard and
Abbott had been doing the job
for for years.
All members of the Court were
present along with the other County
(Continued Page 3, Column3)
Grand Opening For C&R Drive In
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THEY HAVE A FREE HORSE RIDE DURING OPENING--The Grand Opening of C&R Drive In, located at
945 HWY 96 South in Silsbee, will be held this weekend. The Drive In si owned by Curley Riggs.
The C&R is open all night every Friday and Saturday and is open 6AM to 11PM Sunday thru Thursday.
Curley offers just about everything you want from household goods to picnic supplies, best prices and
the friendliests service in Town. Come on by and welcome Curley and Ruth to Silsbee. See ad on Page
5 for the Grand Opening specials, Tom Bean Photograph
THE PINE NEEDLE
EDITOR..........
PICTURE EDITOR-
JAMES C. JENNINGS
.....THOMAS BEAN
/MS--
ESS ASSOCIATION
Published every Thursday at Kountze, Hardin County
Texas, by the Pine Needle Publishing Company
Second Class Postage paid at Kountze, Texas
SILpBEE
Box 38 - EV 5-4872
Subscription Rates:
In Hardin County---------
Outside Hardin County-
KOUNTZE
Box 127 - CH 6-3979
$2.00 Per Year
$3.50 Per Year
SILSBEE ALL-STARS
BEAT KOUNTZE ALL
STARS
The Silsbee Little League All-
Stars smothered the Kountze All
Stars by a score of 12 to 2 last
Wednesday night at Silsbee Lit-
tle League Park.
Kountze got five hits while
Silsbee walloped eleven.
The Colts had five ontfre start-
ing lineup for Kountze. The
Bears two, Tigers two and none
for the Braves.
Colt Manager Preston Carmi-
chael was coach for the Kountze
All-Stars assisted by Bears Coach,
Calvin Norton.
The Silsbee All Stars were de-
feated Thursday night by the
Buna-Evadale All Stars at Sils-
bee.
KOUNTZE
AB R H
Spears,Zb.............3 0 0
Lack,rf...............3 0 0
Harbuck,lb...... .....4 0 1
Martinka, p............3 0 1
Eddins, If..............3 0 1
Drake, ss.,............2 1 0
(Continued on page 7)
CC AND WOMANS
CLUB TO SPONSOR
X-RAY
The Silsbee Chamber of Com-
merce and Silsbee’s Womans Club
are sponsoring the Tuberculosis
Mobile Ex-ray Unit to be here
in Silsbee August 6. It will be
located in the Downtown Parking
Lot from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Both the Chamber of Commerce
and Womem's Club members urge
you to take advantage of this op-
portunity.
Any other information can be
obtained from Mrs. Pete Farmer,
Chairman of Public Relations.
Howard Barrington,who was ap-
pointed to head the Kountze In-
dependent School Tax Equaliza-
tion last year, Tuesday resigned
from that position. At noon Tues-
day, he gave the Pine Needle the
following statement:
Dear Friends,
It is with deep regret and con-
cern that I write this letter. I con-
tacted Mr. Roundtree some three
weeks ago and told him that I
would meet with Mr. Ellis and Mr.
I told my brother that I had never blackened
the name of any Overstreet... "
PROUD PARENTS WITH MISS SILSBEE '-Seeing their daughter off
to the Miss Texas Beauty Pageant are Left Mr. C. B. Stevens and
Mrs. C.-B. Stevens, Right. Their daughter, Miss Silsbee-Diane
Stevens, center, left for the Pageant Sunday Morning.
Tom Bean Photograph
Spivy at their convenience and
to just phone me and I would be
at said meeting to organize the
equalization board. Some three
days later I saw Mr. Roundtree'at
the tax office and asked him a-
bout when the meeting would be .
held. He told me the meeting
had already been held and you
didn’t show up. To this day I have
never been informed about said
meeting. I just took a long sigh
and said nothing.
I was informed about the mee-
ting of the 21st with the indus-
trial which was held. A meeting
was scheduled for the large land
holder. The week of the 22nd of
July the Kountze News came out
with an announcement of meet-
ings to be held by the equalization
board on the 27,28, and 29th of
July.. The 27th and 28th I knew
nothing about. I put an article in
the Beaumont Interprise about
these three days meetings to try
to inform the general public. I
came down Tuesday morning at
nine o’clock and no one was a =
round. I went to Mr. Keeveit's
office and he told me he knew
nothing about how the announce-
ment got in the Kountze News.
Air. Roundtree also says he knows
. nothing about the announcement.
I reluctantly accepted a place on
the equalization board because
I thought that I might be of seine
service to the tax payer of the a -
rea, but- I am getting little co-
operation and I feel that I will be
able to do absolutely nothing to
help anyone.
I know that the large land hol-
ders are on the tax rolls at about
50% of the marked value. They
are on at 100% taxable value of
64 to 68 dollars an acre. At 55%
of this amount the companys pays
on 34 and 35 dollars an acre. This
I think is allright, but I think the
small land holders should not be
penalized for not owning more
and thwr values should be no more
than the large, qnes. Along this
same line of thought I feel sure
the large companies (oilco. etc.)
are even on the tax rolls for even
less than half their market value
Keeping the above things in mind
I feel the small home owners and
business men should not be on said
tax rolls for any more than 50%
ofthier market value. 55% of the
50% marked value would lower
thesmallhome owners about half
This I had hoped to accomplish.
I am unable to help the situation
so I am resigning from the equa-
lization board for the Kountze
School District.
H. T. Barrington
IKountze Breaks Ground At Airport
KOUNTZE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR AT CEREMONIES—Work on the Kountze Airport was well under
way at the Pine Needle went to press. Doozers had cleared off almost all the proposed area. Pictured at
the ceremonies are Left,to$ig1it: Councilmen Oscar Marshall, Tommy Rountree, Mayor Pat Pace, Donald
Duce, and Truitt Williford. Councilme.n James Read was not present. Tom Bean Photograph
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Jennings, James C. The Pine Needle (Kountze, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 29, 1965, newspaper, July 29, 1965; Kountze, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth662713/m1/1/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.