The Pine Needle (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 8, 1967 Page: 1 of 8
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Second Class Postage Paid at Silsbee, Texas 77656
VOLUME IV, NUMBER XXIII
SILSBEE, HARDIN COUNTY, TEXAS
News Stand Price 5 Cents
JUNE 8, 1967
5tc IklCKCT
By GERALDINE WATSON
Another Big Thicketeers get-
together has come and gone.
Everybody had a big time and
all us workers are numb with
fatigue. By Friday, we were all
swearing we would never get
roped into serving on this or that
committee but - when it was all
over except counting up to see
whether we went in the hole a-
gain or made a few bucks to
patch the holes in our headquar-
ter'sroof, we were already talk-
ing about how much better we
were going to do things next
year.
I can tell you even before
counting the money that it was
a big success. How I wish we
had a copy of Senator Yahorough’s
speech! He really got carried
away. And Justice Douglas told
of some folks in New Jersey or-
ganizing a march to save 13
acres of woodland- all they had
left. A prophetic warning for us
not to wait too late- it could
happen to us also.
Dempsie Henley's program
was entertaining as always. The
literary exhibit of works per-
taining to Southeast Texas dis-
played by Thicketeers Micky
Johnson and Lois Parker from
Lamar College Library was es-
pecially fine. Serious students
of this area were excited over
all the newly published material
on the Big Thicket, many of
which were for sale. Among
them, "Texas Wildflowers" by
Dr. Eula Whitehouse. We still
have a few of Dr. Whitehouse's
books and you may purchase one
by calling or writing me - will
deliver if local.
Dr. William Seale was there,
autographing his book about
riverboating on the Neches,
"Texas Riverman" which has
received so many honors. Dr.
Claude McLeod of Sam Houston
University also autographed and
sold his recent publication, an
ecological study of the Big Thic-
ket. Dr. McLeod is well quali-
fied on the subject, having spent
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fePiNE- Needle
EDITOR—------------PEGGY BARRINGTON
PICTURE EDITOR-----------THOMAS BEAN
Qrinrit m an AGER. ——HAZEL ALEXANDER
Published every Thursday at 911 Hwy. 96
South, Silsbee, Hardin County, Texas, by
The Pine Needle Publishing Company.
SILSfeEE - BOX 38 KOUNTZE - BOX IZ7
Telephone EV 5-4872
! Subscription Rat.es:
n Hardin County------------$2.00 Per Year
Dutside Hardin County ------ $3. 50 Per Year
3,000 ATTEND ANNUAL
BIG THICKET GET - TOGETHER
Last Saturday, South East Tex-
ans, led by U. S. Senator Ralph
Yarborough, whooped it up for
the proposed plan to preserve the
Big Thicket in Saratoga. Senator
Yarborough, speaking to the Big
Thicket Association and guests at
the old Saratoga School site,
pledged to fight to the finish to
preserve the "String of Pearls" as
proposed by the National Park
Advisory Board. He stated that
the 35,000 acre plan which sur-
rounds Hardin County and which
gives this County all of the ad-
vantages of a well organized park
plan system with a minimum of
interference with the present tax
structure of the school districts
and County.
The plan, which Yarborough
hailed as the minimum acceptably
has approximately 11,000 acres
of land in Hardin County with
most of it inaccessible for use and
of little value in the present sys-
tem of land use. Yet, the pearls
are so scattered as to have atleast
one part hear and accessible to
all parts of the County. This plan
puts all of Hardin County in a
prime tourist area with the only
limitation being the imagination
and energy of the people them-
selves.
Already, the people at Sara-
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Yarborough, Douglas Plug Big Thicket
Justice Douglas
BIG THICKET ASSN. PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS
Mrs. Douglas Mrs. Yarborough
Yarborough
KOUNTZE DOMINATES 19-AA
HONOR TEAM
"MISS BIG THICKET"
FROM SILSBEE
League champion Kountze dom-
inated the 1967 19-AA All-Dis-
trict baseball team by placing
five players on the squad and also
claiming the loop's most valuable
player.
Ted Tate was listed as the lea-
gue's top coach and Robert Price,
a unanimous selection on the
was considered the Most Valuable
Player.
Hardin-Jefferson placed one
athlete on the squad as did East
Chambers and Hamshire-Fannett.
For Kountze, which advanced
to the regional finals Saturday
by downing Rusk in the second
game of a best of three, game
series, outfielders Gordon Gilder
and Larry Smart, pitcher Robert
Price, catcher Rickey Winger and
shortstop Eddie Gibson were named.
Gilder, the leagues 100-yard
dash champion with a time of
9.9, placed second in the bat-
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BRENDA GEE
Miss Brenda Gee, daughter of
Mrs. Ima Gee of Silsbee was
chosen "Miss Big Thicket” at
the B. T. A. get-together onjune
3, at Saratoga, Texas.
Douglas Back in Thicket
Supreme Court Justice William here with his pretty blonde wife,
O. Douglas came back to the Big Cathleen, to attend, the annual
Thicket Saturday to renew ac- Big Thicket Associition "Get-
quaintances and to sell a book. Together" and hold an autograph
The 67-year-old member of party for his new book, "Farewell
the nation's highest tribunal came (Continued on page 8)
ROBERT PRICE • • . 19-AA s Most Valuable Player
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Barrington, Peggy. The Pine Needle (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 8, 1967, newspaper, June 8, 1967; Silsbee , Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth662756/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.