Jury Finds Man Guilty Of Rape In 1973 Case
A Hardin County jury deliberated 28 minutes to convict Larry Wayne Trahan 28 of the 1973 rape of a Beaumont woman. Punishment set at 30 years in prison. Trahan in Hardin County jail awaiting formal sentencing by 88th District Judge Clyde E. Smith. Attorneys listed for both sides.
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Hardin County
Larry Wayne Trahan
Beaumont
Aline Harper
Trahan
Silsbee
Clyde E. Smith
IRS Office in Beaumont Extends Hours for Tax Help
The IRS office in Beaumont at the U S Courthouse and Post Office Building will stay open Saturday April 13 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Monday evening April 15 until 6 30 p.m. B B Barkley reports toll free assistance 800-252-1000 will operate Saturday 9 a m to 6 p m and Monday evening to 6 p.m. for last minute filers with tax return problems.
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Internal Revenue Service
Beaumont
U.S
Broadway
Willow Streets
B. B. Barkley
IRS
South Texas Dealers Tour In England and Scotland
Mr and Mrs Richard Jones returned March 30 from a nine day trip to England and Scotland. They joined a tour sponsored by Armstrong Carpet Co which included 130 dealers in the South Texas area.
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Richard Jones
England
Scotland
Armstrong Carpet Co
South Texas
Senior Class Leaders Highlight Silsbee High 1974
Carol Paret and Debbie Rash head the 1974 Silsbee High senior class with GPA above 96, named valedictorian and salutatorian. Lois Ann Conner and Jim F. Kirby earn high honors and high boy recognition, among 31 honor students from 222 seniors. Graduation set for May 30 at Kirby Memorial Stadium.
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Carol Paret
Debbie Rash
Lois Ann Conner
Jim F. Kirby
Silsbee High School
SHS
Crawford
Miss Paret
Miss Rash
Miss Conner
Kirby
Conner
Paula Webb
Donald Webb
Cathy Grantham
Howard P. Grantham
Lisa Bonnette
Marvin J. Bonnette
Vivica Brown
Leon Brown
Jack David Read
Thomas David Read
Frances Landgraf
Lester P. Landgraf
Deborah Herrington
Albert C. Herrington
Marilyn McGarahan
Robert Read
Julie Brittain
Doris Yount
Richard Harwell
Jack Dempsey Jordan
Jennifer McKinney
Karrell Hinkie
Judy Mueller
Karen Rose
Elizabeth McDonald
Lynn David
Deanna Hill
Fayetta Young
Karen Keown
Randy King
James Simmons
Nelson Duffle
Candace Christian
Janelle Gore
Kirby Memorial Stadium
Satsuma
Future Teachers Club
FTA
R. L. Paret
LSU
Sils‘bee
J. P. Miller Jr
North Carolina State University
Jim Conner
Silsbee
Horizon Club
Parks and Recreation Advisory Board
City of Silsbee
Maroon and White Club
Society of Women Engineers
University of Texas At Austin
James Frederick Kirby
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
University of Texas
Glen L. Kirby
Tiger Thinclads Face District Meet At Bridge City Forest Park
Silsbee teams compete in District 10 3A meets at Bridge City and Forest Park. Varsity field events look strong led by Marvin Watson and Jerry Galloway with relay and sprint entries. Freshmen and eighth graders qualified for District and West Orange Relays, with goals to reach Regionals.
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Silsbee
Charles Woodard
Marvin Watson
Jerry Galloway
Bridge City
Cardinal Stadium
Tiger
Wade Creel
Doug Almond
Rob Georgas
Derrick Shelton
Bill Hardy
Don Muckleroy
Perry Collier
Jim Baker
Joe Barr
Georgas
Almond
Greg Swinney
Baker
Collier
Muckleroy
Shelton
Creel
Tom la Toof
Watson
Galloway
Johnny Stepnik
Johnny Racy
Stepnik
Harold Westmoreland
David Watson
LaToof
West Orange
Harold Lloyd
Billy McAdams
David Brydson
Aaron Hageon
Brydson
Hageon
Richard Avery
Reginald Owens
Forest Park
Tigers Rout LC-M Bears in Five-Inning District Win
Tigers hammer the Little Cypress Mauriceville Bears 12-2 in five innings as Gary Laskoskie earns the win and Johnny Lowe and David Moss lead the offense with homers and three runs scored. The district race with West Orange looms after a 1-1 mark.
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Tigers
Jasper
Little Cypress - Mauriceville
City to Toughen Crackdown on Stray Dogs
The City of Silsbee will enforce a stricter stray dog ordinance next week. Dog owners must vaccination tag and City dog tag. tags cost one dollar and are sold at City Hall on Ernest Avenue.
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Silsbee
Cesar Dominguez
The
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Dominguez
Ernest Avenue
Kirby Names Kjell Stordalen Plywood Manager
Kirby Lumber Corp names Kjell N. Stordalen as operations manager for the plywood group based in Silsbee with responsibility for all Silsbee plywood operations and the Walker Division in Cleveland. He reports to C B Stevens. Stordalen, a Norwegian native, has held executive roles at Simpson International Wynnewood and Weyerhauser, and holds a Master of Science in Forestry from the University of Washington. He and his wife Bette Mae have two children.
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Kjell
Shell
N. Stordalen
Plywood Group
Kirby Lumber Corp
Silsbee
Silsbee Plywood
Walker
Cleveland
C. B. Stevens
Kirby
Stordalen
Simpson International
Simpson Timber Co
Shelton, Wash
Simpson
Wynnewood Products Corp
American Liberty Oil
Jacksonville
Texas
Weyerhauser
Klamath
Falls
Ore
Kongsberg
Norway
State School of Forestry and Business
Sweden
University of Washington
Bette Mae
Silsbee Stordalen
National Particle Board Association
Rotary Club
Lions Club
Masonic Lodge
Forest Products Research Society
Funeral Services For Earl L. Maris Held
Earl L. Maris 77 died at Silsbee Convalescent Center Tuesday morning. Funeral services were held April 3 in Pace Funeral Chapel with Rev A H Reeves officiating. Burial followed at Holland Cemetery. Survived by wife Vera Belle Maris of Kountze, two daughters, sister, five granddaughters. memberships included First Baptist Church Hoyt Kan and Tejas Lodge No. 1357 San Antonio.
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Earl Lewis Maris
Silsbee Convalescent Center
Pace Funeral Chapel
A. H. Reeves
Holland Cemetery
Melba Buckley
Joe Reeves
Silsbee
Janet MacLean
Houston
Sonja Castell
Austin
Trustee Election Set For Saturday
Voters in the Silsbee Independent School District go to the polls Saturday April 6 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. in an uncontested trustee election. John Meade and C. B. Stevens seek re election to Places 6 and 7. Stevens is a Kirby Lumber vice president elected in 1971.
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Silsbee Independent School District Board of Trustees
Don L. Hough
Silsbee Fire
Avenue I
Bill, Hobson Jr
Wiley Mae Pentecostal Church
Caney Head
Leslie Ashworth
John Meade
C. B. Stevens
Meade
Stevens
Neches River tragedy ends five day search for Lafitte
Royce Gene Lafitte, 24, of Silsbee, drowned after being thrown from a boat on the Neches River March 30. Searchers found his body April 3 two to three miles downriver from Bush Lake. The inquest ruled accidental drowning. Family and volunteers from Jasper Hardin Tyler Polk counties joined the multi‑county search coordinated by Sheriff Aubrey Cole. Lafitte is survived by his mother Etta Mae Lafitte a brother Daniel and a sister Mrs John Hoke.
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Royce Gene Lafitte
Silsbee
Neches River
Hardin County
Ira Moore
Denton King of
Bush Lake
Kirkendall
Moore
Silsbee Justice of the Peace B. L. Comp
Tyler County
Jasper
Aubrey Cole
Hardin
Tyler
Polk
Lafitte
Mike Grisham
Ronald Grisham
John’s Lake
Cravens’ Camp
Neches
Grisham
Two Juveniles Charged In Silsbee Pot Case
Silsbee police report arrest of five minors on marijuana possession and truancy charges following a drive by on Inwood Drive. Detectives James Fulgham and William Gilley detained two 16-year olds and three younger youths, with two 16-year olds facing misdemeanor marijuana possession counts and the others charged with truancy. Two Mexican nationals were detained as illegal aliens.
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Silsbee
Reynosa
Mexico
Bob L. Ogden
The
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Ogden
James Fulgham
William Gilley
Inwood Drive
South Silsbee
Silsbee Board Expels Two Students for Marijuana Possession
Silsbee School Trustees expelled Joe Tester Turner and Winfred O'Dell Harper, both 18 and 17, for misdemeanor marijuana possession on SISD property with loss of spring semester credits. A third student, William Vernon Coudrain Jr., 18, was temporarily suspended for marijuana possession off campus, with a hearing process outlined.
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Silsbee School
Silsbee High School
Don L. Hough
Joe Tester Turner
Winfred O'Dell Harper
Silsbee
William Vernon Coudrain Jr
Coudrain
Maxwell Drive
Hough
Augie Saxe
Silsbee Council Re-Elected In Uncontested Vote
Eighty three votes were cast to re-elect three Silsbee City Councilmen. John J. Fordinal Jr. and Frank R. Grote won sixth and second terms in Places One and Three with 79 votes each, while I F Eldredge Jr. secured a second full term in Place Two with 80 votes. Minor write ins included Burl Shaydon and Bruce Watts. Eldredge is a real estate partner. Grote manages harvesting for Kirby Lumber. Fordinal owns local stores. A canvassing meeting was set for April 3.
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Thesday
Silsbee
John J. Fordinal Jr
Frank R. Grote
I. F. Eldredge Jr
Anna
Burl Shaydon
Bruce Watts
Eldredge
Free-Lance
Hays - Eldredge
Grote
Kirby Lumber Corp
Fordinal
Jay
Handee Mart
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Joe Goodwin
Sam Hawthorn
Dist. Atty
Stanley Coe
Cecil Tebbs
Ann Conner
Gary Rush
Avery
Perry Davis
Eddy Roby
Owens
Tommy Dominguez
Zwillie Walters
Ozzie London
Norris Green
Alton Tatum
Tommy Golden
Robert Battle
Robert Wilson
Jeff Parker
Calvin Fobbs
Dash
Robertson
Roby
Rash
Chris Hollis
Davis
Rory
Walters
Nikita Thomas
LC M Bears
Silsbee Tigers
Charles Powell
Kjell Stordalen
Kjell N
Earl L. Maris
Royce
Mike
Ronald
Farmer Funeral Home
Way‘mon Rodeheather
Henrietta First Methodist Church
Henrietta Church
Converse
Union Springs Cemetery
Etta Mae Lafitte
Daniel Lafitte
John Hoke
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