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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1972
Page
1
After a five hour hearing Judge H A Coe granted a temporary injunction stopping County Judge Emmett Lack from ordering the Co E Landolt Jr recall vote in Silsbee. The ruling found the recall petition defects and Charter limits, delaying the April 4 election and slated absentee provisions.
Silsbee School Board relieved two Silsbee High School teachers of duties following student claims linking them to marijuana arrests. One teacher was paid through March 13 and suspended with pay, the other fired without pay. Both contracts set for nonrenewal. hearing offered within 10 days.
Silsbee police report a large caliber bullet fired into the home of Fred Hardy at 1400 block Roosevelt Drive Extension. The bullet passed through an upper den window wall and hall, ending in a bath tub. Neighbors reported hearing shots about 8 p m March 28.
Silsbee police investigated a theft report from W R Sawders who said four $100 money orders were taken from his wife’s purse while she shopped at Silsbee Packing Co. One order was actually made out. Police asked for cancellation by serial numbers.
Hardin County Deputy Ira Moore recovered pipe and casings stolen from an ARCO-Hunter lease about four miles east of Silsbee. Foreman J. D. Clark reported a 45 inch casing and four joints of 2 inch tubing missing. Thieves dragged the loot a mile along the pipeline ROW using a horse, then abandoned it on a hill.
Hardin County Fire Marshal John Busby and County Fire Department investigator Johnny Walters will participate in the Lamar University Firemen's Training School from April 24 to 28. Busby will aid instructor C. C. Johnson in pump operators and fire apparatus care classes, while Walters will assist in portable extinguishers demonstrations and coordinated structural fire attack. Firemen from the Golden Triangle area and industry safety personnel are scheduled for classes.
The Little League Auxiliary will meet April 6 at 7 30 p m in the First National Bank to finalize plans for opening day Team mothers and officers will prepare for the carnival All interested persons are invited.
Citywide cleanup runs April 3 9 with extra refuse pickups. Aluminum can drive funded by Youth Association supports local projects. Citizens urged to donate cans for recycling as Scout Troops 88 282 join downtown litter pickup on April 8.
In Silsbee on Tuesday James L. Hays won the mayoral race with 669 votes to N G Ferrells 618. Incumbent John Fordinal led Place One Council with 639 votes. Place Two incumbent I F Eldredge posted 766 against Dan Herron 494. Frank Grote captured Place Three with 722 votes. Fred Herron 552. Write-ins totaled 40 votes.
Police reported an April 1 burglary turned vandalism at Dr. N. G. Ferrell’s veterinary office in Silsbee. Officers found a smashed front window and an open safe with interior damage. no cash missing though items such as a .22 rifle, a camera, and a movie projector remained on site.
William R. D. Self 91 died April 1 after a lengthy illness at Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital. Native of Kentucky, he lived in Nacogdoches County since 1897, was a farmer, and resided at Lilbert near Nacogdoches. Funeral services were at Lilbert Methodist Church at 2 p.m. April 2, with burial at Redland Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, four brothers, a sister, a daughter, and several sons.
Mrs Daniel Hotferek and her children from Houston visited Saturday and Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Robert Nixon.
Silsbee City Council voted unanimously to remove secondary fire zone restrictions, allowing more liberal construction in certain areas while primary zones remain unchanged. The move, urged by the State Board of Insurance, enables wooden buildings in previously secondary zones but keeps primary zones with strict limits. The action includes plans for a downtown parking lot via alley closure and a public hearing on a zoning proposal extending West Avenue J to the city limits for rezoning from R-1 to R-3.
Petition organizers David Cook Sr and Ray Edmonson circulate in Silsbee and Sour Lake to place a unit road system on the ballot. The plan would centralize road repair under a county engineer, replacing the current road commissioner system as allowed by Article 6716 and the Texas Election Code. Grand Jury members discussed the issue at the August term and some favor placing it on the ballot.
A hearing set for Friday may determine where Fred Fay Young 21 and Dennis Ray Anderson 26 will stand trial for the Mabel McCormick and Leslie Bowman slayings. Judge H A Coe gave defense attorneys until Friday to agree on a venue. if not he will decide.
In a West Hard School District election the single voting machine failed to work. Voter Bob Sturrock tried to vote at 7 am and found the machine unusable until about 10 am. County employee Alek Work and Maervin Riley fixed the setup, which had only one race available to vote for one candidate.
Thompson Williams and Stringer win three seats on the Evadale Independent School District Board of Trustees in the April 1 election. Thompson 12 votes? Williams 115, Stringer 98. Other candidates include Gravis 60, Young 60, Murphy 54, Terry 44, Ferrer 45, Davis 20, write ins, Anderson 3, Ricks 1. Election judge was Mrs. I P Breder.
Mr and Mrs Luther Cree returned home Monday after visiting in Waxahachie with Mr and Mrs Garland Moore and family. The two families attended Easter services in the Wichita Mountains near Lawton Oklahoma.
An 18 year old from Groves died at the scene when a three vehicle crash north of Silsbee occurred March 30. Another 43 year old from Silsbee sustained internal injuries and was hospitalized in Galveston in fair condition. An 18 year old Jasper resident and three passengers, stranded on the shoulder, flagged down driver Terry Carriere who siphoned gas. his car was struck by a pickup driven by Elbert White, causing a fiery crash that demolished both vehicles. Funeral services for Carriere were arranged by Grammer Oberle Funeral Home of Port Arthur.
Mrs Ruth Dickerson of Route Ore Box 1420 Silsbee was injured in a robbery at Lee Finance Co 366 Crockett St Beaumont while working alone. She remained in fair condition at St Elizabeth Hospital Tuesday after a blow to the head and scalp lacerations. About 240 dollars was taken by an unknown assailant.
H Clinefelter of Kountze will serve as foreman of the 1April Term Hardin County Grand Jury organized on April 3. First meeting set for Monday April 17. The eleven other jurors are Laura Johnson of Kountze Harrold Bean of Silsbee Emma Jean Neel of Sour Lake Janie Flowers of Saratoga Essie Warden Robert R Richardson Jr Dwayne Blythe Roland Million Willy Gilmore of Silsbee C L Phelps and Henry Jones of Sour Lake.
A public hearing tonight at 7 p m in Silsbee City Council Chambers will review changing zoning from R-1 single family to C-2 community business for Lots 1 2 3 4 and 5 4 Block 72 near North Sixth Street by Odom's Entrance Station area. City Secretary Jerry D Jones outlined the proposal to reduce misunderstanding.
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