Silsbee OKs zoning plan after final April hearing
Silsbee City Council adopted Ordinance 71-3 unanimously after a second public hearing on April 2. The Planning and Zoning Commission supported a comprehensive zoning plan prioritizing single family and other zones, with mobile homes licensed under new rules.
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Silsbee
Heddleston
Latham
Mike Herron
Scott Trailer Park
Winters Street
Claude C. Coward
C. E. Landolt Jr
N. G. Ferrell
Coward
Spencer Armour
Planning and Zoning Commission
Texas
Passmore urges human effort at Silsbee Chamber banquet
Leonard Passmore, legal counsel for the Texas Bankers Association, told Silsbee Chamber of Commerce guests that community progress is defined by people’s character and effort. He urged time and dedication over mere dues, joked about past topics, and noted civic progress led by local leaders and new directors.
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Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Golden Triangle
Chamber of Commerce
Leonard Passmore
Passmore
Texas Bankers Association
Austin
Harold Stassen
Texas
Amarillo
Chamber
Bill Barclay
Silsbee
Jack Hedge
C. B. Stevens
Cecil Cobble
Horace Whittington
Newton Hopkins
Val Hickman
Art Cawthon
Cawthon
Hardin County reports 174 offenses in March totals
Sheriff Billy F. Paine released a March report showing 174 offenses across Hardin County. Felonies numbered 28 and misdemeanor offenses reached 35, with notable counts for drunkenness and assaults and a total of 75 civil documents served. The sheriff cited joint agency arrests across the county.
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Hardin County
Billy F. Paine
Paine
Baok
Funeral Services For Charles B. Brewer 93 Held In Texas
Funeral services were held Tuesday at 4 p.m. in Troup Texas for Charles B. Brewer 93 a native of Troup longtime resident of Silsbee and retired store manager Survivors include Loy Brewer Houston Mrs Salley Cagle Houston one grandchild and three great grandchildren Brewer died at 845 a.m. Tuesday in Silsbee Doctors Hospital after a long illness
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Troup
Texas
Charles B. Brewer
Brewer
Silshee
Loy Brewer
Salley Cagle
Houston
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Edmondson Named Foreman of Hardin County April Grand Jury
Hardin County grand jurors elected Ray Edmondson of Sour Lake as foreman and JoAnn Cain of Kountze as secretary for the April term. The first meeting is set for Friday April 16, with 12 jurors including Ira Sykes Sr. Silsbee Thomas Rhome Sour Lake Richard R Boyd Sour Lake L M Barrow Silsbee Fave Birdwell Kountze D F Cook Silsbee Harold D Avants Frank S Swain James T Cannon Noel Adams Silsbee and Silsbee Lumberton area.
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Hardin County
Ray Edmondson
Sour Lake
JoAnn Cain
Kountze
Aline Harper
Edmondson
Jcain
Ira Sykes Sr
Silsbee
Thomas Rhome
Richard R. Boyd
L. M. Barrow
Fave Birdwell
D. F Cook
Harold D. Avants
Frank S. Swain
James T. Cannon
Noel Adams
Lumberton Area
Read-Turrentine PTA to Meet for Final Session
Read-Turrentine PTA schedules its last meeting of the school year for Tuesday night April 13 at 7 30 in the school cafetorium. The group designates Tuesday as Teachers Appreciation Day to honor staff.
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Read - Turrentine Pta
PTA
Three Die and Six Injured In Two Area Crashes
DPS investigators identified three fatalities and six injuries in two area crashes. Victims include Ethel Wells and Andrew Wells both 70 of Dassattta and nine year old Martha Hampton of Richardson. Additional injuries reported for Mack Hampton family and other drivers.
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DPS
Ralph Seamans
Truman Dougharty
the Bee
Ethel Howell Wells
Andrew J. Wells
Dassetta
Martha Hampton
Richardson
Wells
Kountze
US 69
Anahuac
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Dougharty
Carol Clark Owens
Christopher
Silsbee
Wilton Guillory
Port Arthur
US 96
Owens
Guillory
Owense
St. Elizabeth
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Kindergarten Registration At First Baptist Church
Registration for kindergar ten at the First Baptist Church will be held April 20 from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. Children five years old before Sept 1 are eligible. A birth certificate is required.
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First Baptist Church
Sim Ward and Creels Attend Grand Ole Opry in Nashville
Mr and Mrs Sim Ward and Mr and Mrs L B Creel visited the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville Tennessee over the weekend They also called on Mr and Mrs Ronald G Mc Cabe and family in the state during the trip
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Sim Ward
L. B. Creel
Grand Ole Opry
Nashville
Tenn
Set
Ronald G. McCabe
Tennessee
Mayor Coward and councilmen reelected in Silsbee race
A total of 849 Silsbee voters re-elected Mayor Claude Coward and councilmen C E Landolt Jr and Spencer Armour while Duane Beck won Place 6 by four votes over incumbent R F Sanford. Beck joins elected officials and a council meeting set to canvass results and swear in new officials.
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Coward
Landolt and
Armour
Beck
Sanford
Silsbee
Claude Coward
C. E. Landolt Jr
Spencer D. Armour
Duane Beck
R. F. Sanford
The
BEE
Herman Adams Jr
Simmons Auto Co
N. G. Ferrell
John Fordinal
I. F. Eldredge
Lumberton
Berton
Muriel Dean Moore
John T. Williams
Tommy L. Edgar
Edgar
John DuBose
Williams
George Enderle
Moore
C. B. Stevens
Don Hall
Ellis W. King
Pat Nash
John Meade
R. L. Yawn
Bron
Son Baker Jr
Board
Nine youths charged in hog theft and school burglary cases
Hardin County deputies report seven youths and two juveniles charged with burglary and hog theft. Thomas Glenn Votan and Rev Glenn Swarthout, both of Houston, held on Hardin County charges for the February 17 breaking at Hardin Jefferson High School in Sour Lake. Several Sour Lake residents, including Michael P. Goodman Warren E. Mills Louis E. Evans Roy Leonard Tatum and two juveniles, face charges for stealing from Shepherd oil field supply warehouse. Ronnie Lee Ennis of Beaumont charged with hog theft. Equipment recovered. bonds set at 1000 dollars. Arrests by Sour Lake deputies Cartwright and constable Robinson.
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Hardin County Sheriff's Department
Billy E. Paine
The
BEE
Thomas Glenn Votan
Glenn Swarthout
Houston
Harris County
Hardin County
Hardin- Jefferson High School
Sour Lake
Paine
Michael P. Goodman
Warren E. Mills
Louis E. Evans
Roy Leonard Tatum
Justice of the Peace
Charlie Lambert
Shepherd Oilfield
Ronnie Lee Ennis
Beaumont
Lambert
A. C. Miller
Ennis
Silsbee Youth Wounded in Gun Mishap
Donald Hernandez, 17, of Silsbee, was shot by a shotgun blast at a friend's home in the 1700 block of East Lucas. He was driven to St. Elizabeth Hospital and later reported in fair condition at Beaumont Hospital. Police said a friend was holding the gun when it apparently discharged.
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Donald Hernandez
Silsbee
East Lucas
Hernandez
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont Hospital
Silsbee Attorney Petitions Reprimand Be Set Aside
Houston Thompson of Silsbee files in Hardin County District Court to cancel a State Bar reprimand for remarks about the Eastern District of Texas. The petition argues the reprimand infringes his free speech on political matters affecting the public interest.
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Silsbee
Houston Thompson
Hardin County District Court
State Bar of Texas
Thompson
Hardin County Commissioners Court
Joe Fisher
Fisher
Silsbee Bee
Judge Fisher
Emmett Lack
Hugh Bevil Means
Commissioner's Court
United States District Court
Commissioner’s Court of
Hardin County
United States Court For
Eastern District of Texas
Commissioners Court
State Bar
Texas
Houston Thompson Silsbee
Federal District Court of
Supreme Court
The
Luther B. Simmons
Howell Cobb
Preston E. Johnson
Frank M. Lamson Pike Powers Jr
Last Rites For Jerry Hare 24 Held On April 6
Funeral services for Jerry Lynn Hare 24 of Silsbee were held at Franks Branch Church with Rev. A C Hoke. Burial was in Franks Branch Cemetery. Hare died from injuries in a car crash on Fred Woodville Highway. Driver Donald Ray Hollyfield of Silsbee was hospitalized after the crash. Hare was Vietnam veteran and survived by parents two brothers and six sisters with homes in multiple cities.
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Jerry Lynn Hare
Silsbee
Franks Branch Church
A. C. Hoke
Franks Branch
Hare
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Fred
Woodville
Joe Willman
Donald Ras Hollyfield
Steve
Norman Lynn Hollyfield
Donald Ray Hollyfield
St Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Vietnam
Tiger Nine Rebounds With 13 3 District Win Over Liberty
Tiger nine, after losses to French and Houston Pasadena in Beaumont Coaches' Baseball Tourney, defeated Liberty 13 3. Winning pitcher Ronnie Teaff earned the laurels, with Price and Bowen each 3-for-4 and Price homer, Bowen double with 3 RBI, Cook 2-for-3 with 3 RBI. Next district game vs Crosby at 4 p.m. today, then Livingston on April 16 at 7:30 p.m.
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French
Houston Pasadena
Beaumont
Pat Day
Tiger
Liberty
Coach Day
Ronnie Teaff
Joe Price
Jim Bowen
Price
Bowen
RBI
Rufus Cook
Tigers
Crosby
Livingston
Last Rites For Mrs. Vonia Willis Held Here
Funeral services for 87 year old Mrs Vonia Willis of Silsbee were held at 2 p m in the Farmer Funeral Home chapel with ministers Dan Gibson and T C Freeman officiating. Burial followed in Turner Branch Cemetery near Sprger. She died April 6 after a brief illness and is survived by six sons a daughter a sister 17 grandchildren 20 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
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Vonia Willis
Silsbee
Farmer Funeral Home
Dan Gibson
T. C. Freeman
North Fifth Street
Church of Christ
Turner Branch
Spurger
Willis
Fred
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Elton
Elbert
Marvin Willis
James A. Willis
Barstow
Calif
Chester Wills
J. N. Willis
Willie Mae Collins
Port Neches
Eddie Williams
Woodville
Mrs Gretchen Roters Visits Jacks Family in Black Forest
Mrs Gretchen Roters of Black Forest Germany arrived Wednesday for an extended visit in the home of her daughter and family Mr and Mrs Roy M Jacks.
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Gretchen Roters
Black Forest
Germany
Roy M. Jacks
World War I Veterans to Meet at Neches Bank
World War I veterans from Barracks 2641 and its auxiliary hold their regular meeting Saturday at 2 30 p m in Neches National Bank. Mrs Ben Smith is auxiliary president and J J Richardson is Barracks commander.
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Veterans of World War 1
Neches National Bank
Ben Smith
J. J. Richardson
Firemen Control House Car Blazes Four Woods Fires
Silsbee volunteers battled multiple blazes April 4 5 including a vacant rent house on FM 418 west near the city limits destroyed by an attic fire at about 2 24 p m Monday. A 1969 Ford owned by J R Carroll was damaged in an April 4 car fire. Grass and woods fires occurred at Harold Richard s lot on Gentry Lake Road two miles west of Silsbee on FM 418 and at Haynes Road and Fox Meadows on April 4 and 5.
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Silsbee
John Busby
Warren Hooks
J. R. Carroll
Haynes Road
Fox Meadows
Last Rites For Mrs Lakey Held In Silsbee
Funeral services for Ola Boyett Lakey 82 of Silsbee were held at 10 a m in Farmer Funeral chapel with Rev R Eugene Jonte and Rev Oscar Barfield officiating. Burial followed at Rosevine Cemetery near San Augustine. Pallbearers named Neyland Cobble Fikes Martin Weathersby Wright.
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Ola Boyett Lakey
Silsbee
Farmer Funeral
R. Eugene Jonte
First United Methodist Church
Oscar Barfield
First Baptist Church
Kirbyville
Rosevine
San Augustine
Robert Neyland
Cecil Cobble
E. T. Fikes
L. E. Martin
Harmon Weathersby
Lon Wright
Lakey
SHS Runners Break 2 School Records at West Orange Relays
Silsbee High School runners set two school marks and tied a third at the West Orange Relays on April 3. The 440-yard relay team MecGallion Carter Weeks Crawford Hunter clocked 43.6 seconds, beating the 44.2 record from 1967. Weeks Crawford lowered the 120-yard high hurdles record to 14.9 seconds, while Carter tied the 440-yard dash record at 49.8.
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Silsbee High School
West Orange
Wayne Riley
Bubba MecGallion
Charles Carter
Weeks Crawford
James Hunter
SHS
Loyal Warner
Kurt Benson
David Barnes
Glenn Cooper
John} .Carroll
Riley
Arthur Churchwyell
Ronnie Singleton
Singleton
Bridge City
Mike Collins
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Kirby Mill
Harold Cammack
Hickerson
Pine Plaza
Commission
Wes Latham
Lenox Hawthorne
Robert A. Scott
Jim Heddleston
David Read
Read-Turrentine Pta
Jesse Cartwright
George Robinson
Lilsbee
the State Bar of Texas
Caus
Jerry Hare
WWI
Harold Richard
Gentry Lake Road
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