Silsbee Council Adopts Four-Part TOPICS Plan
Silsbee city council adopts the Texas DOT TOPICS plan to improve traffic flow and seek state funding. Projects include left turn lanes on US 96 South, a one way North Fourth to North Fifth pair, a Third Street cross-town route, and a Fifth Street underpass. Houston National Gas rate increases noted. taxi fare ordinance passes. bid withdrawals and Gulf Oil Co. contract accepted for 1973 74.
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Silsbee
Texas Highway Department
Ronald Hickerson
Santa Fe
Lindsey Road
North Fourth
North Fifth
Payne Road
Third Street
Fifth Street
Hickerson
Highway Department
Houston National Gas Co
Sante Park
C. E. Landolt Jr
Mobil Oil Co
Gulf Oil Co
Mobil
Billy K. Fulier
Gulf
Assault Charges Filed Against June Isaac in Silsbee
June Isaac, 28, of General Delivery Silsbee, held in Hardin County Jail April 6 on $1,000 bond after April 5 arrest by Silsbee officers for aggravated assault on a police officer, drunk in public, and resisting arrest. He allegedly struck Officer Phil Wistner as officers were placing him in a patrol car after reportedly threatening with a bottle. Isaac was arraigned in Kountze following booking in Silsbee.
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Isaac
General Delivery
Silsbee
Hardin County
Justice of the Peace B. L. Comp
al Burleson
Phil Wistner
Burleson
Wistner
Kountze
County to vote on 4.9 million road bond election plan
The Hardin County Commissioners meet to set election date for a 4 995 000 road bond to fund construction maintenance and operation of highways with 2 million reserved for right of way. Bids and specifications discussed include automatic data processing equipment and payroll register items.
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Burroughs
National
Register Co
Ivoled
Moye
Iment
Oliver Jordan
Emmett Lack
Harris Fender
Jack E. Tuckjer
Tie Vote Highlights Area School Trustee Races
In three area elections Saturday heavy turnout in Silsbee and a strong write-in bid in Lumberton accompanied an exact tie in Evadale. Silsbee residents boosted votes for Trustee at Large Bronson Bak, with R Baker and R L Yawn winning other seats. Lumberton's Wri te-in contender W W Cummings fell 70 votes short of Place Five. Evadale faces a May 1 run-off after a 115 115 deadlock in Place Five.
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Silsbee
Lumberton
Evadale
BEE
Bronson Bak
Eteong
Cc. R. Baker
Jacqueline Sims
Richard Jones
D. D. Shine
R. L. Yawn
Ineeck
Maylor
W. W. Cummings
LISD
A. J. ‘Landry
Landry
Cummings
Bob Agnew
FE. E. Bos
Agnew
R. Templeton
Bos
Jim Johnson
Joe Romero
Evadale Independent School District
E. C. Nash
The
Billy Mike Bruce
Lindbergh Parsley
Jack Hardy
Roy Travis
Hardin County Civil Docket Set For May
Hardin County schedules 213 civil cases over two weeks in May. The first week, May 15, will dispose of 97 cases, while 116 more are set for the week starting May 22. County Attorney is George P. Kirkpatrick Jr.
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Hardin County
The
BEE
Clarence McNeely
George P. Kirkpatrick Jr
First Graders to Register in Lumberton April 25
Lumberton Elementary Schools will hold first grade registration on Wednesday April 25 from 9 a.m. to 2 30 p.m. at the elementary campus. Eligible students are those six years old on or before Sept 1 1973 in the Lambertown ISD. Parents must bring a certified birth certificate and immunization records including polio rubella rubeola and diphtheria tetanus.
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Lumberton
Philip G. Allen
Lameberton Independent School District
Allen
Thieves Steal Engine and Trailer at Kohler Light Plant
Patrolman Al Burleson reports a three-horsepower engine and a 40 foot trailer were stolen from the Kohler Light Plant ward on Highway 327 in Silsbee between March 30 and April 1. The theft was discovered by an employee at 5:35 p.m. on April 10.
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Kohler Light Plant
Highway 327
Silsbee Police
al Burleson
Burleson
Silsbee School Board canvassed on Wednesday
Official canvass of the April 7 election and reorganization of board officers led the Silsbee Independent School District Board meeting on Wednesday April 11. Supt Don Hough noted agenda items include summer school plans starting in June a screening committee for the Jannuall O Neill Scholarship tax attorney appointment and bids for a band recording system plus possible new lights at Kirby Memorial Stadium.
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Silsbee Independent ‘School District Board of Trustees
Don Hough
Jannuall O'Neil
Hough
Pasadena
Dexter Joyner
Kirby Memorial Sadium
Silsbee State Bank Plans New Motor Bank Facility
Silsbee State Bank will begin construction of a drive-in motor bank on a 140 by 120 foot site on North Fifth Street west of the present building. The project, to be designed by Bank Building Corp of America and built by Work & Daniels, involves clearing the old Kirby building and expanding parking. Demolition is slated for completion by mid May.
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North Fifth Street
Old Kirby
Silsbee State Bank
Sii
Silshee State Bank
Lold Kirby
E. M. Wilson Jr
Wilson
Motor Bank
Avenue H. Bank Building Corp. of America
St. Louis
Work & Daniels of
Kountze
Silsbee Area
Kirby
J. R. Samford, Inc
Beaumont
Hardin County
John Henry Kirby
Five Young Ladies Seek Miss Silsbee Title 1973
Five candidates compete for Miss Silsbee 1973 at a pageant April 14 in the Silsbee Junior High School auditorium. Contestants include Elena Watts, Alice Buckner, Pam Rodgers, Rose Marie Harvey, and Donna Hepler, all of Silsbee, with Elaine Pickett passing the crown.
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Silsbee
Elaine Picklett
Climax
Silsbee Junior High School
Pine Burr
American Business Women’s Association
Elena Irene Watts
Jack R. Watts
Lumberton
Alice Buckner
Evelyn Wilson
Donna Hepler
Miss Watts
Lamar University
Lamar Symphony
Hardin Drug Co
Lumberton High
National Honor Society
Elena
University of Texas Medical
Galveston
Silsbee High
Kiwanis Club
Music Makers
Tiger Band
Tiger Rag
Future Teachers
Satsuma
Creative Writing
Focus
Rice
University of Texas Dental Branch J
Pam Rodgers
Morris Moore Chevrolet
Creative Writing Club
Thespian Club
Pamela
United Young Churchmen
First Baptist Church
Rose Marie Harvey
Future
Burglars Strike City Twice In Local Break-ins
Silsbee police investigated two burglaries on April 7 and 9. On April 7 at Doyle Meet Gallon Texaco on US 96 South unknown thieves forced entry and took cash after covering a backer window. On April 9 Frank Robinson Elementary School reported a cassette tape player and microphone stolen after a front door glass was smashed.
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Fulgham
Doyle Meet
Gallon
Texaco
US 96
Thade
Terman & Pire
Ouden
Billy Davenport
Frank Robinson
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Council
M. D. Jordan Jr
Robin, Silsbee
Rosedown Plantation
St. Francisville
Rosedown
Felicianas
Clifford Baker
DR. D. Shine
Ture
Hilsbee High
Prince Hall Villa
Prairie View
Miss Hepler
Donna
Silsbee Woman's Club
Sis
Southwestern Assembly
Cinc Junior College
Elena Wates
Pamela Rodgers
Donna Hlpler
Bob L. Ogden
Detective Set
James Fulgham
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