Six Thefts Investigated By City County Officers
Six burglary reports were logged this week with the Hardin County Sheriff's office and the Silsbee Police. Loot included nearly $1,000 from Lumberton Elementary School Tax Office after a door was pried open and the safe cracked with sharp tools. Four Batson youths faced charges after draining gasoline from buses at West Hardin School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Sheriff's Office
Silsbee
Lamberton
Jim Gaus
Lumberton
Gaus
Silsbee State
Batson
West Hardin
David Eaton
Bobby Franklin
Sonny Hooks
Calvin Freeman
Tommie Freeman
Larry Green
Kountze
Y'Barbo
Don Kirkendall
North Bonner
Lamar O’barbo
Billy Deir
Sinclair
North Fifth Street
Delr
O'Barbo
New SISD Board Officers Named
James E. Farmer was elected president of the Silsbee Independent School District board at an April 8 meeting. W. J. Poshataske as vice president and Earl Stover as secretary were also named. New members C. R. Baker and D. D. Shine joined, with Farmer reaffirmed at Place 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Farmer
Silsbee Independent School District
George Tennison
W. J. Poshataske
Earl Stover
C. R. Baker
D. D. Shine
Poshataske
Paul Georgas
van Swearingen
Beaumont
SISD
Don L. Hough
Hough
Kindergarten and First Grade Registration Set for April 28
Registration for kindergarten and first grade will be held in the junior high gym on April 28 from 8 30 a m to 2 30 p m. Children must be five or six by Sept 1 1970 respectively. Title I and state supported kindergarten units will operate on Robinson campus with vaccines and birth certificates encouraged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Ragan
Robinson
Second Miss Silsbee Pageant At Robinson School
The Exquised and Royal Clover Leaf Clubs sponsor the Miss Silsbee Pageant at Frank Robinson Elementary School on Friday April 17 at 7 30 p m. Contestants Georgia Campbel Deborah K Johnson Tommie Jean Mathews Elaine Turk perform in talent swim suits evening dresses and a question period. The winner advances to Miss Mary Alpine District in Silsbee on April 24 with Orange Beaumont and Port Arthur. Entertainment includes The Morning After music group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exquised
Royal Clover Leaf Clubs
Frank Robinson
Georgia Campbel
Washington
Deborah K Johnson
Y. D. Turk
Orange
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Mary Alpine
Silsbee
Hawthornes Learn Son to Be Discharged Tuesday
Mr and Mrs Don Lee Haw thorne received word from their son Don G Haw thorne who has been stationed at Camp LeJeune Calif with the Marine Corps would be discharged Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Lee Hawthorne
Don G. Hawthorne
Camp LeJeune
Calif
Marine Corps
Kountze Sets Political Rally At School Cafeteria
Kountze Young Farmers sponsor a political rally on Saturday April 25 at 7 pm in the Kountze Elementary School cafeteria. All state and county candidates are invited per group chairman B D Whittington.
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Kountze
B. D. Whittington
Union OKS New Evans Contract
Evans Products Co. of Silsbee and Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union Local 4-592 ratified a new two year contract on April 9. The agreement raises wages 18 cents now and 15 cents in 1971, with many employees gaining 8 to 63 cents hourly. A new shift schedule adds seven cents for the 3 11 p m shift and 10 cents for the 11 p m 7 a m shift. Seniority protections improve and jurors receive full pay. About 100 employees are affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans Products Co
Silsbee
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
Wendell Jones
Jones
Evans Ocaw
OCAW
Gerald Fitzpatrick
Jackie James
J. C. Levins
County Cars Barred From Hauling Voters In Texas Case
A district judge granted a temporary injunction in Hardin County restraining Sheriff Easley and deputies from transporting voters to absentee polls in Kountze. The suit by Herman Holland alleges deputies used county vehicles to ferry voters and organize absentee voting, with a hearing set for April 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Coe
Hardin County
Tom Easley
Kountze
Dale R. Smith
D. H. Rountree
Davevid Eaton
James £. Gause
Ira Moore
Texas
Holland
Sheriff's Department
Hardin County Sheriff's Department
Herman Holland
88Th District Court
Silsbee Council Eases Firemen Utility Exemption Rules
The Silsbee City Council approved a change allowing firemen who attend 50 percent of drills and 25 percent of calls to have their city utilities paid. The measure replaces a 50/50 monthly standard deemed inequitable. The council also set plans to refund any erroneous billing and discussed maps, traffic-light maintenance, and several city purchases and appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Jim Hays
Fire Commission
Hays
John Busby
Hardin County redistricting committee appointed
Hardin County Commissioners appointed five members to a redistricting committee at an April 6 meeting. The panel includes Frank McClanahan Cyril Thorn Frank Carpenter Don J L Harrison and Mrs Stella Prices Village Malls. The committee will present findings June 2 with action planned at the first August meeting.
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Hardin County Commissioners Court
Emmett Lack
Com
Hugh Bevil Means
Com. Howard Barrington
Means
Frank McClanahan
Cyril J. Thorn
Silsbee
Frank Carpenter
Sour Lake
Don J L. Harrison
Wotaw
Stella Prices
Lack
Hardin County Welfare Department
Texas Department of Public Welfare
Gladys Hampton
Nackadoches
Fox
State Welfare Department
Hardin County
Roger Ratliff
Hardin County Bar Association
Youth Council Seeks Library Funds in Downtown Drive
Silsbee Youth Council will collect donations for the new library at multiple downtown locations including the post office traffic signals Silsbee State Bank and Pine Plaza entrances. The drive runs 9 am to 5 pm on Saturday April 18 and Saturday April 25 with a goal of dimes and dollars for support. Officers listed are Ellen Buchnan president Charles Landsball vice president and Patty Schnaithman recording secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Youth Council
Silsbee Library
Silsbee State Bank
Pine Plaza
Ellen Buchnan
Charles Landspall
Patty Schnaithman
Two Woods Fires Reported In Week
Silsbee volunteers fought two woods fires during the week. On April 8 a blaze four miles east of Silsbee on US 96 required four trucks and 11 men to control. A second fire eight miles north of Silsbee on the old Spurger highway was tackled by two trucks at 9 45 a m on April 9. Fire Chief John Busby reported the incidents on April 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
John Busby
US 96
Spurger Highway
Six Wrecks Reported in Three Days by Police
Police report six traffic wrecks over three days in the city. On Saturday 6:11 p.m. a 1964 Ford driven by Deoise Dixon, 18, struck a 1965 Ford driven by Cynthia Williams Ard, 17, injuring the left side of the Ard car. Dixon cited for failure to yield. Later that afternoon Fate Ard, 61, driving a 1966 Comet, was damaged when hit by Craddie Phillips, 41, who was cited for failure to yield. Earlier at 2:15 p.m. Lamar Y Barbo investigated a rear collision at North Fifth and Avenue 6 between a 1968 Mercury driven by Susan Stanard, 18, and a 1965 Oldsmobile driven by Ronnie Brashier, 20. Brashier cited for following too closely. Damage totaled about 600 to the two cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Merrill
Lamar Y’barbo
Ford
de Oise Dixon
Cynthia Williams Ard
Avenue G
Division St
Merrill
Dixon
Fate E. Ard
Fred
Craddie N. Phillips
Silsbee
Highway 92
Payne Road
Phillips
Lamar O'Barbo
North Fifth
Avenue 6
Mercury
Susan Lee Stanard
Ronnie Lee Brashier
Y'Barbo
Brashier
Olds
O’barbo
Lumberton High Girls Volleyball Eyes Regional Title
Lumberton High School girls volleyball advances to the regional championship in San Marcos after claiming their second straight bi-district title over Somerville with 15-8 and 15-11 wins. The team roster includes Jeri dams, Beverly Frayter, Connie Moses, Cindy Hargraves, Connig Wych, Beck Baggett, Linda Lawrence, Debbie Parker, Marylyn Sturrock, Sheelan Budke, and Karen Larkin. Coach Cynthia Carmichael leads the Raider squad.
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Lumberton High School
San Marcos
Somerville
Jeri Dams
Beverly Frayter
Connie Moses
Cindy Hargraves
Connig Wych
Beck Baggett
Linda Lawrence
Debbie Parker
Marylyn Sturrock
Sheelan Budke
Karen Larkin
Cynthia Carmichael
Kountze High School
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Sisd Board
Baker and _ Shine
Weeks Crawford
Joe Hignett
Herman, Adams Jr
O’neil
Silsbee High School
Phyllis Head
Jewel Barnett
Jack Michael Phillips
Joyce Player
O'Neil
Dagma Rudisaile
Read Turrentine
Billie McNeely
L. H. Williams
Donald R. Baker
Robinson School
Union OK
Evans
Council
Texas Highway Department
Ronald Hickerson
Darrell D. Shine
D. D
Universal Electric Construction Co
Jack Dreddy Chevrolet
Richard Jones
City Planning Commission
Horace Whittington
J. C. Busby
Emil O. Slavik
Ideath
Sam P. Copeland
Prince Hall Villa
United States Department of Agriculture
South 14Th Street
Avenue K
H. L. Lackey
Silsbee Public Library
Hickerson
Texas Water Quality Control Board
Austin
South
Commissioners
H. T. Horka
Youth Council
Pat Eppes
Vivian Whittington
Maryvonne Fredien
Ann Benson
Frank Singletary
Miss Eppes
Ross*Eppes
Miss Whittington
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