Unit Road Referendum Election Set For June 10
Hardin County Commissioners set a June 10 referendum on the Optional Road Law of 1947 to decide if a county engineer should be hired to coordinate road maintenance. Absentee voting opens May 22 at the County Clerk in Kountze and runs to June 6.
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Hardin County Commissioners Court
Kountze
Bob Kerr
Virgil Caraway
Barrington
Hugh Bevil Means
Dwayne Overstreet
Overstreet
Texas Secretary of State
Trustees Elect '72-73 Officers for Silsbee ISD
Silsbee Independent School District elected officers for 1972 73 at an April 12 meeting Sworn in were Horace Whittington and R F Sanford as Place One and Place Two trustees J E Farmer became board president with C R Baker and C B Stevens as vice president and secretary respectively The board also approved a teacher evaluation petition drive summer school and a six week recreation program for grades 4 12 and named a screening committee for the 2000 ONeill Scholarship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Independent School District
Horace Whittington
R. F. Sanford
Whittington
Sidney Dauphin
Grady Walters
Sanford
R. L. Paret
J. E. Farmer
C. R. Baker
C. B. Stevens
Don L. Hough
Paret
Martha Buchanan
Hough
Stevens
Baker
W. J. Poshataske
Earl B. Stover
Poshataske
Stover
SHS
Supt Hough
The
BEE
John Meade
Weeks Crawford
Jor Hignett
Joanne la Toof
Masons To Meet In Silsbee Lodge April 26 1972
A called communication of Silsbee Lodge No. 927 A F and A M will convene Wednesday night April 26 1972 at 7 30 pm at the Masonic Temple in Silsbee for work in the F C degree. All Master Masons are invited per worshipful master J L King and secretary D L Webb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Lodge
A. F
A. M
Masonic Temple
Silsbee
J. L. King
D. L Webb
Silsbee High names 1972 valedictorian and top scholars
SHS principal Weeks Crawford announced Marsha Hinkie as valedictorian and Melinda Bell as salutatorian for the 1972 class. Cynthia Clopp and Phyllis Read follow in GPA, with Bennie Bodine named High Boy. Graduation is set for June 1 with further honors to be posted at the school.
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Marsha Hinkie
Melinda Bell
Silsbee High School
Principa
Weeks Crawford
The
BEE
Cynthia Clapp
Phyllis Read
Bob Bodine
Tommy Read
Satsuma
Miss Read
Future Secretaries Association
Jets Club
Student Council
National Thespian Society
Silsbee Youth Council
Bennie Bob Bodine
Harvey L. Bodine
South First
SHS
Crawford
IEEE
Rites For Mrs. Mamie Faggard 84 Held in Lumberton
Funeral services for Mrs. Mamie Faggard 84 of Lumberton were held at Loeb First Baptist Church with burial in Hooks Cemetery. She died Saturday at Schlesingers Geriatric Center. Survivors include son J B Faggard and daughter Mrs D A Gibson. A 22 mile March of Dimes Walk A Thon will start April 22 at Pine Plaza Shopping Center with proceeds to fund birth defect prevention.
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Mamie Faggard
Lumberton
Loeb First Baptist Church
James W. Bradford
van T. Lowe
Hooks Cemetery
Ron Billingsly
Houston
Silshee
James L. Hays
Silsbee
Pine Plaza
March For Dimes
Silsbee Proclaims Library Week April 19 22
Mayor James L Hays and the City Council declare Library Week for April 19 through 22 in Silsbee. The observance links National Library Week to local events at the Silsbee Public Library with students visiting for tours and story hours. A $1 voluntary library donation appears on water bills.
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Council
Silsbee
James L. Hays
Silsbee Public Library
Cash and Saddle Stolen in Silsbee Thefts Reported
Police investigated two separate thefts in Silsbee on April 16. George Corcoran reported $45 cash missing from his attic room after a burglary at 665 North Eighth, Apt. 3, while Lewis Jordan’s barn at 250 Fast Avenue G lost a saddle.
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Aaddie
Silsbee
Marvin Weber
Sammy Ruggles
James Fulgham
Weber
Ruggles
George Corcoran
North Eighth
Apt. 3
Sunayd
Complaintant
Lewis Jordan
Fast Avenue G
Jordans
Kountze Man Charged in Statutory Rape Indictment
Billy Fowler Jr., 39, of Kountze, was arrested on a Grand Jury indictment for statutory rape of a 14 year old girl. The charge, returned April 17, led to Fowler’s arraignment before Justice Ray Martin with bond set at 10,000 dollars. He is held in Hardin County Jail in lieu of bond.
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Kountze
Howard Grantham
Grantham
Billy Fowler Jr
Jesse Cartwright
Fowler
Justice of the Peace
Ray Martin
Hardin County
License Office To Close Friday In Silsbee For San Jacinto Day
The Driver's License Division office on Ernest Avenue in Silsbee will be closed Friday April 21 in observance of San Jacinto Day. It will reopen Monday April 24 for normal service.
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Ernest Avenue
Silsbee
Summer School Offers Up To One Semester Credit
Area students in grades 7 12 may earn up to one semester credit by attending Sils annual summer school program opening in June. Registration for the 1 week session is 8 a m Monday June 12 at the Junior High Auditorium. Local price is 40 for one credit 20 for half credit Out of district adds 5 per half credit up to 10 total. Driver education junior fee 35. Courses include English math history civics and related subjects. First period 7 30 to 10 30 second period 10 30 to 1 30.
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Sils
Audtorium
North Seventh
Thefts Hit Silsbee High Student and Truck Cab
Silsbee Police investigated thefts reported April 13 involving a $130 CB radio from a Petty Co truck cab left at J W Kings Mobil. A $19 wallet loss from Silsbee High School student Jimmy Womack also occurred in a PE locker after class.
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Silsbee
James Fulgham
the Bee
Kelly King
Lafayette
the Petty Co
Fletcher
J. W. King
Mobil
Morris Cole
Jimmy Womack
Silsbee High School
Cole
Ex Resident Arrested For Car Theft Across State Lines
A former Hardin County resident, Keith H. Fakins, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Ira Moore and Constable L. C. Kirk for auto theft. The 1971 Comet was allegedly stolen from Mooresville on April 4. Fakins was held in Hardin County Jail awaiting FBI action after arrest in Wildwood.
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Hardin Counts
FBI
Ira Moore
L. C. Kirk
Kirk
Moore
Keith H. Fakins
Forest Grove
Ind
Mooresville
Hardin County
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Eakins
Wildwood
Hardin County Tax Office reports near perfect 1970 audit
Hardin County 1970 tax roll nearly flawless with a one cent discrepancy in total charges of 82323.03. The State Comptroller's Office audit, April 12–14, credited improved bookkeeping and new funds created since 1971 for easier accountability.
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Hardin County
State Comptroller's Office
Fred Anders
Anders
Jeanette McCreight
Hardin County Tax Office
Glen Foreman
Leon Mavad
Houston
Comptroller's Office
24 Year-Old Dies in Collision with Truck on US 69
Charlie James Matthews aged 24 died instantly when his Toyota station wagon rear ended a heavy tractor trailer six miles north of Kountze on US 69. Truck owned by Cherokee Lumber Co. of Honey Island was loaded with lumber. Graveside rites were held at Bean Cemetery in Kirbyville. He is survived by his wife Elsie, parents, siblings, and grandmother.
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Charlie James Matthews
Wayne Pullen
Pullen
US 69
Kountze
Matthews
Leroy Exton
Thicket
Cherokee Lumber Co
Honey Island
Justice of
Charlie Lambert
Hardin County
Billy Paine
Bean Cemetery
Kirbyville
Elsie Matthews
Hubert Matthews
Tony Matthews
Margaret Burdette
Carolyn Moore
Joyce Beaver
Nell Richardson
Silsbee
Nola Morgan
Houston
Six Nabbed in Marijuana Roundup
Six people were arrested on marijuana possession charges by Deputy Jesse Cartwright on April 15 at about 12 45 a m on Bragg Road near Saratoga. The six suspects Cecil Davi Crow Terry Neal Thomas Vivian Ferguson Mary Beth Oglesbee Alfred Lynn Gallande and Donna J Fritsch all of different states were released on 5000 bond each. Officers reportedly confiscated about two ounces of cut marijuana and seeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Poins
Cecil Davi Crow
Terry Neal Thomas
Vivian Ferguson
Mary Beth Oglesbee
Saratoga
Alfred Lynn Gallande
Hull
Donna J Fritsch
Houston
Paine
Jesse Cartwright
Bragg Road
Hardin County
All Silsbee Schools Evacuated Over Bomb Threat
A caller, allegedly a young person, directed bomb threats to six Silsbee schools between 1:55 and 2:15 pm on April 13. Officers, fire department members, and school staff evacuated campuses while searches were conducted. none found any devices.
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Silsbee
Morris Cole
James Fulgham
Cole
Fulgham
Johnny Price
Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
Silsbee Junior High
Voters Set for May 6 Democratic Primary in Hardin County
About 14 751 Hardin County citizens are eligible to vote in the May 6 Democratic primary based on April 5 registration totals. Registration runs year round and closes 30 days before an election. The run-off registration for June 3 is underway with a May 4 deadline at the Tax Office and county stations.
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Hardin County
Fred Anders
Seven Silsbee Men Indicted in April 7 Rape Case
Seven Silsbee men face charges from the April 7 rape of a 62 year old woman in Hardin County. District Attorney reports 13 true bills and 2 no-bills from the April term grand jury. Indicted: Michael Shaw 18 Tommy White 28 Eldredge Carter 26 Dexter Waddell 23 Billy Haynes 17 Charles Dixon 25 Frank Howard 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Hardin County Grand Jury
Michael Dwayne Shaw
Tommy Earl White
Eldredge Carter
Dexter Wadell
Wgs Ap
Billy Joe Haynes
Charles Ray Dixon
Frank Howard
Howlard
Charlie Tyson
Kountze
C. W. Applewhite
Willie Lee Marshall
Leo Bryant
Billy Fowler Sr
Jack Baker
Betty Davis
Statuatory Rape Charge Filed Apr 16 in Hardin County
Norman Lynn Hollyfield, 17, of Silsbee, is held in Hardin County Jail on a rape charge involving a 13-year-old girl. An accomplice, arraigned on aiding and abetting, is free on 2000 dollar bond. Authorities say the case is under District Attorney Paul Watts investigation.
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Silsbee
Hardin County
Billy Paine
Paine
Norman Lynn Hollyfield
Paul Watts
Justice of the Peace
Charly Lambert
Hollyfield
Jesse Cartwright
Don Merrill
Wayne Pullen
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Unit Road
Howard Barringston
Emmett Lack
Ray Edmondson
Frank Swain
Swain
Gladys Rhodes
Jeanette van Winkle
Katie M. Burford
Juanita Stover
Masons
Hinkie
Jarrell B. Hinkie
North Carolina State University
Pulp and Paper Foundation, Inc
Melinds Bell
Emma Dean Bell
South
Dorothy Mae Clopp
Tyler County
Cynthia Clopp
Walk
Bob Flores
Silsbee State Bank
First National Bank
City Hall
National Book Committee Inc
American Library Association
America
Marguerite Horka
R. Eugene, Jonte
Irene McGowan
Jimmy Jeffrey
Evadale
Fred
Silsbee Elementary
Silsbee Little Theater
Kirby Elementary
Fred and
C. Matthews
Bobby Oxyden
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