Man Charged With Murder In Silsbee Train Fatality
Steven Allan Hargrove, 25, of Silsbee, charged with murder in the April 18 shooting death of Johnny Reeves, also 25, of Silsbee. Hargrove was arrested at the Santa Fe yard, arraigned by Justice of the Peace Ray Martin with a $10,000 bond, and released after posting bail. Reeves, an Santa Fe Railroad engineer, was killed during a yard incident on the Evadale Buna run. The autopsy showed seven gunshot wounds. a Colt .25 pistol was recovered. Reeves’ funeral was held at Farmer Funeral Home with burial in Knupple Cemetery.
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Steven Allan Hargrove
Silsbee
Johnny van Reeves
Hargrove
Dennis Allen
Santa Fe
Reeves
Justice of the
Ray Martin
Lumberton
Hardin County
Bob L. Ogden
Ogden
Santa Fe Railroad
B. F. Newsom Jr
Paul Lewis
Newsom
Newsum
James Fulgham
Ronald Barnes
William Gilley
Farmer Funeral Home Chapel
R. E. Barclay
First Baptist Church
J. P. Stockman
Wildwood
Knupple Cemetery
John Milton Reeves Jr
Jerry Reeves
Marcus Roberts
Norman Lynn Wallace
Larry Wallace
Randy Wallace
Joyce Gattis Reeves
Dennis Gattis Reeves
Leslie O’lynn Reeves
M. E. Reeves
Kyle Reeves
Lynda Ingram
Tyler
Robbie
Jola Reeves
van Wallace
O Neil Intermediate School arson attempt reported
Silsbee police chief reports an apparent arson attempt at O Neil Intermediate School on Monday April 21. A bottle filled with a flammable liquid was found in a room near the east side auditorium with a fabric fuse lit. the bottle neck broke and liquid scorched the floor and wall.
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O'Neil Intermediate
Silsbee
Bob L. Ogden
The
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Marsha Billy Slaydon
Tur
Ogden
Slaydon
Herbert Muckleroy
Hardin County Commissioners to discuss landfill funding
Hardin County Commissioners plan Friday talks with Texas A&M official Carson Wait on grant funding for the county sanitary landfill system. The group also weighs bids for a rotor tiller, jail TV monitor system funded by the Southeast Texas Regional Planning Commission, and financing statement indexes for the County Clerk as part of an April 28 agenda.
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Hardin County
Buddy Moore
Emmett Lack
the Bee
Carson Wait
Texas A&m
State Health Department
Southland Paper Co
Moore
Port
Pet. Tw
Howard Barington
Pet
Sheriff's Office
South East Texas Regional Planning Commission
Math Teachers Council to Install New Officers
Mary Ellen Smith of Forest Park High School will be installed as president of the Sabine Area Council of Teachers of Mathematics at a 7:30 p.m. meeting April 29 in Lamar University’s O B Archer Physics Building Room 108. Jo Anne Hignett of Silsbee is named president elect and other officers include Brenda Greene secretary and Ervin Helen treasurer.
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Forest Park
Mary Ellen Smith
Jo Anne Hignett
Silseee
Brenda Greene
South Park
Ervin Helen
Beaumont
Dean Duffle
Silsbee
Silsbee Council Rejects Street Aid for Nursing Home Project
Abilene firm seeks $1,300 city street work to qualify for a $1,000,000 nursing home planned on 21st Street Sweatt Road and Highway 327 West. City votes 2-2. Mayor James L. Hays and Councilwoman I F Eldredge abstain. motion denied. City approves a $30,437 street repair program and reappoints boards. The council also rezones blocks for a proposed apartment complex and joins the Chamber of Commerce.
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Abilene
State Welfare Department
Silsbee
James L. Hays
I. F. Eldredge
Hays- Eldredge
R. W. McDonnell Construction Co
Frank Grote
John Fordinal
Eddie VanWinkle
David Shows
Hays
The
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VanWinkle
McDonnell Co
Houston
Council
Dauphin
Landalt Lane
West Avenue C
East Avenue H
Kiwanis Road
Roy Hill
Lee Miller
Cravens Drive
Bonner Street
Knupple Road
Santa Fe Park
Planning and Zoning Commission
Board of Equalization
Parks and Recreation
Building Board of Adjustments and Appeals
Zoning Board of Adjustments
Big Thicket Park
Hardin County
Big Thicket National Preserve
Silsbee Addiison
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
City to hold pet vaccination day in Silsbee
City of Silsbee sets May 1 at the Fire Hall on Avenue I for rabies vaccines from 4 to 6 p.m. The event, announced by Finance Director Cesar Dominguez, charges four dollars per dog and one dollar for a dog tag. Dogs without vaccination and tag may be impounded per city ordinance.
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City of Silsbee
Silsbee
Avenue I
Cesar Dominguez
Dominguez
Lumberton Primary Endorses Right To Read Program
Lumberton Primary School and three other Region V schools were selected for the national Right To Read program. A steering committee led by Dr Betsy Nes and Dr Philip Allen coordinates school and community efforts to help every child reach reading potential.
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Lumberton
Region V
Betty Nes
Philip Allen
Fred Morgan
Rosemary Dale
Sharon Hollis
Edith Segura
June Buel
Carolyn McAlister
Sherri Ray
Linda Lang
Orelia Robbins
Nancy Erwin
Dorothy Kirkpatrick
Lois Hart
Texas Education Agency
Burglary Trial Hearings Open in Woodville
Rebuttal testimony continued in Woodville for Ronald Louis Eaves 27 of Silsbee in a burglary case tied to nine counts filed in Tyler County last year. Hardin County Sheriff Billy Paine said Eaves and his wife allege mistreatment in custody including starvation claims and a police chief accused of kicking Mrs Eaves to pressure signing papers. Officers testifying included Deputy Ira Moore Jail Cook Mrs Ira Moore Jailer Marshall Frazier and Silsbee Police Chief Bob Ogden along with Detective James Fulgham.
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Woodville
Ronald Louis Eaves
Silsbee
Hardin County
Billy Paine
The
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Paine
Eaves
Tyler County
Ira Moore
Marshall Frazier
Betty Odom
Bob Ogden
SPD
James Fulgham
Grass and woods fires answered by Silsbee volunteers
Silsbee Volunteer Firemen reported three grass and woods fires this week. Fire Chief Russell Busby said the first blaze occurred at 3:13 a.m. April 17 off Gore's Store Road north of Silsbee. The other two followed on April 20, one at 3:19 p.m. near Enchanted Forest subdivision off FM 418 and another at 4:53 p.m. near Avenue B in the city.
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Silsbee
Russell Busby
Gore’s Store Road
Enchanted Forest
FM 418
Avenue B
Vandals Fire Into E M Simmons Appliance Co
A door glass was shot at the E M Simmons Appliance Co in Jefferson County. Police reported fragments damaged several televisions on display and the incident was investigated at 7 40 am on April 19 by Officer Ralph Osborne.
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Vreser
Bob Ogden
Ralph Osborne
Jefferson County
Silsbee
Gary Morvent
Cozellier
Shaw
Bullock
Ross Baker Jr
Grand Jury Indicts 12 in Hardin County April Term
The Hardin County April Term Grand Jury returned twelve indictments on April 18. Four names are known: Stanley Walker Crosby for aggravated assault on a peace officer, June Hardy of Kountze for aggravated assault, Tommy Owens of Silsbee for burglary, and Daniel Camacho of Silsbee for burglary. Other six at large face burglary with intent to commit theft and two at large for burglary. No bills status withheld from reporters.
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Hardin County
The
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Foreman Lenox Hawthorne
Stanley Walker Crosby
June Hardy
Kountze
Tommy Owens
Silsbee
Daniel Camacho
88Th District Clerk's Office
County Receives $222.85 From Drink Taxes
The Austin Comptroller issued $2.3 million to 293 cities and 184 counties for the local share of mixed drink taxes collected in Q1. Hardin County received $222.85 while the remaining 70 percent, about $5.7 million, goes to the state's general revenue.
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Austin
Bob Bullock
Harding County
Harding County 88th District Court June Docket 68 Cases
The Harding County 88th District Court schedules 68 criminal cases for weeks of June 9 to June 30. Listed are cases including State vs. Haynes for robbery by assault, several murders, arson, thefts, burglary, marijuana and LSD possession, DWI charges, forgery, and other felonies with special set dates in June 1975.
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Criminal Court
Harding County
Aline Harper
Kelso Haynes
Elbert White
Charles E. Whittle
David Preston Hall
Thomas Ray Weidman
Lloyd A. Gillespie
Wesley Wooten
R. C. Davis
William Lee Bundrant
David L. Reeves
James Edward Goins
Harry James Kenner
Henry Releford Jr
Joseph Herman Walker Jr
Clinton Leonard Mosley
Marijjuana
Robert Michael McWilliams
Neal Williford
Lownell Lowe
Ronald Dean Erwin
Silsbee High Trackmen Advance To Regional
Silsbee High School track coach Char lie Woodard announced regional qualifiers for the Silsbee Trackmen. Johnny Stepnik leads in the shot put with a best of 55 feet 2 1/2 inches, earning a chance at state. he placed first in the district and will compete at Huntsville Saturday April 26. The district placed Silsbee fifth. Jasper won the meet with Liberty, Bridge City, West Orange, and Little Cypress also placing high.
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Johnny Stepnik
Charlie Woodard
SHS
Stepnik
Sour Lake
Hardin-Jefferson High
Huntsville
Jonathon Cornwell
Silsbee
Little Cy
Jasper
Liberty
Bridge City
West Orange Silsbee
Little Cypress
Woodard
Rob Georgas
Leonard Scott
Tommy Golden
Artie Shankle
George Thomas
Doug Almond
George McDonald
Don Muckleroy
Voters OK Both Issues On Ballot In Hardin County
Hardin County turnout reached 10 percent of 15 000 registered voters with 1 252 for and 296 against Amendment No 1 raising retirement benefits for teachers and public employees. Amendment No 2 boosting lawmakers salaries and per diem and travel costs passed statewide with 1 041 in Hardin County for and 541 opposed out of 1 548 votes on April 22.
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Hardin County
Texas
Harlin
Clarence McNeely
Masons To Meet For B A Degree Work
Silsbee Lodge No. 927 AF and AM schedules a Thursday night meeting on April 24 at 7 30 at the Masonic Temple on W Avenue H for work in the B A degree All Masons invited to attend.
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Communication of
Silsbee Lodge No
Masonic Temple
W. Avenue H
Hodges promoted to Army specialist four in Germany
Wesley C Hodges son of Mr and Mrs C H Hodges of Silsbee has been promoted to Army specialist four while serving as a scout with the 8th Infantry Division in Mannheim Germany
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Wesley C. Hodges
C. H. Hodges, Silsbee
Mannheim
Germany
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Silsbee High
Paula Taylor
Vickie Breaux
Paul Shepherd
Lisa Breaux
Diane Davis
S. A. Wallace
Wallace
Steven A. Hargrove
Fifth Street
Martin
O’neil
Sidney Dauphin
Hickerson
E. M. Simmons Appliance Co
Cynthia Viator Segrest
Prentice Dickerson
Gene Franklin Smith
Dwi
John Carlisle Johnson
Mack C. Young
Jimmy Lee Kelley
Sylvester McLaurin
Dennis Tanton
T. J. Apperson
Roger Dale Ruggles
Morris Drew Tidwell
Habitation Jary
Onis Harrell
Raymond Franklin Baltrip
Michael Owen Smith
Paul Chambless
Charles David Swor Jr
Steven Allen Baldwin
Sammy M. Brown
Jimmy Fregia
Judy Rawls Franklin
Gregory Allen Franklin
Marion Anderson
Carl James Tynes
Robert Thomas Cunningham Jr
Franklin R. Fielde, Jr
Michael Cunningham
Nelda Parrish
Peggy Biano
Hiram T. Williford
Millard Marion Brewer
Larry James Harmon
J. R. Simmons
Richard Young
William George Thompson
Masons
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