Drastic County Budget Cuts Stabilize Road Funds
County Auditor Horace Moye warned a $200 000 Road and Bridge deficit may occur without changes. On July 25 commissioners shifted RS funds through June 30 1975 cutting sheriff fire and library allocations totaling about 79 000 and boosting road and bridge accounts. Further federal funds may arrive in Entitlement Six covering July 1975 to June 30 1976.
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Horace Moye
Sheriff’s Department
Moye
Sheriff's Department
Sheriff’s Office
Burglars Take Radio and Stereo From Silsbee Homes
Police report multiple burglaries on July 25 in Silsbee. Phillip Tucker's Lindsey Road home lost a car stereo and AM FM radio valued at 245 dollars after a window screen was removed. George Pearson’s 1970 Chevy behind a residence at 726 South US 96 was smashed for a radio and 240 dollars in damages. George Webster Thomas’s home at 1460 West Avenue J was ransacked with no items missing. Officer Hartman and Officer Allen investigated.
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Silsbee
Phillip P. Tucker
Darrell Hartman
Hartman
Tucker
Lindsey Road
George Pearson
Dennis Allen
South US 96
Allen
George Webster Thomas
West Avenue J
Thomas
Mrs Don L Hough Recovering After Surgery at St Elizabeth
Mr Hough reports Mrs Hough underwent surgery last week at St Elizabeth Hospital and is doing fine. She is expected to return home early this week.
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Don L. Hough
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Hough
Coast Guard Chief Boatswain's Mate Joins Fort Tilden Unit
Joseph L. Lyons, son of Mrs. B. Wise of Silsbee, has reported for duty at the Coast Guard station in Fort Tilden New York.
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Coast Guard
Joseph L. Lyons
B. Wise
Silsbee
Fort Tilden, N.Y
Haughts Visit Read Home In Lubbock This Week
Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Haught of Lubbock are visiting this week in the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Read.
Four Way Highway Project Aims at Lumberton By-Pass
Silsbee engineer Lester Landgraf says Texas Highway Department will let bids this month for a 1 million dollar widening and resurfacing project on US 96 from Walton Creek Bridge toUS 69 Lumberton. The plan adds two north and two southbound lanes with a center left turn lane, completing four lanes from Silsbee south to Beaumont except for two Lumberton bridges. The project serves as a stop gap until a US 96 bypass is built and requires no right of way.
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Silsbee
Beaumonton
US 96
Lester P. Landgraf
The
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Texas Highway Department
Austin
Walton Creek
Lumberton
Landgraf
T Said
Beaumont
Village Creek
Santa Fe
Lindsey Road
Silsbee High Dress Code to Stay Unchanged Since 1972
Silsbee High School will continue enforcing its dress and appearance code into the fall, based on a 1973 student council recommendation. The policy, last amended in 1972, applies to grades five through twelve in the Silsbee Independent School District and covers both girls and boys with specifics on modesty, footwear, and grooming.
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Silsbee High School
S. A. Wallace
The
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Silsbee Independent School
Kountze Woman Shot In Assault
A Kountze store clerk, Margaret A. Sanders, 29, was shot multiple times at Wizard Quick Stop in Beaumont. Joe Donald Sanders, 34, of Silsbee, estranged husband, was arraigned on an attempted murder charge with a $10,000 bond. Sanders remains in fair condition in St. Elizabeth Hospital ICU after surgery.
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Kountze
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Margaret A. Sanders
Joe Donald Sanders
Silsbee
The
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Village Creek drowning ends with accidental verdict
Ten year old Michael Ray Murray of 1030 Gerson Street drowned July 25 in Village Creek near the boat ramp after stepping or slipping into water over his head. Justice of the Peace Kyle Reeves ruled accidental death. Funeral services were held July 27 at First Pentecostal Church of Silsbee with burial in Cunningham Cemetery. Survivors include parents Lonnie and unnamed mother, two brothers Jerry and Steve, a sister Janice, all of Silsbee, and grandparents Hattie Spurlock and Eva Crawford.
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Justice of the Peace
Kyle Reeves
Michael Ray Murray
Village Creek
Murray
Lonnie Murray
Gerson Street
Baby Galvez Road
First Pentecostal Church of
Silsbee
C. M. Duplissey
J. L. Lee
Cunningham Cemetery
Jerry
Steve Murray
Janice Murray
Hattie Spurlock
Eva Crawford
Fred
Pedestrian and Motorcyclist Injured in July 25 Accidents
Two separate traffic incidents on July 25 left a Silsbee man and a Lambert rider injured. Ben Edward Odom, 20, of Silsbee, walked near US 96 in Lumberton when struck by Nancy Schrimscher, 18, of Beaumont driving a 1959 Volkswagen. Odom, treated and released from Baptist Hospital, was listed in good condition. Steven Richard Young, 24, of Silsbee, riding a Harley in Silsbee, suffered a fractured femur after a collision with a 1973 Chevrolet driven by Darkwood Johnston. Young underwent surgery at St Elizabeth Hospital and was later reported in satisfactory condition at Beaumont hospital.
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Silsbee and
Lambert
Beaumont
Danny Smith
The
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Ben Edward Odom
Silsbee
Lumberton
Nancy June Schrimscher
Rockwell
Lee Street
Smith
Odom
A. L. Burleson
Darkwood Johnston
Young
West 1 Avenue P
US 96
Woman Arrested In Silsbee For Firearm Offenses
Silsbee police arrested Lucille Matthews Smith on charges of unlawfully carrying a weapon and discharging a firearm in a public place after a July 4 shooting at the Keystone Club tavern. Det. James Fulgham found a small caliber chrome pistol in her car during questioning at about 10 30 am on July 30. The incident involved a shooting at 5 45 p.m. in which Charles Ray Parker was targeted. Smith was booked on both charges and not arraigned by Tuesday afternoon.
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Silsbee
James Fulgham
Dennis Allen
Lucille Matthews Smith
Bob Ogden
the Bee
Smith
Fulgham
Rites Held For Longtime Silsbee Resident Mrs Mary Richardson
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Richardson 86 longtime Silsbee resident were at Knapple Cemetery with John Martin and Al Glenn officiating. A native of Tyler County she lived at 16 W Avenue Silsbee until death from Doctors Hospital Friday. A former schoolteacher and Woodman Circle officer she was a church member and Eastern Star member.
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Mary Elizabeth Richardson
Silsbee
Knapple Cemetery
John Martin l
al Glenn
Woodman Circle
First Baptisit Church of
Eastern Star Pallbearers
SISD Trustees Postpone Bid Reading One Week
Silsbee Independent School District trustees push reading of bids for a 1.8 million district building program from July 30 to August 5 to give area builders more time to submit proposals. The next regular meeting targets August 14 after a public hearing on the 1974 75 SISD budget.
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SISD
Silsbee Independent School District Board of Trustees
Supt
Weeks Crawford
The
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Crawford
Silsbee School Tax Board Meets to Review Local Rolls
Seven local taxpayers and several industrial reps met with the Silsbee Independent School District Equalization Board on July 29 and 30. Tax assessor Roy Brewer said locals appeared Monday for roll review while July 30 brought industry representatives from Temple-Eastex Kirby Lumber Inesco Oil ARCO Transcontinental Pipeline Occidental Petroleum Gulf States Utilities Texas Eastern Coline Oil Shoe World of Houston. The trustees recently raised the assessment ratio to 75 percent. Brewer praised the board’s work and noted ongoing efforts to update the Tax Office. Equalization members are H. L. Lackey chair Marvin Davenport vice chair and Mrs. Gertrude Fields secretary.
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Silsbee Independent School District Equalization Board
Roy Brewer
Temple-Eastex
Kirby Lumber Corp
Inesco Oil Co
Atlantic-Richfield
Arco) Transcontinental Pipeline
Occidental Petroleum
Gulf States Utilities
Texas Eastern
Coline Oil Co
Shoe World of Houston
Board of Trustees
Brewer
Equalization Board
H. L. Lackey
Marvin Davenport
Gertrude Fields
Silsbee Football Season Ticket Sales Start Monday
Silsbee High School will sell season tickets for all home games to season ticket holders on Aug. 5 and 6 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the lobby on Hwy 327 East. Those new to season tickets can purchase reserved seats for the four home games on Aug. 8 and 9, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at $1.75 each. Unclaimed tickets go on sale Aug. 8 and 9 on a first come basis.
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Hwy
Raymond McGallion
Tiger
Silsbee SHS pre-register Aug 15 for 1974 fall term
SHS students entering grades nine through twelve may pick up class schedule cards on Thursday August 15 from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Classes start Monday August 19. New students must register the week of August 5–9 or report to the high school for re-registration. High school office open. in-service for SISD staff begins August 13.
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Silsbee Independent School
SHS
S. A. Wallace
Wallace
Silsbee
Sfall
SISD
Former Kountze Librarian Reported Doing Well After Release
Former Kountze School District librarian Mrs. Aline House, held six days as a hostage by convicts at Huntsville State Prison, was admitted to Huntsville Memorial Hospital and later reported “doing very well.” Hospital officials said her vital signs stabilized and she might have collapsed due to a chronic blood pressure issue rather than a heart attack. The 1963 to 1971 Kountze librarian was released by convict leader Fred Gomez Carrasco after falling ill during the siege. The article notes two other hostages were released and a third escaped, with ongoing questions about hospitalization updates. Meanwhile, Texas wedding plans are noted for Celeste Leonard’s August marriage to Steve Hotard in Morgan City, Louisiana.
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Huntsville
Mrs. House
Fred Gomez Carrasco
Carrasco
Huntsville State Prison
Bell Workers Vote Overwhelmingly for Possible Strike
More than 95 percent of Southwestern Bell employees in Silsbee and Beau mont Local 6139 approved a strike if national negotiations fail. The dispute covers about 750000 Bell System workers. Ballots were sent July 18 after a rejected contract offer.
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Bell
Silsbee Southwestern Bell
Beaumont Communication Workers
Area Bell
G. A. Graves
the Bee
Graves
Bell System
Silsbee
Warrants Sought for Two Men in Camp House Thefts
Hardin County deputies hunt a Silsbee man and a former Virginia resident on felony theft and auto theft charges. One suspect is also wanted in Virginia for armed robbery. Over $2,000 in goods were recovered from a suspect’s home after items were stolen from three Camp Miligway camps on July 23 and 26. A 1973 Chevrolet was stolen from George Fondren of Silsbee on July 27. The Virginia warrant involves a knife point car theft in Annadale.
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Hardin County
a_ Silsbee
Virginia
Mike Holzapfel
the Bee
Camp Miligway
Holzapfel
Morris Cole
P. T. Falcon
George Temple
George Fondren
Silsbee
Annadale
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THC
Hardin County Commissioners Court
Highway Department
Silsbee High
Michael Murray
Silsbee Post Office
Burleson
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Beaumont Hospital
Mary Richardson
Richardson
Huntsville State
Aline House
Leonhard
Dana
Nigeria
Africa
Celeste
Morgan City
Leonard
Bernard Parks
Steve Hotard
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