Seven Silsbee Residents Arrested on Marijuana Charges
Seven men from Silsbee were arrested July 28 29 and 30 on marijuana possession charges with one case involving sale. Jasper Lewis 44 surrendered on warrants and faced a 30000 bond. Six others including Philbrick Hill 17 and Wesley Wooten 20 were held or bonded on possession and sale charges. County city cooperation led to the arrests with more cases pending.
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Silsbee
Bob L. Ogden
Hardin County
Billy Paine
Jasper Lewis
East Avenue G
Leonard Leroy Crain
Ervin Charles Wilson
Wesley Wooten
South 12Th Street
Marvin Lee Lewis
Dardin Drive
Justice of the Peace
Ray Martin
Ogden
Football Ticket Sale To Begin On Aug. 14
Football tickets go on sale for season ticket holders August 14 through August 18 at the School Administration Office from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Assistant Superintendent Bruce Watts announced. Season tickets for new buyers go on sale August 25, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Prices: season set 10.50 for six home games. away game tickets adults 1.75, students 50 cents. no student tickets at the gate.
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W. Ave. H
Supt
Bruce
Watts
Five Hurt In 3 Accidents On July 27
Three auto accidents investigated by Highway Patrolman Jim Baldwin on July 27 injured five people, two seriously. Elton Edwards 18 and David Shoulders 17 were hospitalized in Silsbee with Edwards in critical condition after Edwards lost control of a 1957 Chevrolet pickup on US 69 near the Kountze Y. Others treated and released include Barbara Ann Johnsson 24 of Silsbee after a collision on US 69 near Cook's Lake Road with a Hardin County dump truck, and a second two-vehicle crash near Beaucourt on US 96 involving Bob Cravey 53 and Basil Applebee 57 of Silsbee. Ed Roberts 20 and his passenger were uninjured.
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Jim Baldwin
Elton Edwards
South 21St Street
Silsbee
David Shoulders
Apt
Prince Hall Villa
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Edwards
Baldwin
US 69
Kountze “Y
the Bee
Bob Cravey
Basil Applebee
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Beaurmont
US 96
Cravey
Edwin Lynn Roberts
Roberts
St. Elizabeth
Barbara Ann Johnsson
Kirby Street
Hardin County
Hardy Victoria
Sour Lake
Beaumont
Cook’s Lake Road
Silsbee High School 1972 Varsity Football Schedule
Silsbee High School shows the 1972 District 10-AAA varsity football slate with opponents Strake Jesuit Klein Cleveland Huntsville Liberty Bridge City Stephen F. Austin Little Cypress West Orange Jasper and a Homecoming marker. Home games are noted as Here, away as There.
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Silsbee High School
Strake Jesuit
Houston
Klein
Cleveland
Huntsville
Liberty
Bridge City
Stephen F. Austin
Arthur
Little Cypress
West Orange
Jasper
Iron’s Stroke
Jesuit
Silsibee
Landgraf Honored at Fort Riley ROTC Camp
Texas A M cadet John F Landgraf of Silsbee earned a platoon leadership award at the Army ROTC summer camp at Fort Riley Kansas. He led his TAMU platoon with the highest leadership index among 2 400 cadets and 18 TAMU cadets were recognized in the Fifth U S Army camp.
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College Station
John F Landgraf
Silsbee
Fort Riley
Kan
Corps of Cadets
Texas A&m University
TAMU
Landgraf
L. P
Hedge named president of Lake Cities Bank at Lake Dallas
Jack D. Hedge of Silsbee, vice president of First National Bank, is named president of the new Lake Cities State Bank at Lake Dallas to open in about 90 days. He plans to leave Aug 14 for the post. his wife Jo Hedge will accompany him. Hedge has a long civic record in Silsbee and holds Army Reserve rank Lieutenant Colonel. The bank will start with $600000 capitalization in the Dallas area town of about 2000 residents.
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Jack Hedge
Lake Dallas Bank
First National Bank
Lake Cities State Bank
Lake Dallas
Roger L. Roper
Hedge
Silsbee
Texas Highway Department
First National
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanis Club
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Silsbee Planning Commission
City Health Board
Association For Retarded Children
U. S. Army
Beaumont A&m
Texas A&m ‘Former Students Association
First Baptist Church of
Jo Hedge
Thhe City
Silsbee Insurance Agency
Dallas
Lake Cities Bank
Local Pension Checks Increase Across Hardin County
Social Security raises will boost Hardin County benefits by about 928000 annually with a new average of 1289 dollars per recipient next year. The 1971 local total rises from 4644000 to about 5572000 as checks begin arriving in October with no new tax until 1971. John Spillar, former Silsbee President and Pine Hills pro, broke bones in a fall and is hospitalized in Beaumont.
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New York
Hardin County
Social Security Administration
Congress
John Spillar
Silsbee
Pine Hills Country Club
Woodville
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Spillar
Silsbee Students Honor Roll At Texas Woman's University
Denton Texas Texas Woman s University announced spring semester honor rolls led by Dr Leslie R Kreps Vice president for Academic affairs. Silsbee residents Cynthia Edgar and Martha Skinner made the all A list and special honor roll. Edgar is a sophomore nursing major on the all A list Skinner a freshman music major.
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Denton
Texas
Texas Woman's University
Leslie R Kreps
Cynthia Edgar
Martha Skinner
Silsbee
Edgar
Rt. 2
Silsbee prepares for fall term with staged registrations
Assistant Superintendent Bruce Wattson announced the Silsbee School District will open August 7 offices and hold a staggered high school registration on August 21 from 8 am to 2 pm. New students register August 7 through 15 with parental attendance and records.
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Silsbee
Bruce Wattson
Lamar Names Eight Associate Professors for Fall
Lamar University announces promotion of eight assistant professors to associate professor for the fall term. Dr Marilyn Georgas of English, serving since 1963, will join the group. Georgas holds BA Sam Houston MA Lamar and PhD Texas. sponsors Pulse. active in community groups. lives in Silsbee with husband Paul Georgas and two sons.
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Beaumont
Lamar University
John E. Gray
Lamar
Marilyn Georgas
Georgas
Sam Houston
University of Texas
Pulse
Silsbee
First United Methodist Church
Silsbee Woman's Chorus
Paul Georgas
Cravens Insurance Agency
Fires Kept Silsbee Volunteers Busy Last Week
Fire Chief Russell Busby reported a string of fires attended by Silsbee volunteers. Calls included grass and mattress fires on Lindsey Road and Redbud, a gasoline blaze after a pulpwood truck rollover near town, a cooking fire at 315 Ike's Lane, with no serious injuries or property loss observed.
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Silsbee
Russell Busby
Lindsey Road
Busby
Jean Wood
Redbud
Jefferson Holmes
Beaumont
Holmes
Joe Permenter
Ike's Lane
Softball Tourney Opens in Silsbee With Men’s League
The Hardin County Softball League began its season in Silsbee on July 31, with twelve teams vying for elimination spots on Aug. 7 and 8. Games run Monday to Saturday at 6 and 7 30 p.m. at Silsbee High School diamond. Officials Harold Cammack and Fred Seaman invited interested players to call for team formation.
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Hardin County
Silsbee
Harold Cammack
Fred Seaman
Cammack
Silsbee High School
Silsbee Jr. High
Drugs and cash stolen from Silsbee Convalescent Center
Silsbee Police Chief reports theft of narcotics cash and personal items from patients at Silsbee Convalescent Center. Items missing include about 50 dollars in drugs 75 dollars in cash and jewelry and cologne. Robbery occurred July 27 28 and the case was under investigation.
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Silsbee Convalescent Center
Silsbee
Bob L. Ogden
Ogden
the Bee
Margie Anders
BEE
Bike Safety School To Be Held Aug 11
Young Silsbee bicyclists can test riding skill and earn Texas DPS cards in a bicycle rodeo led by DPS Sgt. Robert Hulin of Beaumont. The event at Silsbee Junior High will begin at 9 a.m. with classroom safety instruction followed by riding skill tests and bicycle safety inspections. Riders completing the course receive Junior Highway Patrol Bicycle Safety Club membership. Registration starts at 9 a.m. and refreshments will be served.
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Silsbee
Texas Department of Public Safety
DPS
Robert Hulin
Beaumont
City of
Silsbee Municipal Police Association
Cesar Dominguez
Silsbee Junior High School
North Seventh
Set Hulin
Junior Highway Patrol Bicycle Safety Club
Dominguez
Evadale Oldtimers Reunion Set At School Aug 13
Clarence P. Cowart of First State Bank of Jasper will speak at the Evadale Oldtimers Reunion on Sunday Aug. 13 at Evadale School. Registration starts at 10 am and a basket lunch at 1 pm. Residents and former Evadale residents are invited.
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Clarence P. Cowart
First State Bank of
Jasper
Evadale Oldtimers
Evadale School
R. E. Burrell
Evadale
M. M. Bell
Hillister Man Shot In Fred Not At Home
A correction from The Silsbee Bee states that Jasper Thomas Dowden 38 of Hillister was shot to death July 21 not at his Hillister home but at Virgil Peck’s home in Fred. Robert Earl Peck 28, son of Virgil Peck, is charged with the shooting. Dowden’s death and the shooter’s identity are clarified. Don L. Hough recuperates after heart surgery without relation to the shooting.
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THE
Sillbee Bee
Jasper Thomas Dowden
Hillister
Tyler County
B. J. Vardeman
Dowden
Virgil Peck
Fred
Robert Earl Peck
BEE
Don L. Hough
Silsbee Schools
Methodist Hospital
Houston
Silsbee Man Charged In Two Burglaries
Willie Ard a 22 year old from Silsbee faces two burglary charges after July 27 arrests on Brittonville Road north of Silsbee. He is held on a $20,000 bond, with $10,000 set for each burglary count, for alleged break ins at a Kountze service station and a Lumberton grocery. Two suspects remain at large.
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Willie Ard
Silsbee
Hardin County
Billy Paine
The
BEE
Paine
Ard
Brittonville
Howard Grantham
Ira Moore
Don Merrill
Everett Smith
Kountze
Lumberton
Justice of the Peace
Rex Moore
Probation Officer Charges Means With Assault
Hardin County commissioner Hugh Bevil Means was charged with simple assault by probation officer Spencer Honey after an argument at the Courthouse. Means appeared before Kountze Justice C A Kimball, pled not guilty, and posted a 300 dollar bond.
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Hardin County
Pct
Hugh Bevil Means
Spencer Honey
Billy Paine
BEE
Inent
Paine
Four Sentenced in Burglary Cases by 88th District Court
Four men pled guilty to burglary charges in Judge H A Coe 88th District Court. W H Woods 33 and Richard Rozell 34 of Houston were each sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary for the Hardin County Auto Parts burglary, represented by Jack McGaffey. Mack Warner Jr 19 of Silsbee received four years for the Frank Gore residence burglary and had a four year probation revoked. his terms run concurrently. Wilbur Lee Guynes Jr 34 of Saratoga was sentenced to three years for auto burglary, with four years probation revoked. both Warner and Guynes were represented by Roger Ratcliff.
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H. A. Coe
Billy Paine
W. H. Woods
Richard Rozell
Houston
Hardin County Auto Parts Co
Kountze
Jack McGaffey
Mack Warner Jr
Silsbee
Warner
Guynes
Roger Ratcliff
Silsbee Tigers football workouts set for August 9
Conditioning workouts for Silsbee High Tiger gridders begin at 5 p.m. on Wednesday August 9 Coach Ray McGallion announced. Prospective players must report with completed physical forms by a physician before the first practice.
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Ray McGallion
Silsbee High Tiger
McGallion
Texas
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Lewis
City County
Philbrick Hill
John Landgraf
Ft. Riley
Jack D. Hedge of
Miss Skinner
Highway 96
Weeks Crawford
M. O. (Filla) Brown
Shady Acres Convalescent Center
Newton
Roy Martin
Oldtimers
Tiger
Associated First
Tigers
Bob Burgess
Texas Jaycee - Jaycee Ette
Red Carpet
Audie Maxwell
US 96 Hwy. 327
Nolan Burch
Vada Collins Payne
Hobson W. Boddie
Maxwell
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