Charles Jones Drowns In Neches River Friday
Charles Edward Jones, 47, drowned Friday while swimming in the Neches River near Brushy Bluff. His funeral was held Sunday at the Farmer Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. J A Hendrix officiating. Burial followed in Resthaven Cemetery. Jones is survived by three sons, two daughters, his parents, a sister, and three grandchildren.
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Lumberton and Silsbee Volunteer Fire Departments
Neches
Brushy Bluff
Charles Edward Jones
Jones
Liberty County
Farmer Funeral Home
J. A. Hendrix
First Assembly of God Church
Resthaven Cemetery
John Myers
Gladys Strickland
Pair Charged With $1,500 Tool Theft
Two men Cecil C. Gieger and Merle Capron were arrested in Kountze after about $1,500 worth of mechanic tools were found in their car. They face burglary charges in Lumberton Justice of the Peace court and are held on $1,000 bonds in Hardin County jail.
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Hardin County
Kountze
Walter Ray Overstreet
The
BEE
Overstreet
Dale Smith
Cecil C. Gieger
Merle Clare Capron
Galveston
Lumberton
Justice of the Peace
J. M. Bowman
Gieger
Rip Crosby
No Area Draft Call For August Six For Physicals
There will be no area draft call for August 1970, Texas Local Board 86 announced this week. Only six local men have been ordered to report for armed forces physicals on August 6: Steven Gary Madeley of Silsbee, Larry Raymond Keen and Jimmy Wayne Ray of Liberty, John Thomas Wheeler of Cleveland, Kenneth Wayne Cotten of Mont Belvieu, and Dexter James Viator of Winnie.
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Texas Local Board 86
Selective Service System of Liberty
Steven Gary Madeley
Silsbee
Larry Raymond Keen
Jimmy Wayne Ray
Liberty
John Thomas Wheeler
Cleveland
Kenneth Wayne Cotten
Mont Belview
Dexter James Viator
Winnie
Carl Gibbs 86 Dies in Beaumont
Carl Gibbs 86 of 4195 Milam died Tuesday afternoon at Schlesinger Geriatric Center in Beaumont. A retired railway expressman, he had previously lived in Silsbee. Survived by wife Mae Gibbs of Beaumont and son Col. Asa B. Gibbs of Satellite Beach Florida.
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Carl Gibbs
Milam
Schlesinger Geriatric Center
Gibbs
Silsbee
Mae Gibbs
Beaumont
Col
Asa B. Gibbs
Satellite Beach
Fla
City Police Nab 13 Juvenile Offenders In July
Silsbee Police arrested 13 juveniles in July, ages 12 to 16, for various offenses. Police Chief Edgar Blood called the month an unprecedented rise. Offense reports show shoplifting, malicious mischief, auto theft, alcohol possession, traffic violations, and city ordinance violations.
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Silsbee Police
Edgar Blood
the Bee
Junior High Band Rehearsals Begin Monday
Silsbee Junior High School Band schedules rehearsals to start Monday morning August 19 at the Jr High Band building. 7th grade marching practice runs 8:00 to 10:00, followed by a 10:00 to 10:30 break and 10:30 to 12:00 playing practice for the full band. Drum Major Teresa Scott. twins Penny Greenwood Joan Schnaithman Phyllis Rowles. Roy Bean director with Abram Miles as assistant.
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Silsbee
Teresa Scott
Twinneys
Penny Greenwood
Joan Schnaithman
Phyllis Rowles
Roy Bean
Abram Miles
Belt family visits Houston at Ashworth home
Mrs. L. W. Belt and grandson David Ashworth visit Houston staying with Mr. and Mrs. Leon Ashworth and family during the trip.
Silsbee Redistricting Group Plans Meeting Today
A Silsbee citizens group advocating Hardin County redistricting meets at 5 p.m. today in the Hardin County Savings & Loan clubroom. Attys Earl B. Stover and Roger Ratliff will discuss the suit filed in U.S. District Court at Beaumont to force redisctricting and explain preliminary hearings set for Aug. 27 before Judge Joe Fisher. Invited are parties to the suit and others interested in equal county representation.
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Silsbee
Hardin County
Hardin County Savings & Loan Clubroom
Robert A. Scott
Earl B. Stover
Roger Ratliff
U.S. District Court
Beaumont
Commissioners Court
Joe Fisher
Scott
Federal District Court
Federal District
Lumberton School Opens August 17 with Assigned Registration
Lumberton Schools plan classes to start August 17 and bus service will run on schedule. Superintendent Nelson Eichman announced registration for high school on August 12 in the cafeteria with grade specific times and an eighth grade registration on August 13 from 8 to 10 a.m. Seventh graders report to the experimental building on August 17.
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Lumberton
Nelson Eichman
Summer Reading Program Deadline Set at Silsbee Library
Silsbee Public Library urges 200 students through eighth grade to finish reading lists and return them by Monday August 31 to qualify for Texas Library Board certificates. Individual certificates available after September 1. July 1970 circulation rose to 4411, beating June 1969 records.
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Silsbee Public Library
H. T. Horka
Two Year Old in Serious Condition After Auto Crash
A two year old boy, Robert Dennis Edgar, is in serious condition after a single vehicle crash near Village Mills on US 69 in heavy rain. His mother Margie Edgar, 21, sustained facial lacerations. the child has a compressed skull fracture and scalp lacerations and remains under close observation at St. Elizabeth Hospital. The accident occurred at 3 45 p m Tuesday when their 1967 Chevrolet left the road and overturned into a ditch.
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St. Elizabeth Hospital
Wayne Pullen
Pullen
Robert Dennis Edgar
Margie Edgar
Silsbee
Edgar
Village Mills
Redistricting Panel Stumbles On 1000-Count Error
A 1000 person counting error in Silsbee disrupted a county redistricting meeting of the Commissioners Court committee on July 30. The error forced a restart of population shuffling and a preliminary plan for two Silsbee precincts emerged, with lines along FM 92 and US 96 and boundaries to the county lines. The plan depends on population, faces local opposition, and a Aug 6 meeting will address the complex issues, while a federal suit over redistricting proceeds with a pre-trial set for Aug 27.
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Silsbee
Commissioners’ Court
Emmett Lack
Silsbee E.d
Silsbee Committee
Frank McClanahan
Lenox Hawthorne
Hawthorne
Ing
North Fifth Street
Hardin- Jasper County
Village Creek
Hardin-Tyler
Lumberton
Lumberton- Chance-Loeb
Sour Lake
Hardin-Liberty County
Sour Lake - Lumberton
Lack
Commissioners
Silsbee Bee
Beaumont Enterprise
Low Bid Emerges for Silsbee Post Office Contract
John Jennings Industries of Houston was the low bidder among seven for the Silsbee Post Office project. The 10,080 square foot facility will offer more than double the current space, with construction at 13 months and rent set at 3.11 per square foot annually. The final award, to be made by real estate officer W. M. McMillan Jr., is anticipated this month in Dallas and Silsbee.
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Housson
John Jennings
Walter T Short
Houston Thompson
Jim Perlitz
Bradshaw
Post Office Department
W. M. McMillan Jr
Silsbee
McMillian
North Fifth Street
US 96
West Avenue P
Sillsbee youth charged with misdemeanor theft
Leonard W. Kyle, 18, of Sillsbee, faces a misdemeanor theft charge for allegedly taking a portable radio valued at 27 dollars from Alfords Furniture and Hardware Store about 9:48 a.m. on July 31. Police arrested him. Justice Rex Moore set bond at 1000 dollars. He posted bond and was released on Wednesday.
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Leonard W. Kyle
Sillsbee
Silsbee
Edgar Blood
Blood
Kyle
Alford
Lamar O'Barbo
Silsbee Justice of the Peace
Rex Moore
Final Rites For Gayle Tarver Held In Silsbee
Funeral services for Gayle Tarver 84 of Silsbee were conducted at 4 p.m. in the Farmer Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Elmo Withers officiating. Burial followed at Rest Haven Cemetery. Tarver, a Polk County native and longtime Silsbee resident, was a retired farmer and local cattleman who owned Tarver Grocery Store. He died Sunday evening in St Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont after a brief illness. Surviving are his wife Ina Tarver one son Sherwood Tarver of Port Arthur six daughters Lucille Mancil Houston Audrie Black Buna Ola Mae Tantillo Ruth Hawley Zona Gail Taylor Beaumont Lettie Brown Rockport Tex one sister Evie Richardson Kountze five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Gayle Tarver
Silsbee
Farmer Funeral Home
Elmo Withers
Antioch Primative Baptist Church
Buna
Rest Haven
Tarver
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Polk County
Tarver Grocery
Primative Baptist Church
Ina Tarver
Sherwood Tarver
Port Arthur
Lucille Mancil
Houston
Audrie Black
Ola Mae Tantillo
Ruth Hawley
Zona Gail Taylor
Lettie Brown
Rockport
Tex
Evie Richardson
Kountze
Mr and Mrs Tom William Visit White City and Carlsbad Caverns
Mr and Mrs Tom William and family recently toured White City and Carlsbad Caverns, visiting notable points of interest during their trip.
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Tom William l
White City
Carlsbad Caverns
Silsbee ISD Sets Aug 31 Start For Fall Term 1970
Silsbee Independent School District schedules fall term start for Aug 31 1970 to meet 180 day year requirements under state law. Teacher in service begins Aug 24 with 5 days. registration starts Aug 17 for new residents and kindergartners. high school registration Aug 27. grade assignments begin Aug 31 with bus service starting then.
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Silsbee Independent School
Don L Hough
Texas
Si, Hough
SISD
County Nurse Christene Read Asked To Resign August 15
Hardin County health nurse Christene Read, longtime county employee, was told by Dr. J. J. McGrath to resign. Read said the remark came after a brief dispute involving an immunization nurse and county officials. County Judge Emmett Lack defended Read, describing her as a hardworking or aggressive leader who pushed for a one-county health unit.
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Christene Read
Hardin County
Christine Read
J. J. McGrath
Jasper
Hardin-Jasper-Newton
Tri-County
Read
the Bee
McGrath
Howard Barrington
Jonie Wright
LVN
Barrington
Dr. McGrath
Lack
Texas
Virgil Caraway
The
Bee
Massey Lake Nature Trail Opens with Public Park Features
A public opening occurred on Wednesday August 5 in Silsbee for the Massey Lake Nature Trail three miles southeast of town. L G Jordan of Southwestern Timber Co announced the park donation to the public with supervision by the Texas Forest Service. The site includes a woodland trail a picnic area and the lake area.
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Masey Lake
Silsbee
L. G. Jordan
Southwestern Timber Co
Southwestern
Texa Forest Service
Jordan
Silsbee Sets Football Practice Start Date
Silsbee head coach Ray Mc Gallion announced practice for sophomores, juniors, and seniors begins Sunday August 16 with full uniforms issued. Conditioning starts August 12 and athletes must obtain physical forms from the principal’s office and complete physicals by August 12.
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Silsbee
Ray McGallion
Leo Club Collects for Celia Victims in Silsbee
Silsbee High School Leo Club will host a downtown collection drive on Saturday August 8 to aid Hurricane Celia victims. Funds will go to a Corpus Christi Lions Club for distribution and collectors will be clearly identified.
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Silsbee
Leo Club
Silsbee Lions Ice
Robert Ascott
Lions Organization
Corpus Christi
Leo
Scott
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Charles Jones
Neches River
Berton and
Herbert Keen
Liberty County Rescue Squad
East Bank
Donald W. Jones
Virginia
Charles E. Jones Jr
Michael W. Jones
Charlott Williams
Brenda Jones
Charlie Jones
Florence McBryde
Gladys Strickland Fof
David Jerry
Donald Carnley
Earl Tucker
Sammy Butler
H. H. Matthews
Capron
City Police
Silsbee Group
Riad
L. W. Kyle
Silsbee High School
Robins0n
Kirby
Read-Turrentine
O’neil
Hough
Kennedy
Massey Lake
Celia Vicims
Richard Young
Brush Creek
Richard
Irma Shivers
Dudley Young
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