Silsbee Council Approves Traffic Light Plan with Texas Highway Dept
Silsbee City Council adopted ordinance 72-11 approving an agreement with the Texas Highway Department for installation and maintenance of a traffic light at the US 96 South and Dardin Drive intersection. Engineers target October for a contract. mayor to sign once the document is in place.
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US 96
Dardin Drive
Silsbee City
Texas Highway Department
James L. Hays
Beaumont District Highway Office
Louise Hill
Candi Hill
Hays
Hill
Ronald Hickerson
Fire Department
Civil Defense
D. M
Buddy” Jones
Silsbee Junior Chamber of Commerce
Vernon Gray
Silsbee Public Library
Hickerson
Three Arrested for Camp Burglaries in Silsbee Area
Sheriff Billy Paine said three men Rex Edward 22 Weldon Forse 25 and Edward Sprange 23 were charged with August 6 burglaries at a camp house and auto near John's Lake north of Silsbee. Bonds set at 5000 each, two held. Investigation of an assault on Mrs Bee Sibley reported Monday ongoing.
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Weldon Forse
Edward Sprange
Silsbee
Rex Edward
Buna
Paine
Ira Moore
Don Merrill
Justice of the Peace
Rex Moore
Forse
Edwards
Sprange
Tooney Smith
John’s Lake
Kenneth Stevens
Smith
Sheriff's Department
Bee Sibley
Williard Lake Road
Case
Sheriff's Office
Moore, Merrill
Wayne Pullen
Ralph Seamans
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
the Bee
Sibley
Former Mayor McClanahan Undergoes Heart Surgery
Former Silsbee mayor Frank L. McClanahan Jr. underwent heart surgery at Methodist Hospital in Houston on August 3. He was in the cardiac care unit Monday, had walked some, and showed improvement as he progresses.
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Frank L. McClanahan, Jr
Methodist Hospital
Houston
MecClanhan
Silsbee Insurance Agency
Silsbee
Man Loses Wallet At Rifle Point
Two men armed with a rifle reportedly forced a Victor man to pull over near Evadale on FM 105. They demanded his billfold containing $100. Deputy Bruce Gravis of Jasper County said the case remains under investigation.
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Evadale
Jasper County
Bruce Gravis
Gravis
the Bee
David Hancock
Victor
Fvndale
Hancock
Case
First Tiger Grid Squad of 12 Faces 1921 Coach A B Coleman
A 1921 Silsbee football team photo shows the first Tiger squad of 12 coached by A B Coleman. Members include Bevis Asnworth, Robert Salyer, Fred Cull, Eugene Mason, Marvin Etheridge, Noral Smith, Alf Bartle, Don Henderson, R D Weaver, Elmer Badders, Norman Coates, and Leon Shine.
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A. B. Coleman
Bevis Asnworth
Robert Salyer
Fred Cull
Eugene Mason
Marvin Etheridge
Noral Smith
Alf Bartle
Don Henderson
R D, Weaver
Elmer Badders
Norman Coates
Leon Shine
Breakins Reported At Silsbee High And Read-Turrentine
Silsbee Police investigated break ins at Silsbee High and Read-Turrentine elementary. A missing permanent student record was found in woods near the high school after officers searched Aug 9. The high school field house window was smashed Aug 8 and desks were rifled with no stolen items reported. Elementary vandalism involved an open door, pineapple and soap powder spread, and stolen pineapple cans with beer cans scattered inside.
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Breakins
Silsbee High
Read-Turrentine
Silsbee
Morris Cole
Cole
Sammy Ruegles
Silsbee Tigers Aim for District Crown This Season
Silsbee head coach Ray McGallion previews a strengthened backfield and a mix of returning lettermen for the Tigers. He notes losses to graduation but expects speed and precision from new starters as the team eyes a district title alongside West Orange.
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Silsbee
Ray McGallion
Tiger
Een
Bobby Woodard
Gerald Skinner
James Hunter
Brenham
Woodard
Hunter
Skinner
Arkansas
McGallion
Charles Carter
Pet Landegraf
Grant Dean
Ricky Price
Larry Gardner
Ronnie Calvert
Bobby Westbrook
William Walters
Tony Calhoun
Bim Armour
Calvin Fobbs
Mitch Dinkle
Butch Smith
Dinkle
McGahon
the Bee
Tigers
Gary Laskoskie
David Moss
Steve Caraway
Jerry Gallaway
Kevin McClusky
West Orange
Chiefs
LISD Adopts Student Dress Code For 72 73
Lumberton Independent School District Trustees approve a dress and appearance code for grades 7-12. Requirements cover jackets wrist length in fall and winter, hair length, beards, and permitted apparel for girls and prohibited items such as hot pants scooters and denim pants.
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LISD
Lumberton Pants
Independent School District
Reutes
Mrs Mary Kite 85 Dies in Beaumont
Funeral services for Mrs Mary L Kite 85 of Lumberton were held at Farmer Funeral Home with Rev J A Hendrix officiating Graveside rites followed at Linney Cemetery Dayton She died Wednesday in a Beaumont nursing home a Beaumont native she had lived in Dayton 40 years and in Lumberton 10 years survived by daughter Mrs J M Butler Lumberton and brother J B Firth Houston
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Mary L. Kite
Lumberton
Farmer Funeral
J. A. Hendrix
Linney
Dayton
Kite
Beaumont
J. M. Butler
J. B. Firth
Houston
Woman Charged Over Theft Of Narcotics At Silsbee Center
Bennie S Whitehead 36 of Hamshire was charged with felony theft of narcotics after a July 27 28 incident at Silsbee Convalescent Center where about 50 dollars in drugs were stolen. She was arrested August 2 in Beaumont on a Silsbee warrant and appeared before Justice Rex Moore with bond set at 5000.
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Bennie S. Whitehead
Hamshire
Silsbee Convalescent Center
Silsbee
Bob L. Ogden
Whitehead
Center
Beaumont
Jefferson County
Season Ticket Sales Start On Aug 14 For 1972 Silsbee High
Season ticket sales begin Monday August 14 for six home games at Silsbee High. Renewals run August 14 to 18 while new purchases take August 21 to 25 at the School Administration Office. Out of town game tickets go on sale when received. Prices are 10 dollars per set or 1 dollar seventy five cents per home game.
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Silsbee High
Bruce Watts
West Avenue H
Watts
Auto Theft Charged To Local Man
Jimmie Lee Jackson 31 of 800 East Avenue H was charged with theft of a 1965 Ford van owned by Farmer Funeral Home of Silsbee. He was arrested at 5:55 a.m. August 4 and held in Hardin County Jail on a $5,000 bond after the van was reported missing August 3. The vehicle was recovered and Jackson was arraigned before Justice Rex Moore.
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Silsbee
Hardin County
Jimmie Lee Jackson
East Avenue H
Farmer Funeral Home
Hubert Davis
J. FE. Farmer
Last Rites for Miss Sparks Held for 84 in Silsbee
Funeral services for Min Mamie Rose Sparks 84 of Silsbee were held at 10 a.m. August 5 at Farmer Funeral Home with Rev. R E Barclay of Silsbee First Baptist Church officiating. Burial was in Knapple Cemetery. She died August 3 at Silsbee Doctors Hospital. A retired schoolteacher she was a native of Giddings and had lived in Silsbee for 50 years. Survivors include a brother Sparks of Brownwood.
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Min Mamie Rose Sparks
Silsbee
Farmer Funeral Home
R. E Barclay
Silsbee First Baptist Church
Knapple
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Giddings
Youth Dies In Truck Accident Near Silsbee
Funeral services for Johnny Lynn Johnson 17 of Fred were held at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church after a one vehicle crash Aug 3. The 1965 Ford pickup struck a bridge abutment on Gore's Store Road north of Village Mills and overturned into Turkey Creek. Johnson is survived by parents and siblings.
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Johnny Lynn Johnson
Gore's Store Road
Silsbee
Turkey Creek
Fred
Mt. Olivet Baptist Church
Richard Whittington
Delbert Lamb
Village Mills Baptist Church
Franks Branch Cemetery
Farmer Funeral Home
Bobby Franklin
Johnson
Gore
Store Road
L. C. Kirk
Ira Moore
Herman Holland
Franklin
Jim Conner
Weaver- Chesser
Village Mills
Young Johnson
J. N. Willis
Don Johnson
Wayne Parker
Charley Watts
Lois Fee
Barrington Pushes Write-In Campaign Tactics
Instructions distributed to team chiefs by Howard Barrington urge securing at least 10 write-in votes for Barrington against Virgil Caraway in the general election for Commissioner Precinct 2. The kit orders recording voter details, contacting households, and registering 300 new voters while coaching voters on write-in ballots.
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Howard Barrington
Virgil Caraway
Barrington
WWI Vets to Meet Barrack 2641 at Bank
World War I veterans and auxiliary will hold a 2 30 p m meeting Saturday at the First National Bank. Commander J J Richardson leads the barrack and Mrs L W Belt heads the auxiliary at this local session.
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First National Bank
J.J. Richardson
L. W. Belt
NC HOOLBOY CAGE CLASSIC David Brown Sinks Go-Ahead Basket
David Brown led the South at the North-South All Star game in Houston with five baskets seven rebounds and the decisive go ahead score with under a minute left. Silsbee coach Dan Montgomery praised Brown’s consistent play as the South beat the North 72 to 71 at Hofhein Pavilion during the Texas High School Coaches Association event. Brown, a 6 5 forward, was a South starter named earlier this year and is a two time Most Valuable Player in area 3 A while holding six Silsbee High records.
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Tiger Canker
David Brown
Houston
Silsbee
Dan Montgomery
David
South
Brown
Hofheing Pavilion
University of Houston
Texas High School Coaches Association
Silsbee High School
Jim Brown
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Billy Paine
Frank McClanahan
Tiger Grid
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DPS
Robert Hulen
Silsbee Junior High
Junior Highway Patrol Bicycle Safety Club
Hulen
City of
L&sbee
Brian Rucker
Carla
Angela Dominguez
Jane Molandes
B. H. Gilley
Gilley
Bubba McGallion
Jhurter
Bubba
Tommy Dunnigan
Arthur Rodriguez
Dunnigan
Charles Stanley
Jessie Davis
Louis Haynes
Pat Pryor
Mark Denson
Buddy Bell
George Graham
Donald Gallion
Gallion
James Grubbs
Ralph Riggans
Anet 5
Tomows
Mary Kite
Margie Anders
Cente
Miss Sparks
Sparks
Brownwood
Caraway
WWI
T NC Hoolboy
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