Four Auto Accidents During Week Injure Six
Auto accidents continued at a rapid pace during the past week with four major mishaps sending six to the hospitals. On Wednesday evening August 6 a pickup driven by William Claude Piled 26 of Beaumont overturned blocking the southbound lane of US 96 near Silsbee. James Edward Arledge and Jelton Cooper collided after stopping to warn others, injuring Cooper and his three passengers. A 1969 Pontiac wreck near Mill Creek bridge on FM 418 injured a man and a woman early Saturday.
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Truman Dougharty
William Claude
Beaumont
Silsbee
Dougharty
Gross
Oncom
James Edward Arledge
Jelton Cooper
Magnolia Springs
Cooper
Arledge
Parathana Cooper
Maginolia Springs
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Pauline Shoulders
Opal Lee Barlow
Mill Creek
Truman
Highway Patrolman Narrowly Escapes Serious Injury in Collision
Silsbee patrolman Wayne Pullen fled injury Friday August 8 after his patrol car slid off US 96 near Chance Cut Off Road Lumberton and struck two pine trees. He said pursuing an auto forced him onto the shoulder as Arthur Doyle of Silsbee drove the other vehicle. Pullen was treated at St Elizabeths Beaumont for facial neck and leg cuts and released. The auto was demolished.
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Wayne Pullen
Silsbee
Chance
Lumberton
Pullen
Silsbee- Beaumont
Arthur Doyle
St Elizabeth's Hospital
License Office To Be Closed Tuesdays
Highway patrolman Richard Rose of Beaumont announced the drivers license office in Silsbee will be closed every Tuesday until further notice. Regular hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays Thursdays and Fridays. Written tests will be given all three days and reading tests Thursdays only.
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Richard Rose
Beaumont
Silsbee
Hardin County Settles Atlantic-Richfield Tax Case For 1967 and 1968
Hardin County commissioners accept a total payment of 200002.00 to settle two Atlantic-Richfield tax suits for 1967 and 1968. The oil firm faced 259000.00. settlement covers penalties interest and costs. Atlantic-Richfield’s 1969 rendition set at 37415523.00 with assessed value now 20 percent under new rate.
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Hardin County
Atlantic - Richfield
Atlantic-Richfield
Ing
Hardin County Commissioners Court
Board of Equalization
Emmett Lack
Atantic-Richfield
Mayor Signs Hall Lease and Reports on Traffic Upgrades
Mayor Claude Coward authorized by Silsbee City Council to sign lease of the fire station to the city and note on washing duties. He reported on warning lights for O’Neil School and a traffic light at FM 418 and Highway 92 with installation timelines. City Manager Hickerson seeks bids for tractor and rotary cutter, insulation for City Hall, and sale of obsolete equipment. lighting fixture bid approved.
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Claude Coward
Silsbee City
Coward
Franklin D Young
O'Neil
FM 418
Highway 92
Young
Ronald Hickerson
Hickerson
City Hall
Lumberton High Registration Schedule Released
Lumberton High School announces fall registration August 14 to 22 at the high school office from 8 am to 3 pm. Senior and new student slots on August 14 15 and 22 are listed, with juniors registering August 18 19 sophomores August 20 and freshmen August 21.
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Lumberton High School
Skelton
Hough Announces Data For School Registration
Silsbee Schools released the 1969 registration plan by Supt. Don L Hough. New students in grades 1-8 register at their chosen school Aug 18-28 while 9-12 graders register at Silsbee High on Aug 27 from 8 am to noon. Buses do not run that day. Elementary teachers’ workshop runs Aug 26-28 at 8:15-11:30 am and Teacher Orientation Day is Aug 29 at 9 am in the high school cafeteria. Transcripts should be mailed to Silsbee Schools by new district high school students.
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Silsbee
Supt
Don L Hough
Silsbee High School
Hough
Weeks Crawford
County hires Beaumont firm for tax suit against Atlantic Richfield
Hardin County Commissioners hire Mehaffy Weber Keith and Gonsoulin of Beaumont to represent the county in ad valorem tax matters against Atlantic Richfield. The firm replaces Kirby with a daily fee of 250 to 300 dollars and will handle all legal services for the tax dispute.
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Hardin County Commissioners
Mehaffy
Weber
Keith
Richfield
Kirby
Howard Barrington
Beaumont
Atlantic
Silsbee Bee Plans Jubilee Edition For 75th Anniversary
The Silsbee Bee will publish a special Oct 9 edition for Silsbee Diamond Jubilee Week. The issue will feature articles and pictures on industry, schools, churches, firms, recreation, and early city history with thousands of extra copies distributed to area cities. Citizens are urged to share early photos and local businessmen to reserve ad space.
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The
Silsbee Bee
Silsbee
the Bee
BEE
Silsbee Marine earns commendation for saving explosives
Silsbee resident Sgt Edward C McDaniel serving with the Marines in Vietnam was awarded a meritorious mast after he intervened to prevent a five ton truck loaded with 155 mm explosives from overturning on a powder burning range near Da Nang on May 30. He sustained burns on Aug 6 and was treated aboard USS Sanctuary with a fair prognosis. his actions brought credit to the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service.
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Silsbee
Vietnam
Edward C. McDaniel
J. V. DeBretagne
Marine Courier
Marine Corps
McDaniel
Sanctuary
da Nang
South Vietnam
United States Naval Service
Timbermen Agree To Buy Fence Materials For River Access
Hardin County Commissioners designate three roads as public river access after Eastex Temple Industries and Kirby Lumber Co again offer to provide access to the Neches River with fences funded by the companies. The roads Timber Slough Cravens Camp and Glen Cove Road cross or adjoin timberlands and public land. The deal requires county fencing measures no littering and no hunting along the routes and parks.
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Eastex Inc
Temple Industries
Temple Land
Fred
Eastex
Cravens Camp Road
Silsbee
Glen Cove
Lumberton
Hardin County
Hardin County Commissioners’ Court
Eastex, Inc
Kirby Lumber Co
Neches River
Cravens Camp
Cravens
Crawford
Howard Barrington
Final Rites Held Wednesday For Sam B Farrell Sr
Sam B Farrell Sr 79 co owned Silsbee Credit Bureau and longtime Silsbee resident died after a seizure at his home. Funeral at All Souls Catholic Church with burial in Resthaven Cemetery. Survived by wife Gladys two sons two daughters a stepson and two stepdaughters. 18 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Sam B. Farrell Sr
Silsbee Credit Bureau
Silsbee
Tennison Clinic
All Souls Catholic Church
Rev
W. J. Bosworth
Resthaven Cemetery
Kirby Lumber Co
Farrell
Galveston
Houston
Grace Farrell
Lufkin
H. E. Hobbs Jr
Bruce Taylor
Anchorage
Alaska
C. B. Watts Jr
C. H. Hodges
Marshall Family Returns Home From Hot Springs Vacation
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Marshall and grandsons Herbert and Aaron Clay returned home Sunday after vacationing in Hot Springs Arkansas.
School Board Sets 1969-70 Budget Agenda In Silsbee
Silsbee School District will review and adopt its 1969-70 budget at the regular Board of Education meeting on Wednesday August 13 with agenda items including budget amendments review of depository bonds a debt resolution to borrow funds and the official due date for taxes. resignations and personnel recommendations accompany the plan.
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Silsbee
Regula
Board of Education
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DPS
Thomas Carey
Daycoa Electric Co
Groves
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Beaumont Law Firm
Lee Lack
Dale
Raymond
Kenneth Hogg
Texas
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Senate
Ralph National Park
Hardin Yarborough
Field County
Bee To
Silsbee Marine
Earnett Lack
Albert McKinney
Howard Hargrove
East Texas Wildlife Conservation Association
O. R. Crawford
Arthur Temple
Frank Duran
James Jones
Judith Alphin
Joyce McClung
Helen Yoksh
Lona Nix
Afeteria
B. W. Ross
Bobbie Calk
James Gillard
Lora Jane Wheeler
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