Council Establishes Truck Routes Within City Limits
The Silsbee City Council approved Ordinance 736 establishing designated truck routes within city limits with fines up to 200 dollars. The measure limits trucks over one ton cargo or over five tons weight to the routes, with discretionary enforcement to avoid harming independent pulpwood contractors. Routes include Avenue J and major state and farm to market roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Silsbee
I. F. Eldredge
Fifth Street
Texa Highway Department
Hardin County approves 189750 garbage system purchase
Hardin County Commissioners vote 3 to 1 with one abstention to buy a garbage compacting system from George P. Bane Co of Tyler for 189750, defending the higher bid as meeting specifications better than the cheaper Scott Holman Co bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Tyler
Virgil Caraway
Hugh Bevil
George P. Bane Co
Scott Holman Co
Houston
Bane
Tyler County
Pete Trest
Browning-Ferris Co
Hearing on Savings Firm Charter for Silsbee
About 50 people from Silsbee and nearby areas traveled to Austin for a hearing before State Savings and Loan Commissioner Sales Lewis on the charter application of the First Savings Association of Southeast Texas planned for Silsbee. The hearing began Aug 8 and ran daily to Friday with no decision yet. a ruling is expected in 30 to 60 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Austin
State Savings and Loan
Sales Lewis
First Savings Association of
Southeast Texas
Hardin County Savings & Loan Association
Lewis
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corp
Home Loan Bank
Little Rock
Ark
Richard Jones
Jones
Highway 96
First Baptist Church
Silsbee Bee
Clifton Caraway
Sam P. Copeland
Lenox Hawthorne
Silsbee City Wins Grant for Community Park Project
Mayor James L Hays announced that John Tower’s office informed him the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation approved the citys park grant of 4800 for a 13 acre site. The plan includes tennis courts two playgrounds two basketball courts a 4 by 60 pavilion with picnics plus volleyball croquet green picnic tables grills shelters nature trails and bike paths with street and off street parking. The initial request was 114626 prepared by city staff and Deep East Texas Regional Planning staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Hays
BEF
John Tower
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Silsbee City
Deep East Texas Council of Governments
City completes sewer work on 18th Street area
City Manager Ronald Hickerson said crews laid 18,000 feet of sewer line in the 18th Street area and service should reach about 50 to 60 families by next week. If weather allows, work may begin on the 21st and 22nd Streets project next week as the Council authorized further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Kirkpatrick Jri
Hardie Renanty
Joe Register
Register
Kirkpatrick
the Bee
Umessecary
Glen Kirby
Airport Commission
William Dale
Houston District of the
Federal Aviation Agency
Emmett Lack
Rex Moore Caraway
Trest
Deep East Texas Council of Governments
Moore
Caraway
George P. Kirkpatrick Jr
Sun Oil Co
Nederland
Payne County
Oklahoma
Oil Company
B. E. Rea
Norther
Ronald Hickerson
18Th Street
Man Shot in Calf From River Ambush Near Silsbee
Clark of Slebte, relaxing in a hammock at his camp near the Neches River, was shot in the right calf as a patrol boat passed by around 8:45 p.m. on August 11. He fired back with no result and was treated at Silsbee Doctors Hospital before release. Hardin County Sheriff's Dept. investigates.
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Clark
Necies
Jesse Cartwright
the Neches
Cartwright
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Hardin County Sheriff's Department
Masons Set Meeting in Silsbee Lodge
A communication of Silsbee Lodge No. 927 AF and AM is announced for Saturday night August 18 at 6:00 p.m. at the Masonic Temple in Silsbee. Work in the B A degree and the M M degree will be conducted with visiting brethren invited. D L Webb is secretary.
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Communication of
Silsbee Lodge
Masonic Temple
Silsbee
Areerding
Cartrett
W.M
D. L. Webb
Youths Charged In Dope and Burglary Cases
A Kountze youth and two others from Silsbee faced charges after raids in Hardin County. One 17 year old was arraigned on marijuana and narcotics possession plus paraphernalia counts, another 18 year old faced burglary and possession charges, while a 17 year old from Silsbee awaited extradition on an alcohol related count. Sheriff’s deputies report arrest details and ongoing investigations.
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Kountze
Martin
Duff
Silsbee
Clory
Lou
Bill Bounds
Silsbee Isiana
Hardin County
Billy Paine
Jesse Cartwright
Eddie Charles Duff
Opelousas
Louis Kountze
Desiana
Mike Holzapfel
Louisiana
Lment
Justice of the Peace Ray Peace Officers
Silsbee Independent School District Maintains Lunch Prices
The Silsbee Independent School District keeps lunch prices steady for the new school year with meals 40 cents for K-6, 50 cents for 7-12, 60 cents for adults, and 75 cents for visitors. Extra milk costs ten cents per half pint, and the board will review pricing in October to address rising costs.
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Silsbee Independent
Board of Trustees
Don L. Hough
The
BEE
Hough
Borden's
Cabell's
Rainbo Baking Co
Texas
Rainbo
Holsum
Indictments in Houston Mass Murder Case Target Henley and Brooks
Two teenagers Wayne Henley Jr and David Owen Brooks were indicted in Houston on charges tied to the 27 killings found along three beach sites. The grand jury heard testimony about the July 10 and July 27 deaths and a suspect linked to the torturous murders.
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Henley
Brooks
Houston
Grand Jury
Wayne Henley Jr
David Owen Brooks
Pefee
Dist
Atty Carol Vance
William Ray Lawrence
Marty Ray Jones
Charles C ‘Cobble
Eleven EEE Cases Reported Across Three Counties
Eleven eastern equine encephalomyelitis cases confirmed in Hardin Tyler and Jasper counties. Six cases in Hardin, three in Tyler, two in Jasper, with one Hardin case under observation and the horse alive as of Aug 15. Vet Dr. N G Ferrell vaccinated over 700 animals since the outbreak. He notes the eastern strain is less dangerous due to vaccine availability. The disease can affect horses and humans via mosquito bites.
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U.S
Ferrer
Texas
Ferrell
Rites Held in Houston for Maurice Baker
Maurice Emmerson Baker, 62, of 202 Hambrick Road, Houston, died after surgery at Methodist Hospital. Services were at Memorial Baptist Church with Rev. Walter Rosel officiating. Burial followed at Zion Hill Cemetery near Groveton. Survived by his wife.
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Maurice Emmerson Baker
Hambrick Road
Houston
Methodist Hospital
Mermorial Baptist Church
Walter Rosel
Zion Hill Cemetery
Groveton
Plan settles Hardin-Jefferson busing dispute
The 88th District Court Judge Clyde E. Smith approved a five point plan August 10 to avoid busing younger students in the Hardin Jefferson district. Southeast area arrangements place kindergarten to third grade in South Lake and Nome areas. China area will serve grades 1-3, Henderson Jr High will host grades 7-8, and high school students will remain at Hardin Jefferson High School.
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Hardin-Jeferson
Clyde E. Smith
Kountze
Jack McGaffey
Alan McNeill
Hardin-Jefferson
The
BEE
McGaffey
Hardin County
Jude Smith
South Lake
Area Climees
Piaces
Wite
Nome
China Area
Ses
China
Henderson Jr. High
Hardin-Jefferson High School
Accidents injure six in two weekend crashes near Silsbee and Beaumont
Three Silsbee residents and Edward Haynes of Galveston were injured in two Sunday crashes on August 12. Patty Hooks treated and released after a 1965 Mustang hit a tree near Mitigwa Road. James and Linda Haynes were injured in a head on collision on the Eastex Freeway in Beaumont. James was later admitted and released on August 14.
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Silsbee
Galveston
Patty Hooks
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
John
Luther Hooks
Mitigwa Road
Truman Dougharty
Hooks
James
Linda Haynes
Route Four
Edward Haynes
Beaumont
Haynes
Smoke false alarms test local volunteers in Silsbee
Silsbee Volunteer Firemen answered three calls this week with two fire alarms. Fire Chief Russell Busby said on Tuesday at 5 30 p m they responded to a reported auto fire on Lee Miller Road near Lucky Drive in Valinds Estates but found the smoke came from a mosquito fogging machine.
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Silsbee
Ralse
Russell Busby
Lee Miller Road
Lucky Drive
Valinds Estates
Silsbee Arrest Clears 2 Beaumont Felonies
Silsbee Police Officer last week arrested Harold Lee Daves 18 of Beaumont after spotting a man near a closed grocery store and a stolen 1967 Mustang. The auto was linked to a Sears parking lot theft on Aug 1 and Night’s Sportswear burglary on Aug 3 in Beaumont.
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Silsbee
Beaumont
SPD
James Fulgiham
The
BEE
Billy Davenport
Davenport
Eteleti
Harold Lee Daves
Munga Zella Miller
Pope, Beaumont
Sears
Magnolia
Towns Roebinson
Gary Mattingly
Crockett, Beaumont
Dayes
Fulgham
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Council
Erson
Neches National Bank
First National Bank of Silsbee
Ann Jeffrey
Kay Dezendorf
Jeffrey
Sils~bee
Waldo-Mathews Park
Dezendorf
Action
Hardin County Commissioners Court
C. E. Landolt Jr
Landolt
Margaret Jones
Fogle Equipment Co
Mustang Equipment Co
Dozer
Lumberton
Lack
Southeast Texas Resource Conserva
Tion Project
SHS
Gary Laskoskie
Silsbee Tigers
Tigers
Houstons
Strake Jesuit
Masons
Mila
John Carter
Home Dist
Land O'Pines
iCabell’s
Borden, Inc
Texas Asphalt Paving
Troth & Thompson
Gatlin Asphalt Co
Frankie Brittain
Kathy Fuller
James Gillard
Marzie Smith
Ida Flo ‘Eoldren
Mike Bufifington
Jean Runnels
Nan Gore
Tax Office
Gaye Fetterolf
Linda Eveland
Hoarce W. Posern
High School
Sheryl Free
Charles Powell
Edwina Wiliams
Jeanene Long
Gary Laird
Alma Martin
Kate Dominy
Margaret Mitchell
Vada Singletary
Mary Lou Rogers
Sarah J. Parsley
Dorothy McCaleb
Vincy Jones
Dorothy Nowasky
Dorothy Free
Frances Shows
Sandra Olney
Augie Saxelef
SESD
Maurice Baker
Baker
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