Silsbee Schools Adopt Amended Dress Code for 5-12
Silsbee School officials led by Assistant Principal S A Wallace enforce the amended dress and personal appearance rules for students in grades five through twelve as the 1972 73 term begins August 23 1972. The code restricts attire and grooming to project a businesslike learning atmosphere with specific limits on shorts crop tops sun dresses tight clothing and footwear rules including no bare feet and belts for certain pants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
SISL
Board of Trustees
S. A. Wallace
Wallace
Man dies from electrical burns at Port Neches refinery
Norman Gene Mansfield 41 of Silsbee died August 9 at John Sealy Hospital from burns suffered August 4 while working as a construction welder for Parson's Construction Co at Union 76 refinery in Port Neches. He was a Victor native who had lived in Silsbee 15 years. Funeral August 11 at First Pentecostal Church Silsbee. Burial in Mansfield Cemetery. Survived by wife Rachel, three sons Stephen Jerry Jonathan, one daughter Martha all of Silsbee. his parents William and Mrs. Mansfield Victor. one brother Grover Mansfield Victor. three sisters Melba Whatley Buena Park CA Nadine Wilder and Doris Mitchell Victor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Gene Mansfield
Silsbee
John Sealy
Union 76
Port Neches
Parson’s Construction Co
Mansfield
Victor
First Pentecostal Church of
Co. M. Duplissey
Mansfield Cemetery
Rachel Mansfield
Stephen
Jerry
Jonathan Mansfield
Martha Mansfield
William Mansfield
Grover Mansfield
Melba Whatley
Buena Park
Calif
Nadine Wilder
Doris Mitchell
Woods, Auto Fire Calls Answered By Silsbee Department
Two fires were controlled by the Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department on August 8. Fire Chief Russell Busby said the first call, at 5:38 p.m., reported a woods fire on Knupple Road at a home owned by Sammie Wilson. A second call at 6:15 p.m. involved an auto fire causing minor damage to a car owned by Mary Joe Elam at 375 South 14th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
Russell Busby
Knupple Road
Sammie Wilson
Mary Joe Elam
Busby
South 14Th Street
Woodard and Calvert Set to Join Cardinals Football
Lamar University opens 1972 football preparation under Vernon Glass with 82 candidates reporting, including newcomers Ronnie Calvert and Bobby Woodard. Calvert, a 511, 205 guard, and Woodard 612, 190 end, are joined by 36 lettermen from last season’s 5-6 squad. The Cardinals plan two-a-day drills this week and begin full gear workouts Aug. 22 ahead of a Sept. 9 opener vs Sam Houston State.
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Southland
Ronnie Calvert
Tiger
Bobby Woodard
Woodard
Lamar
Cardinals
Lamar University
Sam Houston State
Final Rites For Mrs Agnes Clark Held On Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs Agnes P Clark 61 of Silsbee were held at 10 am Aug 12 at Farmers Funeral Home chapel. Graveside rites followed at 2 pm in Forest Park Cemetery Houston. She died Aug 7 at Baptist Hospital after a lengthy illness. A Chicago native she lived in Houston before moving to Silsbee two years ago. Survived by husband E B Clark Sr son FE B Clark Jr and brother Steven Koenig Jr of Alvin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes P. Clark
Silsbee
Farmer Funeral Home
Clifton A. Woytek
American Lutheran Church
Beaumont
Forest Park Cemetery
Houston
Baptist Hospital
Chicago
E. B. Clark Sr
FE. B. Clark Jr
Steven Koenig Jr
Alvin
Winners Named In Silsbee Junior Golf Tourney
Trophies were awarded in four age groups at the Annual Silsbee Country Club Junior Golf Tournament held Aug. 11. Paul Neyland won the 16 17 year group with Duane Thompson as runner up. Bill Hardy and Paul Sweat were 14 15 year winners. Doug Ward and Jimmy Walker won 12 13 year prizes. Mitchell Michalka and Dee Hinkie topped the 8 9 10 year group. Fifty boys from area towns competed in the 18 hole event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Country Club
Paul Neyland
Duane Thompson
Bill Hardy
Paul Sweat
Doug Ward
Jimmy Walker
Mitchell Michalka
Dee Hinkie
Paul Sweatt
Pine Ridge voting box created and precinct realignment
Pine Ridge residents in precinct 17 gain a polling site at Pine Ridge Baptist Church with precinct changes absorbing Grayburg 16 and northwest 6 into precincts 15 and 5. The move, supported by Commissioner Kerr but opposed for Pet 4, passed 3-1 with details on budget hearings and local fire department funding discussed for future action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Ridge
Hardin County
South County
Henry Follmer
Pet. 4
Bob Kerr
Grayburg
County Funding Requests Highlight Library and Fire Services
County commissioners consider library budget increases for Silsbee Kountze and Sour Lake totaling 16 000 to 20 000 annually with per capita support and city population based aid. A rural fire code proposal aims for lower insurance rates by allowing unincorporated areas access to a rural key rate and four code provisions are under review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batson
C. B. Stevens
H. A. Horka
Silsbee
Kountze
Sour Lake
Judge Lack
John Busby
Busby
Lumberton
Wildwood
Means
Silsbee School Budget Hearing Planned for August 23
A public hearing on the proposed 1972-73 budget for Silsbee Independent School District is set for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday August 23 at a special board meeting. The new budget is expected to exceed the current one by about 100000 due to salaries state and local fund changes and new vocational programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Independent
Board of Trustees
Bruce Watts
Watts
Harold Gardner
Don Hough
Hough
Last Rites For A L Hailey 81 Held Aug 14
Albert L Hailey 81 of Silsbee died Saturday morning. Last rites were held at 10 am Monday at Farmer Funeral Home Chapel with Rev R E Barclay officiating. Burial followed in Old Hadin Cemetery with Masonic rites. Hailey was a retired seaman and welding instructor for Lamar Trade School. A New Mexico native, he lived in Silsbee 32 years. Survived by wife Bessie Hailey and daughter Betty Labit of New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert L. Hisley
Silsbee
Farmer Funeral Home
R. E. Barclay
Silsbee First
Bessie Hailey
Betty Labit
New Orleans
Carruths Visit Lufkin. Mem Hospital Stay Noted
Mr and Mrs Louie Carruth visited last Sunday in Lufkin with Mr and Mrs Charles Anderson. They also called on Leo McDaniel who is confined to Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie Carruth
Lufkin
Charles Anderson
Leo McDaniel
Memorial Hospital
Youths Charged With Burglaries in Silsbee Case
Silsbee Police arrested Arthur Churchwell 18 and seven juveniles ages 14 to 16 for multiple burglaries around Silsbee and Ada's Cafe thefts in August. Churchwell jailed with $5,000 bond after burglary at the junior high school. others were charged individually and released to parents.
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Arthur Churchwell
Silsbee
Turrenby Silsbee
Ada
Morris Cole
Cole
The
BEE
Churchwell
James Martin
Justice of the Peace
Rex Moore
Hardin County
Jasper Residents Hurt Here Aug 16
Three Jasper residents were injured when their Buick collided with a Kirby Lumber Corp truck about 9 35 am four miles east of Silsbee at the US 96 and Old US 96 intersection. Norma Beasley Box long Jasper, treated and released at St Elizabeth Hospital. Howard Woody and Hazel Woody, both Jasper residents, transferred to Jasper County Hospital. Kenneth Parker of Silsbee, driver of the truck, was reportedly unhurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper
Kirby Lumber Corp
Silsbee
Ralph Seamans
Norma Beasley
Boxlong
St. Eizabeth Hospital
Howard Woody
Crockett
Gillard Named President of Ricebelt Vocational Teachers Group
James Gillard Silsbee High School agriculture instructor was named president of the Ricebelt District Association of Vocational Agriculture Teachers of Texas. Announcement came during the Texas VocAg Teachers Conference in Fort Worth August 1 to 4. Ricebelt District belongs to Area 9 of the State Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Gillard
Silsbee
Association of Vocational Agriculture Teachers of Texas
Fort Worth
Robbery Charged to Two Evadale Men
Two Evadale men Cecil West Jr and Bruce Julius Harrison both 26 and 27 were charged with the August 6 armed robbery of David Hancock in Jasper County. They were jailed in Escanaba Michigan on a Jasper County warrant and held for Jasper authorities. County officers planned to fly to Michigan to return the suspects to Evadale. The theft occurred August 6 when the men forced Hancock to pull off FM 105 two miles south of Evadale and deliver his wallet while a rifle was aimed at him.
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Evadale
David Hancock
Victor
Jasper County
Bruce Gravis
BEE
Cecil West Jr
Bruce Julius Harrison
Escabana
Mich
Jasper
Gravis
Michigan
New
Quarterbacks To Hold First Meet On August 21
Silsbee Quarterback Club schedules its first 1972 season meeting Monday August 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Silsbee High School. Coach Ray McGallion presides as officers Clifton I Caraway Henry Earl Smith and Arthur DeLaune are named. Funds raised aid the Silsbee Schools athletic department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Silsbee High School
Ray McGallion
Clifton I Caraway
Henry Earl Smith
Arthur DeLaune
Silsbee Tiger
Caraway
Quarterback Club
Silsbee Schools Athletic Department
Silsbee High School Registers Students for 1972 Term
Registration at Silsbee High School for the 1972 term opens Monday Aug 21 from 8 am to 12 noon. Seniors report 8 am to 2 pm front lobby, juniors to south lobby, sophomores and freshmen to halls A and C. New students registered Aug 7 to Aug 9. Full classes begin Wednesday Aug 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee High School
Bruce Watts
S. A. Wallace
Silsbee
Burglary Case Reported In Lumberton Area
Residential burglary and auto accessory theft were reported to Hardin County Deputy Don Merrill. Thieves broke into H. B. Crank's home at 305 Neal Avenue Artesian Acres between August 12 and 13, taking an estimated $1,000 to $1,500 in goods. Crank reported the theft around 9 a.m. on August 13.
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Hardin County
Don Merrill
The
BEE
H. B. Crank
Neal Avenue
Artesian Acres
Merrill
Crank
Thief Steals Clothing From Mobile Home Court Warehouse
Silsbee police report a theft at Archie J. Scott's mobile home court on East Avenue. Items from a rummage sale locker were taken on Aug. 12 to 13 after the thief forced a south door and damaged a mattress before escaping with shirts and other clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie J. Scott
East Avenue
Silsbee
James Doane
Scott
Doane
Evadale Man Jessie Simmons Dies From Gunshot Wound
Jessie L Simmons 59 of Evadale died of a self inflicted gunshot wound at his home. Funeral services were held at Farmer Funeral Home with burial in Anti och Cemetery Buna. Survivors include his wife Orewe Simmons and two daughters Claudine Dickerson and Judy Simmons, plus a brother and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
J. E. Baker
Newton
Evadale
Orewe Simmons
Pete Simmons
Claudine Dickerson
Silsbee
Judy Simmons
M.S Simmons
Bun
Fourth Annual Member-Guest Golf Tourney Set for Aug 19 20
The Silsbee Country Club hosts its fourth annual member guest golf tournament this weekend August 19 and 20. Thirty one two man teams entered the 38 hole medal play event with both scratch and handicapped divisions. Two starts per day and several social events are planned across the two day tourney.
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Silsbee Country Club
Hawthornes to welcome daughter at Beaumont airport
Mr and Mrs Don Hawthorne prepare to meet their daughter Sharon at Jefferson County airport in Beaumont tonight upon her Portland Oregon return after two months with the Home Mission Board. Sharon, a Lamar University student majoring in social welfare work, will be a senior this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Hawthorne
Jefferison County
Beaumont
Portland
Ore
Home Mission Board
Sharon
Lamar University
Nine Silshee Students Among Lamar University Degree Seekers
Nine Silshee students are among 497 provisional candidates for Lamar University’s 20th annual Summer commencement, set for Aug 19 at 9 am in McDonald Gym. Dr. Andrew J. Johnson and Dr. John E. Gray will certify and confer degrees, with Norris H. Kelton delivering the commencement address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silshee
Lamar University
McDonald Gymnasium
Norris H. Kelton
Lamar
Kelton
Beaumont University
Andrew J. Johnson
John E. Gray
Silsbee
Hillary Victor Bullock
Hisry
Randall Kent Broxson
Robert Alan Greene
Anneta Beth Robertson
Llewellyn Emma Dickinson LeRoux
Alice Louise Drake Calloway
Deborah Sue Hollyfield Gibson
Joanne Elizabeth Slaydon
Linda Lee Savant
Fred Anders Named To Tax Group Chairmanship
Hardin County Tax Assessor-Collector Fred Anders was named chair of the resolutions committee for the State Tax Assessor-Collectors' Association. Association president Ralph Giles announced Anders's prior fall appointment to the Advisory Board. He said the group is studying district appraisal centers to handle state and county taxes across multiple counties and Anders will attend the next meeting in Nacogdoches on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busby
National Board of Fire Underwrietrs
Deep East Texas Development Council of
Lack
Pritchard and Associates
Houston
Kerr and I
Unanimousy
Truett F. Pritchard
Pritchard and Abbott
Hardin County
Fred Anders
State Tax Assessor-Collectors’ Association
Ralph Giles
Anders
Association
IEEE
Texas
Association i Nacogdoches
Cullen DuBose 74 of Evadale Dies
Cullen DuBose aged 74 of Evadale died on August 14. Funeral services were held at 10 am on August 16 at Central Baptist Church with burial in Morse Cemetery. Rev Carl Burris officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullen DuBose
Evadale
Central Baptist Church
Morse Cemetery
Carl Burris
Two Killed In County During July
Two rural fatal accidents in Hardin County during July killed two people. Texas Highway Patrol Sgt. H C Rudd reported 26 other rural crashes last month with 18 injuries. Through seven months, 194 rural crashes occurred in the county, killing nine and injuring 92.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Ic. H. Rudd
Texas Highway Patrol
District 2B
Also Mentioned on This Page
N. G. Mansfield
Agnes Clark
Pine Ridge Baptist Church
Pet
Pet. 3
Hugh Bevil Means
Howard Barrington
Pet. 2
Emmett Lack
Kerr
Caraway J
Barrington
James L. Hays
Hays
Ronald Hickerson
American General Insurance Plan
Gerber
O'Neil
Iafeteria
Borden Co
Rainbo Co
Herman Meyers, Inc
W. R. Wells
Nona King
Kirby
Bill Galbreath
Virginia Wells
Dale Wham
Janet Johnson
Archie White
Ida L. Fife
Darlene Hart
Diana Deckert
Ben Simmons
Alice Sweet
A. L. Hailey
Area Vocational Ag Group
Gillard
Jessie Simmons
Jessie L Simmons
Chapel of Farmer Funeral Home
Antioch Cemetery
Buna
Carl Burias
Drew i Sheffield
Tax Group
DuBose
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