SISD Tax Board to Meet Friday on Reappraisal Hearings
More than 50 taxpayers appeared since Aug 18 as Silsbee Independent School District holds Board of Equalization hearings. About 2,000 tax notices were mailed Aug 8 as reappraisal nears completion for 12,000 parcels. Trustees expected to cut the tax rate by four cents for the 1975-76 budget.
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Silsbee Independent School District
Board of Equalization
Joe W. Thompson
The
BEE
Thompson
the Bee
Susbee
SISD
Crawford
Marvin Davenport
Gertrude Fields
Jim Perlitz
Salary raises okayed for custodians and cafeteria staff
Silsbee Independent School District trustees approved higher minimum wages for cafeteria workers and custodians while keeping 1974 lunch prices for now. Cafeteria managers will earn at least 2.50 per hour, other staff at least 2.25. State minimums rise to at least 2.15 in 1976. Lunch prices stay 55 to 85 cents. staff benefits include a $10 monthly toward Blue Cross Blue Shield premiums.
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Silsbee Independent School District
Crawford
SISD
Joe Thompson
Dorothy Williams
Gary Laird
Kirby Special Education
Wayne Posern
Verna Ashworth
Kirby
Carol W. Barrington
Daniel J. Barrington
Peggy Paret
Jo Ann Kirkpatrick
Borden, Inc
Rainbo Bakery
Beaumont
Borden
Silsbee Approved as Texas Bicentennial City by Commission
The American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Texas approved Silsbee’s application for Texas Bicentennial Community status. The letter to Mrs. D. R. Baker-General Chairman forwarded the request to Washington DC for National endorsement. Sam Kinch praised the planning group as members welcomed the rare approval.
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Silsbee
Baker
Auto Fire Noted by Silsbee Volunteers
Silsbee volunteer firemen reported one call this week an automobile fire on the new US 96 highway slowing traffic on Sunday afternoon Fire Chief Russell Busby said The car a 1968 Volkswagen caught fire in the engine compartment spreading to the rear seat The driver Jerry Powers of Evadale was unhurt Volunteers received the fire call at 257 p m Aug 17.
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Silsbee
US 96
Russell Busby
Jerry Powers
Evadale
Tax Rate Cut Aimed At Silsbee School Budget
Silsbee School Trustees prepare to approve a 1975 76 budget of 5.8 million dollars up from 2.9 million with a four cent tax cut to 1.95. The district plans a public hearing at 7 30 p m in the High School library.
J C Gaines 36 Killed in Beaumont Shooting
Funeral services were pending in Silsbee for J C Gaines 36 of Silsbee shot to death in Beaumont late Tuesday night. He was wounded by a small caliber gun at 2106 South Street about 10 p.m. Aug. 19. Beaumont Police said Aug. 20 charges may be filed against a 37 year old Beaumont man.
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J. B. Coleman Funeral Home
Silsbee
J. C. Gaines
Beaumont
Gaines
South Street
School Bells Call 3 627 Silsbee Students To Class
Superintendent Sept Weeks Crawford reports 3 627 students enrolled at Silsbee Independent School District for first day of classes Aug 18 an increase of 61 from 1974 3 566 The district expects further rise as late registrations come in and notes grade by grade totals for 1975 against 1974 The board approves a detention center plan at ONeal campus to reduce expulsions and protect ADA funding and cites completion of building renovations by December with air conditioning and 16 prefab units at Kirby Elementary underway
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Silsbee Stud
SISD
Crawford
Sisd Board of Trustees
O’neil
John R. Skillern
the Bee
Kirby Elementary
Silsbee Tigers face Woodville Eagles in season opener scrimmage
Silsbee's Tigers ranked seventh in Texas AAA meet Woodville Eagles in a Friday scrimmage at 7 p.m. at Woodville. Coach Ray McGallion relies on Norris Green Artie Shankle Derrek Shelton and Ronald Robertson to power the attack in the triple option as they open the 1975 season.
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Silsbee
Tigers
Texas
Tyler County
Woodville
Eagles
Dave Campbell
Texas Football Magazine
Bridge City Cardinals
Bengals
Ray McGallion
Artie Shankle
Derrek Shelton
Norris Green
Gallion
Green
Shelton
Shankle
Ronald W. Robertson
Robertson
Tiger
Woodville Eagles
Country Club Member-Guest Golf Tourney Aug 23 24
Silsbee Country Club reports a record 143 players entered its Member-Guest tournament to be held August 23 and 24. The event splits into two medal play groups with nine holes per day and tee offs at 8 am and 1 30 pm.
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Country Club
Silsbee Country Club
Jack Droddy
the Bee
Pete Bullock
William Hardin Indicted in Death of John Wilson
A Jefferson County Grand Jury on August 14 indicted William McGowan Hardin, 25, of Orange, for involuntary manslaughter in the June 8 death of John M. Wilson, 23, of Silsbee. The case stems from a collision on the Eastex Freeway where Hardin allegedly backed his car over a motorcycle driven by Wilson and his wife Donna Wilson. Wilson died at St Elizabeth Hospital and his wife suffered internal injuries. Hardin had been previously not billed for involuntary manslaughter in Wilson’s death on July 24.
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Jefferson County
William McGowan Hardin
Orange
John M. Wilson
Silsbee
Wilson
Donna Wilson
Eastex
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Hardin
Ad in SILLBEE BEE boosts John Meaux sales
A 96 inch ad in THE SILLBEE BEE yielded $3,412 in three days for Modern Pharmacy owner John Meaux. The $124.80 ad highlighted items like 600 glass mugs and 800 curling roller brushes, with many fast movers selling out by Thursday and Friday. The paper reaches 5,300 homes and remains for a week.
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Sillbee Bee
John Meaux
Meaux
BEE
Father Son QB Club Banquet Set for August 26
The Silsbee Quarterback Club will hold its annual Father Son Banquet at 7 p.m. at the Silsbee High School cafeteria. Varsity and Junior Varsity players and their fathers are invited for barbecue chicken, baked beans, and dirty rice. A short business session will follow as the original Aug. 19 meeting was cancelled.
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Silsbee Quarterback Club
Silsbee High School
R. F. Sanford
Sanford
October 88th District Court Criminal Docket Set
Hardin County 88th District Court schedules eighty two criminal cases for three week trial call led by District Judge Clyde E. Smith Jr. The docket lists offenses including robbery by assault arson burglary theft murder forgery and mischief with targets such as Kelso Haynes David Preston Hall and Charles Whittle.
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Hardin County
Aline Harper
Clyde E. Smith Jr
R. S. Coe
Cecil Tebbs
Kelso Haynes
David Preston Hall
Thomas Ray Weidman
Harry James Kenner
Henry Beleford Jr
Joseph Herman Walker Jr
Joe Donald Sanders
Robert Michael McWilliams
Neal Williford
Billy W. Burk
Lonnell Lowe
Harold Norman Bell
Craig Harris
Betty Lou Henry
Jimmy Brown
Roy Lee Watts
Louis Ellison Johnson
William Jack Tanton Jr
Cynthia Viator Segrest
Gene Franklin Smith
Wesley Wooten
Mack C. Young
Jimmy Lee Kelley
J. R. Simmons
Richard Young
John Lee Scott
Sylvester McLaurin
William George Thompson
Dennis Tanton
T. J. Apperson
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Kenneth Wayne Drake
Clyde Drake
Kenneth Drake
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
DPS
Truman Dougarty
Dougharty
Joe Haralson
Sisd Tax Board
Cabell’s
Land O’ Pines of
Lufkin
Rainbo and Holsam-Sunbeam Bakery
Port Arthur
Commission
Silshee
Silsbee School
Weeks Crawford
C. B. Watts Jr
Craw
Ford
J.C. Gaines
Tiger-Eagle
Ed Pooler
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Yongieux
Frank McClanahan
Red Cloud
Jerry Jones
Jack Chote
Tommy Bledsoe
David Newsum
Don Jones
Charles Huff
Freddie Keel
Rodney Young
C. M. Mixon
Jimmy Cobb
Duane Baker
Freddie Garza
Charles Fiorenza
Ronald Renz
Pete Perlitz
Harold Norris
Gene Paramore
Mike Hobbs
Hollis Slaughter
Stubby Smith
Ete Payne
Arthur Delaune
Ommy Strickland
Bob Dilard
Joe O'’Neil
Scott Dillard
B. W. Ross
Bruce Hughes
Leo Karnes
Mike Spillar
Sill Spillar
Don Russell
Matt Dinkle
Charles Cooksey
Roland Million
Gerald Walker
J. C. Perkins
Dick Griffin
Gene Gilson
Bill Robeson
Art Wornick
Roy Cates
Winford Birdwell
Fred Chant
H. N. Hopkins
Roy Hopkins
Ed Nash
Carlton
Golf
William Hardin
John Wilson
88Th District
Lloyd A. Gillespie
Thomas Ray Weidsman
R. C. Davis
Charles E. Whittle
William Lee Bundrant
David L. Reeves
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