County budget could cut funds for fire departments and libraries
Silsbee mayor James L Hays and City Manager Ronald Hickerson challenged Hardin County s plan for a belt tightening budget. They cited unpaid library funds and questioned potential cuts to library programs, fire departments, probation, and indigent medical care as the court considers the 1974 75 budget.
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Silsbee
James L. Hays
Ronald Hickerson
Hardin County
Horace Moye
Commissioners Court
Hays and Hickerson
Hays
Moye
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Emmett Lack
Quarterback Club Sets Fall Schedule Start Aug 27
The Silsbee High School Quarterback Club will hold its first meeting of the 1974 football season on Tuesday August 27 at 7 p.m. at the high school. President Marion Almond urges all current and former members and football supporters to attend. Tickets are available from Almond and from Richard Hardy at First National Bank. The meeting will include planning for fall projects including the Father Son Football Banquet on September 3.
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QB Club
Marion Almond
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Morgan and Lindsey
Pine Plaza
Richard Hardy
First National Bank
Miner Dederick Construction Co
Houston
Port City Construction Co
Lake Charles
Miner Dederick
Richard Jones
Raven and
Tennison
R. Fy Sianford
Baker
Silsbee Independen
Tigers Meet Woodville In Scrimmage Here Friday
Silsbee fans can view SHS Tigers in action this Friday when the Varsity and Junior Varsity meet the Woodville Eagles in scrimmages at Kirby Memorial Stadium. JV starts at 6 p.m. with Varsity following. next week's scrimmage precedes the Aug. 30 season opener at C. E. King High School in Sheldon.
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Woodville
Silsbee
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C. E. King High School
Ray McGallion
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Picket Named Leader of New Masonic Lodge in Lumberton
B F Picket chosen as first Worshipful Master of a newly formed Masonic Lodge in Lumberton by Dan B Jordan Most Worshipful Grand Master of Texas. Jordan attends August 27 meeting at Pine Lodge 642 Kumtze with other officers appointed including M D Moore J L Parks Fred Morgan and Thril Sims. Jordan’s long Masonic and charity service record noted.
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Lumberton
B. F. Pickett
Masonic Lodge
Grand Lodge of Texas
Dan B. Jordan
M. D. Moore
J. L. Parks
Fred IT. Morgan
Thril F. Sims
Pine Lodge No. 642
Kountze
Jordan
Pickett
Houston Lodge No
Chilldren’s Hospital
Houston
Scottish Rite Hospital
Dallas
Grand Jury Indicts 18 in Hardin County Case Load
Eighteen indictments naming twelve individuals were returned by the Hardin County Grand Jury led by District Attorney Stanley Coe. Two suspects were no-billed and three cases were passed to September. Indicted defendants include Prentice Dickerson for two counts of aggravated assault on a police officer and James Burl Eason for rape of a 14 year old girl.
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Hardin County Grand Jury
Stanley Coe
Prentice Dickerson
Route One
Silsbee
Jerry von Smart
James Burl Eason
Cynthia Viator Segrest
Beaumont
Curtis John Nevils
Kenneth, Beaumont
Roy Lee Watts
Buna
J. B. Kelley Jr
Michael D. Kelley
Jimmy Brown
Charles Tarver
Sour Lake
Ben Edward Odom
Coe
the Bee
Leroy Winfield
Leonard Adkins
Eastex and UPWI Negotiate After Rejected Contract
Eastex Inc and United Paper Workers International Union plan to resume talks for several days despite Locals 801 and 825 turning down a company contract offer. L C Menius said no reasons were given for the rejection and no meeting or strike notices had been issued. The proposed package covered wages benefits and working conditions.
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United Paper Workers International Union
UPWI
Eastex
Eastex Personel
L. C., Menius
Menius
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Parsleys Visit California and Las Vegas Relatives
Mr and Mrs P A Parsley and their children traveled to California to visit sisters in the families of Ernie Touchette and Lyle Mickey. The trip included other sights and a stop in Las Vegas for additional points of interest.
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P. A. Parsley
California
Ernie Touchette
Lyle Mickey
Las Vegas
Thieves Return Stolen Church Bell to Pastor
Conscience driven thieves returned the brass Woodrow Baptist Church tower bell to Pastor Rev Bernard Stott on Aug 15 after two members, Kenneth Isaacs and Kurt Duell, found it in the church parking lot damaged but repairable. A note reading My most humble apologies was left with the bell.
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Woodrow Baptist Church Tower
Bernard Stott
Kenneth Isaacs
Kurt Duell
Stott
Burglars Rifle Homes And Autos
Three burglaries targeted two residences and a car, netting over $500 in cash and goods this week. Deputy Sheriff Morris Cole reported the incidents to the Bee, with the largest theft occurring August 18 from a station wagon.
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Morris Cole
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Fines and Probation For Guilty Pleas In Two Counties
Edward Louis Durant 21 of Houston pleaded guilty to felony marijuana possession and was fined 1000 dollars plus costs and given three years probation in 88th District Court Hardin County. Eddie Miguez of Silsbee received six months probation and costs after pleading guilty to attempting to elude a peace officer in Jefferson County Court-Al-Law.
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Houston and
Silsbee
Hardin County
Jefferson County
Edward Louis Durant
Houston
Clyde EB. Smith Jr
Eddie Miguez
Trustees Reject Renovation Bids and Approve Budget Hike
Silsbee Independent School District trustees rejected two major renovation bids doubling last year's estimates for the air conditioning and building work. They adopted a 1974 75 operating budget of 3 334 996 and voted an 18 percent tax increase to raise about 201 185 in new revenue.
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Roy Brewer
Silsbee Independent
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Baker
D. D. Shine
John Meade
Horace Whittington
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