Tigers Ready for Victor Scrimmage After Tuesday Workout
Tiger coach Ray McGallion praised Tuesday night’s wet session as a sign of progress toward the first 1971 season scrimmage with Victor at Tiger Stadium. The offense showed zip and passing promise led by Charles Carter and Mitch Dinkle. James Hunter, moved to left halfback, was out with a virus but expected back.
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Tiger
Ray McGallion
Tiger Stadium
Victor
McGallion
Tigers
James Hunter
Hunter
Dinkle
Tommy Taylor
Jesuit of
Houston
Silsbee
Forgery Charge Is Filed On Silsbee Youth
James Herbert Winfield, 17, of Silsbee, is held on $2,000 bond after two forgery charges and a passing incident. He allegedly tried to pass checks for 28.40 at Silsbee Packing Co and 26.40 at Silsbee Big Star, using a citizen’s checkbook. He was arraigned with bonds set at 1,000 each. Detective Morris Cole noted possible other forgeries.
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James Herbert Winfield
Silsbee
Nardin County
James Martin
The
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Silsbee ISD to Review 1970-71 Budget and Dress Code
The Silsbee Independent School District board planned a special meeting to amend the 1970-71 budget noting routine account adjustments and studying the Nixon executive order on teacher salaries. Superintendent Don L. Hough said the district may adjust substitutes and bus drivers and considers a looser dress and appearance code for high school boys.
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Silsbee Independent
BEE
Don L. Hough
Hough
Nixon
Austin
Singers To Meet At Courthouse In Kountze
The Hardin County Singing convention will be held in the courthouse lobby in Kountze on Saturday August 28 at 7 30 p m and Sunday August 29 starting at 10 a m The public is invited says Fred Anders president.
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Hardin County
Kountze
Fred Anders
Absentee Voting Opens for Silsbee City Council Race
Absentee voting for the September 14 Silsbee City Council election began August 25 at City Hall. Place 5 candidates are Spencer D. Armour James L. Hays and F H Butch Suitt. Absentees may vote weekdays 8 a m to 5 p m from Aug 25 to Sept 10.
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Silsbee City Hall
Ernest Avenue
Jerry Jones
Place 5
Spencer D. Armour
James L. Hays
F. H
Butch” Suitt
Silsbee
Jones
Drivers urged to slow in school zones in Silsbee
Silsbee Police Chief Edgar Blood urged in-town motorists to observe speed limits, especially near schools, now that all Silsbee ISD campuses are open. He noted that speed limits are visibly posted near every school.
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Silsbee
Edgar Blood
Blood
Hardin County approves additional sheriff officers raises
Commissioners vote an extra 50 to 75 dollar raise for Hardin County sheriff officers starting Jan 1 1972 raising the chief deputy to 650 and deputies to 550. The move follows Aug 9 approval of a 48 percent department head raise and about 6 percent across the board. County Judge Emmett Lack supported higher wages to prevent moonlighting.
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Hardin County
Commissioners Court
Emmett Lack
Ruth
Swindlers and Vandals Arrested Across Hardin County
Sheriff Billy E. Paine reported arrests of two Nacogdoches men on felony swindling charges and three Silsbee youths for destroying property. A Victor youth was also jailed in a July cattle theft case. Irey Baker and Richard Leroy Gilbert face swindling charges with bonds set at 1500 and 2500 dollars. Gregory Paul Jordan Donald Weaver and John Broussard paid 100 dollar fines for property destruction including signs in the Lumberton Silsbee area. Curtis Pender jailed in Beaumont on three counts of cattle theft tied to a July 24-25 theft at the Kountze High School FFA farm. bond 1000 per count. Other arrests include Lawrence Welter and Charles Nash for related crimes.
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Nacogdoches
Hardin County
Silsbee
Victor
Billy E. Paine
Irey Baker
Nacogdoches County
J. J. Brackin
Thicket
Richard Leroy Gilbert
Angelina County
W. K. Gore
Paine
Gregory Paul Jordan
Donald Weaver
John Broussard
Granny Renfro’s
Silsbee Art League
Civitan Club
Hardin ‘County Grand Jury
Pender
Kountze High School
Laurence Edward Welter
Lumberton
Charles Edward Nash
Beaumont
Erime
Final Rites For W. E. Welch Sr. In Evadale
Funeral services for William Esters Welch Sr. 73 of Evadale will be held at 2 p m Thursday at the United Pentecostal Church with Rev W A Rashall officiating Burial will be in Morse Cemetery Welch died at 810 p m Monday in Silsbee Doctors Hospital after a long illness A Rusk County native he lived in Evadale most of his life Welch was a retired farmer Survivors include his wife Loraine Welch of Evadale seven daughters Faye Daniels Kennedale Pat Fullerton Earline Hood Tyler Dorothy Wisdom Marshall Wayner Williams Houston Agnes Williamson Fort Worth Lee Gilley Silsbee eight sons Willian Welch Jr Houston James Travis Welch Tyler Johnny L Welch Fort Worth Jimmy F Welch Houston Glenn Conner Evadale Edward Conner in Germany Walter Conner Massachusetts two sisters Winnie Shire Beckville Florine Reeves Tyler 88 grandchildren 11 great grandchildren
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William Esters Welch Sr
Evadale
United Pentecostal Church
W. A. Rashall
Morse Cemetery
Welch
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Rusk County
Loraine Welch
Faye Daniels
Kennedale
Texas
Pat Fullerton
Earline Hood
Tyler
Dorothy Wisdom
Marshall
Wayner Williams
Houston
Agnes Williamson
Fort Worth
Lee Gilley
Silsbee
Willian Welch Jr
James
Travis Welch
Johnny L. Welch
Jimmy F. Welch
Insurance plans studied by Silsbee City Council
The council set a special Aug 25 meeting to review life and accident plans from Cal Western Aetna and Loyal and to draft an insurance ordinance. An advisory committee of local agents was named to determine coverage needs. Council also weighed water line refunds for P A Cramer, taxi permits to Cramer, delay of a gas rate increase, plus bids for three new police cars and the sale of a 1941 fire truck.
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Silsbee
BEE
I. F. Eldredge
Claude Coward
Aerica Life and Casualty
Tom Tennison
Joe Barraque
Tennison
Cal-Western Insurance Co
Barraque
Cal-Western
Aetna
Loyal Insurance Companies
Frank McClanahan
MecClanahan Fields Insurance Agency
Paul Georgas
Cravens Insurance Agency
H. G. Elmore
Elmore Insurance Agency
Clifton Caraway
Silsbee Insurance Agency
Claude Thompson
Highway 327
Thompson
Landolt Lane
Coward
Ronald Hickerson
Hickerson
P. A. Cramer
City Cab Co
James Zeller
Cramer
C. E. Landolt Jr. Hickerson
Houston Natural Gas
Roy Baker
Baker
Nixon
Council
Silsbee Auto Co
Silsbee Auto
R. F. Sanford
Ford
Morris Moore Chevrolet
Donalson Motor Co
Dodge
Ja Fire Commission
Hardin County Shows Solid Yet Unmatched Market Activity
A Sales Management study titled Surveying of Buying Power reports Hardin County’s year marked by inflation and unemployment yet stronger than many areas. Local discretionary income reached 80,271,000 with an average of 8,725 per household. Retail sales totaled 42,012,000 and the buying power index sits at .0123, down from .0117, suggesting unrealized local business potential.
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Hardin County
Silsbee AARP Chapter Sets August Game Night
The Silsbee area AARP chapter will meet August 26 at 7 p m in the Gulf States clubroom for game night. Members should bring card tables and dominoes. Refreshments will be served.
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Silsbee Area
Births Across Silsbee and Nearby Areas Reported
Mr and Mrs Lee Kelly of Silsbee welcome daughter Aidan Beiths born Aug 23 at St Elizabeth Hospital. Grandparents are Mrs Alice Kelly of Carthage and L Daniels of Colmesneil. Additional births include a daughter for Mr and Mrs M C Carrell, a son for Mr and Mrs David King of Oklahoma City, and several other newborns with local families noted.
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Lee Kelly
Silsbee
Aidan Beiths
St. Elizabeth Hospial
Alice Kelly
Carthage
L. Daniels
Colmesweil
M. C. Carrell
St. Elizabeth Hospital
David King
Oklahoma City
Okla
Jeffrey Neal
Jack King
F. D. Johnson
This City
King
Carolyn Johnson
Thomas Wayne
Earl Wolcott
Kountze
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Gerald Edward Drake Jr
Gerald Edward III
Ellie Ann
Sharpstown General Hospital
Joseph Fertitta
Houston
Glenn Stutts
Susbee
D. D. Fertitta
Galveston
Ruth Hargraves
Michael L. Grisham
Lisa Di‘anne
Women and Children’s Hospital
Beaumont
Oderea Woods
Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Patricia Sue
Michael John Blake
Frank Nowlin
Larry Joe
Doctors Hospital
Henry Joe Moss
Buna
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Mitch Dinkle
Forsythe
Moye
Board of Equalization
Pritchard and Abbot
Howard Barrington
Jimmy Hickman
Honey Island
Black Top
Sutton Cemetery
Barrington
Silsbee Justice of the Peace
Rex Moore
Anders
Moore
Senate
Bob Kerr
W. E. Welch Sr
New York
Ossa
ETEX
Texas Highway Department
AARP
Lilsbee
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