Tigers Prep For Nederland Test In Friday Clash
Silsbee hosts Nederland in a 22-4A preseason affair as coach Ray McGallion notes the Bulldogs pose a tougher challenge than Woodville. He cites Nederland’s split six defense and Houston type veer offense, praising Norris Green and Artie Shankle for offense and detailing recent scoring and yardage.
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Nederland
Silsbee
Tigers
Woodville Eagles
Ray McGallion
Woodville
McGallion
Silsbee Council Grants Final OK to Local Gas Rate Hike
In a regular meeting the Silsbee City Council approved the amended Houston Natural Gas rate increase and set interviews for an auditor for the 1974-75 fiscal year. The panel also approved a Homecoming street closure on Avenue H and scheduled a hearing for a dilapidated building case on West Avenue J.
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Silsbee
Houston
John Fordinal
Eddie van Winkle
Austin
Jack Hopper
van Winkle
Beaumont
Fordinal
Ronald Hickerson
West Avenue J
Silsbee allocates 138400 HUD grant priorities
City Manager Ronald Hickerson outlined 138400 for 1975 76 HUD funds selected to develop sewer and water service and strengthen code enforcement in blighted areas. A steering committee was formed Aug 25 with local groups and clubs to set spending priorities, including Possum Hollow Avenue J and 22nd Street sewer service as priority one. A second meeting was set for Sept 2 at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall.
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City of
Silsbee
Ronald Hickerson
The
BEE
Hickerson
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
National Association of Retired Federal Employees
Silsbee Retarded Association
Silsbee Band Booster Club
Silsbee Woman’s Club
Silsbee Evening Lions Club
Silsbee Lions Club
Silsbee Garden Club
Friendship Garden Club
Hardin County Project Building Committee
Tom Tennison
Leola Ewing
H. E. Munden
Possum Hollow
Avenue J
22Nd Street
Court postpones Lumberton local option election to September
Hardin County Commissioners delay action on a local option election amid signature validity questions raised by Rev. James Bradford. The court will reconvene September 8 to decide whether to proceed, after disputes over petition signatures and voter lists.
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Hardin County
Lumberton
James Bradford
First Baptist Church of
Loeb
Vernon
Clarence McNeely
George Kirkpatrick
R. S. Coe
Coe
Bradford
Lumberton Justice Act
Former Silsbee Man Held For Two Armed Robberies
Robert Lee Elam, 25, of 2055 Gilbert Beaumont, charged with armed robbery of two Bell's 7-11 locations in Beaumont and Hardin counties on August 23 and 24. He was arrested at his Beaumont home by city police with Hardin County deputies. News notes indicate section reference.
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Robert Lee Elam
Gilbert
Beaumont
Hardin
Jefferson
Billy Paine
the Bee
Elam
Silsbee
Hardin County
Mike Holzapfel
Charles Laird
Bell
Magnolia Street
Bell’s
Hardin County Votes 1.7 Million Budget With Tax Hike
Hardin County Commissioners approve a 1.7 million preliminary budget with a 14 percent tax increase and a 10 percent across the board raise for about 110 county employees. Public hearing set for Sept 8 at 10 a.m. and the budget takes effect Oct 15, 1075.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Horace Moye
Moye
Trustees Adopt New Tax Rate and Budget for SISD
SISD trustees approved a 5.8 million dollar budget for 1975-76 and reduced the tax rate from 1.99 to 1.95. The budget bases on a 100 million market value with 1.46 for maintenance and operation and 49 cents for debt service. electricity costs and teacher raises are major items. About 50 taxpayers spoke at four-day equalization hearings noting value increases from reappraisal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SISD
D. M. Short
Allen
Forsythe
Kirby Lumber Corp
Joe Thompson
The
BEE
Board of Equalization
Board
Silsbee Ex-Students Plan HomecomingActivities
SHS ex students meet at Silsbee State Bank to organize Homecoming Oct 3 4 and Bicentennial events. Classes honored 1925 1935 1945 1955 1965 1975 with activities including a Tiger Stadium parade Oct 4 and a noon luncheon. Meetings set Sept 2 9 23 at the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SHS
Silsbee State Bank
Silsbee School
Charles Tarver
C. R. Baker
Silsbee
Tiger Stadium
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Silsbee Schools
Stella Brookins
Association
Thieves Hit Auto Get Audio Goods
Hardin County Deputy Sheriff James Martin reports a theft from J. A. Wilson’s Lumberton car. Audio gear valued at 280 dollars was stolen on August 22 from a vehicle on Carolina Drive including a Citizens Band radio 175 dollars a Montgomery Ward tape player 80 dollars and speakers 25 dollars. Investigating officers reported the incident this week. A Clinton man pleaded guilty in Jefferson County Courts-at-Law to driving while intoxicated receiving 50 dollars in fines court costs and one year probation of a 30 day jail sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
James Martin
J. A. Wilson
Lumperton
Wilson
Carolina Drive
Lumberton
Citizens’ Band
Montgomery Ward
Clinton Sherrell Jr
Kountze
Jefferson County
Burglars Take Snacks From Arthur Shoulders Home
Silsbee police report burglars opened a window at the Arthur Shoulders residence on South Twelfth Street and escaped with a snack lunch including peaches sardines and soda crackers valued at $5.72. Officer Ralph Osborne said Shoulders found the break at about 9 am on August 26 after returning from work.
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Arthur Shoulders
South Twelfth Street
Silsbee
Ralph Osborne
Shoulders
Beaumont Files New Suit Against Incorporation
Beaumont, backed by the State Attorney General, sues to block Lumberton’s 1974 incorporation after Judge Clyde Smith Jr. dismissed an earlier petition. The suit challenges the move on extraterritorial jurisdiction grounds, noting city proximity requires approval by a larger city.
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Beaumont
Lumberton
Clyde Smith Jr
The
BEE
Smith
Hardin County
Labor Day closing plans vary for Silsbee businesses
Labor Day schedules differ with most large stores staying open but many downtown shops closing. The City of Silsbee and several local businesses will observe the holiday, while Modern Pharmacy John’s 7-11 Harold’s Supermarket and Silsbee Packing Co. will keep hours. Check local notices for exact plans.
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the Bee
Silsbee
Texas Home Health, Inc
Kountry ,Kitchen
Harriet’s Flowers and Gifts
Dyer’s and Ward’s
Hardin Drug
John’s
Harold's
Silsbee Packing Co
Lumberton Road District Created in Hardin County
Hardin County Commissioners vote 4-1 to form the Lumberton Road District after attorney Hubert Oxford presented a 240-name petition. The district would fund road and drainage work via bonds, with Garrod and Associates to handle engineering on a contingency basis and Lumberton Chamber of Commerce to pay election costs. Boundaries align with the Lumberton utility district and the Lumberton ISD.
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Emmett Lack
Pet
Howard Barrington
Barrington
J. Knighton
Jack Gore
Loftin
Spurger Highway
Hardin County Commission
Ers
Lumberton
Hubert Oxford
Hugh Bevil Means
Means
Rex Moore
J. L.loftin
County A&b
Oxford
Lamberton Chamber of Commercce
Beaumont
Garrod and Associates, Inc
Commissioners Court
LRD
Lumberton Municipal Utility District
Lumberton Independent School District
Record of Forgotten Professions Contest in Silsbee
Silsbee Bicentennial Committee invites entries for The Forgotten Professions contest in September with prizes 50 25 and 15. Entries may be written or oral and will be published or archived. entry deadline is September 30.
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History and Heritage Division
Silsbee
Silsbee Bee
Wayne E Robinson Dies After Heart Attack In Florida
Wayne E. Robinson of Silsbee retired from Eastex Inc as environmental control director. He died at 6 30 p m Tuesday in Fernandina Beach Florida from an apparent heart attack while warming up for a tennis match. He was 65 and had married Bonnie Engelhardt last Sunday on a wedding trip to Florida. Funeral plans are pending. He was a World War I veteran and long active in tennis and local civic groups. He leaves his wife two daughters two stepchildren two sisters and two brothers.
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Wayne E. Robinson
Silsbee
Eastex Inc
Fernandina Beach
Fla
Robinson
Bonnie Engelhardt
Florida
North Carolina
Georgia Institute of Technology
U.S. Plywood
Champion Papers Inc
Canton
N. C
Pasadena
Texas
Mills
Europe
First Presbyterian Church
Evening Lions Club
Bonnie Robinson
Helen Ratliff
Margaret Read
Tulsa
Okla
Judy Sprayberry
Beaumont
Chad Engelhardt
Curtis Engelhardt
Houston
Gussie Owens
N.C
Minnie Reno
Jacksonville
James Robinson
Palatka
Martins Return From California Visit
Mr and Mrs L E Martin returned home Saturday after a two week visit in Escondido California with their daughter and family Mr and Mrs John Sole.
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L. E. Martin
Escondida
Calif
John Sole
Bradshaw and Freeman win Silsbee Country Club Member-Guest
Dallas pair Burl Bradshaw and Bubba Freeman capture the first Silsbee Golf Tournament title with a low net 125 over 36 holes at Silsbee Country Club. They edged Billy Barclay and Rds Nitsche by one stroke as 140 players tee off in two 18 hole days.
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Burl Bradshaw
Bubba Freeman
Dallas
Silsbee Country Club
SCC
Tommy Russell
The
BEE
Bradshaw
Freeman
Billy Barclay
R Ds Nitsche
Leo Karnes
Don Russell
Bob Hughes
Jack Caliba
Spencer Armour
Pete Stirling
Bob Dillard
Joe O'Neil
Vernon Olney
Craig Reynolds
Render Wilson
Charles Lamb
Roland Million
Gerald Walker
Jack Droddy
Pete Bullock
Kountze Resident Shot In Chest During Argument
Charles McDonald a 32 year old from Kountze was listed in fair condition at St Elizabeth Hospital after a Saturday night shooting in Silsbee. He was struck once in the upper right chest by a .22 pistol around 9 30 p m at 545 South 12th Street. Police questioned a woman but no charges were filed at the victim request and the case remained under investigation.
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Charles McDonald
Kountze
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Silsbee
SPD
Ronald W. Barnes
South 12Th Street
A. L. Burleson
the Bee
McDonald
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Beaumont
Mrs Sagstetter Tours Italian Historic Cities Abroad
Mrs Emma Sagstetter, longtime Silsbee resident, and her daughter and family Master Sergeant and Mrs 8S. L. Smith, recently completed a nine day trip visiting numerous historic Italian cities while residing in Germany.
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Emma Sagstetter
Silsbee
Germany
8S. L. Smith
Sagstetter
Smith
Italy
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McGallip
Norris Green
Derrek Shelon
Artie Shankle
William Graham
Green
Oliver Lewis
Lewis
Complean
Clifford Norman Green
Shelton
C. E. King Panthers
Alvin D. Hickman
Sarah Elam
Prince Hall Lane
1St Force Service Regiment
Marine
Livingston-Silsbee
Eethith Street
Rocky Kelley
First Pentecostal Church of Silsbee
General Assembly
Avenue H
North 4Th
North 5Th Streets
Santa Fe Park
Labor Day
Bicentennial Group
Barbara Paret
Silsbee Public Library
History and Heritage
W. P. Crockett
Mr. Crockett
E. J. Dietrich
Marie Bomer
Dot Smith
Bill Barclay
Arvie Hamilton
W. J. McDonald
Dorothy Modisette
Laura Baker
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