Tigers to Play Dickinson in Semifinal Clash in Dome
Silsbee coach Joe Clements and Dickinson coach Ted Gray debate the Huntsville factor as the Tigers meet Dickinson in a Houston Astrodome semifinal Saturday night. Dickinson features Donny Little and a potent offense, while Silsbee counters with a stingy defense holding opponents under eight points per game. Tickets go on sale at Silsbee Junior High School and stadium seating is on the south side.
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Pat Day
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Houston Astrodome
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Jin
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Silshee
Gregory Portland
Malarky
Day
Silsbee Dickinson
Ray McGallion
McGallien
Jeff Lafleur
Gray
Dome
Horror Of Pearl Harbor Lingers With Mrs. Clay
Mrs. Alice Clay recalls Pearl Harbor as the attack terrified her family in Honolulu. She watched bombs from near her home, evacuated within a mile of the harbor, and endured shell shock in her husband’s shipyard duties. She longs to visit the U S S Arizona memorial to conquer her ocean fear.
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Pearl Harbor
U.S.S. Arizona Monument
U.S.S
Arizona
Hawaii
Evadale Student Injured in School Door Incident
An eighth grade student Lisa Boutin was treated for lacerations after accidentally striking a door at Evadale High School near the end of the day. She was released from St Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont Wednesday morning and may return to classes.
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St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Evadale High School
Harry Williams
Lisa Boutin
Lisa
Williams
Final Rites For Mrs. Mary Ann Martin Held In Lumberton
Funeral services for Mary Anna Martin 73 of Lumberton were held at the Lumberton United Pentecostal Church. Rev C S Davis Jr and Rev Jim Crawford officiated with burial in Forest Lawn Beaumont. She died November 23 in Silsbee Doctors Hospital. Survived by husband Reuben Martin of Lumberton and three sons Truman Harold and Ray. Pallbearers included Richard Hargraves Jack Griffith Glen Paul and Randy Martin.
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Mary Anna Martin
Lumberton
Home Demonstration
Woodcrest Methodist Church
Reuben Martin
Truman
West Lafayette
Ind
Harold
Corpus Christi
Ray
Richard Hargraves
Jack Griffith
Glen ’Aul
Randy Martin
Jimmy Pippin
Tractor Accident Kills Lumberton Man Henry Anderson
Henry Anderson 45 of French Road Lumberton died Monday when a tractor toppled while he pulled a stuck pickup in his yard. His wife was in the truck. neighbors and the Lumberton Volunteer Fire Dept helped raise the tractor. Funeral services were held in Batesville Arkansas. Surviving wife and children listed along with parents siblings.
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Henry Anderson
French Road
Lumberton
Anderson
Lumber
Silsbee man dies in Louisiana crash near Anacoco
Gurney V. Jack Youngblood 67, a retired oil field worker from Silsbee, died when his pickup left Louisiana 111 nine miles west of Anacoco, flipped into a ditch. Coroner Dr. S J Jones declared him dead at the scene. Funeral services were held November 27 at Wiley Mae Pentecostal Church, burial Franks Branch Cemetery. He is survived by his wife Irene, two brothers Johnny and Barney, and two sisters Ethel White and Edith Daugherty.
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Anacoco
Gurney V
Jack” Youngblood
Vernon Parish
S. J. Jones
Hershel Boswell
Troop H
Youngblood
Wiley Mae Pentecostal Church
Franks Branch Cemetery
Farmer Funeral Home
Irene Youngblood
Johnny Youngblood
Victor
Barney Youngblood
Beaumont
Silsbee Police Probe Ties Two Convenience Store Robberies
Silsbee detectives in Beaumont link two early morning robberies on November 26 at Bell's Store and O Bannion's Drive In Grocery to a single suspect. Police say the target, method, timing, and description match, with a chrome revolver used at both sites and money taken from Bell's. No arrests yet.
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Beaumont
Hardin County
A. L. Burleson
Bell’s
Highway 96
Silsbee
O’bannion
Lumberton
Burleson
O’bannion’s
Glenda Ellen McBride
Commissioners Hear Drainage Complaints In Hardin County
Hardin County commissioners heard residents from Artesian Acres Oleander Road and Herfer Road urge flood control fixes after heavy rains. Albert Cook complained of stalled drainage along Neal Street since 1975 seeking removal of dirt blocking water flow. Loftin promised to inspect at cost over 1600 dollars and to add shell to entrances off Herfer Road.
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Hardin County
Lumberton
Artesian Acres
Oleander Road
Herfer Road
J. L. Loftin
Albert Cook
Neal Road
Loftin
Cook
U. S. 96
Neal Street
Howard Barrington
Barrington
Robbery at Kountze Bank Night Deposit
Kountze Police investigate a felony theft of about 600 from a gas station employee at the Peoples State Bank night depository. The Fina Gas Station worker was depositing around 9 p.m. Monday when he was attacked, the bag stolen, and the suspect fled into nearby bushes. A vague description exists. clues include car tracks and footprints. No injuries reported.
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O'Neil Buesing
Peoples State Bank
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Buesing
Elderly Man Attacked In Kidnap Robbery Attempt
A 76-year-old Silsbee man, Thomas Smith, was robbed and kidnapped at his home on November 23 as Daffert Wayne Moore, 17, wrestled him into a car with a pocket knife. Smith escaped, Moore was arrested nearby and faces $5,000 aggravated robbery and $10,000 kidnapping bonds.
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Silsbee
A. L. Burleson
Thomas Smith
East Avenue
Daffert Wayne Moore
Burleson
Moore
Thomas
Payne and
Fifth Streets
Bobby Gentry
City Court Docket Set For Dec 8 In Silsbee
The Municipal Docket Call in Silsbee will be on December 8 in City Hall Courtroom before City Judge Frank Grote. Cases include Marvin Gordon public intoxication Nina Lynn Gordon disobeyed traffic signal Albert Pontes simple assault Norwood Lee Simmons Jr public intoxication Tommy Wayne Moore unsafe backing David Eugene Bedore speeding and Prentice Cravey failure to yield right of way.
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Silsbee
City Hall
Frank Grote
Marvin Gordon
Nina Lynn Gordon
Albert Pontes
Norwood Lee Simmons Jr
Tommy Wayne Moore
David Eugene Bedore
Prentice Cravey
Cawleys Attend Abilene Funeral for L. M. Cawley
Mr and Mrs J T Cawley Mrs Susan Cawley and child ren attended funeral services for L M Cawley in Abilene last week.
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J. T. Cawley
Susan Cawley
L. M. Cawley
Abilene
Tax Representative Set To Visit Kountze
Austin state official Bob Bullock will send Enforcement Officer O. J. Abshire to the Hardin County Courthouse Assessor's Office in Kountze on Tuesday December 20 from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. to help local taxpayers and answer questions about state taxes.
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Bob Bullock
Beaumont
Kountze
Bullock
O. J. Abshire
Hardin County
Assessors
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S. J. Anderson
Salade, Ark
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Leroy Anderson
Marie Cate
Alene Sanders
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Gurney V. “Jack’’ Youngblood
Bell
Jefferson County
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Village Creek
U. S
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L. K. Johnson
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