Burglars steal firearms and goods in Silsbee
Silsbee police report two residential burglaries on December 4. Henry M. Donelson returned from a Brenham game to find a ransacked home with a 20 gauge Remington shotgun a 12 gauge Remington shotgun a .30 06 rifle a jewelry box credit cards and cash taken. A second home yielded a Winchester 94 30 30 rifle and a 12 gauge shotgun. Store thefts include a cassette tape recorder valued at 40. Suspect fled before police arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsee
Silsbee
Henry M. Donelson
Hardin
Penny’s
Sakowitz
Montgomery Ward
the Fair Store Beall’s
Foley’s
Worth’s
the White House
Bellas Hess
Gulf Oil Co
Humble and Mobile Oil
Texaco
Southwesteern Bell Telephone Co
Herbert Cunningham
Knupple Road
Doaney
Cunningham
John Ferdinal
Jay
Doane
Fardinal
Commissioners Seek Bids for Gas and Oil Contracts
Hardin County Commissioners Court met December 6 to advertise bids for all county petroleum products including gas diesel and oil after the Atlantic Richfield contract expired. The meeting also covered a $500 Texas Association of Counties dues fee a Christmas holiday for county workers and deliberations on welfare accounting guidelines and quarterly welfare expenditure reporting beginning January 1972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Commissioners Court
Atlantic-Richfield
Howard Barrington
Virgil Caraway
Atlantic-Richfield Arco
Silsbee
C. E. Landolt Jr
Landolt
The
BEE
Pet. 3
Hugh Bevil Means
Texas Association of Counties
Horace Move
Barrington
Deep East Texas Regional Probation Board
Emmett Lack
Hardin County
Dweyne Overstreet
Austin
Horace Moye
SHS Accredited by Southern Association in Miami Beach
Silshee High School remains accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools following the annual meeting in Miami Beach. Principal Weeks Crawford and Superintendent Don L. Hough announced the action. The regional program spans 11 states and Latin American schools, emphasizing self studies and external reviews to ensure ongoing educational standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silshee High School
Commission On Secondary Schools of the
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Association
Miami Beach
Fla
Weeks ‘Crawford
Don L. Hough
South
John Guyer
H. E. Phillips
Texas State Committee
The
Southern Association
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Latin America
Hardin County Firms Grow Payroll Amid Stable Jobs
Government data show 412 business establishments in Hardin County with 4,977 workers covered by social security. Total payroll reached 28.76 million dollars, reflecting wage growth while many firms add new ventures each year. The county’s payroll and employment contrast with national figures in 1967 and 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hardin County
Census Bureau
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
United States
Mrs. Wiggins Undergoes Corneal Transplant
Mrs. Susie Wiggins was admitted to Center Pavilion Hospital in Houston on Monday for a corneal transplant procedure performed Tuesday. She is reported to be doing fine but will remain hospitalized for at least three weeks. She resides on the Beaumont highway near her brother J. J. Richardson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Wiggins
Center Pavilion Hospital
Holcombe
Houston
Mrs. Wiggins
Beaumont Highway
J. J. Richardson
Brenham Edges Silsbee 21 19 In Quarterfinal Clash
Brenham topped Silsbee 21 19 in a playoff game with Brenham scoring largely on its ground game and a late defensive stand by Russell Fischer. The Tigers led 19-7 late in the third before Brenham surged behind a 62 yard pick return and key fourth down stops to secure the victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brenham
Silsbee
Tigers
Santa
Cubs
Russell Fischer
James Hunter
Bren
Ham
Matt Murski
Cub
Tiger
McGallion
Fischer
Burglary and Theft Cases Plague Hardin County Sheriff
Five incidents were investigated by Hardin County deputies on December 6 and 16. They include a break in at H I Service Station in Lumberton with two cases of motor oil and cigarettes stolen, a missing Johnson outboard motor from Jack Hinson’s boat near Silsbee, a home burglary in Timberlane Drive, a burglary at Fuller's Drive In Grocery with cigarettes stolen, and theft of juke box equipment and tubes from Bruce Pearson's truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Sheriff's Department
Billy Paine
Howard Grantham
Don Merrill
Merrill
The
BEE
Lumberton
Jack Hinson
Silsbee
Hinson
Neches
Silssbee
H. L. Lackey
Timberlane Drive
Grantham
Stevens
Fuller
US 96
Bruce Pearson
Jasper
Pearson
88th District Court docket for early 1972 announced
The 88th District Court Civil and Criminal docket for January through February 1972 was released by District Clerk Aline Harger. Trials run eight weeks from January 4 to February 22 with Civil First Week trials starting January 4 at 9 a.m. including Allen James Scott et al v Ernest Earl Spell and many other civil cases. subsequent weeks list numerous civil actions and parties such as Justine Boykin et al v Evans Products Co and George P. Kirkpatrick v Sun Pipe Line Co. Inc. The notice covers four weeks of civil dockets across January 1972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aline Harger
Allen James Scott
Ernest Earl Spell
Henry Thurston
George Burge
Billy Wood
Gary W. Parker
Ruth Berry Distributing Co
E. E. Spell J. D. Martin
Reichhold Chemical, Inc
Tony Lovell Landers
Metropolitan Life Ins
Gary Lamar Alexander
George P. Kirkpatrick
Sun Pipe Line Co., Inc
Justine Boykin
Evans Products Co
Esteline
Hubert Allen Laird
Ideco
Dresser Industries
Alice Mer Randall
Robert R. Wedgeworth
Melvina
Arthur Silvernail
S. E. Duff
Mildred Geneva Lewis
Leon Tull
Pavco Industries, Inc
Woodcraft Home Builders
James A. Jeffcoat
Dorothy G. Jeffcoat
Harry MccDuffyv
Aetnal Casualty & Surety Co
Texas
Ins
Assoc
David M. Jones
M. Albert V. Kelley Et Ax Vs. Larry Preston Et al S. McNeely
Bell Oil Co
Western Auto Supply Co
Charles H. Newsom
Katherine Newsom
Marvin B. Gore
Key Lift Ins. Co
South Carolina
Ronnie Copellar
Liberty Mutual Ins. Co
Archie Burks
Ricke Kurtz
Elvan Rozeil
Gary Wayre Shepherd
Tlatland Universal
jCo
Jesse McCain
Rosa Breaux
Otis Russell
Price Is Cager At Odessa College
Joe Price former Silsbee High player under Coach Dan Montgomery in 1970 71 was sixth man for Shriner Junior College in Kerrville last week. He earned a trophy and Odessa all tournament team selection. Price now starts as a freshman and has averaged 10 points per game at Schriner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Price
Silsbee High
Dan Montgomery
Shriner
Kerrville
Odessa
Price
Schriner
Last Rites Held Wednesday For R. H. Carter
Funeral services for Robert Hugh Carter 51 of Silsbee were held at 2 p m on Wednesday at the Farmer Funeral Chapel with Rev. John Couch officiating. Burial followed in Resthaven Cemetery. Carter died at 12:57 p m Monday in the VA Hospital Houston after a long illness. He was born in Athens and had lived in Silsbee 18 years. a retired truck driver and Baptist. Surviving are his wife Berline Carter three sons James Carter Claude Carter and Jeffrey Carter. two brothers Woodrow Carter and Norman Carter. three sisters Clara Pennington Ruby McGahan and Jackie Norris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hugh Carter
Silsbee
Farmer Funeral
John Couch
Resthaven Cemetery
Carter
VA Hospital
Houston
Athens
The
Baptist Church
Berline Carter
James Carter
Claude ‘Carter
Beaumont
Jeffrey Carter
Woodrow Carter
Norman Carter
Huntington Park
Calif
Clara Pennington
Ruby McGahan
Corsicana
Jackie Norris
Farmington, N. M
AARP Silsbee Area Chapter Plans December Meeting
The Silsbee area AARP will meet December 9 at 6 30 p m in O Neill School cafeteria for a covered dish supper. Members are asked to bring card tables and dominoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Area
Chapter of Retired Persons
AARP
O'Neil
Wage Freeze Lifted For Teachers In Silsbee District
Supt Don L Hough reports that all Silsbee High School teachers move to the post presidential freeze schedule effective Nov 14 with Dec 8 board review. The district approves supplementary pay for limited experience teachers and discusses TEA accreditation visit results aiming to keep K–12 fully accredited. Trustees consider a $4266 National Defense Education Act Title II fund and finalize textbook committee appointments and resignations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Silsbee Independent School District
Don L. Hough
BEE Wedensday
Hough
Aso
Texas Education Agency
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James Doane
Sammy Ruggles
SHS
Southern Asia
Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
John Busby
Busby
Silsbee Department
Fire Department
Robert Modisette
L. A. Yankie
Johnny Vanderburg
Russell Busby
Modisette
K L. M. Wilson
William Walters
Bubba McGallion
Hunter
Dayle Gaskamp
Tony the
Tony Calhoun
Calhoun
Butch Smith
Eddie Haynes
Gulf Coast Investment Co
P_N. Fortney
M. D
Jesse Jackson
Alma Gore
William
Bill) Haynes
Bob Moore
Betty Burns
Vernon O. Lusk
Ben Read
Clarence James Dugas
Don Ryder
Odessa College
R. H. Carter
Lilsbee
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