Bur-Mont Nursing Center to Open in Silsbee
Bur-Mont Nursing Center a 120 bed facility on Highway 327 West Silsbee is set to open to patients on Monday December 22. Offices opened Monday and the center is hiring 40 to 60 staff with features including a nurse call system private baths cablevision and a therapy unit. Administrator Mrs Anna L Tanton brings seven years of nursing home experience dating to 1968 and has opened centers in Baytown and Bridge City before the current Silsbee project.
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Bur-Mont
Highway 327
Silsbee
Anna L. Tanton
Tanton
Nursing Home Administration
Silsbee Conalescent Center
Baytown
Bridge City
Silsbee Center
Hardin County funds boost Helping Hands to aid elderly
Hardin County Commission votes to set aside 2000 in Federal Revenue Sharing Funds to help Hardin County Helping Hands reach 3000 local funds and qualify for 9000 state welfare funds. The group provides transportation, housecleaning, cooking, and companionship to over 25 elderly residents countywide.
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Hardin County
Hardin County Helping Hands Service Organization
Fay Guillory
Gladys Williams
Willia Mae Johns
Emmett Lack
Howard Barrington
Judge Lack
Horace Moye
Pritchard and Associates
Clyde E. Smith Jr
Moye
Deep East Texas Regional Probation Department
J. L. Loftin
L City of Silsbee
Silsbee
Barrington
Hugh Bevil Means
Silsbee Trustees Set To Discuss Tax, Auctions And Repairs
Trustees will decide when to advertise for sale of used items such as venetian blinds and heaters. Bid dates for renovations at Silsbee Junior High include plumbing carpentry and new floors. Rent on the Santa Fe Rail Road tax office will rise from 25 to 100 next year. Tax taxes due by March 1 1976 with delinquency after that date. Pritchard and Associates may be retained again this fiscal year for industrial oil and mineral property appraisals.
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Silsbee Independent School District
Board of Trustees
Crawford
Silsbee
Santa Fe Railroad
Joe Thompson
Pritchard and Associates
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Woman Arrested For Harassing Telephone Calls
A Silsbee woman, Willie Mae Jacks, 28, was released on a $2000 bond after being charged with harassing telephone calls to Dr. Sam Copeland and to Police Lt. James Fulgham. Arrested December 5 by Fulgham Detective Ronald Barnes and Deputy Ira Moore, she allegedly made late night calls between November 10 and December 5 and hung up when answered.
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Fulgham
Police To Enforce Fireworks Ordinance In Silsbee
Silsbee Police Chief A L Burleson announced this week that officers would enforce the city ordinance restricting fireworks discharge within the city limits. The department urged citizens to obey the law to ensure a safe holiday season.
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Silsbee
A. L. Burleson
Silsbee Police Department
Burleson
Judge Lack Attends County Judges Seminar in Austin
Hardin County Judge Emmett Lack attended a Texas county judges seminar in Austin on December 25. The Texas Center for the Judiciary sponsored the event, which featured 19 class sessions led by speakers and legal authorities. Topics included misdemeanor county court cases probate and Mental Health proceedings.
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Hardin County
Emmett Lack
Texas
Austin
the Bee
Texas Center For the Judiciary
State Bar of Texas
Births in Beaumont and Silsbee area
Mr and Mrs Kenneth W Caillier Buna announce a daughter born December 3 at Women and Children Hospital Beaumont. Mr and Mrs Jesse Whatley Silsbee report a daughter born December 6 at Women and Children Hospital. Doris Aveline Bryant born December 14 to Arthur Ray Bryant Buna at Silsbee Doctors Hospital. Paula Victoria Sheffield born December 5 to James Ellison Sheffield Kountze at Silsbee Doctors Hospital. David Wayne Hall Jr born December 6 to David Wayne Hall and wife in Silsbee Doctors Hospital. Maudie Corrinne Fullin born December 10 to Douglas Fullin Davenport Iowa, former residents. Leanna Odom born November 48 at St Elizabeth hospital Beaumont. Cline Yarbro Silsbee the maternal grandfather.
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Kenneth W. Caillier
Buna
Women and Children Hospital
Beaumont
Jesse Whatley
Silsbee
Doris Aveline
Arthur Ray Bryant
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
James Ellison Sheffield
Kountze
Paula Victoria
David Wayne Jr
David Wayne Hall
Douglas Fullinim
Davenport
Iowa
Maudie Corrinne
Billy Odom
Tred
Leanna
St. Elizaveth Hospital
Cline Yarbro
Silsbee student earns honorable mention in state wool contest
In Kerrville on December 6 junior Donna Potts received honorable mention in the Make It Yourself With Wool state finals. Local rivals and fellow competitors watched as Potts represented Silsbee High School with a crafted wool project amid a large field of state entrants.
Man Sentenced to Eight Years for Rape in Hardin County
James C. Reynolds of Silsbee pleaded guilty to raping a 14 year old girl. Judge Clyde E. Smith Jr. sentenced him to eight years in the Texas Department of Corrections. The offense was reported May 15 and Reynolds was arrested shortly after.
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Silsbee
Texas Department of Corrections
Hardin County
Billy Paine
The
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Clyde E. Smith Jr
James C. Reynolds
Reynolds
Paine
Dwayne V. Overstreet
R. S. Coe
D. A. Cecil Tebbs
Public Hearings January 14 On 4th Street Crossing Plan
City council members voiced views Tuesday on a contentious proposal to add a new railroad crossing on 4th Street. The discussions focused on safety impact traffic flow and neighborhood effects as officials weigh the project.
James Hunter Named To All America Team
James Hunter, former Silsbee star and Grambling standout, is named to the All America first team by the Associated Press. Hunter, 6-2 and 198 pounds, starred for Grambling after leading Silsbee to a top state ranking and earning All-State honors in football and basketball.
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James Hunter
Silsbee
Grambling University
Associated Press
Silsbee Tiger
Hunter
Grambling
Tiger
Willie Brown
Oakland
NFL
Willie Williams
Giants
Mike Howell
Cleveland
Rosey Taylor
Redskins
Delis Howell
Jets
City Thefts Net Takers $1,400
Silsbee Police investigated burglary and theft totaling about $1,463 in goods. A 15-year-old juvenile was arrested for stealing a $75 tape deck from a Silsbee High School auto, later recovered from another juvenile. Additional thefts included $370 and $18 from a McGallion Texaco station and $1,000 of tools from Charles Alford's 1972 Chevrolet. A Jefferson County Grand Jury indicted Bobby Joe Yeagin for morphine possession, and Douglas Adams pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated with fines, probation.
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Silsbee
Ronald Barnes
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Barnes
James Fulgham
Silsbee High School
McGallion
Texaco
North Fifth Street
Joe Alexander
Alexander
Charles Alford
Route One
Alford
Jefferson County
Funeral Services For Ernest E. Allen
Ernest E. Allen 59 of Fred died at 3 p.m. Monday of an apparent heart attack while deer hunting. A Fred native, he lived in Beaumont 12 years and served 35 years with the Beaumont Fire Department, dying while employed there. He was a Mount Olivet Baptist Church member. Funeral held Wednesday at 10 am in Farmer Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Richard Whittington and Rev. David Lee Jenkins officiating. Burial in Franks Branch Cemetery. Survived by wife Ola of Fred, son Don Allen of Missouri City, daughter Melba Jenkins of Shreveport, La., brother R L Allen of Port Neches, and three sisters Co C Yawn of Silsbee, F E Pfleicher and A W Bell, both of Fred.
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Ernest E. Allen
Fred
Beaumont
Beaumont Fire Department
Mount Olivet Baptist Church
Farmer Funeral Home
Richard Whittington
David Lee Jenkins
Franks Branch Cemetery
Ola Allen
Don Allen
Missouri City
David Lee
Melba) Jenkins
Shreveport
R. L. Allen
Port Neches
Co. C. Yawn
Silsbee
F. E. Pfleicher
A. W. Bell
Silsbee Tigers Rally To Edge Stark 52 50 In Open Set
Silsbee Tigers chased down a 10 point third quarter deficit to beat the Stark Tigers 52 50 on Tuesday night. Anthony Brown and Artie Shankle led with 18 points each while Brown added 15 rebounds and a late basket to seal the win. The victory leaves Silsbee at seven wins and three losses ahead of today’s clash with Fort Worth Pascal in Houston.
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Silsbee
Tigers
Beaumont
Brown
Stark
Silsbee Tigers
Shankle
Fort Worth
Clear Creek
French High School
Clear Lake
William Bass
Bass
Oliver Lewis
Gulf States Theaters Sued For 275000 In Damages
Mrs. Bonnie Robinson of Silsbee filed suit in Beaumont U S District Court seeking 275000 against Gulf States Theaters over injuries from a fall at the Gayly Theater in Beaumont on August 13 1975. The complaint alleges the theater was negligent and caused severe incapacitating injuries.
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Bonnie Robinson
Silsbee
Beaumont
U.S. District Court
Gulf States
U.S
Wood family observes ordination at Harlandale Baptist Church
Mrs. Maxine Wood visited her son Gary Wood and family in San Antonio over the weekend. She attended Sunday night services at Harlandale Baptist Church where Gary Wood was ordained a minister. He serves as minister of music at the church.
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Maxine Wood
Gary Wood
San Antonio
Harlandale Baptist Church
Wood
Ministers Seek Applications For Christmas Grocery Slips
The Silsbee Ministers' Fellowship invites applications for Community Christmas grocery distribution. Deadline is Thursday December 18. A screening meeting will be held December 18 at 7 p.m. in the metal building on North Sixth Street near the SISD Tax Office to review requests.
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Silsbee Ministers’ Fellowship
Felowship
S. Bowie
North Sixth Street
Sisd Tax Office
Bowie
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Fourth Street
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Texas Department of Highways and Transportation
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Frank Grote
Grote
Landolt
Red Chance
I. F. Eldredge
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James L. Hays
Texas Criminal Justice Committee
H. T. Horka
Horka
Silsbee Public Library
Dawn Lauck
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