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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1972
Page
1
Five Silsbee High School students earned seats in Region X All Region Band after auditions held December 9 at Lumberton High School. B W Ross announced the results noting one musician advanced to state tryouts for the Texas Music Education Association All State Band.
The Silsbee Independent School District trustees will resume inquiries into air conditioning all school plants. Gulf States Utilities officials will present cost figures and information. The board previously hired George L. Ingram and Associates for a cost estimate but later rejected the study. A bond issue election to fund the program is possible.
Five students named to the band include Stephen Lovelady of the Lovelady family and Debra Butcher plus James Simmons Johnny Ray Lowe and Kevin Wright. About 800 auditioned for two 55 member All-Region Bands with All-Region concerts set at Lamar University Beaumont January 12 13. Lovelady attends Area All-State tryouts January 20 1973 in Nacogdoches competing with region colleagues.
City of Silsbee delays approving an eight and a half percent GSU rate increase first proposed in May 1971. Officials meet to resolve nonessential provisions while a second rate ordinance awaits council action. Revenue sharing funds and a CRT teletype for the police are approved for study and potential purchase.
Evadale Independent School District trustees sold 440000 dollars in bonds on December 6 to fund phase II of expansion. The plan adds a new band hall eight classrooms and gym renovations with possible dressing rooms. Underwood Newhaus & Co. of Houston bid 5.06477 percent, six bids total.
Hardin County commissioners approve a 3000 dollar ad valorem tax exemption for residents 65 and older as allowed by a 1971 Texas amendment. Judge Emmett Lack notes revenue loss of about 12000 to 15000 dollars. The plan requires proof of age and homestead status with applications likely after year start.
Funeral services for Mrs Louise Knupple age 88 of Silsbee were set for 10 a.m. today at Farmer Funeral Home with burial in Knupple Cemetery. She died at 12:25 a.m. Tuesday. A Har din County native and lifetime Silsbee resident, she was survived by a daughter Mrs L E Lang of Galveston among others.
The 21st Lamar University midsemester commencement on Beaumont campus will honor 15 Silsbee graduates among a total class of 415 bachelor’s degree candidates in 42 fields plus 56 master’s and 73 associate degrees. Sen Lloyd Bentsen will deliver the commencement address as Dr. John E. Gray presides.
Mrs A E Johnson of Silsbee is in London visiting her son Allen Campbell Johnson and family. She left for England on November 25 to aid her daughter-in-law after surgery and to help care for her grandchildren.
DeRidder resident James C. Miller 47 died when his 1971 Chevrolet Impala collided with a Missouri Pacific freight train near Sour Lake Texas. The crash occurred at the grade crossing on Highway 326 as Miller, unable to stop, was dragged about 1000 feet before the train stopped. Miller was pronounced dead at the scene by Dr. J N Montgomery. Funeral arrangements were pending Pacific Pace Funeral Home in Kountze.
Silsbee police report burglaries this week including a Dec 9 entry at Edgar Richard Grisham’s home 335 North Third. Thieves used a smashed front door window and a pillowcase to steal jewelry perfume a billfold a Zenith TV and Christmas gifts while the family was away.
O'Neil Intermediate School will present its annual Christmas music program in the school auditorium Sunday at 5 p.m. under the direction of Mrs. C. Greene and Mrs. A. Bowie. The program features carols and rhythm pieces, including old favorites and modern selections. The public is invited.
Hardin County Sheriff's Department investigated armed robbery at Hobbs Grocery between Hull and Batson near the Hardin-Liberty line. Two young men with guns forced entry after 5 p.m. December 12 and fled in a muddy yellow 1965 Ford or Mercury with a third man. Items stolen included cash, a bicycle, a cassette recorder, and a portable barbecue pit. Case details and suspect descriptions were released by Sheriff Billy Paine and deputies.
Hardin County sheriff reports two burglaries. On Dec 10 a Wizard 9.2 horsepower outboard motor valued at 200 dollars was stolen from R V Cravy of Route 1 Silsbee after 9 p.m. Dec 10. On Dec 6 burglars broke a window at W C Colburn’s Pinewood Addition home and stole a tanned red and white cowhide rug valued at 100 dollars.
Trevor V. Pinder 24 Kathy Jean Pinder 20 both of Pasadena and John Henry King 48 of Houston were arraigned in Beaumont on federal counterfeiting charges. They were arrested in Tyler County and jailed in Hardin County with bonds of 25000 for Pinder and 50000 for the others. Secret Service agents led the case and restitution to Silsbee merchants was expected to be completed.
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