Trustees Adopt Tax Exemptions For 65 Plus Property Owners
Silsbee Independent School District Board adopted an elderly ad valorem tax exemption policy following state authorization. The district requires applicants to present birth documents or Social Security IDs, with exemptions capped at 3000 dollars. Enrollment and financial notes were discussed, including potential December payroll funding and a loan if needed.
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Silsbee Independent School District Board of Trustees
Texas
Hardin County Commissioners Court
SISD
Don L. Hough
Hough
Texas Education Agency
Gulf States Utilities
Joe McCleland
Brooks Bishop
the Bee
GSU
Elizabeth Ann McGill
Silsbee Junior High
Margo Thompson
Eileen Nash
Donald Djerdevig
Anne Jeffery
City Parks and Recreation Advisory Board
Kirby Elementary School
Pat Hardy
Barbara Katzer Leads Lamar December Graduates
Barbara Jo Katzer of Silsbee led 542 Lamar University graduates as an elementary education major receiving a Bachelor of Science with a 3.89 GPA. The ceremony at McDonald Gymnasium featured U. S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen as speaker. Katzer plans to be a homemaker and mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Jo Katzer
Lamar
Silsbee
Lamar University
Katzer
McDonald Gymnasium
Larry Katzer
Independence
Kan
U. S
Lloyd Bentsen
Grand Jury Indicts 21 in Hardin County
A Hardin County grand jury returned 21 indictments after a lengthy session, charging offenses from assault with intent to murder to sodomy and burglary. Several suspects were named from Silsbee Beaumont Tyler Kountze and Houston with cases including burglary of a motor vehicle possession of narcotics and carrying a prohibited weapon. No bills were returned in seven cases and a list of those indicted or charged was provided by the 88th District Clerk and the Hardin County Sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Grand Jury
Aline Harper
Hardin County
Billy Paine
Willie Gulley
Kountze
Jerry Wayne Lewis
Paul Partin
Larry Dewayne Lewis
Silsbee
Charlie William Albert
Baton Rouge
Larry Albert Huckaby
Beaumont
Ronald Lee Howell
Tyler
David Gallops
Chris Plain
Jerry Dozier
Victor
Lemuel Arline
Michael R. Wheat
David Preston Hall
Houston
Harold W. Sharp
Buna
James Arthur Robinson
Lorenza Kiel
Woodville
James Henry Carrell Jr
Robert Joe Herron
Ethel Williams
John D. Lord
Freddie Snider
Ernest Crawford
David Jones
Jack Curtis Gallaspy
Carol Steinmeyer
Six Injured In Lumberton Smash-Up On Saturday
A three car crash on US 96 five miles north of Beaumont injured six people on Saturday December 16. DPS and St Elizabeth Hospital spokesmen said two hurt were serious.
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Lumberton
Department of Public Safety
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Jim Baldwin
the Bee
Beaumont
US 96
Wagon Wheel
Former Silsbee Man Named In Sharpstown Suit
A FDIC filed a $4 million suit against 22 former Sharpstown State Bank officials, including H. F. McMahon formerly of Silsbee and Sharpstown, for loans alleged to be improper. The case targets loans to Frank W. Sharp and firms such as Timewealth Corp and Jamaica Resort Corp, seeking recovery of over $4 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Frank W. Sharp
FDIC
Sharp
Timewealth Corp
Jamaica Resort Corp
National Bankers Life Insurance Co. Employes Retirement Fund
Oak Forest Investment Ee
Sharpstown Realty O
Mrs Lady Howland Dies In Lumberton
Funeral services for Mrs Lady Keith Howland 50 of Jordan Road Lumberton will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at Forest Lawn Cemetery Beaumont with Rev Weldon Langley officiating. She died Tuesday at 4 a.m. at her residence. Survived by husband John Howland of Lumberton mother Mrs Etta Dickson of Beaumont and sisters Mrs Ila Mae O Bannion and Mrs Gussie O Pannion both of Beaumont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Howland
Jordan Road
Lumberton
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Beaumont
Weldon Langley
Howland
Dawson
Texas
John Howland
Etta
Ohn Howland
Teachers Sorority Hosts Christmas Party
The Beta Eta Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa held its annual Yule party at the home of Mrs. Irene McGowan with 14 attendees. Gifts were exchanged and holiday refreshments were served by Mrs. Helen Read, Mrs. Dixie Collier, and Mrs. McGowan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Eta
Alpha Delta Kappa
Dee
Irene McGowan
Helen Read
Dixie Collier
McGowan
Christmas Greetings From Silsbee Merchants and Officials
This Silsbee Bee feature presents holiday greetings from local businesses, chambers, charities, and officials. The piece highlights the community’s support for public projects and urges readers to acknowledge merchants after the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Kirby to Build Plywood Plant At Fawil Newton County
Kirby Lumber Corp plans a 40 acre Newton County plywood facility six miles south of Newton. The plant will employ about 300 people with a 2.5 million dollar annual payroll and produce over 160 million square feet per year, becoming the Souths largest pine plywood plant. Construction starts early 1973 for a late 1974 startup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirby
Fawil
Newton County
Kirby Lumber Corporation
Newton
T. M. Orth
Bon Weir
Bleakwood
Silsbee
Orth
Final 1972 Hardin County Commissioners Meeting Set
The Hardin County Commissioners Court will hold its last 1972 regular meeting at 10 a.m. today in the Courtroom at Kountze. The December date was moved to avoid Christmas Day. The first 1973 meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday, January 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Commissioners Court
Kountze
Burglary Week Reported In Silsbee
Silsbee police listed four coin machine burglaries and one attempted break in on Saturday December 16. Incidents include a Week's Conoco station break in theft of about 250 dollars plus a radio, a failed wash rack break in, a damaged O'Neil Intermediate School lunchroom coin machine, and multiple soft drink and cookie machine burglaries at Bell's Gas Station and Odom's Enco Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
James Fulgham
John M. Weeks
Conoco
Fulgham
George Read
O'Neil
Bell
Robert Dennis
Odom
Enco
Land Deal Closes For 2.8 Million In Hardin County
Four men led by PICA Investment Venture purchase Boise Southern Co holdings totaling about 15 000 acres across southern Hardin and northern Jefferson counties for 192 per acre. The sale closes in December and Boise Southern had owned the land since 1966. Expectation is to subdivide the package for resale with substantial parcels near Beaumont city limits and near Pine Island Bayou.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Clarence McNeely
Pica Investment Venture
Beaumont
Hugh R. Clubb
Herman R. Wes
James D. Austin
Paul R. Pique
Houston
Old Kent Co
Hardin
Jefferson Counties
Boise Southern Co
A Hardin
Boise Southern
Jefferson County
Pine Island Bayou
BEE
T.&n.o Railroad Co
Breakins Net Looters Tape Player Cash
Burglars entered Betty's Fashionette Store on December 14 by smashing the front door, taking a tape player and tapes valued around $60. Neches Club burglary reported December 16 saw thieves enter through a window, break change boxes on record machines, and steal about $10 in change. Deputy Don Merrill and Chief Deputy Jesse Cartwright investigated both incidents in Lumberton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumberton
Don Merrill
Merrill
Betty
Jesse Cartwright
Neches Club
City Wins Mobile Home Park Suit in Texas Supreme Court
The Texas Supreme Court on November 22 denied the appeal of Mr and Mrs Fred Herron over building a mobile home park on their three acre Silsbee property in an A residential zone. The ruling affirms the Beaumont Court of Civil Appeals finding that the Silsbee Zoning Ordinance blocks construction and operation of the proposed park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Supreme Court
Fred Herron
Silsbee
Herrons
City of
Knupple and
Watts Road
Hardin County District Court
Court of Civil Appeals
Beaumont
District Court
Airman Billy McGallion Returns Home on Leave
Billy McGallion, stationed in Guam with the U S Air Force, is home on a 15 day leave visiting his parents, Mrs Maude McGallion and Melvin McGallion, in Silsbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy McGallion
Guam
U.S. Air Force
Maude McGallion
Melvin McGallion
Silsbee
Rites Held for Mrs Ruth Vincent in Silsbee
Graveside rites conducted Sunday for 77 year old Ruth Vincent of Silsbee at Eden Cemetery near Douglas Texas. She died December 6 at Doctors Hospital after a short illness. A native of Nacogdoches she lived in Silsbee 12 years and was a Woodrow Baptist Church member. Survived by daughter Mrs Carl Harrison of Silsbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Vincent
Silsbee
Eden Cemetery
Douglas
Texas
Silssbee Doctors Hospital
Nacogdoches
Vincent
Woodrow Baptist Church
Carl Harrison
Drivers License Offices Close for Christmas Holidays
The Silsbee city hall annex Earnest Avenue and the Hardin County Courthouse in Kountze will close Friday December 22 through Tuesday December 26 for Christmas. Offices resume regular schedules on Wednesday December 27.
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Silsbee City Hall
Earnfest Avenue
Harding County
Kountze
Seeir
Buna Man Charged In Assault
An 18 year old Buna resident, John Darrell Marks of Route Two, Box 270B Buna, faces assault with intent to murder charges after an incident at Jim's Place tavern on FM 92 north of Silsbee. Ernest Haynes, 40, of Kirbyville, was stabbed and treated at Silsbee Doctors Hospital before transfer to St Elizabeth Hospital. condition listed as good at Beaumont on Monday. Case investigated by Deputy Don Merrill and LCB agent Truett Bennett.
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St Elizabeth Hospital
Coates
Martha Fabriquez
Beaumont
Hillin
Rook
Candy Durman
Buna
Lisa Gail Coates
Baldwin
DPS
Truman Dougharty
Ralph Seamans
Harding County
Justice of the Peace
B. L
FM 92
Silshee
Haynes
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont Hospital
Merrill
LCB
Truett
Bennett
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State Senate
Gener
Hardy
Board of Equalization
Modesha
T. T. Sutton
Phillipsburg
Stephanie
Trey
All Souls Catholic Church
Atlantic-Richfield Co
Silsbee Station
Sharpstown
Lady Howland
Teachers Sorority
Chamber of Commerce
Chrismas Basket Fund
Carrie Adams
Prince Hall Villa
Pine Plaza
F. C. Drake
Ministers Fellowship
T. G. Washington
James Stephenson
R. Eugene Jonte
R. J. Simpson
Don Sheffield
Sammy Bowie
Robert Scott
South
Ble Kirby
East Texas
Commissoners
Lonzo Morgan
Morgan
Gulf
Mobile Home Park
Buna Man
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