Silsbo City Council OKs Mobile Home Zone and Park Rules
Unanimous adoption at a Dec 23 regular meeting of Ordinance 75-15 establishing a mobile home zoning district in the Town of Silsoe addition blocks 19 20 23 24 25 26 3 and 32 between West Avenues L and J. The measure follows passage on the second reading with Councilman John Fordinal and Councilman David Shows in the majority. The ordinance also sets city park rules and regulations.
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Silsbo
John Fordinal
David Shows
Silsoee
West Avenue L
West Avenue J
I. F. Eldredge
James L. Hays
Frank Grote
Criminal Justice Commission
Gordon Reynolds
Blue Cross
Two Die in Silsbee Area Head-On Crash
A Beaumont woman and her two year old niece died from injuries after a head-on collision near Silsbee on US 96 Friday night. Milton Wayne Light 37 of Buna was in a northbound pickup involved in the crash. Tangie Alsander 2 and other family members were injured and treated at local hospitals. Funeral plans for Mrs Broussard were announced.
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Beaumont
Silsbee
Katie May Broussard
Glenwood
Tangie Alsander
Starlight Baptist Church
Sandfield
Evergreen
Texas
Mercy Funeral Chapel
Broussard
Columbus Broussard
Annie Lee Alsander
Texas Highway Patrol
Danny Smith
The
BEE
US 96
Milton Wayne Light
Buna
Light
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
St. Elizabeth
Justice of Peace
Ray Martin
Beaumont Hospital
Herbert Alsander
Tangie
Roxanne
Nisia
Kelly Alsander
Alsander
Kelly
Tangie Alsandor
Mitchell Road
Smith
Charlie C. Ricks
Gladys Ricks
Mark Singleton Lee
106 Road
Ricks
Hicks Dairy Road
Evadale
Jasper County
Russell Busby
GSU Strike May End After IBEW Meet
A 30 month contract proposal may end the Gulf States Utilities strike affecting about 2,200 workers. Beaumont area IBEW members from Silsbee plan a Dec 27 meeting to review the deal, with a firm decision possible by Dec 28 and calls for workers to return on Monday. The dispute centers on bargaining issues with the NLRB cited for failure to bargain on eight of 10 complaints.
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Gulf States
IBEW
Beaumont Area
Silsbee
Beaumont
GSU
Robert Sheffield
National Labor Relations Board
Vendor Loses $400 In Quarters In Van Breakin
Hardin County deputy reports $400 in quarter dollars and a case of Coors Beer stolen from a Ford van belonging to vending machine serviceman Andrew Watt of Houston at the Flamingo Club in Silsbee on December 18. He left the van about 15 minutes and returned to find the thief had gained entry through the vent glass.
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Ford
Hardin County
Ira W. Moore
The
BEE
Moore
Andrew Watt
Houston
Flamingo
Tigers win Consolation at Nederland tourney lead by Brown
Silsbee Tigers claimed the Consolation crown at the Nederland High School Basketball Tournament. Anthony Brown led with 29 points in a 70-55 win over Stratford, supported by Larry Davis 15 and Artie Shankle 10. Silsbee earlier beat Stratford 70-55 after a 16-10 third period surge.
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Silsbee
Tigers
Anthony Brown
Lincoln Bumblebees
Bees
Sam Houston Tigers
Brown
Silsbee Tigers
Stratford
Larry
South Park Greenies
Larry Davis
Shanile
Larry Taylor
West Orange Chiefs
Silsvee Taylor
Hardin County Keeps Probation Furniture Until Fees Paid
Hardin County Commissioners decide to retain possession of about 1400 dollars worth of probation office furniture until the Deep East Texas Regional Probation Department clears total 5389.67 dollars in fees and surplus funds. The dispute traces to Hardin's October exit from the regional agency and purchase of furniture with a Criminal Justice Commission grant.
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Hardin County
Deep East Texas Regional Probation Department
Polk County
Detrpd
Criminal Justice Commission
CJC
Hardin
Moye
Final Rites For Mrs. Lou Emma Fountain
Funeral services for Mrs. Lou Emma Fountain 81 of Lumberton were held at 10 a.m. Friday at Pine Ridge Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. She died at 12:50 p.m. Wednesday in Schiesinger Geriatric Center Beaumont after a lengthy illness. A native of Arkansas she had lived in Lumberton for 50 years. Survivors include brother Homer Sandidge of Gordon Ark and one niece Mrs. Phyllis Jepson Comier of Lumberton.
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Lou Emma Fountain
Lumberton
Pine Ridge Baptist Church
Schiesinger Geriatric Center
Beaumont
Arkansas
Homer Sandidge
Gordon
Ark
Phyllis Jepson Comier
Lumber
Nine true bills returned by Hardin County grand jury
Indictments include murder and rape charges. Charles Robert Moseley of Kountze faces the Nov 5 shotgun slaying of William Rushing. Robert Earl Lucas of Beaumont is charged with Oct 4 rape near Silsbee. Also indicted are two intoxicated driving cases, two thefts, a burglary, and another burglary offense.
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Hardin County
William Rushing
Kountze
Charles Robert Moseley
Rushing
Robert Earl Lucas
Beaumont
Silsbee
James A
Dallas
David Anderson
Jeff Lane
Newton
Maxwell Shane Bullock
Virgil Lee Jones
Houston
David Lyles
Bernice Edward Simmons Jr
Fof Silsbee
Thompson Donates Five Acres To Big Thicket Assn
Five acres of land in Jack Gore Baggall Unit of the Big Thicket Preserve were deeded to the Big Thicket Association by Houston Thompson, long-time BTA board member and Silsbee attorney. The gift, announced by Big Thicket Association president Howard Peacock, funds will eventually benefit Museum development when land is sold to the National Park Service. A museum fund drive is underway in Hardin County to raise operating funds and hire a museum director. gifts are tax deductible.
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Saratoga
Big Thicket
Jack Gore Baggall
Big Thicket National Preserve
Big Thicket Association
Houston Thompson
BTA
Silsbee
Thompson
National Park Service
Howard Peacock
Peacock
Hardin County
Box
Texas
Maxine Johnston
The
Hardin
Tyler
Police arrest two on automobile theft warrants
Silsbee Police arrested Jerry M. Southwell Jr. on a Beaumont auto theft warrant for stealing a 1975 Oldsmobile from Gibbons Auto Sales Beaumont. Bond set at 5000 dollars and he was arraigned by Justice Ray Martin. Detective Ronald Barnes then arrested Robert Elton Cochran on a Newton County auto theft warrant after questioning him on a public intoxication case. Cochran is from Van Vleck Texas. In Jefferson County Courts Buna man Johnnie Billiot pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and received 170 dollar fine plus costs and one year probation with 60 days in jail.
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Silsbee
Newton County
Beaumont
A. L. Burleson
The
BEE
Ralph Osborne
Jerry M. Southwell Jr
Prince Hall Villa
Gibbons
Justice of the Peace
Ray Martin
Osborne
Southwell
Ronald Barnes
SPD
Robrt Elton Cochran
van Vieck
Texas
Barnes
Jefferson County
Johnnie Billiot
Funeral Services For C. C. Williams Held In Silsbee
Funeral services were held for Oscar Otto Williams 68 of Silsbee at Pace Funeral Home Chapel Kountze with Rev. Melvin Spears officiating. Burial followed at Old Hardin Cemetery. Police reported death from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after an inquest. Survivors include four sons Har y D. Williams Grady D. Williams A P Williams Walter Williams a daughter Dorothy Remmers and a brother Carl D. Williams.
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Oscar Otto Williams
Silsbee
Pace Funeral Home
Kountze
Melvin Spears
Hardinemetery
Williams
Marshall Lane
A. L. Burleson
Justice of the Peace
B. L
Burleson
Hary D. Williams
Crockett
Grady D. Williams
Big Sandy
A. P. Williams
Corsiana
Walter Williams
Jennings
Dorothy Remmers
Corsicana
Carl D. Williams
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Cecil Cain
American Security
IBM
Act A. B. Dic’ Corp
Burroughs
South Seventh
Tom Tennison
Continental/cura‘e
3M,corp
Sound Communications
South Ninth and Tenth Assurance Co
Etex
W. J. McDonald
the Bee
South Eleventh Street
Forest Park
Nederland
Chiefs
Tiger Gym
Horace Moye
Emmett Lack
Commission
Lack
Judge Lacks
Commis
Sioners OK
Pritchard and Associates of
Sandy Fowlkes
Stewart Earth Resources Group
San Antonio
New York State
Tennessee
Fowlkes
J. L. James Graphics Co
Groves
Mid-County
Grayburg
Ted
Sour Lake
Pet
J. L. Loftin
Bennett Co
Walraven Co
Lamb
Hart Graphics
Fred Anders
Southwestern Bell
Ernest Avenue
Val Hickman
Gary Pircher
Kirbyville
Woodville
South Third Street
Big Thicket Assn
C. C. Williams
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