Commissioners pledge to buy US 96 by-pass right of way
Hardin County Commissioners reaffirmed use of Federal Revenue Sharing funds to purchase right of way for a Texas Highway Department plan linking US 69 and US 96 as a freeway in Precinct 4. The session on December 20 also authorized $150 for the County Child Welfare Board to buy gifts for 15 foster children and approved an IBM typewriter maintenance contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Texas Highway Department
Silsbee
Lester Landgraf
The
BEE
Chance
FM 421
Ariola
Lumberton “Y
Horace Moye
County Child Welfare Board
International Business Machines, Inc
IBM
Blanton Road
Village Creek Estates
Englewood
Woodland Heights
Peter Trest
Regu
Herman Adams Seeks Re election as Representative
State Representative Herman Adams announces candidacy for re election in 1974 from the 5th Legislative District including Hardin and Jasper counties. The notice appears in Adams column with reference to further detail in Section 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Adams
Hardin
Jasper
The
Adams
Manwell Rodgers 53 Found Dead Near Kirbyville Park
Manuel Rodgers a 53 year old former Silsbee resident was found dead near Kirbyville City Park at 2 30 pm December 16 an autopsy was ordered by Justice of the Peace J B Sanders investigation was incomplete pending an autopsy report from Beaumont Rodgers a WWII disabled veteran was laid to rest at Plainview Cemetery near Bronson with Rev Glenn Jordan officiating He is survived by his parents three daughters and three sons and several sisters and in laws
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel Rodgers
Silsbee
Kirbyville City Park
Justice of the Peace
J. B. Sanders
Sanders
BEE
Beaumont
Rodgers
Plainview Cemetery
Bronson
Glenn Jordan
Henry Rodgers
Newton
Jeraldine Campbell
Merryville
Linda Moody
Florida
Brenda
Debbie
Vicki Rodgers
Nederland
Maurine Rodgers
Donley
Ricky
Lonnie Rodgers
Artie Fuqua
Houston
Myrtle Ashworth
Neva Poindexter
Maurine Herron
Dallas
Births in Silsbee and area hospitals this December
Mr and Mrs Jerry Harrell of Silsbee welcomed a daughter born December 18 at St Elizabeth Hospital. A son arrived December 19 to Mr and Mrs Williams Eugene MecMahon Jr of Lumberton at Women and Children Hospital. Mr and Mrs Edward Bass of Silsbee reported a son born December 19 at Women and Children Hospital. Mrs Bruce Cravey of Silsbee was admitted December 2 at Women and Children's Hospital. Mr and Mrs George D Spurlock of Silsbee welcomed a son born December 25 at Women and Children's Hospital. Charles Edward McCarter Jr born December 19 to Mr and Mrs McCarter Sr of Silsbee at Doctors Hospital. Belinda Denise born December 24 to Mr and Mrs Charles Edward Wooten of Silsbee at Doctors Hospital. Mr and Mrs K D Hay and children Susan Gene Janet and Robert of Gillespie spent Christmas with Mrs Hay's parents Mr and Mrs R E McCleland of Silsbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Harrell
Silsbee
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Williams Eugene Mec- Mahon Jr
Lumberton
Women and Children Hospital
Edward Bass
Bruce Cravey
Women’s and Children’s Hospital
George D. Spurlock
Women's and Children’s Hospital
Charles Edward McCarter Jr
McCarter Sr
Doctors Hospital
Belinda Denise
Charles Edward Wooten
K. D. Hay
Susan
Gene
Janet
Robert
Gillespie, Jr
Easterling Home Destroyed by Fire in Silsbee Area
The Easterling residence owned by Richard Easterling on Old Beaumont Highway south of Silsbee was destroyed by a morning blaze around 11:53 am. Edward Easterling was injured fighting the flames and treated for burns at Silsbee Doctors Hospital. Fire crews from three engines and 10 volunteers battled the fire for about three hours, with a 1967 Buick in the carport among the losses, and separate vehicle fires noted on Dec. 21 and 22 at O'Bannon's FM 92 lot and Pine Plaza Shopping Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Easterling
Beaumont Highway
Silsbee
Russell Busby Easterling
Edward
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
O'Bannion
Pine Plaza
Former Paula Prewitt Family in Northern California Plane Search
An extensive air search is underway in Northern California for Marvin Cheek, his wife Maurey seven, and Johanna Kremelmeyer after their four passenger red and white Cessna 172 disappeared Friday en route to San Francisco. They had left Montague Air Landing Strip and weather Hampered earlier attempts to take off. The party planned to meet a Texas-bound group in Fresno before continuing to Hazleton near Longview.
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California
Shsbee
Miei
Priday
Marvin Cheek
Maurey
Montague Air Landing Strip
Calif
San Francisco
Yreka
Johanna Kremelmeyer
Silsbee
Hazleton
L Longview
Texas
Cheeks
Johanna
Fresno
Dallas
Ronald Thomason
Prewitt
Tigers Rip Stark Quintet 69-51
Silsbee's Tigers beat Orange Stark 69 to 51 as coach Dan Montgomery lauded the effort. Dabney scored 21, Galloway and Simmons added 12 each, while Scott and Shankle led rebounding. JV won 50-49. freshmen beat Forest Park 52-42. Varsity next travels to French, then Cleveland, and hosts Jasper to open zone play.
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Silsbee
Tigers
Orange Stark
Dan Montgomery
Michael Dabney
Jerry Galloway
James Simmons
Ricky Scott
Atte ‘Shankle
Varrsity
Austin
Gilsbee
Forest Park
Varsity Tigers
Buffs
Cleveland
Jasper
Growing Up in Houston Inspires Silsbee Native Herron
Kay Herron, a Silsbee High School graduate and UH journalism sophomore, reflects on college growth from a small town to a million-strong city. She values Gamma Sigma Igma volunteer work, edits for the Daily Cougar, and studies economics with a goal of becoming a foreign affairs reporter, while missing Texas woods and embracing city life.
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Kay Herron
Silsbee
University of Houston
Herron
Dallas
National Service
Gamma Sigma Igma
Daily Cougar
Houstonian
Russia
Te “Tv
Houston
Jearning Herron Houston
James Joyce Brooks
ID. H. Lawrence
Thomas Hardy
Ayn Rand
Funeral for Mrs. Lucile Skinner Held Wednesday
Mrs. Lucile Skinner 79 of Silsbee died at Baptist Hospital Beaumont after a brief illness. Funeral services were held at First Baptist Church Silsbee with Rev. R E Barclay officiating. Burial in Resthaven Cemetery. Survived by husband L P Skinner two sons Larkin S Skinner Houston and John Skinner Silsbee one brother Harry T Murchison Athens three sisters Myra Dorsett Winters Mary McCullough Mesquite and Grace Toney Abilene. Pallbearers listed.
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Lucile Skinner
Twentieth Century Club
Woman's Club
DAR
Order of the Fastern Star
L. P. Skinner
Larkin S. Skinner
Houston
John Skinner
Silsbee
Harry T. Murchison
Athens
Myra Dorsett
Winters
Mary McCullough
Mesquitel
Grace Toney
Abilene
J. C. Jeffrey
C. G. McClinton
Harmon Weathersby
E. M. Wilson
Mevil Braswell
Frank Cas Key
Silsbee Council Panel Short. Police Study Firm, Federal Funds
Silsbee City Council agenda for Wednesday December 26 includes selecting a firm to conduct a police management study and a resolution requesting Federal funds. Resolution 738-30 backed by the Deep East Texas Council of Governments asks Congress to release Rural Development Act funds for water and sewer projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee City
BEE
Texas Council of Governments
Texas Water Quality Board
U.S. Congress
Silsbee Police Department
One-Car Crash Harms 19-Year-Old Near Silsbee
A 19-year-old, Donald Fullingim of Kountze, was injured when his car left FM 418 west of Silsbee, struck Mill Creek Bridge after 9 p.m. on Christmas Day. He received minor injuries and was treated at Silsbee Doctors Hospital before release.
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Kountzeman
Donald Fullingim
Silsbee
Mill Creek
Departmen of
Public Safety Highway Patrol
Fullingim
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Charles Wilson Seeks Second Term as Congressman
Congressman Charles Wilson filed with the Texas Democratic Party for re election to the Second Congressional seat. He serves East Texas in a 20 county district and sits on Foreign Affairs and Veterans Affairs committees. Wilson backed War Powers legislation and veteran support bills and helped secure a Big Thicket National Biological Preserve measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wilson
Texas
Calvin Guest
Wilson
Foreign Affairs and
Veterans Affairs
House of Representatives
Willson
Two Treated For Scarlet Fever In Silsbee
Two cases of scarlet fever were reported in Silsbee since December 20. Charissa Campbell, 7, and David Campbell, 10, were diagnosed by Dr. J. L. Bridges. The family is on antibiotics and staying home for two weeks. no other local cases were confirmed.
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Silsbee
W. D. Campbell
Knapple Road
The
BEE
Silsbee Physicians
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
George D. Tennison
Assault and drug charges filed in Silsbee police report
Silsbee police report several arrests this week for marijuana and narcotic possession and aggravated assault. Geraldine Battle, 35, of 230 South 12th Street, was arrested December 26 on an aggravated assault warrant issued by Justice of the Peace ib Como after Marthe Buckley, 17, said she was stabbed in a May five inch knife altercation. Bond not yet set. Also arrested December 23 were Richard Cheshire 15, Harold Reeves 8, Janet Baldwin 17, Pamela Griffith 18, and John Stanley in two incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Police
Geraldine Battle
South 12Th Street
Justice of the Peace Ib. L. Como
Marthe Buckley
Silsbee
Gas Rationing Echoes in Hardin County Car Owners Face Cuts
A 1940s style feature projects Hardin County’s 18 300 passenger cars consuming about 10 268 000 gallons yearly. If rationing returns, expected 20 percent cut in fuel, with A B C X categories guiding limited access and a ration book system costing three gallons per week per car.
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New York
Hardin County
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Easterling
Paula Préwitt and Family
Cascade Range
Midland
Ore
Rip Stark
U of H Daily Cougar
Se Tee
Hom
Miss Kay Herron
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