Safecrackers Hit Evadale Hardin Jefferson Schools
Thieves hit Hardin Jefferson School near Sour Lake and Evadale schools on December 23, stealing about 175 dollars from a safe at the Hardin Jefferson campus and 500 dollars from Evadale. Four IBM typewriters, an electric welding rig, and shop tools were taken at the Hardin Jefferson site. Deputies reported multiple home burglaries in the area with windows screens cut and safes opened by accessing internal emergency handles.
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Evadale
H. C. Alford
Jasper County
Bruce Gravis
Gravis
Alford
Hardin - Jefferson
Hardin County
Billy Paine
Howard Grantham
Jesse Cartwright
Hardin-Jefferson School
Sour Lake
Paine
Ers
Bruce ‘Gravis
BEE
Favnda'e
Bert Fling
Lakeview Road
Richard van Hess
Neal A. Lapham
van Hess
Lapham
Paul Mask
Highway 105
Nine Charged In Burglaries Across Two Counties
Hardin County Sheriff Billy E. Paine announced charges against nine Silsbee area suspects in multiple burglaries from Silsbee to Fred in Hardin and Tyler counties. The group includes Jack Gallaspy James Warner Mack Warner Jr George Schneider Ricky Simmons Pete Loggins Roy Potts and David Jones. Bail set at 10 000 for seven detainees Loggins jailed in Tyler County. others held in Hardin County Jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Curtis Gallaspy
James A. Warner
Mack Warner Jr
George W. Schneider
Ricky Glenn Simmons
Pete Lamar Loggins
Roy Potts
David Monroe Jones
Paine
Hardin County
Silsbee
Jesus Christ Church of Latter-Day Saints
Neches Club
Evadale
Washateria
Fred
Loggins
Tyler County
Gallaspy
Warners
Schneider
Ira Moore
Don Merrill
Simmons
Jim Baldwin
Truman Dougharty
Moore
Merrill
Potts Dee
Jones
Ralph Seamans
Wayne Pullen Dee
Most Businesses To Close For New Year Holiday
Indications show most retail firms in Silsbee will close Saturday January 1 for the New Year holiday. Banks city hall and chamber will close both days. some firms will stay open Friday. Park services and trash pickup will follow regular schedules.
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Silsbee
The
BEE
Sveral
Silshee Packing Co
A&p
Minimax
Big Star
Ray's
Silshee City Hall
Chamber of Commerce
Buck Jones
Apache
Britton-Cravens
Beall’s
Hirdwell’s
West Gibson
Morlyon and Lindsey
Warrick
Ity
Cesar Dominue
Bible to Open Clinic at Silshee Doctors Hospital
Leonard A Bible of Umont plans to establish his own seat at Silshee Doctors Hospital arriving in town to open a half day clinic per week. Dr Bible, 44, will operate Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays with tentative hours around 11 to 1. He previously worked as an emergency room specialist at JElizabeth Hospital in Beau and practiced in the New Ms. La. area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R Leonard
Umont
Silshee Jin
Silshee
Gene T. Jord
Jizabeth Hospital
Beau
Ms. la
Bible's
Council Votes to Pay Disputed City Attorney Bill
The Silsbee City Council approved a $350 bill from City Attorneys Leon Crum and Roger Ratliff after earlier questions about telephone conference charges. Ratliff said such time is part of the firm’s record. the council also addressed a police chief contract and potential actions re Grand Jury referrals, with other items postponed. The meeting involved executive session and discussions on city hall land sale offers, appraisers, and a tax refund request linked to a bankruptcy settlement.
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Silsbee
Leon Crum
Roger Ratliff
Council
Ronald Hickerson
I. F. Eldredge
N. G. Ferrell
Ratliff
Bobby L. Ogden
Eldredge
Landolt
Fordinal
Duane Beck
Ogden
Hurst
Texas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Beck
Hickerson
Southwestern Bell
W. W. Howell
Cesar Dominguez
Howell
Collier’s Hardware Store
Dominguez
Library Receives 3000 Dollar Title I Grant
Silsbee Public Library secured a 3000 dollar federal Title I grant for the current fiscal year under the Library Services and Construction Act. Dr. Dorman H. Winfrey announced the grant, noting 158 libraries met standards to receive funds. The program funds materials and services for the disabled, elderly, children, and education on drug use and the environment, plus interlibrary loan support.
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Silsbee Public Library
Dorman H. Winfrey
Texas State Library
Texas State Library Communication Network
Tax Load in Hardin County Rises in National Comparison
New York December 25 Hardin County residents pay about 280 per capita for local government services, compared with 316 statewide Texas and 301 in the West South Central states. National per capita cost averaged 427, up 47 from the prior year, with total state and local taxes reaching 86.8 billion. Hardin County taxes total 8.423 million.
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New York
Hardin County
Texas
Commerce Department
Tax Foundation
Commerce Clearing House
Arkansas
New York State
Commissioners Buy New Autos For Sheriff Paine
Hardin County Commissioners Court voted unanimously at a special meeting to accept 6134.12 dollars for two Plymouth police cars including trade ins. Sour Lake Motor Co. submitted the low bid over Silsbee Auto Co. at 6582.76 dollars for Ford units.
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Hardin County Commissioners Court
Sheriff's Department
Plymouth
Sour Lake Motor Co
Silsbee Auto Co
Silsbee Man Held In Assault With Intent To Rape
Vernon Spikes, 45, of East Avenue H, is held in Hardin County Jail on $10,000 bond for assault with intent to rape an 18 year old Silsbee housewife. He was arrested by local officers Tuesday afternoon and arraigned before Justice Rex Moore. The alleged incident occurred about 9 am Tuesday.
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Ford
Bob Kerr
Hugh Bevil Means
Paine
City of
Silsbee
Means
Ester Williams
Bob Williams
Houston
Williams
Thicket
Saratoga
Southwestern Timber Co
Champion Paper Co
Hardin County
The
BEE
Vernon Spikes
East Avenue H
Morris Cole
James Martin
Hubert Davis
Justice of the Peace
Rex Moore
Cole
Two Local Burglaries Include Cash and Appliances
Silsbee police investigated two burglaries this week. At Alford's Laundry Center on FM 418 thieves pried doors and screens, stealing about $25 from a change box and failing to break a change-making machine. A separate case involved a house trailer theft on the Austin Mobile Home lot, where a Hotpoint dishwasher and two bedspreads were taken.
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Silsbee Olice Oh Dee
Parolmen
Willis Compton
the Bee
Alford
Tommy Alford
Compton
Sammy Ruggles
Austin
South City
Ecomplavntant
Columbus
City Sales Tax Receipts Rise in 1971 Third Quarter
Assistant City Manager Cesar Dominguez reported Silsbee’s 1971 third quarter city sales tax receipts totaled 32,653.58, up from 27,881 in 1970. With three quarters, 1971 receipts reach 94,991.84, after first quarter 28,795.57 and second quarter 33,542.69. The 1 percent tax began in 1969.
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Silsbee
Cit
Cesar Dominguez
The
BEE
Holiday Visit From California and North Carolina Families
Mr and Mrs Johnny Johnson and daughter of Long Beach California visited the Bradshaws during the holidays. Mr and Mrs Paul Neal and daughter of Hendersonville North Carolina joined them in the family gathering at Contey C Bradshaw's home.
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Johnny Johnson
Long Beach
Calif
Paul Nea
Hendervsonville
N. C
Contey C. Bradshaw
Five To Vie For Miss Silsbee Title
The fourteenth annual Miss Silsbee Pageant will be held January 15 at 7 30 p m in the Silsbee Junior High School auditorium. Sponsored by the Pine Burr Chapter of the American Business Women's Association the event features five contestants Cynthia Anne Clopp Sherry Sue McLean Carolyn Gayle Nolen Elena Irene Watts and Patricia Elaine Pickett. Vivian Dietrich Tew Miss Silsbee 1963 serves as mistress of ceremonies and is a Lamar University audiology graduate and Cerebral Palsy Foundation therapist.
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Silsbee
Pine Burr
American Business Women’s Association
Vivian Dietrich Tew
Tew
The
Cerebral Palsy Foundation
Beaumont
Vivian
Lamar University
Shivers Hall
Lamar
Cynthia Anne Clopp
Dorothy Clopp
Sherry Sue McLean
Billie R. McLean
Carolyn Gayle Nolen
Richard E. Nolen
Elena Irene Watts
Jack R. Watts
Fred Killing May Go To Grand Jury
The body of Ronald Lee McKeefer, 31, of Amboy Indiana, shot dead in Fred on December 27, was to be shipped to Laird and Son Funeral Home in Amboy. Deputy Sheriff Adwell Odom said no arrest had been made and the case could go before the Tyler County Grand Jury next session. Survivors include his hospitalized wife who recently had heart surgery.
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Ronald Lee McKeefer
Amboy
Ind
Fred
Laird ‘and Son Funeral Home
Farmer Funeral Home
Silsbee
Tyler County
Adwell Odom
McKeefer
Farmers Funeral Home
Odom
Tyler County Grand Jury
Nool
Tyler County Hospital
Boy Charged in Assault at Menifee Teen Club
A Silsbee youth was arrested on assault with a pocket knife charge after a December 24 incident at Menifee's Teen Club. A 15-year-old boy was stabbed in the abdomen and hospitalized, later admitted to St Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont before transfer. The suspect faces charges and will be sent to Juvenile Officer Edna Brown's office.
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Silsbee
James Martin
the Bee
Martin
Menifee
22Nd Street
Silsbee Doctors
Edna Brown
Hardin County
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Hardin-Jefferson
Silsbee-Fred
Billy E. Paine
Bill
Emmett Lack
C. E. Landolt
John Fordinal
Hardin County Grand Jury
Ferrell
Grand Jury
Claude Cowrd
Enterprise
Miss Silsbee
Fred Killing
Boy
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