Armed Bank Robber Is Sent To Rusk State Mental Hospital
John Henry Read, 26, of Beaumont, was to be transferred to Rusk State Hospital after psychiatrists urged commitment for his own protection. Read, who attempted to rob the First National Bank of Silsbee on Jan. 18, was jailed, then housed in hospitals after two suicide attempts. Doctors warned he is likely to harm himself or others if not restrained and recommended transfer for further testing.
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John Henry Read
Beaumont
Rusk State Hospital
Rusk
Hardin County
Billy E. Paine
The
Bee
Paine
Read
First National Bank of Silsbee
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Baptist Hospital
L. M. Williams
E. P. Kalbaugh
Rusk Mental Hospital
Beaumont Man Killed In Hunting Accident
A 50 year old Beaumont man, Charles E. Powell of 3821 Steelton Street, died after a hunting accident near Sour Lake Saturday night. Powell was struck in the neck by a discharged .22 caliber rifle during a coon hunt at Floyd Warren hunting club, two miles NW of Sour Lake, while with his brother and another man. He died at St Elizabeth Hospital at 10:40 p.m. Funeral services were held at 3:30 p.m. Monday at Carroll Wallace Funeral Home with burial in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Survivors include his parents, three brothers and five sisters from Beaumont, Nederland, Houston, Victor, and Kountze.
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Beaumon
Mar
Sour Lake
Walace MecCasland
Charles E. Powell
Steelton Street
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Hardin County Sheriff's Office
Powell
Floyd Warren
Beaumont Hospital
Carroll-Wallace
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Charlie E. Powell
Beaumont
Adams Named To Ethics And Elections Committee
Austin Rep Herman Adams of Silsbee and Rep Hamp Atkinson of Texarkana were named to the Ethics and Elections Committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures by House Speaker Bill Clayton. Adams chairs the House Elections Committee and Atkinson chairs the Ways and Means panel. The task force will review election laws and voter registration in 1977, with its first meeting set for March 4-5 in Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Herman Adams
Silsbee
Hamp Atkinson
Texarkana
National Conference of State Legislatures
House
Bill Clayton
Clayton
Texas
Adams
Atkinson
Ways and Means
Ethics and Elections
Washington, D.C
Man Accidently Shot Here Tuesday Night
A Silsbee man, Jerry Elton Eddings, was injured Tuesday evening when a .22 rifle discharged while he rested it on his foot. The slug struck his right foot, causing a chipped bone. He was taken to Silsbee Doctors Hospital and spent the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Hardin County
James Williams
Jerry Elton Eddings
Eddings
Williams
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Infant Carrie James Dies in Houston Hospital
Funeral services were held for 11 month old Carrie Hope James daughter of Mrs Cynthia James of Houston at Farmer Funeral Home with burial at Resthaven Cemetery. Rev Lee McNeill Sr officiated. She died at 11 a.m. Monday at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston. Survivors include great grandparents Mr and Mrs Frank Calhoun of Silsbee.
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Carrie Hope James
Cynthia James
Houston
Farmer Funeral Home
Resthaven Cemetery
Lee McNeill Sr
Texas Children’s Hospital
Frank Calhoun
Silsbee
Auto license tags go on sale in Kountze and Silsbee
Auto license tags will go on sale at the courthouse in Kountze on February 15 and at the fire hall in Silsbee on March 1 per Jardin County Tax Assessor-Collector Jeannette McCreight. Renewal cards ease the process. Existing multi year plates will be replaced with a small self adhesive plastic "77" patch that attaches to the rear plate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kountze
Silsbee
Ofice of Jeannette McCreight
Jardin County
Silsbee Man Sues KCS Railroad for 395000
Robert Wayne Grisham of Silsbee filed in federal court this week seeking 395000 plus court costs from Kansas City Southern Railroad Co. He alleges negligence in stacking cross ties on a railroad push car, leading to a tie falling from overhead on November 18, 1976, causing permanent disabling injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wayne Grisham
Silsbee
Kansas City Southern Railroad Co
Grisham
Tigers Greenies Meet For Zone Play Off Berth
The Silsbee Tigers beat Jasper 82 76 to set up a showdown with South Park Greenies for a zone playoff berth. A Friday in Piney Woods at Tiger gym decides the Lions fate as Beaumonters and Orange Stark chase the same spot. Coach Fred Williams praises his hard working squad and calls them beating odds without stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Tigers
Livingston
Jasper
Tiger Gym
South Park
Orange Stark
Greenies
Piney Woods
Tigers
Silsbee
Beaumonters
Senate Resolutions Honor Silshee Citizens Tim Baldree
State Senator Don Adams introduces two Senate resolutions honoring Silsbee citizens. S.R. 76 commends Tim Baldree and Jerry Mansfield for rescuing W. H. Drake from a blazing home. S.R. 85 memorializes W. C. Britton, a prominent Silsbee resident and pioneer businessman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Don Adams
Silshee
Tim Baldree
Jerry Mansfield
W. H. Drake
W. C. Britton
Silsbee
Band Pops Concert To Be Held Tonight
Silsbee High School Symphonic Band presents a Pop’s Concert at the Junior High Auditorium at 7 30 p.m. on Thursday February 3. Vonda Perritt, band reporter, says the program will feature various types of pop music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee High School
Vonda Perritt
Thieves Take Drilling Gear Worth Over $2000 In Hardin County
Hardin County sheriff deputies investigated two thefts during the week with over $2000 in drilling equipment stolen from the Gulf Oilfield operations on Highway 326 near Sour Lake. The theft occurred around 10:30 a.m. Friday and left tire tracks as clues. Items stolen included batteries welding rods cable and electrical tools along with boat motor parts later reported missing from a Lumberton residence. No arrests have been made and investigations continue.
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Hardin County Sheriff's Deputies
Check of Tank Service Inc
Okla
Gulf Oilfield
Sour Lake
Charles Laird
Cheek
Milwaukee
Victor
Silsbee Fire Department responds to a busy January with 45 calls
The Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department reports January was extremely active under Chief Russell Busby. Firefighters answered 45 calls in 31 days including a major truck gasoline transport incident on South 96 with 8250 gallons on board and no rupture. Several grass and house fires followed, with multiple alarms on January 26 and 27, including a stove smoke incident on East Ave H and a later smoldering out-house fire. Firefighters also requested forest service aid for a grass fire near Highway 92 North near the rodeo grounds.
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Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
Russell Busby
Busby
South 96
Vine Street
1Th Street
East Ave. H
Lee Miller Road
Highway 92
Rodeo Grounds
Forest Service
Fresenius Road
Tially
Dardin Drive
Rural accidents claim 11 lives in Hardin County 1976
Acting Sergeant Truman Dougharty of the Texas Highway Patrol reports December 1976 saw one rural fatality in Hardin County. Across Hardin County rural roads there were 51 rural crashes with 26 injuries. For 1976 total rural crashes reached 440 with 11 deaths and 209 injuries. In 1975 there were 359 crashes, 16 deaths and 204 injuries. District 2B records for December show 559 rural crashes across 16 counties, with 18 deaths and 217 injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman Dougharty
Texas Highway Patrol
Hardin County
Dougharty
Pvt Jack Johnson Completes BCT Training
Pvt Jack Johnson of Fred, son of Mr and Mrs Marvin Johnson, completed army BCT training at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri and is now stationed at Fort Hood Texas. He serves in E Battery F A and works with radar.
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Pvt
Jack Johnson
Fred
Marvin
Johnson
Ft. Leonardwood
Ford Hood Tex
Combined Title I Parent Advisory Meet February 10
The ESEA Title I Parent Advisory Committees from Robinson Kirby Read-Turrentine and Junior High schools will convene on Thursday February 10 at 9:00 am at Silsbee State Bank. They will discuss newsletters sent to parents explaining the Title I program alongside regular classes in the Silsbee Independent School District.
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ESEA
Robinson Kirby
Read - Turrentine
Silsbee State Bank
Silsbee Independent School
Incumbents File For Council and School Board
Seven incumbents announce reelection bids for the joint city and school board races. In the school board, Harold Norris Place 6 and Raymond Tennison Place 7 run unopposed for now. Mayor James Hays files for re election. City Secretary Edna Brown confirms. Also, David Shows Place 5 C E Landolt Jr Place 4 and Eddie Van Winkle Place 6 seek new terms, with Shows and Van Winkle aiming for a third term and Landolt seeking his ninth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norris
Harold
Betty Meade
Tennison
C. B. Stevens
Edna Brown
the Bee
James Hays
David Shows
C. E. Landolt Jr
Eddie van Winkle
Shows
van Winkle
Landolt
Silsbee Jury Docket Set For February 10
The Silsbee Municipal Court Jury Docket is set for February 10 at 9:00 a.m. in the Municipal Courtroom. Cases include Ronnie Lee Gordon speeding citations, fleeing a police officer, Maybelle Hughes Hepler stop sign disobedience, Hattie Collins Adams speeding, Marshall D. Gore speeding and farm tag violations, Thomas Leo Danielson failure to yield and speeding, Cecil Lavon Heisler speeding, James Arthur Davis Jr racing on roadway, Hazel Eason Gardner speed control, and John Hilton Lowe disobedience of a traffic signal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Municipal Court
L. A. Yankie
Silsbee
Ronnie Lee Gordon
Maybelle Hughes Hepler
Hattie Collins Adams
Marshall D. Gore
Thomas Leo Danielson
Cecil Lavon Heisler
James Arthur Davis Jr
Hazel Eason Gardner
John Hilton Lowe
Police Experience Very Quiet Week
The Silsbee Police Department reported a quiet week with 15 arrests for charges including six public intoxication cases and three juveniles placed in protective custody. Five minor accidents, two criminal mischief complaints, and one theft were investigated. A white male in a black Ford pickup left without paying for 19 gallons of gasoline worth $9.85 at Anderson's Gulf. police still investigate. Traffic officers issued 32 speeding tickets and 34 warnings. In Jefferson County Court no contest pleas, Francis James of Lumberton pleaded on January 28 and was found guilty of false alarm with a $200 fine plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
A. L. Burleson
Guy East
Anderson’s Gulf
Jefferson County
Francis James
Lumberton
James
Three Lumberton Girls Arrested For Taking Automobile
Lumberton area youths were arrested at 3:30 p.m. on Washington Boulevard Beaumont Police recovered a 1974 International Travel-All stolen from N A Buck Dennis route 2 Silsbee. The girls fled after joyriding and ditched the car in Lumberton. a pistol was later found at 1740 Milam Road Beaumont. Charges pending.
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Lumberton
Washington Boulevard
Beaumont
Hardin County
Billy Paine
N. A
Buck Dennis
Silsbee
Cooks Lake Road
Highway 96
Paine
Milam Road
Steve Albrecht Elected To Phi Beta Kappa
AUSTIN The University of Texas Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the national scholastic honor society in the arts and sciences, has elected Steve Albrecht to membership. The announcement appears in Sec. 1, Pg. 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Albrecht
Austin
University of Texas
Phi Beta Kappa
Inflation Fuels 12 Billion Backlog in State Highways
Athens Rotary heard Charles Simons of the State Highway and Public Transportation Commission explain that inflation and slowing revenue growth created a 12 billion backlog in highway construction. He cited district totals near 180 million and projected 20 year funding of about 10.7 million, urging assigned funding for improvement and maintenance to avoid economic stagnation.
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Athens
Charles KK
Simons
State Highway and Public Transportation Commission
Athens Rotary Club
District 10
Henderson County
Briscoe
Texas
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Rusk State Mental Hospital
Thers
J. T
Clyde Powell
James Powell
Nederland
Ruby Jones
Winifred Colwell
Bobbie Broussard
Dorcas Meche
Cseaumont
Mary Jane Trenkins
Rep
Ethics and Elections Committee
KCS Railroad
W. L. Allen
Layne Cae Inc
Avenue
Allen
Tiger
Fred Williams
Laird
Ralph Osborne
G. O. Caver
Ginger Lane
Caver
Rec
School Board
Harold Norris
Raymond Tennison
Rity
Albrecht
Sec
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