Silsbee Police Sergeant Faces Theft Charge
Silsbee Police Sergeant Morris Cole is charged with theft by bailee in a Silsbee justice court. The complaint was filed Feb 2, Cole posted a $1000 bond and was released, and he was suspended pending outcome. An examining trial was requested, with the district attorney needed for the proceeding.
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Silsbee
Morris Cole
Rex Moore
Justice of the Peace Court
Cole
Fred Herron
Billy Paine
Moore
The
Bee
Stanley Coe
Leon Crum
Roger Ratliff
Edgar Blood
Ronnie Hickerson
Blood
U. S
Claude Coward
Herron
Silsbee Packing Co
Union Carbide
the Bee
Winchester-Western Arms Co
Youth Charged With Robbery and Sodomy After Jan 27
Vidor and Beaumont youths face charges in a case involving robbery by assault and sodomy. Earl Droddy 17 Beaumont and Owen Horn 22 Evadale were arrested Jan 27 after attempting to cash checks tied to a kidnapping and weapon theft. Langhorne 18 Beaumont identified Droddy as forcing sodomy.
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Vidor
Beaumont
Silsbee
Edgar Blood
Jasper County
Sherif Bruce Gravis
Evadale
the Bee
Blood
Earl Lee Droddy
Owen Lawrence Horn
Victor
Timothy C. Langhorne
Gravis
Langhorne
Dreddy
Horn
Orange County
Fvndale
North Hardin Water Plans Extension to Include More Homes
North Hardin Water Supply Corp plans an extension to serve families not initially joined. A Feb 15 meeting at Kirby School cafeteria aims to recruit participation under a Farmers Home Administration loan. Membership is $50 with meters placed five feet inside property lines, funded solely by water bills.
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North Hardin County
Extended
North Hardin Water Supply Corporation
Kirby School
Pete Calvert
NHWSC
Calvert
Ing
State Health Department
Farmers Home Administration Agency
North Hardin
Mrs John Meade Seeks Re election To SISD Trustee Post
Mrs John Meade has filed for a second term as Place 6 Silsbee Independent School District Trustee for the April 3 election. She was elected in April 1968 and has lived in Silsbee since 1965. Her son Mark 15 attends Silsbee High School. The election also includes Place 7, with incumbent Rayford Birdwell. Filing deadline at SISD business office is noon March 3.
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John Meade
Silsbee Independent School District
The
BEE
Meade
Silsbee
Morris Pharmacy
Mark
Silsbee High School
Rayford Birdwell
SISD
Missing Girls Found In Louisiana
Gayle Holliman and Deborah Jones, reported missing from Silsbee on January 22, were located by Louisiana authorities on January 27 in New Roads Pontotoula Parish. They were returned to their homes by parents on January 28.
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Gayle Holliman
Beaumont
Deborah Jones
Silsbee
Louisiana
Morris Cole
Cole
SPD
Texas Department of Public Safety
New Roads
Pont Toupe Parish
Neches Valley Growers Set Feb 11 Meeting in Bountze
The Neches Valley Vegetable Producers Association will hold its annual meeting on Thursday February 11 at 7 pm in the Hardin County courthouse district courtroom on the second floor in Bountze. Dr John Larsen Extension Vegetable Horticulturist will discuss local vegetable production and officers for the new year will be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neches Valley Vegetable Producers Association
Hardin County
Bountze
John Larsen
Jimmy F. McCelvey
Funeral Services For Arthur Brown Held on Feb 3
Funeral services for Arthur Lee Brown Sr. 82 of Lumberton were held at 10 p.m. Wednesday at Pace Funeral Home Chapel in Kountze with Rev. Dan Gibson and Rev. R Eugene Jonte officiating. Brown died suddenly Feb 1 at his son Joe Brown’s home in Lumberton. Burial followed at Forest Lawn Cemetery Beaumont. Pallbearers were Rueben Martin Phillip Brown Paul Brown Charles Steeley Ralph Barrington and J W Hopkins. He is survived by five sons Horace Brown Dallas Joe Brown Lumberton Clarence Brown Richardson Clyde H Brown Azle and Arthur L Brown Jr Poke Texas. two daughters Valla Mae Williams Richardson and Pauline McAfee Alba. one brother Sam H Brown West Monroe La.
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Arthur Lee Brown Sr
Lumberton
Pace Funeral Home Chapel
Kountze
Dan Gibson
Silsbee
Paul Brown
Charles Steeley
Ralph Barrington
J. W. Hopkins
Brown
Horace Brown
Dallas
Joe Brown
Clarence Brown
Richardson
Clyde H. Brown
Azle
Arthur L. Brown Jr
Poke Texas
Valla Mae Williams
Pauline McAfee
Alba
Sam H. Brown
West Monroe la
Callaway Sentenced Two Years For Segrest Murder
W T Callaway of Silsbee pled guilty to the murder of Bobby Gene Segrest before Judge H A Coe in Kountze on January 27. He received a two year term in the Texas Department of Corrections for the April 26 1970 firearm murder.
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W.T. Callaway
Silsbee
Bobby Gene Segrest
H. A. Coe
Kountze
Callaway
Texas Department of Corrections
Segrest
Silsbee Tigers Keep Lead In 11 3A Basketball Drive
Silsbee High maintains top spot in District 11-3A with an 87-48 win over Livingston and a 70-48 victory against Cleveland to run their district record to 5-1 while season mark climbs to 22-6. David Brown and James Hunter led the Livingston game with 29 and 20 points, Brown adding 16 rebounds. Price led Cleveland with 26 points as Hunter added 17 and 11 rebounds. The junior varsity also beat Livingston 55-37 and Cleveland 63-59 as Mitch Dinkle scored 27 in the latter. Kirbyville won the junior high tournament, while Newton JV captured the Newton Tournament crown. Upcoming: varsity and JV host Liberty and Crosby in district action.
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Silsbee High
Livingston
Cleveland
David Brown
James Hunter
Brown
Tigers
Joe Price
Hunter
Price
Varsity
Liberty
Crosby
Eddie Fobbs
Mitch Dinkle
Kirbyville
Silsbee
Bengals
Acre
Orange North
Ove
Miss Silsbee 1971 Pageant to Feature Local Youths
Herb Couture will emcee the thirteenth annual Miss Silsbee pageant on Saturday February 13 at 7 p m in the Junior High School auditorium. Nine contestants compete in talent swimsuit and question events with a Future Miss Silsbee segment. Tickets are on sale at local businesses.
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Herb Couture
Eastex Inc
Couture
Wisconsin State College
Alicia Ann Crocker
Kenneth Crocker
Carey Willingham
Karl Willingham
Mona McKinley
Charles McKinley
Matt Karnes
Leo Karnes
Jill Worley
Kyle Worley
Richard Worley
Donna Morgan
Wilmer Morgan
Clay Pope
C. Z. Pope Jr
Mandie Grubbs
Grant Grubbs
Edward Grubbs
Lisa Rucker
Norman Rucker
John Miller
J. P. Miller Jr
Molly Modisette
B. C. Modisette
Dusty Bailey
Darwin Bailey
Michelle
Michael Longenberger
Donald Longenberger
LaNita McBride
Weldao McBride
David Jordan
Louis Jordan
Debra Jane Hargrave
Lynn Hargrave
Gregg Wilson
Anthony Wilson
Amy Armour
Spencer Armour
Kevin Owens
Royce Owens
Robi Childress
Sue Childress
Tony Stines
4. V. Stines
Pine Burr Chapter
American Business Women's Association
Buck Jones Lumber Co
Cravens Insurance Agency
Kirby Lumber Co
Neches National Bank
Cecil Cobble Receives Silver Beaver Award
Cecil Cobble executive vice president of Silsbee State Bank and longtime Boy Scout leader received the Silver Beaver Award from the National Council of the BSA for noteworthy service to boyhood under the Three Rivers Council. The recognition banquet was held January 21 at the Royal Coach Inn in Beaumont with Mack A. Pond presenting. Cobble serves on the Three Rivers Executive Board and Big Thicket District Committee and has held roles as Troop and Post Committee chair and District Commissioner.
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Cecil Cobble
Silsbee State Bank
Boy Scouts of America
Cobble
National Council of the
BSA
Three’ Rivers Council
Royal Coach Inn
Beaumont
Mack A
Richard to begin basic training at Lackland Air Force Base
James R. Richard son of Mr and Mrs Harold V Richard left Wednesday for Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio where he will be stationed for basic training in the US Air Force.
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James R. Richard
Harold V. Richard
Lackland AF
San Antonio
Ai Force
Mark Franklin Is Assessed 8 Years
Mark Lance Franklin, 20, of Voth, was sentenced January 29 to eight years in the State Penitentiary on concurrent sentences for five felony charges. He pleaded guilty before Criminal District Judge George Taylor in Beaumont to unlawful possession of morphine and unlawful sales of morphine and dilaudone in the February 18, 1970 Beaumont pharmacy burglary, with all sales to one undercover narcotics agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Lance Franklin
Voth
State
Franklin
George Taylor
Beaumont
Woman Arrested on Theft Charge Here On Jan. 28
Betty Brimmer of Lufkin and Beaumont was arrested by Silsbee Police at 6 50 p m January 28 on a theft over 50 warrant from Andrews Police Department. Arraigned before Justice Rex Moore bond set at 2500. Jailed awaiting Andrews PD return. Brimmer and husband reportedly charged with theft of a 1965 Mercury in Nacogdoches.
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Betty Brimmer
Lufkin and
Beaumont
Silsbee
James L. Martin
Sammy Ruggles
Andrews
Commissioners Consent To Entry Of Agreement Hearing
The Hardin County Commissioners Court agrees to entry of an agreement following a restraining order issued by Federal Judge William M. Steger of Beaumont. The hearing outlines terms and actions required by the court to resolve the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Steger
Beaumont
Hardin County Commissioners Court
Agreement Filed To Extend TRO Through May First
Robert Keith for Hardin County Commissioners told Earl Stover that he will present a consent order. The plan would keep the temporary restraining order in force until May 1 or until further court orders. Plaintiffs agreed, so the Friday injunction hearing at 10 a.m. will not be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Keith
Hardin County Commissioners Court
Earl B. Stover
Keith
Rescheduled hearing on Hardin County precinct redistricting
On January 26 the action to reassign precincts in Hardin County is moved to 10 a m Friday February 5 in the Federal building Beau mont in Judge Steger s new courtroom. The hearing will determine if a permanent injunction against the Commissioners Court is issued. Silsbee residents’ attorneys filed position papers with the court due by February 1.
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Commissioners
Hardin County
Federal
Beaumont
Death of Velma Gore at 32 Leads to Inquest and Funeral
Velma Baker Gore 32 of Route One Silsbee died from a gunshot wound found at Tanton Cemetery. An inquest by Silsbee Justice Rex Moore and an autopsy by a pathologist placed time of death 24 to 36 hours before discovery. Funeral services were held February 3 at Farmer Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Village Mills Cemetery. Surviving: husband Rayford Gore, son Sammy, daughters Debra and Sandra, parents Mack and Mrs Baker, siblings Hughie Leon Johnny Bob and five sisters.
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Velma Baker Gore
Silsbee
Farmer Funeral Home
A. C. Hoke
Village Mills
Rex Moore
Paine
Johnny Baker
Warren
Bob Simpson
Cleveland
Robert Leviness
John Negoissen
California
J. B. Collier
Nederland
J. E. Ratcliff
Port Neches
Lumberton PTA Meets at Lumberton Elementary on Feb 9
The Lumberton Parent-Teacher Association will hold a meeting at Lumberton Elementary School on Tuesday February 9 with PTA president Mrs Tony Landry presiding. Guest speaker will be Lumberton school superintendent Bill Nelson.
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Lumberton Parent - Teacher Association
Lumberton
PTA
Tony Landry
Bill Nelson
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W. T. Callaway
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Odom
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Lester Cowart
Pine Ridge
Honey Island
Cowart
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Dick Fletcher
Walter Lloyd Tanton
Joe Murphy
D. L. Harrison
C. A. Kimball
Howard Grantham
Silver Beaver Award
Mark Franklin
Velma Gore
Lumberton Pta
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Silsbee Post Office
Conley Bradshaw
Noda Green
Earl Wills
Raymond Bartmess
Bartmess Realty
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