Silsbee Council Rejects GSU Penalty Plan
Silsbee city council on Feb 9 denied Gulf States Utilities proposed 10 percent penalty on monthly bills under $50 not paid within 20 days after meter reading. Councilman Hays opposed, citing no benefit to timely payers and suggesting service termination for delinquents.
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Gulf States Utilities Co
Silsbee City
Council
GSU
Ross Iles
Silsbee Gsu
Iles
James L. Hays
Hays
Cesar Dominguez
Tigers Claim Zone Title With 96 52 Victory
Silsbee High School boys basketball clinched the District 11-3A West Zone crown by routing Crosby 96-52. David Brown led with 19 points, James Hunter and Joe Price added 14 each, while Brown and Hunter grabbed 15 and 10 rebounds respectively. The Tigers advance to face the West Orange-Little Cypress winner for the district championship.
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Silsbee High School
Crosby
David Brown
Joe Price
James Hunter
Brown
Hunter
Tigers
West Orange
Mitch Dinkle
Kountze Lions
Lincoln
Bowie
Dunbar
Marshall
Odom
South Park
Beaumont High
Voter Registration Extended to Feb 28 in 1971
Hardin County Tax Assessor- Collector Fred Anders announced 1971 voter registration extended through Sunday February 28. The extension, ordered February 5 and notified February 6, follows a telegram from the Secretary of State and is approved by Governor Preston Smith.
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Hardin County
Fred Anders
Anders
Secretary of State
Preston Smith
Claude Coward Seeks Second Term As Mayor
Incumbent Claude C Coward announced Wednesday his bid for reelection as mayor of Silsbee. He first won office in 1969 defeating Paul George and now serves as Texas Municipal League president and on the Deep East Texas Development Council board. He leads Industrial Welding Inc and is married to Idell Matkin with two children.
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Claude Coward
Silsbee
Chamber of Commerce
Lions and Kiwanis Clubs
Texas Ministerial Fellowship
Claude C .Coward
Coward
Paul George
Texas Municipal League
Deep Fast Texas Development Council
Industrial Welding, Inc
Idell Matkin
Claude Coward Jr
Margie [Coward Hill
Woodville
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County Budget Session Ends With Bank Depository Choice
Hardin County Commissioners Court held a day long session to discuss finances and approve bank depository bids. Neches National Bank of Silsbee won the contract over three rivals amid concerns over a $100,000 continuous compounding feature and consolidated accounts.
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Hardin County Commissioners Court
Neches National
Bank of Silsbee
Emmett Lack
Com. Howard
I Barrington
Bob Kerr
Hugh Bevil
Neches National Bank
People’s State Bank of
Kountze
Silsbee State Bank
Sour Lake State Bank
Neches
Neches Bank
Nelson Long
E. M. Wilson Jr
Silsbee State
George N. Christian
Peoples’ State
Frank Carpenter
Sour Lake State
Horace Moye
Silsbee theft by bailee charge against Morris Cole dismissed
Morris Cole faced a theft by bailee charge filed by Fred Herron of Silsbee Packing Co. The case was dismissed at an examining trial last Thursday February 4 after a witness testified. State prosecutors joined in the motion. Herron had claimed a Winchester shotgun shipped in 1969 to the Silsbee chief of police was misdelivered.
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Morris Cole
Silsbee
Justice of the Peace
Rex Moore
Leon Crum
Cole
Dwayne Overstreet
Stanley Coe
Fred Herron
Silsbee Packing Co
the Bee
Herron
Winchester
Oshman
Sporting Goods
Houston
Frank Grote Seeks Election To Silsbee Council Seat
Frank R. Grote, Kirby Lumber Corp. harvesting manager and 20-year Silsbee resident, filed his candidacy for Place 4 on the Silsbee City Council. He opposes incumbent C. E. Landolt Jr. and said he could contribute to the city’s growth in elective office. Election day is April 6 to fill three council seats and the mayor’s position.
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Frank R. Grote
Kirby Lumber Corp
Silsbee
C. E. Landolt , Jr
Grote
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Eddie Collins Pleads Guilty to Murder in Texas Case
Eddie Lee Collins of Silsbee pleaded guilty to murder in 88th District Court. A jury deadlocked 7-5 for two days before he entered the plea and received a 10 year probated sentence from District Judge H A Coe. The shooting death occurred April 30, 1970, in Silsbee involving Eddie Floyd Bailey.
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Eddie Lee Collins
Silsbee
McLaughlin Announces Bid for Silsbee City Council Place 5
Elmer L. Mac McLaughlin announced his candidacy for Place 5 on the Silsbee City Council ahead of the April 6 election. A Santa Fe roundhouse clerk and Birmingham native, he has lived in Silsbee 16 years with 14 years at Santa Fe, and he and his wife Carolyn have three children. He previously ran unsuccessfully for Council Place 3 in 1970.
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Elmer L
Mac” McLaughlin
Silsbee
McLaughlin
Santa Fe
Birmingham
Ala
Texas
First Baptist Church
Carolyn
Thieves Active in Silsbee Steal Auto Parts and Cash
Silsbee police report multiple thefts from Feb. 3 to Feb. 5 including spark plug wires battery caps and a distributor head from a 1971 Ford pickup at Silsbee Auto Co lot a car mirror from a Silsbee High School lot and about 30 dollars from Samuels Store on Bonner Street. Rex Joshua Evitts was charged with driving while intoxicated second offense.
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Alf Fullingim
Silsbee Auto Co
James Doane
Aubrey Ferguson
Silsbee
Sammy Ruggles
Marvin Morgan
Samuels
Bonner Street
Jake Ion
Rex Joshua Evitts
Beaumont Justice of the Peace
Wallace McCasland
Evitts
Beaumont
Houston Pair Charged With Drug Possession
Tommy Lee Thompson 17 and Willie Leon Oliver 40, both of Houston, charged by Silsbee Justice Rex Moore with unlawful possession of narcotic drugs. Oliver also faces unlawful possession of a firearm. 29 bottles of codeine medicine were found in a Cadillac trunk with a .25 caliber pistol. Beaumont woman questioned and released. Bonds set at Thompson 1500 and Oliver 2500 plus 1000 for firearms. they posted and were released.
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Tommy Lee Thompson
Willie Leon Oliver
Houston
Silsbee Justice of the Peace
Rex Moore
Oliver
Silsbee
Edgar Blood
Santa Fe Park
Beaumont
Thompson
Hardin County
SISD Trustees Discuss Calendar and Bus Purchases
SISD board plan for the 1971 72 calendar sets Aug 25 1971 start and June 1 1972 end with in service dates Aug 18 and June 1. They consider buying two new school buses via state bidding. Also on the Feb 10 agenda are a drug abuse unit for grades 5 12 teacher aide awards admin contract renewals and continuation of the teacher evaluation program.
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Silsbee Independent
Sisd Board of Trustees
Don L. Hough
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Hough
State Board of Control
Landolt Seeks Seventh Term On Silsbee Council
E Landolt Jr an incumbent Councilman for Place 4 files for reelection to a seventh term in Silsbee Texas He was first elected in 1956 and after two terms is running again He works as an oil agent with Atlantic Richfield and lives with wife Myrtle and daughters Nancy and Emily Baize His filing targets the two year council election set for April 6.
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E. Landolt Jr
Silsbee
Atlantic- Richfield Oil Co
Myrtle Landolt
Nancy
Snow
Lamar Tech l
Emily Baize
AARP Meet Silsbee Area Chapter in February
The Silsbee area AARP will gather February 11 at 6 30 p m in O Neil School Cafeteria for a covered dish supper. Members should bring card tables and dominoes. Guest speaker Judy Allen will discuss Medicare. Guests and new members are welcome per president L H Wade.
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Silsbee Area
Miss Silsbee Pageant Showcases Nine Talented Contestants
Nine 1971 Miss Silsbee contestants from Silsbee High School prepare for the 18th annual pageant at the Junior High School on February 18. Each contestant lists diverse talents from dramatic monologue to vocal guitar, piano, jazz dance, and baton routines, with leadership roles in student government and NHS. Special entertainment will be provided by J. Baker and his Western Winds Band led by Frank Scarborough and Rennie Scarborough.
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Silsbee
Pine Burr
American Business Women's Association
Herschel Myers
Rebecca Buard
Annie Buard Bowie
Silsbee High School
East Texas State University
Deborah Lee Freeman
Carl E. Freeman
SHS
Tiger Rag
Lions Club
National Honor Society
Sheila Dee O'Brien
H. D. O'Brien
Lamar Tech
Tyler Junior College
Tigerette
Maroon and White Club
Patricia Janette Schnaith
Man
A. D. Schnaithman
North Texas
State University
Gram
Texas Southern
Phyllis Ann Tarver
Johnness
Patricia Ann Smith
S. Tarver Jr
Teem
Roy
Mar Tech
Maroon
R. W. Wooley
University of Houston
Stephen F. Austin State University
J. Baker
Western Winds Band
Frank
Rennie Scarborough
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Mark Yawn
Bill Yeoman
Yawn
U of H Cougars
Mark
Sam Yawn
Sam Yawn Jr
Ray McGallion
Cougar
Ben Hurt
Silsbee High
Tiger
Moye
Pritchard and
Abbott
Lack
Sour Lake
George Robinson
Barrington
Atlantic - Richfield
Sour Lake Com
Robinson
Frank Grote
Eddie Collins
E. L. McLaughlin
SISD
Aarp
Lamar State College
Phillips University
Marianne Mitchell
Nick W. Mitchell
Marilyn Mitchell
Ella Woodbury
Dorothy Porter
Brenda Wooley
Patty Smith
Phyllis Tarver
Deborah Freeman
Patty Schnaithman
Sheila O'Brien
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