Miss Sharnon Hawthorne Named Miss Silsbee 1970
Sharnon Louise Hawthorne, 20, daughter of Mr and Mrs Don Hawthorne, was chosen Miss Silsbee 1970 at the 12th annual pageant held February 7 at Silsbee Junior High School. First runner up was Rita Nowlin and second runner up Carol David. Hawthorne sang Ive Got To Be Me for talent. Nowlin did a dance titled The Good The Bad and The Ugly. David sang On a Clear Day. The event was sponsored by the Businesswomen's Association.
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Sharnon Louise Hawthorne
Don L. Hawtthorne
Silsbee
Rita Dianne Nowlin
W. F. Nowlin
Carol Sue David
H. C. David
Miss Hawthorne
Miss Nowlin
David
Lois Lynn
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Beaumont
William S. Leonard
Jerry N. Boynton
American National Bank
Ernest R. St. John
First Security National Bank
Mark Waldrop
Helen Fullingim
Alf Fullingim
Shannon
Karnes Sales Agency
Silsbee High School
Lamar State College of Technology
Ann Kirkendall
Essie McDonald
Pine Burr
The
Sharnon Hawthorne
Burglaries Reported In Silsbee On Feb 4 And 8
Police logged two break ins in Silsbee. Leon Herrington said thieves entered Leon's Hobby Shop through the back on Feb 4 about 2 PM during a funeral, stealing 20 dollars from the cash register and leaving a plastic model. David Marshall reported Frank Robinson Elementary School entry through a cafeteria window on Feb 8 with several windows and one room found open but no noted loss.
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Silsbee
Leon Herrington
Leon
North 4Th Street
Thomas E. Chumley
Herrington
David Marshall
Frank Robinson
Marshall
Three Seats to Be Filled in Silsbee City Council Election
The Silsbee City Council set April 7 as the election date to fill three council seats. Incumbents John Fordinal Place 1 James L Hays Place 2 and Dr N G Ferrell Place 4 hold terms. filing closes March 6 at 5 p m. Election judge Ernie Dietrich will oversee voting at the Silsbee Fire Hall from 8 a m to 7 p m.
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Silsbee
John Fordinal
James L. Hays
Jim R. Sims
N. G. Ferrell
Ment
Ernie Dietrich
Silsbee Fire Hall
Council
Lumberton Bond Issues Defeated in School Vote
A three proposition $889000 Lumberton Independent School District bond plan failed 1970 to 934. Proposition 1 for a 577000 junior high received 397 to 585, Proposition 2 for a 165000 tech building 281 to 684, and Proposition 3 for a band hall and fieldhouse 256 to 701. Total votes 982. Supt. Eichmann said crowding forces may lead to split sessions next fall.
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Lumberton Independent
Nelson Eichmann
Neyland Declines Re election to Silsbee School Board
Robert A. Neyland, member of the Silsbee Independent School District Board of Trustees Place 5 and president of Hardin County Savings and Loan Association, announced he will not seek another term. He urged capable contenders to enter the race and cited need to focus on other matters, praising Supt Don L. Hough and the board.
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Robert A. Neyland
Silsbee Independent School District Board of Trustees
Neyland
Hardin County Savings and Loan Association
Supt
Don L. Hough
Don
Supt. Hough
Lumberton resident Alton A Bayless seeks school board post
Alton A Bayless 42 of Lumberton announces candidacy for Place 7 on the Lumberton School Board of Trustees. He cites prioritizing educational needs, supports the recent bond election, and notes 18 years at Mobil with five years as a research technician. He and his wife Jackie and son Marty live in Lumberton.
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Alton A. Bayless
Lumberton
Bayless
Jackie
Marty
Mobil Oil Corp
Mobil Chemical Research and Development Laboratory
Dauphin enters Silsbee ISD Place 3 board race
Sidney L. Dauphin of Silsbee and former Silsbee High School football coach announces candidacy for Place 3 on the Silsbee Independent School District Board of Trustees. Ex Trustee Clif ford Baker also seeks Place 3 as election set for April 4.
March 7 Election Set For $2 Million Road Bond Issue
Hardin County commissioners unanimously set Saturday March 7 as the date for a $2 million road bond election to fund a 10 year county road program. If approved at 2/3, bonds would finance right of way purchases. tax impact could be 50 cents per $100 valuation for the full 20 year plan.
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Hardin County
Hugh Bevil Means
Howard Barrington
Virgil Caraway
Tom Burch
Lenox Hawthorne
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Art Cawthon
Burch
Emmett Lack
Lack
Cawthon
the Bee
Appeals Judge Rules Gates On Tyler County Roads Legal
Justice Quentin Keith of the Ninth Court of Civil Appeals voided a Tyler County jury verdict that Joe's Lake Road and Bush Lake Road be opened to the public. The decision said no action showed the county had made roads public and noted maintenance may have occurred without court approval. Similar suits are pending in Hardin County.
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Tyler County
Southwestern Timber Co
Quentin Keith
Ninth Court of Civil Appeals
Jasper
Newton
Hardin
Dog and Wildlife Protective Association
Tyler
The
Timber Company
Eastex Wildlife Conservation Association
Hardin County
Neches
Keith
Ren
B. F. Whitworth
Southwestern
Kountze
R. A. Richardson
H. A. Coe
World War I Vets To Meet Saturday
Barracks 2641 Veterans of World War I and Auxiliary will hold a 2 30 p m meeting Saturday at Neches National Bank. Arthur G Lundine District Commander plans to meet with the Veterans and District Auxiliary president Mrs Irie will meet with the women. John J Richardson leads the local group.
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Neches National Bank
Arthur G. Lundine
Irie
John J. Richardson
Rash Files For Lumberton School Trustee Seat Place 5
A. L. Rash, World War I veteran and longtime Lumberton resident, filed to run for Place 5 on the Lumberton Board of Trustees. He has lived in Lumberton 12 years, worked for Bell Telephone Co. about 19 years, and is active at St. Luke's Methodist Church. Nine hopes to meet voters on election day April 4.
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A. L. Rash
Board of Trustee
Lumberton
North Africa
Sicily
Rash
Bell Telephone Co
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
Knifing Suspect Fined for Damaging Cell and More
Johnnie Glenn Smith, 24, of Silsbee and Houston, held on $5000 bond in Hardin County on assault with intent to murder charges after allegedly knifing Pat Means in a Spurger area incident on Feb 7. Smith was jailed in Kountze and fined $220 for destroying county property by tearing up padding in a padded cell.
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Johnnie Glenn Smith
Silsbee
Houston
Hardin County
Spurger
Smith
Ed Thedford
Ira Moore
Moore
Kountze Justice of the Peace C. A
Means
Silsbee Doctor's Hospital
Kountze
Tom Eastley
Trustees Discuss Silsbee School Calendar and Special Education
The Silsbee Independent School District board met to review amendments to the 1969 70 calendar to cover three lost flu days and consider an extended 1970 71 year to meet the 190 day teacher and 180 day student requirements. Also on the agenda were a 70 71 special education program, state funded kindergarten for deprived children, bus purchases, and substitute teachers Shirley Gilchriest and Susan Bollich.
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Silsbee Independent School District
Supt
C. B. Watts
The
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Watts
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Shirley Gilchriest
Susan Bollich
Traffic signal for FM 418 and FM 92 may be installed by April
District Engineer Franklin D. Young says material delivery unlocks the project and all items should be in hand by March 4 1970. Silsbee previously agreed to pay $2000 for state installation after a June 1969 pact. The four way intersection has seen many accidents per City Manager Ronald Hickerson.
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FM 418
FM 92
Texas Highway Department
Franklin D. Young
Silsbee
Ronald Hickerson
Young
Hickerson
Highway Department
Wayne DuBose
Atettorney
Leon Crum
Claude Coward
Austin
Hickjerson
Kountze Youth Dies In Auto Truck Crash
Kenneth Glenn Smart 19 of Kountze died at the scene when his car veered on a curve and hit a sand dump truck on FM 1 five miles west of US 69 at about 1 30 pm Thursday February 5. Truck driver Pete Sharpe of Lumberton was slightly injured.
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Kenneth Glenn Smart
Kountze
FM 1
US 69
Bobby Franklin
Smart
Pete Sharpe
Lumberton
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Businesswomen’s Association
Len
Miss Silsbee
Sidney L. Dauphin
Texas Home Health Service
Elizabeth Willams
Clifford R. Baker
George Tennison
James F. Farmer
Robert Neyland
Williams
Dauphin
Smith Road
Dwayne Creek
US/Overstreet
Ben der Means
County Judges and Commissioners Conference
College Station
Overstreet
Commissioner Means
Crawford Martin
Martin
Silsbee City Council
Commissioners
Sour Lake
J. A. J McKim
Silsbee Public Library
Sour Lakes
Eula Follie
South 16Th Street
East Avenue J
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