Tigers Aim For 11 3A Title In Friday Showdown
Silsbee High School Tigers, West Zone champions, meet East Zone victors Little Cypress Bears at 7 30 p m Friday in McDonald Gym Lamar Tech for the district 11 3A basketball championship. Silsbee seeks to extend a strong defense and full court press after a 70 66 win over Kountze while LC Bears rely on guards Simon and Boatman to control the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Cypress Bears
Dan Montgomery
Silsbee Tigers
BEE
Robert Graves
Larry Irvin
Jimbo Bowen
William Walters
Jerry Powell
Lawrence Sapp
Paul Pharis
Montgomery
Larry Vinson
Marvin Kelly III
Steve Albrecht
David Brown
James Hunter
Joe Willie Price Jr
Rufus Cook
Ronnie Nash
Bengal Bear
Silsbee
Tiger Power
Silsbee High School
Tigers
McDonald Gym
Lamar Tech
Bears
West Orange
Melvin Ellison
Jimmy Simon
Carl Boatman
Kountze Lions
Brown- Hunter
Tiger
Crosby
Joe Willie Price
Marvin Kelly P
Portant
Lions
Joe Price
Hunter- Brown
James Brannon
Anthony Mannin
Kountze
MacArthur
SHS
Lincoln
Bowie
Dunbar
Two Found Dead In County In Separate Incidents
Hardin County Sheriff reports two deaths in the county on Feb 10 and Feb 11. Alvin Rogers 30 of Lake Charles died in a Lumberton trailer from pentazocine overdose. autopsy by Beaumont pathologist. Delores Caraway Tanner 39 of Dayton died of carbon monoxide poisoning near Saratoga. autopsy by Beaumont pathologist. Funeral details and survivors noted.
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Lumberton
Saratoga
Hardin County
Billy E. Paine
Paine
E. Ricks
Alvin Rogers
Lake Charles
Ray Martin
Beaumont
Hickson Funeral Home
Rogers
Delores Caraway
Tanner
Dayton
Highway 770
Howard Grantham
Jesse Cartwright
Relatives Of Mrs Betty Glenn Die In Auto Crash
A brother sister and nephew of Mrs J C Betty Glenn of Silsbee were killed in a head on collision at Rosepine Louisiana on February 13. Names Arthur Harold Williams 23 Call Sadie Denby 382 Milam and Nathaniel Lee Lambert 16 Milam died when their car was struck by another. Funeral services for Williams Lambert and Denby were held February 16 at Stan Funeral Home Hemphill with burial at Springhill Cemetery. Mr and Mrs Glenn assisted with arrangements and attended services.
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J. C
Betty) Glenn
Silsbee
Rosepine
Arthur Harold Williams
Call
Sadie Denby
Milam
Nathaniel Lee Lambert
Williams
Lambert
Denby
Stan Funeral Home
Hemphill
Ernst
Pineville Baptist Church
Springhill
Glenn
Mrs Jo Edith Scott Visits as Joneses Mark 58th Anniversary
Mrs Jo Edith Scott of Albuquerque arrived Sunday to visit her parents Mr and Mrs I R Jones who celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jo Edith Scott
Albuquerque
N. M
I. R. Jones
Sanford seeks second term on Silsbee City Council Place 6
Silsbee Councilman Place 6 R F Sanford announced Tuesday his bid for reelection filing February 15 and formalizing April 1969 first term. He cited two years of service and aims to focus on street water sewer and wages. Sanford is vice president of Silsbee Auto Co and a 20 year employee with wife Mattie Baker and four children Ricky Alan Roy Deborah. He was first elected to Place 6 in April 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Sanford
Silsbee
Sanford
Silsbee Auto Co
Mattie Baker
Ricky
Alan
Roy
Deborah
Landgraf Advances to National Merit Finals in 1971
Silsbee High School senior L Charles Landgraf is named as one of 14 750 finalists in the National Merit Scholarship program for 1971. Finalists are chosen after national testing of high school juniors. Landgraf was a semifinalist in 1970 and now competes for 3 000 scholarships to be awarded in spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Charles Landgraf
Silsbee High School
SHS
Weeks Crawford
Landgraft
Charles
Houston
Rice University
Lester P. Landgraf
Tiger Rag
U. S
Washington
Silsbee
Texas Highway Department
Silsbee Fire Dept Handles Vehicle and Grass Fires
The Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department answered two vehicle fires and two grass fires last week. A tractor owned by Rev Clyde Drake was damaged on FM 1122 after a 1 45 p m call. A 1966 Oldsmobile owned by Charles Sharpe burned on Avenue J. Grass fires occurred Tuesday on Avenue J East at 4 15 p m and on Old Spurger Highway at 5 25 p m.
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Silsbee
Clyde Drke
Avenue J
Charles Sharpe
Spurger Highway
Nine Year Old Boy Rescues Siblings From Fire Near Silsbee
Jimmy Landers, nine, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Landers, saved his two brothers under two and his sister from a blaze at their Highway 327 home west of Silsbee on February 6. The family lost all belongings as the Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department arrived to fight the flames. Jimmy, a third grade pupil at Read-Turrentine Elementary School, earned local admiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Landers
Edward Landers
Highway 327
Silsbee
Landers
Jimmy
Silsbee Volunteer
Read-Turrentine Elementary School
Miss Silsbee 1971 crowned at 13th pageant
Deborah Lee Freeman daughter of Carl C. and Mrs Freeman of Silsbee won Miss Silsbee 1971 at the Pine Burr Chapter ABWA pageant on Feb 13. She will attend Lamar Tech or Phillips University, editors Tiger Rag, and acts in SHS Thespians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deborah Lee Freeman
Carl .C. Freeman
Silsbee
Shannon Hawthorne
Pine Burr
American Business Women’s Association
Freeman
Lamar Tech
Phillips University
Silsbee High School
Tiger Rag
SHS National Thespians
Fort Worth
Silsbee Trustees Adopt New Calendar and Drug Abuse Classes
The SISD board approved a 180 day student calendar and 190 day teacher plan for 1971 72 with classes starting August 25 1971 and ending June 1 1972. A September 1971 drug abuse unit for grades 5 12 was approved with a spring lab program and adult seminars planned.
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C. B. Watts
Texas
Watts
The
BEE
Ules
Texas Education Agency
Region V Service Center
Beaumont
Hough
Velleta Gilder
SISD
Lornan D. Binford
Eileen Nash
Elodie Kirkpatrick
Sharon Eason
Gena Hawthorne
State Board of Control
Silsbee Chamber Elects 1971 Officers Directors
The Silsbee Chamber of Commerce held its monthly meeting led by President W A Barclay Jr with new directors Cecil Cobble C B Stevens Newton Hopkins Val Hickman and Horace Whittington. Final chamber year ends with April 6 banquet featuring Leonard Passmore as speaker.
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Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Neches National Bank
W.A. Barclay Jr
Art Cawthon
Barclay
Cecil Cobble
C. B. Stevens
Newton Hopkins
Val Hickman
Horace Whittington
W. A. Barclay
J. C. Perkins
E. M. Simmons
H. A. Thomas
W. E. Emi
Roy Baker
Hardin County
Silsbee
Jimmy McCelvey
H. A. Coe
Chamber
Jack Hedge
Houston Natural Gas Corp
Val Hickman Real Estate
Drill Team Clinic Set For Feb 20 At Lumberton High
Mrs. Don Bates of Sam Houston State University will lead a one day drill team clinic February 20 at Lumberton High School. From 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. three new routines will be taught with a competition finale. Fee is 5.00 per girl. mail by February 19. Call 755-1111 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Bates
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville
Lumberton High School
Bates
Sam Houston State
Uumberton Raiderettes
National
Lamberton High School
Vandals Strike At Hardin-Jefferson School
Hardin County Deputy Sheriffs Jesse Cartwright and Lester Cowart investigated a burglary and vandalism at Hardin Jefferson School in Sour Lake. Entry was gained through a window with four offices pried open. contents scattered, a small amount of change taken, but no serious damage reported.
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Hardin - Jefferson School
Hardin County
Jesse Cartright
Lester Cowart
Cowart
Hardin County Grand Jury Indicts Five Murder Suspects
The Hardin County Grand Jury returned five murder indictments at its Feb 15 session among 14 total, naming Johnny Lee Dowden of Kountze Fay Marie Gray and Larry Gray of Silsbee York Samuel of Kountze and others for various offenses including theft, drunken driving second offense, and related charges.
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Hardin County
Hardin County Grand Jury
Johnny Lee Dowden
Kountze
Mary Reynolds
Wayne Reynolds
Fay Marie Gray
Larry Gray
Silsbee
Arthur Lee Gray
York Samuel
Edward Watson
Betty Lou Strowther
Car-Horse Crash Injures Youth Near Silsbee
Larry Wayne Hutto age 19 of Caney Head was admitted to Silsbee Doctors Hospital on February 14 after his horse panicked and ran into a north bound car on FM 92 10 five miles north of Silsbee. Hutto suffered a concussion and was reported in fair condition on February 15. The car was driven by James Edison Wright of Evadale. Wright was not injured. The horse was destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Wayne Hutto
Caney Head
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Raigs
Seamans
Wee the Hospital
Hutto
Seamons
Silsbee
James Edison Wright
Evadale
Wright
Hardin County
Lester Cowart
Three Silsbee youths arrested in auto theft case
Silsbee police report three youths charged with auto theft after a 1965 Ford station wagon was stolen from North Fifth Street near Glen L. Kirby’s law office. Aleas Adams and Charles McCarter, both 17, and a 16 year old were taken into custody. bonds set at 1500 each. A fourth youth was being sought.
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Silsbee
The
BEE
M. D. Merrill
Glen L. Kirby
North Fifth Street
Beaumont
Hardin County
Lester Coward
22Nd Street
Merrill
Justice of the Peace
Rex Moore
Aleas Adams
Pine Street
Charles McCarter
Adams
McCarter
Methodists Hold First Services In New Sanctuary
The First United Methodist Church held its first service in the completed sanctuary on Sunday February 14 with Rev R Eugene Jonte presiding The $300000 church filled to its 509 capacity as crafts people and supporters celebrated the milestone Ground breaking occurred December 28 1969 The sanctuary features stained glass heavy southern pine beams red oak walls and white oak pews Consecration is planned for Sunday March 14 led by Bishop Kenneth Copeland Open house follows the 10 45 am service from 3 to 530 pm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First United Methodist Church
R. Eugene Jonte
Rev. Jonte
Work and Daniels Construction Co
Kountze
Daniel Perkins
Baytown
Ray Hoke
Silsbee
Arco Co
San Antonio
Kenneth Copeland
Houston
Jonte
Robert Neyland
Average Hardin County family tax deductions shown
Commerce Clearing House based on IRS data outlines how much the average taxpayer in each income class deducts for charitable contributions interest local taxes and medical expenses. In Hardin County the typical deduction amounts to 1610 with 236 for charitable gifts and 523 for loan interest, illustrating how lower income groups deduct a larger share of income.
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New York
Hardin
Hardin County
Commerce Clearing House
Internal Revenue Service
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Little Cypress
Betty Glenn
Charles Landgraf
Deborah Freeman
Brenda Gayle Wooley
R. W. Wooley
University of Houston
Stephen F. Austin State University
Rebecca Buard
Annie Buard Bowie
East Texas State University
Commerce
Silsbee Public School
Sisd Board of Trustees
Action 90
Don L. Hough
C of C
Lumberton High
Hardin-Jefferson
Sour Lake
Joe Wolf
Warren
Steven Phalip Atmar
Frank David Hampshire
Low Lake
Douglas Gerald Walters
Juanita Fannie Downing
Stowell
Willie Ray Wallace
Roy Slusser
Victor
Calvin Ellis
Jasper
Ricky Simmons
Jackie Ray Lee
Robert Harris
Carolyn Milstead
New Sanctuary
Bers Harmon Weathersby
Ross Eppes
Ed Brown
Nelson Long
Dr. W. C. McNeil
W. A .Barclay
Earl Stover
W. A. Collier
Harold Gardner
A. E. Johnson
Rev
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