Police Study For Silsbee Gathers Local Officials And Lamar
Silsbee officials along with Lamar University and SETRPC launch a pilot program to create a five phase police master plan. The project blends student college credit with hands on planning to improve Silsbee Police Department over five to fifteen years while minimizing city cost.
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City of
Silsbee
Lamar University
The
South East Texas Regional Planning Commission
Silsbee State Bank
Silsbee Police Department
Sils
Ogden
James Hays
Lucile Plane
Sandi Ferris
Herman Adams
Keith Baker
Frank R. Grote
William S. Dickson
Paul Georgas
Cravens Ins. Co
Vernice Monroe
Department of
Robert L. Frazier
Department of Public Affairs
Frazier
Bob Ogden
James L. Hays
Frank Grote
Burn Victim Released From County Hospital
Wilburn Hall age 32 of Kountze was released Feb 16 after treatment at Hardin Memorial Hospital for burns from a natural gas pipeline explosion at Wildwood Lake Resort. Felix Dumesnil 47 of Hillister was burned but not hospitalized. both men were working on a gas main when the accident occurred.
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Kountze
Wildwood Lake Resort
Hardin Memorial Hospital
The
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Wilburn Hall
Kountze Hospital
Felix Dumesnil
Hillister
Dumesnil
Jury Finds LaFose Legally Insane in Shootings
A 12 jurors ruled Larry Murphy LaFose legally insane both on Dec 16 and at the time of the shooting of Silsbee Police Officer William Gilley. The verdict followed a sanity trial in Hardin County 88th District Court. He faces commitment to the security ward at Rusk State Hospital pending paperwork.
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Larry Murphy LaFose
Silsbee
William Gilley
LaFose
Dardin
Gilley
Rusk State Mental Hospital
Tebbs
The
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Breakins and Thefts Plague Local Sheriff
Prowl ers and thefts haunt the area with incidents in Quail Valley and Lumberton. A Mrs Jean Lynch home was rifled with a Death napkin and PD lipstick message left. Another break in at Giant Food, and a stolen motorcycle recovered in Tyler County. Charles Tidwell pleads guilty in Jefferson County Courts At Law to driving while intoxicated.
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Jean Lynch
Quail Valley Addition
Charles Laird
Morris Cole
Laird
L. J. Foux
Giant Food
Lumberton
Billy Paine
Bert Callaway
Hardin County
Tyler County
Beech Creek
Paine
Jefferson County
Charles Tidwell
Kountze
Funeral Services For Lightning Victim Held February 18
Donald Howard Gerald 57 of Buna was killed by a lightning strike while spraying cattle near his home on Sheppard Road. Jasper County Justice of the Peace John Germany set February 16 for the event. Gerald, a WWII veteran, served as director of the Jasper-Newton Electric Cooperative and the Jasper County Soil Conservation District, and belonged to Iron Workers Local No. 125. Funeral services took place at First United Methodist Church Buna with burial in Antioch Cemetery. Survived by wife Ruth, daughter Betty Sue, two sons Larry and Phillip, two sisters Alma Foley and Maude Boyd, and three brothers William, Sam, and Robert.
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Donald Howard Gerald
Buna
Jasper County
John Germany
Gerald
Sheppard Road
Jasper-Newton
First United Methodist Church
Lumberton set to elect two Lumberton ISD trustees
Lumberton Independent School District will hold trustee elections April 5 for Place 1 held by Alvin C. Courts and Place 2 by Murrell D. Moore. Both incumbents seek re election with no challengers as of Monday. Filing closes March 5 at noon. Absentee voting runs March 17 to April 1 at the school tax office with Yvonne Cudd as clerk and Betty Wendling as assistant. In person voting will occur at the Middle School Cafetorium from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on April 5.
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Lumberton Independent
Alvin C. Courts
Murrell D. Moore
Yvonne Cudd
Betty Wendling
Prank Could Have Cost Victim A Leg Police Say
J B Coleman reported a harmful prank in Silsbee Texas after a nylon string tied to his auto control pulled his right foot toward the gas pedal. The string stretched from a building on Avenue K, causing a shallow three inch cut above the ankle when Coleman reached the pedal. He stopped the car with the left foot and escaped serious injury, authorities said.
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J. B. Coleman
Coleman
Silsbee Police
Avenue K
T. R. Robinson
Robinson
Sidney Dauphin runs for SISD School Board Place 1
Sidney “Chief” Dauphin announces his candidacy for Place 1 on the Silsbee Independent School District Board of Trustees in the April 5 election. He leads Texas Home Health in Silsbee and holds roles with First United Methodist Church First National Bank of Silsbee and Home Health Agencies of Texas. He and wife Charline have daughter Robin in Silsbee Junior High.
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Sidney
Dauphin
Silsbee Independent
District Title At Stake In Tigers Indians Showdown
Silsbee's Tigers meet the Cleveland Indians in Beau mont High's Purple Gym at 7 30 p m for the District 10 8A crown in a third meeting this season. Michael Dabney leads Silsbee with 24.2 ppg and 340 rebounds, while Cleveland relies on Rol Reed and Richard Brown to pace the attack as both teams seek the 1974 75 district title.
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Silsbee
Tigers
Cleveland Indians
Beaumont High
Purple
Tribe
Cleveland
Chhampionship
Michael Dabney
Bengal
David Brown
Tiger
Anthony Brown
Dabney
Larry Taylor
Ricky Scott
Artie Shankle
Brown
Indians
Roland Reed
Richard Brown
Dan
Jinside
Clyde Woods
Herbst Seeks Place Two On Silsbee School Board
R M Herbst announces candidacy for Silsbee Independent School District Board of Trustees Place Two. He has 12 years in education as a teacher and coach in Schulenburg and Jasper ISDs. Herbst holds a UT Austin B S in chemistry and studied education and admin. He and wife Ann Nell have two sons Randy and Rusty.
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R. M
Bob” Herbst
Silsbee Independent
Place
Herbst
Schulenburg
Jasper
University of Texas At Austin
Ann Nell Herbst
Randy
Silsbee High School
Rusty
Silsbee Junior High
Eastex, Inc
Silsbee Plans Joint Tax Equalization Study With City
Silsbee School District and the city consider a joint tax equalization program to re-appraise about 3000 parcels contiguous to both entities. The plan, prepared by Supt Weeks Crawford and former tax official Roy Brewer, would divide the district into four zones and reassess every four years beginning in March.
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Silsbee
Silsbee Independent School
Sisd Q Board of Trustees
Weeks Crawford
Roy Brewer
Supt
SISD
Joe Thompson
Hickerson
The
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Dominguez
Thompson
Crawford
Evadale School Board Election Set for April 5
Evadale Board of School Trustees calls an election for April 5 to elect three trustees for three-year terms. Incumbents: Place I George Thompson Place II Millard Stringer Place III Carl Joe Williams. Filing closes March 5 with absentee voting at the Administration Office March 17 to April 1. Also named three to the Board of Equalization for 1974-75: Ben Bruce chair J J Stringer Jr and Walter R Glenn.
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Evadale Board of School Trustees
George Thompson
Millard Stringer
Carl Joe Williams
Board of Equalization
Ben Bruce
J. J. Stringer Jr
Walter R. Glenn
Robbery and Threat Complaints Filed in Silsbee Weekend
Police reported robbery by assault at Pine Plaza Shopping Center when a man in a yellow Volkswagen slashed at Dale Fillingim and fled with about 50 dollars. Officers also investigated threats by a man called Jenky who brandished a shotgun at Leonard Rems Morgan’s group on Lindsey Road and forced him to lie down.
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Pine Plaza
Fillingim
Fullingim
Jenky
Leonard Rems Morgan
Box 360
Silsbee
Bob L. Ogden
Morgan
Lindsey Road
Daven
Burglars Fail To Enter Two Downtown Stores
Police reported two attempted break ins in Silsbee on Feb 16 and Feb 17. At 2 53 p m Feb 16 would be burglars atop Hardin Drug pried skylight cover and knocked gypsum board before leaving. On Feb 17 Robert Stanton of Birdwell's Department Store reported a rear door lock broken with no other signs of entry.
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Silsbee
Hardin Drug
East Avenue H
Bob Ogden
Robert Stanton
Birdwell’s Department Store
Billy Davenport
Davenport
Dominguez Joins Race for Silsbee ISD Place 3 Seat
Edward Dominguez senior resident engineer for the Texas Highway Department declares candidacy for Place 3 on the Silsbee Independent School District Board to fill the vacancy left by the late president C. R. Baker. Other contenders include Jesse Harrell and Sidney Dauphin. Ed Grubbs seeks Place One against Horace Whittington. Helen Larsh and Bob Herbst run for Place One.
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Edward Dominguez
Texas Highway Department
Silsbee Independent School District Board of Trustees
Dominguez
C. R. Baker
Jesse Harrell
Caney Head
Texas Home Health
Sidney Dauphin
Silsbee
Ed Grubbs
Horace Whittington
Place
Helen Larsh
Bob Herbst
SETRPC Youth Council To Meet In Kountze
The Hardin County Council for Children and Youth will hold its first meeting Thursday February 20 at 7 30 p m in the Hardin County Courthouse Commissioner's Court Kountze. The council will elect officers and set best methods for performing its task.
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Hardin County Council For Children and Youth
Hardin County
Commissioner’s Court
Kountze
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Setrpc
Sidney “Chief” Dauphin
A Montgomery
Ernie Rogers
R. M. Herbst
Silsbee Board of Trustees
Bridge ‘City
City Plan
Evadale
Dale Fillingim
Route 1
Box 62
Ronald Barnes and
Ralph Os
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