Restraining order hearing on Hardin County redistricting plan
A hearing on a motion to restrain the Hardin County Commissioners Court from implementing a January 1 1971 redistricting order was set for 2 pm Wednesday. Beaumont federal judge William M Steger would preside after Judge Joel Fisher recused himself on December 31 1970.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Commissioners Court
Joel Fisher
Beaumont
William M. Steger
Fisher
Steger
New Year’s Eve Fire Damages Homes And Plant Belts
Silsbee volunteers and Kirby Lumber fire crews battled a house blaze that destroyed one home and damaged two others, then fought a plant mill fire damaging three belt conveyors. One firefighter, J D Wilkerson, was treated for smoke exposure and released. Fire origin and total losses were pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Kirby Lumber Corp
Kirby
E. B. Brown
The
BEE
Brown
J. D. Wilkerson
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Billy Burcham
Wilkerson
Burcham
John Busby
Busby
T. O. Lane
South 10Th St
Silsbee Citizens Seek Halt on Hardin County Redistricting
Attorneys Stover Ratliff and Keith met Judge Steger in Beaumont at 2 p m to discuss the redistricting suit. The judge urged settlement, no decision reached, and planned a ruling on the restraining order against the commissioners court within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl B. Stover
Roger Ratliff
Silsbee
Robert Keith
Hardin County Commissioners Court
William M. Steger
Beaumont
Steger
Commissioners Court
Maines Family Holiday Visit to White River Folks
Rev. and Mrs. John Maines and their children from White River South Carolina visited over the holidays in the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. John Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Maines
White River
S. C
John Hamilton
D. E. Powell
Alexandria
Gardner couple to spend two weeks in Mexico City
Mr and Mrs B J Gardner plan a two week vacation starting next week traveling to Mexico City and other points of interest in Mexico for sightseeing and relaxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. J. Gardner
Awo
Mexico City
Mexico
Hardin County December Offenses Rise Says Sheriff Paine
A Hardin County report dated December 31 1970 shows total offenses booked in December at 203 up from 171 in November. Sheriff Billy E Paine cites 135 justice of the peace offenses 43 misdemeanor charges and 25 felonies with 181 prisoners jailed that month. The list includes murder assault rape burglary theft driving intoxicated disorderly conduct and other counts with prisoners transferred to Rusk State Hospital. The arrests are described as a coordinated effort by county law enforcement agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Sheriff's Department
Billy E. Paine
Rusk
Sonal
Rusk State Hospital
Hardin County
Paine
Leslie Lane Rushing
Rt. 4
Silsbee
Kountze Justice of the Peace
C. A. Kimball
Blood
Big Star Food
Rushing
Rhymes
Masons To Meet For MM Degree In Silsbee Lodge
A called meeting of Silsbee Lodge No. 927 will be held Friday night January 8 at 7 30 pm in the Masonic Temple. All Master Masons are invited. J M Dear Worshipful Master D L Webb secretary.
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Silsbee Lodge No
Masonic Temple
J. M. Dear
D. L. Webb
Granddaughter Marsha Ann McCuistion Weds Steven Ramsey in Houston
Mrs. Albert McBroom attended the wedding weekend ceremony in Houston for Marsha Ann McCuistion daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. McCuistion. The groom is Steven Louis Ramsey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert McBroom
Houston
Marsha Ann McCuistion
Steven Louis Ramsey
R. M. McCuistion
Landis Retires After 46 Years With Santa Fe
C C Landis of 81 North Fifth Silsbee ends 46 years of service with Santa Fe Railroad on December 31 1970. He began March 1 1924 in Silsbee and held various jobs before becoming a conductor for most of his career. He plans hunting fishing and relaxation in retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cc. C. Landis
North Fifth
Silsbee
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Landis
the Bee
Burglary, Bomb Threats Mark Silsbee Weekend
Silsbee police investigated three burglaries a bomb threat and a charge of carrying prohibited weapons over New Year weekend including a Jan 4 burglary at Dixie Queen No 2 and a 1970 bomb threat case against Leslie Lane Rushing 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
James P. Doane
Dixie Queen No. 2
Doane
C Ash Register
Lamar O'Barbo
Ed Thedford
Neches Mini
Hardin County Commissioners Discuss Monday Appointments
In a called session on Jan 4 the Hardin County Commissioners Court discussed three appointments with no action on appointing Silsbee attorney Houston Thompson as 1971 delinquent tax collector. The court did appoint W. H. Dunlap as County Service Officer for Veteran's Affairs and confirmed Horace V. Moye as County Auditor, both effective Jan 1 1971.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Commissioners Court
Howard Barrington
Silsbee
Houston Thompson
Emmett Lack
Lack
Barrington
Hugh Bevil Means
Bob Kerr
Virgil Caraway
Fletcher Richardson
State of Texas
Commissioners Court
W. H. Dunlap
Kountze
H. A. Coe
Horace V. Moye
Mrs. Ragan Named Artist Of Month In Silsbee
Mrs. Alvin J. Ragan of Silsbee has been chosen Artist of the Month for January by the Silsbee Art League. Several of her oil paintings will hang in the Silsbee Public Library. She has painted about four years as a hobby and attends classes at the league on Roosevelt Drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin J. Ragan
Silsbee
Silsbee Art League
Silsbee Public Library
Ragan
Roosevelt Drive
E. L. Thompson
Two From Junior High In Region 10 Concert Band
Silsbee Junior High School band members Penny Greenwood and Michael Thompson were named to the Region X Jr. High School Concert Band. They will perform with the band in a concert at Victor Junior High auditorium at 7:30 p.m. January 9. Of 500 auditioning students from 28 Region X junior high schools, 114 earned seats. Guest conductor Paul Stroud of Pine Tree will lead the program. Thompson plays clarinet and Greenwood horn, both began band in fifth grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Penny Greenwood
Troy Greenwood
Michael Thompson
Virgil Thompson
Victor Junior High
Paul Stroud
Pine Tree
Visitors to Mrs Richardson’s Home from California and North Carolina
Guests enjoying a social visit at Mrs. J. H. Richardson’s home include Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Erickson and family from Orange California John D. Gibson Jr. of Ledune North Carolina and Mrs Dona Nolen of Beaumont Mrs Richardson returned Sunday from visits with Mr and Mrs Jer ald Peveto in Orange and Mrs Edna Gibson in Bellaire
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Richardson
C. W. Erickson
Orange
Calif
John D. Gibson Jr
Ledune
N. C
Dona Nolen
Beaumont
Richardson
Jerald Peveto
Edna Gibson
Bellaire
18 Year Olds May Register For Federal Elections In 1971
Texas officials say 18 19 and 20 year olds may be issued voter registration certificates this year if they are 18 by March 1 1972. Deadline is March 1 1971. Federal voting only for those under 21 per Supreme Court ruling. Hardin County lists many registration stations across Silsbee Lumberton Sour Lake Caney Head Grayburg Thicket Village Mills Wildwood Batson Saratoga Honey Island Pinewood and nearby locales with hours varying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Martin Dies Jr
United States Supreme Court
Hardin County
Fred Anders
Silsbee — City
Gertrude Fields
Chamber of Commerce
Mary Murphy
PaGo Grocery
H. P. Moran
Cunningham No
Evadale
Harvey Cunningham
Lumberton
Burge
Walter Burge
Dean's Feed
S. Dean
R. M. Martin
Betty Wendling
Sour Lake
Sour Lake Insurance Co
Neil King
Ray Edmondson
Caney Head
Bean's
Eloise Bean
Cunningham
A. Cunningham
Grayburg
Lillie Mae _ Jacobson
Brackin
W. L. Brackin
Wotan—Collins
Alvin Hinklin
Village Mills
Lynn’s
Lynn Wilkerson
Wildwood
Lorraine Reese
Batson
Clara Lambert
Saratoga
Teel Brothers
Margaret Williams
Honey Island
Louise’s
Louise Marskentell
Pinewood
Norwood Lange
Auto Registration Forms To Be Mailed In January
Texas Vehicle owners will receive renewal applications by mid January for the 1968 registration period. The second year of the computerized system aims to reduce lines at tax offices, with mail or in person options. Renewal begins February 1 and runs to April 1, with a $1 handling fee if mailed. For plates by mail, send three part form, fee, and $1 to county tax office by March 1 to allow delivery time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Austin
Texas Highway Department
Earl
Hicle Division
Motor Vehicle Division
The
Highway Department
Senate Backs Big Thicket National Park Bill
The Senate unanimously passed Sen Ralph Yarboroughs bill to create a Big Thicket National Park on Dec 16. Yarborough had worked for years to win approval and said the victory saves the Big Thicket area of Southeast Texas and could reach final adoption next year if not this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Ralph Yarborough
Naional Park
Yarborough
House of Representatives
Texas
House
E B Rutledge dies in Beaumont at 62
Edward B. Rutledge 62 of 219 West Avenue P died at 6 45 p.m. Saturday in St Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont after a long illness. He worked 22 years at Atlantic Richfield Refinery and was a Baptist. Survived by wife Julie Rutledge of Silsbee a son Byron Rutledge of Oklahoma City and two sisters Sadie Stanland of Kenedy and George Brownwell Sr. of Corpus Christi. Funeral at 3 p.m. Jan 4 in Eckols Chapel Kenedy with Rev Russell Heaner and Rev Albert George Henkis officiating. Burial Kenedy City Cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward B. Rutledge
West Avenue
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Atlantic-Richfield
Julie Rutledge
Silsbee
Byron Rutledge
Oklahoma City
Sadie Stanland
Kenedy
Texas
George Brownwell Sr
Corpus Christi
Eckols Chapel
Russell Heaner
Albert George Henkis
Kenedy City Cemetery
G. D. Russell
John Dudley
FE. T. Rhumann
George Brownwell Jr
Jim May
Kenneth Stanland
DPS appoints Jim Baldwin as Hardin County patrolman
Texas Department of Public Safety announces the assignment of Jim Baldwin, formerly of Huntsville, as Highway Patrolman for Hardin County. Baldwin completed DPS patrolman training in Austin on Nov 6 and began duties Monday Jan 4 as partner to Wayne Pullen of Silsbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Department of Public Safety
Wayne Pullen
Silsbee
Jim Baldwin
Huntsville
Hardin County
Baldwin
DPS
Austin
Pullen
Final Rites For Mrs E H McDonald Held At Kountze
Funeral services for Mrs Fanny Katherine Singletary McDonald 86 of Anson formerly of Kountze were held Sunday at the Church of Christ in Kountze with Royal Warner officiating. Burial was in Hooks Cemetery. Surviving are six sons nine daughters and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. McDonald
Anson
Kountze
Christ
Royal Warner
Lumberton
Warner
Nora O'Neal
Victor
Meeting Called For Monday On Bank At Lumberton
Lumberton citizens will gather at 7:30 p m next Monday in the Lumberton High School cafeteria for the second and final general meeting on a community bank concept. Charles K Ruth Beaumont attorney will preside and questionnaires from area families must be submitted to aid the bank promoters in their financial presentation. The concept envisions a community owned bank with stock held by local residents. About 50 people attended the first meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumberton
Charles K. Ruth
Beaumont
Ruth
Burglaries and Tape Theft Add To Area Felonies
Hardin County deputies reported two burglaries this week and a Lumberton and a Lamont man were charged in Beaumont with breaking and entering a motor vehicle. The case includes the abandoned Sellers home on Hartman Road and a theft from Club 96 on the old Kirbyville highway. Lyndon Armstrong and Jessie Hancock Jr. faced $5,000 bonds for breaking into a vehicle at a service station on Eastex Road, with a tape deck and tapes taken from William Brown’s car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Sheriff's Department
Lumberton
Lamont
Beaumont
Lester Cowart
Louis Sellers
Hartman Road
Silsbee
Cowart
Alice Sellers
Club 96
Kirbyville Highway
Ira Moore
Moore
Beaumont Justice of the Peace
Wallace McCasland
Lyndon H. Armstrong
Jessie Lee Hancock Jr
Park
William Wayne Brown
Dallas
Eestex
Highway 105
Fort Rucker Bound Couple After Visit with Richardson Family
Capt. and Mrs. Pat Richard son and baby left Saturday to return to their Fort Rucker, Alabama home after visiting the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Richardson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Richardson
Baby
Fort Rucker
Ala
Mrs
Fletcher Richardson
Two Auto Accidents Occur At Same Location
Two crashes at the same FM 418 curve near Silsbee injured three people across Jan 2 and 3. Ethel Wise 73 suffered a broken leg and was moved to St Elizabeth Hospital Beau-mont in good condition. Lucille Gore 48 and Ethel Pollock 32 escaped serious injuries after Gore crossed into Pollock’s lane, while Jones McCarter 38 sustained forehead lacerations in a separate early-morning collision with a road sign and culvert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman Dougharty
Wayne Pullen
The
Bee
Silsbee
Ethel Wise
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Lucille Dickinson Gore
Pollock
Pullen
Dougharty
Jones David McCarter
McCarter
Ethel Watts Pollock
Richmond
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Web
City
Masons
C. Landis
Santa Fe
Cc. C
Max Grocery
Ray Allen Biscamp
Rt. 1
M. D. Merrill
O'Barbo
Thedford
Joseph Norris Frazier
Magnolia
Frazier
Jacqueline Sims
East Avenue
F. Sisbee
Maxine Lovelady
Pat's Drive In
South Third
Merrill
Mrs. Ragan
Miss Greenwood
Thompson
E. B. Rutledge
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