Silsbee City Council Hears Police Budget Debate
A lengthy Silsbee council session drew 18 visitors who questioned City Manager Wayne DuBose and Police Chief Edgar Blood about police staffing and budget. The meeting approved Gulf States Utilities franchise changes and set April 2 for city council elections, with filing by March 1.
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Silsbee City
City Hall
Wayne DuBose
Edgar Blood
Silshee Police Department
Victor Norvell
Silshee Gulf States Utilities Co
Gulf States
Norvell
Paul Georgas
John Fordinal
H.C. Hopkins
DuBose
Avenue I
Spell enters race for Hardin County Sheriff
Ernest Spell of Silsbee announces his candidacy for Hardin County Sheriff. A lifelong resident and descendant of early Hardin County settlers, he is married to Cleo Spell with four children. His background includes four and a half years in the Oval Shore police and law enforcement training.
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Hardy
Hardin County
Sheriff's Department
Earnest Spell
Silsbee
Spell
Texas
Carl
Clerie Spell
Cleo Yawn Spell
Oval Shore
Overstreet Seeks Reelection as Hardlin County Attorney
Dwayne V. Overstreet, Hardlin County Attorney, announces candidacy for a second term in the May Democratic primary. A native of Hardin County, he has lived in the area his entire life, worked as a teacher, and since 1957 practiced law in Kountze. He is 36, married 17 years with four children, and a member of the First Baptist Church.
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Dwayne V. Overstreet
Couny
Hardlin County
The
Bee
Overstreet
Hardin County
Kountze
First Baptist Church
J. W. Overstreet
D. B. Schull
Chance-Loeb
Lumberton Group Seeks Abolition of Local School District
A Lumberton group delivered about 405 signatures to County Judge Emmett Lack calling for an election on abolishing the Lumberton Independent School District. If approved, Lumberton would revert to Chance and Loeb common districts under county oversight, likely raising taxes. Superintendent Nelson Eichman defended the district and urged voters to reject abolition.
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Lumberton
Emmett Lack
Lumberton Independent School District
Oscar L. Moore
Cecil Dominy
Marlin Thompson
Orange
Bill Brownlee
Chance and Loeb
Chance-Loeb
Nelson Eichman
the Bee
Anders Announces Candidacy for Hardin Tax Assessor
Fred Anders of Lumberton announced his bid for Hardin County Tax Assessor and Collector this week. The candidate, born in San Augustine and a longtime resident with his wife and son, frames his run amid tax relief concerns and changing district boundaries affecting school funding and property values.
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Fred Anders
Lynn Drive
Lumberton
Hardin County
Anders
San Augustine
Anderson
West Brothers Plan New Silsbee Store Growth in two brands
Merle Harper announced West Brothers of Silsbee bought 66 acres from Kirby Lumber Corp near the Kirby fence FM 92 and FM 418, south of the mill, for a 35,000 square foot West Brothers Gibson Discount Center. The store will sell clothing, shoes, home furnishings, appliances, sporting goods, jewelry, cameras, music, health items and a discount pharmacy, with modern fixtures and a seven times larger footprint than the current downtown store, aiming to boost Silsbee’s shopping scene and attract other tenants.
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Silsbee
West Brothers of Silsbee
Merle Harper
Kirby Lumber Corporation
West Brothers Department Store
Gibson Discount Center
Kirby Mill
New Pine Plaza Shopping Center
Cinity and J
West Brothers
W. D. West
de- Ridder
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Texas
DeRidder
West-Gibson
West Brothers Department Stores
Gibson Discount
West Brothers-Gibson
West
Harper
Hardin County
James Taylor Still Listed Critical After Motorcycle Wreck
James Leo Taylor, 28, of Lumberton, remained in critical condition after a motorcycle car crash near Eastex Freeway and Broad Oak Drive in Beaumont. He was unconscious with extensive head injuries and a deep leg cut, wearing a helmet as police investigate the stop sign collision with a car driven by Bobby Joe Cook. Arthur Ford and Eranel Ford were treated at St Elizabeth Hospital, and Mr. and Mrs. Keith Pope headed home to London after visiting the Cullinans.
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James Leo Taylor
Lumberton
St Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Marvin Taylor
Lamberton
Taylor
Bobby Joe Cook
Nederland
Eastex
Broad Oak Drive
Absenteeism Surges in Silsbee Schools With 27 Percent Out
Supt. Don L. Hough reports 27 percent of Silsbee students were absent Tuesday due to flu colds chicken pox and bad weather Mon and Tue. Monday 655 out, Wednesday 554, schools kept open. Waldo Mathews and Robinson Elementary hardest hit near 40 percent. Trustees to discuss pay raises and freedom of choice forms alongside cafeteria deficit and December meals numbers.
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Silsbee
Don L. Hough
Waldo Mathews
Robinson
Hough
Mrs Armstrong 83 Dies in Silsbee After Illness
Derie R Armstrong 83, longtime Silsbee resident, died Wednesday at Hardin Memorial Hospital after a two month illness. Funeral plans await arrival of son Robert Armstrong of Houston. survivors include three daughters and one sister. Funeral home to announce arrangements.
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Derie R. Armstrong
Silsbee
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Robert B. Armstrong
Houston
Farmer Funeral Home
Armstrong
Teylor
Texas
First Methodist Church
W. R. Blanchard
Alexandria
Patricia Kuchart
Ciceroil
R. A. Cole
Port Arthur
Mildred Stone
Fred Sangwin Funeral Rites Scheduled in Silsbee
Fred S Sangwin 91 died after a long illness in Silsbee Texas. He was a Lincoln Nebraska native and longtime Silsbee resident and a retired Texas Co. truck driver. Funeral services Friday at 10 a.m. in Farmer Funeral Chapel with Rev P A DuBose officiating. Burial Resthaven Cemetery. Survived by wife Dora Langwin of Silsbee a daughter Eunice Brown of Silsbee four sons Leonard George Clarence all of Silsbee and Melvin Langwin of Port Arthur 24 grandchildren and 123 great grandchildren.
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Fred S. Sangwin
Keuntze
Lincoln
Neb
Silsbee
Sangwin
Texas Co
The
Baptist Church
Farmer Funeral
P. A. DuBose
Calvary Missionary Baptist Church of
Resthaven Cemetery
Dora Langwin
Eunice Brown
Leonard
George
Clarence
Melvin Langwin
Port Arthur
Funeral Services For Ed Sargent Held In Silsbee
Ed Sargent 84 of Silsbee died Monday after a long illness at Hardin Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Fearmer Funeral Home with Rev. R E Barclay officiating. Burial followed in Resthaven Cemetery. Silsbee Masonic Lodge conducted graveside rites. Survived by son Eddie Lee Sargent of Houston two daughters and a sister.
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Ed Sargent
Silsbee
Fearmer Funeral Home
R. E. Barclay
First Bapitist Church
Resthaven Cemetery
Silsbee Masonic Lodge
Earl Prouse Jr
Wayne Prouse
W. E. Christian
Paul Sassine Jr
Aden
Brittan Sturrock Sargent
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Angelina County
First Baptist Church
Eddie Lee Sargent
Houstoni
Earl Prouse
Beaumont
A. J. Rogers
Groves
Irene Christian
Kirbyville
Hardin County Commissioners Approve Pay Hikes Debate
At the January 1968 meeting Commissioner Tom Burch moved to table all salaries pending Atlantic Richfield suit results. The vote passed unanimously. The court noted raises tied to general fund budgets and up to 80 percent of department budgets. Other actions included insurance committee setup Basil Rodgers named chair and voter site change Honey Island. Funds from Atlantic Richfield placed in Silsbee State Bank. Pritchard and Abbott retained for industrial property appraisal. Barrington abstained on the last item.
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Hardin County Commismissioners Court
Tom Burch
Sour Lake
Atlantic- Richfield Law
Howard Barrington
Kountze J
Silsbee
Virgil i Caraway
Atlantic- Richfield Vs. Hardin County
Commissioners Court For
Hardin County
Neches
Insurance Committee
Andalso
Ers Court
Basil Rodgers
Honey Island
Willis Selman
Atlantic - Richfield
Silsbee State Bank
Pritchard and
Abbott
Barrington
Silsbee Tigers Take 9-3A Lead With 62 44 Win at Bridge City
Silsbee improved to 3-0 in District 9-AAA after a 62 44 victory at Bridge City while West Orange and Forest Park tripped up. Coach Dan Montgomery praised improved shooting and rebounding as the Tigers prepare for Forest Park Saturday and West Orange next Tuesday in Silsbee High gym. Tyler led with 18 points, Pattillo 16, Davenport 10 as Silsbee shot near 50 percent and 70 percent from the line.
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Silsbee Tigers
Bridge City
Rand
West Orange
Forest Park
Tigers
Chiefs
Silsbee
Liberty
Trojans
Tiger
Dan Montgomery
Silsbee High
Jasper Bulldogs
Jasper
Mike Shutff
Manuel Tyler
Cardinals
Tyler
Ther
Eugene Pattillo
Ralph Davenport
Final Rites For Miss Verla Sargent Held Saturday
Funeral services for Verla Sargent 53 of Silsbee were held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Farmer Funeral Home chapel with Rev. R E Barclay of First Baptist officiating. Burial followed in Resthaven Cemetery of Silsbee with Silsbee Order of the Eastern Star Chapter No 298 conducting graveside rites. Pallbearers were Earl Prouse.
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Verla Sargent
Silsbee
Farmer Funeral Home
R. E. Barclay
First Baptist Church of
Resthaven
Order of the Eastern Star
Earl Prouse
Miss Sargent
Vandals damage meters at South Hampton Field
Vandals damaged 11 Sinclair Oil Co meters at the South Hampton oil field west of Silsbee. Meters stopped between 2:00 and 2:30 p m Monday. many were at wells east of Village Creek near FM 418. Replacement meters cost about 250 dollars each. Fingerprints taken. car owners in area questioned. Deputy Paine did not release a suspect. Also 26 people were held at the county jail in Kountze last week for various offenses.
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Hampton
Silsbee
Billy Paine
Paine
Sinclair Oil Co
Kounize
Curtis Davis
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Cesar Dominguez
Robert Scott
Wes Latham
Marion Almond
J. C. Busby
C. Z. Pope Jr
Spencer Armour
Fred Hardy
Cotton Newsom
Billy Fuller
Norman Sweatt
J. H Cunningham
Buford Curtis
J. L. Flanakin
J. Q. Vanderberg
Henry Blackmon
Budge Levins
R. S. Million
Ernest Spell
Dwayne Overstreet
Lumberton Group
Rred
Cecil Dorming
Taxpayers League
O. L. Moore
Chanece-Loeb
Chance-Loeb High School
Sils
Lee Lumberton
James Taylor
Arthur Lee Ford
Eranel Ford
St. Elizabeth Hospital
R. F. Ford
Keith Pope
London
England
John G. Cullinan
Fred Sangwin
W. D. Hawthorne
Hearne
Lenox and
Don Lee Hawthorne
South Hampton Field
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