Final Parcel Of Land Purchased for Airport Expansion
Hardin County Commissioners unanimously voted to buy a 16 acre tract from the Baptist Foundation of Texas in Dallas for 10 451 35 to aid the Hardin County Airport expansion. Airport Manager Don Hawthorne said the price matches an appraisal near 675 per acre. The project is 90 percent federally funded with five percent state funded. Hawthorne expressed strong confidence in federal approval as work nears completion. The Court also pledged to match funds for Mental Health Mental Retardation services in Hardin County.
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Hardin County
Hardin County Commissioner’s Court
Baptist Foundation of Texas
Dallas
Don Hawthorne
Baptist Foundation
Hawthorne
Hickman Real Estate Company
Wayne Lawrence
Deep East Texas Mhma
Lawrence
Emmett Lack
Lack
State Judicial Board to probe Hardin County judge
The State Judicial Qualifications Board notified County Judge Emmett Lack of an investigation on charges he took funds from Hardin County and passed them to lawyer Houston Thompson. The SJQB will hold a preliminary inquiry Feb 18–19 in Austin, with Lack and his attorney planning to attend. The case cites specific amounts and dates, and could lead to a formal hearing or disciplinary action.
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State Judicial Qualifications Board
Emmett Lack
The
Commission
Hardin County
Houston Thompson
Silsbee
SJQB
Lack
Hardin County Grand Jury
Thompson
Austin
Zeke Zbranek
Liberty
Maurice Pipkin
Hardin |County
Texas State Supreme Court
Bee
Pipkin
Silsbee Police report 15 arrests and multiple incidents this week
The Silsbee Police Department logged 15 arrests for various charges this week led by public intoxication and runaway cases. Investigations continue into thefts including tires and trailer items, a vandalism case at O'Neil Elementary, and two major auto accidents with one driver charged for speeding and another for failure to control. Local officers issued 50 speeding tickets and seven warnings.
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Silsbee
A. L. Burleson
Clifton Caraway
Caraway Motor Co
Shirley Jenkins
State Gas Co
Cecil LaVon Heisler
Segrest Trailer Park No. 10
Ralph McClung
O'Neil
North Fifth Street
Terra Jones Davis
Herndon Street
Silsbee Council weighs water crisis and repairs
City Manager Hickerson told the Silsbee council that a cold snap left the water system in a critical state with under 200000 gallons in a one million gallon storage. Broken pipes forced shutdowns and drip-keep usage, with the Darwin well down to 500 GPM. The council approved Layne Texas Corp repairs to impellers, a four day process, while planning for future pumping and storage upgrades. The April 2 election will be combined with the school board vote.
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Ron Hickerson
Silsbee
Hickerson
Dardin Drive
Layne Texas Corp
Darwin
Houston
Eddie van Winde
James Hays
Fire destroys Mrs Williams home. donations urged
A fire tore through the home and belongings of Mrs Yvonne Anderson at 380 South 12 Street on Monday afternoon January 3. Relatives ask for clothing furniture and household articles to replace items lost, directing donations to 450 South 12th Street. Anderson wears size 7 8 clothes and has a 12 month old daughter.
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Yvonne Anderson
South 12 ° Street
Ruby Sells
Anderson
Ethel Lee Williams
South 12Th Street
Chamber Directors Meet In Silsbee At Cajun Delight
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce directors will meet Monday January 17 at noon at the Cajun Delight Restaurant. The nominating committee will report on five new directors replacing those whose three year terms end this year. Farley M. Bowers, executive vice president, said other items will be discussed.
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Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Farley M. Bowers
Timber Firms Tax Appeal in Kountze Delayed
A hearing on the 1975 taxes appeal by Kirby Lumber Southland Paper Champion International and Temple Eastex against Kountze Independent School District has been postponed. No new date for oral arguments was set as clerk Joe Hulgen said the delay gives attorney Bob Keith time to prepare a brief. The suit was filed in September 1975 after the school board demanded payment.
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Kountze Independent
Joe Hulgen
9Th Court of Civil Appeals
Bob Keith
Hulgen
Kirby Lumber Corp
Southland Paper Mill, Inc
Champion International Corp
Firemen Make Eight Runs This Week
Silsbee Fire Department reported eight runs this week led by Fire Chief Russell Busby. Calls included a 9:14 p.m. Jan 4 auto fire on Avenue D and 4th Street, a Jan 5 skidder fire at Camp Matigwa that ruptured a gas line, a Jan 5 fire at Prince Hall Villa involving a skillead, a vacant Brittonville Road house fire, a Jan 7 false alarm on Speedys Drive, two Jan 9 calls including a house trailer fire on Avenue C and a gas leak at the Police Station, and a Jan 10 stove fire spreading to a roof at 155 South Third Street amid water usage affecting city water pressure.
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Avenue D
4Th Street
Bobby McGallion
Camp Matigwa
Busby
Prince Hall Villa
Quick
Brittonville Road
Speedy
South 96
Avenue C
Keel
C.B
L. S Trotti
South Third Street
Lumberton School ax value cut contested by district
Lumberton Independent School District was told Friday that 10 million will be sliced from the 67 million property appraisal set by the Governor’s Office of Education Resources. LISD officials said they will press for at least an additional 15 million in reductions. Superintendent Billy Nelson urged GOER to reduce the single-family dwelling valuation from 36 million to about 21 million, saying the current figure is out of line.
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Lumberton Independent School District
Governor’s Office of Education Resources
LISD
Lumberton
Billy Nelson
Goer
Make-Up Date To Be Set By SISD Trustees
The SISD Board of Trustees met to set a make-up day after weather closures. They discussed setting June 2 as the make-up date, renew Crawford's contract, and consider kindergarten and vocational agriculture facilities. Items included election planning, computerizing offices, O’Neil campus use, and the district equalization program.
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SISD
Independent School District of
Silsbee
Crawford
O'Neil
Mike Moss Injured in Jasper County Hunting Accident
A 16 year old Silsbee youth, Mike Moss, was shot by another hunter Friday night near Caney Head, Jasper County. He sustained wounds to his right hand and left shoulder, was treated at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, and released to return to school Wednesday per his mother Emma Moss. Jasper County sheriff’s office released limited details.
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Lessie Campbell Johnson
Box
Silsbee
Caney Head
Jasper County
Mike Moss
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Emma Moss
AARP Silsbee Chapter to Install Officers at Tonight Meeting
The Silsbee AARP group meets at Read-Turrentine School at 6 30 this evening January 13 for a covered dish supper and installation of new officers for 1977 led by installing officer Mr Chesson of Beaumont Allie Lee Wilkinson said.
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Silsbee Chapter
AARP
Read-Turrentine School
Chesson
Beaumont
Allie Lee Wilkinson
P O Construction Builds Plant on Evadale Highway
P O Construction is erecting a 16,000 square foot steel plant on Highway 96 near Evadale. The facility, on a seven acre site, will house P S Construction Co Fabrication and Machine shop owned by C M Posling and will be renamed Hardin County Fabrication and Machine Shop on April 1. About 30 to 50 workers are expected. the plant will offer welding structural steel pipe fabrication and machine works with two 36 foot bridge cranes and mobile units operating from the site.
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Highway 96
Silsbee
Evadale
P & S Construction Co
C. M
Posling
Hardin County Fabrication and Machine Shop
Peeling
C. M. Poeling
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Joseph Benjamin McCoy
J.B. McCoy
Warren
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
John Castilan
Clarence McCoy
Kounize
Set. McCoy
Germany
State Judicial Board
Jude Emmett Laci
Howard Barrington
MHMR
Bill Langston
Langston
L. C. Kirk
Wildwood
Don Harrison
Wotaw-Thicket
Harrison
T. S.S. Hooks
Precinct Three
Silsbee Police
N Beaumont
Jetsel
Kerry Dolford
Williams
Tigers
Livingston
Tiger Gym
Council
Chamber of Commerce
Kountze
Silsbee Fire Department
Russell Busby
Umberton School
P & O Construction
Evacale Highway
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