Silsbee council debates 1970 audit and tax adjustments
The Silsbee City Council January 12 discussed Leroy Daniels audit of 1970 funds showing a $16,000 general fund deficit covered by transfers, plus a $1,447.95 sewer deficit. They approved tax roll adjustments and heard about a cooperative work program for SHS students.
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Silsbee
Kirby Lumber Corp
Leroy Daniels
Beaumont Cpa
Texas
Cesar Dominguez
the Bee
Dominguez
Sewer Department
Water and Sewer Fund
Ttax
Tiger gridders D White J Hunter named to AAA All-State team
Silsbee High School Tigers place two players on the Class AAA All-State teams as defensive standouts Don White and James Hunter earn spots. White, 18, 6'4" 278-pound senior, leads a top defense. Hunter, 16, 6'3" 175-pound junior, secures safety on the second defensive unit.
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Silsbee High School
Tiger
SHS
Ray
Don White
Oscar White
Bonner Street
White
Tigers
James Hunter
Hunter
Bengals
Artis Hunter
Bonner
McGallion
Births in the Beaumont area add several new arrivals
A series of newborns born in January at local hospitals include Jodi Leigh Fletcher a daughter born January 6 at Hardin Memorial Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ray Fletcher of Beaumont. Tonya Renee Noland born January 8 at Hardin Memorial to Mr. and Mrs. James Allan Noland of Silsbee. Sheri Rena Walton born January 7 at Doctors Hospital to Earnest Glenn Walton and wife of Fred. Edwin Matthew Spears born January 9 at Doctors Hospital to T. M. and wife of Buna. Victor Jerome Fisher born January 9 at Doctors Hospital to Johnny Tyrone Fisher and wife of Silsbee. Waymon Carrier Buris Jr. born January 10 at Doctors Hospital to Delanah D. Buris Jr. and husband of Kountze. James Milton Scott Jr. born January 11 at Doctors Hospital to J. M. Scott Sr. and wife of Beaumont. Michael Wayne Hinson Sr. born January 11 at Doctors Hospital to Herman Monroe Hinson Sr. and wife of Silsbee.
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Weldon Brinkley
Silsbee
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Jodi Leigh
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Michael Ray Fletcher
Beaumont
Tonya Renee
James Allan Noland
Sheri Rena
Doctors Hospital
Earnest Glenn Walton
Fred
T. M. Spears
Buna
Edwin Matthew
Victor Jerome
Johnny Tyrone Fisher
Waymon Carrier
Ond
Delanah D. Buris Jr
Kountze
J. M. Scott Sr
James Milton Scott Jr
Michael Wayne
Herman Monroe Hinson Sr
Ward Family Visit Highlights Beaumont Stop
Mr and Mrs Leon Ward and their son Mark from Beaumont visited recently in the home of Mrs C B Ward, the mother.
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Leon Ward
Mark
Beaumont
C. B. Ward
Nine year old Melissa Johnson recovering from burns
Melissa Ann Johnson, nine, was burned when her gown caught fire Friday morning. She is in good condition at Baptist Hospital as of January 11, after being taken there by Farmer Funeral Home. Burns affect both arms and chest. nurse reports she was doing fine and to be dressed that day.
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Melissa Ann Johnson
Baptist Hospital
Billy Johnson
Rt. 4
Silsbee
Read - Turrentine Elementary
Farmer Funeral Home
Beaumont Hospital
Farmer
Melissa
Hardin County Commissioners keep old precincts to dodge injunction
In a Jan 13 meeting the Hardin County Commissioners agreed to retain the existing precincts to avoid a potential federal restraining order. They also considered funds for 30 voting machines, discussed juvenile crime curfews, and approved appointing Means as county judge pro tempore and renewing various contracts. The previous Jan 11 session reaffirmed the Aug 24 redistricting plan pending a March 15 court hearing.
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Hardin County Commissioners Court
Horace V. Moye
Hugh Bevil Means
Moye
Means
County General Fund
Virgil Caraway
Caraway
Howard Barrington
Alton Bayless
Lumberton
Bayless
Richard
Hugh Bevil
U. S
William M. Steger
Silsbee
Steger
the Bee
Commissioners Court
Emmett Lack
Police Reports Highlight Local Felony Cases and Arrests
Multiple felony thefts are under investigation by the Hardin County Sheriff and Kountze and Silsbee departments since January 7. Arrests include Robert L. Roberts 18 and a 15 year old from Clamath Falls Ore for possession of stolen property at the Kountze dump. Roberts is wanted in Oregon and deserter by the U S Marine Corps. Harris 27 of Kountze jailed on $5 000 bond after a pistol theft at Beason’s service station. Outboard motor theft at Jerry's in Silsbee is under investigation. Former Silsbee residents Goetsell 22 and Ruff 21 plus a Shreveport resident face narcotics possession charges with bonds set.
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Hardin County Sheriff’s Department
Kountze
Silsbee
Robert L. Roberts
Clamath Falls
Ore
Claude Lindsey
Ira Moore
Kountze Justice of the Peace
C. A. Kimball
Walter Ray Overstreet
Robert Harris
Kountzer
Gary Benson
Beason
Harris
Lindsey
Justice of the Peace
Rex Moore
M. D Merrill
F. C. Self
Jerry’s
Outboard Motor Co
6Th Street
Avenue H
Philip Don Goetsell
Beaumont
Johnny Wayne Ruff
Orange
Shreveport
Wallace McCasland
Goetsell
Oregon
Ruff
Miss Silsbee Pageant Named for 1971 Crown
Plans for the thirteenth annual Miss Silsbee Pageant to be held February 13 at Silsbee Junior High Auditorium advance. Nine contestants are listed with Shannon Hawthorne 1970 winner to crown. Events begin with a 10 a.m. parade, a noon luncheon, and a 7:30 p.m. pageant. Tickets available through ABWA members.
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Pine Burr
American Business Women’s Association
Anita Wilson
Silsbee Junior High
Con
ABWA
Gloria Trahan
Herschel Myers
Lois Grote
Eight area men drafted or called for January 18 induction
Jan 18 draft call includes eight area youths led by Charles Rubin Sims of Silsbee with 53 others scheduled for Armed Forces physicals. Inductees hail from Liberty Cleveland Baytown Kountze Sour Lake Village Mills Saratoga Winnie Anahuac Hankamer Splendora and Stowell among listed towns and individuals.
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Charles Rubin Sims
Silsbee
Benjamin Ellis Pickett Jr
Walter Lamar Atkinson
Carl Edward Bolds
Oeal Edwards
Liberty
Mervin Wayne Hart
Norman Earl Tellis
Cleveland
James Alton Vandver
Kountze
William Welton Priest
Dodd Allison Sims
James Roy Brown
Jimmie Wayne Marshall
Dalton Ray Morrow
Michael Lee Grisham
James Smith Cheshire
Robert Truman Biscamp
James Dalton Robinson
Kenneth Eugene Stutts Jr
John Edward Jordan
Willie Hadnot Jr
Marvin Wayne Stovall
Edgar Andrew Pressley
Larry Bryan Gilmore
Militon Dale McMaster
Charles Eugene Cherry
Robert Lynn Long
Raymond Farllee
Archie Eugene
Daniel Mathews
Dickey
Village Mills
William Dale Sims
Saratoga
Robert Lee Morse
Carlton Ray Loftin
Winnie
Richard Lynn Lewis
James Spurgeon Winter Carroll Lee Thibodeaux
David Paul Benoit
Gary Lynn James
Little League To Elect Officers In Silsbee
The Silsbee Little League holds a general meeting January 18 at 7 30 p m in the Silsbee State Bank. Acting president French Cook will lead the business session to elect new officers and discuss plans for the year. Open to anyone interested in baseball and the boys welfare.
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Silsbee Little League
Silsbee State Bank
French Cook
Hardin County Voter Registration Deadline Discussed
Hardin County Tax Assessor-Collector Fred Anders says the current voter registration deadline is January 31, 1971 not March 31 as reported by The Sillbee Bee. He notes the deadline could possibly be extended later.
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Hardin County
Fred Anders
The
BEE
Sillbee Bee
Tigers Bop Lions In District Tilt
Silsbee Varsity beat Livingston 90-75 in a 1971 District 11-AAA game. David Brown led with 26 points, plus 16 rebounds. James Hunter added 15 points and 12 boards. The win moved the Tigers to 17-5 and 1-0 in district play with upcoming games versus Cleveland and Liberty.
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Silsbee
Livingston
David Brown
Brown
Larry Irvin
Joe Price
Marvin Kelly
James Hunter
Hunter
Tigers
Cleveland
Liberty
Bengals
Beaumont South Park
Kelly
Price
South Park
Mitch Dinkle
Lincoln
Lincoln Fresh
Bowie
Dunbar
McArthur
French
Kim Stinson Named Page In Congress
Kim Stinson of Lumberton has been chosen as a Congressional Page for six weeks reporting to Congressman John Dowdy in Washington starting January 17. A Lumberton High School junior, he is a football letterman, former editor of The Raider Roundup, a Texas Education Association Drug Education Committee member, and Fletcher Emanuel Baptist Church member.
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Kim Stinson
Lumberton
John Dowdy
Kim
Jim B. Stinson
Lumberton High School
Texas Educational Association
Fletcher Emanuel Baptist Church
Washington
Congressman Dowdy
Stinson
Ime
Funeral for Walter A. Marshall in Kountze
Walter A. Marshall 71 of Kountze died from injuries in an auto pedestrian crash on Pine Street. Funeral at First United Methodist Church Kountze with burial in Hooks Cemetery. Survivors and pallbearers listed. accident investigated by local officers.
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Walter A. Marshall
Kountze
First United Methodist Church
C. E. Deakins
Hooks Cemetery
H. A. Coe Jr
Thomas B. Coe Jr
Bryant A. Coe
Welton Wiggins
C. E. Lewis
Charles Edward Mason
Marshall
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Ln Beaumont
Pine Street
Loy F. Nichols
Claude Lindsey
Walter Ray Overstreet
Tyler County
Kounttze
Pine Masonic Lodge
Hardin County Mobility Higher Than U S Average
New York January 9 Hardin County households show 48 percent of residents aged five and over lived in a different house five years earlier. Of movers, 5 481 relocated within the county and 4 959 moved from outside. Restlessness stems from housing needs, jobs, and marital status changes.
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New York
Hardin County
United States
Department of Commercce
West South Central States
Texas
Fourteen Die In County Auto Mishaps In 1970
Hardin County records show 14 traffic deaths in 1970 with 392 rural accidents and 208 injuries. Texas Highway Patrol official Set C H Rudd reported the year compared to 1969 which had nine deaths and 212 injuries.
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Hardin County
Set. C. H. Rudd
Texas Highway Patrol
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Weeks Crawford
Claude C. Coward
Boyett
Gulf States Utility Co
GSU
Ronald M. Hickerson
J. C. Busby
C. E. Lan‘dolt Jr
Busby
R. F. Sanford
Coward
Hickerson
R .F. Ford
Kirby Lumber Co
Sanford
Kirby
Ford
D. White
J. Hunter
MecGallion
Read-Turrentine
South Seventh
Avenue O
Seventh
South Sixth
Wane. O
Ate Lee Ee
Martin
Barrington
Neight Frank Richardson
Silsbee Bors
Juve Bayless
Richardson
Ine
Billy Paine
Paine
Stanley Coe
Sour Lake
George Robinson
Coe
Hardin l
Lack
Texas Association of Counties
Texas Home Health
Houston Thompson
New
Pet
Bob Kerr
Anahuac
Wayne Scott Hines
Billy Jack Horn
Richard Owner
Pate
Hankomer
Homer Charles Stevens
Hardin
Donald Harvey Lyons
Splendora
Gary Lynn May Hull
John Key Brett
Stowell
John Thomas Waites
Votan
Robert Terry Love
Little League
Tigers Bop Lions
W. A. Marshall
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