Red Ricks Foils Armed Robbery At Service Station
Lumberton constable E Red Ricks arrived at Bell Oil Co station on US 96 near the Hardin Jefferson line around 9 30 p m and subdued a man wearing a pantyhose mask who fled with two money bags. Deputy L J Foux assisted. the suspect Billy Royce Williford 42 Beau mont was charged with armed robbery with a 15000 bond set. the money amount remained unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumberton
E. “Red” Ricks
Hardin County
Mike Holzapfel
Ricks
Bell Oil Co
L. J. Foux
Holzapfel
Billy Royce Williford
Beaumont
Grand Jury Convenes Friday in Hardin County
The Hardin County Grand Jury will meet this Friday January 17 instead of the usual third Monday to review many cases including the shootings of Silsbee Police Officer William Gilley and the murders of Kenneth Wayne Mauboules and Darby Lee Mathis. Suspects include Larry Murphy LaFose charged with shooting Gilley and Thomas Jefferson Apperson charged with Mauboules' murder. Nora L. Mathis faces a murder charge in her husband’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Grand Jury
Thomas Jefferson Apperson
Nora L. Mathis
Hardin County commissioners push budget fix and auto bids
After a four hour session the Hardin County Court amended the sheriff budget to allow three new patrol cars and discussed road and bridge funding. Commissioner Barrington pressed bills overdue at Gulf Oil Caterpillar and other suppliers amid bids and road mileage debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff's Department
Hardin County
Howard Barrington
Barrington
Gulf Oil Co
Gulf Asphalt
Uvalde Rock Co
White’s
Hugh Bevil Means
Pet
Caterpillar
Beaumont
J. L. Loftin
Billy Paine
Horace Moye
Moye
Emmett Lack
Loftin
Rex Moore
Means
Moore
Judge Lack
Paine
Silsbee Auto Co
Mitchell Law and Supply Co
Evadale
Thompson Equipment Sales
Sheriff Paine
Don Lee Hawthorne
the Bee
Final Rites For Clifford R. Baker In Silsbee Friday
Funeral services are set for Clifford R. Baker 60, Eastex Inc. purchasing and traffic director and former president of the Silsbee Independent School District Board, who died of a heart attack in New York City. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Beaumont. He was active in civic affairs, serving as Silsbee School Board president and past president of the Silsbee Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford R. Baker
Silsbee Independent
Baker
Ea*tex Inc
Felix Hammack
Eastex
Grand Central Station
Groveton
Texas
Silsbee
Lake Charles
Columbia Southern Chemical Co
Silsbee School Board
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
First Baptist Church
City Council Studies Gas Rate Request and Zoning Refusal
Silsbee officials spent hours studying Houston Natural Gas Co rate hike proposals while also weighing a zoning change on North Tenth Street. They planned a special work session with rate experts and considered a higher base and usage based increases, plus a separate request to raise cable connection fees by Clifton Caraway for Silsbee Cablevision. The council also discussed establishing a State Utility Advisory Commission with Texas Municipal League backing and invited bids for police autos and a Parks truck by Jan. 28.
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Silsbee
North Tenth Street
James L. Hays
Frank Grote
John Fordinal
Houston Natural Gas Co
Arlen Williams
Hays
Williams
HNG
Grote
W. B
Eastern Pipeline Co
Beaumont
Golden Triangle
Caraway
Texas Municipal League
TML
Utility Commission
Police Department
Silsbee Parks and Recreation
Trustees Set April 5 For School Board Election
Trustees of the Silabec Independent School District planned the 1975 board election for April 4 and named three seats to be filled. Incumbents Horace Place and Raymond Tennison and new term for C. B. Stevens are involved. Filing dates and budget committee appointment, and tax collector vacancy were to be discussed alongside the district calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silabec Independent
Weeks Crawford
DEE
Mace
Horace Yg
RB. F. Lane
Tod
Raymond Tennison
Truc
Tee C. B. Stevens
Stevens Reo
Jerry Rodriguez
Crawford
Ansensot
Eyelene
Five Men Arrested in Wire Theft Ring Near Kountze
Five out of county residents were arrested near Kountze after being caught stripping copper wire from poles. About 100 pounds of stripped copper were found. bonds were set at 15000 each. The suspects face felony theft charges and are wanted in Tyler Liberty San Jacinto and Trinity counties for related thefts.
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Kountze
Hardin
Mike Holzapfel
Hardin County
Billy Paine
Charles Laird
Danny Smith
Ralph Seaman
Holzapfel
Jimmy Avone Stepp
Ennis
William Clarence Perry
Pleasant Grove
Bobby ‘Edward Fails
Billy Gene Fails
Groveton
Franklin Stepp
Justice of the Peace
Kyle Reeves
Tyler
Liberty
San Jacinto
Trinity Counties
Two Jailed On Hog Theft Charges In Hardin County
Discovery of a slain 300 pound Yorkshire hog on January 9 led to the arrests of two Hardin County men. Charles David Swor Jr. and Paul Chambliss were taken into custody after the hog was found shot in a 1962 Comet at about 12 30 a.m. last Thursday. Both men posted $2 500 bond and were released from Hardin County Jail.
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Hardin County
The
BEE
Charles Laird
Charles David Swor Jr
Village Mills
Paul Chambliss
Kountze
L. J. Toups
Justice of the Peace
Cecil Overstreet
County Voters Sent Renewal Forms for Registration Update
Voter renewal forms will be mailed in Hardin County starting Friday. Tax Assessor-Collector Fred Anders urges prompt completion and return to the office in Kountze to update voting rolls and precincts. Do not rely on the 1975 expiration note. this is a new county campaign to refresh addresses and registrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Fred Anders
Kountze
Anders
Two House Fire Calls Reported in Silsbee Week
Silsbee Volunteer Firemen responded to two house fire calls this week. Dennis Holmes at 119% Dardin Drive suffered paneling damage from a fireplace fire reported at 2 01 p m Sunday January 12. A cooking fire at mobile home of Mrs Theilma Broussard caused smoke damage with no fire damage noted, reported at 3 06 p m Monday.
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Silsbee
Russell Busby
Dennis Holmes
Dardin Drive
Theilma Broussard
Busby
George B. Eldredge Earns JD From LSU Law School
George B. Eldredge son of Mrs I F Eldredge of Silsbee received his Juris Doctor degree in December from Louisiana State University School of Law. A 1968 Silsbee High School graduate he earned a BA in Political Science in 1972 at LSU and plans to take the Louisiana bar exam in February. He is a second lieutenant in the USAF Reserve and a member of Sigma Delta Phi and Sigma Nu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Badge Eldredge
I. F. Eldredge
Silsbee
Louisiana State University School of Law
Silsbee High School
LSU
Sigma Delta Phi
Sigma Nu
US Air Force Reserve
Louisiana
Thieves Take Cash From Harold's Super Market
Police report a burglary at Harold's Super Market on East Avenue N with an estimated 300 dollars stolen from cash registers. The entry used a defective sliding door at the rear and the burglars exited by the same method. Police Chief Bob Ogden and Officer P Dennis Jones led the initial investigation with store manager Wesley Anderson.
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Harold's
East Avenue N
Bob Ogden
Wesley Anderson
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Red’ Ricks
Lack
Houston
Clifton Caraway
Silsbee Cablevision, Inc
City
Andrew Jackson Jones
South Hampton Co
Silsbee-ba
Jones
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Walter Lee Bonvillon
US 96
Billy Davenport
James Eric Wood
Billy Wood
Young James
Warren Bower
First National Bank
Wood
Sam P. Copeland
George B. Eldredge
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