County Approves Pilot Study On Speech and Hearing Defects
Hardin County Commissioners unanimously authorize a $1,000 pilot study to identify preschoolers with speech and hearing problems. Lamar University clinic staff Dr Brock Brentlinger and Dr Robert Achilles urged action after December and January meetings. The study aims to determine the need for referrals to the Beaumont clinic and treat children before entering public schools. Commissioner Virgil Caraway moved the measure and seconded it.
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Hardin County
Lamar University Speech and Hearing Clinic
Brock Brentlinger
Robert Achilles
Beaumont
Brentlinger
Virgil Caraway
Com
Dunnigan Signs Grid Pact With Lamar Cardinals
Silsbee Tigers lineman Tommy Dunnigan 6-3 265 pounds signed a two year pre enrollment agreement with Lamar University Cardinals adding a top 3A defensive end and tackle to the Cardinals roster. Dunnigan helped Silsbee win a district title and post an 18 1 record over two seasons while his former teammate Ronnie Calvert also joined Lamar.
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Tommy Dunnigan
Silsbee Tigers
Beaumonts Lamar University Cardinals
Dunnigan
Wharton
Tigers
Eulas Dunnigan
Silsbee
Lamar University
Vernon McManus
Ronnie Calvert
Cardinals
Wiley Ellis Named to Head County Hospital
Hardin Memorial Hospital Board selects Wiley Ellis to lead the county hospital citing an economy move. Elizabeth Tribble is removed as administrator and Ellis’s old salary of 13,200 restored to save taxpayers about 15,000. Board members present include Conley Bradshaw and others.
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Hardin Memorial Hospital Board
Lan. 8
Elizabeth Tribble
Wiley Ellis
Tribble
Conley Bradshaw
the Bee
Dudley Keith
Ellis
Priadshaw
Bradshaw
Keith
Pat Pace
Kountze
Lois Tarver
Ed Spears
Fugen ‘Gaunit
George Shanks
Seth Water Group To Meet Jan 23 at First National Bank
The Seth Water Supply Corporation will hold its annual meeting January 23 at 7 p.m. in the First National Bank clubroom. Members are asked to be present by Clifford Verdine. Mr and Mrs Marvin Cheek and family of Midland Oregon visited recently at the home of Mrs E M Prewitt.
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Seth Water Supply Corporation
First National Bank
Clifford Verdine
Marvin Cheek
Midland
Oregon
E. M. Prewitt
Three Silsbee School Board Seats Up in April Election
Three places on the Silsbee Independent School District Board of Trustees will be open for the April 7 election. Incumbents C R Baker Place Three and J E Pete Farmer Place Four each have 15 years of service. Place Five is held by D D Shine in his first three year term. Election polling 8 am to 4 pm at the Silsbee Fire Hall. filing deadline noon March 7. absentee voting March 15 to April 3 at the administration office.
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C. R. Baker
J. E. “Pete” Farmer
D. D. Shine
Silsbee
Avenue 1
J Dietrich
Margie Martin
Herman Adams Sr
Doris Langton
Emma Dean Bell
C. B. Stevens
Horace Whittington
Don L. Hough
L. D. Self
Burglary and Robbery Report In Silsbee Police Log
Silsbee citizens reported a burglary and holdup during the week with two unknown men robbing Fred J. Scott of 183 Bonner Street of 300 dollars and a .38 pistol at his home. Scott described two Black men denoting threat, then fled with his weapon. Police logged another break in at 585 North Sixth by smashing a glass pane, stealing a tape player two speakers 28-track tapes a Polaroid camera and more.
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Silsbee
Costner
Fred J. Scott
Bonner Street
Ben Thurman
Scott
George Glasspool
North Sixth
John Costner
Thievlex
Funeral for Mrs Nan Cleveland 29 Today
Funeral services for Mrs Frances Nan Cleveland 29 of Silsbee will be at 11 a m today in the chapel of Farmer Funeral Home with Rev R Eugene Jonte officiating. Burial at Burkeville Cemetery at 2 p m. She died at St Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont at 10 08 p m Jan 16 after a brief illness. She was a teller for Silsbee State Bank and an active member of First Methodist Church. Survivors: daughter Mary, her mother Frances Miller and two brothers Neil and Nervelle Miller, all of Silsbee. Pallbearers: George Goldsberry Harry Elliott Russ Harvelle Dan Droemer Joe Watson Cecil Cobble.
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Frances Nan Cleveland
Silsbee
Farmer Funeral Home
R. Eugene Jonte
First United Methodist Church
Pam
Burkeville Cemetery
Silsbee State Bank
Mary Cleveland
Frances Miller
Neil
Nervelle Miller
George Goldsberry
Harry Elliott
Russ Harvelle
Dan Droemer
Joe Watson
Cecil Cobble
Final Statements Given To Young Jury Wednesday
The Tyler trial of Fred Fay Young Jr centers on the January 5 1971 slaying of three year old Leslie Bowman in Kountze. 88th District Attorney RS Coe began final arguments at 11 40 am with defense lawyer Joe Goodwin set to present at 1 30 pm. A one hour lunch recess followed as the judge limited time for closing remarks.
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Tyler
Fred Fay Young Jr
Hardin County
Billy Paine
The
BEE
R S. Coe
Beaumont
Joe Goodwin
Paine
Galloway’ Calhoun
Young
Leslie Bowman
Kountze
Mabel McCormick
Dennis Ray Anderson
Belton Lepurt
Tigers Upset Chiefs In East Zone Cage Action
Silsbee's Tigers toppled the West Orange Chiefs 54-48 Tuesday to seize the East Zone lead. Dan Montgomery praised rebounding control as Mitch Dinkle 20 points and Charles Stanley 13 boards paced the win. Silsbee improves to 3-0 in zone play and 2-0 in district. WO falls to 1-1.
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Silsbee
Tigers
West Orange Chiefs
Chiefs
Tiger
Dan Montgomery
Mitch Dinkle
Charles Stanley
Dinkle
Herbert Sapp
West Orange
Bridge City Cardinals
James Simmons
Sapp
Michael Dabney
Steve Albrecht
Dabney
Little Cypress- Mauriceville Bears
Port Acres
Stephen F. Austin
Cardinals
Adams Named to Three House Committees in Texas
Austin state Representative Herman Adams receives appointments to the Redistricting Education and Agriculture Livestock committees of the 63rd Texas House. Adams, from the 5th District covering Jasper Hardin and western Jefferson counties, notes education will be a main issue and shows satisfaction with the agricultural livestock assignment. He is a first term former educator from Silsbee.
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Austin
Herman Adams
Price Daniel Jr
Texas House of Representatives
Adams
Jasper
Hardin
Jefferson Counties
House
Senate
Agricultural and Livestock Area
Rep
Educar
Silsbee
Accidents Put Two In Hospital In Separate Crashes
A Victor man and a Silsbee resident were listed in fair condition at St. Elizabeth Hospital after separate Jan. 14 auto crashes. Charles Stewart Staley, 46, of Silsbee, and Charles Sloakum, 33, of Victor, were injured in crashes near FM 2937 north of Silsbee and at North Fifth Street and Payne Road in Silsbee. Staley’s Rambler Ambassador was found wrecked after a pine tree strike. Sloakum rode as a passenger in a Mercury collision with a Ford driven by Irene DeLayne. DeLayne and Peggy Payne were treated and released from local hospitals. Albert Stark, 24, Evadale, was released from St. Mary’s Hospital after a Thursday crash with a dump truck on Highway 87 near Port Arthur.
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Victor
Silsbee
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Charles Stewart Staley
P.O. Box
Ralph Seamans
Staley
FM 2937
Beaumont Hospital
Charles Sloakum
Highway 12
Ben Thurman
Sloakum
Peggy Jones Payne
Irene M. DeLayne
North Third
North Fifth Street
Payne Road
Mercury
Fifth Street
DeLaune
Thurgan
St. Mary's Hospital
Port Arthur
Albert Stark
Evadale
Highway 87
Man Sought For Abduction Of Evadale Woman
Beaumont and Houston police seek a 26 year old man who abducted Evadale housewife Sally Carol Pearson 23 from Village Bowling Lane in Beaumont at 6 15 p m Wednesday Jan 10. He forced her to drive to Houston where he fled. Pearson unharmed. she called her husband who arrived in Houston around 4 a m Jan 11. Detec tives from Beaumont are assigned to the case.
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Beaumont
Houston
Evadale
Beaumont Police Department
the Bee
Sally Carol Pearson
P. O
Village Bowling Lane
First Snowfall in Thirteen Years Hits Silsbee Area
Snow blanketed Silsbee and surrounding Hardin County on January 11, the first since February 1960. About 3 inches fell from 8 am to 8 pm, delighting students released early, with snowball fights and snowmen. GSU crews and linemen from multiple cities restored power by Saturday night. 4500 Lum berton residents experienced outages, and three county wrecks followed the storm.
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Silsbee
Chhildren
Bee Gsu
Robert Sheffield
Baton Rouge
Woodville
Cleveland
Beaumont
Hardin County
Huntsville
GSU
South County
Lumberton
Sheffield
Masons To Meet For Full Dress M M Degree
Silsbee Lodge No. 927 calls Master Masons to a meeting Friday night January 19 at 7 oclock in the Masonic Temple. Full dress M M degree to be conferred in full costume. All Master Masons invited per W M D Moore and secretary D L Webb.
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Silsbee Lodge No. 927
Masonic Temple
M D. Moore
W.M
D. L. Webb
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Lamar
Rex Moore
Hugh Bevils
Pet
Horace Moye
Texas County and District Retirement System
Moye
Move
Emmett Lack
Head County Hospital
Seth Water Group
Silsbee Independent School District
Kirby
Stevens
Supt
Hough
Ina Pear ‘Brewer
Joan Calk
Newton Hopkins, Jr
Carnell Roberts
Sha
Ron Murphy Didau
Margo Thompson
Velta Crosby
Wesley Shaw
Bert Kellar
Barbara Jo Katzer
Mariyn Day
Beverly Aldridge
Carolyn Jarrell
Peggy Laverne Graham
Swicegood Music Co
Tatum Music Co
H&h Music Co
Harold Gardner
Department of Corrections
Nan Cleveland
Goodwin
Anderson
Billy Hutson
Peach Tree ‘Baptist Church
Good ‘Shepherd Baptist Church
Burlington, Wash
Crockett
Derek Shelton
Ronald Robertson
Tim Bush
MacArthur
Central Jr. High
Central
First Baptist Church
Roxanne Hudgins
Kallai Williams
Terry Williams
Tracy Hudgins
Edward Dominguez
Texas Highway Department
Gilbert Henley
Masons
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