Lumberton Post Office Moves to Bartmess Building
Lumberton Rural Branch Post Office transfers from R. M. Martin Grocery to the Raymond Bartmess Real Estate building on Highway 96. The move completes with a Feb 1 opening under new postmaster Mrs. Noda Green, bids show Bartmess at 300 dollars monthly versus 325 from R. M. Martin.
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Lumberton
Bartmess Real Estate
Lumberton Rural
Raymond Bartmess Real Estate
Highway 96
Lumberton Pharmacy
R. M. Martin
Funeral Services for Mrs. Ella BeBee in Silsbee
Mrs. Ella Wilson BeBee 83 of Silsbee died at 4 p m Monday in Silsbee Doctors Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services were held January 20 at Farmer Funeral Home chapel with Rev W G McNaughten officiating. Burial followed at Resthaven Cemetery. Survivors include her two sons Tommy Holland and Sammy Wilson, two daughters Mary Warner and Ruby Glenn, two sisters Josey Gilmore and Rene Stahan, nine grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
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Ella Wilson BeBee
Silsbee
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
First Assembly of God Church
Farmer Funeral Home Chapel
W. G. MecNaughten
Caney Head
Assembly of God Church
Resthaven Cemetery
Jim Strahan
Lonzo Gilmore
LeRoy Glenn
W. E. Glenn
Joe Consler
Richard Wilson
Tommy Holland
Alice
Sammy Wilson
Mary Warner
Duncanville
Ruby Glenn
Kirbyville
Josey Gilmore
Kountze
Rene Strahan
W T Callaway Arrested in Newton on Burglary Charge
Hardin County Sheriff Billy E. Paine said W T Callaway of Silsbee, already indicted in the shooting death of B G Segrest, was arrested in Newton County on burglary and auto theft charges. Officers planned to bring him in Jan 19 on a bench warrant to face murder trial on Jan 26.
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Hardin County
Billy E. Paine
BBE
W. T. Callaway
Silsbee
B. G. Segrest
Newton County
Paine
Callaway
H. A. Coe
Silsbee and Lumberton Schools Offer Free or Low Lunches
The Silsbee and Lumberton Independent School Districts announce free and reduced price lunches for eligible students. Superintendent William N. Nelson and Don L. Hough said applications consider family size and income, with confidential handling and privacy for all families.
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Silsbee
Lumberton Independent School
Lumberton
William N. Nelson
Don L. Hough
LISD
SISD
County to join statewide 3.76 in 76 farm program
Hardin County will observe 3.76 in 76 Week January 25 to 29 as part of a statewide effort to raise agricultural income by 3.76 billion through 1976. County Agent Jimmy McCelvey and E J Dietrich note a 1976 county goal of about 3.5 million dollars focusing on beef rice and hay. Projections are prepared by county program committees with growth targets by extension district and economic area.
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Hardin County
Emmett Lack
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Jimmy McCelvey
E. J. Dietrich
McCelvey
Dietrich
Preston Smith
Texas
Our Little Miss Silsbee Pageant Set for Jan 30
The second annual Our Little Miss Silsbee and Little Miss LaPetite pageant for 1971 will be held Saturday January 30 at 7 p.m. in the Silsbee Junior High School auditorium. Mrs Hazel Scoggins directed the pageant committee and a planning meeting was held at Neches National Bank. Eve Havens serves as staging director for the committee.
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Silsbee
Hazel Scoggins
Neches National Bank
Eve Havens
Mrs Elaine Peveto Visited Orange Home of Mrs Richardson
Mrs Elaine Peveto of Orange visited recently in the home of her mother Mrs J H Richardson.
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Elaine Peveto
Orange
J. H. Richardson
Hardin County approves lower workmen compensation rate
At a January 18 meeting the Hardin County Commissioners Court unanimously adopted a reduced rate of $5.55 per $100 remuneration for workers compensation, down from $6.33. Auditor Horace V. Moye said the new rate could change after an audit and saved about $800 from the previous annual premium of roughly $20,616.
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Hardin County Commissioners Court
Horace V. Moye
Moye
John Blair
Kountze Insurance Agency
Local Youth Wounded by Accidental Shooting
Gary L. Lindsey, 17, of Silsbee, was rushed to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont after a small caliber gunshot wound to the abdomen at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday. He was treated by Dr. W. J. Poshataske and transferred to Beaumont, with officials reporting the injury occurred while he was cleaning a firearm. Lindsey was listed in fair condition at 4:10 p.m.
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Gary L. Lindsey
P. O. Box
Silsbee
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
W. J. Poshataske
Lindsey
St. Elizabeth
Silsbee Kountze Local Dialing Starts Jan 21
Silsbee and Kountze customers can dial each other as local calls starting Jan 21 under Southwestern Bell Extended Area Service. Local manager Jack Martin said Silsbee numbers begin with 246 and Kountze with 385, removing the 1 prefix and expanding local reach to about 4 700 phones. New local service rates will appear on the first Silsbee bills after June 21.
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Silsbee Telephone
Jack Martin
Southwestern
Bell
Silsbee
Martin
Kountze
Election set for two Silsbee ISD trustees on April 3
Silsbee Independent School District trustees scheduled an election for Saturday April 3 to fill Places 6 and 7 held by Mrs John Meade and Rayford Birdwell. Filing deadline is March 3 at noon. Absentee voting runs March 15 through 31 at the school administration building.
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Silsbee Independent School District
John
Supt
Hough
Donna [Brooks
O’neil
Nine youths charged in grain theft in Silsbee
Nine youths including eight juveniles face charges for stealing grain from a hopper car at a railroad yard on January 18. Silsbee officers arrested seven suspects after a Santa Fe employee reported youths emptying wheat into sacks. Joe Brooks, 18, pled not guilty to theft under five dollars and posted $200 bond. Juveniles ages 12 to 16 were remanded to parents and referred to Hardin County juvenile authorities.
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Silsbee
W. A. Yankie
Rex
Moore
Lamar O’barbo
James Martin
Santa Fe
Joe Brooks
Yankie
Brooks
Hardin County
Four Silsbee Men Hospitalized By Gas Fumes
A drilling site near Deweyville released exhaust fumes from a butane fueled motor, sending four Silsbee oil field workers to Orange Memorial Hospital for gas poisoning. J C Hare foreman and three workers Eddings Smart and Neff were treated and released by 3 p.m. The fumes allegedly built up overnight.
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Deweyville
Silsbee
J. C. Hare
Big 6 Drilling Co
Big No. 2
The
BEE
George Eddings Jr
Roger J Smart
Jacob F. Neff
Orange Memorial Hospital
Eddings
Hare
Smart
Neff
Last Rites For Mrs Burley Phillips 62
Funeral services for Mrs Burley Phillips aged 62 who died at 3 30 am January 20 at Silsbee Doctors Hospital after a brief illness will be held at 2 pm today at the chapel of Farmer Funeral Home with Rev Bob Roberts of First Baptist Church Port Acres officiating. Burial will be in Resthaven.
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Burley Phillips
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Chapel of Farmer Funeral Home
Bob Roberts
First Baptist Church of
Port Acres
W. K. Lleweling
Kountze Furst Assembly Church
Girl 16 Hurt In Auto Pedestrian Crash Near Silsbee
Shirley Mathews 16 of Silsbee was hospitalized in Beaumont with head injuries after a car struck her on Freisements Road west of Silsbee at 9 55 p m January 8. Driver Emerson Irvine of Silsbee remained at the scene.
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Shirley Mathews
Silsbee
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Emma Mathews
Parolman
Wayne Pullen
Emerson Irvine
Fresenius Road
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Pullen
Firemen Answer Four Calls In Week
Silsbee Volunteer Firemen answered two house fire calls and two woods fire alarms on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. Fire Chief John Busby reported this week. The latest house fire occurred at 2 p m Wednesday gutting the home of Ray Zeller 510 South Ninth St. Zeller said the fire started in a closet and spread.
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Silsbee
John Busby
iRay Zeller
South Ninth St
Zeller
Youths Fined For Assault In Silsbee Beating Case
Wayne Gray and Preston Williams both 19 of Silsbee paid $60 fines each Wednesday on assault and battery charges tied to the January 14 beating of Ricky Whiteside 17 of Silsbee. A 16 year old was dismissed from charges, Whiteside treated at St Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Williams held for AWOL from the Marine Corps.
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Wayne Gray
Preston Williams
Silsbee
Rex Moore
Ricky Whiteside
Hardin County
Howard Grantham
Whiteside
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Gray
Williams
Marine Corps
Grantham
Ira Moore
Hardin County Grand Jury Indicts Eight in Regular Session
In the Jan 18 session the Hardin County Grand Jury returned eight indictments against as many persons, moved one case to county court, and handed down ten no bills. Indictments include Michael Wood burglary of automobile and Robert Harris robbery by firearms.
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Hardin County Grand Jury
Michael Wood
Kountze
Robert Harris
Edward Stanley
DWI
Ray Allen Biscamp
Silsbee
Elza Lester Sweatt
James Hopkins
Sour Lake
Public Funds Provide Large Share of Local Income
A Tax Foundation study using U S Office of Business Economics data shows Hardin County Texas residents received about 22.2 percent of personal income from public funds in 1969, totaling roughly 13.6 million dollars. Washington contributed 14.2 cents per dollar and state local funds 8.0 cents.
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New York
Hardin County
Washington
U. S. Office of Business Economics
The
Tax Foundation
Texas
District of Columbia
Connecticut
Warren Man Draws On Premises Firearms Charge
Joe Wolf age 33 of Warren faced a firearms in a tavern charge after an incident at Jackie's Place Village Mills on January 15. He was released on $1000 bond on January 19 as wood ville men and others face disorderly conduct charges from the same melee. Deputy Lester Cowart and a Tyler County officer made the arrests.
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Joe Wolf
Warren
Lumberton Justice
The
Peace
Ray Martin
Hardin County
Lester Cowart
Cowart
Woodville
Jackie
Village Mills
Tyler County
Silsbee Youth Injured in Aerosol Can Explosion
James Thornhill, 18, of Silsbee, was treated for chemical burns to both eyes after an aerosol cleaner can exploded near his face while working at the Showtown Drive-In Theater north of Beaumont. He was hospitalized Saturday and released Monday from St Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont.
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James Thornhill
Silsbee
St Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Showtown
U.S. A
Beaumont Hospital
Tigers Lead District With 3-0 Cage State
Silsbee High School Tigers sit atop District 11-AAA with three wins and a 19-5 polа season mark. Joe Price and David Brown each scored 12 points in an 81-69 win over Liberty, Brown grabbing 15 rebounds. James Hunter poured 32 points in a 78-53 win over Cleveland, with Marvin Kelly adding 19 points and 10 rebounds. Next up, top-ranked Silsbee travels to Crosby and then Bridge City for a Cardinal showdown.
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Dan Montgomery
Silsbee High School Tigers
Bengals
Liberty Tuesday
Joe Price
David Brown
Brown
Silsbee
Cleveland
James Hunter
Marvin Kelly
Hunter
Kelly
Tigers
Crosby
Bridge City
Cardinals
Inpol
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Shannon Hawthorne
Pine Burr
American Business Women’s Association
Phyllis Tarver
Brenda Woolley
Patricia Smith
Marianne Mitchell
Rebecca Buard
Jo Ella Woodbury
Sheila O’brien
Patty Schnaithman
Deborah Freeman
Ella BeBee
Newton
Bulletin
Silsbee-Kountze
Mary B. Ellis
Turrentine
Lona Thompson
Billie McNeely
Stella Watts
Donald Baker
Ales
Barbara Benson
Nona King
Jewel Barnett
Linda Haire
Lavelya Kelley
Velma Savant
Mildred Chance
Linda Broeder
DeMaulin Bros. and Co
Resthaven
Phillips
Billy Keith
James Warner
Dolphe Lee Peck
Fred
Virginia Sheffield
T. W. Cartwright
Johnny Lee Busby
James Walter Soller
Jimmy Lee Jackson
Robert Lee Coudrain
Hardin County Court
Cage State
Liberty
China
Stephen F. Austin
Crockett
Buna
SFA
Dunbar
Bowie
French
Nick W. Mitchell
Shome
Cleveland and
N. W. Mitchell Sr
Steve US
San Fi
Albrecht
Calit
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