Fulgham and Burleson Named Deputy Police Chiefs
Silsbee names Mickie Fulgham and Al Burleson as deputy chiefs to run the department during the interim until a new police chief is appointed. Fulgham will head criminal investigation and records. Burleson will lead the uniformed division. Both plan to maintain past operations and add a patrolman to boost business district security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Mickie Fulgham
al Burleson
Ronald Hickerson
Bob Ogden
Sergeant Fulgham
Burleson
Hickerson
Silsbee Police Department
Fulgham
Army
East Texas Police Academy
Tamar University
The
Law Enforcement Academy
Department of Public Safety Police School
FBI Training School
Texas Narcotics Officers Association
Texas Police Association
Silsbee Municipal Police Association
East Texas Communications Association
Buna
Anita Bragg
Newton
Department of Public Welfare
Kountze
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Jay
Angie
Lamar University
First Methodist Church
Navy
Jackie
Silsbee School of Dance
Aaron
Ashlea
Blake
NEW Silsbee
Nine Guns Recovered From June 6 Lumber Co Burglary
Police report nine firearms and a black and white television were recovered after a June 6 burglary at Britton Cravens Lumber Co. The seized items include seven pistols and two shotguns recovered in the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britton- Cravens Lumber Co
Burglary Suspects Net $4925 in Merchandise Recovered
Sheriff Billy Paine said Tuesday the guns were recovered from John Bradley Lewis, one of three charged in the break in at a Silsbee firm that netted 4925.62 in merchandise. The trio were nabbed by Kountze Officer Ed Thedford after an abortive June 6 burglary attempt on the Western Auto Store. Lewis remains free on a 5000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Paine
John Bradley Lewis
Silsbee
Kountze
Ed Thedford
Western Auto
Howe lands 9000 troops on Staten Island in 1776
On July 3 1776 General Sir William Howe landed on Staten Island with 9000 troops and offered clemency if the Colonials stopped fighting. He reportedly resisted independence demands and showed moments of strategic hesitation before resigning in 1778.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir William Howe
Staten Island
Howe
Carpenters Accept Two Year Contract With Builders
Members of Sabine District Council of Carpenters voted Monday night to approve a new two year contract with the Home Builders Association. The agreement adds 1.80 per hour in pay raises and funds upgrading the carpenter apprentice training program. Auvie Wheeler said the union still has no talks scheduled with the Sabine Area Construction Committee, which bargains for heavy industrial contractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabine District Council of Carpenters
Home Builders Association
Auvie Wheeler
Carpenters
Associated General Contractors
Sabine Area Construction Committee
Wheeler
SACC
Teamsters
Silsbee couple welcome son Artis Von Charles
Mr and Mrs Artis Hunter of Silsbee are the parents of a son Artis Von Charles born June 27 at Silsbee Doctors Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artis Hunter of
Silsbee
Artis von Charles
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Chief Ogden Plans To Stay In Silsbee After Resignation
Silsbee Police Chief Bob Ogden plans to make his home in Silsbee and seek local employment after his resignation. He praised the community and said his family wishes to remain in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogden
Silsbee
Bob Ogden
the Bee
Kirby Seeks TWQB Waste Water Permit
Kirby Lumber Corp seeks a Texas Water Quality Board permit to discharge industrial wastewater from its particle board plant north of Silsbee into an adjacent drainage ditch. The plant outflow flows via Mill Creek to Village Creek and Pine Island Bayou toward the Neches River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirby Lumber Corp
Texas Water Quality Board
Beaumont
Kirby
Gulf Refining Co
Lucas Station
Neches Intersection
Port Arthur
Texas, Parks and Wildlife Department
Particle Board
Silsbee
Mill Creek
Village Creek
Pine Island Bayou
Masons To Meet At Silsbee Lodge Thursday
A called communication of Silsbee Lodge No. 927 AF and AM will be held Thursday night July 10 at the Masonic Temple on 150 West Avenue H beginning at 7 p.m. for work in the B A degree and the F C degree. Visiting brethren are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Communication of
Silsbee Lodge No
Masonic Temple
West Avenue H
Burglars Hit Simmons Radio Twice More in Eight Months
Simmons Radio and Appliance Co. at 460 N Fifth Street was burglarized for the third time in eight months. Mrs. E M Simmons reported the 8:20 a m Sunday break in to Silsbee Police Chief Bob Ogden. Items stolen included radios tape players record players and TV sets valued in the hundreds of dollars. Simmons and police investigators Sgt James Fulgham and Al Burleson noted repeated thefts over eight months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simmons Radio and Appliance Co
N. Fifth Street
E. M. Simmons
Silsbee
Bob Ogden
Mike Anding
Silsbee Police
James Fulgham
al Burleson
Simmons
Divorce Rate In County Is Lower Than National Average
Hardin County shows a divorce and separation rate of 46 per 1,000 married adults, below the national rate of 53 per 1,000. The latest official count lists 990 local residents divorced or separated, with about 2,480 previously divorced who have remarried. The article notes a national trend toward easier divorce in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hardin County
United States
National Center For Health Statistics
Department of Commerce
South Central
Texas
Texas creates unified State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
June 20 signed by Governor Dolph Briscoe merges the Texas Highway Department and the Mass Transit Commission into a single agency named the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation. Senate Bills 761 and 762 provide $1,000,000 immediate funding and $15,000,000 annually for two years, with federal matching and allocations to seven urbanized areas. Luther De Berry to head as Engineer-Director. 25 districts to remain, decentralization aims to keep operations near major cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Dolph Briscoe
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Texas Highway Department
Texas Mass Transit Commission
Senate
Reagan Houston
State Highway and Public Transportation Commission
State Highway Department
Mass Transportation Commission
Highway Department
Mass’ Transit Commission
Peyton McKnight
Tyler
Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Kent Hance
Lubbock
House
Jim Nugent
Kerrville
Kay Bailey
Houston
Texas
Mass Transit Commission
State Highway Commission
San Antonio
Dewitt C. Greer
Charles E. Simons
Dallas
State Highway
New Southwestern Bell Office Under Construction in Silsbee
Site work has begun on a 64 by 84 foot brick Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. office at South Third Street and Ernest Avenue. The Sil-Tex Corp group of Silsbee investors will own the land and building, leased to the phone firm. Construction is led by Val Hickman with Gary Pircher guiding business operations. About 25 workers are expected in the 5200 square foot facility. The project repurposes the current offices, moving the business offices and expanding the plant department. The Bernes Estate sold the site through Hays Eldredge Real Estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
South Third Street
Ernest Avenue
Sil-Tex Corp
Silsbee
Georgas
Lil_Tex
Val Hickman
Gary Pircher
Bernes Estate
Hays- Eldredge Real Estate
Chief Answers Alarm Finds Wife's Auto Steaming Hot
Silsbee volunteers answered three calls last week. On June 28 at 9 34 p.m. a house fire at Pos sum Hollow damaged a bedroom wall and ceiling. Owner A A Adams occupied by Ella B Adams. Jim Lacy burned hands trying to extinguish a mattress blaze on East Avenue H. The fire at 2 40 a.m. damaged a closet door. June 30 alarm at Pine Plaza Shopping Center was an auto with a burst radiator hose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Russell Busby
Possum Hollow
A. A. Adams
Ella B. Adams
Jim Lacy
East Avenus H
Busby
Pine Plaza
Ouida Bus
Interest Rate On Delinquent Taxes Hiked To 9 Percent
IRS district director Robert McKeever announced that the interest rate on delinquent federal tax bills will rise to 9 percent starting July 1. The 9 percent rate applies to overpayments also, while the late payment penalty remains 0.5 percent per month up to 25 percent. The Tax Reduction Act extended the 60 day refund window this year due to tax rebates and rates may adjust with prime rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Robert McKeever
IRS
Southern
Texas
McKeever
Silsbee Man Robbed at Pistol Point in Beaumont
Silsbee resident Marvin Ford, 23, a janitor, was robbed of about $90 by a man with a pistol near Fourth and Gladys in Beaumont early Tuesday at 1 45 a m. Ford and a friend were ordered to empty their pockets and flee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Beaumont
Marvin Ford
Fourth and
Gladys
Ford
Two From Silsbee Receive Degrees in Dental Surgery
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston awarded 215 degrees and certificates at its June 7 commencement in Hofheinz Pavilion. UT Dental Branch honorees included Gustav Emil Gates and James Henry Donelson of Silsbee, who earned Doctor of Dental Surgery degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Texas Health Science Center
Houston
Health Science Center
Hofheinz
University of Houston
Edward Gibson
UT Dental
Gustav Emil Gates
James Henry Donelson
Silsbee
Library Receives $2000 From T. L. L. Temple Foundation
Diboll July 1 The T L L Temple Foundation has awarded $2000 to the Silsbee Public Library according to Foundation Trustee Arthur Temple The bequest reflects the foundation commitment to local community services in East Texas and support of cultural activities in the area Librarian Marguerite Horka called the gift their greatest pleasure to receive.
Bowers Named Lions District Officer
Farley M. Bowers was named 1975 76 Deputy District Governor at the Lions International Convention in Dallas on June 23. His district includes three zone chairmen and 16 clubs. he formerly led the Silsbee Lions Club in 1973 74 and earned the 100 percent President's Award. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. E J Dietrich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farley M. Bowers
Dallas
Silsbee Lion’s Club
E. J. Dietrich
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Lewis
Paine
Home Builders
Masons
DPS
Truman Dougharty
Bee
Howard Mantel
Hamshire
Terry Abney
Nome
Pat Abney
Brian Abney
Pasengers
Highway Department, Transportation
Public Merged
T. L. L. Temple Foundation
Bowers
Lions
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