Burglars Break In Two Lumberton Area Stores
Hardin County sheriff reports two burglaries on July 5 and 6. At Bell's 7 11 on FM 92 about $1 100 was taken from a safe that was not forced open after burglars pried panels with a crowbar. A Giant Pharmacy in the Giant Food Supermarket building in Lumberton lost $29 05 in tranquilizers. entry also via removed wall panels.
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Hardin ‘County
Sheriff's Department
Billy Paine
Paine
Aaron McBride
Giant Food
Lumberton
Mike Holzapfel
Morris Cole
Bell
Holzapfel
Bruce Gravis
County officials push to acquire right of way for Ben D. Smith Road
Hardin County Auditor Hor ace Moye and County Judge Emmett Lack urged the Commissioners Court to obtain right of way price estimates required by the Texas Highway Department for the Ben D. Smith Farm-to-Market Road project. They noted the state has finished engineering and environmental work and that about 29.9 acres on the north side must be acquired, mostly from timber companies, with an estimated $30,000 to $35,000 needed from Revenue Sharing funds. The court discussed redistricting and fund division for Road and Bridge spending, while some members urged immediate action to secure the necessary rights of way.
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Hardin County
Horace Moye
Emmett Lack
Commissioners Court
Texas Highway Department
Ben D. Smith
Moye
Lack
North
Silsbee
Ben Smith Road
The
BEE
Ben
D. Smith
Hugh Bevil Means
Pete Trest
Virgil Caraway
Rex Moore
Highway Department
THD
Trest
Beaumont
Lumberton
Smith Road
Mear
Sour Lake
Mhardin-Liberty County
Kountze
Means
the Bee Monday
Pct. 1
Moore
Delinquent Tax Suits Filed in Hardin County
Hardin County filed 54 delinquent tax suits in 88th District Court this week seeking 15021.20. The list names dozens of Silsbee Abilene Beaumont Saratoga and Sour Lake residents and addresses with amounts due. The actions are brought by County delinquent tax attorney Dexter Joyner.
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Hardin County
Dexter Joyner
the Bee
Leon Goodman
S. 12Th
Silsbee
Henry W. Hosea
Woodward
Abilene
Harold Lee
P. O. Box
Voth
Beaumont
W. H. Shane
Kountze
Silsbee man burned in July Fourth cooking mishap
Robert Forse, 31, of Silsbee, suffered first and second degree burns when gasoline poured on a charcoal fire exploded on Independence Day at about 9:30 a.m. He was transported to St. Elizabeth Hospital, admitted, and listed in good condition. Burns covered face neck chest abdomen arms and hands.
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Robert Forse
Silsbee
Farmer Ambulance Service
St. Elizabeth Hospital
the Bee
Forse
Bodies Located Of Air Crash Victims In Oregon Mountains
The wreckage of a four passenger red and white Cessna 172 and the bodies of Mr and Mrs Marvin Cheek and their seven year old daughter Maurey of Midland Oregon were found in rugged mountains about 30 air miles south of Yreka California. The trio had been missing since December 21 1973 while flying from Montague Air Landing Strip to Silsbee for Christmas. A court order had declared them deceased and services were held for all three in Silsbee. Burial plans vary with each spouse: Mrs Cheek and Maurey to Silsbee Resthaven Cemetery and Mr Cheek to Oregon.
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Marvin Cheek
Maurey
Midland
Ore
Silsbee
Montague Air
Yreka
Calif
Callahan
Cheeks
Lucyle Prewitt
Cheek
First Baptists
Youths Agree to Restore Damaged Mailboxes in Silsbee
Three Silsbee youths over 16 and a 16 year old juvenile reportedly agreed to replace 11 mailboxes knocked down on Avenue L Knapple Road on July 3. No charges were filed after a meeting with County Judge Emmett Lack and a Beaumont postal inspector, with restitution and one year unofficial probation set.
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Silsbee
Avenue L Knapple Road
James Fulgham
The
BEE
George Kirkpatrick
Fulgham
Emmett Lack
U.S
Beaumont
Judge Lack
Darrell Hartman
Morris Vogel
Three Questioned In Shooting At Detective Home
Three individuals are being questioned in a police investigation after a shooting at a detective's home in the Valinda Estates subdivision. Authorities have not released names or a motive, and no arrests have been announced.
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Valinda Estates
Subdivi
Huffhines to Begin Medical Practice in Silsbee
Dr William E Huffhines II will join Dr W T Wilde at Wilde Clinic in Silsbee to start practice next Monday. A Beaumont native and former Southwestern University and UT Medical Branch graduate, he plans to reside in Silsbee. Police report a gunfire incident in Rainbow Circle with three arrests for alcohol related charges. no injuries.
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W. E. Huffhines II
William E. Huffhines
Silsbee
W. T. Wilde
Wilde Clinic
Beaumont
Huffhines
Forest Park High School
A&m University
Southwestern University
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston
University of Mississippi Medica Center
Jackson
Phi Beta Pi Medical
Danny Smith
Ralph Seaman
Trustees Extend Bid Deadline For School Renovation
Silsbee Independent School District trustees set a July 10 regular meeting to discuss the 1974 75 budget and a bid deadline extension for the 1.8 million school renovation program. Aug. 14 public hearing and adoption are planned. Architect Augie Saxe asked to extend bids from July 17 to July 30 for contractor submissions.
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Silsbee Independent School District
Supt
Weeks Crawford
The
BEE
Crawford
Augie Saxe
Saxe
John Meade
City OKs 10 Foot Alley Paving by Bank on Mutual Agreement
Silsbee City Council, voting 4 to 1, approved a plan allowing First National Bank of Silsbee to pave 10 feet of a public alley next to its expanded parking area between South Fourth and Fifth Streets. The deal lets the bank use 12 feet of bank land for a 22 foot through street with city liability limited to police powers.
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Silsbee
First National Bank of
Avenue M l
Hays
John Meyers
Bank
Neilson Long
Frank Grote
Roger Ratliff
Ratliff
Earl Stover
First National Bank
John Fordinal
Grote
C. F. Toudolt Jr
Mre . F. Eldredge
David Shows
George Tennison
Tennison
E. A. Simpson
Lufkin
Silsbee High School
High Speed Chase Ends With Arrest Of Three Youths
A trio of youths led Silsbee Hardin and Tyler County officers on a high speed chase starting in Silsbee Monday night and ending in Spurger about one hour later 25 miles away. Silsbee Officer William Gilley and Dennis Jones were patrolling FM 92 when a Chevrolet Nova passed them at 6 10 p m and accelerated as they followed with lights and siren. The pursuit spanned the area and concluded near Spurger according to arresting officers.
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Silsbee
Hardin
Tyler
Spurger
William Gilley
Dennis Jones
Gilley
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