Silsbee Council Approves Driveway Repair Contract
The Silsbee City Council by unanimous vote approved a contract with the Silsbee Independent School District to cover material and labor costs for resurfacing driveways at Kirby and Read-Turkey Elementary schools. City crews may assist on weekends.
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Silsbee
City/ Silsbee Independent School District
Kirby
Read-Turrentine
Ronald Hickerson
Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
Duane Beck
Frank Grote
I. F. Eldredge
Hickerson
Department of the Council
J. C. Busby
Russell Busby
Billy Slaydon
Slaydon
G. L. McLaughlin
John Price
Seven Silsbee Students Attend State FFA Meet
Seven Silsbee High School agriculture students accompanied by instructors James Gillard and Gene Evans attend the State Future Farmers of America Convention in Dallas July 12-14. Delegates include Michael and Jimmy Wilkerson Bobby Battle Mike Adams George Marshall Paul Roberts and Bob Griffin. Activities cover FFA sweetheart and talent team elections Lone Star Chapter confirmation American Farmer degrees public speaking and more. A proposed FFA Constitution change would lower the project profit requirement for Chapter Farmer degrees back to $50 from $100.
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Silsbee
Silsbee High School
James Gillard
Gene Evans
Future Farmers of America
Dallas
Gillard
Michael
Jimmy Wilkerson
Bobby Battle
Mike Adams
George Marshall
Paul Roberts
Bob Griffin
FFA
Lone Star Chapter
American Farmer
Death Penalty Reserved For Anderson And Young In Tyler
Hardin County Sheriff Billy Paine said District Attorney Stanley Coe will seek the death penalty for Anderson and Young in the Tyler murder trial of Mabel McCormick and the three year old girl. He noted Belton trials will not carry the death penalty as Coe limited it to Tyler. Bond set at 75000 each remains for the McCormick case. both suspects also face felony theft charges.
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Dennis Anderson
Fred Foy Young
Belton
Stanley Coe
Tyler
Hardin County
Billy Paine
Anderson
Young
Mabel McCormick
Coe
Paine
Texas
Smith County
U.S Supreme Court
Sherriff
H. A Coe
the Bee
Evetts
Don
Sever
Merrill
Howard Grantham
Port Neches
Village Creek
US 96
Grantham
William Russell West
Charles David LeBlanc
Wesley Lamar Lawrence
West
LeBlanc
Silsbee
John
Don Merrill
Jesse Cartwright
E Ricks
Justice of the Peace
Charlie Lambert
Coranza Garrison Cole
Hardin County Commissioners table GSU bill amid tax dispute
The Hardin County Commissioners tabled a 116,359 bill from Gulf States Utilities for a power line relocation after debate over costs and tax implications. Commissioners pressed for review with Pritchard and Abbott during a July 24 meeting and discussed related salary raises, precinct 17 Pine Ridge setup, and hospital board and sheriff staff actions.
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Gulf States Utilities Co
Hardin County Commissioners Court
GSU
Emmett Lack
Howard Barrington
Barrington
Are Hardin County Citizens Accident Prone
Hardin County shows a higher accident rate than national averages with about 35 fatal accidents annually, 20 due to motor vehicles. Non fatal incidents occur at roughly ten times that number, costing an estimated $7.365 million locally.
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Hardin County
New York
U.S. Public Health Service
National Safety Council
Elaine Pickett Named Miss Congeniality at Miss Texas 1972
Elaine Pickett Miss Silsbee 1972 was chosen Miss Congeniality by fellow contestants at the Miss Texas Pageant held in Fort Worth July 3 8. The 21 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs B F Pickett of Lumberton received a 100 dollar scholarship and trophy. She also won the Outstanding Talent Award with a 200 dollar scholarship and plaque for her operatic aria Una Voce Poco Fa from The Barber of Seville. She plans to sing with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and is a senior music major at North Texas State University in Denton. She will graduate in December.
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Elaine Pickett
Fort Worth
Miss Pickett
B. F. Pickett
Lumberton
the Bee
The
Fort Worth Symphony
Texas Girls
Delta Zeta Sorority
North Texas State
Family returns from Smoky and Ozark tour
Mr and Mrs Alvin Kelley Mrs Ray Marshall and son have returned home after a tour visiting the Smoky and Ozark Mountains and points of interest in Georgia Tennessee Alabama Arkansas Mississippi and Louisiana.
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Alvin Kelley
Ray Marshall
Smokey and Ozark Mountains
Georgia
Tennessee
Alabama
Arkansas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Sewells Visit Relatives in Winslow Arkansas
Mr and Mrs Ray Sewell of Winslow Arkansas are visiting at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs W Q Churchwell.
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Ray Sewell
Winslow, Ark
Mrs. W. QO. Churchwell
Mrs Sim Ward and Mrs James Ward Return from Dallas Market
Mrs Sim Ward and Mrs James Ward returned Tuesday after attending a furniture market in Dallas.
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Sim Ward
James Ward
Dallas
Burglars Hit Lumberton Grocery For Cigarettes And Cash
County Chief Deputy Howard Grantham reports burglars pried a back door of Sidney A. Johnson's Grocery in Lumberton and escaped with 80 cartons of cigarettes and about $30 in cash. The break in was found at 4 am July 11 by Constable E. Ricks, with Deputies Ira Moore and Ricks investigating alongside sheriff's officers.
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Sidney A. Johnson
Lumberton
Howard Grantham
Grantham
E. Ricks
Grantham Land
Ira Moore
Ricks
Firemen Answer Three Calls in Silsbee Week
Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department responded to three calls between July 6 and July 9 led by Fire Chief Russell Busby. A July 9 blaze at Ruby Green’s home damaged three rooms. cause undetermined. A prior north of town house fire destroyed the structure used for hay storage, owned by Floyd Gordon. Also on July 8, firemen cleared a butane spill from FM 1122.
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Silsbee
Russell Busby
Ruby Green
US 96
Busby
Floyd Gordon
Call
FM 1122
Services For Mrs Minnie Thornol 86 Today
Funeral services for Mrs Minnie L Thornol age 86 of Silsbee are at 10 am today in Farmer Funeral Home Chapel with Rev R E Barclay pastor of First Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery Beaumont.
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Minnie L. Thornol
Silsbee
Farmer Funeral Home Chapel
R. E. Barclay
First Baptist Church
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Beaumont
Last Rites For Mrs Wilkinson Held July 7
Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie Wilkinson 76 of Kauntze were held July 7 at 2 p.m. in Franks Branch Church with burial in the adjoining cemetery under Farmer Funeral Home. She died July 5 in Hardin Memorial Hospital after living in Kauntze 25 years. Surviving: two sons Pete Bohler Ellis Bohler of Silsbee. three daughters Estelle Wilson Ada Jordan both of Kauntze Gladys Harris Evadale. two sisters Ida Cook Nacogdoches Stella Cook Houston. two brothers Ben Sargeant Houston Guy Sargeant California.
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Fannie Wilkinson
Kauntze
Franks Branch Church
Bulrial
Farmer
Kountze
Gladys Harris
Evadale
Ida Cook
Nacogdoches
Stella Cook
Hou‘ston
Ben Sarigeant
Houston
Guy Sargeant
California
Berryman Couple Tour Ends in Western States Visit
Mr and Mrs B G Berryman returned from a sightseeing tour covering Colorado Utah Nevada and California They visited Sgt and Mrs Bryan Berryman at Camp Pendleton in California during the trip.
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B. G. Berryman
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
California
Sgt
Mrs
Bryan Berryman
Camp Pendleton
Lew
Trailer Park Decision Is Reversed in Silsbee Case
Beaumont Civil Appeals Court reversed Judge H A Coe 1971 ruling in the City of Silsbee Fred Herron trailer park suit. Appellate Justice Martin Dies Jr ordered reversal of Coe May 28 1971 decision that Herrons could maintain a mobile home park on three acres. Herrons may seek rehearing within 15 days.
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Herron
Justice Dies
Lee Roger
Lumberton Welcomes Its First Dentist Dr. Daniels
Dr. Thomas W. Daniels DDS announced will begin practice next Tuesday July 18 at Lumberton medical offices near Lumberton Pharmacy and Post Office. An open house is set for Saturday July 24 from 2 00 to 4 00 pm.
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T. W. Daniels
Lumberton
Thomas W. Daniels
DDS
Lumberton Pharmacy
Raymond Bartmess
Medical Dental Office
Senate confirms Blair appointment to Air Control Board
John Blair formerly mayor of Kountze was approved by the Texas Senate for membership on the Texas Air Control Board amid a narrow vote after questions about his stance on Big Thicket park and air pollution remarks. The confirmation came in a two and a half hour executive session with other nominees rejected.
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John Blair
Kountze
Slone
Preston Smith
Texas Senate
Blair
Texas Air Control Board
Senate
Gov. Smith
Big Thicket National Park
Senate Nominations Committee
Randy Smith Makes Upf Dean's List at Houston
Randolph Alan Smith son of Mr and Mrs Hugh Smith of Silsbee and husband of former Miss Corliss Cobb was named to the dean's list at the University of Houston for the past semester. The psychology major posted a 3.64 GPA and will be a senior this fall. he is a Silsbee High School graduate.
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Randolph Alan Smith
Hugh Smith
Silsbee
Corliss Cobb
University of Houston
Randy
Silsbee High School
Woodrow Kelley 58 Dies. Funeral in Vidtor
Funeral services for Woodrow W Kelley 58 of Evadale were held at 2 p.m. July 12 in the Memorial Funeral Home chapel in Vidtor with burial at Restlawn Memorial Park, Vidtor. He died Sunday in the Veterans Hospital, Houston. A Hope Arkansas native, he had lived in Evadale two years. He was a heavy equipment operator.
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Woodrow W Kelley
Evadale
Memorial Funeral Home
Vidtor
Restlawn Memorial Park
Veterans Hospital
Houston
Kelley
Hope
Ark
AARP Silsbee Meeting Set With Refreshments And Games
The Silsbee area AARP chapter will meet at 7 30 pm at Silsbee State Bank on Thursday. Refreshments will be served and members are asked to bring card tables and dominoes, per Mrs. L H Wade.
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Silsbee Area
Chapter of Retired Persons
AARP
Silsbee State Bank
L H. Wade
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