Council Okays Attendance Of Seven Men To A M Fire School
Silsbee City Council unanimously approved the Fire Commission request to send three more members of the Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department to the Fireman's Training School at Texas A&M University July 18 23. Six firemen plus Fire Chief Busby will attend with $200 allotted each from fire department funds. The council also tabled citizen committee appointments for the master plan and approved alternate zoning board members. They authorized curb and gutter work on north Avenue P pending right of way survey and agreed to lease a John Deere backhoe for capital projects at 9575 with preference for Deere after demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Fire Commission
John Busby
Busby
Hickerson
Planning and Zoning Commission
Art Geitzen
City Board of Health
Bill Coldren
Zoning Board of Adjustments
Avenue P
E. J. Groba Construction Co
Galena Park
Michel Machinery Co
Beaumont
John Deere
Case
Ford
International Harvester
Western Electric Workers Strike Over Wages and Attitude
A nationwide walkout by about half a million Communications Workers of America members and related unions disrupts Bell System service. Local supervision under Gary W. Pircher runs a skeleton system as Pent operations emphasize continuing service with reduced staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Electric
Bob McGraw
Larry Birdsong
Beaumont
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Communications Works of America Union
Bell System
Bells
Communications Workers of America Union
CWA
Southwestern Bell
Gary W. Pircher
The
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Pircher
Western Electric Co
Help Sought For Two Burned Out Families
Two families without homes after a Saturday night fire appeal for donations of furniture clothing and household items to help reestablish a home. Mr and Mrs Alton Jenkins and their three children and Mr and Mrs Elbert Luther Callaway with two children need aid. Call Mrs P L Wallace at 385-7150 to arrange pickup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Jenkins
Elbert Luther Callaway
P. L. Wallace
Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
Elbert Callaway
County Tax Board To Meet A R Attorney Fri
Har din County Commissioners Court acting as Board of Equalization will meet Friday with William Horsely Atlantic Richfield Owl Co. oil tax attorney to discuss payment of the company taxes. Atlantic claims lower homeowner rates. verdict appealed to the Ninth Court of Civil Appeals. total taxes due about 141000 dollars not including penalties interest and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Commissioners Court
Board of Equalization
William Horsely
Ad Valorem
Atlantic-Richfield Owl Co
Dwayne Overstreet
The
BEE
Overstreet
Hoursely
Atlantic
Hardin County
Collctor
Commissioners Court
Ninth Court of Civil Appeals
Beaumont
Fred Anders
Jury Wheel Adopted for Petit Jurors in 88th District
Effective today July 15 the 88th Judicial District covering Hardin and Tyler Counties will use the jury wheel to select petit jurors. Judge H A Coe said state Senate Bill S D 369 mandates the wheel in districts and counties over 10 000 population, replacing the five member jury commission method. Grand jurors remain chosen by the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin
Tyler
H. A. Coe
The
BEE
Coe
Senate
Commissioners Accept State Federal Funding For Food Program
Hardin County Commissioners unanimously approved joining a commodity program co sponsored by the Texas Department of Welfare and the USDA. The plan will be funded by the state and federal agencies and administered by county employees with reimbursement for salaries and storage. The change aims to save about 15000 annually in County expenses and takes effect August 1. Job applicants can apply through Judge Lack's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Commissioners Court
Texas Department of
Beaumont
Moye
Judge Lack
Commissioners Court
Assault, Burglaries Tied to Silsbee Incidents
Roy Gene Potts faces an assault with intent to murder charge after a July 3 park incident in Silsbee near Cravens Camp Road and has posted bonds. Two youths were involved and countersuits alleged by Potts. A July 11 arrest in Silsbee of a 16 year old linked to three burglaries including Gates Grocery and a storage building for George Ponder of Neal’s Cigarette Service Jasper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Gene Potts
Silsbee
Hardin County
Billy Paine
Paine
Potts
Neches
Cravens Camp Road
Howard Grantham
Sour Lake
Gates Grocery
George Ponder
Neal’s Cigarette Service
Jasper
Vaccine release hoped as Texas imposes horse quarantine
Texas officials expect TC 83 vaccine to reach the Texas Animal Health Commission in Austin for statewide use after a 6 pm Tuesday quarantine order on moving horses and other equines. The spread of Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis prompted a 13 county border outbreak, with Montgomery County reporting the first Houston area death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Animal Health Commission
Austin
Texas
H. Q. Sibley
Commission
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Sibley
Texas-Mexico
Houston
Montgomery County
Brooks
Cameron Duval
Hidalgo
Jim Hogg
Jim Wells
Kenedy
Kleberg
Nueces
Starr
Willacy
Zapata
Webb
Silsbee City Sales Tax Near 88K After 3 Quarters
City receipts from the one percent Silsbee sales tax total $88,669.27 as of July 1, 1970-71 with three of four quarterly reports in. City Manager Ronald Hickerson said the third quarter suggests the year’s final revenue will exceed the projected $105,000 as the fiscal year 1971-72 begins October 1.
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Silsbee City
Ronald Hickerson
The
BEE
Hickerson
Trustees Set Budget Hearing Date for Silsbee ISD 1971-72
The Silsbee Independent School District plans an annual budget hearing for 1971-72 and will decide at the regular July meeting whether to hold the public hearing in August or at a July 14 special session. Supt. Don L. Hough outlined agenda items including bids for the 1971-73 depository contract, employee recommendations, resignations, and maintenance bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Independent School District
Board of Trustees
BEE
Don L. Hough
Hough
Silsbeek State Bank
Neches National Bank
Amendment lowers voting age nationwide to 18
Hardin County Tax Collector-Assessor Fred Anders announced a directive from Texas Secretary of State Martin Dies Jr. dated July 2 extending the 26th Amendment to allow all 18 year olds to vote in all elections. It notes those 18 to 20 may register and vote in federal elections and certificates issued for those turning 18 become effective within 30 days of registration for 1972 elections.
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U. S
Hardin County
Fred Anders
Anders
Texas
Martin Dies Jr
Council and Zoning Commission Meet on Mobile Home Rules
A joint work session of Silsbee City Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission is set for 7 p m Wednesday to discuss amendments to the city zoning ordinance focusing on mobile home parks. Officials say hearings will follow council review and proposals may allow trailers on private tracts with changes to linear specifications.
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Council
Silsbee Citys Council
Planning and Zoning Commission
Ronald Hickerson
Hickerson
The
BEE
Dr. Ferrell
Ferrell
Fire destroys Cottonwood Cafe and Callaway home
Fire chief reports two blazes on July 10 in Lum berton and Caney Head. Cottonwood Cafe kitchen stove caused total destruction while Elbert Callaway home burned out of control, displacing a family of seven. Volunteers battled woods fires later that day as residents seek donations.
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Cottonwood
Lumberton
Elbert Callaway
Caney Head
Silsbee
John Busby
Busby
Highway 327
FM 1122
Mrs Webb Jay and Edwards Visit Freeport Family
Mrs Webb Jay Mrs Harry N Edwards and their sons from Freeport visited recently at the home of Mr and Mrs W F Caskey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb Jay
Harry N. Edwards
County Parks Ban Alcohol in Public Parks
Hardin County Commissioners Court passed a resolution making it a misdemeanor to consume or possess alcoholic beverages in any public park. Sheriff Billy E. Paine announced the action after reports of a drunken disturbance at a park. The measure, introduced by Commissioner Bob Kerr, imposes a $10 to $200 fine and takes effect upon passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Commissioners Court
Hardin County
Billy E. Paine
Paine
Pet. 4
Bob Kerr
First Arrest Under City Cough Syrup Codeine Law
Silsbee Police Chief Edgar Blood and Detective Morris Cole arrested James Arthur Benton of Berkeley California on July 13 for attempting to buy narcotic cough syrup with a forged prescription. Benton, 21, was arraigned before City Judge L A Yankie and fined $50. The June 22 ordinance bans sale of medicines containing up to one grain of codeine without a prescription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Edgar Blood
Morris Cole
Blood
Cole
James Arthur Benton
Berkely
Calif
Benton
L. A. Yankie
Silsbee Man Reports $2,200 Theft
A Silsbee man told Beaumont detectives that about noon Monday a theft of nearly $2,200 in cash occurred from his truck. He said he picked up a passenger on Ave A and dropped him near a Fourth St address before noticing the loss. Beaumont police are investigating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Beaumont
John Dwyer
Ave. A
Fourth St
Dwyer
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Marlene Kelley
Lack
Elaine Gore
Sharon French
Means
C. E. Landolt Jr
Atlantic-Richfield
Landolt
Kerr
G. A. Wilson
Davis and Wilson Co
Ad Valorem Tax Appraisers
Seabrook
Wilson
N. G. Ferrell
the Bee
Sim Ward
Leona Whitman
Dallas
World of Animals
Wax Museum
East
Michiko Ueda
Lions International Exchange
Carla
Pam Dominguez
Michiko
Kikuchi
Kumamoto-Ken
Japan
Cesar Dominguez
Dominguez
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NASA
Koichiro
Lions Club
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