Kirby Lumber workers approve 3-year contract
The International Woodworkers of America Local 5 114 ratified a three year deal with Kirby Lumber Corp by a two to one margin. The agreement provides a package increase of about 66 cents per hour plus fringe benefits, with yearly wage raises of 12, 8, and 10 cents and added holiday benefits. Over 400 employees will benefit from the pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Woodworkers of America
Local 5-114
Kirby Lumber Corp
Kirby
T. M. Orth
R. C. Williams
Kountze
Orth and
Williams
Silsbee City Council weighs Fifth Street parking and hydrant fixes
At a July 14 meeting the council debated parking removal on Fifth Street and fire hydrant installations, reflecting earlier June talks on draining Fifth Street traffic with a grade crossing. Santa Fe representative Collins Huchberg warned a new crossing would worsen main line operations and block train movements during peak times. The council noted traffic counts rising from 4 000 to over 15 000 autos daily and stressed railroad cooperation to keep the crossing open during peak hours.
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Fifth Street
Silsbee
North Sixth
Ave. I
Santa Fe
Collins Huchberg
Huciberg
Huchberg
C. E. Landolt Jr
Highway Department
Fifth St
James L. Hays
Silsbee Schools Listed Non Compliant by Justice Dept
A likely breakdown in communications between Justice and HEW led to the Silsbee Independent School District being listed as non compliant by the Justice Department in a July 7 release of 48 Texas districts. HEW had earlier ruled SISD compliant after the district agreed to operate Robinson Elementary as an integrated kindergarten starting 1970.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Justice
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Justice Department
Silsbee Independent School
U. S. Department of Hew
Associated Press
Silsbee
Texas
J. W. Edgar
Texas Education Agency
Don L. Hough
HEW
Department
Hough
Washington
Edgar
J. Stanley Pottinger
Silsbee Independent School District
Robinson Elementary
Robinson
the Bee
SISD
Fletcher Richardson
J. W. Robinson Named Manager Plant and Environmental Services
J W Robinson joined Kirby Lumber Corp in the new post of Manager Plant and Environmental Services. He will oversee support services and new construction at the Silsbee mill complex and lead pollution abatement improvements. Robinson is a professional engineer and OU graduate, with further work at the University of Cincinnati. he and his wife Lavena and their two children previously lived in Lake Jackson, Texas.
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J. W. Robinson
Thetaff
Kirby Lumber Corp
Kirby
T. M. Orth
Robinson
Silsbee
University of Oklahoma
University of Cincinnati
Lavena
Lake Jackson
Texas
Trustees Contract For Special Education Funds
Trustees of the Silsbee Independent School District authorized Supt Don L. Hough to enter into contracts with Beaumont special education schools under state legislation. The Beaumont State Center for Human Development, the Beaumont Remedial Clinic, and the Angie Nall School Hospital will be paid through the District and the Texas Education Agency for services to SISD students. The board also accepted a bid from Pritchard and Abbott to appraise oil and gas properties for 3,500 annually for 1970 and 1971, tabled insurance bids for 1970-71, awarded high school parking lot repairs to Irving Caspar at 4 per sq ft, contracted Busby for four school bus repairs at 476 total, granted Sinclair Oil a 1970-71 petroleum contract, and accepted resignations while hiring several new staff.
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Silsbee Independent School District
Don L. Hough
Beaumont
Beaumont State Center For Human Development
Angie Nall
SISD
Texas Education Agency
Hough
Pritchard and Abbot
Irving Caspar
Brantley Asphalt
John Busby
Busby
A-1
Sinclair Oil Co
Gulf Oil Co
Robert Harris
Chester Burks
Thelma Rigby
Kirby
Michael Buffington
Blufford Hicks
Patsy Brittain
Robinson
Susan Bollich
Henry Shavers
Cyril J. Thorn
Silsbee
Don L. Harrison
Wotaw
Stella Price
Village Mills
Judge Lack
Shoup Voting Machine Corp
Pennsylvania
Automatic Voting Machines
New York State
Shoup
AVM
Fred Anders
Pitney-Bowes Inc
Tom Burch
Howard Barrington
Burch
Virgil Caraway
Jack D. Hedge
Neches National Bank of
County Hospital Board
C. A. Johns
Blanche Teel
Henry Jones
Sour Lake
Child Welfare Board
Ruby Mae Dabney
Silsbee High School
Car Truck Crash Leaves Minor Injuries In Silsbee
A Monday crash at the US 96 and Highway 327 intersection injured Mary Donalson, 49, of Silsbee, and caused $400 damage to her 1970 Dodge. The collision with a 1969 tractor trailer driven by Sidney Gipson, 42, of Kirbyville, occurred at 12 30 p m. Donalson was treated and released from Silsbee Doctors Hospital and cited for running a red light.
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US 96
Highway 327
Silsbee
James P. Doane
Mary Goodwyn Donalson
Sidney Jack Gipson
Kirbyville
Donalson
Silsbee Doctors
Fire Damages Walters Home in Early Morning Blaze
Fire of undetermined origin caused about 200 dollars in damage to the home of David Lee Walters on July 14. The blaze began around 1 a.m. in the utility room and was reported by Fire Chief John Busby as an ongoing investigation the next day.
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David Lee Walters
John Busby
Busby
Lack To Call Meeting Of Redistricting Panel
Hardin County Commissioners Court discussed scheduling a redistricting committee meeting this week upon request by Frank Carpenter of Sour Lake. Judge Emmett Lack noted more census figures are being gathered to guide possible August district changes, with no date set yet.
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Hardin County Redistricting Committee
Commissioners Court
Frank Carpenter
Sour Lake
Emmett Lack
Carpenter
Lack
Silsbee
Hardin County
Judge Lack
Frank McClanahan
Investigation Follows Shooting Of Youth 14
The 14 year old Johnny Eddings was shot in the right side with a small caliber rifle while visiting a neighbor on the Ne Spurger Highway. He was taken to Silsbee Doctors Hospital and then transferred to St Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont where officials described his condition as fair and under close observation. The Hardin County Sheriff's Department and County Attorney Dwayne Overstreet are leading the investigation with further details to follow.
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Evadale
Ted Gaylord
Robertson Tank Lines of
Jasper County
Ward Markley
Bruce Gravis
R. C. Powell
Gaylord
T. Gilbert Adams
Joe Ferrell
H. H. Young
Jasper
Hardin County Sheriff's Department
Dwayne Overstreet
John Smith
Beaumont Man Charged With Theft Of Wire
A Beaumont man, Leo Manuel Smith, 31, was charged in Lumberton with felony theft for stealing 198 pounds of copper wire from Kirby Lumber Corp. Deputy Sheriff John Smith reported the arraignment before Lumberton Justice of the Peace J. M Bowman with bond set at $1,000 on July 11. Smith posted the bond and was released.
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Beaumont
Lumberton
Kirby Lumber Corp
John Smith
Smith
Leo Manuel Smith
Justice of the Peace
J. M Bowman
Navy Petty Officer Departs Norfolk for Mediterranean
Navy Petty Officer Third Class Hardy J. Bourgeois Jr. husband of former Miss Vivian L. Deges leaves his Norfolk Virginia homeport for the Mediterranean aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS In Idependence on July 2.
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Navy
Hardy J. Bourgeois Jr
Vivian L. Deges
Norfolk
Mediterranean
Two Gilmer youths held on ambulance theft charges
Two Gilmer youths aged 15 and 14 were remanded to Upshur County Sheriff's custody on auto theft charges. Deputy Sheriff David Eaton said they were captured in Saratoga at 9:30 a.m. July 8 and were moved to Gilmer by Upshur officers at 7 a.m. July 9.
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Gilmer
Upshur County
Masons To Meet For BA Degree In Silsbee Lodge
A called meeting of Silsbee Lodge No. 927 will be held Friday night July 17 at 7 p m in the Masonic Temple for work in the BA degree. All Master Masons are invited per Worshipful Master J. M. Dear. D L Webb is secretary.
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Silsbee Lodge No
Masonic Temple
J. M. Dear
D. L. Webb
Beaumont Man Drowns In Canal At Lumberton
Louis B. Leach of 3390 Helena Beaumont was ruled dead in an accidental drowning after his body was recovered from a Lumberton canal near Cook's Lake Road. He went under while swimming with friends at 7 10 p m and was found at 9 05 p m by C M Kasper of the Lumberton Volunteer Fire Department. Units from Silbee and Kountze fire departments were en route when the body was found. Funeral services were held at 3 30 p m Sunday at Carroll Wallace Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Parks E Walker. Burial was in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife Gertrude and two sons, James and Louis, both of Beaumont, and a daughter Jo Ann Haggard.
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Beaumont
Louis B. Leach
Helena
Cook’s Lake Road
Lumberton
Hardin County
David Faton
The
BEE
Leach
Eaton
C. M. Kasper
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Gertrude Leach
Jo Ann Haggard
James ‘Leach
Louis
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Pattillo
Iwo Jima
Imperial Beach
Calif
Paula Tutor
Memphis
Kirby Plant
C. L. Walters
Sharnon Hawthorne
W. A. Barclay Jr
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Shannon
Fort Worth
Karnes Sales Agency
Masons
Gibson
City Water Department
Ed Pharr
R. J. Wallace
Gibson's
FM 418
Pine Plaza
Water and Sewer Department
W. L. Allen
Allen
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