Editorial: Dumb insulation bill sparks House subcommittee ire
The Ventura Star Free Press editorialized against a House subcommittee bill banning sale of homes lacking insulation meeting unspecified standards by 1980 or 1982. It warned the proposal would curb financing, burden middle class families, and amount to unwarranted government overreach.
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Robert J. Lagomarsino
Calif
Ventura Star Free Press
House
Lomms
James F Kirby Named To Baylor Dean’s List
Baylor University lists 693 spring 1977 honorees with 257 on the Dean’s List and 436 on the Dean’s Distinguished List. James F Kirby of 915 E Ave L Silsbee, a junior biology major, is among those on the Distinguished List.
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James F. Kirby
Baylor University
Waco
Herbert H. Reynolds
Baylor
E. Ave. L. Silsbee
Lochren Family Visit Highlights Long Island Reunion
Mr and Mrs Ralph Lochren of Long Island New York spent ten days with her parents Mr and Mrs Leslie J Marcontell. The visit marked a decade long gap since her last sight of her parents.
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Ralph Lochren
Long Island, N.Y
Leslie J. Marcontell
Lawful Bill Sparks Attacks Over Dictionary Word
A House subcommittee backed the bill drawing fire for labeling the term dumb as defined by the American College Dictionary as stupid and dull witted. Critics argue the move targets a common insult rather than a legitimate policy issue.
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House
Marriages and court dockets list several cases
Docket continuing from page one lists numerous marriage dissolutions and ongoing cases. It names parties such as Alex D. Balla Mollie Ann Balla Joyce Warden Clifton Warden James Vos DeBretagne Monte Gilley Sharon Ke Jordan and many others with sets for trial on Monday September 19 October 3 December 12 and lists charges including aggravated assault burglary theft rape and forgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex D. Balla
Mollie Ann Balla
Joyce E. Warden
Clifton K. Warden
James
Vos DeBretagne
Longnion
Joyce Elizabeth Warden
Co. K. Warden
Ernest Bryant
Lynda
Bryant
Sandra Mathis
William M. Mathis
Vivian’ Myrtice Jordan
Dennie Jordan
Mary M. Lowe
Ward Lowe
Charley W. McGraw
Linda G. McGraw
Douglas Christopher
Aggie Christopher
Debra Eddins
Allen W. Eddins
Shirley J. Curry
Henry L. Curry
Judy
Waller
Larry W. Waller
Otis
Harvey
Lovie L. Harvey
Margie
K. McMahon
Langford
McMahon
ST Eis “White
Fanie
Jane
Braster Sy ‘Thomias
DS Bhader
Earnest A. Tatum
Aaron Allen
Danny Ray Daniel
Herman Perryman
Raymond David Haynes
Milton Wayne Light
Olie
Theodore Martin Jr
Lorena Kaspar
American Economy Ins. Co
Raymond Ei. Huffman
Kim L. Huffman
Mareline Siacor
Napoleon
Siacor
Yelinda J. McGallion
Clifton W. McGallion
Lottie F. Bernard
Donald Bernard
Patricia A. Dubrock
Wilford J. Dubrock
Lillie R. Boykin
Levi Boykin Jr
Billy G. Wallace
Annie L. Hudspeth
Tolbert Hudspeth
Karen McCuistion
James McCuistion
Beverly A. Beeler
Donald R. Beeler
John W. Weeks
Summer D. Weeks
Sandra L. Mathis
Yondie Fay Hoke
Robert Herman Hoke
Jerrell
L. Ritch
Pauline Browley
Leon Browley
Merlyn Maze
Charlie Maze Jr
Florence M. Vonner
Robert L. Vonner
Henry Eli Boots
Thelma Parker Boots
Bryan G. Berryman
Gail Berryman
State
W. E. Crawford
Earl Shavers
Marvin L. Coleman
Curtis Sanders Jr
Marcus Lacefield
Don Davis
Derl Felton Toney
Donald M. Miller
Leo Spell
Robert E. Lucas
Nancy Moore
Darrell Toney
Virginia
Hobsee
Madelitne
Taghtajn
Sveldon
Raymond
Hampshire
Dorothy Hampshire
Joyce Warden
Carol E. Holmes
Hamp
Horace Holmes
Tommy C. Parker
Amanda J. Parker
P. Soileau
Joseph Soileau
Linda Mattox
David Mattox
Linda Lewis
Kenneth Lewis
M. Allen
Paul J
Ratsy Sr
Fosteigl
Sammie Gardner
Wayland Duckett, Jr
David H. Sanders
Calvin Guidroz
Brenda A. Harrison
Speeds J. Harrison
Gail Pipps
Ronald ‘Pips
Helen
B. ‘Phelps
Jack Phelps
Oneidia Dias
Robert Dias
Stella C. Breaux
Burton P. Breaux
Jackie O. Ross
William T. Ross Jr
Dorothy’ McGlynn
Robert, McGlynn
Irene D. Watts
James L. Watts
Richard H. Davis
Frances C. Davis
Deborah L. Adair
Rickie L. Adair
Madeline Cunningham
Weldon Cunningham
Joyce M. Buckner
Charles W. Buckner
Alvis Gore
Janie Gore
Linda Crawford
Harvey Crawford
Vera Gardner
Johnny Gardner
Carolyn F. Standley
Dennis H. Standley
Ivy E. Ruggles
Glen A. Ruggles
James V. DeBretagne Sr
Odell DeBretagne
Grace Nichols
John Nichols
Fawn DeJean Davis
Donald G. Davis
Gwendolyn L. Powell
Robert J. Powell
Johnny Sumlin
Oretha J. Sumlin
Margie Richardson
Floyd Richardson
Debra Kay Murphy
Joe Murphy
J. Womack
R. E. Womack
Steven McCauley
Walter McCauley
Robert Easter
Kwik Pantry seeks beer license in Silsbee Texas
J D St Clair president of Kwik Pantry Foods will apply to the Hardin County Judge for a Beer Retailer Off Premises License for 145 Hwy 96 South Silsbee Hardin County Texas The notice also cites a county court citation to Mary Ann Cole and Roy Edwin Cole in Hardin County court case number 19468 with a land title dispute involving 10636 acres described in the petition and deed records issued July 1977
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J. D. St. Clair
Kwik Pantry Foods, Inc
Hardin County
Silsbee
Texas
Sar
Mary Annered
District Court
Hardin
Kountze
Said
Roy Edwin Cole
Mary Ann Lucas
Joseph Ellery League
James N. Thrash
Martha Thrash
Roy Edwin.Cole
Mary Ann Cole
Aline Harper
Dist
Getting Old You're Not Interested In Going Out
A humorous quip notes aging signs and marriage dynamics, joking that drift from social plans matters less than avoiding joint outings. The line plays on independence within long-time relationships and aging perspectives.
Hardin County Deeds Records and Transfers Summary
A long list of property deeds trusts and notices in Hardin County includes transfers between individuals and firms such as C I Lessie Withers Demp sie Henley Big Thicket Retreat Inc to John D Fulton Kirby Lumber Corp to Intercoastal Operating Co and various Deed of Trust and Notice filings involving banks savings and loan associations and multiple individuals including Lee Lack Emmett Lack Richard Kern and Donald Jennings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. I. Lessie Withers
Dempsie Henley
Big Thicket Retreat Inc
John D. Fulton
Og&m Lease
Kirby Lmbr Corp
Intercoastal Operating Co
Og&m
Lee Lack
I. M. Rayburn
W.deed M. Rayburn
W.deed
Richard Lee Kern
First Morty Co of
Tex
Bob Jordan
Robert D. Neely
Uxt
Lloyd G. Busbee
San Jaleinto Sav. &Loan.'Assn
Marie
Hull State Bank
Hull
Katie Marie. Crosby
T. W. Elliott
Jesse W. Condon
Ray Bramer Jr
Donald Chester Ellis
San Jacinto Law & Loan Assa
John A. Thompson
IBEW
Fed Credit Union
Kenneth W. Walker
Lela Joyce Walker
Kenneth W. Cory
Hemus
John Henry Schuler
Artis Hunter
Kenneth Douglas Rogers
Johnny R. Smith
Emmett Lack
Houston Thompson
Ww. Ferguson
R. A. ‘McClendon
Lawrence D. Randolph
Odessa
Frances Allen Henshaw
Herman J. Collins
Willie May Collins
Ts. Beatt el Paty’ Weir
John Hy
Jimmy B. Thornton
G. W. Deedis
Bmt
Saw & Loan Assn
Evan E. Hennington
William M. Nelson
Candlelight
Raymond Bartmess
Green Hill
Charles T. Moore
Glenn R. Bird
Shell Fed Cred Union
Trust Bank
Nat'l Assn
Houston
Lo Smetana
Shelton Oil Corp
John B. French
Peoples State Bank of
Kountze
Glenn R. Green
Gulf Coast Invest Co
Juanita Colvin Hamrick
J. I. Kennedy
Deborah P. Kennedy Bond
Deborah P. Kennedy Bond, W.deed
Lois A. Buckskin
Reuben W. Andrews
Leland M. Webb
First Fed Saw & Loan Assn
Roy L. Bridges
Cecil Cobble
Pwr
Atty
Arpes
George “Blumenthal
John Boykin, Jr
John Boykin Jr
First State Bank of Lumberton
Jefferson Sav & Loan
Assn Cresward P
Broussard Et
First Sav
Fred Seaman
Charles’ M
Duplissey
T&f Simmons Surveys
Homestead Pw
Charles M. Duplissey
Jasper
Fed Sav & Loan Assn
Nederland State Bank
Gene Dickerson
Joseph Kushner
Dennis H. Stanley
Alfred Smith Sr
Bobby
Commercial Credit Corp
Charlie W
Kathryn Thomason
Weldon H. McBide
Norman W. Gore
Hardin Co Saw & Loan Assn
Sammy L. Evans
James. H. Moody
James H. Moody
Sammy D. Neely
Henrieta Neely
Nancy Parra
David Domingue
Sammy Neely
Dorothy E. Peterson
Joe M
Mason
Joe M. Mason
Robert D Neely
Elton E. Smith
Myrtle Perkins
Jasper Fed Saw & Loan Assa
Don E. Smock
Romana J. Bussard Selph
Paul White
Smith Home Bld
Tea Tax Sparked Revolution and War II Coffee Trend
The text notes that tea price hikes under George III helped ignite the American Revolution and that tea shortages were later worsened by the War of 1812.
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George III
Blake Plans Move From House To State Senate Seat
Rep. Roy Blake of Nacogdoches announced plans to seek the Texas State Senate seat for District 3, currently held by Sen. Don Adams who will not seek re election. Blake, a four generation Nacogdochian, has served in the House and chairs the Calendars Committee, saying he will formalize the run this fall after touring all 15 counties and many cities in the district.
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Roy Blake
Senate
Austin
Blake
Texas
Nacogdoches
Panola
Shelby
Appropriations
House
Forney
Kaufman Couny
Dallas
Sour Lake
Hardin County
Beaumont
Appropriations Committee
Funeral Services For Mrs. Marie Sims 63 Held in Silsbee
Mrs. Marie Sims 63 of Silsbee died Sunday at Southmore General Hospital in Pasadena. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Farmer Funeral Home with burial in Cunningham Cemetery. She was a Temple native who had lived in Silsbee 30 years. Survived by four sons Donald Sims James Sims Bruce Sims Bryant Freeman. five daughters Lou Messer Juanita Messer Mary Crowson Jamie Sims Helen Robins. three brothers Curtis Freeman Huling Freeman Cecil Freeman. one sister Fern Brown.
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Marie Sims
Silsbee
Southmore General Hospital
Pasadena
Farmer Funeral Home
Cunningham Cemetery
Robert Carter
Sims
Temple
Donald .Sims
California
James “Sims
San Antonio
Bruce. Sims
Arkansas
Bryant Freeman
Former Silsbee Man Receives Promotion
Ron A. Moore, 28, is named inside sales manager for Reliance Steel and Aluminum Co. Houston division by Wayne Baxter. A Texas native born in Silsbee and raised in Longview, Moore holds a political science degree from Stephen F. Austin University and previously worked at Joseph Ryerson & Son in Houston for five years. He lives with his wife Julia and two children in Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ron A. Moore
Reliance Steel & Aluminum ‘Co
Houston
Wayne Baxter
Reliance Houston
Moore
Stephen F. Austin State University
Nacogdoches
Cernter
Induatry
Awith
Joseph Ryerson
Son
Reliance
Texas
Silsee
Longview
Julia
Fruitvale
Rites Held Sunday For Mrs Mae Wolf
Funeral services for Mrs Clyde Mae Wolf 80 of Silsbee were held at 2 p m Sunday at Farmer Funeral Home with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery Port Arthur She died Saturday morning in Silsbee Doctors Hospital A native of Arkansas she lived in Port Arthur many years before moving to Silsbee three years ago She was a retired beauty operator Survivors include her husband Herman Wolf a son in Midland a daughter Mrs Gloria M Tomplait of Groves and two sisters Mrs Pat Strawther of Oakdale La and Mrs Estelle Young of Las Cruces NM
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Clyde Mae Wolf
Silsbee
Farmer Funeral Home
Greenlawn
Port Arthur
Blake seeks state Senate seat amid peak effectiveness claim
Blake argues the best time to move is at peak effectiveness in current role and to serve the district in the state Senate. The 15 county senatorial district includes Anderson Angelina Cherokee Hardin Henderson Jasper Kaufman Nacogdoches Newton Panola Rusk Sabine San Augustine Shelby Tyler.
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State Senate
Blake
Anderson
Angelina
Cherokee
Hardin
Henderson
Jasper
Kaufman
Nacogdoches
Newton
Panola
Rusk
Sabine
San Augustine
Shelby
Tyler
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Silsbee Bee
Texas Press Association
National Newspaper
Trocaton Tenet
Free Press
INA
Highway 96
Hardin, Jasper
Tyler Jefferson
R. L. Read
Aloe
Drew Dahl
Leona Whitman
Fern McAdams
Gina Hignett
Richard Weathersby
Barbara Paret
Helen Ratliff
Talk of the Town
Harold Leigh
John S. Basye
James Johnson
Billie Joe Williams
Linotype
Congressional Record
Joe
Crump
Bill
Congress
Congressional Record Daily
First Presbyterian Church
Silsbee, Texas
ED Gearhart
EPA
Mary Etta Rogers
Barbara’r. Hart
Grady’a. Hart
Marie Smith
Hardin County Savings & Loan
Lumberton
Mae Wolf
David Stanley
Kirbyville
Pines
North Fourth ST
Presentason
Franschoff
Gene Wilder
Jill Clayburgh
Richard Pryor
Acturs
Patrick McGoohan
Mse
Martin Ransonoff
Frank
Thomas L. Miller
Edward Milkis
Arthur Hiller
Coun Higging
Henry Mangan
Tory Fox
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