Silsbee Wins Federal Grant for New Water Plant Project
City officials announced a $259,212 Public Works Employment Program grant after prior rejections. The funds will support a water plant including wells and storage, planned southeast of Silsbee to relieve peak summer shortages and allow future growth. Council weighs borrowing $250,000 to complete construction or revise plans to fit the grant.
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Te Works
Proby Silsbee
Dolph Briscoe
Ron Hickerson
Public Works
Briscoe
Hickerson
Silsbee
Silsbee High Band Rehearsals Start August First
The Silsbee Ti ger marching band kicks off the 1978 season with rehearsals from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the high school band hall starting Monday August 1. All grades 9-12 must attend to receive new music and prepare for football season with positions assigned during sessions.
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Silsbee High School Tiger
Silsbee Business Boom Adds New Buildings and Expansions
A Bee reader favorite unveils more plans in Silsbee as McKeown Automotive Service opens a new building while Bur-Mont Nursing Center and Ferrells Veterinary Clinic remodel. Thomas Auto Supply joins Highway 92 area, First Savings plans to move into the old First National Bank building, Apache Industries expands on Highway 96 East, and South Hampton Co. grows on Highway 418. Schools add classrooms and a warehouse, an admin building is planned, and First Baptist Church on Highway 96 South gains a large addition. Silsbee is on the move.
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The
Bee
Barbara Paret
Silsbee
McKeown
Bur-Mont
Ferrell's
Thomas Auto Supply
First Savings Association
First National Bank
Apache Industries
Highway 96
P&s Construction Co
South Hampton Co
First Baptist Church
Kountze Man Is Killed In Auto Crash At Beaumont Hospital
One man, James Earl Groze of Kountze, died after a collision between a vehicle rushing a pregnant woman to Beaumont and a car leaving a stop sign at Texas 326 and U.S. 69. Mrs. Gloria Sells was admitted, in fair condition, with hip injuries. Thomas Neal Williford and three others, Michael Simmons Barbara Bryant and Joe Yarborough, were treated and admitted to Hardin Memorial Hospital.
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Beaumont
Texas 326
U.S. 69
Kountze
James Earl Groze
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Gloria Sells
Baptist Hospital
Groze
Thomas Neal Williford
Kyle Jr to Speak at Kiwanis Aug 3 in Silsbee
Huntsville Tex based Kyle Jr guest speaker for Kiwanis Club meeting at Silsbee Country Club Aug 3. He is Texas Department of Corrections field coordinator in community services and has worked since 1967. A 20 minute film and Q and A will follow the talk led by Rev R Eugene Jonte of Meanethno District Church.
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Jack A. Kyle Jr
Huntsville
Tex
Kiwanis Club
Silsbee Country Club
Kkyle
Texas Department of Corrections
Department of Corrections
R. Eugene Jonte
Ministeb
Aondt Meanethnodist Church
Fred Williams
Chidren
Annie D. Tohnseon
Clarence Tokns
Silsbee
Er Stpmmer
Meg. Johnson
Southland Elementary School
Houston
Texas Southern University
Lynn Chambers named Cystic Fibrosis chairman in Silsbee
Mrs Lynn Chambers has been named the Silsbee Cystic Fibrosis chairman for the Kiss Your Baby campaign to be held in September to raise funds for research and awareness.
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Lynn Chambers
Silsbee
Lynn
Silsbee Man Injured In Beaumont Wreck
A 34 year old Silsbee man William Pleasant was treated in good condition at Baptist Hospital Beaumont after a Sunday morning crash in the 400 block of South 11th Street. Passenger Philip Spence of Beaumont was also treated and released from the same hospital.
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Silsbee
Beaumont
Baptist Hospital
William Pleasant
S. 11Th St
Phillip Spence
Tiger Coaches Return From Clinic as Ticket Sales Begin
Tiger coaching staff led by Athletic Director Ray Mc Gallion return Friday from the Texas High School Coaches Assn Clinic in Dallas. Season tickets go on sale August 8 and 9 to last year's holders, with public sale August 11 and 12. out of town game tickets also on those dates from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the high school lobby.
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Tiger
Ray McGallion
Texas High School Coaches Assn
Dallas
McGallion
Tigers Project Second in District Says Area Coaches
Area coaches at the Texas High School Coaches Association school in Dallas predict the Silsbee Tigers will finish second in 9-3A behind Hebert. Behind the frontrunners, Jasper Liberty Cleveland Bridge City Little Cypress Mauriceville South Park Crosby Port Arthur Austin are named. Buna Kountze Lumberton Evadale rankings noted with timing for physicals on July 30 and practice to start August 3.
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Silsbee Tigers
Texas Football Magazine
Texas High School Coaches Association
Dallas
Silsbee
Hebert
Jasper
Liberty
Cleveland
Bridge City
Little Cypress - Mauriceville
South Park
Crosby
Port Arthur Austin
Buna
Kountze
Lumberton
Evadale
Tigers
Beaumont Man Held For Attempted Murder Of Silsbee Police Officer
Walter Kindred of Beaumont is charged with attempted capital murder, resisting arrest and public intoxication after a gunfight with Silsbee Officer Bobby Gentry on Highway 96. The gun misfired grazing Gentry near the ear. Kindred was arraigned with bond set at 35,000 for the murder attempt.
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A. L. Burleson
Bobby Gentry
Gentry
Walter Kindred
Beaumont
Kindred
Highway 96
Burleson
Allen
Sgt
Tommy Robinson
Citizens Band
Justice of the Peace
Bennie Como
Hardin County
Square Dancers Arts Crafts Show For 200 Children
A Wednesday show at Silsbee Junior High highlights a summer day care program for 200 children from low income families. Annie Johnson leads activities in the air conditioned spaces with arts crafts, macrame, string art, and a mini 4-H program while staff stress reading and structured learning. The center closes August 5 as staff prepare for school opening.
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Tyreski Robinson
Tanya Lee
Emma Angelle
Sharon Thomas
Kevin Ridley
Jerrell Lewis
Charlene James
Texas Department of Public Welfare
Hardin Hening Hands
O'Neil
Bright
Annie Johnson
Laird Named Chief Deputy Sheriff in Hardin County
Charles Laird was appointed chief deputy on July 21 by Sheriff Billy Paine to serve as second in command. The move follows a mid-summer personnel reshuffling after the resignation of Mike Holzapfel. Ron McCabe was hired July 15 as permanent deputy and Jerry Freeman will serve temporarily.
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Charles Laird
Mike Holzaphel
Hardin County Sheriff's Department
Laird
Sheriff's Department
Billy Paine
Paine
Hooks undecided on tree cutting in Hardin County
The fate of the Ghost Road trees remains unsettled as county Commissioner T. S. Hooks signals no change despite court injunctions and opposition. A previous plan to cut about 100 trees faced legal hurdles and fluctuating support among commissioners and environmental groups.
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Forest Service
Hardin County
T. S. Hooks
Hooks
Coley’s Lumber Co
Saratoga
Commission
Texas Forest Service
Jack Brookshire
Brookshire
Emmett Lack
Howard Barrington
Rex Moore
J. L. Loftin
Supreme Court Rules Moore Cannot Sue Commissioner Means
Texas Supreme Court upholds lower court ruling that Buddy Moore cannot sue Commissioner Hugh Bevil Means for injuries from 1975 at a courthouse workshop. Moore, publisher of the Kountze News, was an administrative assistant to County Judge Emmett Lack. He may seek a rehearing to challenge the decision that workers compensation bars the suit.
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Texas Supreme Court
Kountze News
Buddy Moore
Hugh Bevil Means
Moore
Means
Emmett Lack
Kountze
County Court Docket Call Set For Aug. 9
The Harden County Courtroom docket call is set for 10 a.m. August 9 with Judge Lack presiding. County Attorney Bo Horka urges defendants or their attorneys to contact the County Attorney's Office beforehand to discuss disposition. The list includes numerous DWI, theft, and hindering a creditor charges.
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Hardin County
Bo Horka
Horka
Lack
Sheriff Reports Four County Burglaries Last Week
Hardin County deputies investigated two thefts and two burglaries. Stolen items included a black and white portable television, stereo, tapes, two shotguns, a .22 rifle, cash and jewelry from Robert Gienn's home between July 14 and 16. An auto burglary at Port Neches yielded an attache case. A 10 foot aluminum boat was stolen from beneath Evadale bridge. An outboard motor and fishing gear were taken from Hooks Cemetery Road.
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Hardin County Sheriff's Deputies
Robert Gienn
Rt. 1
Silsbee
Port Neches
Village Creek
Highway 96
George Reynolds
Reynolds
Kenny Lovell
Evadale Bridge
Howard C. Harrell
Hooks Cemetery Road
Bird couple returns from Minot visit with Diehls
Mr and Mrs Rayford Bird came home Sunday after a trip to Minot North Dakota to visit their son in law and daughter Lt and Mrs James Diehl.
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Rayford Birdwell
Minot
North Dakota
Wheer
James Diehl
June Rural Accidents Report in Hardin County
Hardin County saw one rural fatality in June and 37 rural motor vehicle crashes with nine injuries. Through June this year, 233 rural accidents occurred in the county, with 3 killed and 84 injured, compared with 190 crashes, 6 deaths and 2 injuries in the same period in 1976. District 2B across 16 counties logged 486 rural accidents, 10 deaths, and 229 injuries.
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Hardin County
E. C. Sherman
Texas Highway Patrol
Former Silsbee Officer Named Kountze Police Chief
Former Silsbee officer O Neal Buesing was sworn in Tuesday as the new chief of police for Kountze. At 6 feet 4 inches and 245 pounds he completed about 240 hours of law enforcement study in 12 weeks at the police academy and is 33, married with one son. He left the Silsbee Police Department last June, replacing Walter Ray.
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Silsbee
O'Neal Buesing
Kountze
Buesing
Police
Beaumont Police Department
Silsbee Police Department
Walter Ray
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Franklin Biano
E. J. Bishop
Will Roger Black
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Freddie Bradley
L. J. Breaux
Harold Gene Brewer
Charles O. Brian
George Braddus
A. C. Brown
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Leonard Ray Anderson
Eddie Ray Barclay
Arthur Bean
Larry Johnson
Gary L. Barras
Steve BonVillion
Becky Bourque
Tommy Reece
J. R. Callaway
Roger Dale Loggins
Clarence Alex Lee
Willie Lee Vincent
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Elijah Land
Bobby Ray Brown
Gerald Dean Brown
James Edward Brown
Thomas Earl Brown
Charles Wayne Buckner
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