Burglary Leaves $2 Bill, $500 Damage at Beaumont Home
A burglar ripped through Phillip Feldman’s back patio and French doors on Rosewood Drive Beaumont Colony, taking only a $2.00 bill but causing about $500 in damage. Deputies traced entry to pried doors and noted the family was away from 8 am to 3 pm on May 27. Also reported were theft of a 1974 Long 350 tractor near Black Creek, a gasoline-ignited battery of the Can dlestick Park drilling rig with $1,000 damage, and vandalism at Pinewood Country Club damaging greens and golf carts. Two men were sentenced: Lloyd Kennedy, 35, to two years for DUI second offense, and Jerry Angelle, 29, to 25 years for aggravated robbery tied to a Dec 30, 1975 Jones 7-11 holdup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Feldman
Kountze
Feldman
Rosewood Drive
Beaumont Colony
Sheriff's Department
E. L
Jack” Bass
Freeport
Black Creek
Raymond Bartmess
Candlestick Park
Lumberton
R. —. Furry
Furry
L. J. Foux
Gene Holmes
Silsbee
Holmes
Pinewood Country Club
Charles Lamb
Charles Rodemacher
Lloyd Kennedy
Criminal District Court
Beaumont
Jerry T. Angelle
Angelle
Dowlen Road
Silsbee man rescues truck driver from fiery interstate wreck
Erin Ford, 24, of Beaumont, pulled a 54-year-old truck driver from a burning three truck crash on I-10 near Winnie on May 25. He carried the man to safety as fuel pools threatened an explosion. Dewey Lawrence survived with injuries after hospital treatment. The second driver suffered burns over 95 percent and was hospitalized in Galveston. The third driver was uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erin Ford
Ford
R. F. Ford
Silsbee
Interstate 10
Winnie
Dewey Lawrence
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Houston
Ford Electric Co
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Lumberton Raiders Defend Regional Title in 4-2 Win
Lumberton Raiders defeat Huffman Falcons 4-2 to repeat as Class 2A regional champions. John Blackstock scored the winning run in the fourth, relief pitcher Greg Wells faced bases loaded, and a double play ended the game. Lumberton finishes 22-10, after a 22-7 regional title last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumberton Raiders
Huffman Falcons
Lumberton
Bill Bassett
Huffman
John Blackstock
Raiders
Greg Wells
Raider
Economic Committee To Meet in Silsbee
Hardin County Economic Development Committee invites local businessmen civic leaders city officials and interested citizens to a 7 30 p m meeting June 6 at the Gulf States Utilities building in Silsbee. Suggestions will help craft an county economic development plan to be reviewed by the U S Department of Commerce and could qualify the county as a redevelopment area enabling 50 percent federal grants and loans up to 350000. The 25 member panel drawn from across the county was formed by the county commissioners in April and will hold more meetings in other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Economic Development Committee
Gulf States Utilities
Silsbee
Ray D. Edmondson
U.S. Department of Commerce
Hardin County Commissioners
Henry Morris Receives UH Johnson and Johnson Award
Pharmacy students at the University of Houston Central Campus were awarded fifteen honors at the College of Pharmacy Convocation on May 14. Henry Morris of Silsbee earned the Johnson and Johnson Award for scholarship leadership and professional achievement amid the university’s graduation events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pharmacy
University of Houston
Kountze Timber Tax Upheld By High Court
The Ninth Court of Civil Appeals upheld a 1975 Hardin County jury ruling that Kountze Independent School District fairly appraised rural timber land and could levy higher taxes before other land. Champion International Temple-Eastex Southland Paper and Kirby Lumber protested alleged discrimination. appeal filed April 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth Court of Civil Appeals
Hardin County
Koun- Wve
Champion International
Temple-Eastex
Southland Paper
Kirby Lumber Corp
Youth Dies In Attempted Robbery In Silsbee
A 15 year old Silsbee boy, Gerald Wayne Elam, was shot in the 200 block of 22nd Street after allegedly trying to flee a taxi ride. Driver Arthur Doyle, 65, faces murder charges and an examining trial set to determine grand jury at Cecil Overstreet Justice of the Peace. Elam died at the scene. Doyle claims self defense during the May 29 incident. Funeral services for Elam are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church, North Second Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Justice of the Peace
Cecil Overstreet
Arthur Doyle
250 Ave. G
Hardin County
Gerald Wayne Elam
22Nd Street
Silsbee Police Department
A. L. Burleson
Burleson
Doyle
Robinson
Elam
First Baptist Church
North Second Street
Lucille Smith
Apt
Prince Hall Villa
John L. and
van Scott
Apt. 41
Scholarships Totalling 16000 Go To Silsbee High
Local businesses, organizations and private citizens contributed nearly 16000 toward the continuing education of 22 Silsbee High School graduates awarded diplomas and scholarships during graduation at Kirby Memorial Stadium. Pamela Tobey won a National Merit Scholarship potentially worth 6000 for four years of college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silshee High School
Kirby Memorial Stadium
Pamela Tobey
Kirby
Charles Burns
Harold Norris
Barbara Parks
Nancy Schuler
Councilman To Serve As City Judge
The Silsbee City Council appointed Councilman Frank Grote as non salaried interim Corporation Court Judge after the death of L A Yankie. Mayor James Hays had filled in but cannot continue. A permanent judge will be chosen by July 12 with city hall to receive inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Frank Grote
L. A. Yankie
Yankie
James Hays
Roger Ratliff
Grote
Hays
City Hall
Kountze Woman Injures Neck In Car Train Collision
A Kountze woman was injured last week when her car collided with a train engine and remained listed in fair condition Wednesday morning. The report appears in Wreck, Section 1, Page 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kountze
Lumberton Utility District Secures $2.83 Million in Federal Funds
Senator Lloyd Bentsen was advised that the Lumberton Municipal Utility District in Hardin County received a 1.63 million dollar loan and a 1.2 million dollar grant from the Farmers Home Administration. The 40 year loan at five percent will fund water and sewer system work, serving about 1,926 homes and other establishments, with Frank Groves as district president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Bentsen
Farmers Home Administration
Lumberton
Hardin County
Frank Groves
Hardin County Residents Earn 31 Lamar University Degrees
The 25th annual Lamar University Spring commencement honors 898 graduates including Marcus Larry Winberry of Sour Lake who led Hardin County with highest honors in government. Evadale and Silsbee students appear among high honors and honors graduates across engineering, education, and nursing, with many others from Sour Lake Village Mills Kountze and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Hardin County
Lamar University
Bob Kemble
Lamar
Marcus Larry Winberry
Sour Lake
Daniel Brent White
Evadale
Eilie Lynne Boyd
Village Mills
Steven Douglas Grimes
Silsbee
Jack Wayne Flowers
Donald Ray Tebert
Bobby Gene LeDoux
Irene Faye Campbell Hegwood
Betty Lynn Shine
Barbara Elaine Young Weathersby
Marilyn Sue McGarahan Tennison
Patricia Kay Hans Lusk
Herbert Edward Marshall Jr
Billy Jack Stanley
A.A.S
Noel Ray Rainey
A.S
Carol Grace Sims
B.S
Wildwood
Terry Lyn Clay
Lumberton
Bonnie Lee Bozeman
Ellen Cather Cover
Terri McCloud on McNeese Honor Roll
Terri McCloud, 1976 Silsbee High School honor graduate, is on McNeese State University honor rolls for fall 1976 and spring 1977. She attends on an out of state scholarship and is daughter of Mr and Mrs W C McCloud of Silsbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terri McCloud
Silsbee High School
McNeese State University
Miss McCloud
W. C. Mec- Cloud
Silsbee
Services Held For L. A. Yankie, 80, Municipal Judge
Funeral services for L. A. Yankie longtime Silsbee civic leader and 80 year old Municipal Court Judge were held at 4 p m Saturday at Farmer Funeral Chapel. Burial followed at Resthaven Cemetery. Yankie died at 2 30 a m Friday after a sudden illness. He had served as postmaster and held numerous local offices including Democratic chairman Hardin County and Silsbee Chamber leadership. Survivors include his wife Celeste Yankie and daughter Sue Halliburton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A
Silsbee
Knights of Pythias Lodge
The
American Legion
First Christian Church
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Limestone County
Yankie
Hardin County
Silsbee Kiwanis Club
Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
Hardin County School Board
School Tax Equalization Board
Neches River
Evadale
Celeste Yankie
Sue Halliburton
Orange
L. D. Self
Herbert Elmore
John Busby
E. M. Wilson
W. C. McNeil
R. L. Read
Frank Caskey
Richard Weathersby
Richard Collier
City of Silsbee
Capital Murder Trial of Elevyn Moshay Re-set for June 27
Elevyn Moshay 19 faces capital murder charges for a Jan 16 1977 fire at their West Avenue home in Silsbee that killed her husband and daughter. Judge Clyde Smith granted a May 9 continuance to June 27 after District Attorney George Kirkpatrick Jr said more prep time was needed. Stan ley Coe seeks a fair speedy trial and says Moshay will plead not guilty. A trial date for the daughter’s death remains undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elevyn Moshay
Clyde Smith
Aline Harper
George Kirkpatrick Jr
Dante Fulton Receives Degree
Dante Fulton, son of Mrs. Carol Fulton and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Chester A. Gil, is listed as receiving a degree. The notice appears in Fulton’s section on page 6 and references a surrounding article in section 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dante Fulton
Carol Fulton
Chester A. Gil
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry Morris
Houston University
KISD
Court of Civil Appeals
Silshee High
Edgar
Estelle O'Neil
Vonda Peritt
Virginia McNeely
Don Blount
Alvin Patton
Cynthia Robinson
FFA Booster Club
Bobby Kelly
First National Bank of Silsbee
Saima Johansson
Jean McNeil Ratchford
Nancy Duffle
Pineywoods Educational Secretaries
la Donna Drake
Ida Lewis
Martha Harrell
David Read
Shirley Kyles
Becky Nelson
Belinda Lee
Kountze High School
Lumberton Utility District
Lamar U
Deborah
Lonnie Stephen Clapp
Gayle Goodman Millner
Stephen Carhome
Phyllis Evaroll Tutt
Manning Yawn
James Alford Seales
Paul Neil Allen
Cecil Edwin Gilmore
Richard Alan Wilson
Reggie Simmons
Melinda Grantham
Missy Scott
Jan Read
Laurie McCall
Gayle White
Austin
Simmons
Roy Bean
Bean
B. W. Ross
McNeese
Fulton
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