Silsbee Man Charged With Burglary and Assault
Barney Allen Ashworth, 21, of Silsbee, is charged with burglary and aggravated assault after allegedly entering a 17 year old girl’s home and assaulting her around 9 30 a m Tuesday. The girl struggled with him and removed a hood mask revealing his identity. He was arrested by Chief Edgar Blood and released on $11 000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney Allen Ashworth
Silsbee
Justice of the Peace
Rex Moore
Edgar Blood
Ashworth
Blood
Lamar Tech
Tragic Drowning Claims 20-Year-Old Silsbee Resident
Lendell Shaw a 20 year old Silsbee resident and Houston Astro trainee drowned in a private abandoned borrow pit near Silsbee after going under several times while swimming with companions. He was found about 10 feet deep and pronounced dead at Silsbee Doctors Hospital. An inquest attributed the death to accidental drowning. He played quarterback and defensive halfback for Silsbee High School in 1966 and was being considered by professional scouts. He is survived by his parents and brother, with services held at First Baptist Church, Silsbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lendell Shaw
Silsbee
Houston Astro
Borrow
FM 418
Shaw
W. W. Pullen
Pinehill Swimming Pool
Janice Studdard
Beaumont
Max Stark
Carl M. Stark
Robert Noland
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Justice of the Peace Respoore
Lester Cowart
Houston Thompson
W. T. Bean
First Baptist Church
Elmo Shaw
Mae Bonnie Scott
Corell Shaw
Frank Robinson
Baltimore Oriole
Public Hearing Set On Budget Amendments
City budget amendments will be discussed at 7:30 p m Thursday June 12 in the city council room. City Manager Ronald Hickerson said the council is studying the budget to reflect expenditures and income and to consider additional revenues from the city sales tax. He noted expected sales tax receipts could total between 75 000 and 80 000 based on two checks received. the one percent tax began in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Hickerson
Hickerson
Final Rites Held Wednesday For Mrs Nick Mitchell
Funeral services for Mrs Merilyn Mitchell 43 of Silsbee were held at All Souls Catholic Church with burial in Resthaven Cemetery. She died Monday at Hardin Memorial Hospital after a short illness. A native of Stuart Iowa she lived in Silsbee 14 years and was director of nurses at Hardin Memorial Hospital for 13 years. Surviving are husband Nick Mitchell two sons Nick Mitchell Jr and Ronnie Mitchell two daughters Marianne and Renee Mitchell and brother Glenn Cooke of Lumberton.
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Merilyn Mitchell
Silsbee
All Souls Catholic Church
W. J. Bosworth
Resthaven
Farmer Funeral Home
Mitchell
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Stuart
Iowa
Nick Mitchell
Nick Mitchell Jr
Ronnie Mitchell
Marianne
Renee Mitchell
Glenn Cooke
Lumberton
Fire destroys John Bartletts Grocery near Silsbee
A fire wrecked John Bartletts Grocery Store two miles north of Silsbee on US Highway 92 just before midnight on June 1. The structure was a total loss with contents insured for 12000 dollars by Silsbee Insurance. Fire officials cited water pressure failure and an unknown origin under investigation by the Hardin County Sheriff with a state fire marshal visiting Silsbee.
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John Bartlett
Sils
Highway 92
Silsbee
John Busby
Silsbee Insurance Co
Busby
Hardin County
Lester Cowart
Sheriff's Department
Austin
Direct Dialing To Begin On June 20
Direct Distance Dialing will go into operation in Silsbee and Kountze on June 20. Southwestern Bell official Jack Martin explains DDD lets about 4,800 customers place station-to-station long distance calls to over 100 million telephones nationwide by dialing 1 plus area code and number. An operator may brief in rural eight party lines to identify the caller for billing.
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Silsbee
Kountze
Jack Martin
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
United States
Martin
Tele
Four Youths Charged After One-Car Accident Near Pine Island Bayou
Three Lumberton youths and one Beaumont youth were charged after a one car crash on U S Highway 69 just north of Pine Island Bayou May 27. Patrolman W W Pullen identified the four youths led by driver Glenn Wayne Franks 19 of 1175 Carpenter Road Beaumont.
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Lumberton
Beaumont
Pine Island Bayou
U. S. Highway
Georgia Pacific Buys Four Area Sawmills
Georgia Pacific purchases Reynolds Wilson and Kountze lumber mills plus 19 000 acres of Amber timber in a pooling deal worth about 7 4 million. The four mills join GP Crosset Division in Arkansas Texas Mississippi and Tennessee as part of a major regional expansion into southern pine plywood dimension lumber and particleboard.
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Kountze Lumber Co
Georgia Pacific Lumber Co
Georgia Pacific
Jack E. Meadows
T. A. Reynolds Jr
H. L Wilson
Reynolds
Wilson Lumber Co
Jasper
Reynolds-Wilson Mills
Corrigan
Kountze Company
Reynolds-Draper Lumber Co
al Dorado
Ark
CGP
R-W
Kountze
Crosset Division
Crosset
Meadows
Arkansas
Texas
Mississippi
Tennessee
Georgia
Pacific
Southern Pine Plywood
Dimension Lumber
Mrs. Ona McGinty Dies After Long Illness in Silsbee
Mrs Ona McGinty 74 longtime Silsbee resident died Sunday at Doctors Hospital Beaumont after a long illness. She and her husband C W McGinty ran Silsbee Electric Co since 1917. She served 25 years as Harden County Democratic Executive Committee secretary and held many local civic roles. Funeral services were held Monday at Former Funeral chapel with Rev R F Barclay and Rev R Eugene Jonte officiating. Burial followed at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Beaumont.
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Ma McGinty
Ongtime “Essient
Silshee
R. EF. Barclay
First Baptist Church
R. Eugene Jonte
First United Methodist Church
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Beaumont
McGinty
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Monroe
C. W. McGinty
Silsbee
Silsbee Electric Co
Hardin County Democratic Executive Committee
20Th Century Club
Silsbee residents graduate in Lamar Tech commencement
Beaumont doctor Don Warrington Sturrock and Patricia Ann Cook Grissom of Silsbee were among 40 honor graduates at Lamar State College of Technology's 17th annual commencement. Sturrock earned a B S in music and Grissom a B S in elementary education as the January-May class totaled 854. The ceremony was held Saturday night.
Byrd Retrial Denied By Judge H A Coe
Eddie Ray Byrd 28 had a retrial motion denied by District Judge H A Coe on May 29 for an armed robbery conviction. Byrd had been sentenced May 15 to 101 years. he awaits transport to Huntsville after the ruling in Kountze.
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Eddie Ray Byrd
Elmer Prosise
88Th District Court
Kountze
Byrd
H. A. Coe Sr
H.a.coe
H. A. Coe
Coe
Grady Trimible
Ardin County
Huntsville
Crash Victim's Rites Set For Saturday
Funeral services for Johnny White 25 of Silsbee will be at 1 p m Saturday at St John s Baptist Church Burial will be in City Cemetery officiated by Rev Sammy Bowie under direction of Coleman Funeral Home White was killed in an auto accident near Kirbyville on Highway 96 east as he returned to Silsbee from San Augustine He was a Santa Fe brakeman for three years and previously worked for Kirby Lumber Co He is survived by his wife Dorothy White three children his father John White of Silsbee and brother Fred D Walker of Tenaha
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Johnny White
Silsbee
St. John’s Baptist Church
City
Sammy Bowie
Coleman Funeral Home
White
Kirbyville
San Augustine
Call Junction
Santa Fe Railroad
Kirby Lumper Co
Dorothy White
John White
Fred D. Walker
Tenaha
Buddy Herrington Wins ONeil Scholarship at 1969 Silsbee Graduation
Buddy Herrington received the fifth annual Edgar and Es telle O'Neil Scholarship during the 1969 Silsbee High School graduation on May 29. He is band president and National Honor Society member, plans to attend medical school, and works at Dan's Restaurant. Local scholarships went to 10 other seniors including Pete Baker and Gwen Trotty.
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Buddy Herrington
Edgar and Estelle O'Neil
Silsbee High School
O’neill
Herrington
Albert Herrington
Dan
Jim
Silsbee
University of Texas
Pete Baker
John Landgraf
Gwen Trotty
Lions Club
Mack Williams
Lloyd Bell
Silsbee Women's Club
Lucille Moreland
Linda Savant
Ida Lewis
Dianne Tarver
Exquised Woman’s Club
Wanda Feollie
Royal Clover Leaf Club
Peggy Odem
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Yolanda Davis
Arthur Tidwell
Cynthia Carter
Kiwanis Club
David Read
Infant Injured In Lumberton Wreck
A three vehicle crash in front of Lumberton High School injured a baby and lightly damaged two cars. Thomas Earl Jordan scheduled guest speaker at the graduation was unharmed, while Carl Poarch’s son James Poarch, five months, received minor cuts and was treated and released. Jordan’s Mercury was destroyed. Earnest Smith and Poarch sustained moderate damage to their vehicles.
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Lumberton
Lumberton High School
Thomas Earl Jordan
Lake Charles
Earnest Smith
Silsbee
Carl Pearch
Hornbeck
Smith
Jordan
Pearch
Truman Dougharty
Carl Poarch
James D. Poarch
Doctors
Teachers Receive 25 Year Service Pins At Friday Breakfast
At a Friday morning faculty breakfast in the Silsbee High School cafeteria Supt. Don L. Hough honored staff with 25 year service pins for Mathleen Brent Hattie Blackmon and Maxine Johns. Other long tenures included Cyrprene Beck Abram Miles Doris Williams Mary Vonne Fredien Raymond McGallion Lucille Thornton and Doris Coville Freeda Duffle Jewell Jones Mona Plunk with additional 10 and 5 year recognitions.
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Silsbee High School
Don L. Hough
Mathleen Brent
Frank Robinson Elmentary School
Hattie Blackmon
Robinson
Maxine Johns
Cyrprene Beck
Abram Miles
Doris Williams
Mary- Vonne Fredien
Raymond McGallion
Lucille Thornton
Doris Coville
Freeda Duffle
Jewell Jones
Mona Plunk
Billie Dotson
Robert Edwards
Yvonne Gant
Geraldine Grantham
Robert Harris
Carol McWhorter
Ruby Metcalf
Mary Kay Muckleroy
Helen Whitehead
Mildred Britton
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Billy Joe McGowan
Grapevine
D. V. Swarthout
D. D McGowan
Michelle Ann
Slort Lynn McGowan
Ona McGinty
James Henry Garrett
Sour Lake
Winnie
State Court For Criminal Appeals
Bryd
Chambers County
O'Neil
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