Trio Of Harris County Men Charged In Silsbee Burglary
Three Harris County men James Henderson Jr Billy Ray Henderson and Willy Francis Sheridan were jailed on burglary charges after a June 10 incident in Kountze Texas. Police found two pistols linked to a $5 000 Britton Cravens Lumber Co theft tied to the earlier June 6 break in. Detectives recovered multiple firearms and electronics valued around $4 925.62 from various Houston and Woodville targets.
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Britton-Crave Vs Lumber CO
Harris County
Kountze
Silsbee
A. L. Burleson
Hardin County
Ed Thedford
US 69
Kountze Western
Britton- Cravens Lumber Co
Billy Paine
the Bee
Thedford
Western Auto Store
Britton - Cravens Lumber Co
James Henderson Jr
Crosby
Billy Ray Henderson
Houston
Willy Francis Sheridan
Justice of the Peace
Cecil Overstreet
James Fulgham
Britton-Cravens
Pelley’s Furniture Co
Woodville
Woodville SC
Paine
Zenith
Trio
County Sets July 30 Deadline For Contracts
The county requires library and volunteer fire department contracts by July 28, with payments for libraries at 2500 for Kountze Sour Lake and 5000 for Silsbee Public Library. Seven volunteer departments will receive 800 each for out of town fires. contracts from Saratoga and Wildwood received.
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Commissioners Court
Kountze
Sour Lake
Silsbee City
Council
Silsbee Public Library
Saratoga
Wildwood
Silsbee
Lumberton
Batson
Council, HNG Wrangle Over Gas Rate Increases Tuesday
Silsbee council held a two hour public hearing on Houston Natural Gas rate hikes. HNG officials urged a compromise while critics cited 1973 figures. Disputes centered on rate base values and depreciation reserves with council weighing book value against replacement cost.
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HNG
Silsbee
Frank Grote
Houston Natural Gas Co
W. E. Long
Jack Hopper
Austin
Long
Hopper
C. E. Landolt, Grote
James L. Hays
Richard Alsop
Don Henderson
Ronald Hickerson
The
BEE
Texas
City to file delinquent tax suits in Silsbee
The City of Silsbee plans to begin hearing delinquent tax suits this week. Tax Assessor Cesar Dominguez says the delinquent taxes totaling 27,365.76 have been turned over to Houston attorney Dexter Joiner who will start filing suits immediately. The owed amount dates back to the 1950s.
Flooding Drenches Hardin County in Monster Rainstorm
The National Weather Service described a monster rainstorm that drenched Hardin County with 12 inches or more in places. Sour Lake peaked at 17.5 inches by Tuesday June 10, with nearby gauges in Weiss Bluff Evadale Kountze and Silsbee reporting heavy totals and Boggy Creek Village Creek Pine Island Bayou flooding. A 30 percent chance of more rain was forecast for Thursday June 12.
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Pine Island Bayou
Artesian Acres
Hardin-Jefferson County
Fred Taylor
Morris Drive
Hardin County
National Weather Service
Sour Lake
Lamberton
Jacent
Village Creek
The
Weather Service
Weiss Bluff
Orange, Jaaper
Evadale
Kountye
City of
Silsbee
Hardin County Considers HUD Rent Subsidy Plan and Hospital Board Seats
Hardin County Commissioners studied federal and state grant options on Monday and appointed two new trustees to the Hardin Memorial Hospital Board. They sought HUD rental subsidies for low income residents and discussed forming a Hardin-Jefferson-Orange housing authority. The panel debated child welfare contract timing and noted a proposed program could aid child support enforcement with federal guarantees in the first year.
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Hardin County
Hardin Memorial Hospital Board
HUD
Dallas
Floyd Rubin
Housing Authority of
Orange County
Hardin - Jefferson - Orange Group
Hugh Bevil Means
Arthur L. Luetheke
Beaumont
State Department of Public Welfare Region 6
John M. Wilson Dies In Cycle-Auto Crash
Funeral services are set for 23 year old John Martin Wilson of Silsbee after a motorcycle collision with a backing car on Eastex Freeway left him dead on arrival at St Elizabeth Hospital. His wife Donna remains hospitalized in fair condition with internal injuries. The auto driver William McGowan Hardin of Orange faces a Jefferson County Grand Jury review with no charges filed as of Wednesday.
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John Martin
Johnny” Wilson
Route 4
Silsbee
Farmer Funeral Home
Resthaven
Rev
A. Drennen
Wilson
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Eastex
Donna Wilson
William McGowan Hardin
P.O. Box
Orange
Beaumont
The
BEE
Jefferson County Grand Jury
Fred Williams Named SHS Basketball Coach
Fred E. Williams, longtime Kountze High School coach, was hired by the Silsbee Independent School District Tuesday night at Silsbee High School to lead the SHS basketball program. He succeeds Dan Montgomery, whose resignation created the vacancy.
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Fred E. Williams
Kountze
Silsbee Independent
Silsbee High School
Williams
SHS
Ray McGallion
Weeks Crawford
S. A. Wallace
R. M. Herbst
McGallion
Wallace
The
BEE
Dan Montgomery
Tivy High School
Kerrville
Kountze High School
KHS
Corsicana
Fairfield High School
Sam Houston State University
Calvert
Carlisle
Wharton
Jesse Jones
Houston
Silsbee
Montgomery
Beaumont Enterprise Journal
Silsbee Country Club to Host Eighth Annual Invitational Golf Tourney
The Silsbee Country Club hosts the eighth annual Men s Golf Association Invitational from June 19 to 22 with 136 players in seven flights sixteen per flight plus 24 in the championship flight. Mike Allen of Galveston seeks to defend his title as Tommy Tycon Dean Wood Frank Randall and Dennis Walsh headline the field. Medalists will qualify Thursday while matches run Friday and Saturday and medal play crowns the champion Sunday. Social events include shrimp boil fish fry and a western dance with prizes awarded Sunday. Tournament officials are Cecil Cain Paul Johnson Fred Jordan Jack Droddy and Sam Copeland.
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Mike Allen
Galveston
Silsbee Country Club
Nxt
Tommy Tycon
Houston
Dean Wood
Liberty
Frank Ran
Cecil Cain
Paul Johnson
Fred Jordan
Jack Droddy
Sam Copeland
Trustees Discuss Plans For Kindergarten In Silsbee
Silsbee School Trustees consider nine month kindergarten for five year olds and review a detention study proposed by High School Principal S A Wallace and Assistant Principal Harold Gardner. Mrs David Williams urged a third program to admit brighter students to Robinson school year round. Sept Weeks Crawford noted current policy allows five year olds scoring below 60 on the PPVT to attend Frank Robinson Kindergarten all day each semester.
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Silsbee School
S. A. Wallace
Harold Gardner
David Williams
Robinson School
Weeks Crawford
Frank Robinson
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Railroad Commission
National Park Service
Big Thicket
I. F. Eldredge
Hardin County Commissioners Court
Park Service
Jerry Jones
Jones
Hickerson
Taylor
Sabine Industries
Means
Rex Moore
Howard Barringston
J. L. Loftin
John M. Wilson
John Martin Wilson
Fred Williams
Miss
Texas Southern University
Kountze Lions
Lions
Williams’ Lions
Trustees
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