Public Hearing Next Week On U S 96 Four Lane Plan
A public hearing is set 7 30 p m Monday June 19 at Lumberton High School to discuss two US 96 four lane proposals between Village Creek and the US 69 US 96 intersection Chance Loeb. Resident engineer Lester Landgraf cites cost sharing by Hardin County and Texas. No final action will be taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Village Creek
Lumberton “Y
Lumberton High School
Lester Landgraf
Texas Highway Department
Edward Dominguez
the Bee
Chance-Loeb
Beaumont
Dominguez
Grady Trimble Jr Honored With County Day
Grady O Trimble Jr longtime Kountze attorney and county Democratic chairman died June 9 in a motorcycle crash six miles north of Spurger. Hardin County Commissioners declared June 12 1972 Grady Trimble Day and noted his service to citizens and party leadership. Funeral services in Farmers Funeral Home Chapel Port Neches burial Oak Bluff Cemetery Port Neches. Survivors include wife Johanna Trimble son Carlton Trimble and daughter Robin Trimble plus parents Mr and Mrs G L Trimble Sr Houston sister Elizabeth Ann Bates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Trimble
Hardin County
Commissioners Court
Kountze
Commissioners
Grady O. Trimble
Commissioners’ Court
Trimble
Spurger
Justice of the Peace
A. Sturrock
U. S. Army
Herman Adams
Farmer Funeral Home
C. D. Deakins
Oak Bluf
Port Neches
Baylor University
Pallbeare
Cecil Cain
Bills Paine
John Blair
Thomas Thibodeau
Bobby Don Whittington
Dean Cruse
Glen Kirby
Jimmy Boyd
Johann Trimble
Carlton Trimble
Missouri
Robin Trimble
G. L. Trimble Sr
Elizabeth Ann Bates
Houston
Five Charged In Burglaries In Silsbee
Silsbee Police arrested four juveniles aged 9 to 13 and a 19 year old for separate burglaries. The youths are tied to the June 10 Samuels Grocery theft on Bonner Street with items including cigarettes and soda. Harold Edward Owens, 19, faces felony charges for the May 21 radio theft from Prince Hall Villa. He is jailed in Hardin County on a $2000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Morris Cole
James Fulgham
Samuels Grocery
Bonner Street
Hardin County Juvenile Department
Fulgham
Harold Edward Owens
Hardin County
Prince Hall Villa
Elaine Pickett elected Delta Zeta president at North Texas State
Elaine Pickett of Lumberton was recently elected president of the Delta Zeta Sorority Kappa Delta Chapter at North Texas State University. She will attend the National Convention in Hot Springs Arkansas in June 1924 and represent Silsbee in the Miss Texas Pageant in Fort Worth July 2 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Elaine Pickett
Lumberton
Delta Zeta Sorority
North Texas State University
Nationa
Hot Springs
Ark
B. F. Pickett
Elaine
Fort Worth
Russell Busby Re-elected Fire Chief In Silsbee
Russell Busby and G F E McLaughlin were named Fire Chief and president at a Silsbee Fire Department meeting. New officers include Jimmy Wright as vice president Ricky Rolls as secretary treasurer J C Busby as fire marshal and a full roster of appointive officers and rescue squad members named for 1972 73.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Busby
G. F E. McLaughlin
Silsbee Fire Department
Busby
Jimmy Wright
Ricky Rolls
J. C Busby
Fire Commission
G. E McLaughlin
Johnny Price
Billy Slaydon
George Miller
Dave Miller
Bill Owens
Jim Gilley
W. N. Marshall
Willey Byrd
B. H. Gilley
Gary Bryant
Teddy Calhoun
Winston Gillis
Buddy Wright
David Miller
Grady Waldrep of Spurger Dies
Funeral services for Gordy Waldrep 80 of Spurger were held June 10 at Edwards Funeral Chapel Woodville with Rev W W Burnett Jimmie Dean RC Tillery Jr officiating. Burial at Rice Cemetery Polk County. Waldrep a former Tyler County Justice of the Peace and deacon of Assembly of God for 55 years died June 8 at home after a lengthy illness. Survived by wife Teresa of Spurger seven sons six daughters four sisters and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordy Waldrep
Spurger
Edwards Funeral Chapel
Woodville
W. W. Burnett
Jimmie Dean
RC. Tillery Jr
Rice Cemetery
Polk County
Waldrep
Tyler County
Teresa
George
Charles
Harvey
Freeport
Ray
Silsbee
Darrell
Colmesweil
Gerald
David
Port Neches
Odessa Hunter
Marie True
Seattle
Wash
Vergie Holland
Beaumont
Hatti Shieks
Baytown
Pear Smith
Nederland
Sugarland visitor J. W. Anderson tours Silsbee kin
J W Anderson of Sugarland spent two weeks visiting relatives and friends in Silsbee. He stayed at 11 homes of Mr and Mrs W. E. Red Anderson, Mr and Mrs Britton Mack, and Mrs Ann Wallace along with other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Anderson
Sugarland
Silsbee
IW. E. “Red” Anderson
Britton Mack
Ann Wallace
Voters reject unit road system in Hardin County
Fewer than 2,000 Hardin County voters participated in the June 10 election to defeat the proposed Optional Road Law of 1947. The referendum, enabling a county engineer to coordinate road work, failed 1 072 to 667. Official canvass set for 7:30 p.m. June 14 in the 88th District Courtroom by the county Democratic executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Commissioners Court
BEE
Texas
Democratic Executive Committee
R. C. Williams
Firemen Contain Auto Blaze in Silsbee
Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department responded to a call on Friday at 11 a.m. extinguishing a fire that caused minor damage to an automobile owned by Wilmer Holmes. Fire Chief Russell Busby provided the details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
Wilmer Holmes
Russell Busby
North Fifth Street
Council To Study Feasibility Of Providing Electric Power
Silsbee City Council plans a June 21 meeting with A L Hogan and Associates to study the city owning its electric power distribution. The move follows Gulf States Utility Co. rate increases and discussions about water and sewer tap costs for a new Pinecrest subdivision.
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Council
Silsbee
GSU
Leon Crum
Hickerson
Liberty
Silsbee Clifton Caraway
Cablevision, Inc
Stromberg-Carlson
Silsbee Cablevision, Inc
Caraway
iCouncil
Pinecrest
J. F. Eldredge
Frank Grote
Caraiway
Big Thicket Park Hearing Draws Broad Public Input
A one day hearing in Beaumont on June 10 drew more than 60 speakers and about a thousand attendees. Noted panel led by Roy A Taylor included Rep Jack Brooks and Rep Bob Eckhardt who pushed for a 100000 acre national park. Opponents from East Texas timber firms and Deep East Texas groups voiced concerns while conservationists backed land allocation. Written testimony accepted until June 20.
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U. S. House
Big Thicket
Big Thicket Park
Beaumont
Roy A Taylor
North Carolina
U. S
Jack Brooks
Abraham Kazan
Laredo
Wayne A. Aspinal
Colorado
House International and Insular Affairs Committee
Bob Eckhardt
Houston
Red Carpet Inn
Eckhardt
East Texas Timber Company
Deep East Texas Development Association
Silsbee
Geraldine Watson
Sierra Club
Taylor
Subcommittee
Dr Robert Parks to Intern at Baylor Medical Center Dallas
Dr Robert Irvin Parks Jr of Silsbee will begin an internship at Baylor University Medical Center Dallas on July 1 He earned his MD from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas on June 5 as part of a class of 102 seniors 95 men and 7 women He also graduated from Baylor University with a BA in 1968 He is the son of Mrs Helen Parks of Silsbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Robert Irvin Parks Jr
Silsbee
Baylor Univrsity Medical Center
Parks
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Baylor University
Helen Parks
Evadale High Names Drum Majors and Twirlers for 1972
Evadale Rebel Band announces 1972 1973 drum majors and twirlers. James Powers named drum major co drum major Cindy Richardson head twirler Karen Powers. sideline leaders include Vicki Stewart Debbie Bruce Debbie Robinson and Vickie Robinson. Band director Mrs Katherine Nichols issued the selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evadale Rebel
Katherine Nichols
James Powers
Cindy Richardson
Karen Powers
Vicki Stewart
Debbie Bruce
Debbie Robinson
Vickie Robinson
GSU Bill Dispute Prompts Commission Action Delay
The Hardin County Commissioners Court deferred action on a $116,359.08 bill from GSU tied to 1964 and 1969 contracts for relocation of power lines near US 96. Debate centered on whether the 1964 package covered a power station and the project’s total cost, with further discussion planned for June 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GSU
Yardin
Hardin
Emmett Lack
GSA
William Hollins
Ward McCurtain
Howard Barrington
Hollins
McCurtain
Commissioners Court
Fletcher Richardson
IGSU
Lumberton
Hugh Bevil Means
Bob Kerr
Barrington
Mrs Jennings Returns From Grandview Visit
Mrs. L. H. Jennings has returned after a two week visit in Grandview Missouri in the home of her brother and sister in law Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Packwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Jennings
Grandview
Inlaw
I. J. Packwood
Supt Don Hough Enters Hospital After Chest Pains
Don L. Hough, superintendent of Silsbee Schools, entered St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont Friday after chest pains. He is in the cardiac care unit and expected to stay about eight more days before moving to a private room. He rested well with little pain earlier in the week. extent of heart damage is undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don L. Hough
Silsbee Schools
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Recount Narrows Means Victory Margin to Four Votes
The recount of June 3 precinct 3 Commissioner runoff reduced incumbent Hugh Bevil Means’s margin over T. S. Hooks to four votes 1363 to 1359. Board members were W G Birdwell Cecil Cain and Joel Richardson with 20 ballots disqualified for various defects. Official canvass set for 7:30 p.m. in 8th District Courtroom.
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Hugh Bevil
W. G. Birdwell
The
BEE
Means
T. S. Hooks
Hooks
R. A. Richardson
Hardin County Democratic Executive Committee
Cecil Cain
Joel Richardson
Birdwell
the Bee
Silshee Students on Dean's List
Silshee students appear on Lamar University Spring Dean's List. A total of 164 liberal arts students meet the GPA threshold, with 7 freshmen and sophomores at least 3.25, 77 juniors and seniors at least 3.45, including Christine Fleetwood Ethel Cover Daniel Jenkins Michael Shuff and Charles Watts III among those named.
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College of Liberal Arts
Dean Williams
Christine Fleetwood
Ethel Cover
Daniel Jenkins
Michael Shuff
Charles Watts III
Silsbee
Three youths charged in Lumberton thefts
Hardin County Sheriff Billy Paine said three suspects, Mark David Milner 18 Don Lee Gray 19 both of Lumberton and a Beaumont juvenile, were arrested at a Beaumont address about 8 p m June 13 and transferred to Hardin County Jail. Milner and Gray were arraigned before Justice Ras Martin with bond set at 20000 each.
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Beaumont
Lumbeton
Hardin County
Billy Paine
Mark David Milner
Don Lee Gray
Lumberton
Beaurmon
Hardi I County
Doc Merrill
Jesse Cartwrigh
Geeee Robinson
Paine
Milner
Gray
Justice of the Peace
Ras Martin
Panola Signs Silsbee Star Rufus Cook to Two Year Pact
Rufus Cooks Oriole, a 1972 Silsbee High School graduate, signed a two year Panola Pony contract and earned a pre draft selection by the Baltimore Orioles. He led Silsbee to a 417 batting average with four homers in 1972 and is a top first baseman prospect in Panola College’s baseball lineage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Cook
Silsbee High School
John F .Cook
Route 4
Silsbee
Panola
Baltimore Orioles
Cook
the Bee
Panola Junior College
Bill Griffin
Panola College
Carthage
Rufus
Baltimore Baseball Club
Silsbee Tigers
Tigers
Trustees Discuss SISD Tax Rate For 1972 73 Meeting
Trustees plan to set the 1972 73 SISD tax rate at a June 14 meeting. Tax official L D Self and Supt Don L Hough say taxpayers may face about a 10 percent rise by raising assessment from 55 to 60 percent while keeping the rate at 1.92 per 100. An additional 100000 for operations is projected along with new vocational programs for auto mechanics and office procedures for fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silshee Independent
L. D. Self
Don L. Hough
SISD
Self
Hough
the Bee
Read-Turrentine
Copeland Listed as Active Member of AAFP
Dr. Sam P. Copeland of Silsbee has been elected to active membership in the American Academy of Family Physicians. The AAFP, founded in 1947, is a national body of more than 1,000 family doctors and requires 150 hours of continuing medical study every three years for members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Sam P. Copeland
Silsbee
American Academy of Family Physicians
American Academy of General Practice
AAFP
Copeland
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Hardin County Commissioners Court
State of Texas
Grady O. Trimble Jr
Miss Silsbee
Fire Dept
Grady Waldrep
Nix
Corporation Cour
L. A. Yankie
Yankie
Silsbee Auto Co
Dardin Drive
Jim Perlitz
Perlitz
Watts Road
Bob Ogden
Dee East Texas
National Parks and Recreation House
Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
Washington D.C
Robert Parks
Baylor Medical
Evadale High
Selma Collier
Col George Burch
Pottsboro
Clark Moore Jr
Moore
Collier
Marilyn
Leroy Anderson
Cleo Spell
Doris Wilson
Alec Work
Marvin Riley
H. A. Coe Jr
Tri-County
Sheriff's Department
Village Oaks Colony
Hugh Clubb
Don Hough
Aly
8Th District
Silshee
E. Ricks
Merrill
Sheiff Paine
Tota
Thieve
Johnson's Grocery
Paine and Merrill
Dr. Copeland
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