Chief Ogden Resigns As Silsbee Police Chief Effective July 7
Silsbee Police Chief Bob Ogden will resign to take effect July 7 1975. An interim successor could be named next week City Manager Ronald Hickerson says. Ogden cited contributing to a strong department and regretfully submitted his resignation after a dispute over a department fine to two officers in February.
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Silsbee
Bob L. Ogden
Ronald M. Hickerson
The
BEE
Hickerson
Ogden
City Council
Bob
B. M. Anding
the Bee
Ronald Barnes
Dairy Queen
Anding
Barnes
BEB
Diamond Hill Jarvis High School
Fort Worth
Hurst
Texas
Texas National Guard
3Ilsbee
Grand Jury Holds Work Session in Hardin County
The Hardin County Grand Jury met on Friday June 20 as a work session and returned no indictments or bills District Attorney R S Coe told the Bee this week The session was moved due to Judge Clyde E Smith Jr being on vacation Any action likely to be reported after the next regular session on July 18.
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Hardin County Grand Jury
R. S. Coe
The
BEE
Coe
Clyde E. Smith Jr
Grand Jury
Incest Charge Silsbee Man Held on $30,000 Bond
Silsbee resident Charles Roy Clines, 35, was jailed on incest charges involving a six year old girl. He was arrested June 23 for public intoxication and arraigned with a $30,000 bond. He remained in Hardin County Jail as of Tuesday.
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Silsbee
Bob L. Ogden
the Bee
Dennis Allen
Charles Roy Clines
Woodrow Road
Allen
Clines
Highway 327
Ogden
Justice of the Peace
Kyle Reeves
Hardin County
Woman charged in 1973 Childress murder robbery
Katherine McDaniel, 23, of Kountze, is charged with the July 14 1973 murder robbery of a Childress shopkeeper. She was arrested in Kountze by Hardin County Sheriff Billy Paine and Texas Ranger Haskell Taylor and returned to Childress County. Norvell Taylor 21, was arrested in Dallas County June 17 and also charged with the murder. The King Grocery robbery left Herman King 84 dead. his wife Mrs Carrie King survived.
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Kountze
Katherine McDaniel
Childress
Childress County
Hardin County
Billy Paine
Texas
Haskell Taylor
Paine
BBE
Miss McDaniel
Paradise Cafe
Herman King
Carrie King
King
Childress Chronicle
J.E. Benham
Chronicle
Hardin County approves annual supply purchase plan
Hardin County commissioners authorize Auditor Horace Moye to award bids totaling 10 787 45 for a year of courthouse supplies. Bids from Lambs Hart Graphics Walraven Bennett s Stafford London are approved. Court also backs a welfare program to aid dependent children and flood damage estimates for disaster reports.
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Hardin County
Horace Moye
Moye
Lamb’s
Beaumont
Hart Graphics
Austin
Walraven Co
Dallas
Bennett’s
Stafford-London Co
Ft. Worth
Pet. 2
Howard Barrington
Pvt
J. L
State Department of Public Welfare
J. M. Cline
Welfare Department
Cline
Emmett Lack
Jess Ward
Governor’s Disaster Department
Small Business Administration
U.S
Gerald R. Ford
Barrington
Means
McAllen
88th District Court Civil Docket Lists 87 Cases
Hardin County 88th District Court releases a docket call for August and September 1975 with 87 civil cases. Judge Clyde E. Smith presides. Cases include Henry Thurston v Burge, Annie Ard McGallion v McGallion, Bertha MecBurnett v Gordon, Arthur Ola Dearmon v Ruby Gordon, Paul Allen v Cherokee Lumber Co, and numerous others. Docket notes weeks of August 18 25 and September 2 15 22.
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88Th District Court Civil Docket
Hardin County
88Th District Court
88Th District
Clyde E. Smith
Henry Thurston
George Burge
Annie Ard McGallion
Oscar McGallion
Bertha MecBurnett
Floyd Gordon
Jim Seymour
R. L. Gillespie
Roy V. Greer
Leon Harris Parsons
Drs
G. G. Gill
R. L. Sharkey
A. Bessell III
J. D. Elder Jr
James W. Cariker
Arthur Ola Dearmon
Ruby Gordon
Paul Allen
Cherokee Lumber Co., Inc
Aline Soileau
Silsbee Independent School District
Sherry Gail Taff
Leslie Letringer
Jerry Harrison
Ga. W. Marine, Inc
Lee Byford
Gloria Byford Miller
Barnie Taylor
Lloval D. Hesse
Venora Reynolds Hampton
C. Williams
Burglars Hammer Into West Gibson Pharmacy
West Gibson Pharmacy was broken into early Wednesday by burglars who used a six pound sledge and a crowbar to smash a hole in the north wall. They escaped with morphine Demerol codeine amphetamines and other hard narcotics but left cash drawers untouched. Police say the theft was not reported until about 7 35 a m and the quantity of drugs taken had not yet been determined by inventory.
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West Gibson Pharmacy
Silsbee
James Fulgham
Jack Farris
Johnny Burk
Ful
Fulgham
West Gibson
A.T . Cole
President declares Hardin County disaster area
U S Senator John Tower announced that Harris Hardin and Jefferson counties and nearby areas qualify for SBA disaster aid. Applications available at the Houston SBA office 808 Travis Street 77002. Deadline to apply for physical damage is August 15 1975.
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U. S
John Tower
The
Small Business Administration
Harris
Hardin
Jefferson
Houston Small Business Administration
Travis Street
Little League Queens Crowned in June Ceremonies
Silsbee Justice of the Peace Kyle Reeves will preside as master of ceremonies for the annual crowning of Silsbee Little League queens. From 22 candidates, one queen for each league segment will be crowned at 7 p.m. Saturday June 28 at the Senior League diamond. Queens are selected on the basis of donation collections. Trophies will follow for teams and players.
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Silsbee
Justice of the
Kyle Reeves
Queens
Bob Ogden
Silsbee Council OKs Ordinances and HNG Rate Talk
Silsbee City Council approved three ordinances on second and first readings including removing the 25 foot business sign setback and rezoning land near FM 418 to allow a vegetable stand. The council discussed Houston Natural Gas rate hike proposed Jan 14 and heard from rate consultant Dr. Jack Hopper. A public hearing June 10 failed to reach agreement. Mayor James L. Hays said resolution may come at the next July meeting. The meeting also authorized six volunteers to attend the Firemen’s Training School at Texas A&M in July.
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Silsbee City
Houston Natural Gas Co
Houston Natural
Silsbee
Jack Hopper
HNG
Dr. Hopper
John Price
Russell Busby
David Miller
Billy Slaydon
Mark Denson
Bo Welborn
Texas A&m University
H. C. Muckleroy
M D Moore To Head Lumberton Masons
M D Moore to be installed as worshipful master of Lumberton Lodge No 1430 AF and AM at the Masonic Temple in Kountze on Saturday June 28 at 7 30 p m with dinner at 6 30 p m. E E Chapman of Nederland Lodge will be installing officer.
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Lumberton Lodge
Kountze
M. Dean Moore
Moore
Silsbee Lodge No
James L. Parks
James F. Sandford
Thomas M. Abercrombie
Billie J. Williams
Sidney A. Johnson
John T. Williams
Richard H. Purswell
Ben R. Clegg
W. J. Dunaway
P. J. Sheffield
E. E. Chapman
Nederland Lodge
A.M
Chapman
Masonic District
B. F. Pickett
Steve Caraway Named May Fireman of Month in Silsbee
Stephen Caraway was named Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department Fireman of the Month for May by Fire Chief Russell Busby. A two year veteran, Caraway works for Caraway Motor Co and lives with his wife Kathy at 250 South Fifth Street with their son Jason. His parents are Mrs and Mrs Clifton Caraway of Silsbee.
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Stephen Caraway
Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
Russell Busby
Caraway
Caraway Motor Co
Kathy
South Fifth Street
Jason Caraway
Clifton Caraway
Silsbee
Dennis Walsh Wins Eighth Annual Silsbee InvitatIonal Golf Tourney
Dennis Walsh of Port Arthur won the Championship Flight in the Eighth Annual Silsbee Country Club Invitational Golf Tournament held Sunday June 22 amid delayed finish due to rain. Willoughby was runner up with Ray Moore of Beaumont in third. Larry Wiley and Woody Thames led a five-player sudden death, Walsh finishing with birdies on holes 3 6 and 8. Ned Johnson won sportsmanship. Mazoch and Nash won drive nearest the green honors. The three day event drew 136 golfers across seven flights.
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Port Arthur
Dennis Walsh
Silsbee
Thames
Willoughby
Moore
Deen Wood
Walsh
Rains
Wiley
Ned Johnson
John Maoch
Ronnie Nash
Sils
Metairie Man Charged After Beaum ond Shooting
A 33-year-old Metairie man faces assault charges in the June 22 shooting of George Raymond Wilson in Beaumont. Wilson, 31, was struck once in the chest by a .32 caliber pistol at about 3 a.m. at his ex-wife’s apartment on Alpine Circle. Wilson's condition was improving at St. Elizabeth Hospital, and the suspect was taken into custody, then released pending filing of charges.
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Metairie
George Raymond Wilson
Matthews Lane
Silshee
Beaumont
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Silsbee Girl Graduates From Bronx School
Gwynetta Moffett, former Silsbee resident and 1972 Silsbee High School graduate, completes North Bronx Switchboard Class of Bronx New York. She is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Jesse Moffett Jr. of 525 Kirby Street.
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Gwynetta Moffett
Silsbee
North Bronx
Bronx, N. Y
Silsbee High School
Jesse Moffett Jr
525
Kirby Street
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Arthur Ola, Dearman
A & M Motor Co., Inc
Jennie C, Decuir
Herman Doucette
Gulf Atlantic Life Ins. Co
Hubert L. Ringo
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David Ray Kellebrew
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Ethel W. Price
Hanover Ins
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Chicago
Title Ins. Co
Jerry Wayne Reeves
H.R. Kennedy
Thomas W. Cartwright
B. James
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Buffalo Bayou
Brazos & Colorado Railway Co
Damon L. White
Dorothy Droddy
Emma M. Stewart
Howard J. Stengler
Norris E. Green
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co
Joseph Gary Johnson
Wattsco Contractors
Judy Roschek
J. Be, Farm
Serge G. Olivier
Bonnie Olivier
Westiing
House Credit Corp. & John
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Hurl Mullins
Atlantic Richfield Co
James McCullough
George Robinson
K. A. Leslie Sr
Joy Dunningham
Monroe Jenkins
W. S. Carter Jr
Evelyn Jean King
Leon Edward Easterling Jr
Eddie Cannon
Wilmer Louce Rose
Ford Motor Co
Ira Behnken
Betty Moore
Marquart
Mobile County Mutual Ins. Co
Donald G. Taylor
James Singleton
Woodville Lumber Co
Clinton Neidigh
Robert R. Richardson
Ex Part
Robert Clayton Hooke
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M. D. Moore
Lumberton Masons
Steve Caraway
Buna
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