Special Meeting Fails as Silsbee Council Lacks Quorum
Silsbee Texas special council session ends without business after three members are absent. Mayor James L. Hays and key officials pursued make up meeting plans for June 27 while bids for electronic data processing and a police department study receive attention. Discussions cover regional council shifts from DETCOG to SETRPC and implications of different voting representations, funding, and program administration.
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Silsbee
James L. Hays
I. F. Eldredge
C. E. Landolt Jr
John Ferdinal
Hays
BEE
Eddie VanWinkle
David Shows
Frank Grote
Burroughs, Inc
National Cash Register
David Waxman
Michael Ranahan
Deep East Texas Council of Governments
Silsbee Police Department
Silsbee ISD Trustees Meet June 27 on Bus Garage Bid
At a special meeting June 27 Silsbee Independent School District trustees planned to consider applications for a full time bus maintenance mechanic and hear bids on building a bus maintenance garage at Silsbee High. They would also discuss a five year old kindergarten program following a new Briscoe bill.
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Silsbee Independent School District
Silsbee High
Don L. Hough
The
BEE
Dolph Briscoe
Hough
Hardin County weighs move from DETCOG to SETRPC
Hardin County Commissioners Court votes in a special session to ask Governor Briscoe to consider transferring the county and four cities from the Deep East Texas Council of Governments to the Beaumont based South East Texas Regional Planning Commission. The vote followed a debate over dues and future representation, with SETRPC plans and local leaders cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Hickerson
Deep East Texas Council of Governments
Beaumont- Orange
South East Tex
Dolph Briscoe
Hardin County
Hickerson
Detcog
Beaumont
Emmett Lack
Hardin County Commissioners Court
Virgil Caraway
Hugh Bevil Means
Setrpc
Don Kelly
Commissioners Court
Silsbee City
Rex Moore
Lack
Ing Hardin County
Detcog Board of Directors
Waxman
Pete Trest
Sylvia Davis
Lamar University
County Pledges to Buy Right Of Way for Farm to Market Road
Hardin County Commissioners urged the Texas Highway Department to proceed with Farm to Market Road plans in Hardin County and pledged to purchase right of way with Federal Revenue Sharing funds as needed. The Ben D. Smith Road FM 3099 project north of Silsbee was originally allotted $143,000, with an estimated county obligation of about $80,900 for right of way and utility adjustments.
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Hardin County
Texas Highway Department
Emmett Lack
Virgil Caraway
Ben D. Smith
Silsbee
Highway Department
Con
Ten County Flood Disaster Request Heads to Washington
Bruce Marshall of the President Office of Emergency Preparedness said the latest disaster designation covers an earlier Orange and Jefferson County flood request, not Governor Briscoe’s recent plea. The list includes Hardin Jasper Polk Liberty San Jacinto Montgomery Harris Galveston Brazoria and Newton counties.
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Texas
Nixon
Bruce Marshall
President's Office of Emergency Preparedness
OEP
Dallas
Marshall
the Bee
Orange
Jefferson
Dolph Briscoe
Washington
White House
Hardin
Jasper
Polk
Liberty
San Jacinto
Montgomery
Harris
Galveston
Brazoria
Newton
Five charged in copper wire thefts near Silsbee
Hardin County Sheriff reports arrests of Tommy Mullins 31 Emmett Mullins 27 both of Silsbee Guy Flowers of Saratoga and a 16 year old Silsbee youth on stealing about 800 dollars worth of copper wire from poles along the Silsbee Kountze railroad route during the past three weeks. A Beau mont connection is noted with wire sold there. Bond set at 12500 each. juvenile released pending hearing. one suspect still at large in a separate June 21 Gulf States Utilities case.
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Silsbee
Hardinounty
Billy Paine
Tommy Joe Mullins
Emmett Lee Mullins
Paine
Beaumont
BEF
Flowers
Mullins
Justice of the
Bennie Como
Hardin
David L. Reeves
Jefferson County
Gulf States Utilities
Police Chief Warns Of Fireworks Violations
Police chief warns that fireworks violations will be enforced as the Fourth of July holiday approaches next week.
DuCote Wins Sudden-Death Finish At Silsbee Tourney
Danny DuCote of Beaumont broke a 296 all tied with Steve Shaver of Cleveland in a sudden-death playoff to win the Championship Flight of the Sixth Annual Silsbee Country Club Invitational Golf Tournament. DuCote parred Hole One to claim victory as Shaver bogied. Dennis Walsh was third with 298, Randall fourth at 299, and Wood fifth with 301. Seven flight titles were decided, with Karnes, Da vid, Bryant, Hand, Byrne, Cummings, Renz among winners or consolation choices. No holes in one were recorded. The event drew 72 players over 3 days. Silsbee Police Chief Bob L Ogden urged safe fireworks use within city limits, citing a $25 to $100 fine for violations.
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Danny DuCote
Tommy Russell
Cleveland
Steve Shaver
DuCote
Shaver
Beaumont
Dennis Walsh
Frank Randall
Dean Wood
Leo Karnes
Silsbee
Richard Ryall
Bill Campbell
Joe M. Walker
Jake David
Houston
Ted Tate
Richard Head
Kenneth Adams
Jack Bryant
Neil McBride
Robert Thomas
Carroll Weaver
Noel Adams
Art Wornick
Jim Felder
Bill Corbin
Tommy Byrne
Jobie
Dale Cummings
Center
Fred Chant
Charles Huff
Roy Brittain
Ronald Renz
Red Cloud
Jobie Irvine
Rock Trahan
Sour Lake
Silsbee Country
Bob L. ‘Ogden
Youth Arrested on Drug Charge in Silsbee Incident
A Silsbee youth was arrested on marijuana possession charges June 21 after investigators found a quantity of the substance during an inquiry into liquor violations. Police Chief Bob L. Ogden announced this week.
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Silsbee
Bob L. Ogden
D L Cartrett to Head Silsbee Masonic Lodge
A called meeting of Silsbee Lodge No. 927 A F and A M will be held Friday night June 29 at 7 30 p m at the Masonic Temple in Silsbee to install officers for the ensuing Masonic year. Officiating will be L E Martin and Frank L Choate with M D Moore the outgoing worshipful master.
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L Lodge
Masonic Temple
Silsbee
D. L. Cartrett
Billy J. Williams
Tom Matthews
Lawrence M. Prather
D. L. Webb
Ruddie Ernst
Fay Adcock
Paul Gonzalez
Carl Evans
Larry Ford
Jack Jeffcoat
L. E. Martin
Silsbee Lodge No
Frank L. Choate
Masonic District
M. D. Moore
Local Firms Plan July 4 Closures in Silsbee
Silsbee firms will close for Independence Day on Wednesday. Banks, auto and clothing stores will shut. Harold's Supermarket, Silsbee Packing Co., and A&P stay open. Minimax to close. The Silsbee Bee and Read Printing Co will be closed Friday June 29 and reopen Monday July 2.
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Silsbee
Bee
Harold's
Silsbee Packing Co
A&p
Minimax
Silsbee Bee
Read Printing Co
City completes water line project in annexed area
City of Silsbee finishes 7 thousand feet of ten inch main and 1.65 thousand feet of eight inch line in annexed zones from Knupple Road to Gentry Road and Hwy 327. Twelve hydrants are included. Water taps cost 80 dollars and are available at City Hall. A new South 18th Street sewer project begins this week, adding about 2500 feet of sanitary sewer to western areas.
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Silsbee
Bill Allen
Knupple Road
Gentry Road
Susbee High School
Allen
Lakey Road
Wilson Lane
City Hall
Ernest Avenue
Water Department
South 18Th Street
Sanctary
Eighty-One Civil Cases Set for District Court July 20
A list of eighty-one civil cases is set for trial in 88th District Court at Kountze starting at 10 am Friday July 20. The docket includes suits such as Dennis v McGraw Goins v McClean Nixon v International Service Ins Co Nickerson v Texas Employers Ins Assoc and several others against insurers banks and corporations.
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Kountze Bemning
James D. Dennis
Charles D. McGraw
Rose Goins
Gordon M. McClean
Fidelity & Guaranty Co
C. W. Fortenberry
Eugenia Nixon
International Service Ins. Co
Roger Nickerson
Texas Employers’ Ins. Assoc
Joseph Sylvester
Fred Hardy
Elbert Dewaine King
Joann Harrison Cain
J. Sanders
R T. Milner Carey Patrick Pace
City of
Harold Holland
Eddie Haynes
Gulf Coast Inc. Co
Roy H. Bean
Powell in Critical Condition After Railroad Accident
Robert Powell 25 of Silsbee, son of Mr. and Mrs. J E Powell, is in critical condition at Ben Taub Hospital Houston after his left leg was amputated near Conroe when a derailed train car passed over his limb. Powell, Santa Fe Railroad employee, was part of a work train crew. sister Glenda Cravey appeals for blood donations via Ben Taub or Beaumont Blood Center 2850 Laurel with hours listed.
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Robert Powell
Silsbee
J. E Powell
Houston
Fen Taub Hospital
Powell
Santa Fe Railroad
Conroe
Cleveland
Ben Taub
Glenda Cravey
HERE
Ben Taut
Beaumont Blood Center, Inc
Laurel
Beaumont Center
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Lamar Speech and Hearing Department
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Herman Adams
Federal Office of Housing and Urban Development
J. B. Coleman
Ben D.smith
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Irvine
Fred Hand
John Sabot
Consola
Tion
Silsbee Masonic Lodge
DP. L. Cartrett
Farm Mutual Auto Ins. Co
Southwestern Bell Telephone Vs
Texas Employment Commission
Rosie Gordon
Harry McDuffey
Aetna Casualty & Surety Co
Western Auto Supply Co
Charles H. Newsom
Don H. Ford
Pat Work
G. G. Gill
James W. Cariker
Billy. Tate Welsh
Venus ‘Ish
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Edward Watley
Julian Peters
Pauline Mac Parsons
Fred Hawkins
Frank ‘Moore
Burke A. Hargrove
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