Silsbee council plans packer demo and truck purchase
Silsbee City Council to witness Pac Mor and Heil packer body demonstrations this Friday after reviewing bids from Pac Mor 5550 and Heil 6150 with quick delivery. A Ford L 8000 cab and chassis was approved for 10650, financing set for 16300, plus TOPICS program participation and school road repair agreements under consideration.
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Silsbee City
Council
Houster Tuck Equipment Co
Garwood Dealers
Ronald Hickerson
Pac Mor
Davis Truck and Equipment Co
Heil Dealers
Pac-Mor
Heil
Silsbee Auto Co
Jerry Jones
Uni
First National Bank
Texas Highway Department
Edward Dominguez
Silsbee
Hickerson
Silsbee Independent School District
Watches Snatched By Fast Burglar In Silsbee
The Silsbee Police investigated a burglary at Frank's Jewelers on East Avenue H after a rock shattered the west front window and thieves made off with five wristwatches valued at 489.95. Patrolman Willis Compton arrived shortly after the 9 41 p m alarm as suspects fled. The haul included Bulovas Caravelle a Bulova and a Mido. The case remains under investigation.
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Frank
Silsbee
Willis Compton
East Avenue H
Compton
Silsbee Police
Burglar Hits Coin Box at Silsbee Junior High
A burglar entered Silsbee Junior High School in the early hours of June 21 and pried open a soft drink machine in a teacher lounge, taking an undetermined amount of change. Police were alerted at 6:45 a.m. The intruder entered through a west side service door and explored most of the building before escaping with the money.
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Silsbee
James Fugham
No Bikes On City Sidewalks Says Silsbee Chief
Silsbee Police Chief Bob Orden announced officers will enforce the city ordinance prohibiting bicycle riding on downtown sidewalks in the business district. He reminded citizens that bike riding and horseback riding are not permitted on city sidewalks in the business district and noted the City Council asked enforcement to prevent violations.
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Silsbee
Bob Orden
Newcomers To Meet In Silsbee July Sixth
Newcomers Club of Silsbee plans a July 6 gathering from 9 30 to 11 30 a m at First National Bank with Mrs Bryan White presiding The social group formed two months ago and will meet the first Thursday each month inviting residents of Silsbee and nearby areas per publicity chairman Mrs Jack Farris
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Newcomers Club of
Silsbee
First National Bank
Bryan White
Jack Farris
Woman Dies When Truck Overturns in Rye
A 28 year old Rye woman Shir ley Ann Craigen died when her small Datsun pickup overturned after leaving FM 1293 ten miles west of Honey Island at 9 15 am on June 26. Her three children Karen Ruth James Edmund and Joseph Elm wood Jr were injured, treated and released to their father. Funeral services were held June 28 at Pace Chapel with burial in Bean Cemetery.
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Rye
DPS
N. W. Barow
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Shirley Ann Craigen
Sour Lake
Karen Ruth
James Edmund
Joseph Elwood Jr
Elizabeth Tribble
Barrow
Honey Island
Craigen
Pace Funeral Home
Pace
Firemen Retain Board of Trustees
Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department re elected all three former trustees for consecutive terms. Fire Chief Russell Busby announced that E. M. Wilson Jr. Arvin Yankie and Fred Perlitz were returned to trusteeship at department elections held Monday June 12.
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Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
Russell Busby
E. M. Wilson Jr
Arvin Yankie
Fred Perlitz
Busby
Tempers Flare in Hardin County Commissioners Court
Hardin County Commissioners Court overheated as factional clashes erupted over a Pet. 2 post election, a $355.89 clerk bill, Health Unit raises, and bridge repairs. Caraway and Barrington traded sharp remarks while Judge Lack called for order during the two hour session.
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Howard Barrington
Virgil Caraway
Hardin County Commissioners Court
L. C Kirk
Barrington
Bob Kerr
Caraway
Pet. 2
Emmett Lack
Clarence McNeely
Tri-County
Hugh Bevil
Reeves Aims High as Young Justice of the Peace
Kyle Reeves, 21, newly elected Pet. 1 Justice of the Peace and Lamar University government major, plans monthly court sessions with possible bi monthly meetings to handle 400 to 2,000 cases monthly. He emphasizes fair speedy trials and duties including warrants and inquests while balancing studies with Judge Rex Moore.
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Kyle Reeves
Lamar University
Justice of the Peace
Texas
Pet. 1
Hardin County
Kyle
Rex Moore
Learar
Justice Post
Judge Moore
Hardin Memorial Hospital renovates national accreditation
Hardin Memorial Hospital of Kountze has been re accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals. Administrator Elizabeth Tribble said the hospital first earned accreditation in 1961 and has maintained the certificate since. Renewal followed a Feb 24 survey by Dr Marvin Vanden Bosch and Harold Cochran, who cited external appraisal against national criteria and a standard of excellence.
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Marvin Vanden Bosch
Harold H. Cochran
Comigeron Surveyors
Little League Crown Night At Dusty Jones Memorial Park
Coronation of the Little League Queens set for Thursday at 7 30 p m in the senior league park Dusty Jones Memorial Park Hwy 92 It will crown queens from minor major and senior leagues and honor all stars with championship trophies Mrs Neville Braswell presides over the auxiliary Friday night features Moms and Dads baseball games with Moms at 630 p m and Dads in the nightcap
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Dusty Jones
Little League Park
Hwy 92
All Stars
Neville Braswell
Dads
Houston Golfer Wins Fifth Annual Silsbee Tourney
Tommy Tyson, elementary school principal from Houston, captured the Fifth Annual Silsbee Country Club Invitational with a four-round 296 after a two-stroke margin. Woody Thames shot 298 but finished behind in a dramatic playoff for second. Lea Karnes of Silsbee won the playoff for third ahead of Dean Wood and Joe Winter.
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Houston
Tommy Tyson
Beaumont
Woody Thames
Tyson
Lea Karnes
Sishes
Dean Wood
Liberty
Joe Winter
Births in Silsbee and Beaumont Areas
Mr and Mrs Henry V Batfield of Silsbee welcome a daughter born June 25 at Beaumonts Women and Children Hospital. Airman and Mrs Michael R Burks of El Paso announce daughter Laura Michelle born June 23 at William Beaumont General Hospital. Charles Wayne Dohmann II born at St Elizabeth Hospital to Mr and Mrs Charles Wayne Dohmann of Silsbee. Archie Hood and Leon L Williams families report additional newborns in local hospitals. Grandparents named for several families.
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Henry V. Batfield
Silsbee
Women's and Children's Hospital
Beaumont
Airman
Michael R Burks
el Paso
Laura Michelle
William Beaumont General Hospital
Burks
Fort Bliss
U.S
Charles Wayne Dohmann
Charles Wayne Dohmann, II
St. Eliezabeth Hospital
Archie Hood
Women’s and Children's Hospital
Leon L. Williams
Lumberton
Joshua Michelle
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Isaacks Visit Houston Couple in Mask Home Weekend
Mr and Mrs Ralph Isaacks of Houston visited over the weekend in the home of Mr and Mrs J E Mask. The social call highlights local hosting customs and cross city connections.
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Ralph Isaacks
Houston
J. E. Mask
Means Wins Second Vote Recount in Commissioner Race
The Beeville Bee reports Commissioner Hugh Bevil Means won the second recount by eight votes, 1 872 to 1 364 for T S Hooks, following June 27 recount ordered by Judge Howard P. Green amid an election contest. The initial tally favored Means 1 381 to 1 361 on June 3, with subsequent recounts narrowing the margin. Attorneys agreed to the recount to shorten proceedings. testimony and vote-disqualification efforts continue as a judge oversees the case with examination of questionable ballots and modified counts.
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Hugh Bevil Means
BEE
Howard P. Green
Cuero
Means
T. S. Hooks
Hooks
Judge Green
Bob Keith
Ernest Sample
Aliner Harper
Wilby Gardiner
Pat Pace
Ed Spears
Green
Corpu Christi Appeals Court
James
Neff
BEF
Mrs. Harper
Gene McCartney to Attend Agency Convention
Gene McCartney area manager in Silsbee for Franklin Life Insurance will attend the agency convention at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs on July 25. He will be accompanied by his wife and will receive special recognition from Company President George B. Hatmaker for outstanding sales production.
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Gene McCartney
Silsbee
Franklin Life Insurance Co
Broadmoor
Colorad Springs
McCartney
George B. Hatmaker
Pistol Coin Thefts Reported In Lumberton Car Wash burglary
Silsbee Police arrested Eugene Smith 45 of Houston on theft charges after a June 24 arrest in Eva dale and arraignment by Judge Rex Moore set bond at 2500 dollars. Hardin County deputies investigate a June 21 Lumberton car wash burglary where change boxes were broken and two dollars in change stolen with about 300 dollars in damage to machines.
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Silsbee
Houston
Hardin County Sheriff's
Lumberton
Eugene Smith
Betty Lee Gardner
South 11Th Street
James Doane
Smith
Evadale
Doane
Jasper County
Sherif Bruce Gravis
Rex Moore
Hardin County
Don Merrill
Buford Curtis
Merrill
Grady Walters Jr Injured In Friday Auto Accident
Grady Walters Jr. 21, reportedly in good condition and improving after an auto crash Friday at Fairchild Air Force Base west of Spokane Washington. His father Grady Walters of Silsbee said the youth was treated for a leg injury at the base hospital and updates this week were favorable. Walters is a 1970 graduate of Silsbee High School.
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Grady Walters Jr
Grady Waltes
Silsbee
BEF
Young Walters
Fairchild Air Force Base
Spokane
Washington
Walters
Silsbee High School
Conway and Feve Couples Visit Mrs Richard’s Home
Mr and Mrs Marrell Conway and Mr and Mrs Jerald Feve of Orange visited Sunday in the home of Mrs J H Richard son.
Principal Resigns Spurger Elementary to Join Warren District
H. K. Pitts resigns as principal of Spurger Elementary School after three years to take a position with Warren School District. Earl T. Walden, Spurger superintendent, says applications are being accepted for the vacated post as the district plans individualized instruction in primary grades for 1972-73 with a team teaching approach. A July workshop at the University of Texas at Narheen is planned to outline the curriculum.
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H. K. Pitts
Spurger
Warren
Earl T. Walden
Pitts
University of Texan Nar Heen
12 Year-Old Injured By Rope In Backyard Incident
Eugene Holt, 12, son of Mr and Mrs W C Holt, was injured Friday while playing with rope in the backyard at 1040 N Sixth Street. He was taken to Susbee Doctors Hospital, treated for strangulation, and admitted before being released to his parents. His mother said his condition was improving and that test reports were due Friday.
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Eugene Holt
W. C. Holt
Sixth Street
BEE
Young Holt
Susbee Doctors Hospital
The
OSHA finds 75 864 safety violations in ten months
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration reports 26 302 inspections in 23 662 establishments employing 4 684 033 workers in the first ten months of the year. It says 5 791 or 24 percent were compliant, while 75 864 violations were alleged in 1 449 civil actions with proposed penalties totaling 1 711 995 dollars and complaints totaling 3 421 dollars.
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Washington
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA
George C. Guenther
Labor For
Occupational Safety and Health
Guenther
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