Sheriff Busts Five Burglaries in Lumberton Case
Hardin County Deputy ties three arrests to five burglaries since Feb 5 in Lumberton. Stolen goods valued near 10 000 recovered from a juvenile home and an abandoned barn. items include stereo gear and a Browning C B receiver. Arrested are Micheal Howell 17 and Kent Lee Dill 22 of Susbee and a 15 year old. Burglaries at Lamberton Middle School and Powell residence linked. Powell items include four guns. Neyland home burglary reported with two color TVs and other items taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Lumberton
First Baptist Church
Church of Christ
Jordan Drive
Micheal Howell
Kent Lee Dill
Susbee
Howell
Dill
L. J. Foux
Charles Laird
Lamberton Middle School
Glen Powell
Powell
Robert A. Neyland
Hayes Road
Silsbee
Neyland
Montgomery Ward
City sales tax rebates totaled 5670 in January
Hardin County cities were returned 10695.36 in city sales tax rebates during January. Silsbee received the highest amount, 5680.69. Kountzee received 3157.79 and Woodville 1856.36. The totals are from an analysis by the State Comptroller Bob Bullock covering January 1 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Bob Bullock
Silsbee
Kountzee
Woodville
Bullock
Texas
Career Night Highlights Texas Public School Week in Silsbee ISD
Silsbee Independent School District promotes Texas Public School Week with a Career Night featuring 22 colleges, universities, vocational schools and the Armed Forces. Event begins 7 p.m. Tuesday March 8 at the high school with three 39 minute sessions and staff available in multiple rooms to answer questions. Open houses follow at Kirby and Read-Turrentine Elementary on March 7, Robinson Kindergarten March 7, and Silsbee Junior High March 9. A Friday March 11 nutrition program by Travel Learning Center ends the week inside Gulf States Utilities building with Susan Cawley and Louise Dyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Independent School
Ish
Joe Hignett
Usu
Fire Destroys Mobile Home Near Silsbee
Fire gutted a mobile home off Hwy 418 on Feb 26 at 1 15 p.m. Warren Hooks owned the trailer and Warren Gilley lived there with his wife. Fire Chief Russell reported 56 February fires, 44 outside city limits, as crews battled grass and woods blazes and a kitchen fire on Lee Miller Road later that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moile
Silsbee
Russell
Hwy
Warren Hooks
Warren Gilley
Fee
Busby
Lee Miller ‘Road
West Highway 418
Fox Meadows
Texas State Forest Service
East Highway 96
Old Maid’s Road
Myrtle Perkins
H. F. McWilliams
M. E. Brown
Hardin County Commissioners Move Toward Hiring Assistant DA
Hardin County Commissioners Court on Monday morning advanced steps to hire an assistant district attorney. The session outlined preliminary actions and future hiring procedures as officials seek to strengthen the prosecutor’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Commissioners Court
Dr James Blakely To Speak At Annual C of C Banquet
Dr James Blakely of Wharton a well known humorist and fulltime speaker will entertain Silsbee Chamber of Commerce members at their annual banquet April 5 in the high school cafeteria He is a former professor at Wharton County Junior College for 10 years and holds degrees from Sam Houston State University University of Missouri Born in Rush Springs Oklahoma and raised in Duval County Texas he quips If I tell you anything important it will be purely by accident The crowd expects serious points carried on the wings of his humor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Blakely
Wharton
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Wharton County Junior College
Blakely
America
Sam Houston State University
University of Missouri
Rush Springs
Okla
Duval County
Texas
Fire Claims Life of Bert Van Pelt at 1117 Railroad Ave
Bert Van Pelt 56 died in a house fire on Tuesday afternoon at 1117 Railroad Ave near Kirbyville. The blaze began in a back bedroom and destroyed the home owned by his mother Cora Van Pelt. Graveside services were held at Magnolia Springs Cemetery with Dan Gibson officiating. Survivors include his son John and five daughters, his mother, and several siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert van Pelt
van Pelt
Railroad Ave
Cora
Russell Busby
Cora van Pelt
Magnolia Springs
Kirbyville
Dan Gibson
Church of Christ
Fulton
Silsbee
Kirby Lumber Corp
John van Pelt
Billy Slaydon
Jimmy Wright
Close Connection Between Higher Education And Earned Income
A New York report weighs the financial value of education for a young man in Hardin County. It asks how high school and college translate into annual and lifetime earnings and whether the investment yields adequate returns, citing Ford Foundation studies and other national research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hardin County
Proposed Amendment Could Avert Future Judge-SJQC Controversies
The piece outlines a Texas legislative proposal to reform the State Judicial Qualifications Commission. It would require public hearings for all SJQC actions and allow statements from the director or chair when other sources prompt attention, aiming to reduce muddles around Judge Emmett Lack and ensure clearer public disclosure. The SJQC faces possible outcomes on Lack including dismissal, reprimand, or removal recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Ogg
Harris County
Lack
Pipkin
SJQC
Texas Supreme Court
Workshop Planned For Parents In ESEA Title I Program
The ESEA Title I program of the Silsbee Independent School District sponsors a parent workshop on Thursday March 10 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the dining room of First Pentecostal Church on Highway 92. Learning games and teaching aids will be shown and made, usable at home for the rest of the school year and summer. Teacher aides from each grade will assist. Attendees should bring items such as scissors, catalogues, magazines, markers, and boxes. all other materials are provided. Sack lunches are requested. coffee and soft drinks are available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ESEA
Silsbee Independent School
First Pentecostal
Highway 92
Pine Plaza
Knife-Wielding Woman Attacks Silsbee Dispatcher
In Silsbee, Willie Mae Jacks, 29, entered the police station Sunday night and thrust a home-made dagger toward dispatcher Beverly Slaydon. Coroporal Tommy Robinson stopped the attack. Jacks’ husband stood nearby, doing nothing. Jacks was arrested for aggravated assault and later moved to a state hospital. The incident followed by a separate altercation near the railroad crossing where Lowell Lowe resisted officers and was charged with aggravated assault on a peace officer and other counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Mae Jacks
Silsbee
Tommy Robinson
Beverly Slaydon
Slaydon
Mrs. Jacks
Tommy Lynn
A. L. Burleson
Cali
Robinson
Jacks
Mrs. Slaydon
Hardin County
William Gilley
Lownell Lowe
Lowe
Gilley
Bartosh
Hartesh
South 12Th Stl
Ellebee
Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie L. Ray today
Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie L. Ray, 62, will be held today at 2 p.m. in Farmer Funeral Chapel with Rev. R. E. Jonte officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Beaumont. She died at 6 15 p.m. Tuesday in Doctors Hospital after a brief illness. A native of Jacksonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie L. Ray
Farmer Funeral Chapel
R. E. Jonte
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Beaumont
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Jacksonville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jerry Freeman
Sheriff's Devil Selves
Sioners
Tyler County
Texas Criminal Justice Division
George Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Britt Plunk
Mogul Corporation
Natkin Corporation
J. L. Loftin
Loftin
Lee Roy Hale
Hale Road
Earlene Hart
Hart
Commission
David Miller
Miller
Department of the Ford Foundation
Emmett Lack
State Judicial Qualifications Commission
Hoyton Thompson
Maurice Pipkin
Austin
Ray
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!