Council Shows Interest In Workman's Insurance
City Council votes 4-1 to pursue joining the Deep East Texas Workmen's Compensation Insurance Fund, a member-governed nonprofit group, with plans to charter and potentially save on premiums. The vote followed debate over cost estimates from insurers and a warning from the current agent. The panel also awarded a new fire truck bid, approved water sewer line bids, and discussed EPA rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deep East Texas Workmen’s Compensation Insurance Fund
MacNeal Adams
Deep East Texas Council of Governments
Frank Grote
Silsbee
Herbert Elmore
Elmore Insurance Agency
Council
East Texas Pulp and Paper Co
Kirby Lumber Corp
Adams
Elmore
Hickerson
Texas Municipal League
Detcog
Hardin County
Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
Silsbee Auto Co
Ford
Silsbee Fire Commission
Ward LaFrance Co
American LaFrance
G. L McLaughlin
John Price
Ward LaFrance
Price
Landolt
David
Beaumont Cpa
LeRoy Daniels
Bayshore Engineers
Ernie Dietrich
Environmental Protective Agency
Area Epa
EPA
Texas Quality Board
County OKs 17 000 for roads and pledges 25 000 for libraries
Hardin County Commissioners approved 17 827.92 to two Beaumont contractors for road work in Petitioner 4 and pledged 25 000 to Silsbee Kountze and Sour Lake libraries this year. Library leaders urged prompt allocation to avoid program cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Beaumont
Pet. 4
Silsbee
Kountze
Sour Lake
James L. Hays
Don Sheffield
I. F. Eldredge
C. B. Stevens
Silsbee Library Board
Emmett I Key
Glen Kir- Lack
Stor
J. C. Busby
Horaceston
Oscar Yellew Moye
Brent Reiter
Bill
Dixie Materials, Inc
Cook’s Lake
Chance
Pete Trest
Trest
Dixie Materials Inc
Trestt
P Fece
Lack
Southeast Texas Health Council
South East Texas Regional Planning Commission
Young fishermen locate stolen Lumberton High School safe
Lumberton third graders fishing in Mandy Lake on March 11 found the lake bank items and alerted teachers. Sheriff Billy Paine said deputies recovered a three foot high safe from two to three feet of water, containing about 961 in cash and checks, senior rings, and other items stolen from Lumberton High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mandy Lake
Lumberton High School
Billy Paine
Paine
Holmes Road
Lumberton
Lumberton High School Honor Society
William Nelson
Phillip Allen
Silsbee Chamber Banquet Names John Stevens Speaker
John Stevens senior vice president of First Bank and Trust Groves will keynote the Silsbee Chamber of Commerce Banquet next Tuesday March 1 at Silsbee High School cafeteria. He chairs Port Arthur Groves Development Corp and appears in local TV spots as Granny Groves and Black Bart. Tickets available at the Chamber office or Silsbee banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stevens
First Bank and Trust of
Groves
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Silsbee
Stevens
Groves Chamber of Commerce
Salvation Army Board
American Institute of Banking
Lamar University
Port Arthur Groves Development Corp
First Bank and Trust
Golden Triangle
Granny Groves
Black Bart
Uss.navy
First State Bank of Groves
Houston
Antique Automobile Clubs of America
Us.96 South
Silsbee State Bank
First National Bank of Silsbee
Correction on Silsbee bond funds investment
A correction notes that 1.8 million of the 1.865 million bond issue was invested only in the Silsbee State Bank in Certificates of Deposit at 8 percent, with 82 percent interest, while 65 thousand remained for an architect fee. Minutes from a Feb. 27, 1974 board meeting show the bank arrangement and a letter to First National Bank of Silsbee confirming record details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Bee
Silsbee Independent School District
Silsbee State Bank
First National Bank
Silsbee
SISD
Don L. Hough
Sisd Board of Trustees
First National Bank of Silsbee
Jones
Meade
Nelson Long
Memorial Services Set for Cheek Family in Silsbee
Memorial services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Silsbee for Mr and Mrs Marvin Cheek and their seven year old daughter Maurey Spillar all of Midland Oregon. They disappeared December 21 1973 after leaving Montague Air Landing Strip near Yreka California en route to San Francisco. Oregon court declared them deceased on February 11 1974. Mrs Cheek formerly Paula Prewitt a Silsbee native and Silsbee High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eee
Marvin Cheek
Maurey Spillar
Midland Ore
First Baptist Church of
Silsbee
R. E.barclay
Don Sheffield
St. John's Episcopal Church
R. Eugene Jonte
First United Methodist Church
Cheek
Maurey
Montague Air
Yreka
Calif
San Francisco
Luccule Prewitt
Oregon
Paula Prewitt
Silsbee High School
University of Texas
Cheeks
Kindergarten and First Grade Registration Set for March 26
Parents of children turning five by Sept 1 1974 should register at Robinson Kindergarten March 26 from 8 30 to 3 30. A birth certificate and health record with DPT polio rubella and red measles info are required. Health immunizations available at Hardin Health Clinic Wednesdays 8 00 to 12 00. Children turning six by Sept 1 1974 and not yet at Robinson Kindergarten should register for first grade at Kirby Elementary on March 26 8 30 to 3 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson
Lorell Ragan
Hardin Health Clinic
Kountze
Ragan
Kirby
ONeill Band Students Win First Division Ratings at Port Neches Contest
Twenty one O Neill Intermediate School band students competed in a solo and ensemble contest in Port Neches on March 9 and 16. First division ratings went to Jules Bellard Jr. Leland Biscamp Sheila Blount Donna Crain Carrie Deshotel Alyce Copeland Alice Dunbar Tommy Forse Paula Kirby William McDonald Jackie McKeithen Diane Singletary Rex Simmons Donita Thomas Becky Tynes Patricia Watts Larry Naas Terrie Nickelson Sherry Scoggins and El Ray Rush earned second divisions Mitzi Murphy won a third division rating. Piano accompanists were Charlie Bumstead and William Patton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Neil Intermediate
Port Neches
Abram Miles Jr
the Bee
Jules Bellard Jr
Leland Biscamp
Sheila Blount
Donna Crain
Carrie Deshotel
Alyce Copeland
Alice Dunbar
Tommy Forse
Paula Kirby
William McDonald
Jackie McKeithen
Diane Singletary
Rex Simmons
Donita Thomas
Becky Tynes
Patricia Watts
Larry Naas
Terrie Nickelson
Sherry Scoggins
el Ray Rush
Mitzi Murphy
Charlie Bumstead
William Patton
O’neil Intermediate School
Jules Bellard
Donnta Thomas
Sherry Scroggins
Arrests Reported In Pot Auto Theft Cases
Silsbee High School students Turner and Harper faced marijuana possession charges after police found a small quantity of the substance during a March 1 football practice arrest. Bond set at $1,000 each. Alvin Lloyd Scott of La Place was arrested on a Silsbee auto theft warrant March 6 and later held on $5,000 bond. Scott and Burt Wes Rutherford are charged with the February 14 theft of a 1974 Toyota Mark I from Cara way Motor Co. in Silsbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
LaPlace
Silshee
Bob L. Ogden
Silsbee High
Joe Lester Turner
Winford O'Dell Harper
Pine Street
Lilahre
James Furnham
Scott
Burt Wes Rutherford
Caraway Motor Co
Man Jailed On Kidnap Shooting Charge March 9
Reeves set bonds totaling 50000 for Timmie Lee Jones 29 of Woodville charged with two counts of assault with intent to murder and one aggravated kidnapping in a shooting abduction involving three women. Jones was arrested near Wildwood after forcing them into his car. one victim wrestled the pistol and Jones was held until deputies arrived. The three women were treated and released. Bonds set 15000 each on assault counts and 20000 on kidnapping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
Kyle Reeves
Timmie Lee Jones
Woodville
Billy Paine
the Bee
Jones
Wildwood
Hardin County
Melvin Weber
Ira Moore
Paine
Louella Gilder
Doris Ann Barlow
Maxine Bean
Miss Barlow
Miss Bell
Miss Gilder
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Mike Holzapfel
Charles Laird
Freddie Lee Johnson
Dallas
Explosion Burns Man In Kountze
Twenty one year old Neal Williford of Kountze was reported in fair condition at Hardin Memorial Hospital with burns from an explosion at his home on March 11. A spark or flame apparently ignited natural gas that had leaked into the residence fed by Mrs. Mary Williford. The 11 07 am blast injured his arms and face. The Kountze Police Chief and Kountze Volunteer Fire Department investigated the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal Williford
Kountze
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Williford
Mary Williford
L. Garrett Captured After Jail Escape Manhunt Ends
Levester Garrett a 21 year old Lufkin man charged with murder and rape was arrested in Milwaukee by the FBI after escaping during a Feb 9 jail fire. He faces charges for the Oct 16 1973 strangulation of Floye Jones and a 1972 rape in Lumberton. Garrett to be returned to Lufkin later this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levester Garrett
Lufkin
Angelina County
Garrett
Also Mentioned on This Page
Workman's Insurance
C. E. Landolt
Texas
Sheffield
Library Board
American Library Association
Hays
Marvin Adams
Airport Commission
Virgil Caraway
George Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Setrpc
H. A. Hooks
Hardin County Memorial Hospital
Conley Bradshaw
Polls Taylor
H. E. Munden
First Nationa Bank of
John Blair
The
Texas Hospital Association
Jimmy MeeCel
First State Bank OF Lumber Ton
James W. Long
US 96
Country Lane Estates
Cofc
O'Neil
Man
Jefferson County
Edgar Murphy
Leslie Gray
Jefferson Jury
Theodorah Ann Pipps
L. Garrett
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