Annual C of C Banquet to Feature R P Storey in Silsbee
Rolland P. Storey of Houston Natural Gas Corp will speak on Ingredients for Community Progress at the Silsbee Chamber of Commerce Banquet on March 2 in the Silsbee High School cafeteria. New officers Roger Ratliff president Horace Whittington vice president Warren Bower secretary treasurer. decorations by The Silsbee Garden Club. storey, longtime HNG executive, is active in civic groups and known as the Father of the Gas Grill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolland P. Storey
Houston Natural Gas Corp
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Silsbee High School
Chamber
Art Cawthon
Roger Ratliff
Horace Whittington
Warren Bower
Jack D. Hedge
Vic
Roy Baker
Val Hickman Cawthon
Silsbee Garden Club
Louise Bledsoe
First National Bank
Silsbee State Bank
Storey
Rotary Club
The
Multiple Sclerosis Association
United Fund
Methodist Church
Seattle
Wash
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Houston
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Golden Key Club
Last Day To Buy 1972 Auto Plates In Hardin County
Hardin County Texas motorists must renew driver plates by midnight April 1 1972. New 1972 plates available at the County Tax Office in Kountze and local stations through Thursday March 30. Good Friday March 31 is a county holiday. offices likely closed. State official Dingwall confirms expiration date fixed by Texas law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Hardin County
Fred Anders
Kountze
Anders
J. C. Dingwall
Last Rites For L Cpl M D King Held March 25
Funeral services for Marine Lance Corporal Melvin Don King 21 will be at 11 a m March 25 in the First Baptist Church with Rev S Booker officiating. King son of Mrs Ruby Mae King died March 16 at Marine Corps Base 29 Palms California. Native of Elizabeth Louisiana he was a 1969 Silsbee High School graduate and member of SHS football and basketball teams and a Boy Scout. He joined the Marines in 1969 and served one year in Vietnam. Survived by mother and sister Nona Glenna King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Don King
First Baptist Church
S. Booker
King
Ruby Mae King
Marine Corps Base
Palms
Calif
Elizabeth la
Silsbee High School
SHS
The
Marines
Vietnam
Nona Glenna King
G E Enderle Runs for Lumberton School Board Place 2
George E Enderle of Lumberton announces candidacy for Place 2 on the Lumberton Independent School District Board of Trustees. He states 25 years at Mobil Oil Refinery and membership in the Lumberton Lions Club and Church of Christ. He is married with two daughters in Lumberton High School and pledges honesty and fairness if elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Enderle
Lumberton
Lumberton Independent School District
Mobil Oil
Lumberton Lion's Club
Lumberton Church of Christ
Butane blast kills two women in Haslam area
A butane gas explosion from a leaking storage tank near a Haslam service station destroyed a house killing Mrs. Hannah Robinson 60 of Silsbee and Mrs. Ermine Vanderburg 74 of Haslam. Robinson, a sixth grade teacher from O’Neil Intermediate, had visited that night. Vanderburg, a long-time Silsbee educator, had been staying with her. Funeral arrangements and memorial donations were announced, and investigators noted the tank was likely bumped by a vehicle before the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah Robinson
Silsbee
Ermine C. Vanderburg
Haslam
Texas
Center
Robinson
O'Neil Intermediate
Vanderburg
First Presbyterian Church of
Forest Lawn
Beaumont
North Carolina
First Presbyterian Church
Sabine Area Teachers of Mathematics
Texas Classroom Teachers Association
Walter Stoeppleman Former Silsbee Theater Owner Dies
Walter Willian Stoeppleman 74 of Wagner Oklahoma died Monday in Tulsa. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 31 p m in the Heisman Funeral Home Chapel Tulsa with Elmer Shackleford Church of Christ minister officiating. He owned and operated the Silsbee theater for 20 years and was a Fort Smith Arkansas native who moved to Wagner eight years ago. Survivors include two sons James H Stoeppleman San Antonio Gene Stoeppleman Fort Worth two daughters Mrs Gwendolyn Beene Denton and Mrs Ann Galmser Tulsa six grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Willian Stoeppleman
Wagner Okla Elmer Shackleford
San Antonio
Gene Stoeppleman
Fort Worth
Gwendolyn Beene
Denton
Ann Galmser
Tulsa
Okla
DPS Driver Training School Set for Silsbee May 2-3
DPS to offer a four hour driver training class in the First National Bank of Silsbee conference room from 7 to 9 p.m. on May 2 and 3. Maj. Jerry E. Miller says the course prepares students to qualify for a Texas driver license and includes instruction for the written test. Behind the wheel training is not included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank of Silshee
Jerry E. Miller
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas
DPS
Public Zoning Hearing Set For April 6
The Plan ning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing at 7 p m April 6 in Silsbee City Council Chambers on a zoning change from R-1 to C-2 for Lots 1 2 3 4 5 Block 72 near North Sixth Street by Odoms Enco Station. City Secretary Jerry D Jones said the outline aims to reduce misunderstanding of the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Planning and Zoning Commission
Silsbee City
North Sixth St
Jerry D. Jones
Jones
the Bee
Odom
Enco
North Sixth
Rabies Clinic Set by Lumberton Fire Department
The Lumberton Volunteer Fire Department will hold a rabies clinic on Saturday March 25 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Lumberton Fire Station. Pet owners may bring animals for inoculations with a charge of $3 per animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumberton
Teachers Hearing in Marijuana Case Is Continued
A second hearing for two Silsbee Independent School District high school teachers suspected in marijuana arrests was continued indefinitely. Board Chairman J E Farmer said a special meeting last week discussed status, with one teacher absent and the other seeking until March 20 to answer charges. Attorney Ratliff requested the delay due to a family death. No formal charges have been filed and names are not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
Silsbee Independent School District
J. E. Farmer
Don Hough
The
BEE
Farmer
Lee Roger Ratliff
O Ratliff
Billy E. Paine
BEF
Voting Places and Judges Named for Hardin County Primary
Hardin County Democratic Executive Committee set 16 voting precincts and election judges for the May 6 primary. Absentee ballots available at the County Clerk’s office April 17 to May 2, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Judge W. P. McGarahan named abentee judge. Precincts list includes Kountze High, Silsbee Junior High, Saratoga Old School gym, and more with respective polling sites and assistants. Precinct 17 Pine Ridge not created due to statute. next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Democratic Executive Committee
Betty Ann Mitchell
Pine Ridge
Commissioner's Court
W. P. McGarahan
Abentee
Kountze
Wiley Alford
Jeanette Smith
Louise McKim
Batson
Pet
Eddie Loftin
Center Baptist Church
Thicket
Absentee Balloting Ends Next Tuesday in Silsbee ISD
Last two days of absentee voting for the April 1 Silsbee Independent School District board election are Monday and Tuesday March 27 and 28. Ballots may be cast at the School Tax Office under E. J. Dietrich from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Administrative Office is closed for a legal holiday. Voting began March 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Independent School Board
E. J. Dietrich
Hardin County Grand Jury Indicts 13 in Regular Session
The Hardin County Grand Jury returned 13 indictments at a regular session on Monday with warrants outstanding for six. Indictments include burglary theft false swearing and homicide by motor vehicle among others. several cases were reduced or no-billed and the jury adjourned with a report urging focus on narcotics and funding for law enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Grand Jury
Frank Lee Williams
Silsbee
Gary Lynn Purvis
Charlotte Gray
James H. Carrico
Clarence ‘Harris
Elton Edward Harris
Sour Lake
Frank H. Richardson
H. A. Coe
88Th Judicial District
Hardin County
Texas
Briscoe Praises Mutscher Shannon Verdict In Abilene
Gubernatorial candidate Dolph Briscoe told a Silsbee coffee crowd that the Abilene verdict against Speaker Gus Mutscher and aides shows the need to break up power around Texas legislative leaders. He urged removing those not faithful to the public trust and called for cleaning government corruption state wide. Briscoe's Texas tour then moved through Orange Silsbee Jasper and other towns with events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Texas
Dolph Briscoe
Silsbee
First National Bank
Gus Mutscher
Briscoe
Mutscher
Tommy Shannon
S. Rush McGinty
Austin
Orange
Jasper
Woodville
Livingston
Liberty
Wichita Falls
Henrietta
Gainesville
Denton
Silsbee volunteers fight grass and trash fires. Chevrolet damaged
Fire Chief Russell Busby said the Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department handled mostly grass and trash calls this week. A trash fire near H. Cox's home on Old FM 92 was controlled March 16 at 8 06 pm, a grass and woods fire near Cox's area occurred March 18 at noon, a grass fire on West Avenue followed at 2 43 pm, and a Chevrolet from 1958 owned by Barbara Garrett was damaged by a blaze started by a backfire on Lindsey Road March 19 at 9 46 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
Fir
Russell Busby
Silsbee
Cox
Busby
West Avenue
Barbara Garrett
Lindsey Road
Beaumont Men Sentenced to Six Months on Drug Charge
Leslie Kay Webb and David Wayne Tinkle of Beaumont received six months in Hardin County Jail after pleading guilty to possession of dangerous drugs and forgery of a prescription. Judge Emmett Lack presided in County Court on March 20 with attorney Jack McGaffey serving for the defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Emmett Lack
Leslie Kay Webb
David Wayne Tinkle
Beauont
Aluminum Can Drive Supports Silsbee Youth Efforts
Silsbee hosts Clean-up Week April 3 to 9 with aluminum can collection. Mrs J C Jeffrey chairs the Woman's Club conservation effort placing a trash receptacle by the library for crushed cans to fund the Silsbee Youth Association projects. Proceeds go to community improvements through volunteer civic action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
J. C. Jeffrey
Woman's Club Conservation Committee
Jeffrey
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Silsbee Public Library
Houston
Mrs Ivis Conway and Donna Nolen Visit In Orange
Mrs Ivis Conway of Orange and Mrs Donna Nolen of Beaumont visited last week in the home of their mother Mrs J H Richardson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivis Conway
Orange
Donna Nolen
Beaumont
J. H. Richardson
County Forestry Seminar Opens Tonight at 7 15
County Forestry seminar sponsored by the Hardin County program building committee will be held tonight March 23 at 7 15 p m at Kountze Fire Hall. Master of ceremonies Clark Allen of Kountze. J F Eldredge David Shows of Silsbee and Jack McCarty of Kountze will present on planting harvesting and processing of forest products. Reservations for a barbecue were due by 2 p m March 22. public invited to the program at 2 15 p m, meal by reservation only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tee
Hardin County Program Building Committee
Kountze
Jimmy McCelvey
Clark Allen
J. F. Eldredge
David Shows
Silsbee
Jack McCarty
Hardin County
William A Smith
E. J. Dietrich
McCelvey
Local Man Found Dead in Kountze Electrocution Ruled
Elmer Williford 51 was found dead at 6 28 a m Tuesday in his Pine Street Williford Road service station in Kountze. Justice of the Peace Kimball ruled death an electrocution with insulation stripped from a 110 volt cord around his wrists. Funeral services were held March 22 at Pace Funeral Home in Kountze, burial in Simmons Cemetery Polk County. Survivors include his wife Mary a son Neal and two daughters Gwen and Mary all of Kountze, four brothers Ed Levi Ernest and Vanetta Willford and sister Ettie Lea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Williford
Pine Street
Williford Road
Kountze
Claude Lindsey
Lindsey
Justice of the Peace
Sc. A. Kimball
Howard Grantham
Kimball
Williford
Willisford
Pace Funeral Home
Ln Kountze
Simmons Cemetery
Polk County
Mary
Neal Williford
Gwen
Ed Williford
Hood River
Oregon
Levi
Ernest Williford
Beamont
Vanetta Willford
Village Mills
Tta Lea
Warren
Two Kurt In Auto Crash In Silsbee injures two
Two people were injured in a two car crash at 11 12 a m March 19 at the US 96 South and Highway 327 intersection in Silsbee. Mrs Faye Gore 49 was admitted to Silsbee Doctors Hospital and Mrs Irma Landry 65 was treated at Baptist Hospital Beaumont. Gore cited for running a red light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
US 96
Highway 327
Silssee
Willis Compton
Faye Wittenbach Gore
Seaman
Silsbee
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Irma Landry
Harrison
Alexandria Ta. Compton
Oscar Benjamin Jenkins Jr
South
Landry
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Ford
Jenkins
Opel Ford
Opel
Thieves Target Lumber At Home Site In Hardin County
Deputy Ira Moore investigated a reported theft on March 20 at 11:45 a.m. from a home under construction on No nie Lane Estates. Missing items include 19 sheets of plywood decking 20 sheets of exterior plywood and 50 two by four studs plus 16 foot brick mold pieces. John E Horne of Beaumont reported the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumberton
Hardin County
Ira Moore
Moore
The
BEE
John E Horne
Beaumont
Nonie Lane
Liambherton
Country Lane
Chain Saw and Tools Stolen From Building in Silsbee
A chain saw valued at £200 along with a kerosene lantern, a tool box and finishing tools, and a plastic tackle box were stolen from Joe Britton’s building at 771 Knapple Drive. Patrolman Willis Compton said Britton reported the theft at 9:56 a.m. March 20 after noting no recent presence at the site. The entry was made by removing a screen and smashing a window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Britton
Knapple
Silsbee
Willis Compton
Compton
Britton
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R. P. Storey
HNG
Roland P. Storey
M.D. King
G. E. Enderle
Lumberton Board
George EE. Enderle
Wayne Robinson
Helen Ratliff
Margaret Read
Oklo
Ray Brown
Danny Richardson
Herbert Muckleroy
Jim Hedleston
Joe Hignet
Clifton Caraway
Price-Caraway Funeral Home
Logansport
Ashland
Charles Vanderburg
John Vanderburg
Las Vegas
Nev
Pau Vanderburg
Baton Rouge
Evelyn Vanderburg
Henry R. Cloud
M. L. Cloud
Ashland la
W. Stoeppleman
Edward Sumeall
Minerva Move
Votaw
Archie Gore
Thelma McMillan
Emmanuel Bardist Church
Honey Island
Aline Sumeail
Ben Martin
Marivin Craft
Billie Butler
Harold Kilgore
Raymond L. Lewis
Pinewood Realty Co
Pinewood
D. W. Theriot
L Thomas D. Burch
E. E. Johnson Vivian Townsend
Evans
Broadway Street
Grayburg
SISD
Sheriff's Department
Commissioners Court
Court House
Counry
Coopera
Tion
Honior
L. M. Barrow
Ben Russell William J. Jordan
Kurt
Lydia Hyde
Hawaii
Ralph Disch
R. B. Thomas
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