Silsbee May Seek State Help On Through-Town Traffic
Silsbee officials discussed possible Texas Highway Department aid for a general highway plan to ease through-town traffic. Engineer J C Dingwall said he would submit the city’s traffic studies to the commission and report its decision soon. Council member J C Busby compared costs in Hamlin and noted Silsbee police budgets rose from about 35 000 to over 100 000 in three years under Police Chief Edgar Blood. The council approved budget figures showing police spending of 68 899.82 for 1968 69 and 98 569 for 1970 71. Fred Herron asked about citizen voting on zoning ordinance. Mayor Coward and C E Landolt Jr. said zoning was approved with the 1956 charter and again in 1966 amendments. Herron pressed that current residents should vote on zoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Texas Highway Department
J. C. Dingwall
Claude Coward
Silsbee City
Dingwall
Coward
Planning and Zoning Commission
Santa Fe
North Fifth Street
State Highway Commission
J. C. Busby
Hamlin
Texas
Busby
The
Counci
Edgar Blood
Hardin County Sheriff’s Department
Fred Herron
C. E. Landolt Jr
Herron
Council
Annual C of C Banquet Plans Near Completion
Plans are nearing completion for the Silsbee Chamber of Commerce annual banquet to be held Tuesday April 6. Tickets are on sale at the Neches National Bank Silsbee State Bank and the chamber office. Leonard Passmore of the Austin Counsel for the Texas Bankers Association will be the speaker. Decorations by the Silsbee Garden Club Mrs David C Hearne Jr president. Menu includes roast beef with mushroom gravy shrimp creole salads new potatoes whole green beans and condensed lemon pie. Cecil Cobble will serve as master of ceremonies. Newly elected officers will be installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Art Cawthon
Neches National Bank
Silsbee State Bank
Chamber
Leonard Passmore
Austin Counsel
Texas Bankers Association
Silsbee Garden Club
David C. Hearne Jr
Cawthon
Principal Phillip Ellis suffers heart attack at home
Phillip Ellis principal of Read Turrentine Elementary School had a heart attack at his home on March 20 and is improving at St Elizabeth Hospital Beau mont according to secretary Etta Mae Johnson who said he had a good night Tuesday and may leave intensive care soon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Ellis
Read-Turrentine
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Etta Mae Johnson
Illness hits Silsbee schools with high absence
Silsbee schools report heavy sickness in March with 685 absences on March 19, about 19 percent of 3 740 students. Superintendent Don L Hough cites influenza and upper respiratory infections as causes while Drs Copeland and Tennison note flu, colds, strep throat, and related illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Don L. Hough
Supt
Hough
The
BEE
Sam P.,copeland
George D. Tennison
Drug Seminar Set For Tonight at Silsbee High School
A drug seminar for area citizens is scheduled from 7 to 9 p m at Silsbee High School cafeteria announced by Counselor Joe Hignett. The adult session features a local resource panel of legal clerical law enforcement and pharmaceutical personnel who guided student teachers on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Hignett
Silsbee High School
Battery and motorbike stolen in Silsbee last weekend
Silsbee police report thefts Friday and Saturday. N Grain, 510 Kirby, found his car battery taken during a failed start at 9 25 a m Saturday. Honda 1970 motorbike blue with gray tank and 1971 plate 2578X disappeared from Silsbee High School parking lot while Gary Matthews attended classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
James Doane
N. Grain
Kirby
Grain
Gary Matthews
Silsvee High School
McGowan 38 Dies After Brief Illness in Grapevine
Funeral arrangements are pending for Billy Joe McGowan 38 of Grapevine formerly of Silsbee. He died Tuesday afternoon at Irvin Hospital after a brief illness. A former Silsbee High School and Texas A&M football star, he owned Hil Way Tractor Corp in Mercedes and belonged to First United Methodist Church of Silsbee. Survived by wife Sylvia three daughters Michelle Shannon Lori of Grapevine mother Irene McGowan of Silsbee brother Kelly D. McGowan of Garland sister Martha Gernand of Garland.
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Billy Joe McGowan
Grapevine
Silsbee
Farmer Funeral Home
McGowan
Irvin Hospital
Silsbee High School
Texas A&m University
Hil- Way Tractor Corporation
Mercedes
First United Methodist Church of
Sylvia McGowan
Michelle
Shannon
Lori McGowan
Irene McGowan
Kelly D. McGowan
Garland
Martha Gernand
Debbie Freeman to Attend Kountze Pageant Saturday
Miss Debbie Freeman Miss Silsbee 1971 will attend the Miss Kountze Pageant Saturday March 27 at 7 30 p m in the high school auditorium. She also plans to attend the Dogwood Festival in Woodville and the Miss East Texas State University Pageant next month in Commerce Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Debbie Freeman
Silsbee
Debbie
Woodville
East Texas State University
Commerce
Texas
Warren Candidates to Speak Monday in ISD Board Forum
On Monday March 29 at 7 p.m. candidates for Warren Independent School District Board of Trustees will present their views in an open forum at Warren High School auditorium. The event is sponsored by the Warren Classroom Teachers Association per L. C. Kirk.
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Warren High School
Warren Independent School District Board of Trustees
Warren Classroom Teachers Association
L. C. Kirk
Commissioners Force New Hardin Memorial Hospital Board
Hardin County Commissioners Court voted 3 to 2 to replace the existing Hardin Memorial Hospital board, appointing Conley Bradshaw David Mansfield Eugenia Gantt O D Hamilton and Lois Tarver to two year terms, with outgoing members listed and Judge Lack as ex officio member. The move followed a Grand Jury investigation and a fiery session led by Commissioner Bob Kerr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sour Lake
Bob Kerr
Grand Jury
Leah Bevil
Howard Barrington
Stanley Coe
Kerr
Virgil Caraway
Hugh Bevil
Emmett Lack
Barrington
Lack
Conley Bradshaw
Silsbee
David Mansfield
Pinewood
Eugenia Gantt
Kountze
O. D. Hamilton
Lamberton
Lois Tarver
Judge Lack
R. C. Williams
Jack Gore
Ruby Dabney
Pat Pace
H. A. Hooks
Jack Hedge
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Indictments and Hospital Probe From Hardin County Grand Jury
The October 1970 Grand Jury returned three indictments including theft, DUI, and burglary involving Danny Boy Shannon of Beaumont. No bills named six Silsbee residents on theft charges. The report calls for removal of the Hardin Memorial Hospital board and immediate county control, urging a county court at law and more frequent grand jury sessions.
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Danny Boy Shannon
Beaumont
O. J. Crain
Pearl Eason
Johnny Lon White
Henry Shankle
Richard Young
Johnny Baldwin
Silsbee
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Hardin County Grand Jury
Kountze
Texas
H. A. Coe
88Th Judicial District
Churchwell Sets New School Record At Liberty Relays
Tiger track coach Wayne Riley aims to rebound from a narrow March 20 loss as Silsbee attends the Trinity Valley Relays in Liberty on March 27. Preliminaries start noon with finals at six. Churchwell led the Tigers with a 1:59.6 880, Carter ran 50.5 in the 440, and Singleton threw 161 feet in discus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Riley
Tiger
Liberty
Silsbee
Trinity Valley
Hardin Memorial Hospital Board Names Tribble Administrator
The newly formed Hardin Memorial Hospital Board voted unanimously to support administrator Mrs. Elizabeth Tribble and ordered a hospital audit. Dr. R G Molina agreed to quit after questions over his hiring, while officers Bradshaw Mansfield Tariver and others set monthly meeting dates and agenda posting requirements.
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Hardin Memorial Hospital
Elizabeth Tribble
Conley Bradshaw
the Bee
R. G. Molina
Bradshaw
Dr. Molina
The
BEE
Molina
Pat Pace
Pace
Robbers Strike In Local Area
Hardin County sheriff and chief deputy report a weekend of crimes including a robbery at Dill ford and two Sunday burglaries at Club 96 and the A&L Club on the old Evadale highway. A suspect took 158 dollars plus credit cards and a payroll check from James E. Sellers, 25, of Silsbee, who worked at B. K. Fuller’s Drive-In. Clubs yielded about 160 dollars at Club 96 and 98 dollars at the A&L Club. Sheriff Paine urged witnesses to call 246-3441.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Sheriff's Department
Billy E. Paine
Howard Grantham
Paine
James E. Sellers
Silsbee
Sellers
B. K. Fuller
East 96
Lamar College
George Sellers
Sheriff’s Department
Kountze
Lester Cowart
Grantham
Ira Moore
Club 96
A&l
Evadale
Three From Silsbee Injured In Auto Crash
Three residents of Silsbee were hurt in a two car crash near the Highway 105 Eastex Freeway overpass at 3 15 p m Saturday They were Ronald LeBlanc 17 Charlie Word 62 and his wife Lilly Word 57 Taken to St Elizabeth Hospital Word was treated and released LeBlanc was admitted and later released Mrs Word was admitted with multiple lacerations and was reported good on Tuesday
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Silsbee
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Ronald LeBlanc
Charlie Word
Lilly Word
Word
LeBlanc
Mrs O C Seely Visited Relatives in Mexia Bowie and Lampasas
Mrs. O. C. Seely paid visits to relatives in Mexia, then traveled to Bowie and Lampasas last week. The short trip highlighted family connections across three Texas towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. C. Seely
Mexia
Bowie
Lampasas
Lumberton Seeks Board Seat Williams Former Trustee
John T. Williams, 13 year resident and former Lumberton ISD board member, seeks Position 7 on the district board. He served six years previously, is a Gulf States Utilities foreman, husband and father of three, and pledges dedicated effort for taxpayers and students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Williams
Lumberton Independent School District Board of
Williams
Lamberton
Arthur
Beaumont
Gulf States Utilities Co
Ronnie Carter named to Prairie View honor roll
Ronnie Joe Carter son of Mr and Mrs Lewis Carter of Silsbee was named to the honor roll at Prairie View A and M College. The sophomore maintained a 3.28 average for the first semester of the 1970 71 summer term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronnie Joe Carter
Lewis Carter
Silsbee
Prairie View A & M College
Carter
Social visit to Oklahoma City and Dallas families
Mr and Mrs Hugh Wallace of Oklahoma City and Mrs Jack Gould and Tom Stone of Dallas visited recently in the home of Mr and Mrs Tom Singletary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Wallace
Oklahoma City
Jack Gould
Tom Stone
Dallas
Tom Singletary
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Cecil Cobble
SHS
Crawford
Dwayne
George Tennison
Sam Copeland
Eugene Jonte
Robert A. Scott
John Meade
Neville Braswell
Lee Roger Ratliff
Silsbee I
Billy Paine
Lorraine Wood
Billy J. McGowan
Hardin County Commissioners Court
Marlene Kelly
Hardin County
Hardin County Memorial Hospital
Hardin County Hospital
Hardin County Commissioner’s Court
Commissioner's Court of
Churchwell
Liberty Relays
Richard Ratliff
Charles Carter
Ronnie Singleton
Weeks Crawford Jr
James Hunter
Singleton
Hunter
Mike Collier
New Hospital Board
Tribble
Horace Moye
Lois Tariver
Lumberton
Board of Trustees
Board of ‘Trustees
Cots
Silshee
John . Williams
Ronnie Carter
Prairie View A&m
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