Silsbee High Choirs Sweep UIL Meet Honors
Silsbee High School choirs won top awards at the UIL contest held at Beaumont High School. The 47 member a cappella choir earned the Sweepstakes Trophy for concert and sightreading. Accompanist was Charlie Bumstead. The 25 member girls choir received a Superior rating plaque in concert and second in sight reading with accompanists Laurie McCall and Susan Shine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee High School
UIL
Beaumont High
Charlie Bumstead
Laura Allen
Gary Shelton
Devora Miller
Laurie McCall
Denisea Ross
Roy Bean
Silsbee High
Beaumont High School
Accom
Susjan Shine
Knifing Victim In Good Condition In Village Mills
Langford Bayes 25 of Woodville was treated for a knife wound to the chest at St Elizabeth Hospital after a fight at the Village Steak House in Village Mills on March 22. Eugene Edward Barrett 32 of Warren was charged with aggravated assault. Jerry Wayne Cain 21 of Village Mills and Jimmy Edward Cain 23 of Warren faced disorderly conduct and public intoxication charges. Barrett was arrested Sunday and arraigned with bond set at 5000 dollars.
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Langford Bayes
Woodville
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Village Mills
Hardin County
Billy Paine
The
BEE
Eugene Edward Barrett
Route 2
Box 144
Warren
Bayes
Paine
Jerry Wayne Cain
Jimmy Edward Cain
Barrett
Morris Cole
James Martin
Justice of the Peace
Charlie Lambert
Three Beaumont residents charged in Harold's burglary
Silsbee Police Chief Bob L. Ogden said three Beaumont residents were charged with the March 21 burglary of Harold's Supermarket in Beaumont. The suspects crashed their 1966 Dodge at Eleventh Street and Hollywood, damaging two new Ford LTDs at Kinsel Ford, and were arrested around 2:30 a.m. Also implicated in at least 15 other similar cases in Hardin and Jefferson counties.
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Beaumont
Harold's
Hardin
Jefferson
Silsbee
Bob L. Ogden
The
BEE
Dodge
Eleventh Street
Hollywood
Kinsel Ford Motor Co
Ford Ltd
Ogden
Harold
Leola
Light Vote Seen In City Election
A light voter turnout is expected in Tuesday's City Council election where all incumbents run unopposed. May or James L. Hays seeks a second term. Place Four C. E. Landolt Jr. completes 18th year on the council. Place Five R. David Shows, district forester, completes his first term. Place Six Eddie Van Winkle seeks a second term. Polls open 8 am to 7 pm at the Fire Hall Avenue 1. absentee voting ends today at City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Hays
Engineering
Atlantic-Richfield
C. E. Landolt Jr
R. David Shows
Temple Eastex
Eddie van Winkle
van Winkle
Eastex, Inc
Evadale
Avenue 1
E. J. Dietrich
City Hall
Sheriff Officers Make Marijuana Drug Arrests
Hardin County deputies arrested six people on drug offenses late Saturday night and early Sunday morning. Roosevelt Thomas, 21, of Beaumont, was charged with sale and delivery of marijuana after a weaponless in Silsbee. Bond set at 1500 dollars. Five others in Lamberton faced misdemeanor possession charges. Joseph Dale Ebard, 19, Lumberton, charged with possession of dangerous drugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Billy Paine
The
BEE
Roosevelt Thomas
Beaumont
Paine
Thomas
Silsbee
Mike Holzapfel
Charles Laird
Justice of the Peace
Charlie Lambert
Lamberton
Laird
James Martin
E. Ricks
Joseph Dale Ebard
Lumberton
Lumberton Utilities District to elect directors on April 5
Marcus Bowman reports the Lumberton Municipal Utilities District has a preliminary engineering grant. The engineer expects sewer and water projects to be funded in January 1976 with construction soon after. Directors for the district will be elected at Lumberton Primary School Building on Saturday April 5, with candidates Frank Groves Herbert Seamans Tommy Edgar C M Harless and Don Surratt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus Bowman
Lumberton
Kindergarten Registration Opens At Robinson March 3
Registration for 1975 kindergarten starts Monday March 3 at 4 30 am at Robinson Kindergarten on Fresenius Road for children who are five by September 1 1975. Parents should bring birth certificates and health records. tests will determine eligibility for full day or half year programs.
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Robinson
Fresenius Road
Kirby
Kirby School
Council Approves Tax Appraisal Pact With SISD
The Silsbee City Council approved enabling Resolution 756 for a joint tax re appraisal program with the Silsbee Independent School District. The plan calls for mutual amendments as needed and seeks clearer sharing of tax information. City tax officials report about 350 of 3,000 parcels re assessed so far with a goal to re evaluate all by Sept. 15 for October tax bills.
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Silssee
Silssee Independent
SISD
City
Frank Grote
John Fordinal
Grote
Eddie van Winkle
Ronald Hickerson
van Winkle
Silsbee
Texas
Silsbee Independent School District
Cesar Dominguez
Fardinal
Dominguez
Beaumont Cpa
Leroy Daniels
City of Silsbee
Daniels
Williford Found Guilty Of Aggravated Robbery
An eight man and four woman jury deliberated about 20 minutes March 25 and found Billy Royce Williford 43 guilty of aggravated robbery. He received a 40 year sentence in the State Penitentiary. He was arrested Jan 10 at the Bell Oi Co station in Lumberton after the attendant was robbed with a shotgun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Royce Williford
State
Hardin County
Billy Paine
Williford
Beaumont
Bell Oi Co
Lumberton
E. “Red” Ricks
L. J. Foux
Louis Dugas
Orange
Funding Approved For County Halfway House in Hardin County
The Commissioners Court approved a 9657 dollar allocation from Federal Revenue Sharing to establish a Hardin County halfway house. Dr. Wayne Lawrence and Judy Deerman led the request noting county residents with mental illness or retardation could benefit from community based services reducing state hospital admissions. The program targets 8 to 10 clients at a time, with six months to a year stay, staff by two full time Hardin County residents, aiming to keep people out of state schools and Rusk State Hospital.
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Deep East Texas
Rusk
Hardin County
Rusk State Hospital
Emmett Lack
Lack
Howard Barrington
J. L. Loftin
Horace Moye
Lawrence
Hardin
Angelina
Houston
Jasper
Nacogdoches
Newton
Polk
San Augustine
Sabine
San Jacinto
Shelby
Trinity
Tyler
Hardin County Halfway House
Silsbee 18 Year-Old Charged With Assault
An 18 year-old Silsbee man Eddie Floyd Edwards was charged with assault for a March 25 attack on 15 year-old Curtis Thrower at Prince Hall Villa. Edwards was arrested at 7:45 a.m. at the police station and arraigned with a $1,000 bond. Thrower was treated and released from Silsbee Doctors Hospital.
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Prince Hall Villa
Fulgham
Thrower
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Justice of the Peace
Ryle
Reeves
Edwards
William Gilley
Ralph Osborne
Nederland Rebekah Lodge Leader Attends Texas Gathering
Mrs Philip Lagush Noble Grand of Nederland Rebekah Lodge No 31 represented the lodge at the Grand Lodge and Rebekah Assembly of Texas in Galveston last week. Thirteen hundred eighty eight members attended the Hotel Galvez meeting.
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Philip Lagush
Noble Grand of
Nederland
Rebekah Lodge No
Grand Lodge
Rebekah Assembly of Texas
Galveston
Hotel Galvez
Grubbs Seeks Place One On Silsbee ISD Board
Silsbee businessman Ed Grubbs announced his candidacy for Place One on the Silsbee Independent School District Board of Trustees ahead of a planned April 5 election. He and his wife Janell Grubbs have three school‑age children in district schools and he aims to use his business background to push school growth and bond passage.
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Silsbee
Ed Grubbs
Silsbee Independent School District Board of Trustees
Grubbs
Janell Grubbs
Grant
Mandy
Amber
I Manpower Funds Boost for Title I in Southeast Texas
The Economic Opportunity Commission of Southeast Texas announces a $725 558 increase in CETA Title I funding expanding total Title I monies to 2 378 678 for the region and adding 610 job slots. Public Service Employment will cover 89 people in 83 slots, 21 new. classroom training 400 in 347 slots. on the job training 302 in 285 slots. Texas Rehabilitation Commission aids 110 disabled disadvantaged. Work Experience adds 163 youths. Public comments accepted at Office of Manpower Programs Nederland Texas and Port Arthur Texas offices during business hours.
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The
Economic Opportunity Commission of
South East Texas
Texas Rehabilitation Commission
Office of Manpower Programs
P.O
Nederland
Texas
Highway 365
Port Arthur
New Auto Tags Required By Midnight April First
Texas motorists face a midnight April 1 deadline for registration and new five year license plates. County tax offices report smooth ongoing operations since February 1 with high public interest in the new adhesive sticker system starting 1976.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Highway Department
Ozie London Jr Sentenced to 25 Years for Murder
Ozie London Jr., 17, of Silsbee, was sentenced to 25 years in prison by Judge Clyde Smith in 88th District Court on March 19 for the October 6, 1974, murder of Jessie Finister, 21, of Silsbee. Evidence showed London shot Finister after a pool game dispute at Eddie's Soul Hut No. 2. deputies arrested him after Finister's body was found.
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Ozie London Jr
Silsbee
Clyde Smith
Jessie Finister
Hardin County
Mike Holzaptel
London
Finister
Eddie
Sheriff’s Deputies
Picture Taking Of Property Is On Level
Ricky Kolls, chief deputy tax assessor for the Silsbee Independent School District, said Tuesday his survey crew in Silsbee now photographs property for reappraisals in addition to site measuring. He noted residents have given hard looks but stressed the pictures are part of the ongoing re appraisal program by the district and the city.
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Ricky Kolls
Silsbee Independent School District
The
BEE
City of
Silsbee
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University
Sheriff's Officers
Jefferson County
Charles Derck Phelps
Lumberton Utilities District
Hays
Typ
Ling
Billy Williford
Halfway
Silsbee Isd Board
Harod Norris
Harold’s Supermarket
St.Elizabeth Hospital
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