Judge Orders April 4 Recall Election for Landolt
County Judge Emmett Lack has ordered a recall election for Silsbee City Councilman C. E. Pete Landolt Jr. on April 4 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Knights of Pythias Hall with J. H. Clark as election judge. The move follows petitions deemed legally insufficient by the City Council despite prior orders and legal challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Lack
Silsbee
C. E
Pete” Landolt Jr
Knights of Pythias Hall
North Sixth Street
J. H. Clark
BEE
Judge Lack
Frank C. Richardson
W N. Marshall
R. F.ford
H. P. Moran
Richardson
Fred
Bob) Herron
Ferrell
C. E. Landolt Jr
Mrs. Gloria Dunlap Named Hardin County Veteran Services Officer
In a Tuesday session the Hardin County Commissioners Court named Mrs Gloria Mac Dunlap of Kountze as County Veteran Services Officer to replace the late W H Dunlap. Salary set at 400 dollars monthly with a January 1973 review for possible successor. Seven other applicants considered. May 6 Democratic Primary voting set 8 am to 7 pm at all polling places. Reverend F C Drake named to Child Welfare Service Board to fill vacancy. Other actions include settling notes for Hardin County Airport, dues to a Texas association, probation program payment, IBM maintenance contract, and Evergreen Estates plat with 2500 dollar performance bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Commissioners Court
Gloria "Mac Dunlap
Kountze
W. H Dunlap
F. C. Drake
Child Welfare Service Board
Thomas Harris
Emmett Lack
First National Bank of Silsbee
Hardin County
Horace Moye
Deep East Texas Development Council
IBM Corp
Evergreen Estates
Deadline Is Today For Auto Plates In Hardin County
Hardin County car owners must buy 1972 license plates today per Fred Anders County Tax Assessor. State deadline is midnight April 1 with no operation on outdated plates after then. No sales on Good Friday or Saturday April 1. 1972 plates available at County Tax Office Kountze Courthouse and at all substations through today.
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Hardin County
Fred Anders
Anders
Kountze
Hardin County Delegates Set for State Democratic Conventions
Hardin County will send 13 delegates to the State Democratic Conventions based on the 1968 gubernatorial vote. County Convention is scheduled for May 13. First convention on June 13 in San Antonio and the second on September 19 in Houston.
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Hardin County
Grady Trimble
Trimble
Democratic Executive Committee
San Antonio
Houston
Masons To Meet In Silsbee Lodge April 6 1972
A called communication of Silsbee Lodge No. 927 A F A M is set for Thursday night April 6 1972 at 7 30 p m at the Masonic Temple in Silsbee for work in the M M degree All Master Masons are invited per J L King worshipful master D L Webb secretary
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Silsbee
A. F
A. M
Masonic Temple
J. L. King
D. L Webb
Birth notices from Silsbee and neighboring towns
Births include William Daniel born March 25 to Mr. and Mrs Grady Daniel Stephens of Silsbee at Doctors Hospital. Teresa Janette born March 25 to Mr. and Mrs. Danny Madison Simmons of Silsbee. Arthur Allen born March 27 to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Oren Hemmenway Jr. of DeQuincy. Ernie Lamar born March 27 to Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Lee Ryan of Kountze. Jenny Rebecca born March 6 to Mr. and Mrs. Welton Balla of Silsbee at Womens and Children's Hospital in Beaumont. Darlene Kay born March 25 to Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Williams of Silsbee at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Daniel
Grady Daniel Stephens
Silsbee
Doctors Hospital
Teresa Janette
Danny Madison Simmons
Arthur Oren Hemmenway Jr
DeQuincy la
Arthur Allen
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Ernie Lamar
Earnest Lee Ryan
Kountze
Welton Balla
Jenny Rebecca
Womens and Children's Hospital
Beaumont
Jimmy McWilliams
Darlene Kay
Baptist Hospital
Three Elections Set for Silsbee Voters This Week
Three elections head to Silsbee voters this week with a mayor race, three City Council seats, two school trustees, and a recall of Councilman C. E. Landolt Jr. Voting runs April 1 at the Silsbee Fire Hall and April 4 for regular and recall polls at the Knights of Pythias Hall and Fire Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
C. E. Landolt Jr
Silsibee Independent School District
Silsbee Fire Hall
Avenue I. R. F
Sanford
Earl B. Stover
Horace Whittington
Sidney Dauphin
Grady Walters
W. J. Poshataske
Stover
James L. Hays
N. G. Ferrell
Claude C. Coward
Pett County
John Ferdinal
John Henry Schuler
R. F Ford
Change Of Venue Hearing In Kountze Slaying Case
Testimony continues in a change of venue hearing for Dennis Ray Anderson and Fred Foy Young charged with the Jan 5 slaying of Mrs Mabel McCormick and her granddaughter in Kountze. Defense seeks to prove bias from Hardin County media coverage while witnesses from local press and radio stations testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Area News
Kountze
Dennis Ray Anderson
Fred Foy
Young
Mabel McCormick
Joe Goodwin
Beaumont
Charles Easterling
Houston
FHA approves $500,000 loan to North Hardin Water
Senator John Tower announced March 23 that the Farmary Home Administration approved a $500,000 loan to the North Hardin Water Supply Corp near Silsbee. Plans call for expanding the water system and drilling a deep well to serve 36 families and businesses in rural Hardin County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
John Tower
Farmery Home Administration
North Hardin Water Supply Corp
Silsbee
Rura Hardin County
Tower
Average Driver Contributes $30 Annually For New Highways
Hardin County car owners face rising highway costs as the Interstate System nears completion. Federal funds, mainly from a four cent gas tax, fund 90 percent of construction with states supplying the rest. A typical driver using 10,001 miles yearly at 14 mpg costs about $30 annually, contributing to an estimated $364,000 yearly local tax intake and $75 billion total expenditure through 1978.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Trust Fund
Hardin County
Final Rites Held For Jim Carrell
Jim Carrell, 84 of Warre, died Saturday at Kountze Nursing Center. Funeral services were conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at Pace Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Holland Cemetery. Survived by two daughters Mrs J W Foxworth Hillister and Mrs F G Briley Beaumont, two sons J R Carrell Village Mills and Otis E Carrell Silsbee, one sister Mrs Betty Oglesbee Saratoga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Carrell
Warre
Kountze Nursing Center
Pace Funeral Home
Holland Cemetery
J Wn Foxworth
Hillister
F. G. Briley
Beaumont
J. R. Carrell
Village Mills
Otis E Carrell
Silsbee
Betty Oglesbee
Saratoga
Methodist Good Friday Services Are Scheduled
The Silsbee Ministers Fellowship led by Rev F C Drake schedules Good Friday services March 31 1972 at 7:30 p m at First United Methodist Church 670 N 5th Street Rev R Eugene Jonte pastor. Mass choir from local churches to perform music. participants meet 6:45 p m for rehearsal. Rev 8 Booker to deliver the message. Public urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Ministers Fellowship
F. C. Drake
First United Methods Church
N. Sth Street
R. Eugene Jonte
Booker
Confidence and Commitment Highlight Silsbee Chamber Banquet
Rolland P. Storey of Houston Natural Gas urged confidence in humanity’s ability to overcome obstacles in service to others at the Silsbee Chamber of Commerce Banquet on March 28. He likened problem solving to resolving a drama’s conflict and called for life balance, enthusiasm, and civic service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolland P. Storey
Houston Natural Gas Corp
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Storey
Storer
HNG
Houston
Washington State
Earl B. Stover
Chamber
Jack Hedge
Walkathon Date Moved to April 22 for Mare of Dimes Fund
Hardin County Walk-A-Thon chair Bob Flores announced the 22 mile event will start Saturday at 8 am from Pine Plaza Shopping Center and loop through Silsbee and Kountze before returning. Proceeds benefit the March of Dimes birth defect fight. Applications available at Silsbee State Bank First National Bank City Hall and Silsbee High School.
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Hardin County
Bob Flores Flores
Jefferson County
Pine Plaza Shoppine Center
Silsbee
Kountze
Pine Plaza
Flores
Silshee State Bank
First National Bank
Silshee High School
Holland couple returns home after Alabama visit
Mr and Mrs W H Holland came home Sunday from a trip to Jackson Alabama where they stayed with their son Harrell Holland and his family The visit was described in a brief society note from the local page.
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W. H. Holland
Jackson
Ala
Harrell Holland
Firing Of Hospital Board Upheld By Judge Steger
Federal Judge William Steger in Beaumont upheld the removal of Hardin Memorial Hospital board members Pat Pace Jack Gore and R C Williams citing due process. The court set aside a January 31 default judgment against the Hardin County Commissioners Court and allowed new removal proceedings begun March 2 1972 to stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
William Steger
Hardin Memorial Potas Board
Pat Pace
Jack Gore
R. C. Williams
Commissioners Court
Steger
Hardin County Commissioners Court
H. A. Coe Jr
Board Hospital Board
Jack E. Gore
Hospital
Kountze
Commessioners Court
Pace
Williams
Gore
City Council Sets Night Meeting To Discuss Fire Zones
Silsbee City Council will meet at 7:30 tonight to study Ordinance 72-3 removing secondary fire zone requirements. Also on the agenda are canvassing April 4 election returns, a request to relocate an alley between Third and Fourth Streets by W W Howe, and a Silsbee Little League request presented by Grady Walters.
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Silsbee
Regula Council
Cesar Dominguez
Regula
Chamber of Commerce
Dominguez
W.w Howe
Silsbee Little League
Grady Walters
Truck driver halts gasoline fire in Silsbee incident
Andrew Wells Jr driving an 8450 gallon gasoline tanker stopped near the Sant Fe tracks on South Fifth Street around 10 35 p m March 23. Russell Busby of Silsbee Fire said a leaking valve caused gasoline to soak trailer tires and the fire was controlled with a truck mounted extinguisher by Wells and two Silsbee volunteers. A separate mattress fire at Roy Terrell's residence on 15th Street at 6 15 p m March was also contained by volunteers.
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South Hampton Co
Silsbee
Russell Busby
Busby
Andrew Wells Jr
Sant Fe
South Fifth Stret
Sisbee
Th Silshee Volunteer Fire Department
Roy Terrell
City Manager maps three year water sewer upgrades
City Manager Ronald Hickerson outlines a capital improvements plan totaling about 145000 to 160000 over three years for water and sewer, using city crews and gov discount to save costs. The program, started last year and due to finish in 1973, focuses sewer work west of 16th Street and includes about 60000 for water main extensions.
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Silsbee
Ronald Hickerson
Hickerson
the Bee
iCity
16Th Street
Fifth Birthday Tragedy Marks City Auto Pedestrian Toll
The city records its third traffic related fatality of the year as five year old Gary Lynn Patterson of 890 South 14th Street died after being struck at 11:05 am by a 1968 Chevrolet driven by William T. Perryman 53 of 305 Ikes Lane. Perryman was southbound on Woodrow Road and the child reportedly moved into the path near Woodrow and Gerson Street. Patterson was taken to Silsbee Doctors Hospital then transferred to St Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont where he died on arrival at 11:30 am. Funeral services were held March 25 at Farmer Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Woodrow Brown officiating. Burial followed at Jordan Cemetery Honey Island. He is survived by his parents Wayne Patterson and wife, a brother Wayne Patterson Jr., all of Silsbee, plus grandparents Don Patterson of Silsbee B F Musgrove of Ountze and Robert Phillips of Victor and great grandparents Mrs John J Curry of Saratoga and Rev W D Holmes of Honey Island.
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City
Gary Lynn Patterson
South 14Th St
Hubert Davis
William T. Perryman
Ikes Lane
Perryman
Woodrow Road
Woodrow
Gerson Street
Atte Young Patterson Wa Ket
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Farmer Ambulance
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Davis
Patterson
Farmer Funeral Home
Woodrow Brown
Honey Island Mission Church
Jordan Cemetery
Honey Island
Wayne Patterson
Wayne Patterson Jr
Silsbee
Don Patterson
Silshee
B. F. Musgrove
Ountze
Robert Phillips
Victor
John J Curry
Saratoga
W. D. Holmes
Hearing Set In School Marijuana Case For March 29
Silsbee Independent School Superintendent Don L Hough said a second hearing into the case involving two high school teachers accused of marijuana possession is scheduled for Wednesday March 29 The hearing will be in executive session and a continuation was granted due to the death of the attorney's mother in law The teachers were suspended without pay from March 13 pending board action and no formal charges had been filed as of Tuesday
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Silsbee Independent School
Don L. Hough
BEE
Hough
Roger Lee Ratliff
Ratliff
Hannah Robinson
Billy E. Paine
Hownd Grantham
The
Kountze Man Charged With Murder in Beaumont Shooting
Charles Tyson Jr of Kountze is charged with the murder of Eddie Lee Herman 36 of Beaumont who died after a March 17 chest wound from a 22 caliber rifle Herman died March 24 at St Elizabeth Hospital Tyson was free on $10 000 bond as of Tuesday Patrolman Claude Lindsey and Liquor Control Agent Truett Bonnett investigated the shooting with Knighton Funeral Home handling arrangements for Herman funeral services held March 20 at Christ Holy Sanctified Church Beaumont.
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Kourt
Claude Lindsey
The
BEE
Pace Ambulance
Tyson
Herman
Christ Holy Sanctified Church
Beaumont
Knighton Funeral Home
Lindsey
Truett Bonnett
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Duane Beck
Texas
W. H. Dunlap
Veteran Service
County Judges and Commissioners Association of Tex
Masons
I. F. Eldredge
Dan Herron
Frank Grote
North Sixth
H. A. Coe
Kountee
Archer Fullingim
Houston Thompson
North Hardin
New York
Uncle Sam
Dorothy Briggs
Roger Ratliff
Hedge
Chamber For Community Progress
Silsbee Garden Club
Joe Bledsoe
Geeree Eldredee
LSU
Baton Rouve
Frank Eldredee
Texas University
Austin
F. Eldredge Jr
Fort Walton Beach
Fla
J. F. Eldredge
Eugene L. Sevay
Ted Busby
Charles Busby
Isons OT Dan Yuung
Puerto Rico
Otha R. T.newine
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