Storm Knocks Out Power For 1000 Silsbee Customers
A frontal system with 45 mph gusts toppled trees and cut power to about 1,000 Silsbee residents for over two and a half hours. A tree fell on a feeder near Avenue J and Highway 327, causing outages with blinking lights reported. Damage also noted in Kountze and Lumberton.
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Silsbee
Avenue J
Highway 327
Robert Sheffield
Gulf States Utilities
Sheffield
Kountze
Lumberton
Silsbee Tennis Teams Eye District Tournaments
Silsbee Tiger tennis players advanced in a Little Cypress Mauriceville event with Grant Gilson reaching the quarterfinals before losing 8-4 to the top seed. Brian Richardson Milan Hickman and Beth Smith won first round matches. Districts set for April 18-20 at Little Cypress for boys and April 12-13 in Silsbee for girls. coach Ann Dinkle expresses cautious optimism for Gilson and a tough girls field.
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Silsbee Tiger
Little Cypress - Mauriceville
Grant Gilson
Brian Richardson
Milan Hickman
Beth Smith
Little Cypress
Silsbee
Ann Dinkle
Roughneck Killed In Drilling Rig Accident
A 32 year old roughneck was killed as a drilling rig derrick collapsed at the New town oil lease in the Texaco field near Sour Lake. Franklin H. Robinson died after the rig fell while he guided cables. Deputy Bob Kerr investigated the industrial accident.
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Newton
Texaco
Sour Lake
Franklin H. Robinson
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Hardin County
Billy Paine
Bob Kerr
Robinson
Joe Willis Sr
Kerr
Danny Pickering
Kountze
Garland B. Gore
Gore
McCulloch
Sears
James Hobson
Silsbee
Jefferson County
Corless McBryde
Tiger Golf Team Finishes Fourth at West Orange Invitational
The Silsbee Tigers placed fourth at the West Orange Invitational on Monday, finishing 13 strokes behind the winner. The team held an eighth place spot in the overall standings and surpassed expectations with the late improvement.
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Tiger Golf
Silsbee Tiger Golf
Write-In Challenge Aims at Landolt in City Council Race
Jeffery Williamson, 19, campaigns door to door for the city council seat against C. E. Landolt in a bid to unseat an incumbent seeking his ninth term. Mayor James Hays and Councilmen Shows and Van Winkle seek re election as officials and two school board hopefuls Norris and Tennison file for the district seats. Voters inside the city vote for mayor and council, while SISD residents vote for school board. polling is at the main fire hall.
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Edna
Brown
Jeffery William
Son
Place 4
C. E. Landolt
Tennison
C. B. Stevens
Silsbee Independent School District
Silsbee Names Two Outstanding Citizens for 1969
Mrs. Mary Ella Sheffield longtime Silsbee educator and L P Skinner businessman civic leader named Outstanding Citizens by Silsbee Chamber of Commerce to be honored at banquet April 5 and reception April 6. Mayor James L Hays proclaims April 6 Outstanding Citizens of the Year Day in Silsbee.
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Mary Ella Sheffield
Silsbee
L. P. Skinner
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
James L. Hays
Skinner
Sheffield
Houston
Tremont
Larkin Jr
Silsbee Kiwanis Club
Silsbee Chamber
Senior Banquet at First Baptist Church Set for April 15
The Senior Banquet will be Friday April 15 at 7 p.m. at the First Baptist Church. Reservations due by April 5 in Mrs Seabrooks room. Guest speaker Ted Kay former Texas Longhorn back who played for the Oakland Raiders and Buffalo Bills. Cardinal Singers of Lamar University to entertain. Bert Ball to MC. Also notes a men’s party April 5 at Britton’s Farm and women’s party at Silsbee Country Club 4 to 6 p.m. A reception at Silsbee State Bank April 6 honors two outstanding citizens.
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Texas Beta Eta Teachers Sorority
Chapter 298
Order of Eastern Star
American Association of Retired Persons
First Baptist Church
W.M.A
Chamber of Commerce
Silsbee
Britton’s Farm
Silsbee Country Club
Silsbee State Bank
Firemen Extinguish Three Fires At Dump
The Susie Volunteer Fire Department fought three of four fires at the city dump last week within a 12 hour span. Fire Chief Russell Busby suspects careless cigarette or match use or burning trash caused the blazes. The first fire occurred at 7 47 p m March 23 and was relit by 2 a m the next morning.
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Sussee
Russell Busby
Little League Prepares Second Clean-Up at Local Ball Park
The Little League schedules a voluntary clean-up day this Saturday at the ball park north of Silsbee off Highway 92. Vice President Morris Windham cites unfinished repairs from the previous effort including work on the diamond and invites broad participation. A board meeting for team managers assistants and team mothers is set for 7:30 on April 7 at the Cajun Delight Restaurant.
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Little League
Ball Park
Silsbee
Highway 92
Morris Windham
Windham
Two Silsbee Students To Attend Freedoms Foundation Conference
Six Beaumont area high school students will take part in two youth leadership conferences at Freedoms Foundation Valley Forge. Participants include Gary Landacher China and Kole Saratoga in the March 24 27 session and Diane Watson Kountze Martha Harrell and Myra Jacks in the March 31 April 3 session.
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Valley Forge
Freedoms Foundation
Gary W. Landacher
China
Tex Kole
Saratoga
Greg Edwards
Silsbee
Diane Watson
Kountze
Martha L. Harrell
Myra Kay Jacks
Beaumont Women’s Chapter
Freedom’s Foundation
Richard V. Allen
Potomac International
Washington
D.C
Gervase Cain
T.O.R
St. Francis College
Pete Brathwaite
Phil Crane
William Gordon
United States Information Agency
United States
Philadephia
Vallley Forge
America
Foundation
Hardin County officials push anti littering drive and audits
Hardin County Commissioners Court meets to coordinate enforcement against illegal dumping with law agencies and justices of the peace. They discuss trash pickup gaps, costs of containers, and a single legal dump near Farm Road 770 with fines up to 200 dollars. The session also covers the 1976 county audit by Moye, its cost, and the approval of a 25 thousand dollar grant to expand Hardin County Airport.
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Hardin County Commissioners Court
Billy Paine
T. S. Hooks
Hardin County
S. C. Langham
Emmett Lack
Ilegal
Horace Moye
Moye
Certified Public
William C. Key
John S. Eppes
United States Municipal Finance Officers Association
Texas Aeronautics Commission
Vandalism, arrests mark Silsbee park concerns
Police report shows 23 arrests with 22 other detainees for public intoxication. incidents include car driving on park courts and gunfire on tennis lights. Officers recovered two stolen vehicles, one linked to Pete Landolt's car theft and another from Sidney Dauphin, amid ongoing vandalism worries.
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Silsbee City
Ronald Hickerson
Silsbee Police Department
Hickerson
A. L. Burleson
Silsbee
Pete Landolt
Hardin County Sheriff's Department
Sidney Dauphin
Burglars Seize 8000 In Tools At McKeown Auto Shop
Doyle McKeown reports burglars ransacked the McKeown Auto Service on Tuesday night taking tools and equipment valued between 8000 and 10000 dollars. They damaged two cars with tires slashed and sprayed a fire extinguisher inside, also tearing a portrait of McKeown's wife. Investigators believe at least two men were involved.
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McKeown
Doyle McKeown
Gilbert Adams Dies Tuesday in Jasper
Former Jasper County Judge T. Gilbert Adams, whose four decade political career spanned local and state service, died early Tuesday at Jasper Memorial Hospital. He was 70 and had suffered from a long standing coronary condition. Adams had resigned as Jasper County chief official in December citing health reasons and planned to focus on his law partnership with his son State Sen. Don Adams.
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Jasper County
T. Gilbert Adams
Jasper Memorial Hospital
Adams
Memorial
Don Adams
Newsom Seeks Reelection To Kountze ISD Trustee Post
Charles H. Newsom filed for a second three year term on the Kountze Independent School District Board of Trustees Place VI. The incumbent seeks continued service on the district panel.
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Chuck Newsom
Kowitze
Charles H
Chuck) Newsom
Kountze Independent
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Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College
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Inez Walton
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Cardinal Singers
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