1973 Silsbee Little League Opens With Ceremonies
The 1973 Silsbee Little League season begins at 1 p.m. Saturday May 5 at Silsbee Little League Park with a barbecue at 11 a.m. Mayor Jim Hayes will throw the first ball and Ed Kovack acts as master of ceremonies. First games start at 2 p.m. Giants meet Dodgers and Reds play Braves, with a long schedule of May and June league games listed.
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Silsbee
Silsbee Little League Park
Jim Hayes
Ed Kovack
Giants
Dodgers
Reds
Braves
Orioles
Damage suit filed over N G Mansfield death at refinery
Eula Mansfield and family sue Union 76 in 8th District Court Beaumont for 4.5 million dollars alleging gross negligence at the Union 76 refinery in mid-Jefferson County. Norman Gene Mansfield died after 37 000 volt contact August 4 1972 while a Ralph Parsons Co pipefitter.
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Silsbee
Union 76
Mid
Jefferson County
8Th District
Beaumont
Eula Mansfield
Norman Gene Mansfield
Mansfields
Paren
William
Martha Mansfield
Defendent
Union of Co
California
Mansfield
Ralph Parsons Co
Alto Watson
Burglaries Hit Silsbee Schools and Drive In
Police report three burglaries in Silsbee on Wednesday morning May 2. The Dixie Queen No 2 window was pried and four one dollar bills plus change stolen. O Neil Intermediate School and Silsbee High School also reported break ins with cash and a tape player and audio equipment taken from the ICT building.
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Silsbee
Bob Ogden
The
BEE
Dixie Queen No. 2
John Costner
Mike Holzapfel
al Burleson
O'Neil
Silsbee High
Two Orange Men Are Booked For Marijuana
John Mark Trower 18 of 305 Cypress Orange and Anthony Jones 18 of 218 Decatur Orange were arrested in Silsbee April 28 on marijuana possession charges. Police stopped them at 12:55 a.m. near Avenue H1 and North Fifth Street and found a lid of marijuana, residue and cigarette papers. They were arraigned before Justice of the Peace B. L. Comp with bonds set at 3000 each and released after posting.
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John Mark Trower
Cypress
Orange
Anthony Tony Jones
Decatur
Silsbee
Bob Ogden
Ogden
Mike Holzapter
James Doane
Avenue H1
North Fifth Street
Trower
Jones
Justice of the Peace B. L. Comp
Hardin County
State Approves Highway 105 Work Contract in Texas
Ashland Cil Co of Ashland Kentucky won highway construction contracts in the Beaumont District. The $497,651.81 project in Hardin and Jefferson Counties includes grading cement stabilized base surface treatment structures and widening 1.1 miles of State Highway 105 from Beaumont to Sour Lake. Project engineer Edward F Seymour estimates 160 working days.
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Ashland Cil Co
Ashland
Beaumont
Texas Highway Comission
Hardin County
Herdin
Jefferson
Edward F. Seymour
Sour Lake
Census Bureau Adds County To Golden Triangle
The Census Bureau placed Hardin County in the Golden Triangle area and added it to the Beaumont Port Arthur Orange SMSA. With 30 percent of workers in central counties, the move may shift Hardin into the Southeast Texas Regional Planning Commission from the Deep East Texas Council of Governments.
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U.S. Census Bureau
Hardin County
Golden Triangle
The
BEE
Dallas
Hardin
Beaumont
Port Arthur
SMSA
Harding County
South East Texas
Deep East Texas Council of Governments
May 15 Road Bond Election Endorsed by Regional Officials
In an April 30 meeting regional probation and county commissioners endorsed a May 15 road bond election for 4.995 million dollars. If approved, funds will cover right of way, construction, and professional engineering for multiple precinct projects including US 96 relocation and several local roads in Kountze, Lumberton, Village Mills, and Silsbee. Committee chair Marcus Bowman led the group naming construction priorities and bond issuance plans.
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Theirjand
David Cook
Silsbee
Hardin
Court County
Cook
Citizens Advisory Committee
D. Smith Road
Marcus Bowman
Lumber
Acton
Bill Jordan
of Batson
Ronald Renz
Elton Irvin
Richard E. Jones
Hardin County
April Fire Calls Highlight SVFD Activity and County Health Shift
Firemen answered 24 calls in April, mostly electrical, with two in late April causing minimal damage. The same week Hardin County Commissioners moved to keep probation services local and form an autonomous county health unit with DETCOG dissolving the Tri County setup.
Silsbee Students Among Lamar U Degree Recipients
Lieutenant Governor Billy Hobby will deliver the 21st annual Spring graduation address at Lamar University on May 12 in Cardinal Stadium. A total of 817 candidates are listed for degrees, including 13 from Silsbee, with 608 bachelor, 79 master, and 130 associate degree candidates.
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Lamar University
Silshee
Office of Admission and Records
Cardinal Stadium
Hobby
Texas
Texas Senate Chamber
Houston
William FP
Oveta Culp Hobby
Bill
Women's Army Corps
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Education
Welsac
Silsbee C of C Directors Back Road Bond Support
In a meeting called by Ron Ald Renz, president of the Silsbee Chamber of Commerce, the board unanimously approved backing passage of the Road Bond Issuance. County Commissioners Moore and Caraway attended and addressed questions, pledging funds for planned projects. The chamber will support the May 15 election to pass the issue.
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Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Unanimouly
Issur County
Res Moore
Virgil Caraway
Renz
Commissioners Court
Silsbee Chamber
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