Dispatcher Struck During Burglary Attempt at Sheriff's Dept
Night dispatcher Malcolm Storey, 37, was attacked when would be thieves knocked at the Hardin County Sheriff's Department early Wednesday. Storey suffered only minor injuries and described the incident as the suspects knocking but not entering during graveyard duty between 3 and 5 AM.
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Sheriff's Department
Hardin County Sheriff's Department
Malcolm Storey
Storey
The
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Silsbee
Kountze
Three Nabbed On Pot Charge Here
Discovery of a marijuana plant find in Silsbee led to the arrest of three residents including two 16 year olds. Jonathon Ira Cox, 18, and two juveniles faced charges with bond set at $1500. Officers reported evidence of a marijuana garden and related items recovered in a wooded area near Silsbee High School.
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Silsbee
Hardin County
Silsbee High School
Johnathan Ira Cox
Marshall Lane
Bob L. Ogden
The
BEE
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Ogden
Newler
Texas
Cox
Silsbee Justice of the Peace
Kyle Reeves
Reeves
88Th District
Clyde E. Smith Jr
Missing assailant strikes store during incident
Deputy Ira Moore was alerted by a dispatcher and searched the area after an assailant struck Storey, but found nothing. The report provides limited details on the location and motive.
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Ira Moore
Moore
Storey
Evadale High School Names 1974 Top Graduates
Evadale High School announces the 1974 graduating class led by top senior Goats and the salutatorian Lyn Harris. The 26 member class stages commencement at 8 p.m. May 28 in the E. C. Nash Memorial Auditorium.
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Ronda Goats
Lyn Harris
Ronnie Roberts
Evadale High School
E. C. Nash Memorial
Miss Goats
Larry F. Goats
Evadale
Committees Named For County Demo Convention May 11
Four committees were appointed Tuesday by the Hardin County Democratic Executive Committee to serve at the county party convention. The event will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday May 11 in the 88th District Courtroom in Kountze. County chairman Mrs Betty Ann Mitchell reported.
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Hardin County
Democratic Executive Committee
Kountze
Betty Ann Mitchell
Trustees To Hear Bidding Plans For School Renovations
Silsbee School District trustees will hear architect Augie Saxe report on bidding for the renovation project at a regular meeting May 8. They will review bids on the auto mechanic and power mechanic building, administer oath of office to C. B. Stevens, set the 1974 75 payroll, discuss the new minimum wage law as it affects district staff, and appoint an auditor for FY 1973 74.
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Silsbee
Augie Saxe
C. B
Bud) Stevens
Auto Chase Ends In Injury And Arrest In Silsbee
Silsbee police pursued a 1969 Mercury driven by Carlton Ezell Wright 19. The chase reached over 100 mph on Roosevelt Drive before Wright lost control at Roosevelt Extension and Lee Miller Road, crashing and overturning. Wright and two passengers Orman Strawther and Claude Roach were injured. Wright faces charges of fleeing and reckless driving with bond set at 500 each.
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Silsbee
Lee Miller Road
Bob L. Ogden
The
BEE
Beaumont Hospital
Carlton Ezell Wright
Ogden
Justice of the Peace
Kyle Reeves
Reeves
Mike Anding
Dennis Jones
Wright
Mercury
Roosevelt Extension
Silsbee Receives 52481 From New Urban Highway Program
Silsbee qualifies for 52481 in street and thoroughfare funds under the Federal Aid Urban System Program created by the 1973 act. Mayor James L. Hays announced a special City Council meeting for May 8 to hear engineer Lester Landgraf outline the program, which replaces TOPICS and lets federal funds upgrade nonconnected local streets. District 20 cities share 2.099 million with Silsbee at 1 52 481 based on population from the 1970 census. priorities due May 17 and approval expected in August with funds allocated to THD crews.
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Silsbee
James L. Hays
The
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Hays
Gineer
Lester P. Landgraf
District 20 Thd
Beaumont
Austin
Auto crashes into Lumberton Pharmacy injures customer
Mrs. Gladys Brewer, 53, of Lumberton, remained in satisfactory condition at St Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont after a car crashed through the Lamberton Pharmacy front, pinning her to a counter and causing compound fractures in both legs. Driver Mrs Judy Jernigan, 26, of Silsbee, backed into a sign then pressed the accelerator, sending the car into the store.
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Gladys Brewer
Lumberton
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Lester Sellers
Lamberton
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the Bee
Brewer
Ten Cast Votes In GOP Primary In Lumberton
A light turnout marked the Hardin County Republican Primary in Lumberton on May 4. A total of 10 votes were cast for GOP candidates and three referendum propositions, with tally sheets unavailable at press time.
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Hardin County
Lumberton
Dorothy Overstreet
GOP
BEE Presstime
Mrs. Shawver Ends 44 Years As Bee Columnist
C. H. Shawver known as Mother Shawver retires her Bee column after forty four years of service beginning in 1932 with the SilsBee Bee. She cites reaching the seventy five mark as a reason for stepping down.
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Silsbee Bee
Lamberton - Loeb
C. H. Shawver
the Bee
Shawver
Runoffs Jazz Hardin County Commissioner and JP Races
May 4 Democratic Primary in Hardin County produced runoff battles for two County Commissioner seats and two Justice of the Peace posts. Governor Dolph Briscoe led the gubernatorial tally. County Judge Emmett Lack advanced with 3,785 votes. J. D. Droddy trailed. Parimutuel betting measure failed countywide.
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Hardin County
Dolph Briscoe
Emmett Lack
Texas
Judge Lack
Jack
Droddy
Lack
Kount
Propolize
North Kountzelsition
Briscoe
Silsbee
Frances
Pet. 2
Howard Barrington
Luther F. Chitty
Pet
Virgil Caraway
Barrrington
Caraway
Chitty
Barrington
Tack Dempsey
Reed
Childress
Bennie Lewis
Como
Mark Kelley
Village Mills
C. A. Kimball
Kountze
David Reed
Margie Thibodeaux
Tory
Cecil Overstreet
Kelley
Overstreet
Charlie Lambert
Lambert
Lambert Polled 440. There Were No Contests In the Village Mills
Vernon
Westbrook
Kyle Reeves
Ron Childress
Robert H. Broeder
John D
Sour Wake
David Net
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