Cecil Tebbs Named Assistant 88th District Attorney
Cecil W. Tebbs of Kountze began duties as assistant district attorney for the 88th Judicial District on April 30. He helps District Attorney R. S. Coe with a heavy caseload under a state grant with the Criminal Justice Council. The grant runs to Feb. 14, 1974 and pays $14,700 for the DA’s retained. Tebbs is a Baylor and South Texas Law graduate and family man from Newton.
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Cecil W. Tebbs
Kountze
88Th Judicial District
the Bee
State of Texas
Criminal Justice Council
Tebbs
R. S. Coe
BEE
Coe
Kountze High School
Two 16-Year-Olds Arrested in Silsbee Burglaries
Har din County Sheriff's office and Silsbee Police arrest two 16-year-old Silsbee boys linked to four local burglaries last week. County warrants charge burglary at Burger Barn Drive In and 7 Eleven on FM 92, plus high school shop thefts. They face counts of grand larceny and forging checks from Lou’s Salvage Co.
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Hardin County Sheriff's Office
Silsbee Police Department
Silsbee
Jesse Cartwright
L. J. Foux
Melvin Weber
Don Merrill
Olan Davis
Merrill
Davis
Weber
Apa
Ieeeeg
Bob Ogden
FM 92
Silsbee High School
Dixie Queen
Ogden
The
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Lou's Salvage Co
Voters to Decide $4 995 000 Road Bond for Hardin County
Hardin County voters will cast ballots on Tuesday May 15 to approve or reject a $4 995 000 road bond for highway and street improvements county wide. Absentee voting ends Friday May 11 at the County Clerk's office. Polling places and election judges are listed across each precinct.
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Hardin’ S
Kountze
Hardin County
Massey Lake
Old Beaumont Road
Cook’s Road
Fresenius Road
Willard Lake
Hooks Road
Mormon Church Road
Neyland Road
Country Club Road
Miller Road
Gusher
Batson
Guidry
Saratoga Streets
Nona
Honey Island
Beech Creek
Village Mills
Oil Field
Holland Signs
Walden Road
Haynes Settlement
Fresenius
Sumrall Loop
Wotaw
Tottal
Old Sour Lake
Sour Lake
Shoe String
Attaway
Warren
Cooks Lake
Lumberton
Boggy Creek
Chance
Mitchell Road
Woodcrest
Lumbertton
Silsbee
Chance Estate
Rex Moore
Eddie van Winkle
City Fire Hall
Avenue I
Virgil Caraway
Aggravated Assault Filed On Local Man
A charge of aggravated assault on a peace officer was filed this week against Marshall D. Gore of Silsbee after an incident reported May 7. Silsbee Police Sgt. James P Doane said he stopped Gore during a radar speed check and was struck in the head during the investigation. Gore was released from Hardin County Jail on a $1,000 bond.
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Marshall D. Gore
Silsbee
James P Doane
the Bee
Gore
Doane
Hardin County
Four Arrests Reported in Hardin County Burglary Ring
Hardin County Sheriff Bills Paine says four suspects face charges from burglary to hog theft. Alton Ferguson of Tampa is held on 20 000 bond for two burglary counts after raids on a drive in grocery, a filling station, a lounge and a trailer home near Silsbee. Also sought is W T Red Calaway of Silsbee. Two Silsbee men Hannon Hollyfield and W B Jenkins posted bond after Newton County warrants for theft of two shots and property destruction.
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Hardin County
Bills Paine
Alton Ferguson
Tampa
Fla
Ferguson
Silsbee
Paine
Texas
Haskell Taylor
DPS
Jim Baldwin
W. T. “Red” Calaway
Silshee
Angelina County
Merryville
Tyler
Angelina
Nacogdoches
Sabine
Jasper
Newton
Hannon
Hollyfield
W. B. Jenkins
Newton County
Burglary cases cracked by Silsbee Police with regional help
Silsbee Police and Hardin County Sheriff deputies plus Texas Rangers solved two burglaries. May 2 entry at 915 Maxwell Drive yielded pistols watches cameras and cash. Suspects Lonnie Phillips and Robert Boyer held on 10 000 bonds each after arraignment. An 18 month old Gulf States Utilities safe burglary linked to James and Billy Kelley. cash and checks taken, checks damaged. Louisiana custody for the duo.
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Silsbee
James Fulgham
Phillips
Ogden
Justice of the Peace
Kyle Reeves
James Fred Kelley
Lake Charles
Billy Pat Kelley
Crestview
Fla
Gulf States Utilities Office
Avenue M
The
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Louisiana
Ogden Sum
Safe
Hardin County
Billy Paine
Texas Range
Everett Smith
Trustees Discuss O Neil Award At May 9 Session
Silsbee Independent School District Board of Trustees set May 9 to review the scholarship committee recommendations for the 1973 38 O Neil Scholarship Award. The winner will be honored at Silsbee High graduation on May 31. An executive session on personnel matters followed by student transfers for 1973 74 and resignations plus employment recommendations were also on the agenda.
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O'Neil
Silsbee Independent School District Board of Trustees
Silsbee High
Racy Appointed Dry End Foreman at Kirby Plywood Mill
Edward L. Racy is named dry end foreman at the Kirby plywood mill in Silsbee. He previously served as a supervisor with the American Plywood Association. His wife and two children will move to Silsbee when school closes.
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Edward L. Racy
Kirby Plywood
Silsbee
American Plywood Association
Silssbee
Coon
Communications Pact Signed for 18-County System
Officials from DETCOG and Motorola sign a 507,730 contract for equipment and installation of a multicounty communications system. Hardin County to receive 24,000. Silsbee 16,073. Kountze 8,612 for city program implementation. System links city communications with state and national networks.
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Deep East Texas Council of Governments
Motorola Communications and Electronics, Inc
Detcog
Jasper
Motorolay
Robert E. Davis
Southwestern
Billy Langford
Hardin County
Silsbee
Kountze
Silsbee Council Sets Codification Plan and Drainage Work
The Silsbee City Council approved Ordinance 735 to codify all city ordinances with an effective date of adue 11. They also ordered brush removal in the Knupple Road area to improve drainage and to begin channeling 8,000 feet of creek to prevent rising waters. Mayor Hays hopes the project finishes by fall.
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Silsbee
Knupple Road
Municipal Code Corp
Tallahassee
Fla
HL. Lackey
Knapple Road
South Silsbee
Lackey
James L. Hays
Hays
Roy Baker
Houston Natural Gas Corp
HNG
Four Hurt In Wrecks On Sunday
Four persons were injured in two separate automobile crashes on May 5 and May 6 near Silsbee and Lumberton. Charles Eugene McCartney 19 of Silsbee was seriously hurt and transported to Beaumont's Neurological Pavilion after colliding with a tree on FM 92. W L Jones Jr. also of Silsbee was treated and released. In Lumberton William R Abel 21 and Aline Matte of Silsbee were injured when Abel's Porsche collided with a Buick driven by Adolph J Matte and struck a parked Chevrolet pickup. Abel and Mrs Matte were treated at area hospitals. state patrol assisted in the investigations.
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Silsbee
Department of Public Safety
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Charles Eugene McCartney
McCartney
Truman ‘Dougharty
Jim Deal
W. L. Jones Jr
Silsbee Doctors
Jones
William Robert Abel
Aline Matte
Highway
John Ferrguson
Abel
Baptist Hospital
Matte
St Elizabeth
Franklin
N. W. Barrow
Mrs Naomi Wells Dies Near Silsbee After May 8
Funeral services for Mrs Naomi Irene Wells TJ were pending at Farmer Funeral Home at press time. She died at her home near FM 418 north of Silsbee at 111 p m on Tuesday May 8.
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Naomi Wells
Naomi Irene Wells
Farmer Funeral
BEE
Probation Given To 9 Persons In Area Court Action
Nine pleas of guilty resulted in probations issued by 88th District Judge Clyde E. Smith Jr in Kountze on May 4. Defendants include Paul Partin Silsbee on burglary with intent to commit theft and several others from Houston, Silsbee, MKountze for break in and robbery by assault. Indicted: Ronald Kendrick for possession of marijuana and Pat Nash for felony worthless check.
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Clyde E. Smith Jr
Hardin County
Jefferson County
Kountze
Paul Partin
Silsbee
Rickey E. Vaughan
Randy D. Vaughan
Gerald E. Mize
Willie Ray Hancock
Larry D. Samuel
Billy Joe Haynes
Mkountze
Bruce ©. Williams
Charles W. Buck
Ronald Lee ‘Kendrick
Lumberton
Pat Nash
Commissioners and Bond Committee Endorse Hardin County Road Bond
Hardin County Commissioners Court and the Citizens Advisory Committee for Better Roads met jointly on May 3 to back the $4,995,000 county road bond issue for the May 115 election. The panel discussed limiting allocations for right of way, with $2 million earmarked for such purchases, and pledged ongoing citizen oversight after passage. The court also rejected all bids for automatic data processing equipment and plans a re bid.
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Hardin County Commissioners Court
Citizens’ Advisory ‘Committee For Better Roads
The
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Bowlman
Commissioners Court
Hardin County
Annual C of C Member Drive Opens in Silsbee
The Silsbee Chamber of Commerce launches its annual membership drive led by Joe Watson. The committee meets at noon for lunch, then visits local businesses by motor home loaned by M A Bomer, urging non members to join and distributing the Action Plans booklet.
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Silsbee Chamber
Commerce
Joe ‘Watson
Chamber
M. A. Bomer
Watson
Silsbee
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Cecil Tebbs
North Silsbee
Ernie Dietrich
Caney Head
Leslie Ashworth
North Kountze
John Trougott
Hugh Bevil Means
Wiley Alford
Box
West Silsbee
W. E
Paul
Pete” Trest
Daniel Gardner
Pinewood
Steve Doukas
Dwight Theriot
Pine Ridge
Henry L. Folmer
William Duncan Palmer
Beaumont Hospital
Marshall Lane
Dardin Drive
William Gilley
Tommy Robinson
Ralph Seamans
GSA
Poriceman
H. W. Moncrief
Highway 297
22Nd Street
Gilley
Council
Jack T. Welch
H. T. Horka
Horka
Marlene Gray
Tyrrell Public Library
Brary
John Ferdinal
Co. B. Stevens
Silshee Library Board
Ronald Hickerson
Edna Brown
Beautify Texas Council
Governor’s Committee On Achievement
Dallas
Brown
Wade M. Strother Sr
Pueblo
Colo
Marshall Strother
Denver
Evergreen
Wiekend
Alexandria
Marcus Bowman
Ronald Renz
Elton Irvin
Richard Jones
David Cook
Bill Jordan
Janet Corley
Glenn A. Dromgoole
C. M. Harness
Fred Johnson
Joel Richardson
Watton
Plar
Mmittee
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