Commissioners Move To Amend Hardin County Budget This Month
Hardin County Commissioners during a routine session discussed amending the budget to fund raises for most county employees and contract payments for libraries and fire departments. Debates centered on the amount to add, possible borrowing, and legal timing before the May 31 deadline.
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Hardin County Commissioners Court
Silsbee
Virgil Caraway
Sour Lake
Bob Kerr
Horace Move
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Hugh Bevil
Kountze
Howard Barrington
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Mrs Gray Granted Two Years Probation In Slaying Case
Fae Marie Gray was found guilty of murder without malice in the December 9, 1970 shotgun slaying of her husband Arthur Lee Gray. Her son Larry Gray was found not guilty. Mrs Gray received two years probation. Both defendants were from Silsbee.
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Dee
Arthur Lee Gray
Larry Gray
Billy E. Paine
Council Votes To Present Zoning Law To Commission For Revision
Silsbee officials push to revise trailer and mobile home park rules. The Planning and Zoning Commission would study the trailer ordinance and propose changes. A new $2 monthly trailer fee was introduced but tabled after challenges.
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Silsbee
Planning and Zoning Commission
C. E. Landolt Jr
Landolt
I. F. Eldredge
Herron
Coward
Duane Beck
Harold Cammack
Cammack
Four Amendments Facing Texas Voters in May Election
Texas voters face a special election on May 18 approving or rejecting four constitutional amendments. The measures include creating a State Ethics Commission, allowing called legislative sessions for amendments, adjusting aid ceilings for needy families, and issuing 100 million dollars in water development bonds. Polls will run 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Hardin County with multiple polling sites.
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Silsbee Students To Receive Lamar Degrees In 19th Commencement
Seventeen Silsbee pupils join 612 provisional candidates for Lamar State College of Technology to receive bachelor and master degrees at the May 22 outdoor ceremony in Cardinal Stadium. The event marks Lamar Tech’s final Spring commencement as a college before becoming a university on August 23.
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Miss Patricia Malone Receives LVN License in Lutkin
Miss Patricia Malone daughter of Mr and Mrs Noble Smith of this city earned her LVN cap in ceremonies at the First Christian Church Lutkin on May 11. She will return to Memorial Hospital Lutkin for the remainder of her training.
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Tigers clinch 11-3A diamond title with 3-2 win
Silsbee High School Tigers beat Port Acres 8-2 on May 7 securing the District 11-3A championship. Rufus Cooks hit a two run homer, Jim Bowen allowed four runs on two hits with 11 strikeouts. The win gives Silsbee a 15-8 season mark and a bi district game to be announced.
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School Trustees Swear In Tax Board In Silsbee ISD
L A Yankie Herbert Elmore and Newton Hopkins are sworn in as new members of the district board of equalization at the May trustees meeting. The tax board will be empaneled in June once tax rolls are complete.
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O'Neil
Silsbee
Tire and wheel theft at Donalson Motor Co
Silsbee police report two brand tires and magnesium wheels plus a 12 volt battery stolen from Donalson Motor Co. The 1969 Dodge on the lot was found missing rear wheels and tires. Police Willis Compton and Marvin L. Morgan said the thefts occurred over the weekend and were discovered on routine patrol.
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D F Hobbs Ruled Lane Gets 9 Years For 1967 Assault
Donald Fred Hobbs of Kountze pleaded guilty to assault with intent to murder in Judge H A Coe's court. He received nine years in the state penitentiary after being deemed sane by a jury. $1,500 was awarded to Sue Holland Whittington.
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Joe Goodman
Dwayne Overstreet
Four From Silsbee Among Houston U Grads
About 2,800 candidates will receive degrees or diplomas at the University of Houston Spring Commencement on May 15 at Hofheinz Pavilion. UH President Philip G. Hoffman presides, Rice University President Norman Hackerman gives the address. From Silsbee, Susan Kay Dixon, Ira Virgil McWhorter Jr., Garvis Daniel Wright Jr., and John Thomas Wright are listed with BA Political Science or BS in Pharmacy. The ceremony will be telecast on KUHT TV Channel 8.
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Curtis Graham 14 to Undergo Heart Surgery in Houston
Curtis Graham Jr., 14, son of Curtis Graham Sr. and Mrs. Earnestine Graham, will have heart surgery at Children’s Hospital Houston. Donations may be given to Johnny Wood at City Cleaners or Hart Brookins Ward Office. Mrs. Rufus Mullins and Miss Sharon Maxfield attended Cisco Junior College awards in Harrell Fine Arts auditorium where Rufus Mullins Jr. won second place in the state agricultural scrapbook contest and was named reporter for Cisco Agricultural Club.
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First Class Mail Rate Increases 33 Percent May 16
Postmaster Conley Bradshaw announced temporary postage hikes effective May 16 under the Postal Reorganization Act. First class letters rise from six to eight cents per ounce, a 33 1/3 percent increase, with airmail and postcards also up. Second and third class rates will also rise, but largely phased in over years for nonprofits, while parcel post remains unchanged.
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Bond Reduced for James M. Payne in Rape Case
James M. Payne of Silsbee, formerly of Spurger, charged with rape on April 20, saw his bond cut from 50 000 to 20 000. He requested the reduction in court and Sheriff Billy E. Paine said Payne will be bound over to the Hardin County Grand Jury at its next meeting Friday May 14.
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Second Annual Fun Fly At Hardin County Airport
Hardin County Civil Air Patrol hosts the second annual Fun Fly at Hardin County airport between Silsbee and Kountze. Skyhawks parachuting club will perform during the day Sunday with airplane rides for all ages from 10 a.m. to dark. Proceeds support CAP unit projects and equipment.
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Silsbee
Kountze
Hardin County Civil Air Patrol
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Three Injured In Auto Crash South Of Silsbee
Three persons were injured in a two car crash on US 96 south of Silsbee at 9 05 p m May 9. Jimmy William Rossi of Beaumont and Robert Wayne Hollyfield of Silsbee were the drivers. Rossi and passenger Joann Hollyfield and Fanny Staley 73 of Silsbee were treated and released from St Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont.
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Norman Barrow
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Cook’s Road
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St. Elizabeth Hospital
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Former Hardin Memorial Hospital board members sue over firing
Pat Pace Jack E Gore and R C Williams file suit in U S District Court alleging their March 22 removals from the Hardin Memorial Hospital board were arbitrary and without due process under the Fourteenth Amendment They seek reinstatement and court rulings overturning the dismissals
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