Avenue J Widening and Paving Planned in Hardin County
Texas Department of Highways and Transportation will widen and straighten Avenue J from Highway 96 South to South 19th Street using federal grant funds. Bids open May 19 in Austin. work set to begin mid June and finish with a 24 foot wide pavement.
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Avenue J
Highway 96
19Th Street
Texas Dept. of Highways and Transportation
Lester Landgraf
Bee
TDHT
Austin
Landgraf
State Highway Department
Santa Fe
Traffic Crackdown Promised By Chief After 32 Accidents
Silsbee Police Chief Al Burleson warns motorists to improve driving habits after reporting 32 accidents in April. He cites rain as a factor but urges defensive driving. The radar unit is back in service and officers will monitor speed until habits change.
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Silsbee
al Burleson
Burleson
Faulty Tail Light Lands Two In Jail
Two men detained after a traffic stop on North Fifth Street in Silsbee for a faulty tail light are being questioned by Beaumont detectives over burglaries from Leong View to Beaumont. Police say the suspects, residents of Pecos and other places, have ties to at least five or six burglaries. They were held for questioning and later released to the Gregg County Sheriff with Beaumont holds. The officers noted other routine incidents in the area including a vending machine break in and home burglary reports.
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Leongview
Beaumont
Tommy Robinson
Silsbee
Robinson
The
Bee
Bobby Gentry
North Fifth Street
Bell
Gregg County Sheriffs Department
al Burleson
Gregg County
Burleson
Pecos
Texas
Wisconsin
Arkansas
Bessie Canida
Beaumont Enterprise
Pine Plaza Shopping Center
Enterprise
West Avenue N
Tera Nash
Bonner
Dosie Garrett
South 16Th Street
Graduation At Lumberton To Be Held In Garner Stadium
Graduation services for the 1976 Bicentennial Lumberton High School senior class will be at Garner Memorial Stadium at 7 30 p m on Friday May 19. Dr Richard Swain Lamar University associate professor will speak and receive honors at the ceremony. A 6 45 p m reception for Swain board members and guests precedes the graduation. Baccalaureate services occur May 19 in the cafetorium with Rev J R Watts Lumberton Assembly of God Church as guest speaker.
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Lumberton High School
Garner Memorial Stadium
Richard Swain
Department of
Lamar University
Swain
North Texas State University
Dallas
Euless
Hurst
Texas
Lamar
Dr. Swain
Lumberton Isd
SACS
Ing
J. R. Watts
Lumberton
Doyle Baize
George R. Robinson
Sour Lake
Lumberton Road
Beaumont Colony
Assistant AG Duvall Defends Grand Jury Probe In Hardin County
Assistant Attorney General Neal Duvall defended the Hardin County investigation amid charges of political motivation. He said the AG office had no role in the probe and that District Attorney Coe and future DA Kirkpatrick were not involved, stressing the grand jury’s independence and its ongoing session.
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Austin
State Capitol
Mary Jean Bodde
Attorney General’s Office
Duvall
John Hill
Stanley Coe
Wing
Coe
L. J. Richmond
Lumberton
Houston
Juvall
Lack
Thompson
Logan
Hardin County
Hardin County approves revenue sharing and audits
Hardin County Commissioners prorated 150 000 dollars in revenue sharing funds mainly to road and bridge, with most to Precincts Two and Four, and approved 17 027 dollars for an outside audit per County Auditor Horace Moye. Moye said funds cover an independent audit and noted revenue sharing delays.
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Hardin County
Horace Moye
Moye
National Association of Counties
Move
Blood Pressure Clinic At Hardin Memorial Hospital
Hardin Memorial Hospital will sponsor a tree blood pressure clinic on May 13 from 10 00 a m until 2 00 p m in the hospital lobby in observance of national hospital week May 9 15.
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Hardin Memorial Hospital
Silsbee A Cappella Choir Tops 2A at Tri-State Festival
Silsbee High School A Cappella Choir named outstanding 2A choir at Enid Oklahoma Tri-State Music Festival. Girls and Boys Choirs also earned first division ratings. Vocal solos by Missy Scott Jan Read Sue McDonald Charles Burns Chris Bottoms. piano solos by Charlie Bumstead Melinda Grantham. clarinet and trombone solos by Robin Fontenot and Charles Burns. Roy Bean directs. Mrs. W A Dunbar chaperones.
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Silsbee High School
Texas
Missy Scott
Jan Read
Sue McDonald
Charles Burns
Chris Bottoms
Charlie Bumstead
Melinda Grantham
Robin Fontenot
Roy Bean
Silsbee
W. A. Dunbar
Indictments Rally Around County Judge Lack and Attorney Thompson
County Judge Emmett Lack and attorney Houston Thompson were indicted by a Hardin County grand jury after weeks of investigation. They were arrested, arraigned, and released on $1,000 bonds as sheriffs and officials defended the process amid protests from supporters.
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Lack
Thompson
Emmett Lack
Silsbee
Houston Thompson
Billy Paine
Hardin County
Justice of the Peace
Cecil Overstreet
Clyde Smith
Roger Ratlitt
Paine
Texas
Haskell Taylor
Neal Duvall
Logan Joeb
Attorney Generals Office
Kountve
Mike Hozaptel
Charles Laird
Texas Attorny Generals Office
Randy Grissom Wins Senior Band John Philip Sousa Award
Randy Grissom wins the John Philip Sousa Award at the Senior Band finale during the Annual Grad Concerts. The event featured multiple bands from ONeil and Silsbee, with Sousa as the top honor for a senior band member.
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Randy Grissom
John Philip Sousa
Silsbee Instrumentel Mousie
Oneil
O'Neil
Silsbee
Silson High School
John Philp Sousa
Silshee seeks RC & D funds for drainage ditch project
The city plans to use Soil Conservation Service funds to clean a drainage ditch from Payie Road on Highway 92 North to the Highway 96 by pass east of Silsbee. Jerry Jones, administrative assistant, noted the project starts at Highway 96 by-pass and crosses Knapple Road about 1200 feet west of Wood subdivision. Plans call for clearing weeds and extending a northerly addition to Highway 96 near Putten-Cravens survey area.
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Silshee
RC & D
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Payie Road
Silsbee
Jerry Jones
Knapple Road
Wood
Bilshee Hish Sehorl
Putten-Cravens Ivey Co
Horth Ton
Jones
Lack Says He Handled 50-75 Cases Wednesday
County Judge Emmett Lack told the Bee on Wednesday that he handled fifty to seventy five cases in a morning session linked to his indictment alongside Stlsbee attorney Houston Thompson. He said he has processed more cases than any other county judge and collected about ninety thousand dollars in fines over the past year, noting his court runs fast but not as fast as Harris County. He did not specify how many cases were in Houston and said he dismissed City of Silsbee cases three times.
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Hardin County
Emmett Lack
Houston Thompson
Hardin
Texas
United States
The
Bee
Stlsbee
Lack
Harris County
Houston
Hays
Landolt
Silsbee Council Allocates Revenue Sharing Funds and Approves Actions
City council approves 36352 in revenue sharing for streets, tax collection and library services and allocates 7975 to public safety and 5075 to water mains. A 1818 sewer allocation is approved while heirs seek 60 more days to repair condemned North Fourth property. A second building at 760 South Third is ordered razed. Resolution 766 authorizes a federal funded technical study of city operations. A street light at Highway 418 and 11th Street is approved. Unresolved court prosecutions prompt calls for improved enforcement and potential need for a county prosecutor.
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Silsbee City
W. L. Armstrong
North Fourth Street
Bob Armstrong
Mary Baird
South Third
Margie Eldredge
E. Landolt
Highway 418
11Th Street
Doctors Hospital
Landolt
James Hays
Roger Ratliff
C. E. Landolyht
al Burleson
Tareers
Trustees Review O'Neil Scholarships At Silsbee
Silsbee school trustees planned a closed session to screen O'Neil Scholarship applicants with a final sealed decision to be announced on graduation night. The board also considered appointing a district auditor bidding renovations to the football stadium evaluating transfer students and maintenance contracts and receiving standard reports.
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Silsbee School
O'Neil
Oper
Blow
Comsifer
Funeral Services For Mrs Doris Cleveland 40 Held Today
Funeral services for Mrs Doris Cleveland 40 a Lumberton resident will be held at Broussard's Mortuary at 10 a m Thursday She died at 2 32 p m from a self inflicted wound in the abdomen in Beaumont The investigation was conducted by Detective D R Mitchell of the Beaumont Police Department Survivors include three sons William Gene Manuel of Beaumont Tony Charles Le Abunuel of Beaumont and others
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Doris Cleveland
Cleveland
Cowie
J. Paul McNeil
Spyeleth Village
Coowlopy Ray
Edwin Willis
Hand
Clarence
William Gene Manel
Tammie
Ton
Charles le Abunuel
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the Bee
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Texas Attorney General's Office
Roger Rathit
Oklahoma
SHS
State of
88Th District Court
Lexus
Houster Thompson
Hardin Canty
Emmett Lovk
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