County approves 8500 to Silsbee for Highway 96 curb work
Hardin County Commissioners authorize 8500 to the City of Silsbee for a curb and gutter section on Highway 96 from Dardin Drive to Lindsey Road. Road widening to four lanes planned. Also bids approved for a new sheriff department car and county hiring rules updated for part time workers to receive social security. Tax rolls work begins with Board of Equalization.
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Silsbee
Highway 96
Hardin County Commissioners Court
Virgil Caraway
Dardin Drive
Lindsey Road
Highway Department
Sheriff's Department
Howard Barrington
Barrington
Hardin County
I Gibson Motor Co
Hardin, Jasper and Newton County
Commissioners Court
Hardin County Board of Equalization
Clarence McNeely
Man Charged In Jasper Marijuana Possession
Samuel Johnson aged 36 of Jasper was charged in Jasper with two counts of marijuana possession. He posted bond and was released. Police say Johnson transported marijuana for sale and a search of his home found marijuana cigarettes packages and seeds.
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Jasper
Samuel Johnson
Silsbee
Edgar Blood
Johnson
Jasper County
R. C. Powell
Jasper County Sheriff's Department
Personel
Morris Cole
Jasper Justice of the Peace
James Nesmith
Blood
Funeral Rites For Mrs Edith Steptoe Today At 2
Funeral services for Mrs Edith Steptoe, 45, are at 2 this afternoon in the Farmer Funeral Home chapel. Rev. R. E. Barclay and Rev. P. A. DuBose will officiate. Burial will follow in Cooper Cemetery, Louisiana. Steptoe died Wednesday at 8:50 am in Beaumont's St. Elizabeth Hospital after a lengthy illness. A Leesville, Louisiana native, she lived in Silsbee 20 years and worked for Kirby Lumber Corp. She was a member of First Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband W. V. Steptoe of Silsbee. her mother Flora Thompson, Leesville. three daughters June Flanakin, Silsbee Judy Smith and Janice Davis, Houston. a brother Artn Thompson, Leesville. sisters Ray Barnaby, Oakdale and Ivy Craft, Victor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Steptoe
Farmer Funeral Home
R. E. Barclay
First Baptist Church
P. A. DuBose
Calvary Baptist Church
Cooper Cemetery
Louisiana
Silsbee
Kirby Lumber Corp
W. V. Steptoe
Flora
Thompson
Leesville
June Flanakin
Judy Smith
Janice Davis
Houston
Artn Thompson
Ray Barnaby
Oakdale
Ivy Craft
Victor
Gilchriest Elected President of Silsbee Fire Dept
The Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department elected 23 members to new officers for the coming year. Snub Gilchriest becomes president with E. J Jones as vice president and Franklin Suitt as secretary treasurer. John Busby was re elected chief and Emil Slavik fire marshal awaits council approval.
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Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
Snub” Gilchriest
E. J Jones
Franklin Suitt
John Busby
Emil Slavik
Silsbee City Council
Russell Busby
Funeral Services Held for E M Tebbs Sr in Kountze
Funeral services for Esca Marion Tebbs Sr., 69, of Kountze were held Tuesday at the Kountze United Methodist Church with Rev. Bob Waters and Rev. Jim Bauman officiating. Burial followed at Old Hardin Cemetery under Farmer Funeral Home of Silsbee. Tebbs died Monday morning after a sudden illness and was a longtime Kountze resident and business owner. Survivors include two sons Esca M Tebbs Jr. and Cecil Tebbs of Beaufort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esca
Marion Tebbs Sr
Kountze
Kountze United
General Crude
Atien
TO Co
Silsbee
Esca M. Tebbs Jr
Cecil
William Tebbs
Beau
State to finance traffic signals at Highways 92 and 418
Texas Highway Department engineer A. Gi Lingwall informed Mayor Claude Coward that the state will fund the installation of an appropriate traffic signal at the Highways 92 and 418 intersection. Estimated total cost is 12000 dollars with Silsbee paying 2000 and the state financing 10000. The exception to policy was granted after a delegation led by the mayor urged the project due to non local traffic. The lights will be installed once plans and specifications are prepared. The delegation included Coward city officials and representatives.
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Lingwall
Coward
Silsbee
Dingwall
Texas Highway Commission
Pope Jr
Hickerson
Popes
Claude Coward
Adhe Dingwall
Lester Landgraf
Highway Department
City Managers
Simmons Motor Co
Hnd Dreddy Chevrolet Co
Donalson Motor Co
Silsbee Auto Co
Morris Cole Receives Lions Award of Appreciation
Silsbee Police Sergeant Morris Cole was honored by the Silsbee Lions Club during National Police Week for outstanding service and leadership building a professional department. Beaumont Police Chief Willie Bauer spoke on needed training hours for officers. Cole, a Silsbee native, joined the force in 1965 and became sergeant in 1967 after extensive FBI DPS and narcotics training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Morris Cole
Silsbee Lions Club
Cole
Silsbee Police Department
Lions
Wesley Chatham
Edgar Blood
Beaumont
Willie Bauer
Bauer
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Orange
Department of Public Safety
Austin
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
Odessa
DPS
Little Theater To Elect New Officers Sunday Evening
The Silsbee Little Theater will hold its annual membership meeting at 5 30 p m Sunday at Neches National Bank. Rev Garrett Wingfield president states new directors and officers will be elected. Nominating committee members are Mrs Mary Ann Lee Eddie Grubbs Jim Hays Mrs Elizabeth Williams and Mrs Wesley C Latham.
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Silsbee Little Theater
Neches National Bank
Garrett Wingfield
Mary Ann Lee
Eddie Grubbs
Jim Hays
Elizabeth Williams
Wesley C. Latham
Silsbee Couple Wins $35 000 Suit in U S Court
A U S District Court jury awarded $35 000 to Mrs Vera LaMae Freeman and her husband Wallace D Freeman of Bronson former Silsbee residents. They claimed lightning struck wires while she spoke with her mother-in-law, injuring the right side of her head on May 10 1968. The case sought $260,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. District Court
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Vera LaMae Freeman
Wallie D. Freeman
Bronson
Silsbee
Mrs. Larkin Returns After 17 Months Abroad
Mrs. S. W. Larkin came home after an absence of 17 months spent visiting her children and relatives. She stayed last summer with her son Howard Larkin and family in Anchorage Alaska then visited daughter Mrs Cliff Mankin and family and son Don Larkin in Carson City Nevada and son Bob Larkin in Riverside California.
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S. W. Larkin
Larkin
Howard Larkin
Anchorage
Alaska
Cliff Mankin
Don Larkin
Carson City
Nev
Bob Larkin
Riverside
Calif
Citizens back Chief Blood as council hears park radar request
More than 50 residents attended the Silsbee City Council meeting on May 13 with groups including Xi Zeta Rho Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi and the Silsbee Women's Club issuing letters of support for Police Chief Edgar Blood and the police department. The meeting also heard calls for radar for patrol cars on Roosevelt Drive Extension and a complaint from C Z Pope Jr over an alleged police handle of a burglary case.
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Silsbee
Edgar Blood
Silsbee Police Department
Blood
Teresa Domingues
Xi Zeta Rho
Beta Sigma Phi
Dominguez
iChapter
Chief Blood
Jurt Modiselle
Silsbee Woman’s Club
Silsbee Woman's Club
Charles Butcher
Roosevelt Drive
C. Z. Pope
C. Z. Pope Jr
Pope
Mr. Pope
Ronald Hickerson
Hickerson
John Fordinal
Fardinal
Council
DeCuir, Lane Die In Two-Car Highway Crash East Of Victor
A head-on collision on Highway 10 near Victor killed Elton DeCuir of Silsbee and Leonard Lane of Houston and left Lane’s wife seriously injured. An autopsy showed DeCuir suffered a heart attack during the crash. DeCuir’s funeral was held in Silsbee with burial at Rest Haven Cemetery.
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Silsbee
Houston
Victor
Highway 10
Elton DeCuir
Leonard Lane
Orange Memorial Hospital
Lane
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
J. Co. Lambert
J. W. Wade
Orange County
Justice of the Peace
Decuirs
DeCair
Abbeville
Farmer Funeral Home
Rest Haven Cemetery
Cc. E. Willis
Good Shepherd Baptist Church of
Hendrix Maxwell
Pasadena Baptist Church
Johnny Hoke
Henry Brodie
Buford E. Curtis
Tommy Hooks
Buck Glenn
Burl Slaydon
DeCuir
Maritime Service
Jenny Chance DeCuir
Tootie Williams
Lumberton
Billie Slaydon
Barbara
Eileen DeCuir
Edelia DeCuir
O. J. DeCuir
Roxby LeBeaut
Silsbee Bands to Stage Spring Concert at Junior High
The Silsbee High School and YNes Intermediate School bands perform Friday at 8 p.m. in the Silsbee Junior High auditorium. Tickets available from band students or at the door. Warrent Officer William A. Knupple left Monday for Subic Bay Philippines after a 10 day visit in Silsbee with his mother Mrs Cornelia Knupple.
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Silsbee High School
Ynes
Silsbee
William A. Knupple
Subic Bay
Philippines
Cornelia Knupple
Silsbee Hospital names Gene T. Jordan new administrator
Gene T. Jordan formally assumes the role as administrator of Silsbee Doctor's Hospital replacing Ray Windsor who had led the facility since it opened May 7 1968. A 1949 Silsbee High School graduate and 1957 Lamar College alumnus he formerly worked as an engineer for Magnet Core Barium Corp and as coach and teacher for Kountze Independent School District. He is a 30 year Hardin County resident and is married to Yvonne Horn with three children. He serves in the Kountze Lions Club Young Farmers and is treasurer of Kountze United Methodist Church.
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Gene T. Jordan
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Hardin County
Silsbee Doctor’s Hospital
Jordan
Ray Windsor
Magnet Core Barium Corp
Kountze Independent School District
Silsbee High School
Lamar College
Yvonne Horn
Voth
Kountze
Seven youths arrested in Silsbee golf club burglary
Seven Silsbee youths were arrested after a burglary at the Silsbee Golf and Country Club early Saturday. A workman heard noises, saw dark figures, and alerted the Har din County Sheriff. Loot included five cases of beer five rain jackets and two cigarette cartons. Glass window cost 100.64 to replace. Suspects not yet charged.
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Silsbee
Silsbee Golf and Country Club
Hardin County
Henry Overstreet
Overstreet
Sheriff's Department
Seizure Fatal To Earl F Shuler In Silsbee
Funeral services for Earl Franklin Shuler 70 of Silsbee were held at 2 p m Wednesday at Farmer Funeral Home Rev Eugene Jonte of First United Methodist Church officiated Burial was in Cunningham Cemetery Pallbearers were William Richard and Joe Clark Q D Callaway Robert Shavers and Jewitt Spell Shuler was dead on arrival
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Earl Franklin Shuler
Silsbee
Farmer Funeral Home
Eugene Jonte
First United Methodist Church
Cunningham Cemetery
William
Richard
Joe Clark
Q. D.callaway
Robert Shavers
Jewitt Spell
Shuler
Holland family travels to Abilene to visit son
Mrs. Juanita Holland and her daughter Mrs. I. N. Brown Sr. with J. N. Jr. and Pandora leave for Abilene to spend the weekend visiting Merlyn Darrell Holland, Mrs. Holland's son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juanita Holland
I. N. Brown Sr
J. N. Jr
Pandora
Abilene
Center For Retarded Opened In Silsbee
Silsbee opens a Day Care Center for Retarded Children at First Baptist Church with six students on its first day Monday May 12. Al Glenn leads the Silsbee unit backing state sponsorship and parent funded teacher salaries.
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Silsbee
al Glenn
Silsbee Association For
First Baptist Church
Winnie Jones
Rachel Ferguson
Glenn
Silsbee Advisory Committee
Cecil Cobble
Jack Hedge
Bill Wright
Emmett Barefield
Tommy Read
Harold McDuffie Wins Creative Writing Award
Fayetteville Arkansas university awards mark first two undergraduate honors and one graduate award from the Department of English. At 4 p m Tuesday afternoon Dr Claude W Faulkner presented the prizes to Harold McDuffie and his peers with coverage continuing on page 4 section 1.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Department of English
University of Arkansas
Claude W. Faulkner
McDuffie
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Village Creek
G. W. Gilchriest
E. M. Tebbs Sr
Texas Highway Department
A. Gi
Mayor Coward
Leon Crum
Don Adams
C. E. Landolt
R. F. Sanford
Jimmie R. Sims
Jonn Fordinal
Sol
Lions Award
Little Theater
U. S
Cits
Hieckerson
Corporation Court
Police Department
Water and Sewer Department
Doctors Hospital
Earl F. Shuler
State Center For Human Development
Howard Morrow
Glenn Said
Harold McDuffie
Ward LaFrance
N. G. Ferrell
C. E. Landolt Jr
Ronald Dickerson
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