Commissioners To Reconvene On Ben D Smith Road ROW Purchase
Hardin County commissioners set a special May 22 meeting to resume negotiations for 29 acres of Ben D Smith Road right of way. Landowners largely opposed the offered price of about 1000 per acre amid state funds concerns for a Farm To Market route upgrade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben D. Smith Road
W. C. Roy
Pet
Howard Barrington
Texas Highway Department
Ben D. Smith
Barrington
Silsbee
Lester Landgraf
Hardin County
Landgraf
Theighway
Emmett Lack
Silsbee ISD Trustees to Decide O Neil Scholarship Recipients
The Silsbee Independent School District Board of Trustees meet Wednesday May 14 to review routine reports and select the two 1975 SHS seniors to receive the O Neil Scholarship. Names will be announced at graduation May 28. The agenda includes attendance cafeteria transportation maintenance fund balances and tax assessment program. Building plan discussion, approved May 7, also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Neil
Silsbee Independent School District
Board of
Crawford
SHS
Silsbee City Council Meets May 14 To Hear Aid Requests
The Silsbee City Council holds a regular session on Wednesday May 14 postponed from Tuesday to avoid the Spring Concert. Items include Clifton Caraway and Sidney Dauphin seeking city cost sharing on street and alley improvements, planning board recommendations, sale of police cars, and standard invoices and reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee City Council
BEE
Silsbee
Clifton Caraway
Sidney Dauphin
Planning and Zoning Board
Caraway
Inwood
Dauphin
North Fifth Street
Roosevelt Drive
Avenue F
New Texas Home Health S
Sixth Street
Silsbee Junior High to see Williams retire and Muckleroy named
Silsbee Junior High Principal B L Williams retires effective June 19 after 28 years in education across five counties. Herbert C Muckleroy named Jr High principal effective June 23 with O Neil Intermediate School duties shifting. Board decisions render no immediate successor to Muckleroy as O Neil campus closes. Muckleroy has 20 years in education with prior posts in Houston Nederland Kountze and SISD.
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Liams
Kirby
Muckleroy
Sam Houston
Mary K. Muckleroy
Mark
Don
Silsbee
B. L. Williams
Silsbee Independent
Williams
Read - Turrentine
Brazos County
Austin County
Colorado County
Polk County
Jewell
SFA
Susan Irvin
Genevieve Buckaloo
Houston
George Williams
Cleveland
Ohio
O'Neil
Herbert Muckleroy
Board of
Kirby and
Read-Turrentine
Jr. High
Pelly
Tex
SISD
Nederland
Kountze
Mothers Day Traffic Spates Claim A Death In Hardin County
A weekend spate of traffic accidents in Hardin and Harris counties left at least twelve injured and one dead. Dick B. Tannery, 57, of Silsbee, died after a three car crash at US 190 and Crosby Day road Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin
Harris
Department of Public Safety
Dick B. Tannery
Silsbee
US 190
Crosby-Dayton Road
DPS
Tannery
James R. Adlong
Crosby
Adlong
George C. Cornett
Cornett
Tidelands Hospital
Baytown
Farmer
Mike Thompson Wins Sousa Award At Silsbee High Concert
Silsbee High School senior Mike Thompson received the John Phillip Sousa Award during the SHS spring concert at the gym on May 13. Thompson, band president for 1974-75, is a clarinet first chair and active in Leo Club JETS Club and Student Council. He plans to study computer science at Texas A&M after graduation.
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Silsbee
Mike Thompson
John Phillip Sousa
SHS
BL W. Ross
Joe Hignett
Thompson
Virgil Thompson
100 Rainbow
Mike
Leo
Jets Club
Silsbee High School
Texas A&m University
Duane Thompson
Texas A & M
Alana
Modular Classroom Plan Converts Liability Into Asset For SISD Bond
The SISD board adopts modular buildings to replace O Neil campus renovations. 36 steel modules with air conditioning funded at 44500 each and total project around 1500000 will overhaul Read Turrentine Kirby and Robinson while keeping all staff except O Neil principal reassigned.
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SISD
O'Neil
Augie Saxe
O’neil
Saxe
Miner Dederick Construction Co
Richard Jones
The
BEE
H. L. Lackey
Kirby
Weeks Crawford
Crawford
Jones
Silsbee Jr. High
B. L. Williams
Herbert Muckleroy
Mr. Williams
Silsbee Junior High
Read- Turrentine
Frank Robinson
Read
Jr. High
Firemen Battle Auto Blazes and Aid Lumberton VFD
Firemen extinguished four auto fires and aided Lumberton Volunteer Fire Department this week. Incidents at Britton Cravens Lumber Co at 10 20 a m May 7 and near B H Gilleys wrecking yard on Lee Miller Road at 5 30 a m May 11, plus May 12 at Mc Laughlin Refrigeration Co Old FM 418 at 1 10 p m. Damaged vehicles include a 1971 Mercury owned by Betty Lewis a Chevrolet SUV pickup and a standard size Chevy pickup. Volunteers assisted May 11 at a house fire on Cooks Lake Road the house destroyed before arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Lumberton
LVFD
Russell Busby
Britton-Cravens Lumber Co
B. H. Gilley
Lee Miller Road
McLaughlin Refrigeration Co
Engineers Not Negligent Jury Rules In Beaumant Case
A Beaumont federal jury ruled on May 8 that Columbia Engineering International Ltd was not negligent in designing a conveyor belt system used at Evans Products Co in Silsbee in April 1973. Jack R Young of Hardin County had sued for 125000 in personal damages claiming loss of a leg from the Evans accident. The clerk said the verdict favored the defendant and a judgment from U S District Judge William M Steger was expected.
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Barrington
John Blair
American States Insurance
Richard Jordan
Hardin County
Gene Valentini
Economic Opportunity Commission
South East Texas Regional Planning Commission
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Conley Bradshaw
Silsbee
Eugenia Gauntt
Kountze
Ed Spears
Wildwood
Board of Equalization
Horace Moye
Pet
J. L. Loftin
International Harvester
Michel Machinery Corp
Oil City Tractor Co
Beaumont
Columbia Engineering International Ltd
Evans Products Co
U. S
Jack R. Young
Evans
William M. Steger
Lumberton High to Hold 1975 Commencement Week
The Lumberton High School senior class of 1975 will hold Baccalaureate on Sunday May 18 at 7 30 p m in the high school auditorium and Commencement on Tuesday May 20 at 7 30 p m in Garner Stadium weather permitting. The ceremonies feature the Stage Band processions the invocations by local pastors and speeches by Dr Dan Proctor and Rev J B Stabile with eight juniors chosen as ushers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumberton High School
Garner Stadium
J. W. Bradford
First Baptist Church of
Loeb
Linda Turner
Sandra Ladd
Dan Proctor
Star Engraving Co
Houston
Man
Harold D. Pollard
James B. Lang
Uates
William M. Nelson
Lumberton Isd
J. T. Williams
J. B. Stabile
C. M. St. Vincent dePaul Seminary
Lumberton
Dr. Proctor
Lang
Dale Lee
Denise Mason
Marilyn Fountain
Glenda Thurston
Cheryl Scott
Gary Seamans
Bobby Langham
Travis Allen
Keith McCauley
Hardin County Grand Jury Returns Nine Indictments
The Hardin County Grand Jury met in a special session May 9 and returned nine true bills against six people. Norman A. Rucker of Silsbee faces three indecency counts, Britt Dale Horn of Silsbee has aggravated robbery and attempted capital murder charges, Jesse Lee Bush is indicted for attempted murder, James Edward Powell of Kountze charged with criminal mischief, and two suspects at large face aggravated assault with a motor vehicle and criminal non support. No no bills were issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Grand Jury
88Th District Attorney's Office
Norman A. Rucker
Silsbee
Britt Dale Horn
Frances Harris
Jesse Lee Bush
James Edward Powell
Kountze
Johnny Lee Moulder
Buddy Moore
Pet
Hugh Bevil Means
Moulder
Moore
Stolen Goods Valued At 470 In Silsbee Burglaries
Silsbee police investigated two residential burglaries totaling about 470 in losses. Leroy Como reported a May 11 entry through a broken window screen, taking clothing including a 70 suit. Thomas Mack Walter said a 400 stereo component was removed prior to May 3 through a cardboard covered window at 425 Kirby Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Leroy Como
South 14Th
Dennis Jones
Thomas Mack Walter
Dennis Allen
Walter
Kirby Street
Lois Ann Conner Named to UT TV Honor Roll
Austin business dean George Kozmetsky announces fall honor roll at The University of Texas. More than 900 business students earn high grades. Lois Ann Conner, 202 Elm St., is listed among those qualifying with A and B averages while enrolled in at least 12 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
University of Texas
College of Business Administration
George Kozmetsky
Lois Ann Conner
Elm St
Silsbee
Clean-Up Campaign Gains Momentum in Silsbee
Farley Bowers of the Silsbee Chamber of Commerce says the city clean-up campaign is off to a good start. Residents can call city hall to list trash pickups and the city will run three shifts if needed. Notify the Chamber at 385-5562 or 385-4190 of uncleaned spots, Bowers stated on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Farley Bowers
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Bowers
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Keith Baker
Criminal Justice Council
Setrpc
CJC
Bridge City
Edwin Fiegle Co
Coastal Electronics
Motorola, Inc
Natkin Service Co
Beau
City Council
R. E. Barclay
Resthaven
Easthaven Baptist Church
Barbara Inez Tannery
Richard S. Tannery
Joseph Roiz
Wendell
Howard
Tommy Tannery
Marvin Juerges
Larry David Creel
Sherry D. Moore
P.O. Box
Shirley F. Morgan
Truman Dougharty
Creel
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Sherry Moore
Shirley Morgan
Dougharty
Sam Osteen III
Route One
Annie Cruse Tuuner Hare
P.O
Osteen
FM 92
Evadale
James Elroy Bolt
Port Neches
Bolt
US 96
Neches Relief Bridge
Jimmy Ramsey
Liberty
John Lewis Mathis
Star Route
Sousa
Lumberton Vfd
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