Silsbee Eyes 130700 Third Street Upgrade With Federal Grants
Silsbee City Council seeks Texas Highway Department approval for a 130700 Third Street project funded by three annual Federal Aid Urban Program grants around 50000 each. The plan adds two 15 foot lane extensions, curb and gutter along 2400 feet between Highway 327 and the Santa Fe tracks. Parking on West Avenue H near the Silsbee State Bank drive in was removed 4 1 vote. Planning and Zoning named Mrs. C B Stevens Mrs Watson and Jim Hedleston to two year terms.
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Silsbee
Texas Highway Department
THC
Lester Landgraf
District 20
Texas Highway Commission
Landgraf
Bud Collier
South Third Street
Avenue
Lee Miller Road
Gentry Lake Road
Land
Third Street
North Child-North Fourth Street
C. E. Landolt Jr
West Avenue H
Silsbee Srate Bank Drive-In
Planning and Zoning Commission
North Fifth Street
Bank
C. B. Stevens
Joe Watson
Jim Hedleston
Median Removal on US 96 S Awarded for $154,010
The Texas Highway Commission awarded W R Boyd Inc of Center a $154,010 contract to remove and replace 1.1 miles of median on US Highway 96 S in Silsbee Hardin County. Work supervised by District Engineer Franklin C. Young will consist of grading base paving and asphalt concrete with a 30 day schedule under Highway Department Engineer Lester P. Landgraf. On street parking ban included.
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Franklin C. Young
Hardin County
W. R. Boyd, Inc
Center
Highway Department
Lester P. Landgraf
Silsbee
U.S. Highway 96
A.t.&s.f. Railroad
Lindsey Road
Police Report Details Forgery Ring Tied to Local Stores
Silsbee police investigated forgery cases involving forged checks totaling 460 dollars passed at Neches Mini Mart on May 3 and 7. Some checks were stolen from Preston McKee, while others used fictitious bank accounts. In Lisbee, three women attempted to pass a prescription for Preludin at Savon Drugs on May 13 but fled. An Orange physician’s name appeared on the forged prescription, linked to similar forgeries in Silsbee and Lumberton.
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Neches
Ogden
Fred Perlitz
Preston McKee
Star Route
John T. White
Mignon O’brien
Billy Davenport
Savon Drugs
Lisbee
Silsbee
Lumberton
Abandoned 1959 Ford Destroyed by Fire Near Silsbee
Fire crews rushed to Village Creek slough bridge on US 96 south of Silsbee at 12:37 a.m. May 14 to find an abandoned 1959 Ford burned. Fire Chief Russell Busby said the owner was a Beaumont man identified by police.
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Russell Busby
Village Creek Slough
US 96
Silsbee
Busby
Beaumont
Lumberton High graduation speaker announced
Dr. Mouzon Biggs Jr. will deliver the 7:30 p.m. address at Garner Memorial Stadium on May 21 if weather allows. The Lumberton High School program includes chaplains, valedictorian Billy Williams, salutatorian Margaret Lewis, and honors awarded by Principal James B. Lang.
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Mouzon Biggs Jr
Trinity United Methodist Church of
Beaumont
Lumberton High School
Garner Memorial Stadium
Biggs
Trinity Church
First Methodist Church of Houston
Charles Allen
Dr. Allen
C. S. Davis Jr
Loeb United Pentecostal Church
Kenneth Sisco
Lumberton Church of Christ
Lumberton
Delane Cassel
Billy Williams
Margaret Lewis
Fred Morgan
James B. Lang
Lawsuit Alleges Negligence At County Hospital
The suit names Hardin Memorial Hospital County Judge Emmett Lack hospital administrator Wiley Ellis and board chair Conley Bradshaw as defendants seeking 11000 in damages for James Hartman and his four year old son James Hartman Jr filed April 30 1974 alleging negligent injection at Hardin Memorial on April 30 1972 left leg disability Hartman seeks 10000 for his son and 1000 for himself.
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Hardin Memorial Hospital
Emmett Lack
Wiley Ellis
Conley Bradshaw
James Hartman
James Jr
Hartman
Hardin Memorial
Aline Harper
The
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Little Leaguer Injured by Bat Hitting Chest in Silsbee
Ten-year-old Timothy Taylor of Silsbee was struck on the left chest by a batted ball during a Little League game. He was admitted to Silsbee Doctors Hospital at 7 p.m. May 13 for chest contusions and released to his parents on Tuesday.
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Timothy Taylor
B. E. Taylor
Silsbee
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Jules Bellard
Taylor
The
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Vick Davis
Davis
theCourt
Lumberton High to Hold Baccalaureate May 19
The Lumberton High School baccalaureate service will be on Sunday May 19 at 7 30 p m in the school cafeteria. Rev Martin J Culligan of St Vincent de Paul Seminary will give the address Rev Douglas Fincher of Fletcher Emanuel Baptist Church will offer the invocation Bobby Martin of Fletcher Emanuel Baptist Church will lead the Doxology The benediction will be by Rev J R Watts of Lumberton First Assembly of God The Lumberton High School Stage Band directed by Delane Cassel will play the Processional and Recessionals for the first time Parents and friends of the 1974 senior class are invited.
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Lumberton High School
Martin J. Culligan
St. Vincent de Paul Seminary
Douglas Fincher
Fletcher Emanuel Baptist Church
Bobby Martin
Flecher Emanuel Baptist Church
J. R. Watts
Lumberton First
Twenty one Silsbee Students to Receive Lamar Degrees
Twenty one Silsbee students are among 795 provisional candidates for degrees at Lamar University’s 22nd annual Spring commencement on Saturday May 18. The list includes two doctorates and 70 master's candidates, 556 bachelor's degree seekers, and 167 completing Associate of Applied Science. Lamar President Dr. John E. Gray will address at 7:30 p.m. in Cardinal Stadium. Certificates of completion will be awarded to 57 others.
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Beaumont
Lamar University
Ments
John E. Gray
Lamar
Cardinal Stadium
John Meade
O'Neill
Kirby Memorial Stadium
First Baptist Church votes two million for expansion
The Sils-1 community church on Highway 96 South approved a remodeling and expansion plan with a two million budget led by Pastor Rev. R. E. Barclay. A new two storey west wing education building will add 122 by 63 feet and a 36 by 47 foot office area with brick construction and a commercial kitchen. Construction is aimed for completion in 12 months with contracts to be awarded in July or August and improvements to parking and playgrounds.
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Sils-j
Sils-1
Highway 96
Bee’s
First Baptist Church
Lenox Haw
Thorne
Educa
Education Fional
R. E. Barclay
Ofice
Silsbee
First Baptist
Sion
Silsbee School District awards 43463 bid to Buna firm
Silsbee Independent School District trustees approved Buna Mechanical and Welding Service for a 43 463.58 auto and power mechanics shop at Silsbee High School with a 100 day completion. Alternate bids ranged up to 50 426.58. Other bidders included Galaxy Building Corp Sherman Brothers Bryam Swain and Wescott Construction. The board also reviewed district renovation plans with architect Augie Saxe and set teachers' pay at 600 over state base for 1974 75.
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Buna Mechanic and Welding Service
Silsbee High School
Silsbee Independent School District
Galaxy Building Corp
Sherman Brothers
Bryam-Swain Co
Wescott Construction Co
Augie Saxe
Supr
Weeks Crawford
Richard Jones
SISD
The
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New Bethel Baptist 1974 Graduates Honored at Banquet
The New Bethel Baptist Church held a Tuesday evening banquet in the fellowship hall to honor 1974 graduates. Recipients included Lena Winfield Della Chaney Debra Moore Doris Brooks Ronald Flanagan James Simmons Alma Carter Sheryl McDonald and Mary Fowler. Rev H T Tatman and wife presented each graduate a Bible as a personal gift.
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New Bethel Baptist Church
Fellowship Hall
Lena Winfield
Della Chaney
Debra Moore
Doris Brooks
Ronald Flanagan
James Simmons
Alma Carter
Sheryl McDonald
Mary Fowler
H. T. Tatman
New Bethel
FAA Approves New County Airport Lease Cleans Up Details
Hardin County Commissioners endorsed the FAA approved lease after a year of talks with Joe Register and attorneys. The agreement removes exclusive control and limits Register to areas he has improved. Court plans protective screens at courthouse entrances after a resident reported a child injury and access concerns at Hardin Memorial Hospital.
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Federal Aeronautics Administration
Hardin County
Earl B. Stover
Joe Register
Silsbee
FAA
Register
Glenn Kirby
Stover
Kountze
Rex Moore
Virgil Caraway
Warren High names Cathy Breaux valedictorian and Peter Thomas salutatorian
Cathy Breaux and Peter Thomas head Warren High School's 1974 senior class as valedictorian and salutatorian with averages of 95.80 and 95.00. Breaux, daughter of J W Breaux Sr, boasts varsity basketball, Beta Club, Who's Who, and national honors and plans to enroll at Sam Houston University. Thomas, son of Elizabeth Thomas and Major H J Thomas, served in student council roles, Beta Club, Outstanding American High School Students, and was active in VOAG. he aims for Texas A&M University.
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Cathy Breaux
Peter Thomas
Warren High School
Breaux
J. W. Breaux
Warren
Cathy
Sam Houston University
Thomas
Elizabeth Thomas
H. J. Thomas
U.S. Air Force
Peter
Houston
Tyler
Texas A&m
Santa Fe Loses $672,500 In Legal Judgments
In Hardin County two juries awarded the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad $672,500 in injury suits. Robert J. Powell, 25, of Silsbee, got $600,000 after a train accident June 19 1973 and loss of a leg. William Nichols received $72,500 for injuries from a railroad engine explosion on April 27 1973.
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Santa Fe
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad
Hardin County
Aline Harper
BEF
Robert J. Powell
Silsbee
William Nichols
Powell
H. A. Coe Jr
Nichols
DPS Reports One Rural Fatality In Hardin County April
Texas Highway Patrol Sgt. L A Reinhart announced April totals for Hardin County showing one rural fatal accident with one death and 26 rural crashes causing seven injuries. Through April 100 rural crashes left 64 injured, one killed, versus 102 crashes with 60 injuries in the prior year. District 2B counties logged 348 rural accidents in April, with 12 killed and 140 injured.
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L. A. Reinhart
Texas Highway Patrol
Hardin County
Lumberton Schools Post Early Dismissal for Exams
Lumberton schools schedule early dismissals on May 20 and 21 the final two days of the 1974 year. High School and Junior High students take exams with 1:40 dismissal both days. elementary grades 1 2 and kindergarten finish at that time while grades 3 6 finish at 2 30. Bus runs adjusted to new times.
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Lumberton
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