County Road Bond Fails In Hardin County 2 To 1
Unofficial returns show Hardin County voters defeated a 4.995 million road bond by 1,542 to 779. Only Lumberton approved, 262 to 195, while Silsbee and North Silsbee rejected it. Absentee votes were 16 to 17 against the bond. Registered voters total 16,282 with 2,321 ballots cast.
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Hardin County
Coun
Sioners Court
Lumberton
Silsbee
North Silsbee
Kountze
West Rece Bee
Assailant Sought After Silsbee Wednesday Shooting
Robert Charles Laredo 27 of Kountze remained in critical condition at St Elizabeth Hospital after a May 16 chest and stomach shooting at 1235 Gerson Street Silsbee. A Dick inson man faces an assault with intent to murder charge and police sought the suspect at presstime. Investigation led by Officer Holzapfel Chief Ogden and detectives Fulgham Wistner.
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Robert Charles Laredo
Kountze
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Silsbee
Bob Ogden
Laredo
Charles Karl Moore
Gerson Street
Dickinson
Texas
Justice of the Peace B. L. Comp
BEE Presstime
Mike Holzapfel
Ogden
Set
James Fulgham
Phil Wistner
Three Silsbee Men Plead Guilty to Burglary
Rufus Samuel David Blackmon and Dexter Waddell Owens pleaded guilty to burglary charges in 88th District Court Judge Clyde Smith Jr. sentenced Samuel to 12 years Blackmon to three years and Owens to five years in the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville. They were transported to prison by law officers.
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Silsbee
Rufus Samuel
David Blackmon
Dexter Waddell Owens
Huntsville
Clyde Smith Jr
Samuel
Blackmon
Hardin Drug and Silsbee Public Library
Owens
Nick Mitchell
Texaco
Jesse Cartwright
Kountze
Claude Lindsey
Harold Gardner Returns Home After Surgery
Harold Gardner assistant principal at Silsbee High School resumed home life Monday following surgery performed Friday at St Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont.
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Harold Gardner
Silsbee High School
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Layton's Center to Rise North of Silsbee at Intersections
Layton O Bannion announces Layton's Center a new 1.4 acre shopping development at the intersection of Highways 92 and 1122 three miles north of Silsbee. The L shaped brick front complex 180 by 180 feet will house eight or nine tenants including Gene Evans plant supply a fabric and sewing firm an electrical supply contractor and a five chair shop. Construction cost is about 160000 dollars with initial phase due in 60 days. O Bannion has run a General Store nearby for five and a half years after earlier operations in Beaumont since 1953.
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Layton’s Center
Silsbee
Layton O’bannion
Highway 192
Lumberton
Gene Evans
O’bannion
Charles Stanley
Beaumont
Five Booked On Drug Charges In Hardin County Raid
Hardin County officers arrested five persons on various drug charges, two in an area wide raid last Thursday May 10. L J Foux and Don Merrill led the arrests at a Lumberton mobile home, charging Larry Wayne McHale 30 and Thelma G Wilson 23 with multiple counts and bonds totaling 125000. A shared seizure included marijuana, LSD, and barbiturates.
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Hardin County
Lumberton
DPS
Hardin
L. J. Foux
Don Merrill
Larry Wayne McHale
Lof Lumberton
Thelma G Wilson
Visdor
Billy Paine
Commissioners Study Petition and Resolution At Monday Meeting
Hardin County commissioners reviewed a Grayburg petition requesting the voting box return and a state liquor law resolution. They approved a 30 mph speed limit in Beaumont Colony Central and hired Truett Pritchard and Associates to prepare the 1973 74 county tax roll. Bids on office equipment for the 88th District Attorney were opened from Bee and Lamb Printing.
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Hardin
Grayburg
Paul Trest
Sour Lake
Wte
Trest
Ijuly
Trest J
Pet
Hugh Bevil Means
Beaumont Colony Central
Court
Truett Pritchard and Associates of
Houston
Bee
Lamb
Fred Anders
Anders
Horace Moye
Silsbee Bee
Read Printing Co
Lamb Printings and Station
Burglars Given Probation in Silsbee Case
Robert Boyer and Lonnie Phillips of Silsbee pleaded guilty to burglary with intent to commit theft in 88th District Court at Kountze on Tuesday and received three year probated sentences. Boyer age 19 and Phillips age 18 admitted to burglarizing Warren Bower’s home on May 2. arrested by Silsbee Police on May 3.
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Robert Boyer
Lonnie Phillips
Silsbee
Kountze
Boyer
Bonner
Phillips
Apt
Prince Hall Villa
Warren Bower
Mrs Annie Ferguson Dies In Silsbee At 75
Annie Ferguson 75 of Silsbee died at 7 50 am Wednesday May 16 in Silsbee Doctors Hospital after an illness. Funeral services set for 2 pm Friday at Farmer Funeral Home Chapel with Rev W G McNaughten and Rev R Eugene Jonte officiating. Burial in Cunningham Cemetery. She native to Fal Louisiana and lived in Silsbee 45 years. She and husband Dennie Ferguson ran Ferguson Grocery north of the city. Survivors include husband, daughter Helen Wright and two grandchildren, all of Silsbee.
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Annie Ferguson
Silsbee
Silshee Doctors Hospital
Farmer Funeral Home
W. G. McNaughten
R. Eugene Jonte
Cunningham Cemetery
Fal
Ferguson Grocery
Fergusson
Caney Head Assembly
Dennie Ferguson
Helen Wright
Evadale High announces top graduates for 1973 class
Sarah Collins and Sharon Howard earned valedictory and salutatory honors at Evadale High School graduation. Tommy Toney was named highest ranking boy among seniors. Ceremonies run May 27 through May 29 at E. C. Nash Auditorium with plans for college and military futures.
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Sarah Collins
Sharon
Howard
Evadale High School
Tommy Toney
E. C. Nash Auditorium
Evadale
Soldier Maxwell Returns to Fort Levins after Leave
Corporal John W. Maxwell completed a four week home visit with his mother Mrs Audie Maxwell and left last week to report back to Fort Levins Massachusetts US Army base.
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Cpl
John W. Maxwell
Fort Levins
Mass
US Army
Audie Maxwell
14 year old charged in school burglary
A 14 year old Silsbee boy was arrested May 10 and charged with burglarizing O'Neil Intermediate School on May 1. Officer Phil Wistner arrested him at Silsbee Junior High School. The youth was released to his parents as juvenile authorities investigate. The burglary involved $35 to $50 stolen from the school cafeteria.
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Foux and
Merrill
Nederland
Village Creek Estates
Paine
David W. Uzee
Uzee
Donald Dean Lee
Lee
Trustees Approve Light Contract For Kirby Stadium
Silsbee Independent School District trustees accept a 10 850 contract with Southwest Electric Construction Co. to install seven light poles and 32 1 500 watt lights at Kirby Memorial Stadium ahead of the 1973 fall football season. The meeting also tackled bus safety concerns and appointed committees on personnel and building issues. Resignations included high school librarian Janet Johnson and second grade teacher Lucille Thornton.
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Silsbee Independent
Calvin Young‘blood
Robert Davis
Don L. Hough
Southwest Electric Construction Co
Silsbee
Kirby Memorial Stadium
Hough
The
BEE
Ted
D &D Electric, Inc
Overton
Eldridge Electric Co
Beaumont
Gulf States Utilities
Horace ‘Whittington
C. B. Stevens
JD. D. Shine
Betty Meade
Richard Jones
R. F. Sanford
Janet Johnson
Lucille Thornton
Highways To Get New Color Stripes
The Texas Highway Department announced new markings on divided highways. The inside edge line will switch to yellow to conform with the 1961 Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
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Austin
Texas Highway Department
Silas J Falkner 90 Dies. Funeral Held at Franks Branch
Silas J Buster Falkner 90 died May 9 at Silsbee Convalescent Center. Funeral services were held May 11 at Franks Branch Church Fred with Rev. Doug Fincher officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. He was a former Kirby Lumber Corp. employee and is survived by sister Myrtie Gilchrist of Kirbyville, brother Albert Falkner of Call, and several nieces and nephews.
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Silas J “Buster” Falkner
Franks Branch Church
Fred
Doug Fincher
Falkner
Silsbee Convalescent Center
Kirby Lumber Corp
Myrtie Gilchriest
Kirbyville
Albert Falkner
Call
Two Shootings Reported in Silsbee No Charges Yet
Police Chief Bob L. Ogden says two shootings in Silsbee within the week remain under investigation with no charges filed. Wil ton Edwards, 44, was shot in the back at a Prince Hall Villa apartment and admitted to St Elizabeth Hospital after initial treatment at Silsbee Doctors. Charles David Sutton was shot in the leg near West Gibson Department Store and reportedly refused treatment.
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Silsbee
Bob L. Ogden
The
BEE
Beaumont Hospital
Ogden
Wilton Edwards
South 21St
Prince Hall Villa
Edwards
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Charles David Sutton
Rt. 1
West Gibson
Sutton
al Burleson
William Gilley
John Costner
Silsbee Students to Perform Annual Grand Band Concert
The Silsbee School Bands present tonight at 7 in Silsbee High gym with Fifth Grade Beginner Band, Sixth Grade Intermediate Band, Junior High Band, and the High School Concert Band. The Sousa Award for outstanding senior band student will be presented by Principal Weeks Crawford. Free admission. directed by B. W. Ross, Abram Miles, and Roy Bean.
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Silsbee
Silsbee High School
Silsbee High School i
John Philip Sousa
Weeks Crawford
B. W. iRoss
Abram Miles
Roy Bean
Firemen Report Three Calls in Silsbee
Silsbee Volunteer Firemen answered three calls between May 9 and May 13. Fire Chief Russell Busby told the Bee the first call came at 6 p.m. May 9 for a disturbance at a residence with steerage soloists and sections of instrument.
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Silsbee
Russell Busby
The
BEE
District docket to hear 34 criminal cases in Kountze
In the 88th District Court in Kountze Judge Clyde E. Smith Jr. will preside over a three week docket starting Monday June 11. About half the cases are burglary or theft charges with nine burglaries and eight thefts. Other charges include rape murder with malice arson and various assaults.
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Kountze
Clyde E. Smith Jr. l
Last Rites For Mrs Naomi Wells Held On May 12
Mrs Naomi Wells aged 72 died May 8 at 11 p m A funeral service was held May 12 at 10 a m in Farmer Funeral Chapel Buriat cemetery at Holly Grove in Wotaw Survivors include daughter Virginia Mallett of Silsbee and sons Jack Wells of Houston and Dennis Wells of Wells Germany
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Naomi Wells
Farmer Funeral Chapel
Buriat
Holly Grove
Wotaw
Virginia Mallett
Silsbee
Jack Wells
Houston
Dennis Wells
Wells
Germany
City Parks Department Launches Summer Sports Program
Mrs. Kay Disendorff, a physical education teacher at Lilyhigh School, is employed to run a six week city summer recreation program. It will offer sports, handcrafts, playground gymnastics and tone lessons starting June 24. The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board approved her hire at its May 9 meeting. Mrs. Ann Jeffrey was reelected secretary.
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Kay Disendorff
Lilyheigh School
Disendorff
Parks Jand Recreation Advisory Board
Ann Jeffrey
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Jim Ashcraft
Waco
McHale
Ms. Wilson
Sharon Howard
W. P. Toney
Tommy
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Tommy Tonly
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Charles Edward McCarter
Henderson Lee Isaac
Douglas Gore
Sandra Biscamp
Charles F. Whittle
John Lee Sullivan
Rex E. Broom
Joe Guynes
William Russell West
Frank Lee Williams
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Leo Bryant
Sammy Harris
Clarence Harris
Charles Antonia Hampshire
Weldon Forse
Lee Rue
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Larry Dewayne Lewis
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