Line Worker Burned In Electrical Mishap
Alton Pete, 31, of Beaumont, was hospitalized after severe electrical burns while reconductoring 13 000 volt lines on South Third Street in Silsbee. Pete, a Coastal Power Construction Co. crewman, received burns when a live conductor arc struck near his right elbow. he was moved to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont and listed in fair condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Pete
GSU
South Third
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Gulf St
Beaumont
Silsbee
Ross Hes
Gulf States Utilities
Pete
Coastal Power Construction Co
South Third Street
Iles
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Farmer Ambulance
Jin
Margaret Price Earns BS Degree at Texas Southern University
Miss Margaret Price daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Willie Price received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Education at Texas Southern University Houston during the 25th commencement on Saturday May 13. She is among 680 graduates for the 1971 72 session and has accepted a position with Humble Oil Co in Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Price
Joe Willie [Price
Texas Southern University
Houston
Mixs Price
Humble Oil Co
Miss Connie Gilder Shines at Tri-State Music Festival
Connie Gilder, a joint student at Silsbee High School and daughter of Mr and Mrs C E Gilder, was chosen best performer at Enid Oklahoma Tri-State Music Festival on May 4. SHS choir director Roy Bean announced she won a special solo achievement award signed by judge Marilyn Winter. She performed Horsmans Bird In The Wilderness as Jay Collier provided taped piano accompaniment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie Gilder
Silsbee High School
C. E. Gilder
South 19Th
Enid
Okla
SHS
Roy Bean
Connie
Marilyn Winter
Horsman
Jay Collier
Lamar University
Bus Ministry Is Extended by Local First Baptist Church
The Bus Ministry at First Baptist Church on Highway 96 South will operate for night services starting June 4. The Sunday schedule includes morning pickup and a Sunday night run. Interested callers may reach the church office at 385-2819, per Al Glenn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Highway 96 South
al Glenn
April Grand Jury Indicts Seven in Hardin County Case Load
Eight persons were listed as indicted or notified in the April term hardin county grand jury session. Indicted were Wayne Bragg Newton for failure to stop, Carl Haynes Silsbee for negligent homicide, James Kingrey Orange for burglary, Jack Lipri Orange for burglary, Danny Stelly Silsbee for theft, Earl Foster Silsbee for assault with intent to rape, and one for murder by motor vehicle. Foster was arrested May 13 on a rape charge and held on $10,000 bond. Also named were eight others not indicted or no-billed for various offenses including destruction of property rape burglary theft and worthless checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Grand Jucy
Wayne Thomas Bragg
Newton
Carl Monroe Haynes
Silsbee
James Kingrey
Orange
Jack Lipri
Danny R. Stelly
Earl Foster
R. S. Coe
Billy E. Paine
the Bee
Foster
Prince Hall Villa
Howard Grantham
Don Merrill
Justice of the Peace
Rex Moore
Hardin County
Paine
Forgery Charge Against 16 Year Old In Silsbee Case
A 16 year old girl from Silsbee was charged May 15 with passing forged checks to Silsbee Packing Co Big Star Grocery and Minimax Grocery. She was released by Hardin County juvenile authorities after her father paid 292 dollars. The arrest was made by Patrolman James Doane and the girl was arraigned before Justice Rex Moore before being turned over to the juvenile office in Kountze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Hardin County
Petre Brown
Silsbee Packing Co
Big Star Grocery
Minimax Grocery
James Doane
Silsbee Justice of the Peace
Rex Moore
Kountze
Doane
Dr. R C Martin Dies at Retirement Fete in Syracuse
Dr Roscoe Coleman Martin 68 native of Silsbee and Kirbyville HS graduate died May 12 at a retirement dinner in his honor hosted by Syracuse University chancellor. He was due to join the Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas Austin as professor of political science this September.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Roscoe Coleman Martin
Silsbee
Kirbyville High School
Syracuse University
Martin
Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs
University of Texas In
Austin
Anderson And Young To Stand Trial For Murder On July 10
Dennis Ray Anderson and Fred Foy Young Jr. will stand trial in Belton on Monday July 10 for the murder of Mrs. Mabel McCormick. Judge James K. Evetts ruled after a pre-trial hearing at the Bell County Courthouse amid venue changes and severance discussions.
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Anderson
Young
Dennis Ray Anderson
Fred Foy Young Jr
Belton
Mabel McCormick
James K. Evetts
Hardin County
Billy Paine
The
BEE
Bell County
McCormick
Evetts
Paine
Kountze
Leslie Bowman
Tyler
Smith County
H. A. Coe
Coe
Houston
Texa
Haskell Taylor
Lumberton High names 1972 honor graduates Danese Buel and Elena Watts
Danese Buel and Elena Irene Watts lead Lumberton High School’s 1972 graduating class honored Friday by Principal Claire Welch. Buel is valedictorian with plans for Kilgore Junior College while Watts is salutatorian aiming for the University of Houston. Additional cum laude honorees include Vickie Hargraves James Musgrave and Larry O’Neal from a field of five students maintaining top averages.
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Lumberton High School
Claire Welch
Garner Memorial Stadium
June Danese Buel
Dan Buel
Buel
Future Teachers
Raiderettes
Killgore Junior College
Elena Irene Watts
Jack Watts
Buel and
Watts
Vickie Hargraves
Clifton R. Hargraves
James Musgrave
J. D. Walton
Trustees Approve Silsbee Girls Track Program For 1972
Silsbee ISD trustees authorize adding a girls track program to the 1972 73 calendar with coaches to be drawn from current staff. They also name two 1972 O Neal Scholarship recipients and appoint Dexter Joyner as delinquent tax attorney for 1972 73. The board funds a TEA minimum supplement and approves resignations and new hires along with band uniform purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee High School
Sisd Board of Trustees
Don L. Hough
O'Neil
SHS
C. R. Baker
Dexter Joyner
Pasaden
Earl B. Stover
theTexas Education Agency
Hougl
Carolyn Johnson
Keith Denby
Susan Bellet
Janice Jennett
Eleanor Blarushan
Vasey Mary Davis
Juior High
Wallace Improves After Assassination Attempt
Alabama Governor George Wallace, shot four times in Maryland while campaigning for the Democratic nomination, was reported to be responding to treatment at Holy Cross Hospital. Doctors noted possible paralysis from a bullet near his spine. Also wounded were a Secret Service agent, an Alabama state trooper, and a campaign worker. The assailant, 21 year old Arthur Bremner of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was charged.
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Alabama
George Wallace
Maryland
Holy Cross Hospital
Wallace
Suburba Bian
Aso
Secret Service
Arthur Bremner
Milwaukee
Wir
Sour Lake Tally Sheets Found After Ballot Box Opening
Hardin County Democratic officials found missing Sour Lake precinct 14 tally sheets in the ballot box during an 88th District Court order by Judge H. A. Coe. Executive Committee canvassed May 6 results. minor tally differences noted but no results changed.
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Sour Lake
H. A. Coe
Hardin
Grad Trimble
Jimet
Dwight Thenno
Trimble
Austin
Hardin County Demos Pick State Caucus Delegates
Hardin County officials report 13 delegates and 26 alternates chosen for the State Democratic Convention in San Antonio. George Wallace led the presidential preference at just under 70 percent among the delegates. Delegates named include Grady Trimble Kountze Dr H A Hooks Sour Lake and J L Loftin Sour Lake among others.
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George Wallace
Hardin County
San Antonio
Grady Trimble
BEA
Kountze
Batson
Thicket
Wotaw
Village Mills
Pinewood
Alabama
H. A Hooks
Grady Triumble
Herman Adams
Betty Ann Worley Mitchell
Leslie Ashworth
Silsbee
Ronnie Page
Johnny Green
Lumberton
Tom Bureh
J. L. Loftin
Sour Lake
Herbert Bucktett
W. J. McDonald
Johann Trimble
Jand Bill Tomlinson
Saratoga
Firemen Respond to Three Major Local Fires in May
Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department fought three fires on May 12 15 and 16. Lightning hit the T F Krainy Brittonville home causing wiring damage. Adam's Cafe on Highway 327 west of Silsbee burned interiorly around 4 23 am May 14. An abandoned Pearson house about three miles west of Silsbee burned for unknown reasons. A car fire on May 16 at Knupple Road occurred around 7 pm.
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Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
Russell Bushy
T. F.lCrain
Brittonville
Busby
Adam’s Cafe
Highway 327
Silsbee
Cworgs Pearson
Silsbeeneu Avenue J
New ‘Knupple Road
Absentee Voting Opens for Runoff and Road Referendum
Absentee voting for the June 3 runoff primary and the June 10 unit road system referendum starts next week per the Hardin County Clerk. Runoff ballots may be cast May 22 to May 30 and the referendum May 22 to June 6 from 8 am to 5 pm at the clerk’s office counts courthouse. Mail ballots postmarked after midnight on the final day will not be accepted.
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Hardin County
World War I Vets District Convention Here
District II of Veterans of World War I and Ausiliars convention will meet Saturday at O'Neil Intermediate School. Registration starts at 10 a.m. with a joint meeting at 10:30 a.m. Lunch is served at noon. Special Auxiliary meetings follow at 1:30 p.m. Arthur G. Lundine of Beaumont chairs time and place.
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District II of Veterans of World War I
Ausiliars
O'Neil
Arthur G. Lundine
Beaumont
Two Draw Prison Terms Last Friday
Two men received prison sentences at Huntsville State Penitentiary after guilty pleas in Bth District Court. John Thomas Fieder 20 of Beaumont pled guilty to burglaries at the Eastex guest house near Silsbee and the Truelock Residence in Village Creek Estates and drew two years. James D. Booker 62 of Topeka Kansas pled guilty to forgery and passing and received seven years. Represented by Beaumont and Kountze attorneys.
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State Penitentiary
Huntsville
Bill Paine
James D. Booker
Topeka Kan
Paine
Booker
Kountze
Grady Trimb
Three Hurt in Traffic Accidents
Three persons were injured in two traffic incidents on May 6 and May 11 in Silsbee. Hallie Mac Hare 58 a passenger in a 1971 Toyota was treated and released after a crash near US 96 South and Avenue J. Dorothy Duncan Mitchell 45 was admitted for observation. Hallie and Sam Hare of Silsbee were involved. A 16 year old Jimmy Michael Priest was treated and released after colliding with a parked car on US 96 South.
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Hallie MacHare
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
US 96 South
Avenue J
Sam Hare
Silsbee
Dorothy Duncan Mitchell
South 14Th Street
Hubert Davis
Mitchell
Jirmmy Michael Priest
Route One
Silsbee Darters Hospital
The
BEE
Priest
US 96
Willis i Compton
Wood couple visits families in Nacogdoches area
Mr and Mrs Gary Wood of Nacogdoches visited the homes of their parents Mr and Mrs Johnny Wood of this city and Mr and Mrs Vel Owens of Fred.
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Gary Wood
Nacogdoches
Johnny Wood
City
Vel Owens
Fred
Silsbee Star David Brown Signs With Schreiner Institute
Silsbee basketball star David Brown signed with Schreiner Institute in Kerrville on May 16, joining SHS grad Joe Price at the Kerrville junior college. Brown, MVP in Beaumont Enterprise picks, led District 11-3A scorers with 183 points this season and 22 points per game, and helped Silsbee reach state semifinals. He will play in the South quad North-South All Star game in Houston this August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wipe Schreiner
David Brown
Schreiner Institute
Kerrville
Silsbee High
Dan Montgomery
Eft
Schreiner
Ball Campion
Silsbee Tiger
Dan Montgomey
Brown
Bill Campion
Texas Junior College Athletic Conference
SHS
Joe Price
Kerrville Junior College
Mic
Jim Brown
Clayborn Lane
Silsjner Brown
Beaumont Enterprise
VelAge
Silsbee
Campion
Houston
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Grand ‘Jury
L. R. Evans
Victor
Lynn Hollyfield
James C. Thornton
Danny Y. Williams
Lonnie Mitchell J
Charles E. Moore
R.C. Martin
Miss Texas
Janice Bain
North Texas State University
Elaine Pickett
Benjamin F. Pickett
Jackie Barret
Comanche
Haltom-Richland
Becky Bloomer
Dallas
Denton
Stanley Coe
Wayne Pullen
LCB
Truett Bennett
Danese Buel
Elena Watts
Miss June Danese Buel
Okay Girls
Jane Carol Beach
Kathy Fuller
Kirjoy
Alice Calloway
Read - Turrentine
Bertie Standley
Mary Thacker
Linda Savant
Southern Engraving Co Houston
Star Engraving Co. of
County Demos
State Caucus
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