Seven youths charged in Silsbee Golf Club burglary
Sheriff Henry Overstreet arrested seven youths last week for burglary at the Silsbee Golf and Country Club on May 10. Jimmy Wayne Jones, 17, and others aged 17 to 18 faced charges. bonds were set at 1500 dollars. The group allegedly stole five cases of beer, five rain jackets, and two cartons of cigarettes and shattered a plate glass window to enter the clubhouse.
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Moore
Henry Overstreet
Silsbee Golf and Country Club
Jimmy Wayne Jones
Larry Franklin Jones
Barbara Zeller
Jimmy Spurlock
Lothers
Rites Set For Thomas Tennison Sr. of Silsbee
Funeral services for 78 year old Thomas Tennison Sr. of Silsbee were held at St. John's Episcopal Church with Rev. Jarrett Wingfield officiating. Burial followed at Resthaven Cemetery. Tennison died Monday at Silsbee Doctors Hospital after a long illness. He was a former Sinclair Oil and Refining Co. employee and a longtime Santa Fe Railway fireman. Survivors include his wife Adealee and three sons, a daughter, and several grandchildren. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers were named from local churches and lodges.
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Thomas _ Tennison Sr
Silsbee
St. John’s Episcopal Church of
Arrett Wingfield
Resthaven Cemeery
Farmeruneral Home
Tennison
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Cleveand
Sinclair Oil and Re- Hining Co
Houston
Santa Fe Railway Co
Kirby Lumber Co
DeQuincy
Masonic Lodge
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Adealee ‘Tennison
George ‘Tennison
Tom Tennison
Raymond ‘Tennison
Springfield
Elizabeth McClelland
C. F Walker
Harmon Weathersby
Richard Weathersby
George Bellenger Jr
W. K. Hilliard
Leon Stokesbury
Zack Taylor
Mark Kelly
Johnny Q. Vanderburg
Leon Bovett
S. M. Love
Leroy Stegleigh
Ernie Johnson
M J Sawders
Lalodius McCollum
Final Rites Held Wednesday For Mrs Arene Baker
Funeral services for Mrs Avine Baker 45 of Silsbee were held at 4 p m Wednesday at Farmers Funeral Home with Rev Willis officiating. Burial followed in Baker Bell Cemetery. She died Tuesday morning after a lengthy illness. A native of Tyler County she lived most of her life in Silsbee. She was a member of Good Shepherd Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband Joe Baker a son Raymond Baker of Silsbee and three brothers Harvey Smart of Warren Irby and Gordie Smart both of Houston.
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Avine Baker
Silsbee
Farmer Funeral Home
Rev. C. & Willis
Baker-Bell Cemetery
Raymond Baker
Harvey Smart
Warren
Irby
Gordie Smart
Houston
Julia Drake 82 dies at Stein Hagen Lake
Julia Drake, 82, died suddenly at 10 30 a m Sunday at her son's camp at Stein hagen Lake. Funeral service was held Tuesday at 2 p m in Farmer Funeral chapel with burial in Franks Branch Cemetery. She was a native of Riley North Carolina and lived most of her life in Hardin County. Survivors include three sons.
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Julia Drake
Steinhagen Lake
Farmer
J. A. Hendrix
First Assembly of God Church
Franks Branch
Riley, N. C
Hardin County
First Assembly of God
Drake
First Triple Play Made By LL Reds
The 1969 Little League season witnessed its first triple play in a minor league game on Friday May 16. Neches National Bank's Reds turned the play in the third inning against the J. C. Clean Construction Co. Ponies with Billy Mashaw and Pete Nichols involved. The Reds won 23 to 9.
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Neches National Bank
Reds
J. C. Clean Construction Co. Ponies
Billy Mashaw
Pete Nichols
Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department to negotiate fire hall lease
After two meetings with city officials the Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department plans to negotiate a lease of the Fire Hall with the City Council. The group also seeks city funding for maintenance and operations citing hall use, janitorial costs, lighting and utility bills, and flood damage.
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Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
Ronald Hickerson
Hickerson
Lumberton School Plans Open Meeting
Lumberton School invites the public to an open meeting to discuss the possibility of split sessions for the 1969 1970 school year. The session is set for Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the high school building, according to Superintendent Nelson Eichman.
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Lumberton School
Nelson Eichman
Kirby Memorial Stadium to get new field lights this fall
Silsbee School Board on May 14 approved a 2391.43 bid from Silsbee Electric to remove incandescent fixtures and install 32 1500-watt quartz-iodine lamps with full installation and maintenance. The plan requires no new wiring beyond attachments and aims to reduce weight and improve lighting for the upcoming season.
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Kirby Memorial Stadium
Silsbee School Board
Silsbee Epectric Co
Basil Rodgers
Silsbee Insurance Co
Waldo-Matthews
Rodgers
Victim Of Burns At Eastex Inc Paper Mill Recovering
Kenneth Gibson, 19, son of Mr and Mrs A T Gibson of Silsbee, is recovering in Silsbee Doctors Hospital from second and third degree burns he suffered May 13 while disconnecting a hot water pipe at Eastex Inc Evadale. He was sprayed with near boiling water and burned from neck to waist with leg burns below the knees. His mother says it will be about five weeks before he can return to work.
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Kenneth Gibson
A. T. Gibson
Silsbee
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Eastex, Inc
Evadale
Gibson
Eddie Ray Byrd Receives 101 Year Sentence in Bank Hold-Up
Eddie Ray Byrd 28 of Beaumont was found guilty of armed robbery for the Christmas 1966 hold up and shooting of producer truck driver James Henry Garrett near Sour Lake. Garrett survived and testified as the key witness. Byrd, once sentenced to death in a 1967 case, received 101 years in Huntsville.
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Huntsville
Eddie Ray Byrd
Beaumont
James Henry Garrett
Sour Lake
Kountze
Garrett
H. A. Coe
William Langston
Village Mills
Byrd
Chambers County
Winnie
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Grady Trimble
Stanley Coe
Dwayne Overstreet
Hardin County
Henry Overstreet
Sheriff's Department
Texas
Clay Bednar
Liberty
William E. White
Three Silsbee Women Honored in Lamar Tech Society
Lamar Tech at Beaumont initiated 67 coeds into Alpha Lambda Delta freshman women’s society on Tuesday. From Silsbee were Martha Bevil Buchanan Christine Lila Holt and Jennifer Ann Stevens with Ann Shaw assistant dean of women reporting. Mrs Anita Cherry dean of women was named an honorary member.
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Silsbee
Alpha Lambda Delta
Lamar Tech
Beaumont
Ann Shaw
Martha Bevil Buchanan
Christine Lila Holt
Jennifer Ann Stevens
Anita Cherry
Ten From Silsbee To Get Lamar Degrees
Ten graduates from Silsbee are listed among Lamar State College of Technology degree candidates for the May 31 commencement. The class includes 572 candidates for bachelor or master’s degrees, with totals rising toward 9,900 since Lamar Tech began. Names include Linda Broadway, Joy Kirgan Hopkins Crenshaw, and others with B A or B S degrees in English, government, history, secretarial science, elementary education, music, and home economics.
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Beaumont
Lamar State College of Technology
Silsbee
Celeste Kitchen
Lamar Tech
Texas
New York
South Carolina
Missouri
Ilinois
Louisiana
Ohio
Iowa
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Georgia
Bahamas
India
Greece
Linda Sue Broadway
Joy Kirgan
Hopkins Crenshaw
Lish
Richard Pierce Harve
John Quitman Vanderbure Jr
B. S
Britton
Edward Plunk
Zhen McNemer Ford
Patricia Ann Cook Grissom
Irene Faye Campbell Hegwood
Yvonne Cryer Doane
von Warrington Sturrock
Billie Jeunette Lewis Roberts
Buna
Sunday Baccalaureate Set At Lumberton
Lumberton High School will hold a baccalaureate Sunday May 25 at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium with Rev. Edwin Willis Rev. E W Stanley and Rev. Joe P Stockman delivering the address invocation and benediction. The class of 56 includes valedictorian Sherilyn Frances Hawn and salutatorian Sherri Louise Little. Graduation exercises follow on Thursday May 20 at 5 p.m. in the same auditorium.
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Lumberton High School
Edwin Willis
Woodcrest
United Methodist Church
E. W. Stanley
Loeb United Pentecostal Church
Joe P. Stockman
Lumberton First
Three Escape Injury In Lumberton Wreck
Three people escaped serious injury in a two vehicle crash on Highway 06 seven miles from Silsbee on May 16. A Chevrolet pickup driven by Mrs Frances T Kendrick of Silsbee collided with a Volkswagen driven by James H Coward 21 of Beaumont as Coward crossed from a side road near O Ron Alo s Grocery. Kendrick's son Kenneth 7 may have fracturing his right arm. Coward suffered a shoulder injury. Both cars were totaled and towed to Gibson Motor Co Kountze.
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B. W. Gibson
Gibson Motor Co
Volkswagen
Kountze
Susbee
Silsbee
Frances T. Kendrick
James H Coward
Beaumont
Coward
Kendrick
O'Ronalo
Wayne Hatcher
Hatcher
Kendyick
Kenneth
I Gibson Motor Co
Brenda Lewis Heroine In Gulf Rescue Of Girl
A 14 year old Silsbee girl Brenda Lewis rescued 11 year old Bonnie Rush from drowning at High Island Sunday. Both girls submerged and Brenda held Bonnie's head above water until Bill Rush reached them. Brenda nearly fainted but both emerged unharmed. Brenda is an eighth grade student at Silsbee Junior High School.
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Brenda Lewis
Gulf Rescue of
Silsbee
Bonnie Rush
Bill Rush
Beaumont
High Island
Marvin Lewis
Brenda
Bonnie
Mrs. Lewis
Silsbee Junior High School
Tiger Rag Ends Successful Year at The Tiger Rag
The Bee publishes the final Tiger Rag issue of the school year congratulating staff and sponsor for a year of well written student news. The section documented timely high school topics with responsible coverage and minimal trivia.
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Tiger Rag
Bee
Oy U
Rene Rodgers
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Heriff
M. Tennison Sr
Arene Baker
LL Reds
E. M. Simmons
Benford Walters
Cecil Smyly
Dixie Queen
Highway 96
John Busby
Butch Suitt
Walter Bell
Sam Ferguson
Olan Davis
E. J. Jones
John Price
John Walters
Lumberton
Robert Neyland
Rayford Birdwell
Earl Stover
Brown Markle
Maricle
George Tennison
Don L. Hough
The
Marbles
Helen Whitehead
Kirby
Janelle Langston
O'Neil
Johnny Smyly
Lois Irbe
Charles Stephens
Mary T. Wilson
Jimmie R. Sims
Clarence Hodges
Wanda Seaman
Bevil Lindsey
Wayne Riley
Rosard
Af Eastex Inc. Paper Mill
Lamar
L. E. Martin
First United Methodist Church
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