Construction To Begin On New Hardin County Savings Offices
Hardin County Savings & Loan Association plans a two to four week start on a 7000 square foot steel and masonry building at North Fifth Street and Roosevelt Drive. The site fronts North Fifth and offers room for future expansion. The new lobby will double the current space with two drive in lanes and capacity for six more. President Robert Neyland cites firm resources at 20 million as of April 30 1975, up from 125000 at chartering in 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Neyland
Hardin County Savings & Loan Association
North Fifth Street
Roosevelt Drive
Neyland
Daniel Perkins
Baytown
Martin Yawn
Area Friends
Hardin County Savings & Loan
Lumberton
Sour Lake
Robert A. Neyland
SISD seeks state funds for preschool testing facility
Silsbee Independent School District requests a $70,000 Texas Education Agency grant for a pre school testing facility termed Target Wee One. The district would run a mobile testing center and fund early intervention referrals to physicians and specialists to detect learning disabilities before school entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Independent
Texas Education Agency
Board of Trustees
Crawford
Austin
Hazel Terry
SISD
The
BEE
Terry
Frank Robinson
Mathleen Brent
Lorilei Ragan
Juncker and McMillan
O'Neil
SHS
O’neil
Herbert C. Muckleroy
Jr. High
Flo Stark
Muckleroy
B. L. Williams
Jewel
Jones
G. W. Meek
Jacqueline Hooks
Silsbee High School
Jewel Williams
Kirby
Carol Spell
Gladys Byrom
Deborah Burk
Margo Thompson
LaRue Fife
Lumberton Couple Charged in Kountze Home Burglary
Lumberton residents Lynn Louis Couie and Vicki Lynn Couie face burglary charges for the May 10 break in at the Arthur A. Clark home near Kountze. Two crystal chandeliers valued at about 600 dollars were recovered near Kountze. Couie bonded at 7500 dollars and held for Brazos County probation. his wife released on 2000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kountze
Lumberton
Billy Paine
Arthur A. Clark
Lynn Louis Couie
Vicki Lynn Couie
Mike Holzapfel
Charles Laird
Couie
Brazos County
Paine
Silsbee and Waco residents charged in burglary cases
A 16 year old from Silsbee and Richard Allen Kelley 53 of Waco were charged with residential burglary and theft respectively. The juvenile was arrested at home May 19 for breaking into Leroy Comeaux's 380 South 14th Street residence on May 10 with $70 reported in clothing stolen. Kelley was charged May 18 for stealing a purse's contents from 250 East Avenue G, arrested May 19, arraigned and held on 2900 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Silsbee
Bob L. Ogden
James Fulgham
William Gilley
Leroy Comeaux
South 14Th Street
Hardin County
Richard Allen Kelley
East Avenue G
Fulgham
Kelley
Gilley
Justice of the Peace
Kyle Reeves
Cities Receive 19.9 Million in Sales Tax Rebates
Texas Comptroller Bob Bullock issued May 15 checks totaling 19.9 million to 700 of 809 cities from the one percent city sales tax. Payments reflect funds received April 4 to May 2 with larger allocations due June for quarterly returns, and several small cities miss the monthly threshold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Bob Bullock
Texas
Bilebee
Sour Lake
Rou. Tve
Bullock
Comptroller’s
Comptroller
Pullock
Moore Targets Charges After Hardin County Fight
Buddy Moore, administrative assistant to Hardin County Judge Emmett Lack, plans to file charges after a clash with Commissioner Hugh Bevil Means. The Grand Jury recommended Moore pursue misdemeanor complaints and stated Lack bears primary responsibility for filing. Moore was hospitalized with a fractured nose and dislocated shoulder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buddy Moore
Hugh Bevil Means
Means
Moore
Hardin County
Emmett Lack
Kountze
Clyde E. Smith Jr
BEE
The
Grand
Ben D Smith Road ROW Meeting Tonight in Hardin County
Har din County Commissioners Court schedules a special meeting at 7 30 p m tonight to discuss the Ben D Smith Road landowners and residents with state aid for the State Farm to Market Road project. The State Highway Department could designate Ben D Smith as a state highway and seek 30 acres of right of way. officials report persuasions to landowners remain challenging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Commissioners Court
Ben D. Smith
State Highway Department
Ben Dd.smith
Howard Barrington
Commissioners Court
SHS Graduation Set for 246 in May 28 Exercises
The Silsbee High School 1975 senior class of 246 will graduate next Wednesday May 28 at Kirby Memorial Stadium. The ceremony features music by the SHS concert band and choir, student speeches, salutatory and valedictory addresses, and diplomas presented by Board President D. D. Shine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SHS
Silsbee High School
Kirby Memorial Stadium
North Seventh Street
Silsbee High
Gary Clark
Kevin Wright
Judy Diane Davis
Dena Brown
Darlene Doyen
Rachel McMillan
Devora Miller
Karen Morgan
Derisa Ross
Charlie Bumstead
Cynthia Edwards
SISD
Weeks Crawford
Board of
oS.sh Wallace
D. D. Shine
Cynthia Ann Edwards
Lisa Kay Breaux
Terry Lynn McDonald
Gary Ray Clark
Peggy Ann Lackey
Devora Lee Miller
Karen Sue Morgan
Curtis Barnett Braswell
Lucinda Provost Peeling
Cynthia Annwards
Burglars steal Demerol from Wilde Clinic and rototiller
Two thefts reported this week in Silsbee involve a bottle of Demerol missing from the Wilde Clinic at 755 North Fourth Street after a break in on May 21. In a separate incident, a 4.5 horsepower Atlas rototiller valued at $325 was taken from Ful ler LP Gas Service at 1208 US 96 South on May 14, last used May 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Wilde Clinic
North Fourth Street
Bob Ogden
James Fulgham
James Doane
William Gilley
Doane
The
BEE
South Side
Lester Cowart
Fuller LP Gas Service
Ralph Osborne
US 96
Osborne
Hodges Promoted to Specialist Four in Germany
Wesley C. Hodges 20 son of Mr and Mrs C H Hodges of Silsbee receives promotion to Army specialist four while serving as a scout with the 8th Infantry Division in Mannheim Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley C. Hodges
C. H. Hodges, Silsbee
8Th Infantry
Mannheim
Germany
Six Indicted and Two Cleared by Hardin County Grand Jury
The Hardin County Grand Jury indicted six individuals at the May 16 session including Steven Allan Hargrove for murder in the April 18 Silsbee shooting of Johnny Van Reeves and Georgia Mae Howard for murder in her husband Eddie Howard Sr.’s death. Emma Jean Parks faced aggravated assault charges. Tommy Owens Kenneth Wayne Williams and Harold Mobley were charged with burglary, while two Silsbee officers were no-billed amid a beating probe. The panel also reviewed the Means-Moore case, which did not proceed before Judge Clyde E. Smith Jr. and prompted consideration of a separate mistreatment claim involving John ny Moulder at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde E. Smith
Hardin County
Texas
Commissioners
Kountze
Stanley Coe
Clester Ray Moore
Emmett Lack
Hugh Bevil Means
Clester ‘Ray Moore
Hardin County Grand Jury
Hugh Bevil Means - Buddy Moore
Means-Moore
Clyde E. Smith Jr
Moore
Steven Allan Hargrove
Silsbee
Johnny van Reeves
Georgia Mae Howard
Eddie Howard Sr
Emma Jean Parks
Tommy Owens
Kenneth Wayne Williams
Moulder
Dwayne Overstreet
Rusk State Hospital
Special Call Docket For Silsbee Abuse Case And More
A special trial setting is docketed for Monday June 2 in 88th District Court for Britt Dale Horn 20 charged with aggravated robbery causing bodily harm to 72 year old Frances Harris. Additional specials set June 9 for Wesley Wooten thefts and burglary. A three week docket lists numerous trials including murder, arson, drug offenses, thefts and assualts from June 2 through June 30 in Silsbee cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Wesley Wooten
Wooten
Britt Dale Horn
Charles E. Whittle
Ronald Dean Erwin
Ben Edward Odom
Cynthia Viator Segrest
Dennis Tanton
Gunshot Victim In Stable Condition In Silsbee
John H. Daugherty, 45, of 455 South Fifteenth Silsbee, listed in stable condition at St. Elizabeth Hospital ICU after being shot twice in a family disturbance. Police recovered a 32 caliber revolver at the scene cited by Davenport and deputies. wife suffered facial injuries. no charges expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Daugherty
South Fifteenth
Silsbee
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Daughtery
Billy Davenport
Morris Cole
James Martin
Daugherty
Bennie Mae Daugherty
James Fulgham
Davenport
Clerke First
Council Plans Public Hearing On Gas Rate Hike
Silsbee council will set a date for a public hearing on a proposed 25 percent gas rate increase by Houston Natural Gas Co. The council met with Dr. Jack Hopper and City Attorney Ro-ger Ratliff to review Hopper’s assessment and will discuss the rate request at the May 27 regular meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Ronald M. Hickerson
The
BEE
Jack Hopper
Austin
Roger Ratliff
Houston Natural Gas Co
Hopper
HNG
Hickerson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hardin County Savings Offices
Horace Whittington
E. A. Luce Sr
Cecile Cobble
Evelyn J. Monk
Charles Watts
Rayford R. ‘Birdwell
John D. Brumley Jr
Frank H. Carpenter
Frank L.choate
G. W. Gilchriest
Paul R. Neyland
John H. I Oglesbee
Hardin County Saving & Loan Association
the Bee
Grand Jury
Har‘din
Ben Smith Row
Dena Kathleen Brown
Robert Henry Harrison
Karen Lynn Turner
Paula Banfield Taylor
Cathy Jean David
Martha Ann Fowler
Marilyn Ann Bass
Bobby Leroy Taylor Jr
Cynthia Black Sharp
Keith van Winkle
Anita Marie Rog
Ers
Cheryl Ann Adaway Floyd Michael Adams Marion Douglas Almond Leonard Keith Atkins
Cathy Lawell Barnes
Marilyn Ann Bass Doyle
Prentice Bean
Gloria Faye Beatty Owen Carlton Belk Glinda Ruth Birdwell
Vickie Lynette Breaux Randell Dean Brim
Pamela To Brittain Joseph Kevin Broussard Owen Paul Broussard
Dana Edward Brown
John Leake Buchanan George Edward Buckley Louis Dale Buckner
Evelyn Burnett
Johnny Lee Byars
Mary Margaret Campbell Jamese Caraway
John Edison Carter Cynthia Jeane Christian Gary Ray Clark
L. Stephen Clopp Ray Edwin Cole Padgett Lee Collier
Deborah Lynn Collins James Perry Connally
Jerry Mack Connally
Connie Marie Creel
David Glenn Cude Teresa Scott Cunningham
Michael Wayne Dabney
David Mitchell Davenport Michael Dwayne Davenport
Cathy Jean David Dayle
Lynn Davis Judy Diane Davis
Roger Dale Davis
Rhonda Jean DeVille David Wayne Dickerson Phyllis Donnella Dixon
Melba Harris Dominguez Henry Earl Doss Arlene Doyen
Johnny Wade
Eason
Elmer Wayne Eddings
Jimmy Charles Ephriam
Demerol
Roger Dale Ruggles
Judy Rawls Franklin
Gregory Allen Franklin
Peggy Biano
Thomas Ray Weidman
William Lee Bundrant
Tony Gene Robinson
Marihuana
Mack C. Young
Paul Chambless
Jimmy Fregia
Marion Anderson
Nelda Parrish
Millard Marion Brewer
DWI
David Preston Hall
David L. Reeves
James Edward Goins
Harry James Kenner
Henry Releford, Jr
Neal Williford
Harold Norman Bell
Betty Lou Henry
Prentice Dickerson
John Carlisle Johnson
Sylvester McLaurin
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