Ross Iles GSU Manager Dies In Auto Crash
George Rossles Iles aged 45, Gulf States Utilities manager, died after a 12:50 pm crash near West Avenue in Silsbee. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Silsbee Doctors Hospital. An autopsy was performed to determine cause of death. He lived at 123 Lindsey Road and was active in local groups. Funeral held at First United Methodist Church with burial in Resthaven Cemetery. Survivors include wife Betty Hes and two sons and two daughters.
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GSU
Ross Iles
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Donalson Motor Co
Justice of the Peace
Rex Moore
Iles
George Rossles R
Gulf States Utilities Co
Silsbee
R. E. Farmer
The
BEE
Iles’ Auto
Doane
Merryville
Sales
Tolerance Masonic Lodge
Beaumont
Silsbee Kiwanis Club
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Silsbee Boy Scouts
Lindsey Road
First United Methodist Church
R. Eugene Jonte
Ben‘ny
Paul Enner
Resthaven Cemetery
Johnathan, Paul
Thomas Allen Jr
Donald Radley
Steve Cowan
Morris Windham
Edwin Read
GSA
Betty Hes
George Les III
David Curtis Les
Rebecca Harless
Austin
Diane Les
Myrtle Hes
A. E. Read
Alene McBryde
Silsbeec
Man charged after grocery robbery attempt in Hardin County
Hardin County Sheriff reports Morris Edward Brannon 22 of Kountze arrested in Beaumont on an assault to rob a cashier at Henley’s Grocery south of Kountze. Bond set at 5000. Brannon held in Hardin County Jail. Items stolen from R L Stewart’s Lumberton mobile home include TV, stereo, sewing machine, shotgun, vacuum, towels and records. two 10 speed bicycles also taken.
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Paine
Morris Edward Brannon
Kountze
Beaumont
Henley's
Brannon
Hardin County
Jesse Cartwright
Don Merrill
C. A. Kimball
Merrill
R. L. Stewart
Lumberton
Stewart
Merri
Final Rites Held Friday For Mrs Alma McNeely
Funeral services for 62 year old Mrs Alma McNeely of Woodville were conducted Friday in the Farmer Funeral chapel with Rev. Carl Burris and Dave Moore officiating. Burial followed in McKinney Cemetery near Kountze. She died May 16 in Silsbee Doctors Hospital after a long illness. Survivors include her husband George of Woodville, two sons Dan McNeely and James McNeely, two daughters Sue Altley and Mrs Vears Works, five sisters and 15 grandchildren.
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Alma McNeely
Woodville
Farmer Funeral
Carl Burris
Central Baptist Church of
Evadale
Dave Moore
McKinney Cemetery
Kountze
Silshee
McNeely
Silshee Doctors Hospital
George
Dan McNeely
Illinois
James McNeely
Sue Altley
Vears Works
Pasadena
Floyd Jackson
del Rio
Gussie Haynes
Silsbee
Mae Murphy
Ellen Denman
Houston
Carria Crownover
Connie Woodburn
Alexandria
Police Nab Suspect In March Theft
Silsbee police investigated three thefts in May 2021 including a residential burglary. Leo Clifton, 33, was arrested on a theft charge for a wallet containing about 48 dollars from Mrs John H Hudson. Bond set at 2000 dollars. he posted bond. A second report cited two stolen dogs from Elzia Blount and a radio stolen from Queen Annie’s apartment after a window screen was removed.
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Silsbee
James Doane
James Fulpham
Leo Clifton
Waller
John H. Hudson
Clifton
West Avenue J
C. A Kimball
Sammy Ruggles
Elzia Blount
Banner
Queen Annie
Apt. 6
Prince Hall Villa
Doane
Silsbee Police Sponsor Criminal Investigation School
Silsbee Police Department will host a five day criminal investigation school June 26-30 under the Deep East Texas Council of Governments Criminal Justice Office. Chief Bob L. Ogden said instructors will be from Kilgore Jr. College Police Academy and 40 hours will count toward certification by the Texas Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Education Agency.
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Silsbee Police
Criminal Investigation
Silsbee
Criminal Justice Office
The
Deep East Texas Council of Governments
Bob L. Ogden
First National Bank of Silsbee
Kilgore Jr. College Police Academy
Texas Law Enforcement Officers’ Standards and Education Agency
Austin
Ogden
Jasper
Beaumont
Bureau of Narcotics
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Bureau
U. S. Customs
Chief Ogden
James Doane
John Costner
Sammy Ruggles
Lamar University
Morris Cole
Doane Costner
James Fulgham
Texas Department of Public Safety
Rabies Clinic Set Friday in Silsbee Fire Hall Area
City officials announce a rabies vaccination clinic at Silsbee Fire Hall on Friday from 2 to 6 pm. City Manager Ronald Hickerson urges dog owners in Harris, Chambers and Jefferson counties to protect pets as rabies cases rise. Vaccination costs $3.50 plus a $1 city tag. stray dogs may be picked up starting May 30 by the humane department.
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Silsbee
Avenue
Ronald Hickerson
Hickerson
Harris
Chambers
Jefferson
Humane Department
Ogden
4-H Horse Show Set For Sunday In Hardin County
The annual Open Horse Show, sponsored by the Hardin County 4-H Horse Group Adult Leaders Association, will be held Sunday May 28 at the FFA arena south of Kountze. Awards include high point trophies, runner-up blankets, and first through sixth place trophies. Events begin at 9 am under judge James Hemphill of Bastrop with an electric timer. Concessions will be available. Calls for entry information go to Nick Mitchell 385-4636 H A Coe Jr 246-2111 or Roy Pool 755-4787.
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Hardin County 4-H
Adult Leaders Association
FFA Arena
Kountze
James Hemphill
Bastrop
H. A. Coe Jr
Roy Pool
Mitchell
Commissioners Vote To Buy Old Silsbee Post Office For 40000
Hardin County Commissioners Court discussed purchasing the old Silsbee Post Office for 40000 to use as county office space and tied the move to the June 10 Unit Road System referendum. The vote to proceed passed 3 2 with Kerr and Means opposing. Barrington Caraway and Lack supported, while an appraisal of parking and location was debated and a committee to study renovations was suggested.
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Silsbee
Hardin County Commissioners Court
Bob Kerr
Hugh Bevil Means
Howard Barrington
Virgil Caraway
Emmett Lack
Means
Kerr
Caraway
Hill
Beaumont
Lumberton
Barrington
Houston Thompsson
Lack
Justice of the Peace
Ers
Judge Lack
Silsbee ISD to hike taxes about 10 percent for 1972 73
Silsbee Independent School District plans roughly a 10 percent tax increase for 1972 73 by raising the assessment ratio from 55 to 60 percent while keeping the $1.92 per 100 value tax rate. The hike funds a new vocational unit, state seniority raises, higher Foundation Program support, and a prior budget carryover. Board of Equalization hearings will inform taxpayers of their specific obligations.
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Silsbee Independent School District
Don L. Hough
L. D. Self
the Bee
Supt
Hough
Texas Education Agency
Texas
SISD
Jocal District Foundation
GSU Seeks Reconsideration of City Rate Increase
Gulf States Utilities requests an eight and one half percent rate hike which the Silsbee City Council denied earlier. Council sets June 13 for discussion after Ward McCurtain urged reconsideration, with several nearby cities enacting or resisting the increase as the Louisiana Public Service Commission studies 1971 GSU figures.
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Gulf States Utilities Co
Silsbee City
Ward McCurtain
GSU
McCurtain
James L. Hays
John Fordinal
Funeral Services Set for Mrs Neva Davis May 9
Neva Davis 60 of Hawthorne California died Monday in a California hospital. Funeral services held at 10 a m May 19 at Beech Creek Baptist Church Spurger under Farm er Funeral Home direction Rev Eddis Smith officiated with burial at Beech Creek Cemetery. Survivors include husband Lawrence B Davis of Hawthorne daughter Donna Collier sister Lois Blair Fort Dodd brother William Parr Fort Dodd.
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Neva Davis
Hawthorne Calif
Beech Creek Baptist Church
Spurger
Farmer Funeral
Eddis Smith
Beech Creek Cemetery
Last Rites For Mrs Bingham 67 Held On Thursday
Gertrude Bingham 67 died Tuesday in a Beaumont nursing home. Services were held May 18 at Farmer Funeral Chapel with Rev C M Duplissey officiating. Burial was in Old Hardie Cemetery, Kountze. Survived by daughter Rhonda Smith of Kountze and brothers Dennis and Rex Hyatt of Fields Louisiana Onis Hyatt of Lake Charles and Bertis Hyatt of Baton Rouge and a after Mrs Frank Pittman of Flint Michigan.
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Gertrude Bingham
Farmer Funeral
Res C. M Duplissey
First Pentecossal
Old Hardie
Kountze
Bingham
Beaumont
Rhonda Smith
Dennis
Rex Hyatt
Fields
Onis Hyatt
Lake Charles
Bertis Hyatt
Baton Rouge
Frank Pittman
Flint, Mich
Youth Injuries Later Upgraded After Moped Collision
Jimmy Michael Priest 16 of Silshee was seriously injured May 6 when his Honda motorcycle collided with a pickup on US 96 South. His mother says he was admitted to St Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont May 6 and released May 16 with a broken right collarbone right leg and fractures to the right arm possibly affecting use. The truck pulled from a parking space and fled the scene.
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Jimmy Michael Priest
Route 1
Silshee
US 96
Three Enter Guilty Pleas In Texas Court
Three defendants pled guilty in 88th District Court to theft and burglary. Beverly Godeau Flagg and Tracy Ward of Houston received sentences or probation for 1971 dress shop thefts in Silsbee. Chester Lee Tyler of Silsbee also pled guilty for assisting in a 1971 Texaco Warehouse burglary and got two years probation. Copper wire theft charges against Edward Conners and Fred McGee Woods were dismissed due to existing prison sentences.
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Billy Paine
Aline Harper
Paine
Beverly Godeau Flagg
Tracy Ward
Houston
Silsbee
H. A.coe
Jack McGaffey
Chester Lee Tyler
Nick Mitchell
Texaco
Land
Edward Conners
Fred McGee Woods
Girl Injured In Fall From Hay Truck Near Silsbee
Kathy Joe Forse 15 daughter of Mr and Mrs Bobby Forse of Rt. 1 Silsbee was injured May 19 after slipping from a hayride truck on Brage Road near Saratoga and struck by a following auto. She was treated at Hardin Memorial Hospital for burns and bruises and released to her parents.
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Kathy Joe Forse
Bobby Forse
Rt. 1
Silsbee
Brage Road
Saratoga
The
BEE
Billy McAdams
Good Shepherd Baptist Church
Miss Forse
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Forse
House Fires Reported In Silsbee Area
Silsbee volunteers fought multiple fires reported by Chief Bussell Busby. An electrical fire damaged wiring at John L. Rogers home 265 South 16th Street with alarm at 9 26 am May 18. Joe Hinton home 305 West Avenue N damaged by fire near a utility room after 1 pm May 21. A woods and trash fire near 19th Street was controlled at 8 25 am May 22. A May 16 vacant home fire later found occupied by George Pearson, call 2 39 am last Tuesday.
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Silsbee
Russell Busby
The
BEE
John L. Rogers
Joe Hinton
West Avenue N
Busby
19Th Street
George Pearson
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Ford
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Hardin County Sheriff's Department
City
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Houston Conroe
Huntsville
Pritchard and
Abbott
Beaumont Law Firm
Mehaffy, Weber, Keith and Gonsoulin
Alfred Carter
H. A. Hooks
Hooks
Victor
Anahuac
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Park and Recreation Advisory Board
Armie Hamilton
Charles Lee
Silshee High School
James Simmons
Lois Ann Conner
Jon North
Elizabeth Carter
Kirby
Jerry Jones
Carter
Counleil
Cityw Attorney's Office
Bob L. Ogden Jr
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Council
Pfrant
Deep East Texas Development Council
Texas Highway Department
Silsbee Country Club
Ladies’ Golf Association
Loraine Hardy
Aggie Couch
Pinewood
Barbara Seale
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