Six arrested for marijuana in party raid
Silsbee police culminated a two week surveillance of an Avenue C residence with a raid on a party May 18 resulting in the arrest of four men and two women on marijuana and drug charges. Lovia Sandy Hebert, 28, of 165 Avenue C, faced possession of marijuana unlawful carrying of a weapon and possession of a controlled substance. One other woman and four men were charged with possession of marijuana. Hebert was not at home when officers entered at 11 o clock with a warrant signed by Judge Ray Martin.
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Silsbee Police Department
Avenue C
Lovia
Sandy
Maria” Hebert
Hebert
Ray Martin
Lumberton
Mickey Fulgham
David James Blackmon
Fulgham
Blackmon
Woodrow Road
Silsbee High School 1977 graduation set for Tuesday night
Silsbee High School seniors eye diplomas at Kirby Memorial Stadium Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. In case of rain the ceremony moves to East Avenue N high school gym. Student body president Greg Edwards will keynote, with Valedictorian Laurie McCall, Salutatorian Monta Cutbirth, and Jim Smith also speaking. Board president D. D. Shine will present diplomas with Supt. Crawford and Principal Wallace announcing candidates and honors. A list of graduates includes Laurie McCall and many classmates. 22 scholarship awards to be given.
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Silshee High School
Kirby Memorial Stadium
East Avenue N
Greg Edwards
Laurie McCall
Monta Cutbirth
Jim Smith
Weexs Crawford
Board of Education
S. A. Wallace
D. D. Shine
Silsbee High School
School Board Picks Scholarship Winners
The Silsbee Independent School Board selected O Neil scholarship finalists from about 25 applicants after interviews by a committee of Bob Herbst Raymond Tennison and Richard Jones. Winners will be kept secret until graduation day. The board also received the Travel Learning Center annual report.
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Silsbee Independent Schoo Board
O’neil
Weeks Crawford
Bob Herbst
Raymond Tennison
Richard Jones
Travel Learning Center
Donna Cunningham
Louise Dyer
Crawford
Commissioners Stall Request To Expand Welfare Driver Program
Hardin County commissioners delayed action on funding to broaden a welfare transport service. Charles Ludwig of the Economic Opportunity Commission asked to pay 38 cents a mile to serve non welfare residents, while three vans move wheelchair and other clients to doctors. The panel cited tight funds but indicated willingness to explore options. The meeting also approved two Lumberton subdivision plats and a Farm to Market designation for a Beaumont to Silsbee Highway segment to shift maintenance to the state.
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Hardin County Commissioners Court
Charles Ludwig
Economic Opportunity Commission
Department of Public Welfare
J. L. Loftin
Ludwig
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Hardin
Jefferson
Orange
Hardin County
Lumberton
Glen Acres
Royalwood
Beaumont To
Silsbee
Pete Travis
Burglary and Thefts Reported in Hardin County
Hardin County deputies investigated two thefts and a burglary last week. About 2000 in guns and fishing gear were stolen from Joe Cotton in Thicket, with rifles and shotguns listed. A green car seen nearby May 18 is linked to the loading of the items at the front door. Additional thefts included two Western Flyer bicycles from R L Zeller on May 16 and a log loader motor from J P Miller on May 20, presumed loaded onto a 4 4 ton truck.
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Hardin County
Kountze
J. P. Miller
Temple Eastex
Zeller
Western Flyer
Miller
Picket Hired At Construction Site Ends Vigil At Local Lumber Firm
A lone picket outside the Walker Kurth store on Highway 96 ended his one day vigil after being hired by an out-of-town subcontractor building an addition to the lumber company. A site worker identified the picket as a member of the local iron workers union protesting the contractor's non-union hiring on May 18.
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Walker- Kurth
Highway 96
Ironworkers Union
Eight Year Old Boy Hit By Truck In Beaumont
An eight year old boy, Derrell Champlin, was struck by a 1975 Ford pickup driven by Jerry Eddings in the 1100 block of 5th Street near O Banions Grocery. He was reported in fair condition at St. Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont with head arm leg and chest injuries. Emergency responders and bystanders described rapid medical intervention that likely saved his life as the child was treated during transport.
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St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Derrell Champlin
Porter Champlain
Seaman Drive
Jerry Eddings
Silsbee
Eddings
O’banion’s Grocery
Champlin
Nell Birdwell
Edgar Tiller
Livingston
Tiller
School Board To Act On Teacher Proposals At June 8 Meeting
The Silsbee Independent School District board will consider seven of nine proposals from the Silsbee Classroom Teachers Association at a June 8 meeting. Some require new budgeted expenses such as hiring music and physical education teachers for K-4, duty free lunch, a pay raise, and a sick leave stipend. Other recommendations involve a revamped student conduct code and policy changes to aid retention, with one posting openings already adopted. Actions await broader state education legislation.
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Silsbee Classroom Teachers Association
Silsbee Independent School Board
SISD
Supt. of
Crawford
Classroom Teachers Association
Kathy Day
Police hunt man sought by Austin authorities in Lloyd area
Silsbee police searched the city for a white male described as heavily bearded and wearing a red and white track suit. He allegedly fled from Austin police on murder charges, with sightings around Fas Gas and Exxon stations along US 96 South and Highway 327. No charges confirmed, officers uncertain if the man is the suspect.
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Silsbee
Austin
Fas
US 96
327
Charlie Herrin
the Bee
Herrin
Exxon
Man Injured by Dragline Bucket at 327 Overpass
George Ray Suttle, a Bugner Construction Co. employee, was struck in the head by a concrete bucket from a dragline at the 327 overpass construction site Wednesday. He was hospitalized at Silsbee Doctors Hospital and later moved to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont for further diagnosis.
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George Ray Suttle
Suttle
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Bugner Construction Co
Jacksonville
Silsbee Council Seeks Bids On Street Sign Material
The Silsbee City Council agreed to advertise bids for about 1,900 dollars worth of street sign material to update signs under a federal sign improvement program. Bids must be submitted by 5 p.m. June 28 to the city manager’s office. The city will be reimbursed for sign material but must provide poles and labor.
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Silsbee
Hick
Orson
Ronald Hickerson
Commissioners Resolve Rift Over Radio Request
Hardin County Commissioners and Sheriff Billy Paine settled a dispute over a high band radio for deputy constable Don Harrison during an afternoon Court session. They arranged a transfer of a high band radio from the county ambulance and issued a low band radio from the sheriff’s department as replacement. Harrison had withdrawn the request. The episode highlighted tension between the sheriff and constables over radio cooperation and county funding.
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Sheriff's Department
Hardin County Commissioner’s Court
Don Harrison
Billy Paine
T. S. Hooks
Barrington
Hooks
Hardin County
Paine
Harrison
Commission
Sheriff's Office
Emmett Lack
Sherriff's Department
Liberty County Sheriff’s Department
Hardin County Sheriff's Department
Social Security payments rise in Hardin County
New Social Security increases take effect July 1 boosting local monthly checks by 59 percent. In Hardin County total receipts will rise from 11,160,000 to about 11,818,000 for the fiscal year, with the next 12 months near 658,000 more than the previous year.
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New York
Hardin County
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Treasury Department
23 People Indicted By Grand Jury In Jefferson County
The 88th Judicial District Grand Jury convened May 20 and returned indictments against 23 people, with all but one arrested. Indicted individuals include Howard Wise, Don Gene Savage, Alan Berner, Kent Dill, Paul Herron Stephens, Kenneth Fregia, Jimmy Williams, John Calloway, Kathleen Buesing, Katherine Turner, Bennett Jones Jr., Tommy Jernigan, John Crain, Marvin Gilley, Billy McNeal and others for burglary, theft, aggravated assault, kidnapping, rape, weapon charges, and related offenses. Leslie Burnett Jr. of Silsbee pled guilty to theft by check, fined $100 plus costs and ordered restitution of $157.45.
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88Th Judicial District
Billy Paine
Paine
Howard Wise
Don Gene Savage
Alan Dale Bernier
Kent Lee Dill
Paul Herron Stephens
Kenneth Fregia
Jimmy Lane Williams
John Rufus Calloway
Kathleen C. Buesing
Katherine J. Turner
Bennett Jones Jr
Tommy Jernigan
John Curtis Crain
Marvin Edward Gilley
Billy Ray McNeal
Leslie Burnett Jr
Silsbee
Jefferson County
New Superintendent Named At Kountze
Mervyn Greer aged 51 who has been a high school principal and assistant superintendent at Splendora was hired Friday night to become Kountze school superintendent. He will assume duties June 1 after a unanimous vote by the school board following deliberations.
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Mervyn Greer
Splendora
Kountze
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