Hardin County proposes 1968 tax reassessment for 34 major taxpayers
Hardin County Commissioners move to revalue properties owned by 34 leading taxpayers and recalibrate 1968 taxes using the same factors as other county properties. The plan, supported by 3-2 vote, would add six percent interest to new tax bills and require state approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Hardin County Commissioners Court
Fred Anders
Anders
Tom Burch
Virgil Caraway
Hugh Bevil Means
Howard Barryington
Emmett Lack
Commissioners Court
County Board of Equalization
Board of Equalization
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Sheriff's Department
Kountze
Grady Trimble
Helen Renfro
Dewayne Overstreet
Old Silsbee Church Finds Copper Box in Cornerstone
Members of Silsbee First United Methodist Church opened the 1929 cornerstone to reveal a copper box made from a liquor still. Contents include 1911 1912 1929 magazines, a 1929 church roster, a 1909 church photo, and local newspaper clippings. The 40-year-old sanctuary faces demolition for a new building on the same site.
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First United Methodist Church
Silsbee
United Methodist Church
George J Evans
W. H. Long
Brother Evans
Ed Matheson
Harmon Weathersby
Evans
Gardner
Kirby
Silsbee Grads Win Phillips University Scholarships
Enid Oklahoma reports two Silsbee High School seniors Miss Gail Ann McClelland and Miss Billa Rene Rodgers have been awarded Phillips University freshman scholarships for September 1969. McClelland receives 650 dollars and Rodgers 1650 dollars for their academic records, leadership, and citizenship.
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Enid
Okla
Silsbee High School
Phillips University
Gerard Taylor
Gail Ann McClelland
Robert O. McClelland
Route 2
Box 64
Billa Rene Rodgers
Robert H. Rodgers
Britton Dr
Silsbee
McClelland
Future Nurses Club
National Honor Society
Chorjus
Miss Rodgers
Creative Writing Club
Art Club
Mrs Locke Visits Home After Germany Afloat
Mrs W E Locke arrived earlier this month to visit her mother Mrs Betty Sherrell. She spent the last 15 months in Germany where her husband served with the US Army. Mr Locke plans a 30 day furlough before deployment to Vietnam.
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W. E. Locke
Betty Sherrell
Germany
US Army
Locke
Vietnam
Mayor and groups voice support for Chief Blood in Silsbee
Mayor Claude Coward and three local groups back Police Chief Blood after letters of support from the Beta Sigma Phi Rho Upsilon chapter Ma roon and White Club with 82 members and the National Honor Society. The council approved a $2871 bid for the city manager's automobile from Jack Dreddy Chevrolet Co.
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Claude Coward
Silsbee Police Department
Blood
Saundra Bockstanz
Rho Upsilon Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Silsbee High School
Roon and White Club
National Honor Society
Sue Adams
Maroon and White Club
Chief Blood
Silsbee
Hickerson
Jack Dreddy Chevrolet Co
Motorcycle Races Set At New Piney woods Track Sunday
Motorcycle races are scheduled Sunday at a new 0.75 mile dirt track 14 miles north of Silsbee sponsored by the Piney woods Motocross Club. Practice begins about 10 a m with racing starting at noon in three classes of 10 lap heats. Riders from Houston expected amid 30 to 40 entrants. Beaum ont Optimist Club runs a concession at the track.
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Silsbee
Pineywoods Motocross Club
FM 92
Silsbee City
Lmits
Rayburn
Tyler County
Hardin County
Houston
Beaumont Optimist Club
Harold Graves Receives Texas A&M Degree Honors
Harold Collins Graves of Silsbee graduates with honors from Texas A&M University. He earns a BBA in accounting at the closing ceremonies and is named a Distinguished Student. His parents, Mr and Mrs Graves, received a letter from Dean John E Pearson. He will start work June 2 with Arthur Andersen in Houston.
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Harold Collins Graves
Silsbee
Texas A&m University
Graves
John E. Pearson
Arthur Anderson
Finn
Houston
Hiring Firing Recommendations Go To Silsbee Superintendent
At a called board meeting in Silsbee, personnel reassignment recommendations were submitted to Superintendent Don L. Hough. The board decided that employment and dismissal decisions for teachers would be made by the superintendent under policy. Lindley Orr resigned as junior high school teacher and the resignation was accepted.
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Silsbee
Don L. Hough
Lindley Orr
Awards Day at Silsbee High School Honors Many Students
Silsbee High School held its awards day with John Landgraf, student body president, receiving the good citizenship award. Gail McClelland and Randy Rolls earned DAR and Farm and Ranch Club honors respectively, while sophomores Charles Landgraf and others tied for honors. Multiple awards were given for academics, speech, and community service.
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Silsbee High School
John Landgraf
Lester P. Landgraf
Silsbee
Landgraf
Gail McClelland
Daughters of the American Revolution
Randy Rolls
Cheryl Morgan
Beaumont Farm and Ranch Club
Births in Hardin County May Babies Reported
Patricia Gail Cotten daughter born May 21 at Hardin Memorial Hospital to Charles and Patricia Cotten of Batson. Michaele Denise Hutto daughter born May 22 at Hardin Memorial Hospital to J N Hutto of Silsbee. Clayton Ray Oliver son born May 26 at Hardin Memorial Hospital to Cleo and Ray Oliver of Kountze. Andrea Sue Grant daughter born May 26 at Hardin Memorial Hospital to Thomas and Lynwood Grant. Another daughter born May 27 at St Elizabeth Hospital to Nelson and Etta Moulder of Silsbee. A son born May 27 at St Elizabeth Hospital to Billy and Mary Adams of Silsbee.
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Patricia Gail
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Charles Raymond Cotten
Batson
J. N. Hutto
Silsbee
Michaele Denise
Hardin Memoial Hospital
Cleo Ray Oliver
Kountze
Clayton Ray
Thomas Lynwood Grant
Andrea Sue
Silsbee High To Award Diplomas To 216 Tonight
Silsbee High School graduates 216 seniors tonight at 8 p m in Kirby Memorial Stadium receiving monetary scholarships from local organizations. One Edgar and Estelle O Neil Scholarship honors scholastic potential with about 250 dollars per semester.
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Silsbee High School
Kirby Memorial Stadium
Edgar and Estelle O'Neil
O’neils
Kiwanis Club
David Read
Silsbee
Silsbee Lions Club
Local Man's Nephew Earns Legion of Valor Honor
Jimmie R. Parsley of Lancaster California is awarded membership in the Legion of Valor of the United States a club for wartime heroes limited to Medal of Honor Distinguished Service Cross Air Force Cross or Navy Cross recipients. Parsley a 1967 Army retiree with rank master sergeant holds the Combat Infantryman badge Bronze Star Army Commendation Medal and Purple Heart. He attends Antelope Valley College and earned the Distinguished Service on June 24 1953.
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Jimmie R. Parsley
Lancaster
Calif
United States
Legion
Antelope Valley College
Parsley
Army
Three Men Charged in Silsbee Woman Robbery
Three men Sammy Flowers Jr James Lee Wormley and Robert Lewis Shulton were arraigned on charges of robbery and the incident involving a 35 year old Silsbee woman early Sunday. Bond set at $7000 each.
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Justice of the Peace
J. M. Bowman
Lumberton
Silsbee
Sammy Flowers Jr
Texas City
James Lee Wormley
San Antonio
Robert Lewis Shulton
Eagle Lake
Hardin County
Henry Overstreet
Lillie Pearl
Kountze
Overstreet
Villa Road
Dan Musgrove
Sheriff's Office
Mrs Homer Shawver Leaves for Osaka Visit
Mrs Homer Shawver and her daughters left Friday to reunite with Mrs Cornelia Elarton in Osaka Mississippi En route they visited Mrs OQuinn in Baton Rouge Louisiana Elarton has been visiting her daughter and family for several weeks
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Homer Shawver
Cornelia Elarton
Osaka
Miss
O’quinn
Baton Rouge
Recognition Day for Eighth Grade at Junior High School
Recognition Day was held Friday May 23 for eighth grade students at the Junior High School. Principal events included a speech by Steve Albrecht and a pageant The Land of Good Citizenship with cast members Joanna Evans Charlene Free Sabrina Birdwell Michael Grissom Danny Cornwell Esca Hicks directed by Roy H Bean and Mrs Irene McGowan with piano by Mrs Rubye Dabney and others.
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Irene McGowan
Steve Albrecht
Joanna Evans
Charlene Free
Sabrina Birdwell
Michael Grissom
Danny Cornwell
Esca Hicks
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Hardin County Civil Air Patrol
Austin
Robert S. Calvert
Comptroller
Herbert Free
Spurger Highway
Simmons Motor Co
Simmons
R. L. Riggans
Avenue Ih
Clarence Johns
John Busby
Busby
Silsbee Bee
Beaumont Enterprise
Miller Dunbar Motor Co
Cashion - McDonald Motor Co
J. N. Collier
Beaumont
Richard Barthelmess
Leatrice Joy
Albert Valentino
Silsbee Grads
Thomas Harris
Harold (. Graves
Texas A&m
Hough
Kelly Muckleroy
Betty Shine
Buddy Herrington
UIL
Miss Shine
Sandy Ninninger
Arthur Tidwell
Brenda Parks
James Rogers
Shepherd Laundry
Miss Parks
Rene Rodgers
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
Harvey Bodine
Deborah Johnston
Louann Weathersby
Ann Benson
Connie
Silsbee High
Mack Williams
Leo Club
Silsbee Woman's Club
Silsbee Doctors Hospital Auxiliary
Exquised Woman’s Club
The
Royal Cloverleaf
South 16Th Street
W. L. Allen
Shawn
R. J. Wallace
A. L. Dewalt
Ed Farr
Tl. C. Williams
Allen
Ronald Hickerson
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