Too Few Voting Machines May Disfranchise Many
In Hardin County voters face shortages of machines for the November 7 general election. The article notes strong GOP candidates in national and state races, two write in campaigns, and 14 Texas constitutional amendments. Contested offices include Nixon vs McGovern in Texas, Tower vs Sanders for Senate, Wilson vs Brightwell for U.S. House, Briscoe vs Grover for Governor, and other state posts. Write-in campaigns are rumored in two commissioner races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Texas
United States
Barefoot Sanders
Solon John Tower
U. S. Representative
Charles Wilson
Charles O
Brightwell
Dolph Briscoe
GOP
Henry C
Hank” Grover
Jesse James
Maurice Angly Jr
Byron Tunnell
Jim Segrest
Herman Adams Jr
Wallace Livesay Jr
Hardin County Justices of the Peace
Virgil Caraway
Howard Barrington
Caraway
Barrington
Pet
Youths Assaulted at Goldrush Drilling Rig in Tyler County
A 20 year old Kountze man, David Randall Drake, faces assault with intent to murder and aggravated assault charges after an Oct 30 incident at a Goldrush Drilling Co. rig near Pineville. Leo Spell and Guy Lynn Lindsey, both 20 of Silsbee, were injured. Spell is moved to Baptist Hospital in Beaumont for care. Drake posted bond and was released.
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Kountze
Goldrush Drilling Co
Tyler County
Hardin County
Billy Paine
David Randall Drake
Justice of the Peace
C. A .Kimball
Drake
Leo Spell
Guy Lynn Lindsey
Silsbee
Spell
Paine
Lindsey
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Tindse
Drilling Companys
Pineville Community Road
M Hardin- Tyler County
Don Merrill
Jim Stinson
B. J. Vardeman
Young Will Await Jan. 8 Trial In Kountze Jail
Young Will spend two months in Hardin County Jail before a January 8, 1973 murder trial for three year old Leslie Bowman. Defense delays due to Joe Goodwin’s hospitalization shifted proceedings. Goodwin is in stable condition. Paine plans to return Young to Hardin County after pretrial arrangements with a $100000 bond.
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Young
Kountze
Fred Fay Young
Hardin County
Leslie Bowman
Billy Paine
Tyler
Galloway Calhoun
Last Rites Held For A L Bevil Former Judge
Funeral services for A Leak Bevil 85 of Kountze were held at 2 pm in the Former Funeral Home chapel with J E Braziel and Clayton Arnold officiating. Burial followed at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Beaumont. Bevil longtime Hardin County lawyer and judge. Survivors include two daughters a son two sisters and two brothers.
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A. Leak Bevil
Kountze
Funeral Home
J. E. Braziel
Clayton Arnold
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Beaumont
Bevil Hart
Albert
Lamar
Harold iBevil
Daniel M. Singleton
Clyde McKee
Charles Vanderburg
Johnny Talley
Bevil
Hardin County
Jude Bevil
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Terrell Buchanan Silsbee
John Blair
A. L. Bevil Jr
Travelers Rest
S. C
Connie Bevil McLeroy
Etoile Bey
John R. Bevil
Frank B. Hart
Missing Persons Fire and Crash Kept Volunteers Busy
Silshes Volunteer Fire Department reported multiple calls from Oct 25 to 29. A missing group of three boys was located unharmed near Lumberton at 2:30 a.m. Oct 25. An electrical fire damaged a Mickey Justice auto at 1000 North Fourth Street. Two auto crashes on Oct 27 and 28 involved gasoline spills on East US 96, South Fourth, and Highway 327 West. A late Oct 29 false alarm near Old US 96 east of the city concluded the period.
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Silshes Volunteer Fire Department
Russell Busbs
SVFD
Lumberton
Mickey Justice
North Fourth Street
US 96
South Fourth
Highway 327
Woodrow Road
County Bank Deposits Reach 32 Million in Hardin County
Hardin County four banks held $32,543,304.87 in deposits as of Oct 10 1972, up 15 percent from $27,391,979.95 a year earlier. Silsbee State Bank led gains with $15,288,291.47, while nearby banks such as Silsbee First National and Peoples State Bank of Kountze reported notable increases. Sour Lake State Bank also rose to $5,739,190.75, up from $5,024,094.69.
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Hardin County
Silsbee
Silsbee State
First National
Silsbee First National Bank
Neches National Bank
Peoples’ State Bank of
Kountze
Sour Lake State Bank
Tigers Set to Clash With West Orange in Crucial Zone Game
Silsbee Tigers, 7-0-1, travel to West Orange Cove Stadium at 7 30 p m Saturday to face the 8 0 Chiefs in a key District 10 AAA playoff race. Both teams boast strong lines and depth, with Silsbee hampered by injuries including center Ricky Welborn and QB Bubba McGallion leading the attack. Tickets are available at the Silsbee school office.
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Tigers
West Orange
West Orange Cove Stadium
Lilsbe Tigers
West Orange Chiefs
Silsbee
Arthur Rodriguez
Tiger
Ray McGallion
Real
Tiger Power
McGallion
Chiefs
Ricky Welborn
Harold Gardner
Randy King
Jim Kirby
Oliver Jones
Dec Mullin
Bobby Joe Westbrook
Jessie Davis
Bubba McGallion
Phil Hill
David Moss
Butch Smith
Silsbee School Business
Last Rites For Johnny Wood In Silsbee
Funeral services for Johnny Wood 56 of Silsbee were at 10 am in First Baptist Church with Rev. R F Barclay officiating. Burial was at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Beau Wood died at 1:53 pm Monday at Silsbee Doctors Hospital after being stricken at work. He owned City Cleaners in Silsbee and was a lifelong resident. Survivors include wife Maxine Wood two sons Gary Nacogdoches Ricky Wood daughter Nancy Wood Silsbee mother Bobbie Wood Silsbee brother Kennard Wood Nacogdoches sister Juanita Powell Silsbee.
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Johnny Wood
Silsbee
First Baptist Church
R. FE. Barclay
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Beaumont
Wood
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
City Cleaners
Tiger
Maxine Wood
Orange and Beaumont Women Visit Mrs Richardson
Mrs Jerald Peveto Mrs Marrell Conway of Orange and Mrs Donna Nolen of Beaumont were recent guests in the home of their mother Mrs J H Richardson.
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Jerald Peveto
Marrell Conway
Orange
Donna Nolen
Beaumont
J. H Richardson
Sim Ward And Family Attend Brother's Funeral
Mr and Mrs Sim Ward returned home Monday after attending the funeral of his brother James F Ward in Defuniak Springs Florida.
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Sim Ward
James F. Ward
Defuniak Springs
Fla
Grateful Thieves Steal Car Then Return It Missing Engine and Transmission
A 1968 Datsun was stolen from Mack Mills in Silsbee, then returned with the engine and transmission removed. A witness saw two men in a truck haul the car to Mills’ driveway, and police are investigating the incident.
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Silsbee
Morris Cole
Hubert Davis
Cole
Mack Harvey Mills
Silsbee Man Charged With Tool Box Theft
Jack Curtis Gillespie, 19, of Silsbee, held on $1,500 bond in Hardin County Jail on a charge of possessing stolen property. Sheriff reports he surrendered Oct. 29 on theft of a tool box from N. W. Mitchell Jr. The box was recovered and Gillespie arraigned before Justice C. A. Kimball in Kountze.
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Jack Curtis Gillespie
Silsbee
Hardin County
Billy Paine
Gillespie
N. W. Mitchell Jr
Mitchell
Kountze
Lumberton Votes on 600000 Bond for Junior High
Lumberton Independent School District leaders scheduled an November 11 vote on a 600000 bond issue to fund improvements to existing schools and the construction of a 33300 square foot primary school. If approved, the plan adds a new 1–4 building east of the high school, converts the current elementary to grades 5–8, and places 9–12 in the high school. The district now enrolls 1552 students.
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Lumberton
Lumberton Independent School District Board of Trustees
William Nelson
Leonard Garrett Emerges as Packers Offensive Starter
Silsbee born Leonard Garrett, 24, now starts at tight end for the Green Bay Packers after a 1971 rookie season. Son of Iank Garrett and Avzie Lee Brooks, he played for Waldo Mathews and New Mexico Highlands before earning a four year athletic scholarship and joining Green Bay. Garrett wears jersey 88 and is expected to line up with John Brockington and Scott Hunter on the Pack’s early down attack.
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Silsbee
Dan Devine
Green Bay Packers
Leonard Garrett
Garrett
Iank Garrett
Avzie Lee Brooks
Stella
S. Fifteenth
Leonard
Waldo-Mathews Panthers
Wesley Shaw
New Mexico Highlands University
John Levin
Green Bay
Rich McGeorge
John Brockington
Scott Hunter
Raleigh
Reginald Garrett
Silsbee High School
Ray McGallion
Dan Montgomery
SHS
Two Nabbed For Auto Burglary In Hardin County
Two men face auto burglary charges after a Oct. 30 break in at Gene's Lounge lot. Robert Joe Herron 22 of Woodville and Ronald Lee Howell 29 of Winana were held in Hardin County Jail on $2000 bonds. The stolen rifle was recovered from woods north of Silsbee by deputies and a Texas Ranger.
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Hardin County
Billy Paine
Robert Joe Herron
Woodville
Ronald Lee Howell
Winana
Paine
Don Merrill
Jim Stinson
Tyler County
B. J. Vardeman
Woods
Silsbee
Jesse Cartwright
Texas
Haskell Taylor
Gene
Cartwright Named Hardin County Chief Deputy
Jesse Cartwright was appointed Chief Deputy of the Hardin County Sheriff's Department effective Nov. 1 by Sheriff Billy Paine. The Sour Lake west county area veteran previously served with San Augustine and Beaumont agencies and has been Sour Lake deputy since 1970. Melvin Weber will replace him as resident deputy for Sour Lake on Nov. 15.
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Jesse Cartwright
Hardin County Sheriff's Department
Billy Paine
The
BEE
Cartwright
Sour Lake-west County
San Augustine
Beaumont
Sour Lake
Paine
Howard Grantham
Silsbee Auto Co
Grantham
Texaco, Inc
Melvin Weber
Silsbee
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Richard M. Nixon
Georgi McGovern
Joe Goodwin
Goodwin
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Mabel McCormick
McCormick
Belton
Dennis Ray Anderson
Huntsville
Smith County
A.L. Bevil
Hardin County Selective Service Board
Busby
Glenn Green
Bubba McGahlon
Little Cypress
Laway
Mills
Silsbee Police
Silsbee Man
New Hardin
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