Police Investigate Attempted Murder and Accidental Shooting
Silsbee Police investigated an attempted murder involving Lonnie Wooten and Johnny Foster after a pistol threat during a card game at the Blunt home. Foster was later arraigned, bail set at 5000, and released after securing funds. A 9 year old, Ronald Barnes, was shot with a 410 shotgun by his twin brother Donald during a play session, treated at St Elizabeth Hospital.
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Silsbee
Silsbee Police Department
A. L Burleson
Law
Jeanette Jones
Foster
Mrs. Jones
Wooten
Blunt
Momentus
Justice of the Peace
Ray Martin
Dennis Allen
James Ohlrich
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South 1St Street
David Miller
Miller Ambulance Service
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Ronald Barnes
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
St. Elizabeth
Barnes
Donald Barnes
Ronald
Donald
Susbee Doctors Hospital
Saratoga Man Dies From Suspected Self-Inflicted Gunshot
AN 65 year old woman found dead at his home Friday died from a personal safety related gunshot wound to the head. Justice of the Peace Ray Martin ruled Saturday. Gustavi Charles Schubert was discovered by his wife about noon Friday lying on the floor. Graveside service held Sunday at 2 p.m. in Gedry Cemetery in Batson. Schubert, a native of Navasota, lived in Houston most of his life and in Saratoga two years. Survived by wife two sons a daughter and 13 grandchildren.
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Justice of the Peace
Ray Martin
Gustavi Charles Schubert
Martin
Schubert
Hinzel
Schuybert
Guedry
Batson
Navasota
Houston
Saratoga
Paul Lynn Schubert
Austin
Ralph L. Schubert
Pasadena
Doris E. Cade
Alba
Texas
Tiger Cagers Eye 76-77 Season With Young Roster
Coach Free Williams leads a Tiger squad with only two returning lettermen Tim Bush and Derek Shelton as he rebuilds for the 76-77 season. Seven seniors plus four underclassmen join the lineup as stiff regional competition looms with South Park Jasper and Orange Stark among rivals. The schedule opens November 18 and spans through February with district games noted.
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Free Williams
Tvieer
Tim Bush S
Derrek Shelton
Williams
Willams
Bush
Sheldon
Terry Huet
Vinson Bass
Calvin Burenett
Kerry Dolford
Rasford Dolford
Dwight Fobbs
Eric Cartwright
Tunen
South Park
Starians
Oranee Stark
Willigaes
Phes’yeu
Jasper
Hebert
Forest Park
Arthur T.J
Livingston
Bridge City
Orange Stark
Groves Man Killed in Auto Mishap Near Lamberton
A 66 year old Groves man, William Morrison Babin, died after his small pickup collided with a tanker on U S 96 near Pine Island Bayou crossing south of Lamberton. His wife Maureen Green Babin, 54, was injured in serious condition in the hospital. Osamae Reed, 56, of Marinet ps Beruwncont, driver of the tanker, was listed with injuries. Firefighters freed the Babins from the pickup and checked for fire as the tanker carried gasoline.
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Groves
U.S. 96
Pine Island Bayou
Lamberton
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Wiliam Morrison Babin
Barry Ave
Babin
Maureen Green Babin
Pia
Department of Public Safety
Two Hunters Rescued After Night Lost Near Limberton
Terraced by a house fire, Terry Bowe and David Pownstey, both 27 and 28 of Limberton, went hunting on Cor Lake Road. When not returning by 4 am, Nevellan Was alerted the Limberton Fire Department. Officials found them around 7 am after they fired warning shots to guide rescuers to their location. They had built a fire and stayed near it all night, realizing they were lost.
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Pwo Himniess
Crarbod Vryes
Terry Bowe
David Pownstey
Limberton
Lo Fay Nthe House
Jet Wit Cor Lake Road
Nevellan
Limberton Fire Department
Golden Trignele Rea
Water and Sewer Grants Approved in Lumberton Bond Plan
Voters approved a 1974 bond issue for the Lumberton Municipal Utility District to fund water and sewer system upgrades. A $4 million grant plus a $3 million EPA grant will replace wells and septic systems at about 2,300 homes, with projects to begin after a waste discharge permit and construction contracts are awarded.
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Lumberton
Farmers Home Administration
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Village Creek
Texas Water Rights Commission
Fire Department Answers Two Calls in Quiet Week
Silsbee Fire Department reported a very quiet week with two calls. On November 9 at 5 59 p m firefighters tackled a grass and woods fire about 11 miles north on the Spurger highway, which was quickly extinguished.
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Fire Department
Spurger Highway
Busby
Meals To Elderly Grant To Continue
Governor Dolph Briscoe announced a $15,001 Community Services Administration grant to the Economic Opportunity Commission of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. The funds support the Community Food and Nutrition Program for 12 months starting Oct 1 1976, delivering 80 meals daily five days weekly to low income elderly and disabled residents in Jefferson Orange and Hardin counties and providing transportation to meal sites via KOCSET vans.
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Dolph Briscow
Community Services Administration
Economic Opportunity Commission
Af Southeast Texas, Inc
Port Arthur
Jefferson
Orange
Hardin
Kocset
Docket Call Set for Civil Cases in Hardin County
The docket call for civil cases to be tried in Hardin County Court is scheduled for December 17, 1876 at 10 am. It covers weeks starting January 31, February 7, 14, 21, 28, and March 7 with cases listed such as Henry Thurston v. George Burse and Carey Patrick Pace v. City of Kountze. Other cases include V. L. Jones v. Roy Dobbs and Jim Seymour v. R. B. Gillespie among others.
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Hardin County Court
Henry Thurston
George Burse
Carey Patrick Pace
City of Kountze
L. Jones
Roy Dobbs
Jim Seymour
R. BL
Gillespie EK. A. Whisenhant
Erik Lundvall
Who's Who in American High School 10th edition listed
Local list shows Evadale Vickie Robison Katherine Gravis Fred Moore Luce Whittington and numerous students from Kountze Lumberton Silsbee Spurger and more. The volume features 260000 students representing about 20,000 of 24000 schools and includes 84000 in scholarships plus an annual teen attitude poll.
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Amerean High School
Hardony
Educational Communications
Tie
Northbrook
I ‘St Figs Echool Reevent
Progam
Evadale
Richard L. Glenn
Vickie J. Robison
Katherine A. Gravis
Fred—Norma J. Moore
Luce Ann Whittington
Kountze
Terrry M. Herrington
Lumberton
Susan B. Durand
Everett M. Leger
Ruth D. Overstreet
Paula J. Lagush
Judy K. McMackin
Cheryl. Richmond
Silsbee
Travis M. Allen
Suzanne Calvert
Monta G. Cutbirth
Nancy R. Duffie
Perry M. Gibson
Martha L. Harvell
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Tiger Cager
Lonnie Wooten
Dearman Street
Johnny Ray Foster
Sisbee
Perry Blunt
Essie Mae Blunt
East Street
Michael Cherry
Evadate
Jasper County
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Damon Stearman
Jefferson County
Charles Goodman
Rebecca Clements
Devena Joyce Smith
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Tiger Cagers
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Richard W. Standley
Paula J. Tyler
Debra K. Brecatn
Robert H. Counford
Deborah L. Mattingly
Walter N. McAlping
Tina. M. Price
Debbie G. Strickpale
Hails Tayior
Jessie B. White
Muariivy Spc. Fins
R. C. Williams
Doris Miller
Missouri Pacific Railroad Co
Lioyd M. Feland
Evelyn Raney
Burl Mullins
Atlantic- Richfield Co
James McCullough
George Robinson
Mark IV
Mobile Hamme Manufacturing Co. Inc
Dba Boat Ind
David Digman
Wilmer Levee Rose
Ford Motor Co
Mark David Stout
Lobby Levey Taylor Jr
Scarborough
Admiat Estate
Frank A. Scarbeauch
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Metroney
Mobile Air Co
Dalton Rex Tousha
James D. Young
Erma D. McReever
Revee S. Mathews
SG. Drake
First National Bank of Sil
Jimmy Earl Mosley
al Claude Thompson
Goodsour Service
Robert L. Paret Jr
William D. Busby
Bonnie Busby
Kathleen Chessher Hollister
Emmett Lack
Naomi Capps
Corine Gilder
Wille A. Simank
Ruffin
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Hardin Co
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Lacey Smyth
al H. P. Moran
James Dun
Robert Howe
Jessie
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David Digmondba
Creston Mobile Homes
Pat Mewis
J. Brumley Wid Chaves
Owie Coudrain
Theoadore Martin Jr
J. A. Biddle
Vibert Biek
Cathy Lynn Curlee
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