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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1972
Page
1
Nearly all retail shops in the Silsbee area will close on Thanksgiving Day with drive-ins possibly open. Silsbee City Hall and Hardin County offices will close, reopening Friday or after a four day holiday on Monday, November 27. Garbage crews run regular schedules today and Friday.
Hardin County Sheriff Billy Paine reports warrants outstanding for three Golden Triangle men linked to a Lumberton robbery by firearms. The Nov 21 entry at McHale's trailer yielded $200, a .38 pistol and a 30-30 rifle after gunpoint takings. Nov 19 saw a separate burglary and theft report from Frank Scruggs's barn and items stolen.
Silsbee police report multiple thefts over a weekend and Tuesday involving a .22 pistol valued at 29 dollars a stereo system worth 160 dollars stolen from Barney Jones’s home on Avenue G. Thieves entered by cutting a screen door. Another burglary occurred at Billy Bob Charlton’s home with three gas heaters two dinette chairs and two telephones taken. A separate truck theft near Silsbee West/Gibson store saw a Remington 742 automatic rifle with a 3x9 Redfield scope stolen from Jessie Ray Jones’s vehicle.
Lumberton Raiders were shut out by East Chambers Buccaneers 27 0 in the last district game. East Chambers led 12 0 at halftime aided by a blocked punt and an interception. Lumberton finished 4 5 1 in district play, placing sixth as Anahuac won the district coin toss in a three way tie with Orangefield and Har mshire Fannett for first.
Silsbee Lodge No. 927 calls a meeting Saturday night November 25 at 6 30 pm at the Masonic Temple for M M degree work. A second called communication will be Thursday night November 30 at 7 pm for F A degree work. Attending members and visiting brothers are invited per M D Moore W M.
A Batson woman, Rita La Verne Clark 26, died November 19 from a chest wound in a deer hunt near Batson. A 12 year old in the party reportedly fired a .35 caliber rifle. An inquest conducted by Liberty JP J R Roper ruled the death accidental. Funeral services were held at Batson Pentecostal Church with burial in Guidry Cemetery. Survivors include husband Kenneth Ray Clark three sons Teresa Vickie Carla four brothers and five sisters. Clark was a lifelong Batson resident.
Three Victor residents David M. Gallups 20 Jerry Ray Dozier 20 and Chris Plain 18 were held in Hardin County Jail on 25000 bond each after being arrested on Hardin County warrants charging robbery by firearms in the November 21 incident. Sheriff Billy Paine said the suspects were arraigned before Justice of the Peace Ray Martin.
The Hardin County Grand Jury returned 14 indictments against nine people for robbery by assault burglary or theft with cases naming Willie Ray Hancock Louis Rene Morgan Larry Donnell Samuel and Billy Joe Haynes among others. Jefferson County indictments include Patsy Ann Forester Edward Leroy Ferguson for felony theft and Walter Hester Jr. for a prescription forgery reduced to County Court with eight no bills issued.
Four long hair youths attacked a man at about 2 12 a m Sunday as he sat in a parked Pack er at a Lumberton car wash. He was robbed of his billfold containing Fifty dollars and sustained unspecified injuries. Paine provided the update.
Police and Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department personnel evacuated Silsbee Junior High after an unidentified man warned of a bomb set to go off in 30 minutes. Investigation led to a negative search, with officials confirming the all clear after about an hour. The call came in around 9 25 a.m. on November 18.
The Silsbee Ministerial Fellowship drives Christmas baskets with Rev F C Drake as general chairman and Weeks Crawford as financial chairman. Donations may be mailed or deposited at Silsbee State Bank with a Dec 14 deadline. Baskets distributed Dec 20 at Pine Plaza Shopping Center starting 8 am with open house and coffee. Toys for Tots alongside the drive.
Ebb Williford 88 of Kountze died November 19 at Hardin Memorial Hospital. Funeral held 2 p.m. Monday at Pace Funeral Home, with burial in Hooks Cemetery. He served as Hardin County constable and deputy sheriff. Survivors include four nieces and five nephews.
Funeral services for Ellis Wilburn Gibson 51 of Pasadena were held at 2 p.m. Monday at Farmer Funeral Home with Rev Clarence Craven officiating Burial was in Franks Branch Cemetery Gibson died Friday morning in a Houston hospital He was a native of Fred and lived most of his life in Silsbee Survivors include his wife Mary Louise Gibson a son Wilburn Gibson two daughters Charlotte Richardson Lou Harris a father John Gibson a brother Aubrey Gibson and four sisters Retha Allen Verline Buxton Ordie Harper and Hazel Foley
New York reports Hardin County's native born Americans at 98.3 percent, with 1.7 percent foreign stock. The 1965 immigration law shifted arrivals. current inflows come mainly from Asia, Southern and Eastern Europe, the Caribbean, Mexico, the Philippines, and Italy.
Frank Rudisaile to celebrate the 26th anniversary of Frank's Jewelry in Silsbee with open houses Friday and Saturday November 24 and 25. The remodeled 3,200 square foot store at 135 East Avenue H expands from its earlier sites and showcases diamonds and a wide range of gift items with major brands.
Silsbee High School beat Nederland 63-38 as Dabney led with 21 points and eight rebounds while Dinkle added 20 points and 13 boards. The win improves Silsbee to 2-1 early in the season, with a prior win over Kountze and a loss to Orange Stark. Junior Varsity also defeated Nederland 53-4.
Mrs. Glenn Huebner welcomed Anita Bonham of Medan Indonesia and Penny Heath of Houston as house guests. The Bonhams and Heubners were neighbors in Venezuela and Tripoli Libya. Penny Jane and Craig Huebner studied together in Tripoli Libya.
A series of birth announcements from Doctors Hospital noting newborns Allen Wayne Jr Laurie Ann Laura Lee Clinton Wayne John Roman and David Lee born to parents in Kountze Sour Lake Silsbee and Hardin County between November 15 and 19 with families identified by surnames Eddins Van Hook Allen Butler Hallmark.
Funeral services for Robert R. Powell 60 of Silsbee were held at Farmer Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Roebuck officiating. Burial followed at Knapple Cemetery. Powell, a World War II veteran and retired electrician, died in a Houston hospital. He is survived by his wife Helen Powell, daughters Linda Wallace and Anita Richardson, a brother Zenus Powell, and sisters Mary Richardson and Verde Freeman.
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