Silsbee Tigers Begin Season 3-0 With 59-49 Win
Silsbee high school cagers opened the 1969-70 season with a 59-49 victory over Forest Park Trojans on November 20 in Silsbee. Garrett and Price led with 14 points each as Silsbee built a strong third period and finished 3-0. The win came amid a foul-filled game that saw three Silsbee players fouled out and Forest Park four ejections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Cagers
Beaumont
Forest Park Trojans
Silsbee High School
Silsbee
Forest Park
Bengals
Trojans
Tiger Netters
Raleigh Garret
Joe Price
Heil
Adams
Pampe - Davis
Tigers
French
Kirbyville
Navy
David Matthews
Grady Walters
Silsbee Family Escapes Injury In County Line Crash
A Silsbee family escaped injury after a two car collision one half mile north of the Hardin Tyler county line at 1 30 pm Saturday. Ernest Deford McLemore 48 of Silsbee and Elijah Breed 50 of Beaumont were drivers. McLemore sustained $1500 damage to his car and Breed $350. Eloise McLemore 40 and her son Randy were passengers and she was released from Silsbee Doctors Hospital after minor injuries.
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Silsbee
Hardin- Tyler County
Truman Dougharty
Ernest Deford McLemore
Elijah Breed
Beaumont
Breed
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Dougharty
McLemore
Eloise McLemore
Randy
Eight Late Hunters Pay 350 In Fines
Six local hunters and two Beaumont residents were fined a total of 350 dollars after hours hunting violations. Silsbee Justice Rex Moore said he levied four 25 dollar fines, two 50 dollar fines and two 75 dollar fines in eight cases from the week of November 17 for duck hunting after hours and night hunting with buckshot.
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Beaumont
Silsbee Justice of the Peace
Rex Moore
Mayor Coward Leaves Hospital on Wednesday
Mayor Claude C Coward, admitted to St Elizabeth Hospital on Sunday November 23 with a heart ailment, is improving and was expected to return home on Wednesday morning November 26, Mrs Claude Coward told the Bee at presstime Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude C Coward
St Elizabeth Hospital
Claude Coward
the Bee
Beaumont Man Wounded in Accidental Gun Discharge
Jimmy Leon Hillier a 50 year old resident of Beaumont was wounded Saturday November 22 when a 22 caliber rifle discharged striking him in the head. The incident occurred near the Cypress Bridge on U S Highway 69 near Kountze as Hillier's son set the rifle against a tree. He was taken to Hardin Memorial Hospital and later moved to St Elizabeth and finally John Sealy in Galveston where officials described his condition as satisfactory on Monday November 24. Deputy Sheriff Dave Rountree and deputies assisted at the scene along with Rountze Policeman Claude Lindsey.
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Jimmy Leon Hillier
Beaumont
Hardin County
Dave Rountree
Cypress Bridge
U. S. Highway 69
Kountze
Hillier
Hardin Memorial Hospital
St. Elizabeth Hospital
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Rountree
David Eaton
Rountze
Claude Lindsey
Silsbee Brakeman Shot in Street Fight at L and J Cafe
Charles Henry Kyles a 31 year old Santa Fe brakeman of 205 South 15th was shot at close range with a 20 gauge shotgun during an argument at the L and J Cafe in the 1300 block of South 11th Street. He was treated, transferred to St Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont and listed in good condition Tuesday. Donald E Evans 26 of 635 South 11th was charged with assault with intent to murder and held in Hardin County jail on $5000 bond as of Tuesday noon.
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Silshee
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Edgar Blood
Charles Henry
Kyles
South 15Th
Santa Fe
Donald E. Evans
South 11Th
South 11Th Street
Doctors Hospital
St Elizabeth
Blood
Evans
Justice of the Peace
Rex Moore
Moore
the Bee
Hardin County
Police Sponsor Drug Seminar in Silsbee on Dec 4
Silsbee Police Chief Edgar Blood announced a narcotics and dangerous drugs seminar to be held December 4 at 7 30 p m in Silsbee State Bank. The session, limited to 50 participants, will cover narcotics dangers and hallucinogens with Blood teaching. Interested residents may call 385 3714 to join the list.
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Silsbee
Silsbee State Bank
Edgar Blood
Final Rites For Mrs. Sarah Lowrey Today at 4
Funeral services for Mrs Sarah Thompson Lowrey 85 will be held at 4 p.m. in the Farmer Funeral Home chapel with Rev R Eugene Jonte officiating Burial will be in Resthaven Cemetery She died about midnight Tuesday November 25 at Doctor's Hospital in Silsbee She was a Cadet Missouri native and a long time resident of Silsbee She belonged to the Eastern Star and St Johns Episcopal Church She is survived by daughter Mrs Vyrl Miller of Silsbee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Thompson Lowrey
Farmer Funeral Home
R. Eugene Jonte
First United Methodist Church
Resthaven
Lowrey
Silsbee Doctor's Hospital
Cadet
Silsbee
Order of Eastern Sti
St. John's Episcopal Church
Vyrl Miller
Three Guilty In Silsbee Corporation Court
City Judge L A Yankie presided over eight cases in Silsbee Corporation Court on Tuesday November 25. Three defendants were found guilty, two dismissed, and three cases continued. J W Smyth of Silsbee was fined 35 for drunk in public. Howard M Hinson of Silsbee fined 25 for after hours drinking plus 25 for an auto collision. Two dismissals for failure to control speed due to insufficient evidence for Virginia Hybarger and Samuel C Dotson. Yankie aims to hold court about once a month.
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L A. Yankie
Silsbee Corporation Court
City
Leon Crum
City Atorne
Yankie
J. W. Smyth
Silsbee
Howard M. Hinson
Hinson
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Virginia Hybarger
Kountze
Samuel C. Dotson
Corporation Court
Hardin County to decide on outside audit and road bonds
Hardin County Commissioners paid Koshkin Norfeldt Co for last year's audit but rejected employing the firm for 1969. They discussed road bond petitions for $2 million to improve Ben D Smith Road and US 96, with signatures required and tax impact undecided until bonds are sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Koshkin, Norfeldt, Coville, and Ferrell
Beaumont
Navy
Howard Barrington
Emmett Lack
Virgil Caraway
Tom Burch
Hugh Bevil Means
Burch
F. H. Koshkin
Austin
Gibson, Spence, and Gibson
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
J. C. Glenn
Ben D. Smith Road
Silsbee
Lack
Junior High Cagers Open With Edison Dec 1
Silsbee freshman and eighth grade basketball teams begin their 1969 70 season Monday December 1 with Edison Port Arthur in Edison gym at 4 p m Coaches Wesley Shaw and Dick Strong express optimism about the campaign and note potential tough non district games against Woodrow Wilson Port Arthur Jasper and West Orange The schedule lists all games through February with venue notes and start times for eighth and ninth grade teams
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Port Arthur Edison
Edison Gym
Wesley Shaw
Dick Strong
Edison
Woodrow Wilson
Port Arthur
Shaw
Strong
Jasper
West Orange
Tigers
Bobby Joe Westbrook
Herbert Sapp
Mitch Dinkle
Dwayne Markle
Steve Albrecht
Wilson
George Jeffcoat
Scott Skinner
Johnny Ray Lowe
James Simmons
Wingman
Butch Smith
Jerry Howard
Morelia
Arthur
Othweade
Little Cypress
Bridge City
S. F. Austin
Kelly
Bishop Byrne
Pt. Arthur
Mauriceville
Silsbee High School
Petitions Circulated on $2 Million Road Bond
Hardin County residents are asked to sign two petitions to authorize a $2 million road bond election. The Silsbee Chamber of Commerce distributed forms for property taxpaying voters and nonproperty owners, requiring sixty signatures each. Signing sites include the Silsbee Chamber of Commerce and several local banks and businesses across Silsbee, Lumberton, Kountze, and Sour Lake.
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Ben D. Smith
Silsbee
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Arthur Cawthon
Clifton Hargraves
Lumberton
Burch
J. C. Glenn
Ben D. Smith Road Group
Caraway
Hardin County
Chamber
Art Cawithon
Commissioners Court
Cawthon
Silsbee Auto
Lenox Hawthorne
Neches National Bank
Silsbee State Bank
East Transit Mix
A. E. Johnson
Raymond Bartmess
Ben D. Smith Road
James Johnson
Jim Perlitz
Kountze
John Blair
Sour Lake
Tom Burch
Saratoga
Hugh Bevil Means
Thanksgiving Closure For Local Driver License Office
The driver license office of the Department of Public Safety will be closed on Thursday November 27 for Thanksgiving. Normal hours in Silsbee are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday Tuesday Thursday and Friday with driving tests on Thursday only. Renewal and written tests can be done any day. The Silsbee office is at 10 Avenue G. The Kountze office operates in the Justice of the Peace courthouse every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for all driver license services per Patrolman Richard Rose.
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Department of Public Safety
Silsbee
Avenue G
Kountze
Justice of the Peace
Richard Rose
Silsbee Council Reviews Junk Car Ordinance
City to dispose of junk autos with 10 day disposal window or court order. Fines possible for noncompliance. Excludes antiques, collectors, service members away from home. Also reviewing bids for fire hose and a sewer rodding machine.
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Hickerson
Miss Edna Guynes Returns Home From Beaumont Hospital
Miss Edna Guynes returned home Friday from Baptist Hospital in Beaumont where she had been confined for treatment.
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Edna Guynes
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Martin Wilson Reelected President Of Silsbee Little League
Martin Wilson was reelected president for 1969 1970 at a board meeting at Neches National Bank on Monday November 24 French Cook named vice president Glenda Hulet elected secretary treasurer Richard Rat lift named Senior League player agent Charlie Wright Little League agent Emmett Powell safety officer Wayne Pullen scorekeeper Charles Phillips Senior League scorekeeper and Pete Upchurch Major League Oiler manager The board also bought 1914 acres from Gordon Management Co for a new park site north of the current field on FM 92 near Silsbee Construction to start early January
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Martin Wilson
Silsbee Little League
Neches National Bank
French Cook
Glenda Hulet
Wilson
Richard Ratliff
Charlie Wright
Emmett Powell
Wayne Pullen
Charles Phillips
Pete Upchurch
Gordon Management Co
Beaumont
FM 92
Silsbee
F N Hamilton To Head County Easter Seal Drive
F N Hamilton of Lumberton was named 1970 chairman of the Hardin County Easter Seal Drive at a dinner of the Easter Seal Society at Silsbee State Bank. Hamilton, a Lamar College graduate, has 17 years with Texas U S Chemical Co and serves as Lumberton ISD trustee. Mel Green spoke, while J Keith Gary, 1969 Easter Seal chairman, was present. Plans for the drive and funding for two Hardin County children to Cerebral Palsy Foundation care were announced.
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F. N. Hamilton
Lumberton
Hardin County
Silsbee State Bank
Hamilton
Lamar College
Texas U. S. Chemical Co
Lumberton Independent
Ross Iles
Silsbee
Hamiltons
Mel Green
Texas
J. Keith Gary
Socity
The
Cerebral Palsy Foundation
Beaumont
Robbery charges dropped for two area women
Linda Chiuminetta 27 of Silsbee and Sharon Grace Inman 21 of Call were released November 20 on a district attorney ordered dismissal after Delmo Douglas Forsythe dropped the complaint. Forsythe had alleged a $20 gunpoint robbery on November 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Chiuminetta
Silsbee
Sharon Grace Inman
Call
Beaumont
Justice of the Peace
Paul McNeil
Delmo Douglas Forsythe
Forsythe
Sterling Visitors From Virginia Stay With Brookins
Mrs. Dale C. Clarke and her son Sean of Sterling Virginia arrived on November 20 to visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Brookins Jr. in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale C. Clarke
Sean
Sterling, Va
E. L. Brookins Jr
Christmas Basket Applications Available Friday
The Silsbee Ministers Fellowship opens applications November 28 for the annual Christmas Basket drive. Applicants must be members of the fellowship, with cards verifying eligibility. Canned foods are requested from churches and groups through December 15, and a Pines Theater movie December 18 will require a canned food donation. Distribution begins December 22 at 7 a.m. with about 160 baskets planned for needy families in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Minisers
R. Eugene Jonte
R. E. Barclay
Sampson 3Ooker
John Couch
O Drake
J. A. Hendrix
Emmett Harris
A. C Johnson
Robert A. Scott
T. G. Washington
John Williams
Jonte Weeks Crawford
Finnance
Ernie Dietrich
Jonte
Pines Theater
B. W. Graves
Susbee
Onte
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Silsbee Tigers
Tiger
David Brown
James Hunter
William Walters
J-V
Mark Dawn
Jimbo Bowen
Livingston
Bruce Ott
Buddy Reeves
Mayor Coward
Police Department
Sarah Lowrey
Lower Neches Soil Conservation District
W. W. Howell
Dwayne Overstreet
Barrington
R. A. Richardson
Council
Ronald Hickerson
Minom
Se.iea
Little League Park
James Skinner
Land Procurement Committee
Gordon Development Co
Little League
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