Dr. C. A. Raines Opens Silsbee Clinic Monday
Dr. C A Raines of Galveston plans a new independent clinic at Silsbee Doctors Hospital, taking over offices previously used by Dr L A Bible. He earned a PhM from Houston and an MD from UTMB in Galveston and will move his family from Galveston to Silsbee by week’s end.
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Galveston
Read Street
Woodlea
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Raines
L. A. Bible
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Buffalo
Texas
University of Houston
University of Texas Medical Branch
Department of Neurology and Psychiatry
Beaumont Grocery Robbery Suspect Arrested in Silsbee
Silsbee police and Hardin County deputies arrested Frederick Lee Evans, 27, of Silsbee, after a pursuit from Beaumont. He faced armed robbery charges for the Sonny’s Grocery heist at 4207 Concord, Beaumont, with $22 found on him and a 32 caliber revolver and ski mask recovered. Bond set after arraignments in Jefferson County and local justice court.
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Hardin County
Beaumont
Bob L. Ogden
The
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James Doane
Dennis Jones
Ogden
Mike Holzapfel
James Martin
Sonny
Evans
Justice of the Peace
Bennie L. Como
Judge and Attorney Do Not Recall Lamb DWI Case
Hardin County Judge Emmett Lack and former County Attorney Dwayne Overstreet say they do not recall reducing a driving while intoxicated charge against Bill Lamb to a lesser offense in November 1971. Cartwright deposition indicates a DWI was reduced to disorderly conduct due to alleged friendships, while Overstreet notes such reductions were possible under Texas law to preserve a driver's license.
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Emmett Lack
Dwayne Overstreet
Bill Lamb
3EE
Lamb
Jesse Cartwright
Don Merrill
Lack
Cnse
Cartwright
US District Court
the Bee
Emmett Whitehead
Overstreet
Texas
Silsbee Volunteers Report 10 Alarms in 11 Days
Silsbee Volunteer Firemen answered ten calls over eleven days this month, Fire Chief Russell Busby reported Tuesday. The latest incident on November 25 involved an apparent electrical short in a refrigerator that lit a paper sack at Betty Christopher's home on Mormon Church Road. some wall damage noted. Earlier on November 23, three calls included a burning chair at J C Traylor’s 255 South 18th Street, a diesel engine fire at the Santa Fe Railroad yard office, and a trash fire on Lincoln Street off Avenue L.
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Silsbee
Russell Busby
Betty Christopher
Mormon Church Road
Busby
J. C. Traylor
South 18Th Street
Santa Fe
Lincoln Street
Avenue L
Tigers Meet Conroe Today In Huntsville Cage Tourney Opener
Silsbee Tigers head into the Huntsville Super 16 Basketball Tourney opener against Conroe at 6:15 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day sponsored by Sam Houston State University and the Huntsville Walker County Chamber of Commerce. The Tigers carry a 3 2 record and previous November 22 loss to Charlton Pollard 78 67.
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Huntsville
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Huntsville-Walkey County Chamber of Commerce
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Tigers
Charlton - Pollard Bulldogs
Dogs
Gas Blast Injures Man In Silsbee Fire Destroys Home
Lester Cowart of Silsbee, former deputy sheriff and LP Gas Service owner, was severely burned while lighting a butane hot water heater at Walter Land’s home. He suffered second and third degree burns to his face hands and legs, and the house was gutted though firefighters saved the shell. Mrs Land and children evacuated as neighbors and firemen moved furniture to safety. Cowart called for help from near US 96 before witnesses saw the home engulfed in flames.
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Fuller’s
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Walter
Land
US 96
Flanakin’s Drive-in
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Arrow
Walter Land
18 Year-Olds Still Must Register
Selective Service reminds that all males born before 1957 must register by December 31 1974. Those who enlisted before turning 18 and were discharged are not required to register. Registrars are at high schools National Guard armories and county courthouses. Area office 40 in Beaumont holds records for several local counties.
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Orange
Newton
Jefferson
Hardin
Liberty
Chambers
SHS Band Takes First In UIL Region Contest
Silsbee High School marching band directed by B. W. Ross earned a First Division rating at the Region X UIL marching contest at Public Stadium Port Arthur on Nov 23. The 39-band meet included junior high and high school entrants. this is the third first division in UIL contests since 1968.
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Silsbee High School
B. W. Ross
Public Stadium
Port Arthur
Silsbee Tiger Band
Ross
Thanksgiving Prayer for Health and Freedom
A community gathers to offer a prayer of thanks for health family and friends and for a nation blessed with freedom justice and peace in the spirit of gratitude and unity.
City employees face health insurance rate hike of 17 percent
City Manager Ronald Hickerson told the Silsbee City Council that Cal Western Life Insurance plans could raise hospitalization premiums about 17 percent next year due to aging and retirements since the 1971 72 policy issue. The city plans to solicit quotes from other carriers before year end. Ordinance 74 23 adopting the Southern Standard Fire Prevention Code was approved after discussion of a dangerous building at South 15th Street and Highway 227.
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City of Silsbee
California Western Life Insurance Co
Ronald Hickerson
Hickerson
Cal-Western
Cal - Western
Silsbee
Student Nabbed On Drug Charge At Silsbee High
A 16 year old Silsbee High School student was charged with possession of dangerous drugs and with misdemeanor marijuana possession. She was ordered to appear with her parents before county juvenile authorities after a 14 year old was treated for apparent drugging at Silsbee Doctors Hospital. Detective Sgt. Fulgham found Valium and Elavil tablets and a small amount of marijuana during the investigation.
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Bob L. Ogden
Ogden
Harold Gardner
Ronnie Nash
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
James Fulgham
Gardner
The
BEE
Fulgham
Hardin County awaits state audit on 246000 flood claim
Hardin County officials report the Texas State Auditor has approved a $246,000 flood damage claim filed after May and June 1973 rains. The county has already received $125,000, with $11,000 remaining from the original allocation and $16,000 in bills to be paid before final federal action. The claim will be sent to Washington for final approval.
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Hardin County
Horace Moye
Moye
Texas Star
Washington
Hardin
Jefferson
Texas
Richard Nixon
Austin
Burglars Strike In Lumberton
Burglars broke into the Ear Gray home on Andover Road south of Silsbee during the weekend and stole a color television set a compact stereo system a diamond ring and several records and tape recordings. The break in reported around 8 a.m. Sunday Nov 24 with the front door kicked in. Value of the goods was not yet estimated but believed considerable by Hardin County Deputy Sheriff Morris Cole.
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Lumberton
Hardin County
Morris Cole
Cole
Burglars Take 2 Karat Diamond Ring From Home
Mrs. Hearne reported a two karat diamond cluster dinner ring valued at 500 dollars missing from her home at 335 Karwood Silsbee. Silsbee Police said she believed the ring was left in the kitchen and there were no signs of forced entry.
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David Hearne
Karwood
Silsbee
Ogden
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