Silsbee Senior Named National Merit Com mended Student
Peter A. Priest 17 son of Mrs Emma Priest Route 1 Box 589 Silsbee earned a National Merit Commended distinction. A two year football letterman at tackle he led SHS in academics and on the field as a 1974 75 starter. He plans college study in chemistry or engineering and is SHS Chess Club president and National Honor Society member.
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Silsbee High School
National Merit Scholarship Corp
NMSC
S. A. Wallace
Peter A. Priest
Emma Priest
Route 1
Box
Silsbee
Priest
SHS
Wallace
The
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Funeral scheduled for Laura Baker after train collision
Mrs. Laura Wade Baker 56 of Cook's Road died Tuesday after her auto struck Santa Fe Train No 2690 at Knupple Road crossing. Funeral at Silsbee First Baptist Church at 3 p.m. with Rev. R. E. Barclay. Burial in Forest Lawn Beaumont. Survivor list includes daughter Carolyn Baker and several Wade sisters and brothers.
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Silsbee First Baptist Church
Laura Wade Baker
Cook's Road
Santa Fe
Knupple Road
R. E. Barclay
First Baptist Church
Silsbee Woman's Club
Hardin County Cancer Society
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
George Tennison
Baker
Mercury
Knapple Road
G&li
Beaumont
E. E. Yoksh
C. L. Dick
Miss Cindy Santos Crowned 1975 Silsbee Homecoming Queen
Cindy Santos, senior daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Santos of Silsbee, was chosen 1975 Homecoming Queen in a Sept 30 ceremony. She is vice president of her class, manger for the Tigerette Drill Team and girls volleyball, and plans to attend Lamar University. Homecoming events include bonfire, pep rally, parade, and court presentations with prizes for parade floats.
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Silshee High School
SHS
Cindy Santos
Miss Santos
Walter Santos
Silsbee
Lamar University
All-Souls’ Catholic Church
Santa Fe Park
Silsbee-Livingston
Charles Tarver
Lisa Luttrell
B. M. Luttrell
Luttrell
Debbie Porchia
Willie Lee Porchia
Linda Stephenson
Paul Jordan
Glenda Adams
Noel Adams
Elizabeth Gilder
B. W. Gilder
Debbie McDonald
H. L. McDonald
Connie Perkins
Joe C. Perkins
B. H. Gilley
Patsy Baltrip
Jessie Lee Baltrip
J. B. Coleman
Laura Belk
Buna Man Hurt In Eva dale Construction Site Accident
C. J. Mayoa, 37, of Buna, was struck on the head by an falling H beam at an Evadale job site. He received cuts and bruises at Tennison Clinic around 11 a.m. Friday September 26 and returned to work, investigators said. Mayoa worked for P S Construction Co on the Eastex project.
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Buna
Eastex, Inc
Evadale
The
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C. J. Mayoa
P.O. Box
Maypa
P&s Construction Co
New Silsbee Police Reorganization Emphasizes Command
A new SPD plan effective Oct 1 creates two functions administration and field services. Lt Fulgham commands CID and traffic patrol while Lt Doane heads administration. The change aims for continuous supervision across three eight hour shifts with no major budget impact.
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Silsbee
Ronald Hickerson
James Fulgham
SPD
James Doane
Doane
Fulgham
Burleson
Ronald Barnes
Dennis Alien
William Gilley
Joe Bob Alexander
Bob Ogden
Doan
CID
Lt. Doane
Nancy Grisham
A. T. Cole
Martha McMillan
Laura Kirkpatrick
Diane Perkins
Richard Harwell
KISD Tax Suit Delayed Amid Judge Disqualifications
A court hearing on the Kountze Independent School District tax suit was reset to Thursday at 9 30 a m after a second visiting judge disqualified himself. Arthur C Lesher of Houston will hear the case with prior judges cited for conflicts over mineral rights and land ownership. Plaintiffs include four timber companies and 61 landowners seeking an injunction against tax collection tied to rural property reevaluation. Defendants are the school board and board of equalization. Named plaintiffs include Southland Paper Mill Champion International Temple-Eastex Kirby Lumber and Hardin County Commissioner Howard Barrington.
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Kountze Independent School District
157Th District Court
Arthur C. Lesher
Houston
John L. Compton
Clyde Smith
W. Rogers Blalock
93Rd District Court
Hidalgo County
T the School Board and
Board of Equalization
Southland Paper Mill, Inc
Champion International Corp
Temple-Eastex, Inc
Kirby Lumber Corp
Hardin County
Howard Barrington
Thompson seeks injunction over SISD tax reappraisal
Silsbee attorney Houston Thompson asks 88th District Court for a temporary injunction blocking SISD from collecting taxes on his office property. He claims the district arbitrarily raised value from 24 000 to 48 000, that reappraisal is illegal without full district re-evaluation, and that even after Board of Equalization adjustment the value remains 150 percent of true market value.
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Silsbee
Houston
Thompson
88Th District Court
Silsbee Independent School District
Kountze
Board of Equali
U.S. 96 South
Alfred Ellis League
US 96
Board of Equalization
Apperson Murder Trial Jury Selected in Beaumont
Preliminary motions in the murder with malice case of Thomas Jefferson Apperson, 66, of Beaumont, proceed in 88th District Court after two days of jury selection. A six man six woman panel was seated to hear the Dec 16 1974 killing of Kenneth Wayne Mauboules, 32, of Sour Lake.
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Beaumont
88Th District Court
The
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Thomas Jefferson Apperson
Route One
Kenneth Wayne Mauboules
Sour Lake
Apperson
Joe Goodwin
R. S. Coe
Cecil Tebbs
Mauboules
Silsbee Quarterback Club Opens Meetings Each Tuesday
Secretary Rick Koll s reminds Silsbee football fans that the Meetings of the Silsbee Quarterback Club are open to the public. They meet weekly in the Silsbee High School master teaching room at 7 p m with Athletic Director Ray McGallion showing last game film and scouting reports on the upcoming opponent. President R F Sleepy Sanford notes the program is enlightening for fans.
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Silsbee
Rick Kolls
Silsbee High School
Ray McGallion
Silsbee Tiger
Kolls
R. F
Sleepy) Sanford
Injuries Reported In Picket Line Strike Fight
Four area men face aggravated assault charges after a Sept. 25 clash at an OCAW picket line near the South Hampton Co. in Silsbee Hardin County Sheriff Billy Paine said Norman Lameral Bell Jr. 33 of Lumberton was released on $2000 bond after arraignment by Justice of the Peace B. L. Como. Bell rode in a Bell Oil Co. tanker truck driven by Bell employee Donald W. Connor 38.
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South Hampton Co
Silsbee
Hardin County
Billy Paine
The
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Justice of the Peace
B. L. Como
Norman Lameral Bell Jr
Lumberton
Paine
Bell
Bell Oil Co
Donald W. Connor
Wet-Dry Vote Set for Lumberton Oct 4
Hardin County voters in Lumberton Precinct Five will decide on off-premises alcohol sales in the dry area south of Silsbee. The election, delayed by protests and legal challenges, was scheduled after absentee voting ended Sept. 30. Balloting will be Oct. 4 from 7 am to 7 pm at Lumberton Middle School with Darnell Gardner serving as election judge.
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Lumberton
Silsbee
Hardin County Commission
Hardin County
Kountze
Lumberton Middle School
Darnell Gardner
Stolen Mercury Outboard From Silsbee Boat
Jerry L. Collins reported a 1973 Mercury outboard motor and a 5.5 gallon gasoline tank missing from a fishing boat parked in his back yard at 1025 Roosevelt Drive. The motor valued at $700 and the tank at about $25 were taken Friday around 6 p.m. Police Officer James Ohlrich documented the theft.
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Silsbee
James Ohlrich
Jerry L. Collins
Ohlrich
Collins
Roosevelt Drive
HNG Consultant Examines Silsbee Rate Data
Joe Darrow of HZ & Associates opened 21 test holes in the Silsbee Houston Natural Gas System to back a rate increase request. City officials including Ronald Hickerson and C L Ballard, with Richard Conley of the Texas Railroad Commission, accompanied the survey on Sept 24 25. HNG seeks a full fair return under law, after proposing a January 3.03 to 7.50 percent rate hike later trimmed to 5.67 percent yielding about $51 215 in additional annual revenue.
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Joe Darrow
Hickerson
C. L. Ballard
Bayshore Engineers, Inc
Richard Conley
Texas Railroad Commission
Darrow
Houston Natural
Silsbee
HNG
City Equalization Board Hears Seven Taxpayers
Seven residents appeared before Silsbee City Board of Equalization listing concerns with recent city wide re appraisal of property values. Board will continue hearings as it weighs complaints while city finance director notes overall complaints are few and the re appraisal aims to equalize taxes. Re appraisal begun in March projects assessed city values to rise from 15.7 million to 17.84 million with taxes at 1.05 per 100 and 45 percent assessment level, boosting revenues by around 10 thousand. prior year collections were about 74 thousand and 1975 76 receipts are expected above 84 thousand.
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Silsbee
Dominguez
J. D. Lewis
Lenox Hawthorne
J. L. Staten
F. M. Bowers
C. F. Walker
Houston Thompson
D. E. Davenport
Silsbee man released on bond after drug charge
Bobby Joe Yeagin, 32, of Silsbee, posted a 2000 bond and was released from Jefferson County Jail after deputies arrested him on public intoxication and found marijuana, morphine bottles, and hypodermic needles in a car searched by the sheriff's department.
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Bobby Joe Yeagin
Silsbee
Jefferson County
Yeagin
Sheriff’s Department
Last Rites For Mrs Betty Meade SISD Trustee
Funeral services for Mrs Betty B Meade a SISD trustee will be held at 10 a m Thursday at Farmer Home with burial in Resthaven Cemetery Rev R Eugene Jonte officiating She died at midnight Monday in St Elizabeth Hospital after a lengthy illness A native of Wichita Falls she had lived in Beaumont six years and in Silsbee ten years She was secretary and a member of the board of trustees of the Silsbee Independent School District and the first woman elected to such a post in Hardin County Survivors include her husband John Meade one son Mark Meade and her father Harry H Bailey Pallbearers are Russ Wilson Jack McAnulty Bob Herbst J S Miears Neil Chaney Roger Ratliff Bill Dinkle and Herb Couture
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Betty B. Meade
Farmerneral
Resthaven
R. Eugene Jonte
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Wichita Falls
Beaumont
Silsbee
Silsbee Independent
Hardin County
Meade
Midwestern University
Twentieth Century Club
United Methodist Women's Club
Silsbee Little Theater
John Meade
Mark Meade
Harry H. Bailey
Russ Wilson
Jack McAnulty
Bob Herbst
J. S. Miears
Neil Chaney
Roger Ratliff
Bill Dinkle
Herb Couture
Silsbee Tigers ready for Livingston Lions on Homecoming night
Silsbee in 2 3A runners up ranking hosts Livingston on Friday after a close 13 7 win at Orange. Coach McGallion names Artie Shankle at wingback replacing Robertson who is doubtful with a knee injury. Arline earns first starting gig at halfback while Lewis stays at quarterback. Livingston, 2 2, relies on Scott LeBlanc Wright and Robinson in a power running game as Hatton aims for a stronger team effort.
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Orange
Silsbee Tigers
Associated Press
Livingston Lions
Tigers
Stark
Orange Tigers
Ray McGallion
Ronald D. Robertson
Robertson
MecGallion
Artie Shankle
Ronald W. Robertson
Shankle
Robert Arline
Arline
Oliver Lewis
Silsbee
Bridge City
West Orange
Livingston
Jim Hatton
the Bee
Lions
Huntsville
Hardin-Jefferson
Crockett
East Chambers
Hatton
Alfred Scott
Jerry LeBlanc
Gary Wright
Eddie Robinson
LeBlanc
Robinson
Meeting Cancelled by Silsbee Woman's Club Death in tragedy
The regular meeting of the Silsbee Woman's Club scheduled for today is cancelled due to the death of Mrs. Laura Baker.
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Silsbee Woman's Club
Laura Baker
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Pete Priest
MIS
Forest Lawn
David Stanley
Danny Richardson
Sherman Worthey
Tom Worthey
Weeks Crawford
Co. R. Baker
Eastex Inc
Silshee High
Mrs. Byrnes Belk
Dr. Belk
Martha Thompson
Ray Toney
Gayle White
Ray L. White
Mr. White
Shawn Green
Eugene Green
Mr. Green
Jody Keown
W. C. Keown
First Pentecostal Church
Seventh Street
Queen
Ing
A. L. Burleson
SISD
Quarterback Club
City Equalization Board
Silsbee Man
Betty Meade
No. Two Tigers
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