Kountze Couple Indicted In Killing
A Kountze couple, Debia Ann Andrus and Tony Randolph Nolen, were indicted in Birmingham on October 7 for the August shooting death of Nigel Harlan. Nolen faces capital robbery murder. Andrus is charged with first degree murder. Both held without bond. The case follows Harlan’s disappearance after leaving a nightclub and his body found in a nearby pasture.
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Kountze
Birmingham
Ala
Nigel Harlan
Chicago Steel
Tony Randolph Nolen
Debia Ann Andrus
Harlan
Andrus
Nolen
Florida
Shelby County
LSD Bond Proposals Seek 16 Cent Tax Hike
Lumberton school leaders plan a bond election for October 29 to fund a $3.3 million high school and vocational buildings and a $500,000 athletic complex. A 16 cent tax hike is the ceiling, split between projects, pending property valuations later this year.
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LSD
Lumberton
Billy Nelson
ILSBEE TRUSTEES APPROVE NEW ADMIN BUILDING PLAN
Silsbee School Board met to review final plans for an administration building on the Pickett property near Read-Turrentine campus. The project is budgeted at at least 100000 dollars and will cover about 7300 square feet. The board also considered demolishing remaining Waldo Mathews School buildings due to safety concerns and planned policy adoption on school medication and student placement hearings based on state statutes.
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Silsbee School Board
Pickett
Read-Turrentine
Supt. of Schools
Weeks Crawford
Waldo Mathews
Crawford
26-Year-Old Silsbee Man Arrested for Assault on Officer
A 26-year-old Silsbee man Roscoe Rhone was arrested Oct 8 after a family disturbance at 650 Kirby Street. Officer James Ohlrich was struck while attempting to arrest him for public intoxication and disorderly conduct. Rhone was subdued with Deputy Ron McCabe and arraigned with bond set at 2500. Police logged 12 other arrests including public intoxication and DWI, plus thefts and a burglary at Silsbee High School.
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Silsbee
Kirby Street
James Ohlrich
Roscoe Rhone
Kirby St
Rhone
Ohlrich
Hardin County
Ron McCabe
Justice of the Peace
Cecil
County Court Docket Set For Tuesday October 18
Hardin County docket call set for 10 a m Tuesday Oct 18 in Kountze presided by County Judge Emmett Lack with County Attorney Bo Horka representing the state. Multiple defendants listed for DWI theft hindering creditors and other charges. attorneys urged to contact the office prior to the date to discuss disposition.
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Hardin
Kountze
Bo Horka
Emmett Lack
Horka
Arrests and charges listed in October 18 1977 docket
A 1977 docket records multiple detentions including DWI charges against Jesse Lee Hancock Johnnie Hancock Janis Harper Winfred O'Dell Harper Don Earl Harris William Henry Harris Bruce Julius Harrison and Lester Harrison. Also noted are charges of theft against Winfred O'Dell Harper and abandonment of wife and child involving Lynn Wayne Hardway with David Preston Hall overseeing. Frank David Hamshire is noted as posses while Steve Elbert is listed under DWI.
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David Preston Hall
Frank David Hamshire
Jesse Lee Hancock
Johnnie Hancock
Lynn Wayne Hardway
Janis Harper
Winfred O'Dell Harper
Don Earl Harris
William Henry Harris
Bruce Julius Harrison
Lester Harrison
Hindera
Steve Elbert
Squirrel Season Opens Across Hardin County East Texas
Squirrel season opens at dawn this Saturday Oct 15 across Hardin and surrounding East Texas counties and lasts until Jan 15. Daily bag limit 10 with 20 in possession. favorable ground conditions from recent rains aid stealth and visibility in the treetops.
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Hardin
East
Texas
Jefferson
Tyler
Jasper
Polk
Orange
Liberty
Newton
Hardin County
East Texas
Kirby, Temple-Eastex
And
International
Three Injured As Jeep Strikes Bus On North Fifth Street
A 21 year old Silsbee man was discharged after treatment for injuries from Oct. 6 when a Jeep struck a Silsbee Independent School District bus on North Fifth Street near Avenue I. Driver William Watters was cited for lack of control and DWI. three people, including Watters and Landry, were treated and released. The bus carried students from the football stadium to the high school. none of about 37 students were injured.
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Silsbee
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Silsbee Independent School District
James Perry Connally
Kiker Family Returns From Colorado Vacation
Mr and Mrs R C Kiker and Lynn David and Randy Kiker returned Sunday from a week long vacation visit in Colorado.
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R. C. Kiker
Lynn David
Randy Kiker
Colorado
County commissioners form ambulance committee while denying licensing powers
Hardin County Commissioners Monday created a five member committee of ambulance operators to study future EMS proposals and to screen presentations. They rejected requests to license new operators or conduct inspections, saying such steps would curb public airing at court. The same meeting rejected county participation in a state plan paying retired volunteers about 12 dollars monthly, due to costs. Property value is 129 million with a 42 percent assessment rate and 5 percent delinquent tax rate.
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Hardin County
David Payne
Sour Lake
Wayne McDaniel
I. L. Forse
Lumberton
David Atkins
Kountze
David Miller
Silsbee
McDaniel
MecCreight
McCreight
Pickets Removed and Work Resumes at Lumberton Tank
Workers returned to the Lumberton water tower site after pickets were removed. Sam Brown of Brown Steel Corp. cites no violence since Oct. 3 as NLRB reviews a potential federal injunction amid union protest of non union contracts and out of state labor.
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Lumberton
Sam Brown
Brown Steel Corp
Ngwnan
NLRB
Clyde Smith
88Th District Court
Boilermakers Local 587
Woman Charged In Knife Attack At Kirby Plant
Silsbee woman Ruth Dabney was charged with aggravated assault in a warrant issued by Justice of the Peace Cecil Overstreet after allegedly attacking Kirby Lumber Company employee Ethel Mae Samuel with a paring knife on October 8. Samuel required surgery to close the wound.
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Silsbee
Hardin County Sheriff's Department
Justice of the Peace
Cecil Overstreet
Kirby Lumber Company
Overstreet
Ruth Dabney
Dabney
Kirby
Ethel Mae Samuel
Call
Samuel
William Bloodworth
Lumberton Pentecostal Church
Archeologist to Survey Silsbee Water Plant Site
Silsbee moves ahead with a 600000 project funded by an EDA grant and revenue bonds. An archeologist will be hired for 400 to inspect the water plant site near Highway 327, pending Texas Historical Society and city approvals. The council also awarded patrol car bids totaling 9660 and set tax rolls at 19 million, noting over last year.
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Silsbee
IRS
FBI
State’s Attorney’s Office
Highway 327
City Hall
Texas Historical Society
Tise
Economic Development Administration
EDA Public Works
City of Revenue
Ronald Hickerson
Roger Ratliff
Asst
Cesar Dominguez
Dominguez
Hickerson
Yale Parade Planned Big Christmas Parade in Silsbee
A Christmas parade with Santa Claus in town is set for Thursday December 8. Time and details will be announced by Farley M Bowers executive vice president of Silsbee Chamber of Commerce.
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Santa Claus
Farley M. Bowers
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Tigers Face Must-Win Run At Livingston Friday
Silsbee Tigers travel to Livingston Friday to start a stretch of decisive games after a one point loss to Bridge City knocked them from fourth in the state. Coach Pat Day says the race for the district title remains open with Bridge City and Hebert. the team must cut turnovers and finish strong to stay in contention.
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Silsbee Tigers
Livingston
Bridge City
Tigers
Hebert
Silsbee
Cham
Pat Day
Lions
Day
Tem
Junior High Opens Season at Kirby Stadium
Sishee Junior High School seventh graders debut today at 4 p.m. against Bridge City at Kirby Stadium. The eighth grade game against Bridge City follows at 5 30 p.m. West Orange defeated Ti ger teams last week while the ninth grade lost 14 to 12 and the junior varsity fell 14 to 0 to West Orange.
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Sishee
Kirby Stadium
Bridge City
West Orange
Jior
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Ray Collins
Roosevelt
Silsbee High School
Sue Harrison
Hinder
Gerald J. Hayes
Dean Haynes Sr
Charlie Haynes
Dorothy Haynes
Mary Ephriam Haynes
Perry Sam Haynes
Forest Helton Jr
Ollie Ray Hendrix
Joseph Leon Henry
Annette Hesse
Charles Curtis Hill
James Hill
Hubert Wesley Hodge
Louis D. Holland
Hannon
Daniel Hollyfield
Kenny Hollyfield
Nischief
Steve Bryant Hollyfield
Thomas Stanley Hollyfield
John Milton Holman
Hamp
Horace Holmes
John William Holmes
Carolyn Louise Hoover
John Archie Hudson
David Timothy Humberson
Glenn Hutto
Sidney Jack Gipson
Johnnie McCray
Joe W. McAdams
Bruce J. Harrison
North 5Th St
Horace Moye
J. L. Loftin
Jeannette McCreight
Ed York
York
Kirby Plant
Donalson Motor Company
Silsbee Auto Company
Morris ‘Moore Chevrolet
John iLee
Jon
Planning and Zoning Commission
Elton Ervin
John Fordinal
Yale
Pionship
William Graham
Jasper Lewis
Graham
Cardinal
Junior High
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