Tigers Host SC Bears Friday at Kirby Memorial Stadium
Tigers prepare for Little Cypress with return of George Jeffcoat and Keven McCluskey while Herman Haynes and Tom Sawyer nurse injuries. Gary Dean to start at quarterback. Don McClain leads LC Bear offense. A capacity crowd expected as Silsbee aims to snap a disappointing 3-4 season.
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Ray McGallion
Little Cypress
George Jeffcoat
Keven McCluskey
Tiger
Herman Haynes
Tom Sawyer
McGallion
Sawyer
Haynes
Lanston Fall
Bridge City
Bears
Don McClain
Tigers
Bengals
Silsbee High
Kirby Memorial Stadium
Silsbee Fire Department Responds to Three Incidents
Fire Chief Russell Busby reports the Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department answered three calls last week. An open gas jet damaged a hose at the Clark home near FM 92. a truck overturned on Old US 96 east of Silsbee with an oil spill. and a car owned by David Mathews sustained an interior fire at 1:25 p.m. Oct 16.
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Silsbee
Russell Busby
Clark
FM 92
Busby
US 96
KBW Recycling Co
Bonham
Busby Said
John Phillips
St Louis
David Mathews
Daylight Saving Time Ends This Weekend in 1973
Daylight Saving Time ends on Saturday night with clocks turning back one hour before sleep. The change gives the nation an extra hour of weekend as standard time begins at midnight Saturday.
Gilbert Dominguez Returns Home After Surgery
Gilbert Dominguez came back to his Silsbee residence Saturday following surgery at Temple hospital. The patient had been treated in Santa Fe for the procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Dominguez
Silsbee
Santa Fe Hospital
Temple
Read Family Visits in Silsbee This Weekend
Mr and Mrs Edwin Read and their son from Lake Jackson visited in Silsbee last weekend staying with Mr and Mrs Gilbert Dominguez and Mrs A E Read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Read
Lake Jackson
Silsbee
Gilbert Dominguez
A. E. Read
Silsbee adopts carryover to balance 1973 74 budget
City of Silsbee ended its 1973 fiscal year with a slightly unbalanced budget. Differences will be carried over into the 1973 74 budget. General Fund revenues exceeded plan by 1657, while expenditures were 11440 under budget. Water and sewer revenues totaled 242315, with expenditures 32797 under. Budget balance at 95609 due to federal revenue sharing. Council approved bids for a pickup and mobile radio system. Residents asked about curb and gutter on North Second Fourth streets amid road work complaints. Mayor Hays urged investigation into possible curb and gutter funding.
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City of
Silsbee
Cesar Dominguez
Dominguez
Hickerson
Water and Sewer Department
Stella Brookins
Second - Fourth Streets
John Fordinal
David Shows
James L. Hays
Silsbee Auto
Citizens’ Band i Co
Chase
Ronaldsall
Courtesy Cab Co
Thomas J. Harris
Fred Anders
Anders
Moye
Felix Hammack Elected President of Eastex Inc
Felix M. Hammack elected president of Ep erations as Time Inc merger creates Temple-Eastex forest division. Arthur Temple named president and chief operations officer. O R Crawford named Temple assistant. R. M. Buckley announces the executive alignment. Hammack and Denman join as senior officers. board approved Saturday. Hammack, a Beaumont resident, has manufacturing VP background with Eastex.
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Felix Hammack
Eastex Inc
Felix M. Hammack
Eperations
Joe C. Jr
Temple 1
Time Inc
Istex Opl
R. M. Buckley
Denmani
Temple-Eastex, Inc
Arthur Temple
Productsi
O. R. Crawford
Temple
Hammack
Denman
Clifford J. Grum
Richard B. McKeough
Clyde E. Cole
Temple- Eastex
W. Aubrey Canon
Pete Sheppe
Beaumont
Eastex
Western Kraft
Albany
Louisiana Tech
Ruston
UFO Visitation Reported Near Silsbee Sparks Local Speculation
Local residents recount encounters with a bright ball of fire described as a meteor or shooting star near dusk Tuesday east of Silsbee. David Snell and Henry Shavers saw the object near their vehicle, while Teddy Calhoun heard a comet like crash as he tended horses. The event sparked talk of aliens, though Snell noted his truck headlights failed earlier, indicating no extraterrestrial threat.
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David Snell
Henry Shavers
Cook's Pasture
Silsbee
Lindsey Road
Snell
The
BEE
Shavers
Calhoun
Assault Charges in Two Hardin County Shootings
Two Hardin County residents face assault with intent to murder charges from separate shootings. Clarence Walters, 30, of Village Mills, held on $3,000 bond after allegedly shooting his mother Audrey Walters on Oct. 20. she survived in fair condition at St Elizabeth Hospital. In Lumberton, Elis Flory Worsham, 69, posted $5,000 bond after a shotgun incident briefly jailed. twelve year old Jerry Lanemus treated and released for pellet wounds near his home.
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Hardin County
Jesse Cartwright
The
BEE
Clarence Boyd Walters
Village Mills
Cartwright
Walters
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Jerry Lannemus
Baptist Hospital
Lumberton
Elis Flory Worsham
L. J. Foux
Mike Holzapfeld
Holzapfel
Trustees Set Oct 24 Bond Issue Meeting
SISD trustees schedule a special session for October 24 to decide on calling a $1,865,000 school bond election. The plan, presented by Houston architect Augie Saxe, includes $460,000 to air condition six campuses and $82,500 for a new administration building.
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Sisd Board of Trustees
BEE
Augie Saxe
Houston
Warren boards appoint principals and superintendent
In a regular session on October 16 the Warren Independent School District Board of Trustees promoted Bobby Gene Martin to high school principal on a one year contract and appointed Grover Die as superintendent on a two year contract. The board also discussed senior trip policy, special education plans for 1974 75 and agreed to purchase athletic equipment from Estes Sporting Goods Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Independent Schoolistrict Board of Trustees
Bobby Gene Martin
Grover Die
Estes Sporting Goods Co
Indictments Handed Down by Hardin County Grand Jury
The Hardin County October term grand jury met Friday October 19 and indicted Richard Behnken of Kountze for murder and Forrest Milburn Bussey of Silsbee for driving while intoxicated second offense. Five no bills were returned and a theft case was reduced to County Court.
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Hardin County
Richard Behnken
Kountze
Forrest Milburn Bussey
Silsbee
South Park and Orange Stark Move To 10-AAA
South Park and Orange Stark shift to the East Zone of District 10-3A for next year. Woodville moves to the West Zone as 3-A moves up. Stephen F. Austin of Port Acres shifts West to balance the 14-team league. Klein moves to 4-A. new enrollments announced.
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South Park
Orange Stark
Woodville
Silsbee
Ray McGallion
Orange
Stephen F. Austin
Port Acres
New Caney
UIL
Klein
Bengal
Jasper
Little Cypress
West Orange
Bridge City
Crosby
Liberty
Cleveland
Hardin-Jefferson
Old Timers Meet At O'Neil School On Sunday
Silsbee Old Timers annual meeting set for Sunday at O'Neil School Cafeteria. Highway 96 South registration starts at 11 a.m. Lunch, catered by Mrs. Rose McGallion, will be served at 12 30. Special recognition for the farthest travelers and oldest attendees. Cecil Cobble presides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Old Timers
O'Neil
Highway 96 South
Rose McGallion
Cecil Cobble
Silsbee Teacher Hospitalized After Heart Attack
Clarence Hodges, math teacher at Silsbee High School, is on cardiac care at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont after an apparent heart attack early Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Hodges
Silsbee High School
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
County Court Endorses Gas Tax Use For Roads And Schools
County commissioners reaffirm their stance on dedicating state gasoline tax revenue to highways and schools and approve related resolutions. They vote to divide funds among precincts, authorize a flood insurance contract, replace a wrecked ambulance with a used Ford, set a 20 mph limit on Diana Drive, and seek bids on office equipment while reviewing the tax office budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardinsurance Commission
Mittee
Moye
Virgil Caraway
Trest
Diana Drive
Lumberton
Village Oaks
Othe
Fort Worth
Marine Cpl David Unruh reports for duty in Barstow California
Marine Cpl. David R. Unruh son of Donald R. Unruh Route 1 Silsbee Texas reported for duty at the Marine Corps Supply Center Barstow California A 1971 graduate of Silsbee High School he joined the Marine Corps in February 1971.
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David R. Unruh
Donald R. Unruh
Route 1, Silsbee
Marine Corps Supply Center
Barstow
Calif
Silsbee High School
Marine Corps
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David Moss
Gary Dean
Dean
SFA
Port Arthur
Gary Laskoskie
Eagle
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Coun
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Harris
Hays
Roger Ratliff
Claude Thompson
Woodlea
Thompson
Frank Grote
Parks and Recreation Advisory ‘Board
Grote
Ninth Street Park
Exquisett Park
Widnes
U.S
Teddy Calhoun
Audrey Walters
Bond
Justice of the Peace
Kyle Reeves
Warren
Stark
O'Neil School
Emmett Lack
Horace Moye
Hugh Bevil
Means
RB General
Dickison
Ers
Shoup
New York
Mellon Bank
Dock Mullins
Scott Skinner
Harold Gardner
Moss
Derek Shelton
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