McCormick Slayers Face Trial For Child's Murder
Fred Fay Young, once condemned for the Jan 5 Mrs. Mabel McCormick killing in Kountze, will stand trial next week in Tyler for the suffocation death of her granddaughter Leslie Bowman. Judge Calhoun set Oct 30 as start. jury selection to begin with prelims at 10 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Fay Young
Mabel McCormick
Kountze
Leslie Bowman
Tyler
Hardin County
Billy Paine
Young
Galloway Calhoun “Goodwin
Docker
Beaumont
Paine
Calhoun
Smith County
Goodwin
Anderson
Huntsville State Prison
Sherif
Belton
Second Robbery Reported At Silsbee Drive In
Silsbee police logged a second armed robbery in a week at Speedy Drive In on US 96 South. At 5:32 a.m. Sunday officers took the report from clerk Edward Cepeda after two men, one stout with an Afro, the other slender in khaki overalls, fled in a dark car with about 322 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Costner
Speedy
US 96
Edward Cepeda
O’banion
Evans and Free Win English Achievement Awards
Joanna Evans and Charlene Free of Silsbee High School were named two of the nation’s outstanding high school students in the annual Achievement Awards by the National Council of Teachers of English. Selected to represent their school last spring, they submitted writing samples and a one hour impromptu essay judged by panels. The council recommends these seniors for 1973 college scholarships and will forward their names to admissions officers and English chairmen at colleges and universities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joanna Evans
Charlen Free
Silsbee High Schoo
Recen
Annua
National Council of Teachers of English
Silsber High School
Robert F. Hogan
Ance
U. S
NCTE
Weeks Crawford
Silsbee High
Charlene Free
Lee Flowers
Absentee Voting Light in Hardin County Five Days
County Clerk Clarence McNeely reported that only 55 Hardin County residents had cast absentee ballots in the first five days for the November 7 general election. He noted 49 voted on machines by 5 p.m. October 24 and six ballots arrived by mail as of 8 a.m. Wednesday with several more possibly in transit, including servicemen ballots. Absentee voting runs October 18 to November 3, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays at the Clerk's office in the Hardin County Courthouse Kountze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Clarence McNeely
McNeely
Trustees Table Action on Air Conditioning Proposals
Silsbee ISD trustees tabled action on installing air conditioning units in all district school buildings until Nov 8 after a two hour discussion with multiple contractors present. The board also amended corporal punishment policy to allow only a witness for K-6 and kept principal presence for higher grades. Four junior high students were placed on probation for alleged drug policy violations. The board approved buying a scoreboard for 645 dollars and accepted the resignation of bus driver Curtis Dillon with George Tutt to replace him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don L. Hough
J. A. Dickson Jr
Charles R. Bullock
Dickson, Dickson and Bullock
Charles Ireland
Lindy Dennis
Ray Johnston
Harry Galowsky
Phil Suitt
FE. B. Clark
Silsbee Classroom Teachers’ Association
Hough
B. L. Williams
Silsbee High School
Jacksonville
Texas
Curtis Dillon
George Tutt
Lumberton Defeats Hamshire Fannett for 38 12 District Win
Lumberton knocked off Hamshire Fannett 38 to 12 in a District 18 AA game. Raider coach Harold Pollard said the title race remains wide open as Anahuac and Hamshire Fannett chase the crown. He noted Hamshire Fannett’s strong running game led by Ronnie Melanecan and pledged tighter ball control in the upcoming clash.
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Raider
Anahuac Panthers
Panther
Lumberton
Harold Pollard
Hamshire - Fannell
Longhorns
Anahuae
Anahuac
Ronnie Melanecon
Pot Charge Is Filed On One Man
David Preston Hall, 25, of Houston, was arrested near US 96 east of Silsbee on October 21 and charged with possession of marijuana. He was arraigned before Justice Bennie Como with a $5,000 bond, and was free on bond as of October 22. Deputy Don Merrill led the arrest.
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David Preston Hall
Houston
US 96
Silsbee
Hardin County
Billy Paine
Hall
Bennie Como
Paine
Don Merrill
L. P. Skinner Undergoes Eye Surgery in Houston
L. P. Skinner underwent eye surgery Friday at Herman Hospital in Houston, according to a hospital report. The procedure was brief and without complications, with no further details available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. P. Skinner
Herman Hospital
Houston
Three Thousand Dollars Stolen From Evadale Home
Approximately $3,000 in cash was stolen from Norman Collins’s Evadale home on Monday. Deputy Bruce Gravis said Mrs Collins left briefly, and about 10:30 a.m. two men in a car were seen leaving after the theft. The money belonged to Collins’s father and was to be deposited the next day during Veterans Day holiday bank closures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Collins
Evadale
Jasper County
Bruce Gravis
The
BEE
Gravis
Two Chrome Wheels Stolen From Volkswagen in Silsbee
Patrolman Fulgham reports two thefts from a Volkswagen parked at B and B Auto. The chrome reverse wheels with Firestone tires disappeared on Oct. 24 and 25, owned by Joe Kennedy of 580 East Avenue and employed by a local company. Silsbee Police investigated the incidents this week.
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Volkswagen
B Auto
Silsbee
James Fulgham
Fulgham
The
BEE
Joe Kennedy
East Avenue
Com
Her ringtons Visit Dallas in Home of Dr Ellis Gill
Mr and Mrs Clayton Herrington spent the weekend in Dallas visiting the home of his daughter and her husband Dr Ellis Gill and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Herrington
Dallas
Ellis Gill
Commissioners Study Disposal Equipment
Hardin County Commissioners reviewed a feasibility report on a container compacting solid waste system. They did not act but planned to draft equipment specs before bids. Geo. P. Bane Co. reps reported on site locations and proposed 143 four cubic yard containers, one or two packer trucks, plus a tractor for landfills at an estimated $150000 with one packer truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Hrugh Bevil Means
T. D. Whitaker
W. K. Barton
Geo. P. Bane Co
Tyler
Whitaker
Nine Nabbed In Kountze Holdups
Nine youths including six juveniles were charged with robbery by assault after Sunday night holdups on US 96 near the FM 418 intersection in Kountze. Victims Preston Williford and David Lyles lost $29 and $21 respectively. Bond set at $1,000. some defendants freed, others held. Juveniles turned over to county authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Paine
Larry Donnell
Samuel
Sammy Lee Haynes
Kountze
Billy Joe Haynes
Silsbee
Paine
Bennie Como
Preston E. Williford
Village Mills
David Lyles
US 96
Silsbee Adopts Industrial Waste Ordinance and Vehicle Bids
After Texas Water Quality Board approval, Silsbee City Council adopts Ordinance 72-17 setting industrial sewage rates and penalties. Council awards bids for two police cars, a station wagon, and a dump truck to Simmons Motor Co and Donalson Dodge, with Councilman Dwayne Beck abstaining due to employment with Simmons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Water Quality Board
Silsbee City
Council
Hickerson
Simmons Motor Co
Donalson Dodge
Silsbee Auto
Donalson Motor Co
Tigers To Visit Powerful Little Cypress Bears
Silsbee travels to Little Cypress stadium Friday night at 7 30 p m to face the 4 2 Bears in a high school football matchup. Silsbee coach Ray McGahhon notes LC’s strong all around play with eight defensive starters back and an explosive offense, while Silsbee faces injuries and several sidelined players including Haynes Grubbs and Gallaway.
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Silsbee Tigers
Little Cypress Bears
Little Cypress Stadium
Bears
South Park Greenies
West Orange Chiefs
Little Cypress
Bridge City
Tigerwead
Ray McGahhon
Silsbee
Tiger
MccGallion
SFA
Herman Haynes
James Grubbs
Jerry Gallaway
Tommy Dunnigan
McGallion
Billy Fontaine
Haynes
Harry David
Grubbs
Keven McClusky
Gallaway
McClusky
Doc Mullin
Tammy Joe Taylor Rites Held In Silsbee
Funeral services for Tammy Joe Taylor infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Bobby E Taylor were conducted at Resthaven Cemetery with Rev R Eugene Jonte officiating Survivors include her parents three brothers Michael Kenny and Tim and grandparents S L Alderson Slayton and Mrs W T Taylor Slayton The infant died October 23 in Silsbee Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tammy Joe Taylor
Bobby E. Taylor
Silsbee
Resthaven Cemetery
R. Eugene Jonte
Michael
Kenny
Tim Taylor
S. L. Alderson
Slayton
W. T. Taylor
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McCormick Slayers
John Costner
Cepeda
Silsbee School
Sisd Board of Trustees
Hamshire-Fannett
Raiders
Barton
Williford
Lyles
Claude Lindsey
Jesse Cartwright
Larry Giles
Mustang Tractors and Equipment
Nixon
Horace Moye
Municipal Financial Officers’ Association
Hugh Bevil Means
Bob Kerr
Virgil Caraway
Deep East Texas Council of Governments
David Waxman
Jim McDermott
DETCG
Criminal Justice Council
Howard Barrington
Emmett Lack
Means
Kerr
Thhe County
Pinecrest
Barbara Hilliard
Ronald Hickerson
State Water Board
James L. Hays
Gulf States Utilities
Ward McCurtain
Robert Sheffield
GSU
McCurtain
Conroe
Donald Soleo
Tigers
Soleo
Charles Stan
Taylor
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