Labor Day burglaries investigated by Hardin County Sheriff
Three separate break ins were reported this week with losses totaling at least 1100 dollars in cash and household goods. Sheriff Billy Paine said Mrs. Viola Lewis of H S Oil Co service station near Boggy Creek Road Lumberton was robbed at 6 15 a m September 4 while opening the station.
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Labor Day
Hardin County
Sheriff's Department
Billy Paine
the Bee
Viola Lewis
H&s Oil Co
Boggy Creek Road
Lumberton
Paine
Lewis
Police Seek 2 For Assault and Forgery
Local police are seeking two men in separate cases involving a forged prescription attempt and an assault with intent to rob. Silsbee authorities say a pharmacist at West Gibson Pharmacy reported a man fled the store around 5 45 p.m. August 28 after questioning the prescription’s authenticity.
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Silsbee
Bob L. Ogden
the Bee
Jack Farris
West Gibson
Farris
Silsbee Police Investigate Multiple Assault and Burglary Cases
Odell Spencer, 41, was treated for three wounds including a ten inch rib injury after an altercation at his home with no suspect named. Gladys Ann Forester reported an assault near her East Avenue J home. Police pursued suspects after a bag containing $960.57 was taken and homes in Beaumont Colony East were burglarized.
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Silsbee
Bob Ogden
Odell Spender
South 12Th Street
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Spencer
Ogden
Village Mills Rustlers Butcher Two Calves Over Labor Day
Sheriff Billy Paine reports two six month old Angus calves butchered on Mrs. Freeman’s Village Mills property near the Hardin Tyler County line. Two other calves were missing around Sept 4 amid sharp beef price pressures blamed for recent thefts.
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Village Mills
Billy Paine
Paine
Freeman
Hardin-Tyler
Officials Expect Orderly Transition In Planning Group Realignment
State officials foresee a smooth transfer of Hardin County DETCOG programs to SETRPC within a one year window set by Gov. Dolph Briscoe. The move affects Silsbee Kountze Sour Lake and Rose Hill Acres with tripartite supervision by the Governor Office DETCOG and SETRPC. Local leaders hope programs including an $80 000 park plan and police study continue under the new council.
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Dolph Briscoe
Hardin County
Deep East Texas
Regional Planning Commission
Setrpc
Emmett Lack
Silsbee
Kountze Sour Lake
Rose Hill Acres
The
Ronald Hickerson
Council
Council of Government
BEE
Rapp
Detcog
Kountze
Sour Lake
Death of Tom Singletary 83 in Silsbee
Tom R Singletary 83 of Silsbee died at 745 p m Aug 30 at his home after a brief illness He was born in Lees Mill Texas lived in Silsbee 25 years attended Texas A M University and worked in road construction and the auto business He was a World War I veteran and member of First Baptist Church Funeral services were Sept 1 at Former Funeral Chapel with burial in Kirbyville Cemetery Survivors include his wife Tressa Singletary and daughter Beth Goodman
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Tom R. Singletary
Silsbee
Lee's Mill
Texas
Singletary
Texas A&m University
Newton County
Jasper
Orange
First Baptist Church
R .E. Barclay
Kirbyville
C. J. Thorn
John Skinner
Truett Sharbutt
Milton Benson
J. D. Donalson
Jack Jeffcoat
Friendship Sunday School
Tressa Singletary
Beth Goodman
Carrolton
Interpreters For The Deaf to Meet in Beaumont
Interpreters For The Deaf will hold a regular meeting on Monday September 10 at 7 30 p m at the First Federal Savings and Loan building 4290 Highland Dr Beaumont All interested persons are invited to attend per secretary Jane Musselwhite
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Golden Triangle
Nine August Fire Calls Happen In Silsbee Area
Silsbee Volunteer Firemen answered nine calls in August with five outside city limits. A Cole radio wiring short caused an auto fire damaging a police vehicle and another car on Payne Road. Firemen logged 78 man hours and 26 truck runs over 424 miles using 1350 gallons of water.
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Silsbee
Russell Busby
Edward Stanley
East Avenue
Phyllis Trahan
Payne Road
Silsbee Tigers face Strake Jesuit in season opener at Kirby
Silsbee, eyed as district contender, opens against Strake Jesuit at Kirby Stadium Friday night with 8 p m kickoff and a second game at Klein at 8 p m. Coach Ray McGallion notes pass defense issues but previews defensive reshuffling and potential new faces while debating quarterback duties between Laskoskie and Dean.
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Strake Jesuit of
Houston
Kirby Memorial Stadium
Ray McGallion
Silsbee
Strake Jesuit
St. Thomas
Jesuit
Eagles
Fighting Crusaders Wiil
Kurt Schoelman
Bret Broussard
Pounder
Crusaders
Swinney
Little Cypress
McGallion
Tigers
Deffens
Gary Laskoskie
Gary Dean
Dean
Gary
Doug Almond
Orange
Artie Shankle
Dock Mullins
Jim Kirby
Harold Gardner
Randy King
Scott Skinner
Herman Haynes
Butchi Smith
David Moss
Sailor Charged With AWOL and Pot Possession
Bert Wes Rutherford, 17, faced AWOL charges from a Philadelphia U.S. Naval station since July 25. Silsbee Police arrested him September 4 on resisting arrest and marijuana possession counts. He fled during the arrest, was chased, and later arraigned with bonds set at 1000 each before transfer to Hardin County Jail for military action.
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Bert Wes Rutherford
U.S
Philadelphia
Silsbee
SPD
James Fulgham
Rutherford
Fulgham
George
Bob Ogden
The
BEE
Texas
Ogden
Fulzham
South Third Street
US 96
Justice of the Peace
Bennie L Como
Hardin County
Man Sees Thief Steal Car From Driveway
Pat Beard of 235 Durdy Drive heard his 1968 Pontiac hardtop start around 5:45 a m on September 2 and ran outside to see it driven away. Police say the red car with a white roof bore Texas license MF 718 and showed no lights as it pulled from the driveway. The theft was first investigated by Sgt A L Burleson.
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Pat Beard
Durdy
Silsbee
Bob L Ogden
Ogden
Beard
Texas
Sgt
A. L. Burleson
A Negative Blood Needed for Burn Victim Donna Storm
Nine year old Donna Jean Storm of Lumberton remains in critical condition after severe burns suffered August 22. Blood coagulation failed during skin grafts at John Sealy Hospital. Donations of A negative whole blood are urgently requested, with directs to John Sealy Hospital in Galveston for collection.
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Donna Jean Storm
Lumberton
Beaumont Blood Center
Donna
Precinct Lines Shifted by Hardin County Commissioners
Hardin County commissioners adopted three unanimous resolutions Aug 31 to realign voting and justice precincts effective Jan 1, 1974. Changes move Village Creek Estates and Walton Road into Pet 4 and abolish West Silsbee precinct, with several redistributions near Silsbee and Kountze.
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Har‘din
Justice
Vatjing
Hugh Bevil Means
Lumberton
Means
Virgil Cuaraway
West Silsbee
Caraway
Silsbee
Rex Moore
Oscar Adams
Village Creek
Walton Road
Pet
Kountze
Pet 4
Village Creek Estates
FM 418
Lamar University honors eight high graduates in 516 degree recipients
Debra Rodrigues daughter of Mr and Mrs B Stevens of Silsbee was among eight high honor graduates in a class of 516 at Lamar University on Saturday August 18. She earned a 3.81 GPA in secondary education after four years of study and is student teaching at Warren High School.
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Debra Lee Rodrigues
B. Stevens
Silsbee
Lamar University
Silsbee High School
Rodrigues
Warren High School
Sam Houston State honors 759 grads as Moore earns BS
Sam Houston State University conferred graduate and post graduate degrees at commencement in Huntsville. Dr Elliott T Bowers presided over the ceremony. Tommy Wayne Moore of Silsbee received the Bachelor of Science degree.
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Sam Houston State University
Huntsville
Sam Houston
Elliott T. Bowers
Tommy Wayne Moore
Silsbee
Two Die In Labor Day Car Wrecks in Texas
Beaumont men die in separate Labor Day weekend crashes. Donald Rollings, 18, of Beaumont, died Friday near Saratoga after colliding with a Liberty driver on FM 770. he was a Marine and buried in Forest Lawn with graveside rites. Billy McWherter, 25, a former Beaumont resident from Hobbs New Mexico, died Saturday near Devers when his car left US 90 and overturned. funeral at Broussard's with burial in Forest Lawn.
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Donald Wayne Rollings
Beaumont
Boyce Franklin Jackson
Liberty
Saratoga
Rollings
Pace Funeral Home
Kountze
Forest Lawn
U. S. Marine Corps Reserve
B. R. Rollings
Grady Trahan
Mack K. Jones
Arizona
Billy Warren McWherter
Sour Lake
US 90
Devers
Hobbs
New Mexico
Rohm and Haas ‘Chemical
Deerpark
Broussard
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Car Mishap Kills Polly Davenport
Polly Davenport, 19, daughter of Mr and Mrs Marvin Davenport of Silsbee, died at 10 25 am Wednesday when her 1970 Ford left SH 10 in Beaumont struck a steel road sign post. Police said wet pavement caused the skid and loss of control near Cardinal Drive. No others injured. Davenport, Lamar University student, funeral services pending at Farmer Funeral Home in Silsbee.
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Polly Davenport
Marvin Davenport
Silsbee
Ford
SH 10
Beaumont
BPD
The
BEE
Gene Wilson
Miss Davenport
Cardinal Drive
Farmer Funeral Home
Susbee
Davenport
Lamar University
Last Rites For Bud Tony, 77, Sept 2
Bud Tony 77 of Silsbee died at 9 20 p m Friday He was a retired bon nkbinder and lived in Silsbee 17 years A World War I veteran Funeral services were at 2 pm Sept 2 at Farmer Funeral chapel officiated by Rev A C Hoke Burial followed at Cunningham Cemetery Pallbearers were Charles and Ernest Dohmann Owain and Herbert Cunningham Don Unruh and Oscar Fannet Survivors include a daughter Mrs Lucille Graves Shreveport La
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Bud Tony
Silsbee
Farmer Funneral Chapel
A. C.hoke
Cunningham Cemetery
Charles
Ernest Dohmann
Owain
Herbert Cunningham
Don Unruh
Oscar Fannet
Lucille Graves
Shreveport
Mrs Caperton Honors Graduate at Denton TWU
Christeena Elizabeth Crawford Caperton recently graduated from Texas Woman’s University in Denton. She ranked among 25 honor graduates recognized at August ceremonies. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Weeks Crawford of Silsbee and teaches in the Dallas school system.
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Christeena Elizabeth Crawford Caperton
Texas Womant's University
Denton
Caperton
Weeks Crawford
Silsbee
Dallas
Weekend guests visit the Davids home in Kingsville
Weekend guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Horace David J included Mr. and Mrs. Steve Thompson of Marshall Miss Debbie Welch from Houston Barry Dunn and Jim Hoover of Kingsville and Johnny Lawrence of Kirbyville.
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Horace David J
Steve ‘Thompson
Marshall
Debbie Welch
Houston
Barry ‘Dunn
Jim Hoover
Kingsville
Johnny Lawrence
Kirbyville
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Sheriff's Dept
iChief Ogden
Gladys Ann Forester
East Avenue J
Chief Ogden
Robert Earl Murphy
Fvndale
Leon Marion Phillips, Jr
Glenn Harrison
Jim McGowan
Harrison
Beaumont Colony East
McGowan
Mike Holzapfel
E. Ricks
Jesse Cartwright
Ricks
Citg
U. S. Census Bureau
Tom Singletary
West Orange Chiefs
Klein
Tiger
Sillbee
Jerry Callaway
John Sealy
Adams
North
Justice Pet
Jack Dies
Hardin-Jefferson County
Fred Ander
Debra Rodrigues
Tommy W. Moore
Denton Twu
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