Public Hearing on 70 71 City Budget Set for Sept 22
The Silsbee City Council will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. September 22 in City Hall to review the proposed 1970 71 budget of 610 368 dollars. Manager Ronald Hickerson notes the balanced budget includes no tax increase and funds for sanitation water and sewer fire police library and a 7 percent city employee raise.
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Council Chamber
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Fire Commission
Silsbee Public
C. E. Landolt Jr
R. F. Sanford
Beaumont Men Save Silsbee Youth After Creek Accident
Larry Gene Beddingfield, 15, reportedly broke his neck diving into Village Creek at Lumberton on Labor Day. Doug Bond and Danny Atkinson of Beaumont rescued him as air bubbles surfaced, and he was hospitalized in Beaumont in fair condition two days later.
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Silsbee
Brenda Beddingfield
the Bee
Larry Gene Beddingfield
R. N. Beddingfield
Village Creek
Doug Bond
Danny Atkinson
Beddingfield
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Silsbee City
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Clarence Joseph
Wilma Booker Bluitt
Buna
Truman Dougharty
Bluitt
Joseph
Baptist Hospital
Grace Fills
Benny D. McCartney
District Court Opens Oct 5 With Trial Of Civil Cases
The 88th District Court term begins Monday October 5 at 9 30 a m with civil cases scheduled in the first three weeks and felony trials in weeks four and five The docket lists numerous civil actions across multiple parties and firms and sets November dates for continued civil trial settings, including cases involving Archer Fullingim Tom s Toasted Peanuts E Co and Liberty Mutual Ins among others.
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Aline Harper
Lester O. Tucker Sr
Archer Fullingim
Annie Ard McGallion
Oscar McGallion
Joshua Dock Ray
Dinzel Ray Stuart
John Mack Doucette
Tom
Hooker Oil Co., Inc
Lance Carroll
Petro- Chemical Transport, Inc
Rayburn Hooks
C. D Knighton
L. C. Townsend
Odell Clark
Beatrice Biscamp
Zalah Burris
R. L. Tucker
Liberty Mutual Ins
Frankye Williams Riley
Elwood Cleo Gore Jr
Carey Patrick Pace
City of
Douglas W. Arnold
P F. Collier, Inc
Letha Rea Crawford
Carter Work & Daniels Construction Co
Sentinent Mechanical Contractors Inc
David Payne
Northern Propane Gas Co
James Franford
Commissioners Told to Work With Redistricting Committee
U S District Judge Joe Fisher in Beaumont ordered Hardin County Commissioners to consult the Citizens Redistricting Committee and consider expanding it to reach a more unanimous plan. The court had approved a 3 2 vote redrawing precincts, moving Caraway and Barrington into new areas, with Fisher demanding a report by Oct 5 and warning against disenfranchising residents ahead of the November elections.
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Hardin County
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Silsbee
Supreme Court
Emmett Lack
Howard Barrington
Hugh Means
Virgil Caraway
Tom Burch
Sour Lake
Fisher
Citizens Redistricting Committee
Caraway
Barrington
North Silsbee
Earl B. Stover
Roger Ratliff
Robert Keith
Stover
Har
Robert A. Scott
Art Cawthon
R. L. Read
Eddie Plank
Howard Hargrove
Frank Carpenter
Houston Thompson
Breakins Plague Silsbee Schools Prompting Citizen Alerts
Silsbee Superintendent Don Hough reports three school breakins in two weeks at Robinson Kirby and ONeal schools. Glass broken, entries via doors, some food and a Coke machine damaged with cash taken. Police investigate and officials urge citizens to report suspicious after hours activity.
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Fresenius Road
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O'Neil School
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Hough
Silsbee SHS offers first vocational diploma via cooperative work program
Silsbee High School launches for the first time a state sponsored Vocational Adjustment Program for students whose strengths suit work based training. coordinator James Boyett says participants can earn a high school diploma while employed locally with on the job training and practical coursework. 16 students enrolled with several eligible to work outside the campus.
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Silsbee Schools To Verify Civil Rights Compliance
An inspection by a Dallas HEW civil rights team will visit Silsbee ISD on Sept. 17 to verify steps for 1970 71. Don L. Hough says the visit will check district compliance after HEW's earlier actions to end the freedom of choice plan and absorb Robinson Elementary into other schools.
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Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Silsbee
Silsbee Independent
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Robinson Elementary
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Atlantic Richfield SISD Tax Board to hold Sept 15 hearing
The Atlantic Richfield Oil Corp and the Silsbee Independent School District tax board set a formal hearing for 9:00 a.m. Tuesday September 15 in the SISD board room. The hearing will review Atlantic’s proposed taxable evaluation of district property including plants and stations. Superintendent Don L. Yough reports bus driver resignations and staffing changes and notes a VAC counselor workshop attendance request for September 16 in Austin.
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Silsbee Gas Products
South Hampton Products
Nd Pipeline and
Mineral Fee Properties
Don L. Yough
Wayne Riley
Harold Slove
Richard Strong
Carroll Breaux
Heen Read
Jean Dinkle
Beryl Jones
Mary E. Sheffield
Jerry Smith
I. B. Griffith
Wilma Townsend
Nelda Coven
James Boyett
Austin
Hough
Silsbee Tigers Open 1970 Season vs Houston Jesuit
Silsbee high school begins 11-AAA play at Kirby Memorial Stadium facing Houston Jesuit after a strong week of practice. Coach Ray McGallion notes improved defense and seasoning for a youthful squad led by QB Gilbert Johnston and linemen Mark Yawn and Ronnie Calvert with a 7:30 p.m. kickoff.
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Jesuit
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Mark Yawn
Wilbert White
John Winger
Steve Bufkin
James Hunter
Ronnie Calvert
Larry Gardner
Curtis Smith
Charlies Carter
Ronnie Singleton
Silsbee Man Arrested On Felony Theft Warrants
Jesse Lee Issacks of Silsbee faced felony theft charges in two cases. Police say $459 in insurance checks from Simmons Motor Co. and a $400 till-tap at Drake's Drive-Inn in Kountze were taken. He was arrested September 5 in Kountze, arraigned before Judge Rex Moore, and held on $5,000 bond.
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Silsbee
Justice of the
Rex Moore
Simmons Motor Co
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Moore
Overstreet
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