Citizens Voice Opposition To Annexation Proposal
Citizens opposed a plan to annex about 960 acres east and south of Silsbee City Limits at a public hearing during a City Council meeting. Officials cited annual 10 percent annexation limits while critics urged delaying until water and sewer could serve new and existing residents.
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Planning Commission
Silsbee
Ronald Hickerson
Planning and Zoning Commission
Hickerson
the Bee
Ratchford
James Hays
Ruby Smart
Hays
Silsbee ISD Trustees Set Debt Authority and Salary Supplement
Silsbee Independent School District trustees plan a brief meeting to consider a deficiency warrants resolution up to 250000 to fund operations if needed and a new supplementary salary program for teachers with three years or less experience. Also on the agenda are attendance, school progress, fund balances, employee recommendations and resignations. Principal Philip Ellis of Read-Turrentine Elementary had heart surgery with two bypass grafts and is reported in satisfactory condition.
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Silsbee Independent School District
Board of Trustees
Bruce Watts
The
BEE
Watts
Philip Ellis
Read - Turrentine
Methodist Hospital
Houston
Lumberton Raiderette
Theft Of Supplies Reported At West Gibson Store
More than $200 in audio equipment was stolen from a West Gibson department store. Patrolman Sammy Ruggles said manager Les Gray reported on Sept. 7 that items totaling $215.37 were taken, including an eight track tape player a clock radio a tape recorder and three radios.
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West Gibson
Silsbee
Sammy Ruggles
Les Gray
County Approves Alternate US 96 Traffic Plan in Hardin County
Hardin County Commissioners adopt a resolution backing an alternate US 96 traffic plan to reroute southbound traffic on US 96 and northbound on the Old Beaumont Highway for about 11.5 miles. The $2.59 million project would cost the county roughly $100,000, with state funding sought.
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Lumberton
Hardin County Commissioners ‘Court
Lester Landgraf
Beaumont
Hardin County
Landgraf
Austin
Highway Commission
Virgil Caraway
Dwayne Overstreet
Caraway
Overstreet
Bob Davis
The
Texas
Kountze Murder Trial Begins in Belton
Fred Fay Young, 22, entered a guilty plea to murder in Belton for the Jan. 5 killing of Mrs. Mabel McCormick, owner of a Kountze antique shop. Dennis Ray Anderson, 26, Houston, also pleaded guilty to a separate murder charge and was sentenced to life plus jail time during the trial. Both men face a joint later trial in Tyler for the granddaughter Leslie Bowman's death. venue changes were ordered earlier this year by Judge H. A. Coe.
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Fred Fay Young
Wenton
Young
Venire
Sheritt Paine
Anderson
Houston
Mabel McCormick l
Kounltze
H. A. Coe
Kountze
Lumberton ISD enrolls 1552 students for 1972 fall term
Lumberton Independent School District reports 112 additional students bringing total enrollment to 1552 for fall 1972, with no tax rate increase. The $1.59 per $100 rate funds a $994,629 budget, including $761,479 for salaries, and funds maintenance and debt service.
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Lumberton Independent School Distret
BEE
Ruthor Mae McFadden
Bill Nelson
Silsbee Girls Charged After Football Game Incident
Two Silsbee sisters aged 14 and 17 faced dis orderly conduct and aggravated assault charges against Silsbee Police after a disturbance at the concession stand during the Silsbee Jesuit game on Sept. 8. They were booked by Sgt. James Martin and held at Hardin County Jail under authority of 88th District Judge H A Coe.
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Silsbee
Burglary Charges Filed Against Three Men in Texas
Three men face burglary charges in Hardin and Chambers counties with bonds set at 10 000 each for Kountze cases and 2000 each for Winnie and Chambers County offenses. James A Warner 19 Bruce O Williams 19 of Silsbee and Charles Wilburn Buck 31 of Pasadena arraigned after burglaries reported Sept 3 8 9. Items stolen include a black and white portable TV a 20 gauge shotgun a .22 rifle cash a color TV stereo and albums.
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Kountze
Winnie
Hardin County
Chambers County
Hardin
Howard Grantham
the Bee
James A. Warner
Bruce O. Williams
Silsbee
Charles Wilburn Buck
Pasadena
Don Merrill
LCB
Truett Bennett
Buck
Grantham
Ira Moore
Justice of the Peace
Charlie Lambert
Moore
Olan Davis
Claude Lindsey
Lawrence Applegate
Tigers Set To Host Klein In Friday Night Showdown
Silsbee enters the Klein game at Kirby Memorial Stadium with a 1-0 mark after beating Jesuit 51-0. Klein opened 1-0 by defeating Sweeney 20-8 and brings a balanced attack led by 160 pound halfback P Kindle and quarterback S Oltermann.
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Tigers
Klein
Silsbee Tigers
Klein Bearkats
Kirby Memorial Stadium
Silsbee
Jesuit
Bearkats
P. Kindle
Sweeney
S. Olterman
Tiger
Ray McGallion
Oliver Jones
Buddy Be
Mike Yarborough
Mitch Dinkle
McGallion
Radar Unit Operating In Silsbee
Silsbee Police Chief Bob L Ogden announced a mobile radar unit is in use citywide with focus on school zones and problem speeding areas. Motorists may exceed by 15 mph before signs are up, then citations rise to 10 mph over after signage. The $2300 MR-7 system, unique in the area, records speed ahead and behind the moving patrol car.
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Silsbee
Bob L Ogden
Oxden
Purse Snatching Report After Silsbee Football Game
Silsbee police logged two purse thefts last weekend. A 14 year old boy was arrested at home after Mrs C F Ernest reported an $8 purse theft. Patrolman Ruggles and other officers connected a September 8 incident near the Silsbee Jesuit game where Mrs Birdwell’s purse was taken and about $80 vanished from the wallet. The purse was recovered near Simmons Motor Co and returned to the husband.
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Silsbee
Morris Cole
the Bee
C. F. Ernest
Hardin County
Sammy Ruggles
Cole
Rayford Birdwell
Former Mayor McClanahan Jr. Returns Home After Heart Surgery
Former Mayor Frank L. McClanahan Jr. who had heart surgery in Houston on August 3 has returned to his home in Silsbee on Saturday.
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Frank L. McClanahan Jr
Houston
Silsbee
Lumberton Trustees Adopt New Student Dress Code
Lumberton School District board adopted a revised dress code on September 7 outlining apparel standards. It prohibits tank tops and short skirts, requires neat hair and visible undergarments, and specifies footwear and shirt-tails guidelines while giving administrators authority to address appearance issues.
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Lumberton
Lumberton Independent
Board of Education
Last Rites for Mrs Ettie Hicks Held at Spurger Church
Funeral services for 81 year old Ettie Lee Hicks of Spurger were set for 11 am at Spurger First Baptist Church with Bishop Richard Worley officiating. Burial follows in Turner Branch Cemetery. Hicks died Monday at Tyler County Hospital after a sudden illness. Surviving grandchildren, daughters and brothers are listed among those attending the service.
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Ettie Lee Hicks
Spurger
Spurger First Baptist Church
Richard Worley
Turner Branch
Hicks
Tyles County
Tyler County Hospital
Silsbee
Claude C. Coward
Maureen Hanks
Joel M. Coward
F.C. Hicks
L. P. Hicks
C. B. Hicks
W. W. Hicks
J. M. Hicks
J. F Hicka
A. O. Hicks
Dassetta
C. C. Hicks
Dikarta
Indonesia
Opal Coward
Woodville
Bertha Lou Hooks
Nettie Lee Stutzman
Sallie Jeffcoat
Beaumont
Lela Mae Griffith
Nederland
Oscar Walker
Emory Walkler
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Carawayh
Belton
Jease
McCormick
Billy E. Paine
Emmett Lack
Deep East Texas
Sheriff's Department
Silsbee Auto Co
Sour Lake Motors
Paine
Paul Brodie
Puerto Rico
Wed
Butch Smith
Dinkle
Houston Jesuit
Fighting Crusaders
Hardin, Chambers
Bubba McGallion
David Moss
Lewis Haynes
Randy King
George Jeffcoat
Keven McClusky
Bobby Joe Westbrook
Jesse Davis
Tommy Dunnigan
Ettie Hicks
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