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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1977
Page
3
Nu Upsilon meets at Mrs. Suzanne Sprinkle’s home with 12 members. Mrs. Cathy Thompson presided as president. The group discussed Silsbee T-shirts and upcoming year projects. Mrs. Hilda Arnold gave a families program. Hosts were Mrs. Arnold and Mrs. Donna Davis.
The Silsbee Chapter of Young Homemakers of Texas held its first work year meeting at Silsbee High School. Eight members will attend Area IX Convention at Stephen F. Austin State University on Sept 17 with Joyce Marmning as guest speaker.
Three men were sworn in at U S District Court in Beaumont to hear evidence in 40 land condemnation suits for Big Thicket land. Jack B Osborne John Blackwell and Smythe Shepherd were appointed to set fair prices after appraisals from owners and federal lawyers in Hardin Tyler Liberty Polk and Jefferson counties. Hearings usually last one day to a week and the tribunal aims to speed proceedings and standardize judgments. They will be paid, with daily rates not yet decided and likely under 150 per day.
The county court docket call is scheduled for 10 a.m. Sept 20 in the Hardin County Court room at Kountze. County attorney Bo Horka asks each defendant or attorney to contact his office before the date to discuss case disposition. Judge Emmett Lack will preside and Horka represents the state.
The docket shows defendants scheduled for the September 20 1977 county court session at 10 00 A M including Theodore R Dahl Daigle Dailey Maurice Daniel Jessie Davis Owen Davis Roscoe Davis Mona Day Billy Dear Jr William Deckard Anderia Divins Alton Dixon Elbert Cleven Dodd Jessie Dorland Milam Dowdell Wallace Downs William Dryden Johnny Duke Jimmy Dunnam Willie Durham Matthew Eason W E Eason Wilburn Eddings Jack Edgar Dorothy Elam Perry Ewings Edith Whitehead Banks Warren Banks Banks a series of DWI charges theft by check marijuana possession and related counts across a crowded docket with multiple defendants cited for offenses ranging from harassment to non support and weaponrelated counts and notes of fraud and unlawful weapon possession.
The docket call for Municipal Court is set for September 22 before City Judge Frank Grote. Cases listed include Edward Garcia for speeding and others such as Leonard Watson dis orderly conduct and Carroll Conway for disobeyed stop sign.
Barbara Paret and Lola Burgess head ACT IV the new guild of the Silsbee Little Theater. The group will handle decorating props playbooks wardrobe and housekeeping plus planning the spring dinner theater and a children's program for the 1977 1978 season.
Former Governor Preston Smith announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Texas governor. He criticizes successor Dolph Briscoe as a caretaker governor and argues ten consecutive years in office is too long for one leader.
The first TLC parent meeting of the school year will be Friday September 16 at 10 00 a m in the Gulf States Utilities community room 210 West Avenue H Parents may call 385 5286 for more information
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