Tigers Welcome Cleveland in Friday Night Clash at Kirby Memorial
Silsbee prepares for a tough home game against the Cleveland Indians at Kirby Memorial Stadium Friday night at 7 30 p m. Coaches praise the improved team play after Channelview and expect big challenge from Cleveland with star power on offense and a stout line on defense.
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Silsbee
Cleveland Indians
Kirby Memorial Stadium
Tigers
Cleveland
Ray McGallion
Channelview
Doug Almond
Derek Shelton
Artie Shankle
City Files 34 Cases On Junk Houses Autos
City records show 34 dilapidated structure cases since 1972 with 24 buildings torn down and four repaired. Three cases sent to the City Attorney while one needs action by Sept. 20. One structure burned. insurance settlement expected. owner of another cannot be located. About 20 owner letters will issue and 40 junk car owners contacted.
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SiTsbee
Jerry D. Jones
Jones
Trustees Study Revised Air Conditioning Proposals
Silsbee Independent School District trustees hold a Sept. 23 work session with architect Augie Saxe to review cost cutting options for air conditioning and roofing across district plants. Saxe had to re evaluate estimates after bidders exceeded his original costs. Board also discussed union labor for the auto and power mechanics shop, tax collection updates, and bids for five water coolers and six water fountains with multiple local firms bidding.
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Silsbeek Independent School District Board of Building Committee
Augie Saxe
Crawford
The
BEE
Saxe
Hadeen
Timates
Marvin Davenport
Equalization Board
C. R. Baker
Bung! Machine and Welding Service
Silsbee High School
L. P. Vault
Baker
Vault
SISD
Supt
Apache Lumber Co
Silsbee
Interstate Supply Co
Port Arthur
Moore Supply Co
Beaumont
A. McKinney and Sons
McKinney
Jothers
Five Indicted by Hardin County Grand Jury
The Hardin County Grand Jury returned six indictments against five people in Monday session with one suspect at large. Indicted were John Carlisle Johnson of Cushing Texas and Gene Franklin Smith of Beaumont for driving while intoxicated second offense. Wesley Wooten of Silsbee for theft. Linda Yvonne Thompson of Silsbee for two counts of forgery and one theft indictment against an unnamed in custody subject. No-bills were issued for Charles Ray Moore for theft and Gregory Paul Fontenot for aggravated assault on a police officer. Wiley Lewis Headrick Jr. of Silsbee was indicted last week for theft by Jefferson County Grand Jury.
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Hardin County Grand Jury
John Carlisle Johnson
Cushing
Tex
Gene Franklin Smith
Beaumont
Wesley Wooten
West Avenue J
Silsbee
Linda
Yvonne Thompson
Aline Harper
Charles Ray Moore
Gregory Paul Fontenot
Stanley Coe
BEE
Wiley Lewis Headrick Jr
Jefferson County
Grand Jury
Damage suit against former deputies reset for November trial
A civil action seeking 200000 dollars in actual and tentative damages has been re set for trial the week of November 4. Plaintiffs Alice Lamb and Bill Lamb allege assault and battery by former Hardin County Deputies Jesse Cartwright and Don Merrill during a tavern investigation. The motion for continuance was granted on August 27, moving the trial from the week of September 3 to early November.
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Hardin County
Alice Lamb
Bill Lamb
Fof
the Bee
Joe Fisher
Mrs Firrel Moves to Silsbee Home
Mrs. Mary Firrel of Cush ing Oklahoma will make her home at 1070 North Eleventh Street in Silsbee. She is the mother of Mrs. Patt Pyron.
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Mary Firrel
Cushing, Okla
Eleventh Street
Silsbee
Patt Pyron
Cache of stolen mobile home gear found near Mandy Lake
More than $2,000 worth of mobile home equipment stolen from Beaumont last month was recovered Sunday in woods near Mandy Lake in Hardin County. James K Riles of Lumberton found the cache while target practicing and alerted authorities. Items included a three and a half ton air conditioner, ducts, four 12 ton jacks, and assorted hardware from Mobile America Mobile Home Sales of Beaumont, which had reported the theft earlier. The goods were returned to the owners Sunday and Monday. deputies praised Riles for honesty and help.
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Beaumont
Mandy Lake
Hardin County
Lia Moore
Kountze
Charles Laird
Moore
James K Riles
Lumberton
Riles
Riff
Laird
Mobile America Mobile Home Sales Company
County awaits state OK for 189750 garbage system
Hardin County plans a $189 750 garbage compaction and sanitary landfill system, with final use awaiting approvals from four state agencies. The project faced regulatory timing changes but includes containers and trucks stored at county maintenance yards while state review proceeds.
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Tyler
Precinct One
Silsbee
Hardin County
BEE
George P. Bane Co
Horace Moye
State Health Department
Hayes Road
Burglary Charges Filed Against Two Suspects
James William Price and Billy Royce Williford were arraigned on burglary charges in Hardin County after arrest in Beaumont on Sept 14. Warrants accuse them of September 8 burglaries and attempted safe cracking at the Lumberton School Tax Office and Bell Oil Co. in Lumberton. They are held on a total $40,000 bond.
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James William Price
Route Three
Box 360
Lumberton
Billy Royce Williford
Beaumont
Hardin County
Justice of the Peace
Bennie L. Como
Billy Paine
Price
Williford
Bell Oil Co
Library Proposes Free Use For Silsbee Residents Only
The Silsbee Public Library Board asks the City Council to designate the library a municipal facility with free service for Silsbee residents while out-of-town users pay annual fees. The move follows Wardin County budget refusals and a $5,800 balance, approved Sept. 16 and set to take effect Oct. 1 1974 if council accepts. New officers were elected: vice-chairman Mrs. Tom Price secretary Mrs. Gary Woodson treasurer E. J. Dietrich member-at-large.
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Silsbee
Wardin County
Sheffield
Free Reference Service
Tom Price
Gary Woodson
E. J. Dietrich
Auditor warns Hardin County on overspent Road and Bridge fund
Auditor Horace Moye told County Commissioners and officials the Road and Bridge fund was in deficit at least 8 000 as of Monday, after receiving 42 000 in Lateral Road Funds last week. He projected a potential year end red of about 200 000 if spending continues, unless cuts are made.
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Hardin County
Horace Moye
Moye
The
BEE
City and County Investigate Two Thefts
Silsbee Police were notified Sept. 16 that a Unicorn Rockwell pocket calculator stolen from a Silsbee High School locker checked out to John Buchanan of Route One Silsbee. Theft occurred before 3 10 p m Monday Sept 16. Three cases of soft drinks were stolen from Lee Engineering Co Lamberton reported by Harold Lee to the Sheriff's dispatcher at 10 a m Monday Sept 16. No other thefts noted Deputies said.
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Silsbee
John Buchanan
Route One
Bob L. Ogden
Lee Engineering Co
Lamberton
Morris Cole
the Bee
Harold Lee
Sheriff's
Cole
One Year-Old Hit By Truck In Silsbee
LaPatrick Edwards the year old son of Mrs Brenda Edwards of 450 South 12th Street Silsbee was listed in fair condition at St Elizabeth Hospital Wednesday after head injuries from being hit by a truck about 8 p m Tuesday.
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LaPatrick Edwards
Brenda Edwards
South 12Th Street
Silsbee
St. Elizabeth Hospital
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