The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 1980 Page: 1 of 30
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oil products, as Stinnes had
stipulated in counter charges.
Subtraction of the profits
from the Jury’s award could
leave South Hampton with a
$4.5 million payoff from
Stinnes. South Hampton attor-
neys believe that the profits
from the diesel sales will not
affect the settlement agreed on
by the jury.
United Petroleum Distri-
butors Inc. also was found by
the jury to have suffered
damages of $149,320 when its
sales were cut off by Stinnes,
and held the latter company
responsible.
Complex events which led to
the suit are listed as:
South Hampton agreed to
sell he#vy fuel oil and diesel
fuel to Stinnes in January 1975
fit Mjijk
then entered into
Petroleum,
riicrofll'D Center* Inc.
f.Q. Box 45^36
Texas 75235 SAUL'S
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OKLAHOMA JUSTICE
Steven Keith Hatch Given
Two Death Sentences
Steven Keith Hatch, 26, was
handed two death sentences
and two 45-year sentences by
an Oklahoma judge Friday for
the slayings of a minister and
his wife and the wounding of
their two children last October.
Hatch had been found guilty
Thursday in a non-jury trial of
the murders of Rev. Richard B.
Douglas and his wife, Marilyn,
and the wounding of their
children, Brooks, 16, and Les-
lie, 13, in their Okarche home.
His companion in the killing,
Glen Burton Ake, 24, has been
confined to a mental institution
after being declared incompe-
tent to stand trial. Officials in
El Reno announced that Ake
should be ready to stand trial
within 99 days.
The pair, along with their
traveling companion, Virginia
Keefe, 19, ire also charged
with the slayings last Novem-
ber of two men at a Lumberton
residence. Dale Randall Koken-
es, 35, and Yerby Land HI, 27,
were found bound and gagged
with shotgun blasts in their
back. Mrs. Keefe was freed by
District Attorney George Kirk-
patrick Jr. on condition that
she testify at the Oklahoma
trials. She reportedly did testi-
fy and agreed to return for
Ake’s trial. Although she was
involved in the Lumberton
murders, Mrs. Keefe was re-
portedly not with the men
when they committed the
Oklahoma killings.
The cases will under go the
usual appeals before Keith can
be legally put to death for his
part in the murders. In any
event, he will not be returned
to society for a long time if the
appeals are successful. Okla-
homa, like Texas, has adopted
lethal drug injection for the
death penalty.
Police Search Nets Three
On Marijuana Possession
City police searched a resi-
dence at 250 East Ave. G on
Sunday night and arrested
three persons on charges of
possession of marijuana (less
than two ounces).
Acting Chief of Police Dennis
Allen said officers, acting on a
reliable tip that there was
considerable amount of mari-
juana in the residence, obtained
a warrant from Justice of the
Peace Robert Ward. The offi-
cers entered the house at 9:48
p.m. and found the marijuana.
Arrested were Pamela Ann
Price, 19, Jeffrey Lynn Shores,
19, and Robert W. Shores, 20,
Tax Appraisal
Board Plans To
Hire Appraiser
Hardin County’s new tax
appraisal board is looking for an
appraiser and the preference is
toward a local person to fill the
job, according to Secretary
Billy Tomlinson, of Saratoga.
TTie board met April 16 in
Kountze to continue the pro-
cess of setting up operational
procedures prior to becoming
the county's tax appraisal unit
in 1981.
Tomlinson was optimistic
about the functioning of the
board Which is designed to
eliminate dual appraisals in the
county. “It is hopeful it will
relieve us of some of the double
taxes with equal appraisals,”
Tomlinson said. He also noted
that taxpayers are paying for
appraisals four times under the
present system of each entity
doing its own appraising.
The new appraisal board will
operate under guidelines set by
the state. Tomlinson said he
expected blackiash from the
public when the board begins
functioning, but that will come
only if the people is not
informed. “It’s going to cost
money” to get the board into
operation, Tomlinson says, but
it will save taxpayers money in
the long run.
According to an estimate
from state officials, an apprais-
er may be paid from $35,000 to
$50,000 per year.
THE SlLSBEE BEE
VOLUME 62-NUMBER 11
SlLSBEE, TEXAS 77656, THURSDAY, APRIL 24,1980
32 PAGES IN 3 SECTIONS
AT SlLSBEE HIGH SCHOOL
Mike Colleps Is Valedictorian,
Sandra Messer Is Salutatorian
Three SUsbee students have
made the high honor plateau
with Mike Cordell Colleps lead-
ing the way as valedictorian
and Sandra Rene Messer as
salutatorian, with Becky L.
Hardy running a close third.
all giving an address of 260
East Ave. G.
The three persons who were
arrested were arraigned before
Justice of the Peace Robert
Ward who set bond at $500
each. Officers taking part in the
raid, in addition to Allen, were
Sgt. William Gilley and Officers
Thomas McGraw and Larry
Daigle.
One man was arrested by
police for the alleged theft of
$26 at Conners Cafe. The police
report shows that Riley Charles
Burnett, 340 South 22nd St.,
had gone to the restaurant to
pay his food bill for the week.
The waitress told officers that
she left the money on top of the
register while she answered
the telephone. When she re-
turned the money and Barnett
were gone, the officers were
told.
Carl E. Warner, 166 Ave. H,,
complained to police that some-,
one had stolen auto parts
valued at $86 from a vehicle on
which he had beeiL^orking.
Shots were reported fired
into two windows during the
week. Jean Williams told offi-
cers someone had fired into the
window at the Shamrock Ser-
vice Station on North 5th
Street. A shotgun was believed
to have been used. Dean Hill,
manager of American National
Insurance, intersection of Old
Highway 418 and New High-
way 418, told officers someone
had shot into the window of his
office. Damages were estimat-
ed at $869.
City officers booked 29 per-
sons during the week, with 11
public intoxication cases head-
ing the list. Eight pleaded
guilty, two were released on
bonds, and one mental case
were included.
Six persons were booked for
possession of less than two
ounces of marijuana with one
other arrested for marijuana
and controlled substance pos-
session.
The remainder of the arrests'
included numerous minor char-
ges.
Traffic officers issued 42
citations and 71 warning tick-
ets. There were seven aban-
doned autos ordered removed.
(See Pollca Sac. 1, Pago ()
Colleps, 18, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Derrell Colleps, Rt. 6,
Silsbee, has a 98.1206 average.
Miss Messer, 18, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles D.
Messer, Silsbee, has a 96.8798
while Miss Hardy, 17, daughter
of Lt. Col. and Mrs. Thomas D.
Hardy, Cook’s Road, Silsbee,
posted a grade of 96.8618.
Colleps has been on the honor
roll all four of his high school
years. He lettered in football
and basketball during his fresh-
man and sophomore yean. The
1980 valedictorian, who plans
to attend engineering school at
Texas A&M University, is a
three-year member of the
JETS (Math) Club. He attend-
ed Silsbee schools for 12 years,
and is a Silsbee native.
Colleps won the district title
in the University Interscholas-
tic League District Science
Contest, and copped ”S” a-
wards in English I, II, and HI,
American History, Combined
Physics and Chemistry H,
Biology L Algebra I, Algebra H
and Geometry, Spanish I and
H.
As a member of the student
council during his senior year,
Colleps was honored by being
named parliamentarian. He
was inducted into the National
Honor Society during his junior
year.
MIKE COLLEPS
Lumberton Woman
Is Injured
In Auto Crash
Bramlet Wimberly, 62, of
Lumberton, was said to be in
critical condition in St. Elisa-
beth Hospital following a collis-
ion April 18 at Eastex Freeway
and Tram Road.
The victim suffered head
injuries in the crash of her
vehicle was left in a precarious
position on the edge of a ditch.
The driver of the other car,
Flora Randolph, 86, of Beau-
mont, was reported to have
escaped injury.
p'm—. „
BECKY HARDY
SANDRA MESSER
Other honors enjoyed by
Colleps during his tenure at
SHS are: president of the Chess
Club; member of the Free
Enterprise Club (this group, in
its first year, came in second at
a Lamar contest); participated
in Lamar Math Day; is a
participant in the Stock Market
Game sponsored by Baylor U.;
winner of a JETS scholarship
and was a finalist in the
GFMCO Scholarship Contest.
Miss Messer, who has no
immediate plans for attending
college, has attended Silsbee
schools all 12 years and has
been an honor roll student
during her four years at SHS.
FOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Little Dribbler Champs To
Play In Levelland Meet
SQsbee’s Little Dribbler Min-
or League All-Stars will leave
Tuesday for Levelland to play
in the National Tournament
after dispensing with four
temas to take the state meet
last week at Pearland.
Coach Jim Bowen has been
working his team all week
getting them ready for the big
one next week. The youths
have the ability to possibily pull
off the big one at Levelland, but
the youngsters need both moral
and monetary support to make
the trip to the National event.
Assistant Coach Dave Patta-
rozri released the bracket for
the tourney which gives Silsbee
a bye. The state champs will
face the winner of the Level-
land-Bay Area game which
begins at 1 p.m. Friday, May 2.
If the Silsbee team wins the
first game the next contest will
be with the winner of the
Mid-Cities-Lamesa match. A
win from the winner of this
event will place the Silsbee
team in the championship game
on Saturday, May 8. This is a
double elimination tournament
which means a team can lose
one game and still come back to
take the tournament champion-
ship.
The minor league all-stars
representing Silsbee Little
Dribbler's Association made
the most impressive showing in
the history of its organization
by winning the state tourna-
ment in Pearland last weekend.
Thursday the minor leaguers
met Pearland and dominated
the board with a 58-81 win.
Later Bryan fell to the upcom-
ing champions 84-28. The closet
and most hard fought game was
(See Chomp* Soe. 1, Pago t)
South Hampton Awar
Damages In Breach
Of Contract Suit
South Hampton Co. was
awarded what could be a $7.5
million verdict by a jury in U.S.
District Court in Beaumont
April 18 in a suit against the
Stinnes Corp. of New York for
breach of contract.
The jury took approximately neys
three hours to reach a decision
in the suit which had taken
three years to get into court
and three weeks to try.
Although the final decision
on the sum to be paid remains
an issue between the two
parties, the jury decided that
the Silsbee company suffered
damages in the amount of
$7,574,509 from the breach of
contract dealing with heavy
fuel oil. The panel also found
that South Hampton had had a
profit margin of $2,996,885
following the cancellation of
another contract dealing with Stinnes
sale of diesel fuel. two similar
South Hampton was also fuel to U
found to have not overpriced its (SeeSult tec. .1,
She is a member of the
Christian Club, two-year mem-
ber of the Spanish Club and is
presently serving as secretary;
four-year member of the JETS
Club, member of the Student
Council during junior and sen-
ior years; two-year member of
National Honor Society, Senior
Class Faculty Representative,
two-year member of the drill
team, this year’s captain of drill
team.
(See Colltpi Set. 1, Page a)
Lack Files
*7 Million Suit
Against BEE
Houston Thompson, a Silsbee
attorney, filed a $7 million
dollar lawsuit Tuesday against
The Silsbee Bee and its publish-
er, Robert L. Read in behalf of
his client, Emmett Lack.
The suit alleges that articles
appearing in the BEE concern-
ing Lack, a candidate for
sheriff, has caused him “mental
pain and anguish,” and would
“cause citizens and voters of
Hardin County, Texas, to fail to
vote for, or to vote against,
plaintiff as a candidate for
sheriff...”
Thompson's petition also
claimed that over the years the
BEE has “fought him (Lack)
maliciously and have a history
of untruthful allegations about
the plaintiff.” The petition
specifically cited a letter pub-
lished in the BEE and signed by
Tommy L. Edgar, two news
stories announcing Lack's in-
tention of running for sheriff
and an editorial published in
the April 17 issue of the BEE
which answered statements
termed untruthful contained in
a letter which Lack mailed to
several Hardin County address-
es.
Harless Steps
Down Front
LMUD Job
Tm not bitter, just dis-
appointed that there wasn't
more interest shown in the
election,” commented C. M.
Harless, who stepped down
Monday as president and mem-
ber of the Lumberton Municipal
Utilities District Board.
Harless’ decision to step
down was made after the
election of Howard Gafford and
Kerry Bendy to the board. The
two men represent a group
calling itself Citizens for Free-
dom.
Harless said, “I don't feel I
spent too much time working
for the district-I just did what I
could.” James Denton, an ap-
pointee to the board, was
named to succeed Harless as
(SeelMUDSec. I, Peg*2)
DISTRICT OFFICES
Jacqueline Read Is
Named The C Of C
Mother Of The Year
By HAROLD LEIGH
“It is the many little things
that shedbes forpsthst makes
her so special.”
Those Words were written ih
a letter by Mrs. Phyllis Biggs
which placed her mother, Mrs.
Jacqueline Read, in the nomi-
nation for Silsbee’s Mother of
the Year.
Her letter, and another writ-
ten earlier and signed by Mrs.
Biggs, and her twin brothers,
Bob and Jack Read, were
enough to convince a Chamber
of Commerce Committee that
she should be the Mother of the
Year for 1980. The committee is
composed of Chairman Linda
Brown, Harold Gardner, Eve-
lyn Allen, Rowena Caraway
and Bonnie Robinson.
Mrs. Read will be honored at
a reception May 4 from 8-5 p.m.
at the Clifton Caraway home,
450 Durdin Drive.
' The new Mother of the Year,
was born March 18, 1985 in
Beaumont, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Wilson. Her popular
ity in high school included
election as a class officer all
four years, editor of the Tiger
Rag and as a member of the
cast in the junior-senior play.
She was valedictorian of the
1952 graduating class at Silsbee
High School.
Mrs. Read attended Texas
Women’s University in Denton
one year before transferring to
Sam Houston State University
at Huntsville. She graduated
three years later with hoeors.
ton, Jacqueline was married in
1958 to the late Tommy Read,
and their first child, Phyfiis,
was born in 1164. Two months
after her graduation. July,
1966, her twin sons, Robert
Mark and Jack David, were
born.
Mrs. Read began her teach-
ing career, which has spanned
22 years, at Read-Turrentine
Elementary School and found
time to take care of her family
at the same time. Her family
increased one more in 1961 with
the birth of Janice Diane, and a
fifth child, Paul Wayne, came
along in 1961. 8he continued to
teach reading and spelling in
grades one, three, four and
five.
Silsbee's Mother of the Year
has not faltered in her deep
devotion to her family and
church, her children attest,
even in the foes of adversity.
Her husband, Tommy, who was
editor of the BEE, died in 1972,
one week after his oldest
deaughter wu married.
Mrs. Read took over as head
of the household and has semi
her children receive the proper
education and training needed
to compete in life.
In 1976, Mrs. Read was again
to face adversity which would
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April 3 Financial Statements
Show Horka Ahead In Spending
THE CHAAAPS—t to t—Joe Pox AAurphy. Doug Hole, Dennis Pottoroxxl, Irod
Crocker, Darren O'Dell, June June Atorrisey. Back raw i to t—Shannon George,
Assistant Coach, Dave Pottoroxxl.
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Financial statements filed
with the Secretary of State
show that Bo Horka has spent
more money, but has taken in
less on contributions while
State Representatives candi-
dates show less money received
and spent.
Horka's largest contribution
was $500 received from his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
T. Horka, to go with contribu-
tion of $60 and less which
makes up a total of $1,888.86.
Incumbent George Kirkpa-
trick Jr. has contributed $2,100
of his own money while receiv-
ing $870 from his father,
George P. Kirkpatrick Sr. of
Hilllster. His brother-in-law,
Charles H. Newsom, of
Kountze, added $297 to the
DA’s campaign pot. Another
$100 was received from N. L.
Bell, of Lumberton. Kirkpa-
trick’s receipts totaled $8,867.
Horka’s largest expenditure
recorded with the Secretary of
State is $4,964.40 to Branson-
Cobble Co., of Beaumont for
yardsticks and bumper stick-
ers. Freight on these items
came to another $186.88. Paint
and supplies purchased for
$102.56 from Lee’s Screen
Process Supply Co., of Hous-
ton, rounded out the expendi-
tures itemized by Horka.
Kirkpatrick’s itemized ex-
penditures totaled $2,968.26.
He listed a $600 filing fee to the
state; $297 to Texas Printing
Co., of Beaumont; $28.86 to
Christopher's Studio for por-
traits; $20.96 to Control Fre-
ight Co., of Nederland; $870 to
Posters Inc., Houston, for 4 ft.
by 8 ft. posters; $100 to KKAS
Radio for advertising; $20 to
Rev. David Holmes, pastor of
New Hope Baptist Church, for
advertising and $1,061.92 to R.
Z. Best for rulers and other
advertising materials.
Clyde E. Smith, candidate
for reelection as Judge of the
88th District Court, showed no
contributions or expenditures
on the report he filed with the
Secretary of State.
Rep. Jerry Clark, of Buna, a L
candidate for redaction to the
District 5 seat, reports his
expenditures at $8,000. He has
received $8,850, which includes
$750 of his own money. Contri-
butions include $1,500 from the
political action committee of the .
Texas Real Estate Dealers; -
$250 from the political action I
committee of Gulf 3tates Utili-
ties; $800 from the ACME i
Fund; $200 from Selman 1
of Beaumont; $100 from
Neal of Jasper;
Texas Fireworks
Silsbee; $150 from
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Read, R. L. The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 1980, newspaper, April 24, 1980; Silsbee, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth819883/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Silsbee Public Library.