The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 11, 1984 Page: 1 of 32
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The Silsbee Bee
VOLUME 66 - NUMBER 36 SILSBEE, TEXAS 77656, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11,1984 28 PAGES IN 3 SECTIONS
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County Airport To
Receive *33,000
To Improve Runway
The Texas Aeronautics Com-
mission has approved a 2.5
million Texas Financial Assis-
tance Program for FY1985 that
will support public airport pro-
jects in 47 communities across
the state.
Commissioners also elected
officers for the coming year and
ruled oh a number of intrastate
Commuter airline applications.
Among communities assisted
by the grant program were
$40,000 to Abernathy to re-
place existing low-intensity
runway lights (LIRL) with
medium-intensity runway
lights (MIRL); $24,000 to Aran-
sas Pass to seal coat and
restripe a 60’-by-3240’ runway;
$42,000 to Bay City to seal coat
and restripe a 75'-by-5120' run-
way, stub taxiway, and apron;
$30,000 to Bishop to seal coat
and restripe a 50’-by-3200’ run-
way, taxiway, and apron areas.
$33,000 to Brady to seal coat
and restripe 75’-by'3240' Run-
way 17/35; $150,000 to Brown-
wood to seal coat and restripe
150’-by-5598’ Runway 17/35
and 100’-by-4600' Runway
12/20 and taxiways; $21,000 to
Bryan to seal coat and restripe
50’-by-3240’ Runway 13/31;
$27,000 to Crystal City to seal
coat and restripe 60’-by-3550’
runway and install fencing.
$40,000 to Culberson County
(Van Horn) to seal coat and
restripe 75’-by-6000’ Runway
3/21; $24,000 to Euval County
(Freer)tto aealcoat and restripe
80’-by-32000’ runway, taxiway,
and apron; $90,000 to Ector
County (Odessa) to reconstruct
Taxiway A and hangar access
taxiways; $110,000 to Gaines-
ville to reconstruct a taxiway,
construct drainage facilities,
and pave the auto park.
$150,000 to Gilmer to repair
and seal coat 50’-by-3000’ run-
way and apron, to acquire land
and a clear zone, to extend
runway 300’, to expand the
apron and reconstruct the
primary surface; $70,000 to
Hamilton to seal coat paved
areas, pave the taxiway to
Runway 35; and replace LIRL
with MIRL.
$33,000 to Hardin County
(Kountze-Silsbee) to seal coat
and restripe 75’-by-3800’ Run-
way 13/31; and $75,000 to
Jasper County (Jasper) to seal
coat and restripe 70’-by-4150'
Runway 17/35, apron, and taxi-
ways, and to repair the north
taxiway.
IN COMMISSIONERS COURT
Sheriff Questions Budget Procedure
And Is Denied Grievance Hearing
Hardin County Commission-
er’s approved a $5,778,619 bud-
get for 1984-85 in Tuesday’s
action, but Hardin County
Sheriff H.R. Mike” Holzapfel
said in a hearing before the
commissioner’s that the com-
missioner’s had failed to follow
guidelines set down by Texas
state law and asked for a
hearing from the grievance
committee on salary and ex
penditure matters.
Holzapfel’s request for a
grievance committee hearing
was denied by Judge M.R.
‘Pete’ McKinney, who said he
had not turned in a written
request as specified by the
court.
Holzapfel’s appeal was made,
he said, on behalf of about 40
older employees who were ap-
parently not going to get as
much money as two new em-
ployees whose job descriptions
had not been released as yet.
Holzapfel also stated that
equipment he needed to run the
department was required by
law, but would not be forth-
coming, according to the new
budget.
In other action, the court
hired Kenneth Furlow, Lum-
berton attorney, to help collect
Thompson Calls Lincoln Game
Must Win Situation For Tigers
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When the chips were down
last week, the Silsbee Tigers
showed they had a lot of grit in
coming back, but this week,
against Lincoln in a home-
coming contest, Silsbee coach
Lidney Thompson expects
more of the same.
Lincoln brings a 4-1 record
into the contest while Silsbee is
holding a 1-4 sheet.
“It’s a must win situation for
us," Thompson said. “This is
the game for the second spot in
the playoffs, and we really need
to win it. I think we can win it."
Kime Is Indicted
By Grand Jury
Jefferson County grand
jurors on Oct. 4 indicted Timo-
thy Francis Kime on a charge of
murder in the September death
of Pui-Suen Tschang at a va-
cant house in Beaumont.
Kime, 36, of Kingston Trailer
Park in Lumberton, remained
jailed Thursday on a $500,000
bond. Police last month charg-
ed him in the Sept. 12 death of
Tschang, 40, of 4480 Thomas
Park Road, Beaumont.
An autopsy showed Tschang
bled to death after being stabb-
ed five times in the chest.
Police arrested Kime, a
house painter, 13 days after a
contractor found Tschang’s
body at 9455 Mapes.
One big question mark,
though, is the fact that Thomp
son’s signal caller, Gerald
Lewis, is a questionable starter
for the contest. Lewis went
down on the last play of the
game against Jasper with a
bruised jaw.
Lewis is the second Silsbee
quarterback to be injured this
season. The first one, Richard
Harris, returned to playing
defense three games ago after
breaking a bone in his hand the
weekend before practice start-
ed in August. Harris has only
played on defense since, and
the quarterback spot has fallen
directly on Lewis.
Tommy Tatum, the third
quarterback on the squad, has
only seen limited action all
season, but scored the final
touchdown of the game Friday
against Jasper.
Lincoln apparently doesn’t
have the quarterback problem
the Tigers do.
“They alternate quarter
backs,” Thompson said. “They
also throw a lot. They hahe a
top running back and kickoff
return specialist, and we know
we’ve got to stop him."
Lincoln defeated Little Cy-
press Mauriceville 21 14 last
week^while Jasper was battling
Silsbee.
“Our defense has been get-
ting better each week," Thomp
son said. Thompson also is one
of those coaches who feels
homecoming may not be ad van
tageous.
“We simply cannot let home-
coming distract us," Thompson
said. “I don’t think it distracts a
whole lot, but I really don't like
it."
Thompson said he doesn't
plan on altering his game attack
any even though the Tigers
have only won one game so far.
“We’ll just have to play all of
it better. Our kids do play hard,
and you take away the two big
plays last week and it could
have been a real interesting
ball game. That’s the first time
I’ve ever had a kickoff return
run back against me since I
started coaching."
In addition to Lewis ques-
tionable status, Thompson still
will be without the services of
Ron Luna, who was hurt in the
Conroe game.
Gametime is 7:30 p.m. Fri
day at Kirby Stadium.
delinquent taxes.
The budget was approved by
a narrow 3-2 margin, with
commissioner’s James McGal-
lion and Herb Williams oppos-
ing the vote.
The commissioner’s approv
ed a 37.4 percent increase per
$100 evaluation as a new tax
rate, making the proposed total
tax assessment $3,682,122.
Senior citizens and disabled
persons were given a $10,000
exemption on homesteads.
Commissioner’s granted re
meration to Captain James
Butler of the Sheriffs Depart
ment, for reimbursement of the
loss of his personal horse and
trailer that occurred during a
wreck while Captain Butler was
on county business.
The court appointed John
Sossoman, Beaumont Colony,
as chairman for the Hardin
County Historical Society.
Commissioner's also gave ap
proval to travel expenses for
Holzapfel, Versie Flowers,
Gloria Dunlap and Larry Allen.
the court gave Commissioner
($•• Sheriff Sec. 1, Page 3)
HOMECOMING QUEEN — Silsbee High School senior
Missy Brocato was named 1984 Homecoming Queen lr»
ceremonies Tuesday morning. She is pictured with
Student Body President Greg Simpson (left) and
Richard Harris, her escort.
Missy Brocato To Reign
As Homecoming Queen
Silsbee High School senior
Missy Brocato has been chosen
the 1984 Homecoming queen.
She was presented to the
student body in ceremonies at
Silsbee High School Tuesday
morning.
Missy is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Mickey Brocato, and
her escort was Richard Harris.
Other members of her court
are seniors Melissa Chanel),
Kim McCabe, and Kelli Parks.
Junior class representatives
are Shonia Arline, Michelle
Barclay, Paula Cook and
Amanda Hogon.
Sophomores are Tonya Hoi
man, Melissa Tarver, Gina
Tousha, and Amy Webb.
The queen and her court will
be presented at halftime cere
monies during the Silsbee
Lincoln football game Friday at
Kirby Stadium.
Homecoming Activities Will
Begin Tonight With Bonfire
City Sets 1984 Tax Rate
At 57.6* Per * 100 Valuation
The Silsbee City Council set
the 1984 tax rate at 57.6 cents
per hundred dollars valuation
in action taken during Tues-
day’s regular meeting session,
up two cents from 1983’s 55.6
cents.
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SILSBEE FIREMEN GET THE LOWDOWN on Hi* use of now equipment purchosod by
tho Silsbee Firo District for uio by tho Silsbee Flro Department. The versatile unit
can be utilised on chemical and oil fires, as well at auto and grass fires.
Silsbee Fire Department Gets
Two Small Versatile Units
The Silsbee Volunteer Fire
Department has acquired two
•mall fire trucks for use on
small chemical, oil, gasoline,
auto and gnus fires and haa
rented a building on Highway
92, about three miles north of
town, for storing the trucks.
The fire department has had
help on purchasing the trucks
from the forest service. The
Silsbee Fire Department's cost
on the trucks was $3,900 each,
with the forest service putting
up half of the money. (Both
units hold 250 gallon tanks.
The Silsbee Fire District is
sponsoring the project for the
fire department.
In other action, the council
approved specifications and ad
vertising for three police cars.
In addition, the council set a
hearing date for Tuesday, Oc
tober 23, at 7 p.m. on a
proposed gas rate hike by
Entex.
The council heard reports
from P.M. Leonard complain
ing about the city building
inspector. Leonard reportedly
wanted a temporary light pole
put up at his building site, and
Gulf States Utilities requested
Trustees Approve Drug
Awareness Program
The Silsbee Independent
School District Board of Trust
ees approved a plan presented
by Sheriff H.R. ‘Mike’ Holzap
fel to install a drug awareness
program in the elementary
school.
Holzapfel said he believes
that the fourth, fifth, and sixth
graders are the most im
pressionable at this age level,
and that drug usage can be
drastically reduced by the time
children in that grade level
reach high school.
Boys and girls participating
in this program will receive
Junior Deputy badges, as well
as identification cards.
The school board also heard a
report from the state fire
marshal’s office presented by
School Supt. E.W. Crawford.
The report said that most of the
schools met the fire safety
requirements but there were
several areas that needed im-
proving.
These areas included: padded
bars on doors leading to the
outside on elementary schools,
outside doors for the junior
high gym, and paneling mater-
ial in the junior high needed to
have a flame retardant.
that the pole be inspected by
the building inspector, which
was done, but Gulf States was
not satisfied with the inspec
tion, Leonard said, and so
would not turn the unit on.
The council also heard about
a drainage problem from Ger-
ald Fitzpatrick who lives just
off of Woodrow Road. Fitz-
patrick said the drainage need
ed to be repaired and that his
house had water in it from the
last heavy rain two weeks ago
Saturday.
Frank Garret, who lives on
Martin Luther King Drive, also
had a complaint about a drain-
age problem, and the decision
made by council was to refer
the problems to City Manager
Ronald Hickerson for additional
action.
Lumberton Woman
Faces Charges Of
Felony Theft Fraud
Hardin County Sheriffs de
puties making a routine call,
discovered some merchandise
that had been reported missing
earlier, and arrested one sus
pect on a charge of felony theft
fraud.
Gladys Ricks, 65, Lumber
ton, had reported $5,063 worth
of merchandise missing from
her residence on Sept. 1, 1984.
Officers making a routine call
about the missing merchandise
on Sept. 14 reported that they
saw some of it in a room of the
residence, and that they obtain
ed a search warrant and return-
ed on Sept. 22 and found the
rest of it.
Ricks was taken before Jus-
tice of the Peace Robert Ward’s
court, who set bond at $2,500.
Jerry Gage, Route Two, Box
872, Silsbee, reported to sher-
iffs deputies that he stopped at
(See Sheriff! Report Sec. 1, Page 3)
It's homecoming time again
for Silsbee High School and the
following classes will be honor
ed during festivities through
out the weekend: 1924, 1934,
1944, 1954, 1964, 1974, and
1984.
The schedule for the home-
coming activities is also set up.
A bonfire will be held at 7:30
p.m. Thursday on the empty lot
near Wal-Mart and a pep rally
will be held Friday at school at
2:10 p.m.
During halftime of the foot
ball game Friday night, the
queen and her court will be
presented. The game itself will
begin at 7:30 p.m. when the
Silsbee Tigers take on Lincoln
at Kirby Stadium.
The homecoming parade will
be held at 10 a.m. Saturday.
The parade will begin at the
traffic signal at Pine Plaza
Shopping Center, and end at
the Community Center on
Highway 96 South.
Persons planning to partici-
pate in the parade will meet in
front of Kirby Forest Indus
tries, Hwy. 92 North, at 9:30
a.m. Charles Tarver is parade
chairman.
The Ex Students will serve a
barbecue dinner at noon at the
Silsbee Middle School on North
7th Street . Proceeds will bene
fit the scholarship fund
A business meeting and brief
program will be held at 1 p.m.
in the Silsbee Middle School,
with W.E. "Red" 'nderson
presiding.
The homeeoming dance will
be held at the high school
cafeteria from 8 pm. until
midnight. Pictures will be tak
en between fi p.m. and 10 p.m.
Lumberton Squares Off Against
6th Ranked Jasper Bulldogs Friday
“We’ve got a plan.”
That was the comment given
by first year Lumberton Raider
coach Larry Spacek when ask
ed his opinion of what the
outcome would be tomorrow
night when his Raiders face the
6th ranked Jasper Bulldogs.
Despite the 8-point loss last
week to South Park, Spacek
said everything is buzzing
around Raiderland and for once
in a long time, the Raiders and
fans are looking forward to
making the trip to Jasper.
Spacek continued to say that
spirits were sky high despite
the loss because the kids know
they were a better team and
should have won, but the
mistakes dismantled them of-
fensively.
Spacek and the Raiders can’t
help but be all smiles these
days as they are making history
with every down they play, and
doing a pretty good job of it.
Since Spacek and staff have
taken over the coaching re-
sponsibilities, the word Foot
ball has taken a whole new
meaning in Lumberton, and he
has injected a winning spirit in
the team, while quenching a
thirst that the community has
been enduring too long.
Although the Raiders sport a
(3-2) worksheet, they are only a
few mistakes away from being
undefeated and their attitude is
that they can stay on the field
with anyone.
Yes, the Raiders are ready
for Jasper.
“We are completely healthy,
we have no eligibility problems,
and we are getting sharper
every game." said the Raider
mentor.
According to reports, the
Raiders will need all their fire
power against the Dogs if they
are to surpass the 9 4A power
house tomorrow night.
The Dogs are tough all over.
They have speed, size and
talent Spacek said, "but we’re
hoping to make thpm play our
game, we won't to make things
happen."
Jasper’s speedster Tony
Allen destroyed Silsbee last
week and according to Spacek,
he will have to be contained.
(See Roideri Sec. 1 Page 3)
Election Judges, Polling Places
Are Named For November 6
The locations and judges of
voting precincts for the Novem
ber 6 General Election have
been announced by the Hardin
County Commissioner's Court.
They are:
Precinctl, Kountze, Hardin
County Courthouse, Mary Har
graves.
Precinct 2, North Silsbee,
Silsbee Little League Ball
Park, Hwy. 92, Ronnie Nash.
Precinct 3, Saratoga, Fire
Hall, Janie Flowers.
Precinct 4, Batson, Masonic
Hall. M.M. Crow.
Precinct 5, Thicket-Votaw,
Fire Hall, Walterine Loftin.
Precinct 6, Beaumont Col-
ony, Crestwood Baptist
Church, Marvin Craft.
Precinct 7, Honey Island,
Emmanuel Baptist Church,
Carroll Hendrix.
Precinct 8, Village Mills,
First Baptist Church, L.C.
Medlock.
Precinct 9, South Silsbee,
Civic Center, Eddie Van-
Winkle.
Precinct 10, Silsbee, Silsbee
Jr. Gymnasium, Betty Ann
Mitchell-Burl Modisette.
Precinct 11, Caney Head,
Wiley Mae Church, Jack Gore.
Precinct 12, North Kountze,
Kountze City Hall, Johnny
Traugott-Ms. Trougott.
Precinct 13, Lumberton,
Middle School, Charlotte
Brown.
Precinct 14, Pinewood, Pine-
wood Water District. Ms. Iva
Young.
(SeeShooting Sec. 1, Page 3)
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