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THE SlLSBEE BEE
VOLUME 69 - NUMBER 10
SlLSBEE,TEXAS 77656. THURSDAY. APRIL9,1987
22 PAGES IN 2 SECTIONS
Council And Mayor
Are Sworn In Monday
The Silsbee City Council held use of the library is permi'ted.
swearing-in ceremonies for the The vote was 4-2 for the
Park Board Recommends
Extra Patrols At City Park
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A COLLISION ON HIGHWAY 327 about on* mile west of Silsbee Tuesday tore o log truck to pieces and scattered
logs for about 100 yards but resulted in only minor ln|urles for one driver. DPS trooper Silly Rhea said. A van and
the log truck were both going west on the highway when they collided about 11:45 a m. Rhea said. The driver oi
the truck. Silly Westbrook 43 of Suna received minor injuries. Ronald Shuler. 36 of Seaumont the driver oi the
van. was not injured. Two backhoes pushed the logs off the highway to allow traffic to pass.
Board Canvasses Returns,
Re-Elects Herbst President
Silsbee trustee# canvassed
election returns and adminis
tered the oath of office to
Place 2 trustee Bob Herbst and
Place 1 trustee Davis Whitted
Tuesday night
< After the swearing in, the
board re elected Herbst presi
dent. Whitted vice president
and trustee Dot Smith secre
tary Herbst appointed Whit
ted. Smith and trustee Richard
Worley to the O'Neil scholar
ship committee and named
assistant superintendent liar
old Gardner as the district's
authomed representative for
the federal lunch program
In other action, board mem
bers authorised administration
and staff members to write a
prof«o»aJ to apply for JTPA IIA
funds. Trustee Carey Georgaa.
a member of the Private Indus
try Council which awards the
JTPA funds, said the I1A
program is a yob oriented pro
gram that operates during
school months to help disadvan
taged youth.
The district should know
Monday if it will receive JTPA
IIP funds, which would provide
education and remediation for
disadvantaged youth during
summer months. Georgas said.
IIA funds will probably be
awarded at the Private Indus
try Council's June meeting.
The board voted to hire
Kathy Nichols as the head girls'
basketball coach for the 1967 66
school year Nichols, an assis
tant coach in the Warren ISD.
is in her seventh year of
leaching and is qualified to
teach English, biology, physical
education and health, and can
also act as 1 counselor, Gsrdner
said.
Nichols attended East Texas
Baptist University and l^amar
University and earned a bach-
elor's degree in physical edu
cation and a master s degree in
guidance and counseling
Trustees voted to allow only
children of faculty and staff
members to transfer into the
school district while living else
where. The district had the
same policy last year.
The board approved an early
release date for students April
27 so first through eighth-
Silfbee Police
Report Slow Week
Silsbee police reported an
extremely slow week last week
with only six arrests made,
according to Police Chief Den-
nis Alien.
The arrests were made for one
charge of public intoxication.
(tM.Nks.SM. I, N»s II)
grade reading teachers can
attend an orientation session by
a consultant of the company
supplying the district with a
new reading and handwriting
sene*. Other staff development
programs will be presented for
other teachers.
SILSBEE SCHOOL BOARD vie* president Davis Whitted
and president Bob Harbst taka the oath of office
Tuesday night after trustees canvassed Saturday's
election results.
Four Persons
Enter Guilty Pleas
In District Court
Four guilty pleas were heard
last week in the 356th district
court according to the offices of
District Attorney R.F. "Bo"
Horka and District Judge Britt
Plunk.
Jessie Earl Cutwright, 31,
Silsbee Villas, No. D-7, Silsbee,
pleaded guilty to a misde
meanor charge reduced from a
charge of delivery' of a control!
ed substance. He was placed on
six months unadjudicated pro
bation and was fined $250 and
court costs;
Clayton Sizemore, aka Helter
Skelter Sizemore, 31, 5428
Ave. A., Beaumont, pleaded
guilty to a charge of burglary of
a building reduced from a
charge of burglary of a habits
tion. He was sentenced to 10
years in the Texas Department
of Corrections and was ordered
to pay court costs and $507
restitution.
Stuart Wade Gore. 21, P.0.
Box 35, Silsbee, pleaded guilty
to a charge of aggravated
robbery. He was placed on five
years unadjudicated probation
and was fined $500 and court
costs.
Charles David Street man,
23, 485 Alexander Road, Sils
I Pof« 10)
Honor Students Named
At Evadale High School
Sharon Wise is the 1967
Evadale; High School valedic
torian and Samantha Ingram is
the salutatorian. Scott Collier is
the third highest ranking stu
dent, according to Principal
Francis McDaniel.
Sharon, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jerry Wise of Eva-
dale. has been active in all
facets of high school life and has
held leadership positions in
many areas. She has been head
cheerleader, class officer and
Rebel Yell reporter. She was
elected Homecoming Queen.
Junior Duchess and Senior
Duchess. Her scholastic activi-
ties include participation in UIL
typing, spelling, calculator,
headline writing, editorial writ
ing, ready writing and literary
criticism. She has qualified for
regional competition in ealeu
lator, headline writing and
(to#Hu6#wt»tec. I. Peg# 10)
Silsbee police., .are-, miting
Knupple Park more frequently
after the city’s park advisory
board recommended the extra
patrols in a effort to curb
vandalism and alcohol vio
lations.
The recommendations came
after the advisory board met
with about 25 students March
30 to discuss recent increases in
the use of the park and the
problems resulting from it,
assistant city manager Cesar
Dominguez said.
The increase in the number
of students using the park--
especiaily between 8 p.m. and
midnight--has meant a increase
in vandalism, littering and al-.
coholic beverage violations, Po-
lice Chief Dennis Allen said.
The increased traffic volume
has also led to additional traffic
hazards, Alien said, and has
resulted in some of the park's
visitors being ticketed.
“That's nothing unusual," Al-
len said.
Dominguez said the advisory
board called the meeting to
discuss the situation with stu-
dents and to get the students'
input on solutions to the litter,
vandalism and traffic problems.
"The park board more or less
wanted to look into the matter
and see if there was any way
we could solve the problem,"
Dominguez, who serves as city
council liaison to the board,
said. We did get some good
input from the kids.
"I don't think it’s a serious
problem, but the park board
has to do everything it can to
see there aren’t any problems,"
Kountze Library
ReceraesT.LLTemple
Foundation Grant
The Kountze Public Library
has received a $15,000 grant
from the T.L.L. Temple Found-
ation to purchase new books,
and a contingency grant of
$10,000 to improve and expand
the existing library building.
The contingency grant re-
quires that $10,000 be secured
by the Kountze Library from
other sources by November of
this year.
Library spokesperson Vir-
ginia F. Simms said some
funding may be available from
the State Library Association.
The T.L.L. temple Foun-
dation makes grants to public
(S«« Grant Sec 1 Pog* 10)
Dominguez, said...    -----
"I think maybe what we did
accomplish was to send a mes-
sage through the kids that the
city will not tolerate drinking
and alcohol in the park,” Do-
minguez said.
Both Dominguez ana Allen
urged citizens to use the city's
parks as long as park rules ar.d
city ordinances are obeyed."
“Tin glad to see the kids out
there," Dominguez said. “I'm
glad they have somewhere to
go."
mayor and four new council
members in Monday’s regular
called meeting.
Taking the oath of '-ffice were
Mayor Wesley C. Latham and
members Marvin Littlepage,
Lenda Vae Blount, B.B. Simi-
eou and Helen Larsh. City
Judge Frank Grote conducted
the ceremony.
In other business, the council
canvassed—eJectipn returns
from Saturday’s balloting.
A public hearing for 7:30
p.m. Monday, April 20, was set
to allow public input on a zoning
change ordinance that would
permit C.W. Nerren and Len-
nox Hawthorne to open a
business on North-Fifth .
The council approved author
. izmg the City to enter into a
contract between Silsbee and
the Hardin County Commis-
sioners in which the City re-
ceives $5600 and countywide
approval of the measure with
couneilmen Thomas LaToof and
David Shows voting against the
proposal.
Installation of a street light
at the Silsbee Community Cen-
ter at the "southernmost en-
trance to the center was ap
proved.
A resolution was passed by
the council that_would support
plans by the Texas government
to bring a federal work* project
into the region. Some 2.500
jobs would become available if
the project is approved.
The council approved send
ing in an application to apply
for an Urban Development
Action Grant which would pro-
vide for private development
for housing. The grant would
also provide for more jobs and
help the economy in the cities
that are eligible
SILSBEE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS sworn In Monday night ara: (from loft) B.B.
Simiaou, Landa Vae Blount and Marvin Littlepage. City Judga Frank Grota con-
ducted the ceremonies, which also included Mayor Was Latham (saatad at loft)
and Halan Larsh. Tha member* were elected to tho council in balloting Saturday.
Littlepage, Larsh, Blount,
Simieou Win Council Seats
Marvin Littlepage defeated
incumbent C.E. "Pete" Landolt
Jr. for the position of at-large
Place 2 on the Silsbee City
Council in Saturday's election.
Littlepage won the seat by a
vote of 549 to Landolt's 290.
Incumbent councilwoman
Helen Larsh regained her Dis-
trict C seat by defeating chal-
lenger T. Michael Jumper 181
votes to 155. This marked the
second time in two months
Larsh had defeated Jumper,
the First time in a special runoff
election in February.
In a special election, held
concurrently with the regular
election, Lenda Vae Blount won
over Milton Young 174 votes to
39 for the District B seat. That
seat became vacant when
Councilman Herbert Ruckett
died in January.
Voters also elected Mayor
Wes Latham, who was running
Incumbent Trustees Returned
To School Board Positions
A fairly heavy voter turnout
returned two incumbent trus-
tees to their places on the
Silsbee school board Saturday.
Board president Bob Herbst
kept his Place 2 seat over
challenger Mrs. Ruby Mae
Dabney by a vote of 568 421.
Herbst, a 59 year-old process
engineer with Temple Eastex
Inc., has served on the board
since 1975.
Place 1 trustee Davis Whit
ted, vice president of the
board, ran unopposed in his bid
for re-election. Voters cast 837
votes to seat him for a third full
term. Whitted, 43, was ap
pointed to fill an unexpired
term about a year before he ran
for the seat' for the first time.
In absentee votes and votes
cast at the high school, Herbst
received 548 votes to Dabney's
414. Whitted got 816 votes. At
the Wiley Mae polling site,
voters gave Herbst 20 votes,
Dabney seven votes and Whit-
ted 21.
In other area school board
elections, Lumberton and
Kountze voters turned incum
bent trustees out of office.
In Lumberton, challenger
Jerry Johnson won Place 1 on
the school board by a 386-352
vote over incumbent Don
Wiley. Les Boothman won
Place 2 from incumbent Larry
Paine by a vote of 408-328.
A larger voter turnout in
Kountze removed three incum
bents frorh office.
John R. Landis won Place 1 by
a 687-476 vote over incumbent
Craig Coplen, while Place 2
incumbent Joel Richardson lost
his seat to Dean Haynes, who
received 647 votes to Richard-
son's count of 523. Mike Rob-
bins took Place 3 , from incum-
bent Ronnie Falcon in a 675-488
vote.
In Evadale, Johnnie Gravis
received 110 votes to win Place
2 over incumbent Gary Goats
with 67 votes and challenger
Norman Bingham with 11
votes. Troyce Taylor ran un-
opposed for the Place 1 position
and received 145 votes, while
incumbent Barbara Harper won
Place 3 unopposed with 146
votes.
Three Men Charged With
Burglary At Construction Site
SHARON WISE
VALEDICTORIAN
SAMANTHA INGRAM
SALUTATORIAN
SCOn COLLIER
THIRD HIGHEST
Sheriffs deputies arrested
three men early April 1 near a
construction site after spotting
equipment in the back of their
truck, according to Sheriff H.R.
“Mike” Holzapfel's reports.
Deputy Billy K. Roberts
reported he and reserve deputy
Kenny Wentworth were driv-
ing on Highway 418 about 12:30
a.m. when they saw a truck
parked at the construction site
of Porter Construction Com-
pany. As they passed the truck.
they saw a wheelbarrow and
shovels sticking out of the bed
of the vehicle.
When Roberts came back and
pulled up behind the vehicle to
inspect it, the truck's driver
drove off and was stopped
about one-half of a mile later.
The deputy reported he found
three men and about $1,314
worth of equipment in the
truck.
Roberts, Wentworth and the
men in the truck returned to
the construction site, where the
deputies discovered three trail-
ers had been broken into.
Arrested on three counts of
burglary of a building wu
William Jack Tan ton Jr., 88,
P.O. Box 1738, Kountie. Jus-
tice of the Peace Cedi Over-
street set bond at 82,505 for
each charge.
Arrested 00 one charge of
burglary of a building were
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unopposed. Latham received
704 votes, and councilwoman B.
B. Simieou, who also ran un-
opposed for the District D seat,
received 163 votes.
Voters in the city approved a
charter amendment change
that would allow the council to
make appointments when va-
cancies occur on the council,
rather than hold special elec-
tions. This measure was ap
proved by a margin of 637 votes
to 73.
Big Thicket Festival
To Be On Saturday
The annual Big Thicket Day
Festival will feature arts and
crafts, a parade, competitions
and entertainment on the
grounds of the Big Thicket
Museum in Saratoga Saturday
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Festivities will begin at 9
a.m., when visitors can browse
through a number of arts and
crafts booths and see early day
craft demonstrations, including
the making of lye soap and
horseshoeing.
A 10 a.m. parade will high
light the festival with bands,
floats and antique cars.
Competitions will include
horseshoe pitching, washer
tossing and photography.
Other activities will be demon-
strations by Baptist Hospital's
new Air Rescur helicopter and
a 10 kilometer Walkfest. Visi-
tors will be able to tour the Big
Thicket Museum and the Sim-
mons' log cabin.
Entertainment will be pro-
vided by the Village Creek
doggers, the Pink Praneers. a
ragtime pianist, Forrest Posey,
the West Hardin School band
and a magic show.
Food will be available at the
festival.
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