The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 17, 1980 Page: 1 of 26
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Inc.
The Silsbee bee
UNTIL APRIL28
VOLUME 62-NUMBER 10
SILSBEE, TEXAS 77656, THURSDAY, APRIL 17,1980
1R€ County Postpones
■ ** Decision To Collect
m/Bm xaxes For LMUD
26 PAGES IN 3 SECTIONS
McCreight Removes
3,675 Names From
County Voter List
There an 3,675 parsons
who most register at tho
pads if they axpact fa veta
In the May 3 party
That ii tha numbar of
rotors nomas removed from
tho list bacaasa rogistrotian
cards fsdlad to roach them,
Tax Assessor-Collector
Joanatta McCraight said.
Sho blomod most of tha
arms in delivery on tha past
affico dapartmont, which
has boon chennina routoi
na^m ssvaw IvilOC
and addresses. The majority
of tho removals involved
Sllshoa and lamberton
residents, she said. The
registration cards cannot bo
forwarded by tho post of-
fice.
The voters can still vote in
tha Democratic or
Republican primaries. Veters
wM have to rogistor at the
paling places. Parsons who
want to vote absentee but
who did not receive
registration cards may
regeest one from tho county
ajaea wlaL |L& Imllftt
Mug WITH TIM pquot.
Evadole Woman Charged With
Forging Kirby Payroll Checks
A series of forgeries involv-
ing Kirby Forest Industries
payroll checks and two state
unemployment checks totaling
$5,170.22 led to the arrest of an
Evadale woman, Sheriff Billy
Paine said Monday.
Arrested' and arraigned be-
fore Justice of the Peace Cecil
Overstreet on April 10 was
Peggy Diane Moss, 25, a
former payroll clerk in the
Kirby office here. She is free
under $2,500 bond.
Paine said the investigation
into the forgeries began when a
former Kirby employee, Sam-
uel L. Barrow, notified the
company that his W-2 form
showed $792.22 more than he
had drawn while working.
Kirby officials began an audit
and found that checks had been
issued in the names of 11 other
employees immediately after
they had left the company.
Paine was notified and he,
Chief Deputy Charlie Laird and
Texas Ranger Haskell Taylor
began an investigation which
revealed that Mrs. Moss al-
legedly selected persons leav-
ing the employment of the
company and used their names
to issue a final pay check. She
supposedly began cashing the
checks on March 15, 1979 and
discontinued on June 15, 1979,
the day she resigned her
position with Kirby. Two state
unemployment checks for
$91.00 each were made to
Arthur E. Moss, of Evadale.
Paine said that only one case
has been filed on Mrs. Moss.
FOR MIW SCHOOL DISTRICT
County Again Turns
Down Detachment Of
Outlaw Bend Area
Residents representing 21
Outlaw Bend students were
again turned down in their bid
for detachment from the West
Hardin Independent School
District in favor of a new
entity.
Bob Parker acted as spokes-
man for the group, stating that
Liberty County, which earlier
Hardin County Jail Fails
Certification Inspection
Hardin County jail should be
only the 29th in the state to
meet certification if five items
are taken care of before an
inspector returns on May 1,
County Judge Ray Martin sold.
Martin reported to commis-
sioners Monday that*the chan-
ges, all minor, are all that are
needed for the jail to be
certified. Otherwise the report
in writing to Martin showed
that the jail is “very clean and
well run.”
The inspector found that
single cells do not provide
tables for the inmate. A space
of 188 square feet is required
for three-prisoner cells. Martin
said that the inspector agreed
this had been missed in pre-
vious inspections.
Martin said that during a
speech last February by Robert
O. Viterna, Executive Director
of Tegas Commission on Jail
to allow one bunk to be
removed from the 188-square
foot cell now provided for four
prisoners. Otherwise the coun-
ty would have had to renovate
four-man cells do not have a Hardin County jail salting <#fir w Trotter said that he
had turned them down, had
now voted to allow the detach-
ment of the north half of the
Hardin Independent School
District.
The proposed district would
have a $42 million valuation and
would immidiately attempt to
pass a $8.8 million bond issue
for buildings.
Speaking in favor of the new
district was Hardin Supt. Ray-
mond Trotter, who’ told the
court he had been called a
Cadillac operator. In explaining
the operation of the new
district Trotter said he felt the
people go with what the
taxpayers want to do.
At this point County Judge
Ray Martin interrupted Trotter
with the question, “Are you the
superintendent of Hardin Sch-
ools.” After answering that he
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This is a check made to James
0. Whiteside, of Thicket, in the
amount of $849.23. Mrs. Moss
endorsed this check with her
own name and used her drivers
license number. All checks
were cashed at Silsbee stores,
Paine said.
Other persons on which the
checks were drawn and the
amount are: Bruce S. Harris,
Rt. 3, Box 477, DeRldder, La.,
$586.10. Hyram W. Moncrief,
970 Durdin Drive, Silsbee,
$424.95. Ron L. Smudy, 1210
Camino Vlge. Dr., Houston,
$432.77. Cathy L. Baldwin, 622
Overbluff, Channelview, $200-
.50. William H. Forse, Box
1273, Hemphill, $672.04. W. A.
Steinkuhler (no address), $531-
.61. J.W. Reid, 410 E. Stadium
St., Kirbyville, $404,979. Rich-
ard H. Watson, Hillister, $563-
.01.
EFFECTIVE JULY 1
Junior High
Sends 15 To
Region Choir
Fifteen members of the Sils-
bee Junior High School Choir
participated in the all-region
contest at Orange on April 12.
The Silsbee group had the
largest percentage of any of the
nine schools entered in the
contest. This is the first all-re-
gion contest to be held for
junior high schools. ,
The concert performance is
to be held on May 10 at Austin
Junior High School in Beau-
mont. It will be under the
direction of Randy Babin, direc-
tor of the Cardinal Singers at
Lamar University.
Members of the all-region
choir are, sopranos: Sharon
Cook, Meg Jeffrey and Romun-
da Lewis; altos: Lorre Carruth,
Raycean Carter, Robyn Gillory,
Lori Hollister, Deborah Pate;
tenors: John Hamshire, Ronnie
Hensley, Paul Marshall, Con-
treal Randolph, Joe Waggoner;
bass: Steven Bendy, Kevin
(Sm Choir toe. 1. Pag* •)
Lumberton Municipal Utili-
ties District will have to wait
until the April 28 meeting to
get an answer on whether the
Hardin County Tax assessor
collector will collect taxes for it.
This decision was reached
when commissioners decided to
check all angles since the tax
roll has already gone to the
computer.
Tax Collector Jeanette Mc-
Creight wanted to know if she
should add the MUD taxes to
the county rolls or make a
separate statement. If the
MUD tax is not added to the
county receipt then it will cost
more to process it.
This would be no problem,
according to MUD President C.
M. Harless, who said the
district is willing to pay for any
extra expense incurred by the
county. Mrs. McCreight con-
tinued questioning the placing
of the MUD tax on the same
receipt with the county since
there is so much controversy
involved in the payment of
taxes by the utilities district
residents. “If the people didn’t
want to pay it, would they have
to,” asked the tax collector.
This is apparently one of the
questions the commissioners
want answered before giving
their stamp of approval.
Hugh Bevil Means, an em-
ployee of Truett Pritchard, the
firm which computerises the
county tax rolls, told Harless
that to place the MUD tax-
payers on the computer at this
time would “cost quite a bit.”
Harless pushed for im-
mediate action saying “We
want to get it cleared up now to
see where we are going.” He
said that the district wanted
tho same service which the
county Is giving to the Lumber-
ton Fire Department.
“Are you going to have a
tax?” County Ray Martin as-
ked. “Yes, our auditor says we
will,” Harless replied. The
commissioners called for a
study by the county attorney
and postponed action until this
Individual Charges Dropped
At County Garbage Dump
Martin read a letter to the
court which he had received
from James McKim of the J. B.
Hooks Abstract Co. imjteuntse
requesting a hike frowtlSS to
$210 per month for I
cards.
garbage on the roadways, “but
it’s a start.”
vestibule. He also ruled that a
mirror would have to be
provided for the separation
area.
The final item is the lowering
of benches in the detoxification
cells (drunk tanks). State speci-
fications call for benches to be
not over eight inches high. The
benches in the county jail will
have to be lowered. Martin said
he could not understand why
School Proceeds With
Work On New Track
A new track on the high
school campus is a step closer
this week after the trustees of
the Silsbee Independent School
District voted to proceed with
work on the existing dirt base.
Edward Dominguez, a mem-
ber of the subcommittee which
has been studying plans for
construction of a new track,
presented facts and figures to
the board last Wednesday
which led to the vote to
continue the work.
The track now has a hard-
packed, dirt base, Dominguez
said, and would require a layer
of asphalt mix as a foundation
for a final running surface. The
board agreed and voted to
authorize the laying of a second
layer, and then to come back
and discuss plans fot the top
layer.
Dominguez told the board
that the final layer could be
either a $103,000 polyrethane
surface or a $20,000 rubberized
asphalt surface. The total costs
of each option are $188,000 for
the polyurethane and $55,000
for the asphalt, he said.
“Td like to see a urethane
track, but it’s hard to justify
the expense,” Dominguez said.
The urethane surface, which
allows much faster times than
conventional and other sythet-
ic surfaces, seemed to have
general support among the
board members.
Ed Grubbs, another member
of the subcommittee, pointed
out that “successful track
meets are run on good tracks,”
and that the materials and lost
dsssroom time required for
marking some tracks with
lime made that option more
costly than it appeared.
Dominguez’ committee will
now begin to purchase the
materials it needs to put the
second layer on the track.
Much of Wednesday night’s
meeting focused on procedural
matters. The board canvassed
the votes from last week’s
election, and validated the
elections of Raymond Tennison
and Clinton Wright.
The board also reelected its
current slate of officers-Rkh-
ard Jones as president, Tenni-
son as vice-president and Rob-
ert Herbst as secretary.
The board will hear recom-
mendations for board of equali-
zation members at the next
meeting.
Two Men Rob Bell's
Station In Lumberton
Two men walked into the
Bell’s Service Station on High-
way 96-69 near Pine Island
Bayou last Sunday night armed
with a hatchet and left with
about $150 and six cartons of
cigarettes.
Deputy Sheriff Bobby Gen-
try said that the attendant,
Bramely Wimberly, was able to
describe only the man wielding
the hatchet. She told the officer
that the man appeared to be
between 20-25 years of age, of
stocky build, about 5’10” and
weighing between 160-180
pounds. His face was covered
with a light growth of beard.
The man was wearing a tobog-
gan, dart: panto and beige color
shirt. She did not get a good
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near certification. Viterna was
speaking to a meeting of
County Judges and Commis-
sioners in Bryan.
The judge said that he wasn't
sure as to whether this would
be the 29th out of Texas’ 254
county jails to be certified or if
the number also included city
jails. Either way, the judge
expressed his pleasure that the
jail is near the top in the state.
In business transacted by the
commissioners Monday bids
were opened on the two re-
maining sheriff’s autos, both
1978 Plymouths. One car went
John H. French for $425. The
other was sold to George
Simpson for $44. French bid
only on the car, which he
bought, while Simpson turned
in a bid of $33 for that vehicle.
Both men are Kountze resi-
dents.
Commissioners accepted the
Kentwood Addition at Lumber-
ton on request of Developer
Don Wallace. Commissioner
Pete Treat agreed to accept-
ance of the subdivision with the
stipulation that elevations be
added to the plat. It is located
on a county road.
Residents of the Timber-
creek Addition in Precinct 4
asked commissioners to take
their streets into the county
road system. Commissioners
were told that the group had
raised money among the resi-
dents with which to buy base
materials to repair the roads.
Treat agreed to repair the
roads. The commissioners ac-
cepted the streets into the
county system.
Political Rally
Is Scheduled At
Lumberton School
An old time political rally will
be held at the Lumberton
Middle School (formerly the
high school) on the new Silsbee
highway. The rally is being
sponsored by the Public Affairs
Forum of Southeast Texas and
will be held April 24 beginning
at 7 p.m.
All candidates, both Demo-
crats and Republicans, whose
name will appear cm the May 8
ballot, have been contacted and
invited to attend. The rally is to
enable voters to meet and hear
the aims and plans of each
candidate.
Donations from candidates
will be used to enable a Hardin
County High School student to
attend Lamar University.
found
buses from Hardin, West Har-
din and Big Sandy meeting at
the store in Outlaw Bend.
Martin interupted again say-
ing, “It sounds like you are
trying to get your foot in the
door and come back later for
more.” Martin asked again, “If
you are the superintendent at
Hardin I want to know why you
are pushing so hard.” He never
got an answer.
Opposition appeared at the
court meeting from both the
West Hardin and Hardin Dis-
tricts. Mrs. Jackie Powell, who
lives in the Hardin District,
was armed with a copy of a
letter sent to Liberty County
Judge Dempsey Henley advis-
ing him that the move was. not
in the best interest of the
taxpayers. She also accused
Trotter as “the instigator of the
whole thing.” She further char-
ged that, as superintendent at
Hardin, Trotter had borrowed
$900,000 without asking per-
mission "of the people.” The
legal limit he could borrow was
$60,000, she claimed.
J. E. Payne, a member of the
board of trustees of West
Hardin Independent School
District, told the court, “I
opposed it before and I oppose
it now,” citing the loss of
agriculture and timber tax for
(So* School Sec. I, Pago S)
Hardin County Commis-
sioners gave the garbage dump
operator a raise, which in- ...
r.
pat on the back for a job well the d»“P “d flotod w“
done at the Monday meeting.
John Richardson whose D&J
Equipment Co. took over the
hw done. I to! tt mull b. to
“quite different” from the first
few months after he took office
as county judge. “I want to
commend John on the job he
would be to
looking for additional land for a
dump site. It will take about
two years to acquire the land
and get state health depart-
ment approyfi. Richardson said
there are only about two years
left before the present dump Is
filled.
trust and Materials
inks liens. *Tthink it
The cards
tion such
deeds of trust
and mechanics Uadi.1
is worth $210 per month,” Mrs.
McCreight said.
The commissioners agreed
with Mil. McCreight, but chan-
ged tho effective date to May 1.
McKim had sought pay retro-
active to March I.
inflationary coats. He told the
commissioners that for $1,500
more hecould eliminate charging
individuals for dumping their
garbage. The elimination of
charges are to become effective
July 1.
Judge Ray Martin said that
this was the only subject of
complaints he had received
during the year. Other com-
missioners agreed that they
had heard only of the charges
for individual dumping.
Richardson said that by
eliminating the charges he did
not know whether it would stop
people from dumping their
commented.
Precinct 2 Commissioner
James McGallion said he didn't
see how < “we cap get it
cheaper." The court agroed to
increase the contract by $5,500
for next year to include elimi-
nation of individual charges.
The new figure for the dump
will be $50,800. The commis-
sioners also agreed to the same
terms of the present contract.
The new agreement will be-
come effective in July.
Richardson reminded the
court that it k time to begin
PauiiMltf Djumpsn CiiPtiAUC
v/opix io tte&iflMui(.eys
Preparatory For Setting
Vehicle Speed Limits
Hardin County Commission-
ers were spurred back into
action toward initiating sur-
veys preparatory to setting
speed limits on county roads
when residents from Lumber-
ton and Pinewood entered
requests for limits on their
streets Monday.
Mrs. Kay Sellers, who- lives
on Dana Drive in the Kings-
$2.5 Million To Be Spent On
92.8 Miles Of Area Highways
The State Highways and
Public Transportation Commk-
sion has approved a $58.7
million program to improve
almost 2,000 miles of state-
maintained highways in Texas.
The 1981 State Highway
Safety and Betterment and
Farm to Market Road Improve-
ment Program will include a
wide variety of work in all
sections of Texas.
Types of wort include wide-
ning, new surfaces, improved
■igna and signals and other
means of improving the safety
characteristics, traffic capacity,
riding quality and ease of
maintenance of the Highways
involved.
The Program proposes im-
provement of 1,997.7 miles,
of884 separate projects located
in 140 counties.
District Engineer, F. C.
Young said work in this area
consists of improvements in
Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jef-
ferson, Liberty and Tyler
Counties. Some 92.8 miles of
Highways in District 20 will be
percent of the work will be on improved at an estimated cost
U.S. and state-numbered high- of $2,596,000.
ways and the remainder will be
on Farm to Market Roads.
The program contains a total
wood Addition at Lumberton,
and Mrs. Donna Hall, who fives
on the main boulevard in
Pinewood, asked conimiaainn-
ers to set lower speed limits in
their neighborhoods.
Precinct 4 Commissioner
Pete Trest agreed with Mrs.
Sellers that vehicles were mov-
ing too fast on her street as well
as Carolina, Victoria and other
streets in Lumberton. “I hate
to say it, but I don’t see how
they can go over 25 on these
roads,” Trest said. He also told
the women that since there an
no speed limits posted anyone
driving along these streets may
do 55 or under without being in
violatkn of the law.
Mrs. 8ellers told the court
that Trest had wanted . to
repair her street, but “I dared
him” as long as there is no
speed limit or enforcement.
Dana and the other streets
connect the old highway with
U. 8.96 near the middle school
and students are said to be
some of the worst offenders
before and after school, accord-
ing to Mrs. Sellers and Trest.
Blame for speeding in the
Pinewood area was laid to
residents, u well as others, by
Mrs. Diane Hall. Mrs. Han told
NEAR MISS — Allen Kilgore stands beside about 20 feet of tree top which hweays
was twisted from the 80-foot pine shown at top left side of photo by a tornado
about 4 a.m. Sunday. The tree top barely missed the Kilgore's bedroom, which Is
only a few feet to the.left of where Kilgore stands. The Kilgore heme Is on High-
way 327 just west of Mill Creek. The disturbance also broke off a large tree on the
Charles I. Kelly place west of Silsbee.
Jackia King Fila*
Financial Statamant
In the listing of those candi- .
dates who had filed the court that she was a former
statements before the deadline drivers education teacher in
last week the name of Jackie Ohio and was adept at judging
Wayne King was inadvertently *P*ed °* "J40*' wMeh she
omitted. King showed no con- «Wms »pwd down the main
tribution and an expenditure of thoroughfare of the Pinewood
$866.88 (loo Speed So*. I, Pago C) •
Silsbee High Band
Accepted To Compete In
Six Flags Festival
ARLINGTON, The Silsbee tre Festivals in the 20-year
High School band has been history of the Six Flags part,
accepted to compete in the 1960 In addition to the competi-
Six Flags Over Texas Open tion, members of the band win
Band Festival. enjoy two days of entertain
Competition wffi be held
April 24-26, in Texas Hall at the
University of Texas at ArHng- Xdenta andrfhers
Nationally reowned judges in
the musical field wffl choose the
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