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THE SlLSBEE BEE
VOLUME 70 - NUMBER 39 SlLSBEE, TEXAS 77656, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27,1988 22 PAGES IN 2 SECTIONS
Deputy Arrests
Silsbee Man On
Assault Charge
A Hardin County sheriffs
deputy arrested a Silsbee man
Oct. 20 after the man allegedly
climbed through a woman’s
window and assaulted her,
according to the records of
H.R. “Mike” Holzanfel.
Deputy Billy K. Roberts
reported he went to the resi-
dence of a Silsbee woman to
investigate a disturbance. The
woman told Roberts Teddy Ray
Odom, 33, Star Rt. 1, Box 1324,
had climbed through her bed-
room window and assaulted
her.
Odom had run into the woods
when the deputy approached
the residence, reports show.
Roberts said in his report he
left the woman’s house and
waited down the road until he
saw Odom leave the woods.
When Odom saw Roberts, he
re-entered the woods, but the
deputy was able to capture and
arrest him, reports show.
He was charged with public
intoxication, misdemeanor as-
sault and misdemeanor criminal
trespass. He was fined $63.50
on the intoxication charge and
had bonds of $1,000 and $200
set on the trespassing and
assault charges.
In unrelated action, deputies
are investigating the theft of an
18 horsepower boat motor from
Thomas Wakefield of Silsbee.
Wakefield reported the motor
was taken between Oct. 15 and
Friday from a boat in front of
his residence. The motor was
valued at $650.
Also under investigation is a
burglary »t Nonna’s Lounge on
Highway 96 east of Silsbee.
Between 11 p.m. Friday and 7»
a.m. Saturday, someone enter-
ed the lounge and took cases of
beer, soft drinks and wine
coolers. The value of the drinks
eras estimated at $178, while
approximately $65 in damage
was done to the lounge.
Bill Fondren of Lumberton
reported someone took an
aluminum boat valued at $60
from his front lawn between 8
p.m. Oct. 13 and 5:52 a.m. Oct.
14.
Judy Lynn Sullivan of Votaw
reported someone broke into a
small tool shed near her resi-
dence Oct. 19. Taken were
hand tools, an air compressor, a
chain hoist and a hand grinder.
The items were valued at more
than $190.
Steven Soffes of Lumberton
reported someone took a 3-ton
central air conditioning unit
from his property between Oct.
10 and 17.
C.R,Gandy of Batson report-
ed someone shot and killed a
mule in his pasture between
1:30 p.m. and 4:80 p.m. Oct. 13.
The mule was apparently shot
with a large caliber weapon,
probably fired from a road on
the south side of the pasture,
reports show.
County, Gty, GSU Teams To
Help Market Area's Development
Hardin County commission-
ers and the Silsbee City Council
took positive steps toward eco-
nomic development Monday
when each entity voted to
participate in the Gulf States
Utilities Co.’s Community As-
sessment and Marketing Pro-
gram.
Under the program, GSU*s
Business Development Group
works with community leaders
to compile information about
the participating area which
would be useful to businesses
and industry looking for a place
to locate. The information in-
cludes population, labor, trans-
portation, utilities, education,
taxes, lifestyle and incentives.
The first step in the program
is the selection of a committee
to collect information and data
in a minimum of 20 categories.
A scoring value is established
for each category based on its
importance to improvement
and growth. The assessment
data is analysed and used to
review and set objectives and
goals.
After short and long-term
goals are set, a team it selected
to market the community to
new and existing business and
industry.
On completion of the pro-
gram’s requirements, the enti-
ty is presented with p ertifi-
cate designating it as a Team
City.
In team cities, selected sites,
buddings and industrial parks
will be featured in national
GSU advertising, as well as in a
national/interaational Sitenet
computer listing.
Team cities receive periodic
reports on a number of eco-
nomic development areas and
have a community brochure
designed and produced for
them. They also receive mar-
keting assistance on community
planned direct mad advertising
to new business and help with
the retention and support of
existing business and industry.
The program is free to enti-
“I’m very pleased to see that
the county judge and com-
missioners are as committed to
economic development as they
are,” Sheffield said. “I believe
they ready hold the key to
economic development in this
county.”
Sdsbee City Councd voted
Monday night to participate in
ties uid team cities must re-. the program. Sheffield told the
councd at a September meeting
that the, work in the city will
qualify every two years
GSU district superintendent
Robert Sheffield told county
commissioners Monday morn-
ing that the program enables an
area to produce information
needed by a business prospect
in about a day.
Hardin County will be the
first county in the area to
participate in the program,
which is usually offered to
cities, he said.
mainly involve updating infor-
mation gathered through the
Texas Cities Analysis and Plan-
ning Program in 1988. The
program, since discontinued,
was run by GSU and the Texas
Agricultural Extension Pro-
gram at Texas A&M.
Committees are expected to
be appointed soon by the coun-
ty and city.
Cancelled Cleveland Game
Could Cost SISD >7000
The cancellation of Friday
night's scheduled high school
football game against Cleveland
could cost the Silsbee school
district ss much as $7,000,
Supt. H.C. Muckleroy said.
The Cleveland school board
voted this past weekend to
cancel the district’s remaining
football games against Silsbee
and liberty after its team was
involved in a fight Friday
immediately following a loss to
the Lumberton Raiders.
The fight began at the end of
the game when Lumber-ton's
quarterback dropped one knee
to run out the clock on the
team’s first winning score in 21
games. Several Cleveland play-
ers reportedly hit the quarter-
back, starting a fight which
cleared the benches.
Silsbee athletic director Ray
McGallion said that because the
Cleveland district had had
similar problems with the team
before, the superintendent,
principal and coach recom-
mended to the school board
over the weekend that the last
two scheduled games be can-
celled.
“They felt this was some-
thing that had to be taken care
of,” McGallion said, adding that
the board saw the action as a
message to team members,
other students and fans.
Hie District 17-4A executive
committee, composed of super-
intendents in the district, met
Tuesday morning in Silsbee to
discuss the move by the Cleve-
land board. After a closed
session, the committee voted to
accept Cleveland's action and
placed the school on probation
until Nov. 15,1969.
“I supported (the Cleveland
school board's action),” Muck-
leroy, chairman of the commit-
tee, said. “I feel like, from what
(Cleveland Supt. Linden J.
Parrish) stated In the meeting
here with the 17-4A council,
they were tired of the conduct
they were having from stu-
dents and fans at athletic
events.”
The action made a statement
to the community before the
situation could worsen with
serious injury to a player or
fan, Muckleroy said. In return,
the executive committee had its
own message to communicate.
“As the district committee,
we felt like we needed to make
a statement to the Cleveland
school district,” he said. The
executive committee accepted
the district's actions this time,
but further incidents during the
probationary period could
cause sports activities to be
cancelled.
The committee met for al-
most three hours. Muckleroy
said Wednesday morning he
had notified Dr. Bill Forney,
assistant director of the Uni-
versity Interscholastic League,
of the committee’s action and
was assured that the action was
proper.
Muckleroy has mailed letters
to Forney and the aehoolsIn |he*
district detailing the commit
tee's action. He also sent a
letter to the Lumberton school
district saying that, while the
Lumberton team did not start
the fight, the incident should be
a matter of concern.
“It was not a reprimand,"
Muckleroy said, “but a letter of
The cancelled game could
cost Silsbee as much as $7,000
in ticket sales, as well as funds
from concession sales. Season
ticketholders wishing to get a
refund for the game should
present their tickets at the
administration office between 8
a.m. and noon Nov. 2.
The week off may also affect
the Tiger football players.
“I feel like it will affect our
momentum,” McGallion said.
“We played a good ball game
Friday night and had an open
date (the week before).
“I hate for it to happen,
especially this year when we
have such a good ball dub.”
“What effect (on the players)
it will have well have to wait
and see when we hit Jasper,”
Muckleroy said.
Improvements To
U.S.96MF.M.82
To Bo Discussed
A public meeting will be held
in Buna at the elementary
school on November 1 at 7:00
p.m. to discuss proposed im-
provements on U.S. 96 from
F.M. 82 in Kirbyville to F.M.
418 in Silsbee.
Detailed discussions will cen-
ter on the proposed curb and
gutter project in Buna and
right of way requirements for
expansion to a four-lane facility
on the remainder of the route.
Additional right of way will
be required from F.M. 82 to the
Bessmay Road north of Buna
and From U.S. 96-Business
Route-South of Buna to Eva-
dale. Affected property owners
and interested citizens have
been invited to attend.
Jesse William Condon
Is Found Dead At
Beaumont Fair Park
Jesse William Condon of
Kountze, treasurer of the
Young Men's Business League,
died Oct. 20 after an apparent
heart attack at the South Texas
State Fair. He was 43.
Condon was found dead in
the committee trailer at Fair
Park at about noon. He was
co-chairman of the trailer, in
which meals were prepared for
the league's officials during the
run of the fair. Condon had
spent the night at the trailer
and was found in a sleeping
bag.
Condon had been a member
of the YMBL since 1977 and a
board member for the past
(See Condon Sec. I, Pope 10)
ARIA RATI IS 10.1%
Police Charge Silsbee Mai
With Sexual Assault
Silsbee police arrested a local license suspended. Justice of
man Oct. 17 after he allegedly the Peace Sid Johnson sot bond
sexually assaulted a Silsbee at $500.
Other arrests made were on
city warrants for traffic vio-
lations and reckless damage;
and on charges of public intoxi-
cation, disorderly conduct >wi
theft under $20.
Officers are investigating
two burglaries at Silsbee High
School. On Oct. 18, someone
broke into one of the school’s
snack machines located in front
of the school store. The mach-
ine was damaged but nothing
was known to be missing from
it, reports show. On Oct. 19,
the front door to the school
store was discovered open. The
coin acceptor box from one of
the coin-operated snack mach-
ines was taken from the store.
Also under investigation is a
report by Joyce Phillips that
someone took her son’s 25-inch
10- or 12-speed bicycle from the
entrance of her apartment
sometime after midnight Oct.
18. The bicycle was valued at
approximately $100.
Martin McKinney reported
Oct. 17 someone took copper
pipe, wire and brass fittings
from a 55-galkm drum located
on the south side of his resi-
dence. The value of the scrap
metal was estimated at almost
$200.
The department made nine
arrests, received 119 calls and
issued 97 tickets and 90 warn-
ings during the third week of
October. No automobile acci-
dents were reported in the city
during that period.
woman. Police Chief Dennis
Allen said.
The woman told officers Oct.
16 she had been sexually as-
saulted by a man between 8
p.m. and 9 p.m. Oct. 15. She
said she was walking east on
Avenue G towards toe Hurri-
cane Cafe when she saw Samuel
Gardner, 32,345 N. Second St.
She talked with Gardner and
walked with him to his resi-
dence near Waldo Mathews
Park, Allen said.
The two talked for a while at
the residence before the woman
said she had to leave. Gardner
reportedly offered to walk with
her to the Hurricane Cafe, so
they left the residence and
walked into the park.
Once in the park, the woman
said, Gardner grabbed her by
the arm and forced her to
undress. He then allegedly
sexually assaulted her, Alien
said.
A warrant was issued tor
Gardner's arrest on a charge of
sexual assault after the woman
identified him in a photo line-
up. Sgt. Charles Broussard
arrested him at 12:40 p.m. Oct.
17 on Avenue H at Bonner,
Allen said.
Justice of the Peace Robert
Ward set bond for Gardner at
$2,500.
In unrelated action, officers
arrested Martin Marion Sneed,
32, 2011 Dupont Dr., Orange,
on a charge of driving while
600 Hove Voted
Absentee In County
Absentee voting is running
slightly heavier than usual this
year in Hardin County , accord-
ing to County Clerk Dee Hat-
ton.
Aa of Wednesday morning,
approximately 600 persons had
voted in person or had mailed in
ballets. Mfee ballots weird ex
pected to be returned by mail.
Hatton’s office, located in the
county courthouse, will be open
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday
and Sunday to provide voters
with extra chances to cast
absentee ballots.
September Statewide Unemployment
Rose Slightly To 7.1 Percent
Unemployment in Texas rose
slightly from 6.7 percent in
August to 7.1 percent in Sep-
tember, according to statistics
released today by the Texas
; Half Million High School Students
To Take SAT Tests On Nov. 5
Public Hearing Is Tonight On
Village Creek State Park
The Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department will conduct a pub-
lic hearing at 7 p.m. tonight
(Thursday) at Lumberton High
School on the proposed de-
velopment plan for Village
Creek State Park.
Dwight Williford, head of the
department's park master plan-
ning staff, said in late August
that a basic land use plan will
be presented at the hearing.
Hie park’s rough plan shows
the majority of the 948-acre
park left to Ha existing con-
dition with hiking and nature
trails because of the low ele-
vation of much of the she.
As proposed, the park will
have multi-use campsites cm
the higher ground near the
front of the park. It will also
have a launch area for canoes
and primitive camping and
day-use areas. An old lodge
building may be converted into
a group facility.
After the hearing and a
review of comments made by
citizens, * more detailed master
plan will be drawn up and
presented to the commission
for approval. If approved, the
plans will rater the facility
design phase, which will take
about four to six months for
design and review.
When complete, the project
will be bid out for construction,
which will probably take about
a year. Roads, restrooms and a
headquarters building will have
Penots Invited To
Meeting On Twodey
Parents of high school stu-
dents have been invited to a
support group meeting in the
school library Tuesday at 7
p.m. PTA Concerned Parents'
Committee is sponsoring this
meeting.
Judy Grissom, high school
activity director, will address
the group. There will be a
question and answer period
concerning students’ problems
and ways parents can encour-
age excellence in students.
Freshman, sophomore, junior
and senior parents will then
separate into groups with par
ent leaders.
PTA Concerned Parents be-
gan fe 1961 when Texans War
on Drugs suggested parent
groups as a way parents could
join together to help with
problems in the teen years.
to be built and utilities install-
ed.
Williford predicted that the
park opening is about two years
away if everything goes accord-
ing to schedule.
The park site was acquired
by the state in 1979. Charles D.
Travis, executive director of
the department, said during a
1986 tour of the park that
flooding problems had delayed
development of the site and had
caused planners to reconsider
earlier development plans in
favor of a mom lightly de-
veloped park.
Rural Accidents
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One person was killed in
rural automobile accidents in
Hardin County during Septem-
ber. according to Sgt. Burton
Christian of till Texas Highway
Patrol. The patrol also investi-
gated 13 rural accidents in
which 11 persons were injured.
Through September, six per-
sons were killed and 189 per
(See AccMwite One. 1. Sega 10)
Thousands of high school
students in the state of Texas
are expected to take the Schol-
astic Aptitude test (SAT) on
Saturday, November 6, many
of them still unsure of the test’s
role in college admissions.
Nearly half-a-miilion students
throughout the nation will be
tested that day, the largest
SAT administration of the
year.
In Texas, more than 142,000
students take the SAT annual-
ly-nearly 15,000 in November
alone.
To tost general knowledge of
the SAT And clarify its use in
admission, the College Board,
which sponsors the SAT, has
prepared a short true-or-faise
quiz to help put the test in
perspective and separate
myths about the SAT from
facts.
Are your No. 2 pencils
ready?
1. SAT acmes can make or
break a student’s academic
future.
FALSE. By itself, the 8AT
won’t get a student into college,
or keep most students out.
That is because the SAT is one
of several factors that college
admission's officers consider in
deciding who is admitted.
Before most colleges look at
9A1 scores, iook u ^rsuci
and evaluate the strength of
the student’s academic pro-
gram. Doing well in tough
academic courses is the most
important consideration in col-
lege admissions. Extracurricu-
lar activities, recommenda-
tions, special talents and the
college application essay are
also important.
2. High 8cbool grades an
better than the SAT in predict-
ing how well students will do in
college
TRUE. At most colleges, high
school grades are somewhat
bettor than SAT scores in
i
predicting how well students
will do in a particular college.
But the combination of grades
with semes produces a better
predictor than either used
alone. (At other colleges, Ach-
ievement Tests are most valu-
able in predicting perform-
ance.)
Combining grades and SAT
scores is useful because grading
practices differ among the more
than 25,000 high schools in the
United States and from teacher
to teacher, and because stu-
dents do not take the same
courses in high school. A stand-
ard admissions test like the
SAT permits college to put the
variations in grading practices
and academic preparation of
their applicants in perspective.
9. Fewer colleges are using
SAT every year.
FALSE. The number of col-
leges using the SAT is increas-
ing, not decreasing. More than
1,600 colleges use the SAT
today for admissions, and
guidance and placement; that’s
435 more than in 1978. Why?
Because the 8AT is a universal-
ly recognized standard of ex-
cellence against which a stu-
dent's readiness for college,
regardless of where they at-
tended high school, can be
measured. It’s a rigorous stan-
dard, but objective and fair.
4. The brat preparation for
the SAT is a coaching course.
FALSE. Despite decades of
research, it is still not possible
to predict ahead of time who
wifi, or will not, improve their
Scores-and by how much -
through coaching courses. For
tint reason, the College Board
does not recommend coaching
courses, especially if they cost a
lot or require a lot of time and
effort that could be better
spent on schootwork or other
worthwhile activities. Most
students who repeqt the SAT
have not been coached, yet
most of them receive higher
scores the second time-aver-
ing 15 to 20 points m ore on
each of the two sections.
The best preparation for the
SAT is to follow a solid pro-
gram of challenging academic
courses in school, to read
widely, to review mathematical
principles and to be familiar
with the SAT. Getting a good
night's sleep before the test
(Sss Test, Sec. t. Pegs 10)
Employment Commission. Last
September unemployment was
8.5 percent.
“There are more than 100,-
000 Texans employed today
than there were a year ago,”
said Commissioner Mary Scott
Nabers of the Texas Employ-
ment Commission. “Tho non-
farm labor force now totals
nearly 7.8 million Texans."
Nabers said she believes the
state economy will continue to
slowly, steadily improve in the
months ahead. “In September
most new jobs carnet from
hirings in the government and
services sectors. We saw minor
increases in transportation and
public utilities and in t he non-
durable goods segment of man-
ufacturing,” she said.
Texas metropolitan areas
with the lowest September
unemployment rates were
Bryan-College Station, at 4.3
percent; Lubbock, at 5.0 per-
cent; Midland, at 6.7 percent;
Dallas, at 5.7 peroral; Abilene
and Austin, both at 5.8 percent;
Amarillo, at 5.9 percent; Fort
Worth-ArUngton. San Angelo
and Wichita Falls, all at 6 *
percent; Waco, at 6.5 percent
Houston, at 6.6 percent; Vic-
toria, at 6.7 percent, and Sher
man-Denison, at 6.9 percent.
Those areas with September
unemployment rates above the
state average were McAIfen-
Edinburg-Miasion, at 18.0 per
cent; Brownsville-Harlingen, at
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Saturday night is the time for
the Fall time change.
So that clocks will show the
correct time on Sunday morn-
ing they should be set back one
hour on Saturday night.
Silsbee's October Sales Tax
Rebate Is Below A Year Age
Silsbee's October sales tax
rebate fell a little more than 3.6
percent from the payment
made for the same period in
1987, but the city's year-to-date
total is stiU slightly above this
past year’s total for the same
months.
State Comptroller Bob Bul-
lock recently mailed checks
totaling $64.8 million to 914
cities that collect an optional
local sales tax at either 1
percent or 1.6 percent. • The
checks represent taxes collect-
ed by monthly filers in August
and reported to Bullock's office
by Sept. 20.
Silsbee's check totaled $34,-
435, down from $85,732 in 1987.
The check brought the city's
year-to-date total to $889,922,
up less than 1 percent from
1987's $386JIB. •
Lumberton was mailed a
check for $18,666, a more than
15 percent increase from the
$11,881 rereived in 1987. The
funds brought this year's total
to $140,011, up almeet It
percent from $125,335 in 1967.
Sour Lake's October check
totaled $4,275, an almost 6.2
percent increase from 1987’s
$4,027. This year's total to date
rose almost 14.5 percent, from
$47,538 in 1967 to $64,403.
Kountze received a check for
$3,416, a 3.4 percent decrease
from $8,587 in Iff 17. The city’s
year-to-date total of $63,246
dropped almost 2.1 percent
from 1987’s $64,506.
Across the state, the pay-
ments showed a growth of 17
percent in sales tax rebates this
month over October 1987, Bul-
lock said.
“The state's metropolitan
areas are dstafg even bettor
than originally forecast. Tm
glad to see Texas is sitting on
solid economic ground again,"
he said.
Fort Worth’s October rebate
showed a 27.4 percent increase
over 1987’s check, while Hous-
ton's check grew 22.4 percent
for the same period. Other
ritie^such as Austin and San
Antonio, also showed large
increases in safes tax allo-
cations, Bullock said.
The state’s seven metropoli-
tan transit authorities saw a
healthy increase in their safes
tax rebates, Bullock said, with
total payments up 21 percent.
Checks totaling $6.3
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