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County Grand Jury
Returns Indictments
The Hardin County grand
jury indicted a number of
persona Tuesday on charges
ranging from forgery to burg-
lary of a habitation, according
to the records of District At-
torney R.F. “Bo” Horka.
Indicted by the grand jury
were:
Larry Arnold Carter, 28, Rt.
1, Box SI, Buna, on a charge of
felony driving while intoxicated
Sept. 11.
Billy Dean Sartor, 64, 1280
Gerson St., Silsbee, on a charge
of felony driving while intoxi-
cated July 27.
Wayne Everett Lee, 17,1316
Deer Park Lane, Lumberton,
and Randy Gene Spurlock, 17,
Rt. 6, Box 217, Silsbee. on
charges of theft. They report-
edly took golf carts ami a set of
golf clubs from the Silsbee
Country Club Aug. 11.
Jimmy Wayne Jones Jr., 19,
Rt. 6, Box 231F, Silsbee, on a
charge of burglary of a building
Aug. 19. He ia charged with
taking aluminum cans from the
Salvage Grocery in Silsbee.
Oliver Earl Lewis, 31, 260 S.
19th St., Silsbee, on three
charges of forgery. He alleged-
ly passed a $30 check on the
account of Arlon Lewis of
Silsbee Aug. 30 at King Saver
Warehouse Foods and two $30
checks on the account of Rachel
R. Hicks of Marshall at F.O.C.
Shop No. 1 on April 23 and
Sept. 6.
Weldon Douglas Morgan, 32,
P.O. Box 312, Saratoga, on a
charge of arson July 20. He is
charged with pouring gasoline
on the residence of Samuel
Nuckels of Saratoga and start-
ing a fire.
Shirley J. Teel, 30, and Glen
Esker Teel Sr., 34, both of Rt.
2, Box 294W, Liberty: Ramona
Lea Ener, 23, P.O. Box 295, Box 1560, Kountxe (290 Jean
Batson; and Wendel Wayne Chapel Road, Leesville, La.),
Ener, 28, P.O. Box 274, Hull, on a charge of hindering a
on charges of burglary of a secured creditor Aug. 8.
habitation. The four allegedly
burglarised the residence of
Charlene Hunter of Hull May 1
and took approximately $1,1%
worth of property.
Charles Michael Havard, 86,
Rt. 2, Box 306, Buna, on a
charge of imperaonating a pub-
lic servant. Havard allegedly
produced a badge and an identi-
fication card while claiming to
be a peace officer during a
disturbance at Club 96 July 18.
Elisha Wilson, 26, and Terry
Dwayne Wilson, 22, both of
P.O. Box 1363, Silsbee; Jessie
Earl Cutwright, 32,606 S. 21st
St.. Silsbee; and L.C. Busby
Jr.. 23. Prince Hall Villa, No.
39-A, Silsbee, on charges of
forgery. They are charged with
passing a $100 check on the
account of the Hickory Grove
Baptist Church.
Busby was indicted on a
second charge of forgery in
connection with a $120 check
passed at Russ Wilson’s Super-
market on the account of Ida
Mae Smith of Silsbee Aug. 3.
Robert James Green, 39,
P.O. Box 1773, Silsbee, on a
charge of forgery June 8. He
allegedly passed a $132 check at
King Saver Warehouse Foods
on the account of Lessie Tyler
of Silsbee.
Daryl G. Bullock, 21, P.O.
Box 1075, Grayburg, on a
charge of unauthorized use of a
motor vehicle Aug. 26. He is
charged with taking a pickup
truck belonging to W.L. Tipton
of Sour Lake.'
Jessie Junior Ladd, 49, P.O.
Box 746, Rye, on a charge of
felony driving while intoxicat-
ed Sept. 17.
Melba Jones Eason, 49, P.O.
Box 1270, Silsbee, on a charge
of hindering a secured creditor
Aug. 1.
John Chambless, 36, Rt. 3,
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VOLUME 70 - NUMBER 38 SILSBEE, TEXAS 77656, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20,1988 20 PAGES IN 2 SECTIONS
Absentee Balloting
Is Underway At
Office Of Clerk
Hardin County voters who
work Monday through Friday
may find it easier to cast
absentee ballots in this year's
Nov. 8 general election with
one weekend of voting.
County Clerk Dee Hatton
said absentee balloting began
Wednesday and will continue
through Nov. 4. Persons wish*
ing to vote absentee may do so
in the clerk's office in the
county courthouse from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Monday through
Friday.
The office will also open one
Saturday and Sunday-Oct. 29
and 30-from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Silsbee attorney Houston
Thompson submitted petitions
Monday with 18 signatures
■Aing the office to open one
weekend to allow more persons
a chance to vote. Only 15
signatures were required on
the petitions for the weekend
voting to be ordered, Hatton
said.
As of Tuesday, approximate-
ly 420 persons had requested
mail-out ballots.
No Food Distribution
For November
Because no government food
commodities are available at
present there will be no food
distribution in November in
Hardin County, Yvonne Baker,
RSVP coordinator has announ-
ced. '
A new date is expected to be
announced in Dec. 8 Bee.
Silsbee Man Arrested
On Narcotics Charge
Two local law enforcement
officers arrested a Silsbee man
Oct. 12 and confiscated ap-
proximately 200 grams of nar-
cotics, Silsbee Police Chief
Dennis Allen said.
Hardin County Deputy Bob-
by Franklin and Silsbee’s Sgt.
Henry Robbins arrested Fred-
erick W. Huebner HI, 18, 102
Easy St., on charges of unlaw-
fully carrying a weapon and
aggravated possession of a
controlled substance with in-
tent to deliver.
The officers arrested Hueb-
ner after making a traffic stop
about 2 a.m. on Roosevelt
Drive at Lee Miller Road, Allen
said. Found in Huebner’s ve-
hicle were a 16-inch club and
about 200 grams of assorted
pills.
Justice of the Peace Robert
Ward set bond on the posses-
sion charge at $10,000 and on
the weapon charge at $600.
In other police department
action, officers arrested Ran-
dall Keith Wood, 17,403 Phillip
Road, West Lake, La., on a
charge of driving while intoxi-
cated. Justice of the Peace
Cecil Overstreet set bond at
$500.
Arrested on four issuance of
a bad check warrants was
James Edward Jones, 21,
Jones Trailer Park, No. 14,
Silsbee. Judge Ward set four
$200 bonds.
Officers arrested Gwendolyn
Sue Kyles, 38,608 S. 21st St.,
Silsbee on a Jefferson County
issuance of a bad check war-
rant. She posted a $44.% cash
bond on the authority of Judge
Harold Engstrom.
Arrested by officers on a
charge of criminal trespass was
Lonnell Lowe, 39, 410 Ave. H.
Silsbee. Judge Ward set bond
at $500.
Officer Billy Davenport ar-
rested Terry Lynn McCauley,
Criminal Docket Is Set
For 356th District Court
District Judge Britt Plunk
has released the criminal trial
docket for 9 a.m. Oct. 27 in the
356th District Court.
Cases scheduled on the doc-
ket are:
Kathy Fore Blackburn, theft.
Russell E. Miller, unlawful
poss. of firearm by felon.
Samuel Howard Denmon, in-
jury to elderly; failure to stop
and render aide.
Marvin Kelly Curtis. DWI,
DWI.
Billy Joe Powell Jr., Agg.
Robbery, Agg. Robbery, Theft.
Lela Flores, forgery.
George Oglesbee, burglary of
bldg.
George Rogers, Inv.
slaughter.
Calvin, Ray Guidroz Jr.,
Agg. sex. assault of a child.
James Arthur Akers, theft
by check.
Leroy Campbell, burglary of
bldg.
Richard Urban, DWI.
Lewi* Ester Price, DWI.
Bonnie Helton Ebarb, Ind.
with child.
David Arable. DWI.
Roy I>*n Clark, Crim. non-
support.
Welton Gene Sangwin, Agg.
Robbery.
Billy Ray Hooks, Agg. As-
sault.
James Stuart, Agg. Assault.
Danny Roy Worth. DWI.
David Stutsenburg, Arson.
Jackie Lee Castle, Poss. of
Cont. Subs.
Doris Faye Castle, Poss of
Cont. Subs.
Donnie Ray Carey, Burglary
of Bldg.jtheft of services.
Robert Lee Reese, Burglary
of Bldg.
Robert Lonnie Lee. Theft.
Anita Gale Lum, Del. of
Cont. Subs.
Jessie Dewey Sasser, Del. of
Marijuana.
Donald Earl Tunnell, Agg.
Assault.
Kenneth Wayne Keller,
DWI.
Jimmy Ray Leviness, Agg.
Assault.
Larry Glenn Tunnell, Agg.
Assault.
William Clyde Lowe. DWI.
Jessie Junior Ladd. DWI.
Jackie Wm. Brumfield. DWI.
Samuel Ellis, Att. Burglary
of Bldg.
Mark Timothy Fore, DWI.
Randall E. Woosley, DWI.
Jonny Haynes, DWI.
Wanda Janette Beck, Poss.
of Cont. Subs.
Eric Leleaux, Poss. of Mari-
juana.
Atanado Guerrero Jr.,
Poss. of Marijuana.
Shelly Lynn Moore, Forgery.
David Arnold Pelt, Agg.
Sex.. Assault of a Child.
Robert Earl Brown, DWI.
Richard Carlton Bishop,
Poss. of Marijuana.
David Lynn Gilcrease, Burg-
lary of MV.
Darvin Glenn Gilmore,
Theft.
Calvin Lee Janise. Theft.
Sandra Mitchell Hutto, For
^Jerry Lynn Creel, DWI
Janies William Dewitt,
Theft.
Willie Dwayne Lewis, For-
f«y.
Ronald Dustin Hughes, DWI.
Linda Marie Freeman, For
8wy-
Marvin fc.,-1 Lee, Sex. As-
sault of a Child.
Joe Davis. Ind. with a Child.
No Arrests Mode In The
Death Of Silsbee Woman
26, P.O. Box 36, Kountxe, on a
charge of theft under $20 Oct.
12. Robert Lewis, manager of
Wal-Mart, reported McCauley
had taken a pair of tennis shoes
from the store without paying
for them. McCauley pleaded no
contest to the charge and was
fined $76 by Municipal Judge
Frank Grote.
Arrested on an assault war-
rant was Earl Norris Green Jr.,
29, 710 E. Ave. F, Silsbee.
Judge Ward set bond at $200.
Officers are investigating a
case of criminal mischief re-
ported by Valda D. Brown Oct.
9. Brown told officers someone
broke the glass pane in the
window on the left side of her
frontdoor.
The department made 16
arrests, received 112 calls and
issued 90 tickets and 87 warn-
ings during the past week. No
traffic accidents were reported.
No arrest had been made by
mid-week in connection with
the death of a Silsbee woman
found in the Neches River in
Port Arthur Oct. 6.
Hardin County Sheriffs Of-
fice spokesman Arthur Guy
said Wednesday morning that
no one had been charged in the
death of 36-year-old Patricia
Ann Jacobs. Her body was
discovered face down in the
river at the end of Old Ferry
Landing Road.
Initial autopsy results indi-
cated Jacobs had drowned.
Results also showed that she
had received blows to the head
which were strong enough to
have rendered her unconscious.
Jacobs, an employee of the
Silver Spur in Silsbee. was last
seen at the club about 8:30 p.m.
Oct. 5. Investigating the case
are sheriff’s office Capt. Jimmy
Butler, Texas Ranger Haskell
Taylor and Port Arthur Police
Detective Waylon Hughes.
In unrelated action, Hardin
County deputies are investi-
gating the Oct. 12 stabbing of a
Silsbee man, according to the
records of Sheriff H.R. 'Mike''
Holzapfel.
Larry D. Smith was stabbed
during an argument at the Back
Street Club on Fresenius Road
about 10:20 p.m., records
show. Smith was taken to
Silsbee Doctors Hospital by
private vehicle with chest
wounds.
Witnesses reported Smith
was stabbed by a Silsbee wo-
man. The woman, who had not
been arrested early this week,
told deputies Smith had hit her
with a hatchet. She denied that
she had attacked him. The
woman had several cuts on her
fingers, Deputy Bobby Frank-
lin said in hia report.
A hatchet was found later at
the scene but the knife used in
the stabbing was not located.
No witnesses verified that
Smith had used the hatchet,
Franklin said.
The case will probably be
referred to the grand jury,
records noted.
In other department action,
deputies arrested Charles Ed-
ward Herrington, 82, P.O. Box
1917, Silsbee, on charges of
aggravated assault and mis
demeanor assault.
Lori Ann Herrington of War-
ren reported Herrington as-
saulted her at approximately 9
p.m. Friday. David L. Bar-
tholdi of Warren, Mrs. Herring-
ton's brother, reported that
when he went to pick Mrs.
Herrington up after the as-
sault, Herrington shot at his
vehicle six times with a .22-
caliber revolver. The vehicle
was struck in the right front
tire and grill.
Herrington had a $500 bond
set on the charge of misde-
meanor assault and a $6,000
bond set on the charge of
aggravated assault.
Deputy Tim Moody and
Kountxe Police Officer Danny
Sullins arrested Gilbert Frank-
lin Robinson, 37, Rt. 2, Box
815, Kountxe, on charges of
public intoxication and resist-
ing arrest.
The officers arrested Robin-
son on the charge of public
intoxication Saturday at the
Armadillo Inn in Honey Island.
Reports show that when Sullins
attempted to handcuff Robin-
son, Robinson resisted. During
the struggle, Robinson fell and
struck his head on the front
door steps of the club. He was
taken to Silsbee Doctors Hospi-
tal for stitches.
Robinson was fined $90 on
the charge of public intoxi-
cation and had a $500 bond set
on the charge of resisting
arrest.
Deputies are investigating a
burglary at the residence and
business of Ellis Brumbeloe of
Lumberton. A neighbor report-
ed Saturday that the home and
business had been burglarised
while Brumbeloe was out of
town. Several guns and pieces
of jewelry were believed to be
missing from the home.
Persons arrested recently in
the county include:
William Dale Parker, 20. 855
Green Road. Houston, on a
charge of possession of mari-
juana; $500 bond.
James Dean Rowan, 20, 855
Green Road, No. 64, Houston,
on a charge of possession of
marijuana; $600 bond.
■ James William Price, 46, Rt.
2, Box 257-A, Chestei. on a
charge of dumping refuge near
a highway; $500 bond.
Troy Buck Simns HI, 27,
22820 Imperial Valley Dr.,
Houston, on a charge of pos-
session of marijuana; $500
bond.
Steven Edward Echert, 24,
22820 Imperial Valley Dr..
Houston, on a charge of posses-
sion of marijuana; $500 bond;
Willie Fay Chappa, 46, Rt. 6,
Box 139A, Silsbee, on a charge
of disorderly conduct; $132
fine.
Joel Derwin Jones, 20, Star
Rt. 2, Box 924, Silsbee, on a
charge of burglary of a build-
ing; $2,000 bond.
Elton Eugene Hendrix, 58,
Rt. 3, Box 396, Livingston, on a
charge of driving while intoxi-
cated; $500 bond.
Robert Bradley Perry, 31,
Timbers Apartments, No. 213,
Silsbee, on a charge of driving
while intoxicated; $500 bond.
Betty Sewell Carmack, 28,
address unknown, on a charge
of driving while intoxicated;
$1,000 bond.
Jessie Earl Cheshire, 19,
Star Rt. 1, Box 1442, Silsbee,
on charges of felony criminal
mischief and possession of nar-
cotic paraphernalia; $1,000
bond and $63.50 fine.
William Gibson Tanton, 30,
P.O. Box 1101, Silsbee, on
charges of driving while intoxi-
cated and driving while license
suspended; two $600 bonds.
James Lee Sechrist, 28, 710
Yellowood, Lumberton, on a
charge of possession of mari-
juana; $500 bond.
Pamela Norris Lee, 25, 710
Yellowood, Lumberton, on a
charge of possession of mari-
juana; $500 bond.
James Darcy Erwin, 29,
Highway 96 S., Box 1570,
Silsbee, on a charge of in-
decency with a child; $2,000
bond.
Clifton Earl Chesser, 23,
P.O. Box 1960, Silsbee, on a
charge of disorderly conduct;
$41.50 fine.
Dennis Lee Arlan Jr„ 19, 206
Redbud, Silsbee, on a charge of
possession of a controlled sub-
stance; $2,500 bond.
Howard Galen Black, 34,
P.O. Box 673, Evadale, on a
charge of assault; $1,000 bond.
Charles Edwin Solly, 25, 795
Watts Road, Silsbee, on a
charge of issuance of a bad
check; $84 fine.
Jerry Lee Scott, 21, P.O.
Box 401, Saratoga, on a charge
of disorderly conduct; $60 fine.
Jerry Hoke, 21, Star Rt. Box
365, Silsbee, on a motion to
revoke probation on a charge of
burglary of a building; $5,000
bond.
Randall Dean Long Gets
60 Years In Murder Case
A seven-woman, five-man
jury found Randall Dean Long
guilty for the second time of the
1983 murder of a 17-year-old
Hamshire-Fannett student and
sentenced him to 60 years in
prison.
Long was convicted of the
murder of Lisa Moye Wilber by
a Hardin County jury in 1985,
but appeals courts reversed the
decision and returned the case
to the county for a new trial.
The Hardin County jury had
sentenced him to 55 years in
prison.
Long’s second trial was mov-
ed to Galveston’s 212th district
court because of publicity con-
nected with his first trial, in
which witnesses testified they
had seen him with Wilber at a
Beaumont nightclub on the
night of her disappearance. Her
body was found in 1984 near
Honey Island.
Testimony began Oct. 10 in
the trial. The jury convicted
Long of the murder Friday
after deliberations of about an
hour and 45 minutes, District
Attorney R.F. “Bo” Horka said.
An additional hour was spent
while the court answered a
question presented by the jury,
he said.
After more than three hours
of deliberation Monday, the
jury sentenced Long to 60
years in prison. Because a
deadly weapon was used in the
murder, he will not be eligible
for parole for 20 years, Horka
said. Long will get credit for
the approximately two-year
period he spent in prison after
his first trial.
“I'm thrilled with (the ver-
dict),’’ Horka said. “It was a
hard case. It was five years old;
we had lost witnesses; we were
having to try it off in another
county.
“It was a lot of work,” Horka
said of the logistics of the trial.
"I was pleased with our co-
ordination and administration
of it.’’
Long will be held in the
Hardin County jail until a space
is available at the Texas De-
partment of Corrections.
Court Of Appeals
To Review Woman's
Murder Conviction
The Ninth Court of Appeals
will review the murder convic-
tion of a Batson woman con-
victed of murdering her ex-
husband in January 1985.
The Court of Criminal Ap-
peals on Oct. 12 ordered the
Ninth Court to review the case
of Virginia Ann Shorten, who
was sentenced by a six-man,
six-woman jury in 1986 to 15
years in prison for the shooting
death of Robert William Short-
en. Testimony in her 356th
district court trial revealed
Shorteq shot her ex-husband in
the chest while in her parents'
driveway. Her trial attorneys
claimed the action was taken in
self-defense.
Shorten appealed the convic-
tion on the grounds that the
trial court erred in admitting
into evidence testimony and
exhibits relating to an out-of-
court experiment. A second
point of error in the appeal was
that the court erred in instruct-
ing the jury on the existence of
parole laws.
On May 18, the Ninth Court
affirmed the sentence, over-
ruling both points of error. In
the opinion, the court stated
that Shorten did not object to
the constitutionality of the pa-
role instructions during the
jury charge.
Because of a new standard
set in June, the Court of
Appeals said failure to raise the
objection does not automatical-
ly prevent an appeal on that
point.
Parent Advisory
Council To Conduct
Training Session
The SiLJvw Independent
School District E.C.I.A. Chap-
ter I District Parent Advisory
Council training session will be
conducted October 26 from 9:30
to 11:30 a.m. in the board room
of the school administration
office at 416 West Avenue N.
At this meeting Mrs. Flo
Stark, director of federal and
state compensatory education
programs for the district, will
explain to members the duties
and responsibilities of the dis-
(See Parent* lac. I. Pape 10)
7.8 Billion Barrels Of Crude In
Texas Are Waiting To Be Tapped
AUSTIN-A bonanza of 7.8
billion barrels of Texas oil
worth $117 billion at current
prices is waiting to be tapped
through enhanced recovery
projects, according to Railroad
Commission Chairman James
E. (Jim) Nugent.
Nugent said studies by the
Energy Information Adminis-
tration and the Interstate Oil
Compact Commission estimate
enhanced recovery techniques
could add 22 billion barrels of
recoverable reserves nation-
wide. Texas' portion of the total
is estimated at 7.8 billion
barrels.
“It’s a prize well worth
seeking,” Nugent said, “but
Mother Nature has locked this
oil way in difficult places,
making it a technological and
financial challenge to extract
it."
Nugent said with improved
technology and the right incen-
tives to encourage the indus-
try, Texas' recoverable crude
oil reserves could be increased
by 104 percent through en-
hanced recovery. "At current
prices, that’s more than $4
billion in tax revenues to state
and local governments,” he
said.
But Nugent said the dream of
doubling Texas' oil reserves
will remain just a dream unless.
the federal government adopts
an energy policy, a policy to
support research and develop-
ment for new and more efficient
enhanced recovery methods.
“The day of the giant new field
discovery in the lower 48 in
gone," he said. “We’ve got to go
back and squeeze known for
motions, poke into corners, and
eoax that oil out, and we've got
to have some federal encour-
agement to do ft."
The Railroad Commission
chairman said the costs of
employing today's enhanced re-
covery technology in oil pro-
duction make it difficult for
industry to justify the expense,
given the turmoil in today's
world crude markets.
‘That’s where U S. energy
policy should step in,” Nugent
said. “We need a federal com-
mitment to join in an energy
partnership with industry and
our universities to open new
avenues for developing our
remaining reserves. We need a
federal commitment to under-
writing enhanced recovery re-
search. And we need a federal
commitment to begin those
(So# Crude Sac. 1, Page 10)
County Declines To Authorize
Sawmill's Application For Grant
Hardin County commission
ers declined Monday to author-
ize a hardwood sawmill to apply
for an $81,750 Texas Capital
Fund grant which would have
to be administered by the
county.
Steve Eppes of Gulf Coast
Forest Industries said the busi-
ness would use the state grant
funds, which must be repaid, to
inventory logs for the winter.
The grant would have enabled
the company to add more
employees and possibly another
shift, he said.
After recessing in order to
speak with Texas Department
of Commerce officials about the
grant, commissioners voted not
to sign the grant application.
Hardin County Judge M.R.
“Pete" McKinney said state
officials told him the state
would loan the money to the
county, which would in turn
loan it to the business. The
county would be responsible for
administering the grant and
monitoring the company, he
said.
“I don’t fed like the county
should be in the lending busi-
ness,” McKinney said, adding
that the county could incur
liabilities if commissioners au-
thorised the grant application.
No one appeared to speak at
a public hearing Monday morn-
ing on the application.
In other action Monday, com-
missioners voted to accept a
$7,103 grant from the Criminal
Justice Division of the Gover-
nor’s Office to provide a Neigh-
(Sm County Sac. 1. Soya 10)
Juniors, Seniors To Toko
EXIT Tosts Next Week
“First time tested, first time
passed" is a motto Silsbee High
School students taking the
Texas Educational Assessment
of Minimum Skills EXIT test
will try to live by Tuesday and
Wednesday.
SISD Assistant Supt. James
B, Lang said juniors and sen-
iors who have not passed the
test will get their first oppor
tunity of the 1968-89 school
year to master it. Hie students
will be tested on mathematics
on Tuesday and on English
language arts on Wednesday.
State law requires that stu-
dents pass the TEAMS EXIT
test before receiving a high
school diploma.
“Silsbee High School test
coordinators and administra-
tors will follow the strict guide-
lines established by the Texas
Education Agency to ensure
each junior has ample time to
pass the TEAMS the first
time .” Lang said, adding that
Principal B.A. Hicks and Ms
staff have worked hard to
prepare the students for the
exam.
“Parents are urged to su-
ite said.
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