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VOLUME 64 - NUMBER 35 SILSBEE, TEXAS 77656, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7,1982 30 PAGES IN 3 SECTIONS
$
4.4 Million County Budget
Became Effective On Friday
ANDREW E. REDKEY
Andrew E. Redkey
Is Nominee For
Commissioner, Pet. 1
Andrew E. “Cotton" Redkey
is the Democratic nominee for
the two-year unexpired term of
Precinct 1 county commission-
er.
Redkey retired in 1976 as an
engineer technician with the
Texas Highway Department
after 30 years of service.
Since retiring he has served
from 1978 through 1980 as a
consultant to Hardin County in
the construction of Hawthorne
Field- Hardin County Airport,
and is presently employed as a
project inspector with a con
suiting firm in Beaumont.
“I feel that my previous
occupational experiences and
working with the public give
me the qualifications to serve
as county commissioner," Red-
key said.
He and his wife, Irene,
members of the First United
Methodist Church of Silsbee,
have lived in Silsbee for 34
years. They have two married
children, Linda Hoskins of
Niceville, Fla. and Jerry Red-
key of Lumberton.
The Hardin County Com-
missioners adopted a $4.4 mill-
ion budget presented by the
county judge Sept. 30.
The budget went into effect
the next day, Oct. 1.
County Judge Ray Martin
said the only real change from
the original draft was a $3,000
increase for a teletype system
in the Tax Assessor-Collector’s
office, which will be used to
check license and title informa-
tion. The money for the sys-
tem, Martin said, will come out
of additional fees assessed in
the assessor-collector’s office.
The budget includes $165,000
for the Appraisal District,
$100,000 for the county landfill
expansion, $50,000 for a Pre-
cinct 4 yard, and a $50 per
month across the board pay
raise for county employees.
The county will not be able to
set a tax rate until November,
Martin said, because of delays
in receiving a complete tax roll.
The commissoners also
amended the 1981-82 budget,
which Martin said ran very
close to what was estimated.
Precincts 1, 3 and 4, Martin
said, which operated in the red
for many years, are now in the
black.
In other business the com-
missioners accepted the bid of
Justice of the Peace Bennie
Como to build a 768 square foot
building to house voting boxes
in voter precinct 12.
The building, which Como
will also maintain, is on the
same property as Judge Como’s
office, and the county will pay
$275 per month on a four-year
lease with a four-year option.
The current rent the county
pays on Judge Como's office is
$150 per month.
The commissioners accepted
the bid of Etex, a Silsbee office
equipment supply company, to
put an IBM copy machine in the
sheriffs office, which will cost
$1,995 plus $350 for a service
contract. The machine has a 90
day warranty.
The commissioners also
authorized County Clerk
Geraldine Collins to hire two
temporary employees for 20
days at $400 each. The employ-
ees will help with absentee
balloting.
Mrs. Collins said that if
commissioners authorize a wet-
dry election in Justice Precinct
2 absentee balloting for that
election and the general elec-
tion Nov. 2 could overlap.
Commissioners also voted to
renew a $28,850 bank note on a
mowing machine for Precinct 1
by paying the $1,313 in inter-
est.
The court authorized per
diem and miles for any of its
members to attend the Texas
Association of County Judges
and Commissioners conference
in Abilene Oct. 13,14, and 15.
The court also gave Sheriff
Mike Holzapfel permission to
promote Capt. Ralph Osborne
to chief deputy, and warrant
officer Jimmy Butler to captain
of investigation division, to
promote the jail captain to
warrant officer and replace a
jailer. The promotions come
because Chief Deputy Gene
Furry is leaving the depart-
ment.
JULIE COOK wilt be crowned 1982 Homecoming
Queen during halftime of Friday night's game in Kirby
Memorial Stadium.
School Taxes Are Expected to
Increase 12 % Over Last Year
School trustees will be ad-
vertising a 37 percent increase
in Silsbee school district taxes,
but trustees said the actual
increase over last year is 12
percent.
Raymond Tennison, school
board president, said at a Sept.
30 emergency meeting, the
difference in the actual increase
and the increase which will be
advertised is due to the way the
state makes school boards
calculate tax rates.
Last year, Tennison said, the
school district called on local
sources to provide $2.3 million
and this year the local sources
will provide $2.7 million or
about a $400,000 increase.
Lumberton Raiders Face
Lincoln Bumblebees At
Port Arthur Friday
By Michael Minton
What do you do after losing
48-0 at South Park, also losing 5
two-way starters during that
contest, and then have to travel
to Port Arthur the following
week to face the League
Leading Lincoln Bumblebees?
Well, you do whatever you can
according to Lumberton Raider
Coach Cliff Larsen.
Coach Washington’s crew
owns a (3 2) (2-0) slate with
wins over 5-A Westbrook
(18-12) and a (24-0) shutout
over Silsbee two weeks ago,
along with 2 losses to a pair of
5-A schools in Beaumont,
French (22-8) and Houston
Jones (15-14).
Lincoln knocked off LC-M
35-15 last week with an awe-
He said the increases are
needed primarily because of
pay raises authorized by the
state. And some of the in-
crease, he said, was due to an
enhanced maintenance pro-
gram.
The 12 percent increase,
Tennison said, “is not very
much when you consider infla-
tion overall.”
Appraisals were increased
from $188 million last year to
$290.5 million this year with
agricultural use valuations.
The effective tax rate of
$1.45 per $100 valuation was
reduced to 87 cents per $100
valuation by the increase in the
appraised values and the values
omitted in the state formula for
calculating rates.
The trustees granted a 40
percent homestead exemption
which Tennison said reduced
the taxable value of $290.5
million by about $50 million to
$240 million. Trustees also
figured in a $5 million reduction
for possible errors in the
appraisals which leaves about
$235 million in taxable value.
Based on the $235 million,
Tennison said, the district will
need $1.20 per $100 valuation
from local sources to support
the $7.2 million budget which
took effect Friday.
School trustees scheduled a
public hearing on the tax rate
for 7 p.m. Oct. 19.
By advertising a 37 percent
increase the district could be
put in a situation where taxpay-
ers call for a referendum to
decide whether to roll back tax
JOHN J. FORDINAL JR.
John J. Fordinal To
Be Candidate For
Commissioner, Pet. 1
John J. Fordinal Jr. told the
Bee Tuesday that despite some
question over election regula-
tions and rulings he will de-
finitely be a candidate for
Commissioner of Precinct 1,
Hardin County.
The position became open
after Milton (Pete) McKinney,
Democratic nominee for County
Judge, vacated the commiss-
ioner post following a ruling
which required it.
Fordinal is running as a
Republican. The 58-year-old
businessman has lived in Sils-
bee for 32 years and is owner
and manager of Jays Handee
Mart. A member of Silsbee
Chamber of Commerce and
Silsbee Optimist Club, he has
served as a city councilman for
14 years where he has worked
on committees dealing with
budgets, personnel and revenu-
es.
“I believe that County gov-
ernment is one of our stronger
local levels dealing directly
with and being most responsive
to public needs. The Commiss-
ioners are administrators of the
public funds, which should be
handled in a businesslike man-
ner. I have had 32 years of
business administration and 14
years of public service for the
City of Silsbee. I would like to
CECIL AND FRANCES COBBLE will bo the marshals of
the Silsbee Ex-Students Homecoming Parade Satur-
day.
Julie Cook Named
Homecoming Queen
rates to the 1981 level. State give this experience an oppor-
law permits such referendums tunity in County Government
whenever anentity proposes
more than an eight percent
increase in the tax rate.
by serving as your Commission-
er, Precinct 1, Hardin County,”
Fordinal said.
Cecil and Frances Cobble
have been named marshals for
the Silsbee Ex-Student Home-
coming Parade to be held
Saturday.
Cobble was named “Silsbee’s
Outstanding Citizen of the
Year" in March 1980 by the
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
and was honored at the annual
banquet. A native of Corrigan,
in Polk County, he moved to
Silsbee in 1928, and following
graduation from Silsbee High
School in 1932 was bookkeeper
at Silsbee Dry Goods. He began
BILL FLOWERS
Bill Flowers Is
Candidate For
Pet. 1 Commissioner
Bill Flowers will be on the
ballot in the Nov. 2 election for
the two-year unexpired Pet. 1
commissoner term.
Flowers, 50, has bqen the
Pet. 1 foreman since former
commissioner Pete McKinney
took office. Prior to becoming
Pet. 1 foreman he was a heavy
equipment operator for Pet. 2.
"As a road foreman for Pete
McKinney I have cooperated
with the city of Silsbee,” he
said,” and if elected I will
continue to do so."
Prior to working for the
county Flowers was a heavy
equipment operator building
roads for Trotti and Thompson,
and prior to that he was an
opeator for Houston Chemical.
“I am familiar with the duties
of commissioner,” he said, “and
believe that I am experienced
enough to do a good job on the
court as well as the roads."
Larsen, who was riddled by 8011,6 aerial attack. Kenneth
injuries last year, was very Vaughn, the Bee’s senior quar-
optimistic this September as terback, completed 16 of 20
his depth charts showed a passes for 335 yards and 3
3-deep status in every cate- touchdown strikes, enroute to a
gory, “And overnight it's 28-0 halftime lead over the
gone," says Larsen, as he has Bears,
lost 5 starters in the last two "They’re a lot like Hebert
contests, and one or two more and Jasper, they have a tre-
are doubtful against Lincoln. mendous defense, and offen-
"We’re going to tell the kids sively they have the skilled
to go out and do the best they
can," said Larsen, “and hope
we can avoid ahy more injur-
ies.”
As for Coach Joe Washing-
ton’s Bee’s, they are picking up
steam like a steamroller in
route to the East Zone champ-
ionship crown with either Jas-
per or South Park, all three are
undefeated in loop play.
Tigers In "Must Win" Spot
Against LC-M Bears Friday
($•• Roldan Sec. 1, Page 4)
Appointment Of
Pet. 1 Commissioner
To Be Postponed
County Judge Ray Martin
said Sept. 30 that he will
probably not appoint a com-
missioner for Precinct 1 iintil
after the Nov. 2 general
election.
Martin said he had consider-
ed appointing somebody be-
cause the commissioners could
not set a tax r^te without a full
court. But since there have
been delays in receiving a tax
roll from the Appraisal Dis-
trict, Martin said, the court will
Fordinal’s Name To
Appear On Ballot
John J. Fordinal will be
listed on the Nov. 2 ballot as
the Republican candidate for
the two-year unexpired Pre-
cinct 1 commissioner term, but
Fordinal will not be able to
serve unless appointed by the
county judge.
Last week County Attorney
Britt Plunk said he received an
opinion by telephone from the
state attorney general's office
that since Fordinal voted in the
Democratic primary he could
not run as a Republican because
state election laws do not allow
the crossing of party lines. The
attorney general's office told
Plunk to have the county clerk
remove Fordinal’s name from
the ballot.
But County Clerk Geraldine
Collins said that a couple of
days later she was told to put
Fordinal’s name back on the
It's homecoming, and the
Tigers are playing a game
Friday night that could deter-
mine whether or not they will
get a shot at the playoffs.
“There’s no question,” Head
Coach Pat Day said, “We’re in a
position where we have to
win.”
The Tigers play their second
zone contest when they meet
the Little Cypress-Marurice-
ville Bears at 7:30 p.m. Friday
in Kirby Memorial Stadium.
Both the Tigers and the
Bears have been beaten by
Lincoln in zone play, and
Lincoln is picked by many to
get the top spot in the zone. To
stay in contention for the
second spot Silsbee must win
Friday.
LC-M lost a district game to
South Park, where the Bears
were the victims of the big
play. But they exploded against
Lumberton beating them 47-6
in a nondistrict game. And they
have lost two close games to
Vidor and West Orange-Stark.
The Bears, Day said, are a
much better team than their
record indicates, and the Tigers
will have to execute better than
they have all season to beat
them.
LC-M, which was 7-3 last
season, has an excellent run-
ning back in James Rutherford
listed at 212 pounds, and they
have a giant back in Allen
LeFluer who is listed a 276.
They also are said to have a
pair of halfback with 4.4 speed.
So the Tigers will have their
work cut out for them, and they
($•• Tigers Sac. I, Paga 10)
TIGER Z-BACK CURTIS GREEN follows tha blocking of offonslvo linemen Jimmy
Standi and Kent Irvin. The Tigers went on to beat 32-7.
work at Silsbee State Bank in
1940 where he is presentlly
consultant vice chairman.
Mrs. Cobble is the former
Frances Upshaw, a longtime
resident and a member of a
pioneer family of Silsbee. She is
also a graduate of Silsbee High
School. They are the parents of
a son, David Cobble of Silsbee;
twin daughters, Cecile Cobble
and Carole Wills, both of
Houston. They have five grand-
children. They have been active
in church, civic and charitable
organizations.
A reception will be held in
the Cobble home at 505 North
8th Street Saturday, im
mediately following the meet-
ing at the school, honoring
ex-students of the 1920’s and
1930's.
The parade will begin at 9
a.m. at the south end of town
at Conner’s Drive In, ending
north of town beyond Pine
Plaza Shopping Center. Classes
of 1932, 1942, 1952, 1962, 1972
and 1982 will be honored this
(Sea Homecoming Sac. 1, Paga 6)
Tylenol Capsules
Of Questioned Series
Found In Silsbee
Police Chief Dennis Allen
said that soiqe Extra Strength
Tylenol marked with the same
series numbers as bottles which
contained cyanide laced capsul-
es and killed seven people have
been found in Silsbee.
"There is no need for alarm,"
Allen emphasized, "but it is
something to be cautious
about.” Just because bottles
are marked with the same
series numbers, Allen said,
does not necessarily mean they
contain poison.
Allen said that any bottle
marked with 1910 MD, 2880
MC, or MB 2788 should be
returned to a drug store so that
the Johnson and Johnson Com-
pany - the manufacturer of
Tylenol - can test it. All
Silsbee merchants are being
asked to take the product
marked with those number
series off the shelves, Allen
said.
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