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Several Persons Enter Guilty
Pleas In County Court Action
Guilty pleas were entered in
a number of separate cases in
county court action on July 26
and 27, according to the records
of County Attorney Bevil
Wright.
Robert P. Gordon Jr., 33,
P.0. Box 2282, Silsbee. pleaded
guilty to a charge of driving
while intoxicated. He was fined
$250, plus court costs, and was
placed on a 30-day sentence
suspended over 12 months of
probation.
William Foster, 42, P.O. Box
334, Vidor, pleaded guilty to a
charge of reckless driving and
was fined $200, plus court
costs. Foster also pleaded guil-
ty to Justice of the Peace
Bennie Como on a charge of
public intoxication and was
fined $213.50.
James Meziere, 24, 123
Ninth, Nederland, pleaded
guilty to a charge of reckless
driving and was fined $200,
plus court costs. He also plead-
ed guilty to Justice of the Peace
Sid Johnson on a charge of
public intoxication and was
fined $213.50.
Shawn E. Williams, 23, 201
Windstone, Arlington, pleaded
guilty to a charge of driving
while intoxicated. Williams was
fined $250, plus court costs, and
was placed on a 30-day sen-
tence suspended over six
months of probation.
George Martindale, 42, P.O.
Box 1528, Jasper, pleaded guil-
ty to a charge of reckless
driving and was fined $200,
plus court costs. Martindale
also pleaded guilty to Judge
Johnson on a charge of public
intoxication and was fined
$213.50.
Paul E. Garcia, 45, P.O. Box
837, Sour Lake, pleaded guilty
to a charge of reckless driving
and was fined $200, plus court
costs.
Charles M. Crawford, 25, P.O.
Box 694, Kountze, pleaded
guilty to a charge of reckless
driving and was fined $200,
plus court costs. He also plead-
ed guilty to Judge Como on a
charge of public intoxication
and was fined $213.50.
William V. Harrington, 42,
8275 Oak Ridge, Beaumont,
pleaded guilty to a charge of
driving while intoxicated. He
was fined $300, plus court
costs, and was placed on a
30-day sentence suspended
over six months of probation.
James A. Hodge, 40, Rt. 1,
Box 211, Kountze, pleaded
guilty to a charge of reckless
driving and was fined $200,
plus court costs.
Joel Sitton, 19, Rt. 1, Box 48,
Beaumont, pleaded guilty to a
charge of reckless driving and
was fined $200, plus court
costs. He also pleaded guilty to
Judge Johnson on a charge of
public intoxication and was
fined $213.50.
Elzy Banks, 39, 2500 W. Ave.
J, Silsbee, pleaded guilty to a
charge of driving while intoxi-
cated. Banks was fined $250,
plus court costs, and was placed
on a 30-day sentence suspended
over 12 months of probation.
Phillip Hollis, 29, P.O. Box
964, Evadale, pleaded guilty to
a charge of reckless driving and
was fined $200, plus court
costs. He also pleaded guilty to
Justice of the Peace Gerald
Loper on a charge of public
intoxication and was fined
$213.50.
Dorothy Chambless, 35, Rt. 6,
Box 47, Silsbee, pleaded guilty
to a charge of theft and was
fined $150, plus court costs.
Edward V. Taylor. 28, 1200
Buckhorn, Vidor, pleaded guil-
ty to a charge of reckless
driving and was fined $200,
plus court costs. Taylor also
pleaded guilty to Judge Como
on a charge of public intoxica-
tion and was fined $213.50.
Wilbur Howton, 57, P.O. Box
2020, Silsbee, pleaded guilty to
a charge of driving while intox-
icated. He was sentenced to 60
days in jail and his driver’s
license was suspended for two
years.
Specialists Suggest Idle Acres
Be Converted To Produciton
“Many Hardin County farm-
ers are converting idle cropland
acres to productive income
producing land uses,” says
Fred Kellum with the USDA-
SCS. They have found that idle
cropland acres can produce
income instead of becoming a
burden to landowners.
If left unused, it only takes a
few years for idle fields to be
taken over by dense stands of
non-income producing brush
Living Words Of
Faith and
Understanding
By Seymour Greenwald
Should not be rationed
But Rfted up
From this human muck
And freed from ail sophistry
Should be like a preacher
And fuido the human mind
Toward the Divine
This is the proper environment
And God's requirement
To raise the young
To he henlthy end strong.
Copyright 1988
Seymour Greenwald
such as the Chinese tallow tree.
Several landowners have es-
tablished their fields to grow
permanent pasture grasses
such as Pensacola Bahia and
Alamo Switchgrass. The trend
back to beef cattle production
has sparked this interest,
which has been increasing oyer
the past two years, Kellum
says.
Other landowners have
planted Loblolly Pine trees on
idle cropland. Pine timber of-
fers the landowner good oppor-
tunities for profit; with today's
management techniques in-
come can be realized in 15
years, he says.
Both of these land uses are
excellent ways to control soil
erosion and at the same time
offer the landowner a source of
income producing property.
The Soil Conservation Ser-
vice (SCS) is available to pro-
vide technical assistance to
landowners in developing con-
servation plans to use the land
wisely and increase soil pro-
ductivity.
Historical Society
The Historical and Genealog-
ical Society of Hardin County
will meet Saturday at the
Kountze Public Library, 800
Redwood, from 11 a.m. to 1
p.m.
WANT ADS cn RESULTS
1 Jack & Sue's H
Catfish Kitchen
Highway 327 Wast • 385-3685
Jack & Sue's Top Half
Restaurant
Kountze - Highway 69 North - 246-3333
Breakfast Special For August
2 Pancakes, 2 Eggs, 2 Slices Of
Bacon, 2 Sausage Links
.....*1.99
2 Eggs, 2 Slices Bacon or 2 Sausage
Links, Hash Browns or Grits,
Toast or Biscuits
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Legal Notices
COMBINED NOTICE
NOTICE OF FINDING OF NO
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE
ENVIRONMENT
ad
NOTICE TO PUBLIC OF REQUEST FOR
RELEASE OF FUNDS
Date of Ptibikatioa August 4.1988
CITY OF 8IL8BEE
106 South Third. Silibe*. TX 77868
1409)386 2863
TO ALL INTERESTED AGENCIES.
GROUPS. AND PERSONS:
On or shout August 23, 1988. the
shove-named CHjr will request the Texes
Department of Commerce (TDOCI to re-
lease Federal funds under Title I of the
Housing end Community Development Act
of 1974, as amended, to be used for the
following project:
IMPROVEMENTS TO SOUTH SEWER
TREATMENT FACILITY
FY 87 Texas Community Development
Program 707151
Upgrade Sewer Treatment Facility to meet
Texes Water Commission Standards.
Silsbee. Hardin County. Texas
Part of Enumeration District 307
3300.000.00 Texas Community
Development Program
*212,282 .00 City of Silsbee
3612.282.00 Total Project Cost
* Earliest date for submittal of Request
for Release of Funds and Certification is 17
days sfter date of publication.
FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
It has been determined that such request
for release of funds will not constitute an
action significantly affecting the quality of
the human environment and accordingly the
above named City of Silsbee has decided
not to prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement under the National Environ
mental Policy Act of 1969.
The reasons for such decision not to
prepare such Statement ere as follows:
1) There will be no negntive impacts on the
environment as a result of any activity or
project undertaken with TCDP Funds.
2) Some increase in noise, dust or other
nuisance levels may occur during construe
tion, rehabilitation, reconstruction and/or
demolition: however, such disturbances mil
be temporary and will coase on the
completion of the activities which cause
them.
3) None of the activities or projects to be
undertaken will affect any known local,
state or national historic, architectural or
archaeological resources presently listed, or
potentially eligible for listing, in the
National Register of Historical Places or in
any State or Local Registry.
4) The Project will provide for continuation
of services being provided within the
Project tree.
5) No effect it expected on protected or
endangered wildlife or vegetation.
6) Exempt activities under Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974
Section 106(a) and Section 106(e) 18.
An Environmental Review Record re-
specting the within project has been made
by the above-named City of Silsbee which
documents the environmental review of the
project end more fully lets forth the
reasons why such Statement is not re-
quired. This Environmental Review Record
is on file at the above address end is
available for public examination and copy-
ing. upon request, at City Hall, 106 South
Third Street. Silsbee, Texas between the
hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on regular
working daya.
Public Comments on Finding
All interested agencies, groups, end
persons disagreeing with thia decision are
invited to submit written comments for
consideration by the City of Silsbee to the
City Manager. Ron Hickerson on or before
August 22. 1988. All such comments so
received will be considered and the City of
Silsbee will not request the release of
Federal fundi or take any administrative
action on the withing project prior to the
date specified in the preceding sentence.
RELEASE OF FUNDS
The City of Silsbee will undertake the
project described above with Texas Com-
munity Development Program fundi from
the Texas Department of Commerce
(TDOC) under Title I of the Housing a
Community Development Act of 1974
■mended. The City of Silsbee is certifying
to the Texas Department of Commerce that
the City of Silsbee and Wealey C. Latham,
in hia official capacity as Mayor of Silsbee.
consent to eccept the jurisdiction of the
Federal Courts if an action is brought to
enforce responsibilities in relation to envir
onmental assessments, decision-making,
and action: and that these responsibilities
have been satisfied. The legal effect at the
certification is that upon ita approval, the
City of Silsbee msy use the Texes Commu
nity Development Program funds, and the
Texe* Department of Commerce (TDOC)
will have satisfied its responsibilities under
the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 and 24 CFR Part 68.
Objections to State Release of Funds
The Texne Department of Commerce
(TDOC) will accept an objection to iu
approval of the release of funda and
acceptance of the certification only if it is on
one of the following besea: (a) that the
certification wee not in fact executed by the
chief executive officer or other certifying
officer of the Contractor approved by TDOC
or (b) that the Contractor's environmental
review record for the project indicates
omission of a required decision, finding, or
step applicable to the project in the
environmental review process. Objections
must be prepared and submitted in ac-
cordance with the required procedure (24
CFR 68), ad may be addressed to the
Texts Department of Commerce (TDOC).
Community Development Finance Divi-
sion P.O. Box 12728, Capitol Station.
Austin, Texas 78711.
Objections to the releese of funds on
bases other than those stated above will not
be considered by the Texas Department of
Community Affaire. No objection received
after September 8.1988 will be considered
by the Texas Department of Commerce
(TDOC).
WESLEY C. LATHAM, MAYOR
CITY OF SILSBEE
106 South Third
Sibheo. Texas 77666
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
OIL AND GAS WASTE DISPOSAL WELL
PERMIT
SUE ANN OIL & GAS COMPANY. P.O.
Box 126. La Ward. Texas 77970 has appUed
to the Railroad Commission of Texas for a
permit to dbpoee of produced eelt water nr
other oil ud gee waste by well injection
into e reservoir productive of oil or gas
The applicant proposes to diapooe of oil
ud gas waste into tho Frio L.L. Williams.
Well Number t. The proposed disposal well
b located 8.6 mibs north from Sib bee in the
Sibbee, North Field, in Hardin County. The
waste water will be injected into strata in
the subsurface depth intervei from 4276 to
4960 feet.
LEGAL AUTHORITY: Chapter 27 of the
Texas Water Code, ea amended. Title 3 of
the Natural Resources Code, as amended,
ud the Statewide Rubs of the Oil ud Gaa
Division of the Railroad Commission of
Texas.
Requests for a public hearing from persona
who can show they ere adversely affected,
or requests for further information concern
ing uy aspect of the application should be
submitted in writing, within fifteen days of
publication, to the Underground Injection
Control Section. Oil and Gaa Diva ion.
Railroad Commission of Texas, Drawer
12987, Capitol Station. Auatin. Taxaa 78711
(Telephone 512/446 1373)
UITIE CLASSIFIEDS FOR
BIG RESULTS!
$•$■$»•
Texas Oil And Gas Well
Completions Increased In June
4,19M, SocMm I, Nge S
AUSTIN-Texas oil and gas
operators reported 245 gas and
623 oil completions in June,
according to Railroad Commis-
sion Chairman James E. (Jim)
Nugent. May's total was 232
gas and 565 oil completions.
Police Arrests
Include Forgery,
Simple Assault
Silsbee police officers arrest-
ed a number of area residents
in separate cases on charges
ranging from forgery to simple
assault, according to Police
Chief Dennis Allen.
Officers arrested Floyd
Charles Lout, 18, Rt. 2. Box 9C.
Bronson, on a charge of forgery
by passing. Also arrested on a
charge of forgery in connection
with the tase was Kimberly
Kay Upshaw. 20, P.O. Box 396,
Evadale. The arrests cleared a
total of six cases of forged
checks, Allen said. Justice of
the Peace Robert Ward set
Lout's bond at $2,500 and
Upshaw’s at $1,500.
Arrested on a charge of
driving while intoxicated was
Billy Dean Sartor, 54, 1260
uerson, Silsbee. Justice of the
Peace Bennie Como set bond at
$2,500.
Officers arrested Terry Mc-
Gallion Loft in, 26, Star Rt. 2,
Box 204, Silsbee, on a charge of
theft under $20 after an em-
ployee of Wal-Mart reported
Friday an alleged shoplifter had
been stopped outside the store.
The employee said he had seen
the woman enter the store, pick
up an approximately $7 item
and later put it in her purse.
Loftin pleaded guilty to Judge
Ward, who fined her $113.
Arrested on an assault war-
rant was Andy O'Neal, 57, 800
E. Ave. H, Silsbee. He pleaded
guilty to Judge Ward and was
fined $46.
Officers arrested Craig Mark
Carmichael, 29, Rt. 2, Box 241
M, Kirbyville, on a charge of
driving while intoxicated.
Judge Como set bond at $500.
Arrested on a charge of theft
under $20 was James Edward
Davenport, age unknown, 745
S. lSth St., SUsbee. Davenport
pleaded guilty to Municipal
Judge Frank Grote, who fined
him $110.
Arrested on a charge of
driving while intoxicated was
Clarence Hull Odom Jr„ 24,
P.O. Box 622, Buna. Justice of
the Peace Sid Johnson set bond
at $1,000.
Officers arrested William
Dexter White, 30, P.O. Box 16,
Evadale, on a Tyler County
criminal trespass warrant. He
was arraigned by Judge John-
son and released to the Tyler
County Sheriff’s Office.
Arrested on simple assault
warrants were Alice I. Carpen-
ter, 42, 103 Rocky Lane, Sils-
bee, and Thaxton Harper, 28,
925 N. Second St., Silsbee.
Judge Grote set $100 bonds for
both.
Arrested on an issuance of a
bad check warrant was Stella
Brown, 41, Rt. 3, Box 278,
Buna. She was arraigned by
Judge Grote and posted a cash
bond of $86.38.
Officers arrested Willie
Dwayne Lewis, 26, 730 N.
Fourth St., Silsbee, on a Jeffer-
son County motion to revoke
probation charge. He was ar-
raigned by Judge Como and
released to the Jefferson Coun-
ty Sheriff’s Office.
In offenses under investiga-
tion, Earl B. Stover III report-
ed July 25 someone took his
city garbage container after it
was placed out for normal
garbage pick-up.
Teresa Lovell reported July
28 someone damaged the turn
signal light on the front of her
vehicle while it was parked on
the south side of the Market
Place store. Damage was esti-
mated at $150.
Dewey Gardner reported
Saturday someone entered a
residence which was left in his
care and took two television
sets, a stereo, two speakers
and a snow cone machine.
An employee of Charter Food
Store reported Saturday a wo-
man took $12 worth of super
unleaded gasoline without pay-
ing for it.
Nathan Chambers reported
Saturday someone took a girl’s
12-speed bicycle and a boy’s
all-terrain bicycle from his re-
sidence.
Lemuel Harvey reported
Sunday someone threw a piece
of iron and broke the window
on the passenger’s side of his
vehicle while he was driving in
the 800 block of Railroad Ave-
nue.
The department made 14 ar-
rests, investigated one auto-
mobile accident, received 125
calls and issued 59 tickets and
47 warnings during the past
week.
Gas completions in June in-
cluded two in the San Antonio
area (District 1), six in the
Refugio area (District 2), 11 in
Southeast Texas (District 3), 18
in deep South Texas (District
4), one in East Central Texas
(District 5), one in East Texas
(District 6), two in West Cen-
tral Texas (District 7B), one in
the San Angelo area (District
7C), and one in the Psmhandle
(District 10).
Oil completions included four
in the San Antonio area, three
in the Refugio area, four in
Southeast Texas, two in deep
South Texas, three in East
Central Texas, four in East
Texas, three in West Central
Texas, two in the Midland area
(District 8), four in the Lubbock
area (District 8A), and six in
North Texas (District 9).
Those completions reported
in June included 623 oil, 245
gas, and 73 service comple-
tions. In May, operators filed
565 oil, 232 gas, and 71 service
completion reports.
Operators also reported that
1,069 holes were plugged in
June, compared to 1,123 in
May. A total of 167 dry holes
were reported in June, com-
pared to 214 in May.
Obituaries
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Rites Are Today For
Maxine Price, 60
Maxine Price, 60, of Lumber-
ton died Tuesday at St. Eliza-
beth Hospital after an illness.
A graveside service will be at
10 a.m. Thursday (today) at Old
Hardin Cemetery in Kountze
under the direction of Farmer
Funeral Home in Silsbee.
A native of Liverpool, La., she
lived in Beaumont 27 years
before moving to Lumberton 10
years ago.
Survivors include her Hus-
band, Nelson H. Price; and
daughters, Delores Gaulding
and Tammy Wilkerson, all of
Lumberton; son, Richard W.
Price of Austin; mother, Idell
Watson; and Brother, Bobby
Watson, both of Zachary, La.
Rites Are Held For
lack Thomas Walls
Jack Thomas Walls, 70, of
Lumberton, died July 28 at St.
Elizabeth Hospital.
Funeral services were held at
10 a.m. Tuesday at Kelley-Hix-
son Funeral Home with burial
in Kelley-Hixson Haven of Rest
Cemetery.
A native of Cody, Wyo., he
lived in Lumberton 20 years
and was a retired operator with
Heavy Equipment Operating
Engineers local 450 and an
Army and Air Force veteran.
Survivors include his wife,
Bertha Walls of Lumberton;
sons, Bobby Jack Walls of
Houstin and Thomas E. Walls
of Mauriceville; daughters,
Debbie Bramblett of Deer Park
and Shirley Walls of Lumber-
ton.
Memorial Service
For Robert Olsen
Robert Olsen, 59, of Silsbee
died Sunday at Silsbee Doctors
Hospital after an illness.
A memorial service was held
at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Vidor
Church of the Nazarene. Cre-
mation was at Brookside Cre-
matory in Houston.
A former lifelong resident of
Vidor, he lived in Silsbee two
years and was a retired truck
driver.
Survivors include his wife,
Billie Joy Olsen of Silsbee;
sons, Donald Olsen of Silsbee,
Ronald Olsen of Houston, John
Olsen and David Olsen, both of
Lumberton; daughter, Lou
Huncharek of Lumberton; sis-
ter, Evelyn Campbell of Living-
ston; brother, George Olsen of
Vidor.
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Services Held For
Herman Dill, 69
Funeral services for Herman
Dill, 69, of Mineral Wells, were
held at 3:30 p.m. Friday at
Forest Lawn Funeral Home
with burial in Forest Lawn
Cemetery in Beaumont.
He died Tuesday in Las
Cruces, N.M.
A native of Silsbee, he lived
in Beaumont 44 years before
moving to Mineral Wells and
was a retired television techni-
cian for Costal Electronics.
Survivors include his wife,
Dorothy Dill of Mineral Wells;
a son, Charles “Les" Dill; and
two daughters, Nancy Hender
son and Wanda Hughes, all of
Beaumont; two brothers, W.E.
Dill of South Dakota and
Charles Dill of Silsbee; three
sisters, Ruby White of Silsbee,
and Opal McMillan and Dorothy
Gleitz, both of Houston.
Services Held For
Ophelia Parker, 86
Ophelia Parker, 86, of
Kountze died Saturday at Sils-
bee Doctors Hospital.
Funeral services were held at
4 p.m. Tuesday at Pace Funeral
Home with burial in Hooka
Cemetery.
She was a longtime resident
of Kountze.
Survivors include two sons,
James G. Parker of Kountze
and Lee Parker of Seattle; a
sister, Annie Laura Change of
Orange.
Scholarship Tea
The Mary Alphin District of
Federated Clubs will host The
Elvie Clark Scholarship Tea on
Sunday, August 14, at the
Thomen Community Garden
Center in Orange from 3:00 to
6:00 p.m.
The district is made up of
clubwomen from Port Arthur.
Orange, and Silsbee. EUen
Grant of Orange is president of
Mary Alphin District.
SILSBEE
AL-ANON
MEETS THURSDAY OF
EACH WEEK-7 P.M.
Hardin County
Sheltered Workshop
385-3962 • 385-2711
385-2992
385 Highway 96 South
WALLACE T. AND GRACE WOODS will celebrate their
50th wedding anniversary with a reception at their
home at 123 Dainwood in Silsbee Saturday. Calling
hours will be from 1 until 4 p.m. Hosts far the affair
will be their children, AAr. and AArs. Wallace L. Woods
of Beaumont. AAr. and AArs. Ronald T. Woods of Chat-
tanooga, Tenn. and a close friend AArs. Debbie Vick of
Silsbee. The couple was married August 6, 1938. They
have six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
WANT ADS GET RESULTS
Robert and Janel Graves are
the parents of a son born at
their home in Silsbee on July
31. Grandparents are Tom and
Marie Tennison, George and
Jessie Marie Graves, Clifton
and Beverly Hargraves. Great-
grandparents are Lula Mae
Bailey, Thack and Hazel Graves
and Mary Hauck.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Wayne
Foster of Silsbee, are the
parents of a daughter, Brittany
Breann, born July 16 at St.
Elizabeth Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Stout of
Silsbee are the parents of a son,
Christopher Thomas, born July
29 in St. Elizabeth Hospital in
Beaumont. Grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stout of
Silsbee and Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Buchanan of Hillsboro.
ge
Croee-Lltes says:
God's love
is a constant
love.
McGallion
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August 20
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Drive-in is now open from 7:30 a.m. till 6:00 p.m.
five days a week with the lobby open from 9:00
a.m. till 3:00 p.m. Monday thru Thursday and till
6:00 p.m. on Friday.
For your convenience and the best service in town
you should be banking at First National Bank of
Silsbee - 385-5555.
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