Burglars Hit Silsbee Gas Stations Tuesday Night
Police report burglars entered the Kelly Gore Conoco at 1085 North Fifth through a back door and stole pennies less than 70 cents. At Fry's Texaco 1025 North Fifth they removed a gas pump cover and failed to enter the building. Police resumed probing a third burglary at Hurricane Cafe on Highway 96 East.
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Kelly Gore
Conoco
North Fifth Street
Fry's
Texaco S
Silsbee
Highway 96 East
Evadale Girls Lace Rebels Track Meet Victory
Evadale's Rebelettes dominated the Rebel Relays scoring 117 points to Cullen Houston 72. Klein 58, Hempstead 47, Livingston 43 trailed. Omarine Burrell earned outstanding girl athlete after winning broad jump and triple jump and placing in sprints and relays. District 22 B meets move to Eradale next Tuesday and Evadale hosts the boys meet today with Rebels favored in field events.
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Evadale
Rebel Relays
Cullen
Houston
Klein
Hempstead
Livingston
Rebelettes
Sia
Omarine Burrell
Evadale High School
Rebels
Eradale
Trail Riders Set Open Horse Show at STR Arena
The Silsbee Trail Riders plan an open horse show on Sunday April 28 at 9 a.m. halter classes precede lunch followed by performance classes. Trophies and an all around trophy for top points. A 3 p.m. business meeting opens at the new STR arena on Spurger highway. Olan Davis urges family participation and work detail Sunday morning.
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Silsbee Trail
STR
Spurger Highway
New Arena
Arena
Olan Davis
Easter Cantata at First Baptist Church
The Easter cantata titled Sewer of the Seed by Robert Graham will be presented by the junior choir at 7 p m Sunday at the First Baptist Church. D D Shine directs the choir and Rev R E Barclay serves as pastor.
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Sewer
Robert Graham
First Baptist Church
D. D. Shine
R. E. Barclay
Good Friday Union Service Set For April 12
Rev B Harrison Taylor of St Andrew's Presbyterian Beaumont will preach at the Union Good Friday service at Silsbee First Methodist Church April 12 at 730 pm Music by the Music Makers directed by Mrs Suzanne Barfield Sponsored by Silsbee Ministers' Fellowship Rev Robert A Scott First Christian Church Disciples is president Public invited to attend.
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B. Harrison Taylor
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
Beaumont
Silsbee First Methodist Church
Suzanne Barfield
Silsbee
Robert A. Scott
First Christian Church (Disciples
Prince Hall Villa Rent Supplement Housing Start Planned
Ground leveling and preliminary work begin on Prince Hall Villa in Silsbee a 100 unit rent supplement project. Frank Theilan of Baytown is contractor with FHA mortgage of 1 010 000. Final plans await Silsbee Planning Commission approval before work proceeds.
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Prince Hal Villa
Silsbee
West Avenue
Frank Theilan
Baytown
Prince Hall Villa
Prince Hall Grand Lodge F & AM
Texsas
Fort Worth
Silsbee City
Tiger Nine To Meet Jasper Here Today
The Silsbee Tigers host the Jasper Bulldogs in a District 8-AAA baseball game after back to back losses. Silsbee previously exited the Beau mont Coaches Tourney with a 5-0 defeat to Victor Pirates and were shut out 6-0 by Liberty in the district opener. Claude Coward took the loss, while Matt Dinkle pitched in the latest setback.
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Tiger
Jasper
Silsbee Tigers
Jasper Bulldogs
Silsbee
Beaumont
Tigers
Victor Pirates
Claude Coward
Charlton Pollard
Liberty
Matt Dinkle
Silsbee Students Named to Lamar Tech Dean's List
A Lamar State College memo from Frank A. Thomas Jr. lists ten Silsbee students on the Fall 1967 Dean's List for 12 or more semester hours with grades no lower than B. Named are Linda K. Abbott, David Edward Barnes, Patricia Ann Cook, Gayle Davis Pringle, Richard H. Head, Joy Hopkins, Richard A. Stanford, Dagma Fay Rudisaile, Michel Stokesbury, and Katrina A Sturrock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Thomas Jr
Lamar State College of Technology
Beaumont
Silsbee
Linda K. Abbott
David Edward Barnes
Patricia Ann Cook
Gayle Davis Pringle
Richard H. Head
Joy K. Hopkins
Richard A. Stanford
Dagma Fay Rudisaile
Michel Stokesbury
Katrina A Sturrock
Little League Registration Dates Set in Silsbee
All boys may sign up April 6 and April 13 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Silsbee Little League Park on Highway 92. Birth certificates and a parent or guardian signature required. eight year olds have tryouts April 6 at 5 p.m. Representatives from Franklin's Sporting Goods attend both sessions. A Little League meeting is set for Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the Neches Room at Neches National Bank.
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Silsbee
Highway 92
Say
Franklin’s Sporting Goods
Neches
Neches National Bank
Contracts Awarded for Texas Highway Work in Hardin Area
The Texas Highway Commission awarded seven Beaumont District contracts during its April meeting. Allan Construction Co.Inc of San Antonio won the 42.3 mile asphalt pavement project across Tyler Hardin and Liberty counties at a low bid of 301000. In Hardin County W R Boyd Inc of Center secured 248 miles of work across four counties for 421000 with grading asphalt pavement and one course surface treatment including 3.1 miles on US 69 and 2 miles plus 2.9 miles on US 96 near Pine Island Bayou.
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Hardin County
Beaumont
Texas Highway Commission
San Anacio Allan Construction Co. Inc
San Antonio
Tyler
Hardin
Liberty
Village Creek
W. R. Boyd, Inc
Center
Orange
Jefferson
Jasper
Hardn County
Pine Island Bayou
Final Rites Held Wednesday For A W Lewis 72
Funeral services for A W Lewis 72 were held at 2 p m Wednesday in First Baptist Church with Rev R E Barclay officiating. Burial followed at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Beaumont with Silsbee Masonic Lodge 927 graveside rites. Lewis died Sunday afternoon at Santa Fe Hospital in Temple after a brief illness. He lived in Silsbee 50 years and was a retired Santa Fe Railway clerk. He was survived by a son Lynn Lewis of Mesa Arizona a brother Ray Lewis of Silsbee and a sister Mrs Mildred Danne of Beaumont.
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A. W Lewis
First Baptist Church
R. E. Barclay
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Beaumont
Silsbee Masonic Lodge 927
Lewis
Santa Fe Hospital
Temple
Silsbee
Santa Fe Railway
Masonic Lodge
Lynn: Lewis
Mesa, Ariz
Ray Lewis
Mildred Danne
Peret Elected President of 20th Century Club
Mrs. R. L. Peret was elected president of the Twentieth Century Club at a March 27 meeting at Britton Farm. Eighteen members attended and officers named for the new year included W. C. Ratchford as vice president and Warren Bower as secretary.
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R. L. Peret
Twentieth Century Club
Britton Farm
W. C. Ratchford
Warren Bower
E. M. Prewill
David Read
A. Wallace
Byrnes Belk
W. O
Fordinal Georgas Ferrell Win Tight Silsbee Council Race
In Silsbee, incumbent John J. Fordinal Jr. wins Place 1 and Paul Georgas takes Place 2, with Dr. N G Ferrell securing Place 3 over five rivals. Election judge Dietrich reports 1056 ballots, near record turnout. results to be certified at the next city council meeting.
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Silsbee
John J. Fordinal Jr
Paul Georgas
N. G. Ferrell
H. Hopkins
E. J. Dietrich
Dietrich
Fordinal
Spencer Armour Jr
Rebone Foley
Georges
B. F. (Cotton
Newseum
Claude Coward
Dr. Ferrell
Robbie Foley
Albert Sharp
Norman Sweat
J. R Smith
Theay
City Hall
Five Candidates Seek Trustee Posts Saturday
Voters in the Silsbee Independent School District will elect three trustees Saturday at the Silsbee Fire Hall. Five candidates are running for the two three year terms and one one year term with Earl Stover listed separately. Absentee ballots reached 21, a district record for a trustee election.
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Silsbee
Silsbee Independent
Ave. I
P. Mt
Wren EY Dietrich
Board of Trustees
Earl Stover
Elizabeth Williams
Lumberton Band Achieves UIL Excellence Award
Lumberton High School Band earned two division one ratings and a special plaque at the UIL Class 4 concert and sight reading contest in Hamshire Fannett. Directors cite late rehearsals and team effort after a first contest showing. They plan to attend The Battle of the Flowers Parade in San Antonio with two chartered buses.
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Lumberton
Hamshire- Fannett
U. S
Susbee
HemisFair
San Antonio
Independents Take Third At Jasper Cage Meet
The Silsbee Independent Basketball team, sponsored by Dr. George D. Tennison, won third place in the Bill Wynn Memorial Tournament in Jasper. They earned the Good Sportsman trophy and two players Tomy Jeffcout and Sonny Wegner made the all tournament team. The squad defeated Dixon Furniture 79 71 to capture third place after beating Kirbyville 78 50 and Trinity County 96 63 before losing to Franklin's Sporting Goods 85 73. They head to Mauriceville for their final event of the season.
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Silsbee
George D. Tennison
Bill Wynn
Jasper
Tommy Jeffcout
Sonny Wegner
Doug Tennison
Bill Bellenger
Jeep
Compton
Richard Head
Billy ‘Tarver
Leslie Ashworth
Jerry Jones
Eugene Pattillo
Wallace Woods
Kirbyville
Trinity County
Franklin’s Sporting Goods
Orange
Dixon Furniture Co
Nacogdoches
Mauriceville
Grand Chief Of Pythian Sisters To Visit Here Friday
Mrs Juanita Rochelle Grand Chief of Texas Pythian Sisters will visit the Silsbee Temple Friday A banquet in her honor at Hall's Restaurant at 6 30 p m and the regular meeting at KP Hall at 8 p m worded in a formal town notice style
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Pythian Sisters
Juanita Rochelle
Texas Pythian Sisters
Silsbee Temple
Hall’s
Cleanup Drive To Continue In April
The Silsbee cleanup effort shows massive trash removal with twice expected tonnage hauled by city trucks. City officials praise citizen effort while noting remaining litter and ongoing work by section leaders and black captains to promote a cleaner town. A plant sale Friday downtown will aid beautification efforts.
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Tox
Silsbee Social Notes Highlights Local Visits
weekend visits span Corpus Christi Bay area to Lake Charles Louisiana with Army Navy and family movements. SP/4 Ward Scott Bryant returns from Vietnam to Fort Carson after 30 days with parents in Eradale. Morris Gene Williams visits from Pensacola while stationed in the Navy.
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D. D. Skine
Chateau Charles
Lake Charles
Dale M. Rogers
Nashville
Tenn
Woodrow Cook
Sam Cerniglia
Pasadena
Morris Gene Williams
Pensacola
Fla
US Navy
Thomas J. Williams
Houston
J. B. Wade
Neal P. Crosson
Bob Auass
Baytown
D. E. Wilson
Douglas Wilson
Orangefield
D. H. Suitt
Susan Shine
Texas City
Ann Benson Wins Berth At Region Tennis Meet
Ann Benson of Silsbee wins the district girls singles title 6-2 3-6 6-3 over Linda Kemp of Forest Park to advance to the regional meet in Houston. She beat Phyllis Espin 6-2 6-1 in the championship semifinals. The Silsbee boys doubles team of David Bush and Hank Mitchell were runners up, losing 6-3 9-7 to Liberty's Russell Saul and Jack Willoughby.
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Ann Benson
Silsbee
Houston
Linda Kemp
Forest Park
Phyllis Eespin
Liberty
David Bush
Hank Mitchell
Russell Saul
Jack Willoughby
Doug Caldwell
Carl Sanders
Bridge City
Charles MecGuire
Title I Preschool Program To Begin Here On June 17
Final plans outline a six week Title I preschool program at Kirby Elementary School on campus from 8 30 to 11 30 a m starting June 17. Children entering September will be included with breakfast and a mid morning snack. Activities aim to enrich experience with field trips to local points of interest. Parents should register children at the nearest school campus.
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Silsbee
Jimmie Wright
Kirby
Area men called for armed forces induction on April 10
Three men from Hardin Liberty and Chambers counties are among those called for induction on April 10 by Selective Service Board 86 in Liberty. Joel McKim Richardson of Kountze Allen Nugent of Liberty and Robert Lester Thornton Jr. of Dayton depart for service. An additional 32 men from Silsbee Cleveland Mont Belvieu Anahuac Kountze Hull Dassetta Saratoga Liberty Dayton Batson Stowell Winnie and other nearby communities were ordered to science examinations and to travel to Houston for processing.
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Hardin
Liberty
Chambers Counties
Selective Service Board 86
Joel McKim Richardson
Kountze
Allen Nugent
Robert Lester Thornton Jr
Dayton
Houston
Jon Michael Haynes
Danny Leigh
Durwood Cravy
Equinn Earl Jackson
Ronald Wayne Beauchamp
James Betward Lowe
Charles Wade Adams Jr
William Ottis Morrow
Gary Lynn Anderson
Raymond Steward Carnley
Silsbee
Elmer Dwight Stephens
John Lee Jordan
Vernon van Vandyer
James Davis Caldwell
Joe Edward Harrison
Homer Stevens Jr
Dennis Charles Ross
Kenneth Samuel Turner
Cleveland
Billy Gene Kilgore
James Everett Jackson
Mont Belvieu
George Lloyd Stanley
Howard Lee Smith
Anahua
Silsbee Chamber Banquet Attracts 500 Guests
A sellout audience of over 500 heard John E. Gray urge Americans to defend the dollar’s stability as the key to national strength. JR. Sims reviewed Silsbee’s growth, noting 809 new jobs at local firms and 23 new or remodeled businesses, plus the chamber’s first full year with a manager and secretary.
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Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
John E. Gray
Beaumont
Gray
America
JR. Sims
Silsbee Chamber
Silsbee
Chamber of Commerce
Hugh Smith
Nelson Long
Chamber
Sims
EK. M. Wilson Jr
John Dowdy
W. F. Weed
I Lower Neches Valley Authority
N. A. Cravens
Will
Cravens
Mouse Trap Listed As Silsbee Little Theater Play
The Mouse Trap by Agatha Christie will be staged May 2 and May 3 in the Silsbee Junior High School auditorium. Silsbee Little Theater Group presents with cast Cheryl Markham Frank Grote Frank Duran Eddie Van Winkle Teresa Dominguez Jim Meldrum and director James Leigh. Leigh notes one more male actor is needed to complete the cast.
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Agatha Christie
Silsvee Junior High School
Silsbee Little Theater Group
Cheryl Markham
Frank Grote
Frank Duran
Eddie van Winkle
Tieresa Dominguez
Jim Meldrum
James Leigh
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Silsbee Police
Edgar Blood
Chief Blood
Merien Johnson
Trail Riders
First Baptist
Lamar Tech
A.W. Lewis
20Th Century Club
Georgas
Ferrell
John C. Meyers
Rayford Birdwell
Betty Meade
David Shows
Imost
School Board of Trustees
Lumberton Band
Ben F Hosak
Independents
Silsbee Social Notes
Mrs. Leona Whitman
Little
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