Retirement of Cecil Ward at Silsbee Post Office
Cecil Ward, a veteran mail clerk with more than 40 years of service, retires from the Silsbee post office. The piece recalls early postal days from 1923, Ward’s memory for routes, humor, and his impact on colleagues including editor-narrator.
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Silsbee
Cecil B. Ward
Cecil
W. J. Davis
Post Office Department
Houston
Ruby
Abilene
Cecil Ward
Silsbee School Board to re evaluate Chance Loeb tuition plan
Transfer students from Chance Loeb face a possible 125.00 minimum out of district tuition next year as Silsbee weighs costs. About 120 Chance Loeb students attend Silsbee High with 75.00 per pupil this year, while local cost averages 103.72 making a 28.72 loss per pupil totaling 3,446.40 before state aid. Board also discusses summer programs calendar, bus purchases, building plans, and staff actions for 1964 65.
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Chance - Loeb
Silsbee
Chance-Loeb
Silsbee High
Humorist To Speak At Silsbee Chamber Banquet
Cayce Moore a barber from Hearne will be the principal speaker at the Silsbee Chamber of Commerce banquet on Tuesday April 14 retiring president Frank R Grote announces Moore a nationally known humorist and philosopher will make his second appearance at the event An estimated record crowd is expected E M Wilson Jr invites and coordinates reservations
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cayce Moore
Hearne
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Frank R. Grote
Moore
E. M. Wilson Jr
Frank
Tigers Favored In 9 3A Track Meet At Silsbee
The District 9 3A meet at Silsbee High School Thursday features Silsbee with a strong home field and Nederland and Orange as top contenders. Dauphin notes strong field events from Silsbee and predicts tight races in dashes and relays. Attendance and banquet details are announced with officials, directors, and honorees listed.
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Tigers
Silsbee
Tiger
Sidney Dauphin
Nederland
Dauphin
Orange
Final Rites Held For Hardin County Sheriff Whitaker
William Whitaker known as Whit served Hardin County as sheriff since 1953 after nine years as deputy. He died at 51 after months of illness in his Kountze apartment near the courthouse. Funeral services were held at First Baptist Church in Silsbee with burial in Frank's Branch Cemetery.
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Hardin County
William “Whit” Whitaker
Kountze
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Whitaker
Texas
First Baptist Church of
Silsbee
Hopkins Georgas Fordinal Win City Council Seat
H. C. Hopkins Paul Georgas and John J. Fordinal elected to Silsbee City Council in Tuesday's municipal election. Downtown parking lot referendum approved by 672 to 455. Hopkins led with 773 of 1167 votes. Georgas 666. Fordinal 575. other candidates: Caraway 461, H. M Jones 452, C. L. Jones 286. School board incumbents re-elected with near full turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Hopkins
Paul Georgas
John J. Fordinal
Silsbee
Hopkins
Georgas
Ferdinald
Clifton Caraway
H. M Jones
C. L. Jones
Write-In Wins Mayor's Race At Rose Hill Acres
In Rose Hill Acres a write in candidate defeated the lone announced mayoral contender. Peyton Smith 77 G W Lamb 19. Voters 100 of 115. Marshal James B Castilan 95. Aldermen race five seats six candidates. Incumbent W H TherIot defeated 65. A T Langham 72 C E Taggart 81 W M Wilson Jr 88 R W Stewart 86 H D Avant 77.
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Rose Hill Acres
Peyton Smith
G. W. Lamb
James B. Castilan
Marshal
W. H. Theriot
A. T. Langham
C. E. Taggart
W. M. Wilson Jr
R. W Stewart
H. D. Avant
Pre-School Pupils To Register April 15
Pre-school registration will be held Wednesday in the Silsbee High School gymnasium from 7 30 a m to 3 30 p m. County and school nurses will be present to give shots. Children who are six on or before Sept 1 must register. bring birth certificates.
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Silsbee High School
Mary Ella Sheffield
Panthers win District 7-AA track crown at Woodville
Waldo Mathews Panthers scored 175 points to win the District 7-AA meet at Woodville. Woodville 111, Jasper 100, San Augustine 40. Nine firsts, three seconds, five thirds, three fourths led by high scorer Lamar White and standout Wesley Thomas in field events. Silsbee girls took runner up with 30 points. district meets also set for Prairie View and Livingston.
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Waldo Mathews
Woodville
Jasper
San Augustine
Panthers
Lamar White
Wesley Thomas
Earl Dabney
Silsbee
Lela Love
Dorothy Mays
Jo Hellen Arline
Corine Love
Florestine Arline
Princella Lane
Margie Daughtery
Prairie View A&m
Wesley Shaw
June Phillips
Cynthia Dabney
Miss Phillips
Livingston
Mt. Pleasant
Panther
Dalton Lane
William Miles
Iaa Jones
James Akins
Rudolph White
Roscoe Davis
Billy Holden
Brandy Turk
Clarence Walters
Archie Holmes
Jimmy Tarver
Open House Launches National Library Week in Silsbee
Silsbee Public Library kicks off National Library Week with Monday open hours from 7 to 9 pm and a week of exhibits. All overdue books return without fines, plus special events for children and tours for second-graders.
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National Library Week
Silsbee
Silsbee Public
Bessie Reid
Kate Randall Blackwell
Merrie Sims
Derry Tutt
Silsbee Public Library
R. T. Gore
Horace Whittington
J. R. Bankston
Jim Sims
Earl Watson
Grand Jury Empaneled for April Term in Kountze
District Judge H A Coe empaneled the new grand jury for the April term of the 88th District Court in Kountze. Foreman Martin Wilson of Silsbee leads a panel including Harold Grimes and L J Sims of Kountze, and members from Silsbee Sour Lake and Saratoga.
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H. A. Coe
E. E. Radley
Sour Lake
W. H. Collins
Saratoga
Earl Allen
L. B. Hanks Jr
Rt 2
Silsbee
A. J. Collins
Ira Flowers
Local Talent Spark Lions Club Variety Show in Silsbee
Silsbee Lions Club announces its annual variety show at Silsbee High on Friday April 17 at 7 30 pm. Jerry Jolly notes 13 acts from Silsbee and nearby communities plus performers from Austin. Proceeds fund local civic projects and tickets are available from club members or at the door.
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Lions Club
Jerry Jolly
Ray Frushay
Austin
Silsbee
Silsbee Lions Club
Silsbee High
Carol Hicks
Kounitze
Cousins
Debbie White
Jackie Hardy
Mary Fuller
Eradale
Clyde Drake
Andy Griffith
Dale Ann Sylvester
Myra Lynn Sylvester
Maureen Alford
Evadale
Lynn Caldwell
Mark Edwards
Chuck Wright
Robert Neyland
Buna
W. B. Bingham
Bonnie Green
Walter Jordan
Darrell Shine
Dwight Short
David Diden
Leon Rogers
Lions
Incumbents Win On Chance Loeb Ballot
Chance Loeb Independent School District voters reelected W Horry, J T Williams, and D L Pool to the board of trustees for three year terms. Superintendent L J Garner praised their proven interest in the school and their commonsense approach to community and scholastic progress.
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Chance + Loeb Independent School District
W. ©. Worry
J. T. Williams
D. L. Pool
Board of
L. J Garner
Auto Crash Kills Tully Edwards at 39
Funeral services were held for Tulley Owen Edwards of 220 North Fourth at the First Baptist Church. Edwards died in an auto crash Sunday evening, about 7 p.m., one mile south of Fletcher on Highway 96, while returning from work with A and F. Burial followed at Knapple Cemetery. Farmer Funeral Home in charge. Highway Patrolman Tommy Clark cited heavy traffic conditions at the time of the accident.
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Tulley Owen Edwards
North Fourth
First Baptist Church
Edwards
Fletcher
Highway 96
R. E. Barclay
Knapple Cemetery
Farmer Funeral Home
Tommy Clark
A and F
Tully
Two New Highway Patrolmen Assigned to Hardin County
Robert L. Johnson 25 of Beaumont and Tommy Clark 28 of Silsbee join Cecil Cain and Leo Hickman in Hardin County. Johnson married with two children and Clark with three. both are graduates of the Highway Patrol Academy in Austin and were posted in late March. Sgt. R. J. Alien of Loeb leads the Hardin County detachment.
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Hardin County
Robert L. Johnson
Beaumont
Iest
Cecil Cain
Johnson
Kountge
Cain
Linda
Lynn
Beth
South Park High School
Lamar State College
Tommy Clark
North Sixth
Silsbee
Leo Hickman
Clark
Buna High
Sam Houston State
Huntsville
Jo Ann
Tommy Jr
Jeannie Ann
Bobby Ray
Highway Patrol Academy
Austin
Hickman
R. J. Alien
Loeb
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David Read
Silsbee School Board
Stummmer School
Billy Sue Blake
Jimmie L. Wright
C of C
Kirby Stadium
Billy Joe Orr
Gene Allen
Rcord
Orr
Allen
Paul Johnson
Sammy Ashworth
Jimmy Mortimer
Darrell Dennis
Nelson Flanagan
Dan Jordan
Bill Bellenger
Jimmy King
Jerry Sirmons
Reggie Madison
Drake
Sirmons
Steve Diden
Spell
Madison
Simmons
Eppes
Bellenger
King
John Fordinal
George D. Tennison
J. E. Farmer
Alf Fulling i
L. G. Jordan
Baptist Hospital
Coe
Tully Edwards
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