City Council Approves 35227 Dollar Drainage and Street Gear
Silsbee city hall approved a 35227 dollar purchase of heavy equipment to improve drainage and repave streets. The package includes a graders, a Graddall ditching machine, and a street sweeper with about 20000 dollars down and the rest financed over several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Wayne DuBose
Paul Georgas
DuBose
H. C. Hopkins
Hopkins
E. M. Simmons
North Fifth Street
C. E. Landolt
Corporation Court
Simmons
Frank L. McClanahan
Georgas, Landolt
John Fordinal
Landolt
Pritchard and Abbott
Cravens to Receive 50 Year Masonic Awards in Silsbee
N A Cravens will be honored May 3 at the Silsbee Masonic Temple for 50 years of Masonic service. Awards from Silsbee Chapter 445 Royal Arch Masons and Silsbee Council 380 Royal and Select Masters will be presented by Grand Chapter and Grand Council of Texas officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. A. Cravens
Silsbee
Royal Arch Masons
Silsbee Council
Grand Chapter
Grand Council of Texas
Silsbee Masonic Temple
Royal Arch
Cravens
Beaumont
Silsbee Chapter
Beaumont Council
T. H. Ridout
Grand Royal Arch Chapter
Texas
J. L. Ryals
Grand Council of Royal and
Select Masters of
Masonic Temple
Dean F. Duffle
Condemnation Settled for Davison Land in Silsbee District
Silsbee school board reports $46,000 award for 25 acres from the Davison estate after April 15 special commissioners meeting. Land purchase part of 40.16 acres for high school. remaining 15.16 acres from Edith Yankie for $15,029. Finalization May 5 without appeal. title transfers after payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Stover
Silsbee School Board
Gaber
Herbert Elmore
Richard Jones
Rex Worley
Davison
Stover
Edith Yankie
George Tennison
Supt
Bruce Watts
Frank Robinson
Kirby
Read-Turrentine
Silsbee State Bank
Tiger Rag
Austin
Silsbee Bee
International Harvester
Allison-Archer Motor Co
Jasper
Massey-Harris
Don L. Hough
Texas Education Agency
Silsbee
Chance-Loeb
Miss Poshataske Honored By LSU Freshman Honor Society
Miss Jean Poshataske of Silsbee was honored by LSU's Alpha Lambda Delta at its initiation banquet. The 2.5 semester GPA requirement applies to freshmen, and she is among about 100 LSU coeds initiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Poshataske
Silsbee
LSU
Alpha Lambda Delta
Miss Poshtaske
W. J. Poshataske
North 9Th
Miss Poshataske
Silsbee High
Miss Judy Delaune Makes Dean's List At UT Dental Branch
Miss Judy Delaune of Silsbee High School fame earns a place on the Dean's List at the University of Texas Dental Branch in Houston. Her parents report she will graduate May 3 as a hygienist after passing the national dental board and awaiting the state board in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Delaune
University of Texas Dental Branch
Houston
College i
Homer Delaune
Delaune
Silsbee High School
National Dental Board
Panthers Enter 6 Events At State Track Meet
Waldo Mathews sends six Waldo Mathews Panthers to the state track and field meet at Prairie View A&M College with Rudolph White in high hurdles Richard Holden in 220 yards Brady Turk in mile Fred Kyles Charlie Maze Jimmy Tarver and White in mile relay and Wesley Thomas in shot put and discus Also entering girls tennis Cynthia Dabney and Gwendl yn Fulton plus Jody Brooks Pleas Rhone and Linda Bendy in other events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldo Mathews
Prairie View A&m College
Wesley Shaw
Panthers
Rudolph White
Richard Holden
Brady Turk
Fred Kyles
Charlie Maze
Jimmy Tarver
Silsbee Board Approves 1965 66 Teacher Contracts
Silsbee school district trustees approved the 1965 66 teaching staff at a recent meeting. Supt Don L Hough said more teachers may be needed before the term starts and will submit further recommendations. The list covers Administration Special Services High School and Read Tumnentine Sammie Armour et al.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee School District Board of Trustees
Supt
Don L. Hough
Supt. Hough
C. B. Watts, Jr
Mathleen Brent
Weeks Crawford
I. B. Griffith
Maurice Hobbs
C. A. Johns
Mary E. Sheffield
Mary T. Dancy
Edna Mattox
Mary E. Snyder
Joe F. Hignett
Lloyd Goolsby
Eleanor Hamilton
James R. Harris
Jacqueline Hooks
Herman Johnson
Bert Kellar
Jo Anne Latoof
Mary Lemley
Bertha L. Mason
W. P. McGarahan
Irene McGowan
Ruth Meek
Mary Muckleroy
Martha Mull
Jean Ratchford
William Ratchford
Gladys Rhodes
Leon Rodgers
Mary Schliecker
William Spillar
Janette Vanwinkle
Glenwood
Silsbee High 1965 valedictorian and salutatorian named
Judy Harvey Jones is valedictorian with a 97.309 four year average and Barbara Ann Perkins is salutatorian with 97.266. Perkins also earns perfect attendance for 11 years. Louis C. Grissom Jr. is the high boy with a 93.893 average. Complete honors details appear in the Tiger Ray section, Bee, page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Harvey Jones
Harvey D. Jones
Silsbee High School
Weeks Crawford
Barbara Ann Perkins
James D. Perkins
Miss Jones
Miss Perkins
Crawford
Louis C. Grissom Jr
Louis Grissom
City Announces Garbage Law Rollout May 3
City officials announce strict enforcement of the garbage and refuse ordinance starting Monday May 3. Residents must use metal or plastic containers of 20 to 32 gallons with tight lids and handles, with loose rubbish baled or tied if not in containers. DuBose says enforcement aims to keep the city clean and efficient and asks residents to report mishandled containers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DuBose
Mrs Thyra Eason Dies in Louisiana Former Silsbee Resident
Funeral services for Mrs I Thyra Stockman Eason 39 of DeRidder were held at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with burial at the church cemetery. She died at 2 15 a m Monday at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital after a short illness. She was a practical nurse at DeRidder Community Hospital and active in Pleasant Hill Baptist Church and civic work. Survivors include her husband George T Eason and three sons all of DeRidder, her parents Rev and Mrs J P Stockman of Evadale, a sister Mrs Melvin Southern of Orlando Fla, a brother Rev Joe P Stockman of London Ohio, and her grandmother Mrs Joseph Stockman of Lecompte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithyra Stockman Eason
DeRidder
Silsbee
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
B. M. Simons
R. E. Barclay
George T. Eason
Truett
J. Mark
Jay M. Eason
J. P. Stockman
Evadale
Melvin Southern
Orlando
Fla
Joe P. Stockman
London
Ohio
Joseph Stockman
Lecompte
Evadale Honors Students Named Valedictorian and Salutatorian
Evadale School announces valedictorians and salutatorians for both high and elementary levels. Miss Johanna Kay Toole tops Evadale High with 94.79, while Rowell Nash III leads in Metairie, Louisiana. Elementary valedictorian Tourette Brady earns 92.86 with Dale Ann Sylvester as salutatorian 92.69. High school plans commencements and baccalaureate at Evadale venues May 16, 21, and 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johanna Kay Toole
John C. Toole
Evadale
Evadale High School
Prin
R. B. Fling
Rowell L. Nash III
R. L. Nash
Metaire
Miss Toole
Rowell
Tourette Brady
H. C. Brady
Dale Ann Sylvester
Kenneth Sylvester
Larry Goats
L. S. Goats
Central Baptist Church
Nasium
Lenox Hawthorne Elected Lions Club President
Lenox Hawthorne was elected president of the Silsbee Lions Club at the weekly luncheon, to serve the fiscal year starting July 1. Officers named include Paul Georgas and B L Williams as vice presidents, Wes Latham, George Goynes, John Teel, and others. The club approved a $520 donation to the Texas Lions Crippled Children's Camp and sponsored a local youth for the Attorney General's Youth Conference on Crime in Austin. Donalson named a Mack Williams Scholarship committee. A film, The David Hall Story, followed the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenox Hawthorne
Silsbee Lions Club
Hawthorne
Henry M. Donalson Jr
Paul Georgas
B. L. Williams
Wes Latham
George Goynes
John Teel
Nick Mitchell
P. A. Parsley
W. R. Smith Jr
Jerry Jones
G. W. Gilchriest
George O’brien
Texas Lions
Lions Clubs
Texas
Lions
Austin
Donalson
Mack Williams
Lions and Guests
David Hall
Roebuck Set for Kidney Transplant in Houston
Robert Roebuck, 25, enters Methodist Hospital Houston for a rare kidney transplant. The procedure Tuesday will use a kidney from his father W. J. Roebuck. Roebuck, a Silsbee High graduate, is married with a young daughter and previously worked at Neches Minimax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Roebuck
Methodist Hospital
Houston
W. J. Roebuck
Roebuck
Silsbee High
Neches Minimax
James Collins Wins Full Football Scholarship to Tyler Junior College
Silsbee High senior James Collins, 18, earned a full two-year football scholarship to Tyler Junior College after visiting Feb 9 and signing March 14. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Collins, he plans industrial arts study and may finish at Baylor or Texas after Tyler. named 9-AAA All-District back in 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Collins
Silsbee High
Tyler
Silsbeen
Ray McGallion
Ray Collins
Roosevelt Drive
Collins
Baylor
University of Texas
Tigers
David Davenport Named To Lamar Honor Society
Eighty senior students and 22 juniors will be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi at Lamar Tech when a charter is granted by national officers. The ceremony will include 14 faculty members and 29 administrative officers and faculty as charter members, making Lamar Tech the fifth Texas college or university and the 95th institution in the United States with a Phi Kappa Phi chapter. Senior initiates include David Davenport of Silsbee and Jimmy Clark of Buna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phi Kappa Phi
Lamer State College For Technology
Thhe
Lamar Tech
Texas College University
United Staes
David Davenport
Silsbee
Jimmy Clark
Buna
Stover Injured in Jasper Auto Crash
Earl B. Stover a Silsbee attorney sustained facial cuts and bruises in a two car collision in Jasper last Thursday around 1 15 pm An approaching car driven by a Mr Slack of Jasper turned left in front of the Stover vehicle He was treated at Hardy Hancock Hospital Jasper and released Mrs Stover said he had not returned to work today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl B. Stover
Silsbee
Jassper
Slack
Jasper
Stover
Hardy Hancock Hospital
Family gathers for weekend tie in Frees wise home
Mr and Mrs ge Bur jlin and family of Frees wise tied over the weekend in the home of his ts Mr tae Mien Bone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ge Burjlin
Frees Wise
Tae Mien Bone
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Cesar Dominguez
Pritchard
Abbott
Georges
Hardin County
Kirby Lilliedahl
Ben
Dominguez
Fordinal
Georgas
Abcott
Lilljedahl and
Vernon Gore
Baptist Hospital
Dental College
Izabeth Crawford
Mattie L. Gardner
Jo Anne Hignett
Rebecca Hobbs
Irene Holland
Joyce Hopkins
Frieda Johnson
Beryl Jones
Carolyn Lindsey
Graye Me
Judy Jones
Barbara Perkins
Louis O. Grissom JR
Thyra Eason
Louisiana
Evadale School
Johonna Kay Toole Rowell Nash
Lions Club
Tyler Jr. College
Lamar Honor Society
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