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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1965
Page
9
Industrial Arts Club from SHS toured East Texas Pulp and Paper Co last Monday with 35 boys and adviser Mr. Tony Rothrock. The group left during first period and returned by 1 p.m. Club officers on the trip included president Melvin.
Miss Silsbee attended the Miss Buna Pageant of 1965 as the duchess from Silsbee and was escorted by Jeff Hobbs. The ninth annual pageant crowned Cathy Adkins as Miss Buna 1965, after Beth Barcley relinquished her crown. twenty five contestants modeled street clothes and evening gowns with entertainment by the Jean Miller School of Dance of Silsbee.
Spell selects Dickie Boddie as representative and Richard Hawthorne as secretary. Bo Roy is named treasurer and Dennis Cobb serves as reporter for the council.
In a general election at Silsbee High School amendments passed adding a parliamentarian and making the vice president act as president in absence and serve as election judge. Juniors Mike Gossett Catherine Riley Debbie Sabatini and Peggy Gore win student council roles. Lynda Powell head cheerleader with Peggy Gore as senior cheerleader.
Ray Crabtree of Silsbee High won first in short short story at the Golden Triangle Creative Writing Contest. Silsbee also claimed second in serious poetry and third in short story with sophomores Jackie Perkins and Karyn Brummett. Honorable mentions went to Ray in serious poetry, Lance Latham in drama and short story, and Rodney Warren in short story. Prizes were five, three and two dollars. Awards Day May 31 at the high school auditorium.
May Day May 1 carries historical weight beyond school calendars. From medieval England to modern America May Day features maypoles dawn rituals and may baskets while linking to harvest hope and labor activism since 1889 when the International Socialist Congress declared it an international labor holiday.
Village Mills reports invite for Old Hyatt residents and neighbors to a May 2 homecoming at E. E. Hollands camp on Hickory Creek. The column covers local visits, church events, hospital updates, cemetery work, garden club, and family visits across Warren, Beaumont, Port Arthur, and nearby towns with numerous named residents and dates.
Key Club eleven seniors defeated the faculty team two straight in a best of three volleyball match held last Thursday during third period in the gym. The event drew cheers from five freshmen dress as female cheerleaders and netted about 78 dollars with half to each club.
The article explains standard time in the United States spans from Eastern time at five hours behind Greenwich to Alaska Western time at eleven hours behind. It outlines regional time zones and the relation to Greenwich Mean Time.
Dewy Bonohe Indian Mound Nursery sits six miles southwest of Alto on State Highway 21 beside the Neches River. A 30 foot granite I shaped monument marks the mound, excavated in 1940 with no major artifacts found. The Texas Forest Service nursery produces seedlings for reforestation and windbreaks, with 1940 production around 10 million and a current capacity near 21 million seedlings sold to landowners at cost as part of state forestry efforts on its 50th anniversary.
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