Two From Area To Receive August Degrees At SFA
A total of 574 students are candidates for degrees at Stephen F. Austin State College this month. Commencement will be at Memorial Stadium on August 20 at 8 p m. Among them 387 seek bachelor degrees and 187 graduate degrees. From Silsbee area Barbara Ann Black Burkett Evadale is a Master of Arts candidate and Walter Ellsworth Emighty Silsbee is a Bachelor of Business Administration candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen F. Austin State College
Memorial Stadium
SFA
Silsbee
Barbara Ann Black Burkett
Evadale
Walter Ellsworth Emighty
Tigers to report Aug 14 for shoes shorts and drills
Seventeen returning lettermen and 10 from Waldo Mathews Panther team join Silsbee Tigers at the fieldhouse at 5 p.m. Aug 14 to pick up equipment and start conditioning ahead of two a day workouts beginning Aug 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray McGallion
Tiger Athletic
Fort Worth
McGallion
Bee
Tommy
Tiger
Waldo Mathews
Panther
Silsbee High
MrGallion
Tigers
Jesuit Crusaders
Houston
Silsbee
el Campo
Jefferson County
Wesley Shaw
Kurt Benson
Mike McDonald
Wesley Darby
DeWayne Anderson
Matt Dinkle
Jerry Collins
David Matthews
John Landgraf
Dan
Tiger Schedule for 1968 Home and Away Games
The 1968 Tiger football schedule lists 7:30 p.m. kickoff times with games at home against Jesuit Houston Open French High there Orange there Jasper here Livingston there Cleveland there Liberty here West Orange here Bridge City there Stephen F. Austin here and notes a Homecoming game and district contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesuit
Houston
French High
Orange
Jasper
Livingston
Cleveland
Liberty
West Orange
Bridge City
Stephen F. Austin
Water Tank Painting Completed in Silsbee Streets Next
Silsbee’s 100000 gallon over head tank on Avenue 1 was repainted and repaired and returned to operation last week after two months out of service. City Manager Wayne DuBose said flushing to clear rusty water has begun but full system flushing is delayed by staff shortages. Weather delays street resurfacing near schools while repairs proceed. Budget items include a new fire truck, master plan, three hires, and capital funds for water and sewer. Dozens of tax changes and valuations are expected with sales tax revenue around 340000 and city tax roll near 106252 this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Avenue 1
Wayne DuBose Catt
DuBose
Leflore
City Board of Equalization
Cesar Domingues
Chamber of Commerce Manager Attends TCU Short Course
Arthur Cawthon, manager of the Silsbee Chamber of Commerce, returned July 28 after a week at Texas Christian University Fort Worth. He attended the Institute for Chamber Organization Management from July 21 to 27, a program sponsored by the U S Chamber of Commerce with 238 managers from across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Cawthon
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth
Institute For Chamber Organization Management
United States Chamber of Commerce
United States
Record set for Silsbee opening as students flood in
The Silsbee School System plans a Sept 3 start after Labor Day with a record enrollment. A three day August teachers workshop runs August 27 to 29 at Silsbee High School, plus a general faculty meeting August 30. Registration for returning students occurs August 27 with new students Aug 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee High School
Read-Turrentine School
Weeks Crawford
Don L. Hough
Silsbee System
Silsbee Woman Dies After Beaumont Freeway Crash
Nelda Juanita Jackson 25 of Silsbee dies after a one car crash on the Eastex Freeway in Beaumont at 11 40 p m She was a waitress at Neches Restaurant and member of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Church in Silsbee Her survivors include husband Jack M Jackson and children Jack Wade and Dana K Jackson Funeral arrangements are pending at Farmer Funeral Home Silsbee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelda Juanita Jackson
Rt. 1
Silsbee
Beaumont
Lavern Pate
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Jackson
Neches
Evadele
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Church
Jack M. Jackson
Jack Wade
Dana K. Jackson
Buna
Andrew Strawther
Almon Evans
Leo Strawther
Cleveland
Billy Ray
Larry
Raymond Strawther
Wayne
Antioch
Calif
Orman Lee
Gary Lynn Strawther
Farmer Funeral Home of
Kountze Man Ruled Insane by Jury
An 88th District Court jury found Donald Fred Hobbs of Kountze insane after hours of deliberation at a sanity hearing. The verdict, delivered in Kountze, directs hospitalization and relates to an October 14 shooting of Mrs. Sue Holland Whittington, with Hobbs indicted for assault with intent to murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Donald Fred Hobbs
Kountze
Hooks
Sue Holland Whittington
Kounte
Billy D. Holmes
Sour Lake
Earl Stover
Silsbee
Hobbs
H. A. Coe
Dist
Atty
R. A. Richardson
Dwayne Overstreet
Whittington
Charles Wayne Whittington
Injury suit filed against railroad over 1967 incident
M. L. Villanueva, 47, sues Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co. for 35000 under the Federal Employers Liability Act. He claims a spine and lower abdomen injury on Oct. 13 1967 while unloading 22 ft ties by hand from a gon dola car near Silsbee after crane operator was absent. He alleges the railroad's negligence caused the injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Villanueva
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co
U. S. District Court
Villanueva
Silsbee
Funeral Services For Charlie Sirmons Held Tuesday
Charlie Sirmons 57 of Silsbee died Sunday at Jasper Nursing Home after a long illness. He was a retired oil field worker and Baptist Church of Tyler member. Graveside rites were held Tuesday at Cunningham Cemetery with Rev. Joe Knight officiating. He is survived by his mother and three brothers and two sisters living in Silsbee Liberty Devers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Sirmons
Silsbee
Jasper
Baptist Church of Tyler
Cunningham Cemetery
Joe Knight
N. L. Sirmons Sr
N. L Sirmons Jr
J. B. Brown
S. A. Ruggles
Frank Ruggles
Robert Ruggles
Blaine Sirmons
Edgar
John
Jesse Simmons
Ethel Lee Jones
Liberty
Bertha Christerson
Devers
Pigeon Drop Swindle Reported in Silsbee
Silsbee Police Chief Edgar Blood reports three recent attempts at a Pigeon Drop swindle in three and a half weeks, with two successes. The scheme features a white male and two Black males posing as finders of cash, swindling victims with fake “good faith” money and a shell game using three card molly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Edgar Blood
Houston
Chief Blood
Silsbee Packing Co
Ward's Furniture Co
Blood
C of C Considers Citywide Christmas Decorations
A Chamber of Commerce committee calls a special meeting of merchants to discuss new city decorations. The plan envisions 70 to 75 pole mounted side decorations from Dreddy Chevrolet to Pine Plaza Center, costing about $5000 to $6000 funded by merchant contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
John Pordinal
Chamber
Arthur Cawthon
Silsbee Chamber
L. C. Williams Co
Houston
Vaughn's Inc
Minnedapolis
Minn
Fordinal
Dreddy Chevrolet
Pine Plaza Center
Ferdina
Kirby Lumber gets pollution variance from Silsbee council
The Silsbee City Council approved a variance request by Kirby Lumber Corp to ignore Texas air pollution limits until a Texas A&M study is finished, likely in January 1969. Mayor McClanahan authorized a written notice to the Texas Air Control Board stating no objections, despite no reported air pollution complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirby Lumber Corporation
Silsbee
Frank L. McClanahan
Kirby
Texas A&m University
Kirby Lumbert Corp
Yom Orth
John Fordinal
James Hays
Pete Landolt
Frank Rudisaile
Texas Air Control Board
Kirby Lumber Corp
Richardson families visit over weekend in Texas towns
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Richardson and Mrs. H. A. Richardson visited in Dobbin with Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Richardson. Mrs. H. A. Richardson also visited Mr. and Mrs. Waymon Scott in Navasota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Richardson
H. A. Richardson
Dobbin
J. D. Richardson
Waymon Scott
Navasota
Award for 40 Years of Vocational Agriculture Service
C O Miller, a Silsbee High School vocational agriculture teacher since 1936, will be honored in Austin on August 14 by the Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association of Texas for 40 years of service. The event coincides with the association’s annual Awards Breakfast during a four day in service meeting led by state education leaders and with more than a thousand teachers and friends expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
C. O. Miller
Silsbee High School
Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association of Texas
Jack Lacy
Lampasas
Miller
Vocational Agriculture Program of Texas
Vocational Agriculture Teachers
George H. Hurt
Agriculture Education
Texas Education Agency
J. A. Mershall
G. G. Scroggins
Billy Conner
Raymond Holt
Jeff Davis
Crockett
Vocational Agriculture Teachers of Texas
Texas
Sam Hoeousten State College
Texas A&m University
Vo. Ag
Mrs Lela Sheffield Dies After Illness in Houston
Mrs Lela Hicks Sheffield 91 of Houston and formerly of Kirbyville died after a four week illness. Funeral held Saturday at First Baptist Kirbyville with burial in Kirbyville City Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Mrs C C Barclay and brother Ouse Hicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lela Hicks Sheffield
Houston
First Baptist Church
Kirbyile
R. E. Barclay
Silsbee First Baptist Church
Jimmy Hefin
Nederland First Baptist Church
Kirbyville City Cemetery
Lee Howell Jr
Ercel Irby
Jack
W. R. Terry
Allen Sheffield
Sheffield
St. Anthony Center Hospital
Tyler County
Kirbyville
Silsbee
South Main
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Nny Almond
Will
Richard Gainer
Daniel DuBose
Gary Wood
Arthur Tidwell
Lioyd Bell
Butch Day
Don White
Charlies Simmons
Chester Tyjer
Redginal Garrett
Charles Whittle
Larry Matthews
Riley Garrett
L. T. Polly
Jessie Shaw
Sion
TCU
Tigerette
Nelda Jackson
Kountze Man
Silsbee Public Library
C. C. Miller
Lela Sheffield
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