Silsbee District Sets School Registration and Opening Dates
Superintendent Don L. Hough announced campus offices open August 15 for seven sites. New students must register before September 5 with the campus principal. Grade placement splits: Read Turrentine Kirby Robinson for grades 1–4. O’Neil for 5–6. Silsbee Junior High for 7–8. and Silsbee High or Waldo Mathews for 9–12. Ninth–twelth graders pick schedules August 30 at the new high school on Highway 327 East. buses run that day for high school students only. A general faculty meeting at 9 a.m. September 1 at the new high school precedes orientation.
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Silsbee
Supt
Don L. Hough
Turrentine, Kirby and Robinson
O’neil
Silsbee Junior High
New
Silsbee High School
Waldo Mathews High School
Silspee High School
Highway 327
Hough
Neyland Building Becomes Silsbee Youth Center Project
The Neyland building in downtown Silsbee will be renovated into a Youth Center run by the Silsbee Youth Activities Association. Opening is planned after the first home football game on Friday Sept 8. Volunteers, led by Joe Hignett, work on cleaning and prep. Leon Lackey funds and contractors assist. 4300 sq ft space will include dancing, games, a jukebox and a concession nook.
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Silsbee
Neyland
Silsbee Youth Activities Association
Hugh Smith
Joe Hignett
Leon Lackey
Cesar Dominguez
Final Rites Held Sunday For Silsbee Banker Rex Worley
Funeral services for Rex Worley 62 senior vice president of Silsbee State Bank were held at Farmer Funeral Home chapel with Rev. R E Jonte officiating. Burial followed at Resthaven Cemetery. Worley a native of Madisonville moved to Silsbee in 1922 and joined Silsbee State Bank in 1926 rising to SVP and serving on multiple local boards. He is survived by his wife a daughter a sister and three grandchildren.
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Farmer Funeral Home
Rex Worley
Silsbee State Bank
Methodist Hospital
Houston
R. E. Jonte
First Methodist Church
Resthaven Cemetery
Alf Roark
Sherman Worthey
Cecil Cobble
Terrell Buchanan
Robert Neyland
Edward Wilson
John Cullinan
Britt Plunk
Frank Payne
W. C. McNeil
A. W. Dainwood
L. P. Skinner
R. S. Farmer
Paul Georgas
L. E. Worley
L. A. Yankie
Johnny Vanderburg
Ross Eppes
John Busby
Weldon Gilchriest
Jack Evans
Nick Slavik
Bill Barclay
Clyde Cole
Mr. Worley
Madisonville
Silsbee
Santa Fe Railway
Kounize
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Silsbee Country Club
Silsbee Camp Fire Girls Association
Silsbee Council of
Boy Scouts
Silsbee Masonic Lodge
Worley
Lee Worley
Betty Ann Mitchell
Maybelle Rankin
Caldwell
Hank
Mary
Betty Mitchell
Late Supreme Court Justice Clyde Smith Visits In Silsbee
Texas Supreme Court Justice Clyde E. Smith from Austin and Woodville and Mrs. Smith visited Silsbee on Tuesday. They stayed with Grace Tucker, Smith’s sister in law, and the judge met old friends in town. He was recently re elected to a six year term and spends much time in the Piney Woods.
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Texas Supreme Court
Clyde E. Smith
Austin
Woodville
Mother of Paul Georgas’s Mother Dies in Illinois
Funeral services for Mildred Brinzley 62 were held Monday at Sterling-Piper Funeral Home in Barrington Illinois. She was the mother of Paul Georgas, manager of Cravens Insurance Co. in town. Mr. and Mrs. Georgas and family attended the funeral after traveling from here. She is survived by a son and a daughter.
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Sterling- Piper Funeral Home
Barrington
Mildred Brinzley
Paul Georgas
Cravens Insurance Co
Four Plead Guilty In Hardin County Court
Four defendants pleaded guilty before Judge Emmett Lack in Hardin County Court on Monday. Weldon January and Mrs. Weldon January were fined one dollar plus costs for hot check and theft respectively. Jerry Wayne Haynes received a one hundred dollar fine and costs for possessing an illegal weapon. William Arnold Raska was fined fifty dollars and costs and sentenced to three days in county jail for driving while intoxicated. Chester Arthur Choate and Mrs. E. L. Haire pleaded not guilty or were released on bond, and two others entered not guilty pleas and were freed on bonds of five hundred dollars.
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Hardin
Emmett Lack
Weldon January
Jerry Wayne Haynes
William Arnold Raska
E. L. Haire
Chester Arthur Choate
Twenty-Two Held At County Jail
Twenty two persons were held at the Hardin County jail in a week period per deputy Curtis Davis. One man was held as an illegal immigrant for the border patrol. Seven people stayed overnight for drunkenness in public. Additional detentions included two for disturbing the peace, two for larceny, two minors for consuming alcohol, one for driving with license suspended, one misdemeanor, one felony DWI, and two for carrying illegal weapons.
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Hardin County
Curtis Davis
Border Patrol
Loan Approved For N. Hardin Water System
The Farmers Home Administration announced a 159000 loan to the North Hardin Water Supply Corp to fund a rural water system north of Silsbee serving about 144 families. Senator Ralph Yarborough forwarded the telegram announcing the approval. Engineering studies are under way and construction can begin once bids are priced.
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North Hardin Water Supply Corp
Farmers, Home Administration
Silsbee
The
BEE
Ralph Yarborough
Lumberton High School Registration Schedule Announced
Lumberton High School posts the registration timetable for 1984 with seniors on Monday August 14 from 8 a.m. to noon juniors 1 to 4 p.m. also Monday August 14 sophomores 8 a.m. to noon Tuesday August 15 and freshmen 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday August 15. New elementary students register all day Monday August 14. Parents must bring each child s legal birth certificate.
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Lumberton High School
Philip Allen
Hardy Bourgeois Injured in Truck Accident
Hardy Bourgeois son of Mr and Mrs H J Bourgeois was injured Friday when his truck left the Spurger highway near the Hillister intersection. He was the sole occupant, transported to St Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont after being at Tyler County Hospital Woodville. He is improving per his family. Bourgeois a 1967 Silsbee High School graduate.
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Hardy Bourgeois
H. J. Bourgeois
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Tyler County Hospital
Woodville
Bourgeois
Hillister
Silsbee High School
Beaumont Visitor Honors Parents Amid Reserve Training
Mrs James C Jones and her son from Beaumont are visiting this week at the home of Mr and Mrs W H Holland as her husband undergoes a two week training school with the US Reserves.
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James C. Jones
Beaumont
W. H. Holland
Holland Family Visit In Corpus Christi Over Weekend
Mr and Mrs Homer Holland and family from Corpus Christi visited over the weekend in the home of his parents Mr and Mrs W H Holland. Christine and Trey Holland remained for a longer visit in the grandparents home.
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Homer Holland
Corpus Christi
W. H. Holland
Christine
Trey Holland
Football Season Tickets Go on Sale Aug 21
Season tickets for all Silsbee Tigers home games go on sale at the Silsbee School business office. 1966 holders have priority Aug 1–25. New buyers may purchase Aug 28–Sept 1. Tickets cost $7.50 and cover five home games. Out of town tickets for three district games available then.
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Tiger
Silsbee School
West Avenue H
Silsbee Tigers
Don L. Hough
Sniper Reports Ring City. Suspect Held In Silsbee
Reports of gunfire Tuesday and Wednesday in the 700 block of South Third and South Fourth Streets led Silsbee police to search for a sniper. One suspect was taken into custody early Wednesday. no charges filed yet. A garage apartment window was shot through and a bedhead damaged.
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South Third
South Fourth Streets
Silsbee
Edgar Blood
R. R. Beard
Larry Jacson
Silsbee council approves site for low rent housing project
The Silsbee City Council backed a Baytown promoter Frank Thelan on a 10 acre site west of West Avenue J and Lee Miller Road for a rent supplement housing project owned by a nonprofit. Rents will align with dwelling size and government subsidies cover the remainder. The meeting also approved a $1468.25 fire department equipment list, scheduled a dog vaccination day with reduced rabies rates, reviewed Valinda Estates plat, and directed a speed limit amendment for Payne Road dead ends to 15 mph at the next Aug 22 meeting.
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Tuckers Cafe
West Avenue N
Jackson
Blood
Morris Cole
Silsbee
Cole
Silsbee Police
Chief Blood
Jefferson County Law Enforcement Council
Frank Thelan
Baytown
West Avenue J
Lee Miller Road
Silsbee Fire Department
Avenue 1
N. G. Ferrell
Wayne DuBose
Ferrell
Payne Road
Cravens
Britton
Dainwood
Seaman
Ward couples visit in Shreveport amid shows
Mr and Mrs Alvin Ward and Mr and Mrs Sim Ward spent the weekend in Shreveport Louisiana visiting Dale Terrell and family. They attended the Lee Hardware Show at Convention Hall and the Louisiana Hayride.
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Alvin Ward
Sim Ward
Shreveport
Dale Terrell
Lee Hardware Show
Convention Hall
Silsbee Trustees Set Lunch Price Increase Plan
Silsbee School trustees met to discuss the 1967 68 budget and lunch price rise due to higher cafeteria wages under federal law. Eight resignations were expected to be accepted including Paine, Johnson, Perkins, Ogden, and Benson, as the panel planned a public budget hearing, bids on fuel and dairy, campus landscaping, and an auditor for the 1967 65 year.
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Silsbee School
Don L. ‘Hough
Leo
Silsbee High School
Worthey Receives BA at SFA College Commencement
Diana Worthey daughter of Mr and Mrs Sherman Worthey is among over 500 graduates this week at Stephen F Austin State College Nacogdoches She will receive a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education at commencement in Memorial Stadium on the campus August twenty second at eight p m A 1963 Silsbee High School graduate is listed in the class
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Diana Worthey
Sherman Worthey
Stephen F. Austin State College
Nacogdoches
Miss Worthey
Memorial Stadium
SFA
Silsbee
Maor
Youth Injured In Accidental Shooting Near Silsbee
Jerry Buckley aged about 18 suffered a flesh wound to the abdomen when a .22 pistol accidentally discharged at Capital Motors lot south of Silsbee. Deputies say Buckley and companions were playing with the weapon. he was treated at Wilde Clinic and Baptist Hospital and released.
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Jerry Buckley
E. W. Buckley
Capital Motors
Silsbee
Highway 96
Wilde Clinic
Farmer Funeral Home
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Billy Paine
Buckley
Silsbee High Band Rehearsals Begin Monday Evening
Silsbee High School band will begin rehearsals in the old High School band hall at 6 30 p m Monday. Members should bring instruments and all former and prospective members are asked to attend. Pictures for the football program will be taken Tuesday.
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Silsbee High School
Evadale Rebel Band Prepares For Big Year
Evadale High School unveils the Mighty Rebel Marching Band a 66 member unit directed by Charles R Williams. Summer rehearsals begin Friday at 6 30 p m as the group tunes for the opening game vs Lumberton High School. The band earned a Class B high school second division rating last season the top in six years. Twin drum majors are Billie Newman and Linda Roberts with twirlers headed by Jack Hardy Dale Sylvester Jan Hardy Donna George Tamara Williams and Correna Goats. Officers include Vernon Roberts president Claren DeLoach vice president Gary Goats captain and Billie Newman secretary. Council reps are Linda Roberts Dale Sylvester Bobby Outland Norman West Ken Sylvester and Ronald Hallister. Student conductor is Noel Ray Ramey.
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Mighty Rebel
Evadale High School
Charles R. Williams
Lumberton High School
Billie Newman
Linda Roberts
Jack Hardy
Dale Sylvester
Jan Hardy
Donna George
Tamara Williams
Correna Goats
Claren DeLoach
Gary Goats
Bobby Outland
Norman West
Ken Sylvester
Ronald Hallister
Noel 'Ray Ramey
Services Held In Kountze For E W Coleman 56
Ernest Weldon Coleman 56 of Kountze died Saturday in St Elizabeth Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral at 4 30 p m Sunday at First Baptist Church with Rev Oral Speech and Rev E V Barefield officiating. Burial in Mount Pisgah Cemetery Woodville. Survived by wife Ruby, son Ernest Weldon Jr, mother Lala Coleman, brothers Elbert and Arledge, and four sisters.
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Ernest Weldon Coleman
Kountze
St. Elizabeth Hospital
First Baptist
Bisi Cafe
Coleman
Buckboard Inn
Ruby Coleman
Ernest Weldon Jr
Lala Coleman
Beaumont
Elbert Coleman
Austin
Arledge Coleman
Willa
Alaska
Funeral services for Mrs May Loftin held Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. May Loftin 72 of Liberty were held Wednesday at 2 pm in the Chapel of Farmer Funeral Home. Rev Eddis Smith officiated. Interment followed at Franks Branch Cemetery. She died suddenly in Liberty after returning from Silsbee. survivors include a daughter, a son, five sisters, one brother, and several grandsons served as pallbearers.
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May Loftin
Liberty
Farmer Funeral Home
Eddis Smith
Pinecrest Baptist Church
Frank's Branch
Loftin
Silsbee
Francis Barbi
Weldon Kirkindell
Emma Caraway
Davie Hooks
Mamie Richardson
Maybell Denman
Crullie Payne
Lee Gore
Robert Poe
Eugene Kirkendall
Amos Richardson
Willie Richardson
Lawrence Gordon
Erby Smart
Nephew of Mrs Cartrett Is Killed in Vietnam
Army private first class Richard Jerrell Remedies, 20, of Zwolle Louisiana, died near Di An just south of Saigon while on guard duty in Vietnam. A 4 graduate of Zwolle High School he enlisted in January and trained at Fort Polk Louisiana. He arrived in Vietnam 12 days before his death by friendly fire.
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Lee Cartrett
Army Pfe
Richard Jerrell
Vietnam
di An
Saigon
Zwolle High School
Fort Polk
Uch Heme Ull
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Supreme Court
Clyde Smith
N. Hardin
Lumberton
S. 3Rd
Valinda Estates
Silsbee Planning Commission
SFA College
Evadale Rebel Band
Vernon Roberts
Band Council
E. W. Coleman
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