Silsbee Schools Set Full Day Start August 31
Silsbee district plans a full day opening for the 1966-67 term on Wednesday August 31 with 165 teachers and 11 remedial staff plus 11 aides. About 3700 students expected as crowded conditions loom at elementary levels until the new high school opens in fall 1967. A faculty meeting and teacher orientation occur August 29 with bids on supplies and tax payment discounts discussed at a board meeting.
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Supt
Hough
Silsbee
Supt Hough
Silsbee School Board
August 25 Set for Silsbee High School Registration
Silsbee High School registers students on Thursday August 25 from 8 30 a m to 2 00 p m with three campus areas seniors at the main entrance juniors at the cafeteria entrance and sophomores in the gym lobby. Students receive schedules locker numbers and homeroom assignments. New students report between August 15 and 24.
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Silsbee High School
Weeks Crawford
Crawford
Silsbee
Mrs Vergie Cain McElroy, 61, dies at home in Silsbee
Funeral services for Mrs Vergie Cain McElroy of 750 North 4th Street, 61, will be held at 2:00 p.m. today at the Church of Christ with Barry Jones officiating. Burial follows in Resthaven Cemetery. She died suddenly Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. in her home and is survived by husband Sam McElroy a daughter Lavera M. Landis four brothers two sisters and three grandchildren.
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Vergie Cain McElroy
North 4Th Street
Church of Christ
Barry Jones
Resthaven Cemetery
McElroy
Silsbee
Church of Christ and Order of the Eastern Star
Funeral Services For Mrs. Presley Held Wednesday
Mrs Beulah E Presley 61 of Groves died about 7 40 am Monday in St Marys Hospital Funeral rites were held Wednesday at Beech Grove Methodist Church in Anacoco La Burial was in Beech Grove Cemetery She was a native of Anacoco and mother of Mrs Curtis McMillan of Silsbee Also notes a Seattle visit by Mr and Mrs Thomas Read and daughter Dena with a later Canadian Victoria tour sightseeing Parliament Buildings Butchart Gardens Denison Castle King George Terrace and the Under Sea Gardens noted.
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Beulah E. Presley
Groves
St. Marys Hospital
Beech Grove Methodist Church
Anacoco
Beech Grove
Presley
Curtis McMillan
Silsbee
Thomas Read
Dena
Joe Landry
Seattle
Wash
Victoria
British Columbia
Canada
Parliament Buildings
Butchart's Gardens
Denismuir Castle
King George Terrace
Buna Man Injured In Log Truck Crash Near Buna
At 2 45 pm Wednesday a log truck driven by 21 year old Joe Willey of Buna overturned four miles south of Buna on Highway 96. The truck burst into flames, Willey was trapped but freed before severe burns. He was taken to St Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont by ambulance. Witnesses and investigators described serious to critical injuries. exact extent undetermined. The truck belonged to Charles Simmons. highway patrolman Tommy Clark and Jasper County Sheriff's staff investigated.
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Buna
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Joe Willey
Charles Simmons
Willey
Tommy Clark
Jasper County Sheriff's Office
Farmer Funeral Home
Beaumont Hospital
Final Rites For Allen A Chance Pioneer Resident
Funeral services for Allen A Chance 70 of Chance Loeb pioneer of Hardin County were held at Fletcher Emanuel Baptist Church with burial at Hooks Cemetery. World War I veteran and former Pure Oil Transportation employee, he died at St Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont after a long illness. Surviving are wife Corrie Chance son John E Chance of Lafayette LA and daughters Mrs J W Soward and Mrs A J Clubb of Beaumont.
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Allen A. Chance
Chance Loeb
Hardin County
Fletcher Emanuel Baptist Church
Henry Shettles
Hooks Cemetery
Farmer Funeral Home
Masonic Lodge
Chance
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
John Edward
Jane Hooks Chance
Pure Oil Transportation Co
Baptist Church
Silsbee
Corrie Chance
John E. Chance
Lafayette
J. W. Soward
A. J. Clubb
Coach Shaw Releases Panther Grid Schedule
Waldo Mathews High School football plans new district opponents and non district games. An organizational meeting for all boys interested in coming out will be held at 8:00 am Saturday Aug 27. Returning lettermen include Cecil Brent Artis Hunter Bill Shaw Wallace Lewis Kenneth Shelton Jerry Davis Chester Burks Jr Marvin Lee Jimmy Balden James Richardson George Chaney and Eddy Brooks. Cleveland joins district GAA play and Conroe appears on the schedule as a non district game.
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Waldo Mathews High School
Wesley Shaw
Shaw
Cecil Brent
Artis Hunter
Bill Shaw
Wallace Lewis
Kenneth Shelton
Jerry Davis
Chester Burks Jr
Marvin Lee
Jimmy Balden
James Richardson
George Chaney
Eddy Brooks
Cleveland
Silsbee Council Sells Street and Opens Bids
Silsbee city council approved selling a 45 by 70 foot portion of Jefferson Boulevard to Mr and Mrs Emmett Barefield to help enlarge their Pines Motel holdings. Bids were opened on two ton pickup and three dump trucks with five bids. none acted. Taxicab zone fees were approved and taxi fares set to 50 to 60 cents for one person and 75 cents for two within city limits.
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Silsbee
Jefferson Boulevard
Emmett Barefield
Pines
Highway 96
H. C. Hopkins
Barefield
Hopkins
Council
Woodrow
Woodrea
New Gas Company Manager To Assume Duties
Glenn Dale Claybourn is named the new Silsbee district manager for Houston Natural Gas System and will assume duties Monday. He will head the 414 North 4th Street office serving 2,500 customers in Silsbee Chance Loeb and Evadale, replacing Travis Votan who moves to Beeville. Claybourn has 21 years with Houston Natural and will reside with his wife and daughter at Red Cut. Meanwhile city officials report sewage plant trouble with three main pumps flooded and likely shorted. bypassing systems will keep service, with full operation expected by Thursday or Friday.
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Glenn Dale Claybourn
Silsbee
Houston Natural Gas System
J. M. Young
Gulf Coast Area
Claybourn
Travis Votan
Beeville
Dickinson
Houston Natural
North 4Th Street
Chance-Loeb
Evadale
Gladys
Jan Ellen
Read Street
Roosevelt Drive
18Th St
Prewitt
Wayne DuBose
DuBose
New Pupils Asked to Register for Silsbee Elementary
Superintendent Don L. Hough urges all first time Silsbee school pupils to register at their chosen school before the start of classes. Principals will be in their offices beginning Monday Aug. 15. Incoming students from other districts should bring report cards. first graders need birth certificates and smallpox vaccination evidence if not yet provided. Students transferring within the district need not register.
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Silsbee
Don L. Hough
Hough
Waldo Mathews School Announces Fall Registration
Registration for grades seven through nine at Waldo Mathews School is set for August 25 from 9 a.m. to noon, per Principal C. A. Johns. The regular bus route will operate that day. First time students must register August 17 or 18 at the school.
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Waldo Mathews School
C. A. Johns
Drivers License Office Closed For Two Weeks
Edward Phillips a drivers license patrolman says the Silsbee office will close on August 12 and 17 and will resume normal hours on August 19. The closure lasts two weeks per the announcement.
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Edward Phillips
Silsbee
Eight Beauties Vie For Queen Of Western Week Rodeo
Western Week rodeo sponsored by Retail Merchants Association of Silsbee and the Chamber of Commerce with the Silsbee Trail Riders. August 19 and 20 at 8:00 p.m. at Trail Riders arena. Contestants include Sherry Eddleman and Lavana Peel among eight entrants for Silsbee Rodeo Queen 1966 67. Reigning queen Suzanne Graves to crown successor. Sharon Chitty to host. Saturday features a Silsbee Western parade at 10:00 a.m.
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Retail Merchants Association of Silsbee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Silsbee Trail Riders
Trail Riders
Highway
Marshall D. Gore
Silsbee
Sherry Eddleman
Duane Eddleman
Burkeville
Burkeville Trail Riders
LaVana Sue Peel
Joe Peel
Kirbyville
Jackie Loiacano
A. A. Loiacano
Port Arthur
Sour Lake Trail Riders
Peggy Matley
Buddy Edwards
Buna
Suzanne Graves
Dayton
Sharon Chitty
Lumberton to Get Rural P O Branch on Sept 1
The Lumberton Rural Branch of the United States Post Office at Silsbee will open September 1. R. M. Martin to serve as clerk in-charge. the branch operates under Silsbee, with supplies from Silsbee. Mail will be postmarked Lumberton Rural Branch, Silsbee. Address option is Lumberton Texas 77656. An outside box and lock boxes will be provided. location is north of the traffic Y on the Beaumont highway in a former Humble station building.
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Lumberton
United States
Silsbee
Conley C. Bradshaw
R. M. Martin
Lumbertou Rural
Texas
Bradshaw
Post Office Department
Beaumont Highway
Reuben Martin
Valentine visits relatives in Steveport and Baytown
Mr and Mrs C E Valentine of Steveport Louisiana spent Wednesday and Thursday with Mr and Mrs L J Sagstetter while en route home after visiting their son Father C E Valentine S J a teacher in Minor Seminary in Corpus Christi and other relatives in Baytown The journey forms a short family visit amid travel plans.
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C. E. Valentine
Steveport
L. J. Sagstetter
S.J
Corpus Christi
Baytown
C. J. Rabin
Sagstetters
Jack Bodenhamer
Final Rites For W E Sheffield To Be Here Today
Funeral services for Willie Eddie Sheffield are set for 10:00 a.m. today at Farmer Funeral Home chapel with Rev. R E Barclay of First Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in Rest Haven Cemetery. He was 78 and a resident of Silsbee for 58 years, a retired Santa Fe Railway clerk with 38 years of service, and a member of First Baptist Church Masonic Lodge No. 927 and the Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks. He died Tuesday after a long illness. He is survived by Mary Ella Sheffield of Silsbee, two daughters Inez Walton and Ellen Grimes of Beaumont, one sister Maggie Bridler of El Paso, five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
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Willie Eddie Sheffield
Farmer Funeral Home
R. E. Barclay
First Baptist Church
Resthaven Cemetery
E. J. Wilson
Vernon Miers
Richard Head
Ike Sparks
L. D. Self
Grady Tarver
Sheffield
Silsbee
Masonic Lodge No
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks
Santa Fe Railway
Mary Ella Sheffield
Inez Walton
Ellen Grimes
Beaumont
Maggie Bridler
el Paso
Mrs Mary Hamilton Dies Suddenly In Fred
Mrs Mary Ellen Hamilton 74 died suddenly Wednesday at the home of her daughter Mrs Mary Dale Hutto in Fred Survivors include two daughters Opal Berryhill and Viola Berryhill both of Palestine two sisters Sue Hock Orange and Bethenian Martin California one brother Johnny Sigman Grand Saline Texas ten grandchildren and eight great grandchildren Funeral arrangements announced by Farmer Funeral Home.
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Mary Ellen Hamilton
Mary Dale Hutto
Fred
Football Season Tickets On Sale August 17 Here
Season tickets for all Tiger home football games go on sale at 8 30 am Wednesday August 17 in the Silsbee School District Administration Office on Avenue H. Price is 7 50 for all five home games set by District 9 AAA. Local fans get first access through August 19 with last year seats held.
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Tiger
Silsbee
Avenue H
Weeks Crawford
Huntsville
Beaumont High Royal Purples
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Silsbee High
Sam McElroy
Panther
Conroe
Waldo Mathews
Holmes Chevrolet
Donalson Motor Company
Silsbee Auto Company
Simmons Motor Company
Thomas Auto Service
City Cab Company
Max Zeller
Mrs. C. S. Wisdom
Janet, Larry and
Ross
Kansas City, Kans
Liberty
San Augustine
Livingston
J. W. Oldham
Crockett
John D. Coville
Woodville
Jasper
Madisonville
Oldham
Laura Powell
Alvin
W. E
Smart of
Nederland
New Gas Company
Orange County Sheriff’s Posse
Jackie Bland
Julie T. Smith
Carol Maxfield
Elizabeth Bowen
P. O
W.E. Sheffield
W.J. Spurlock
Billie Gibson
Spurlock
Buchanan Dam
Austin
Mary Hamilton
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