Silsbee Tigers Football Readies for Two-A-Day Workouts
Silsbee High School football coach Ray McGallion announced two-a-day conditioning begins next week for sophomores to seniors with medical forms due. Seventeen lettermen from last year plus sixteen from another squad back, nine early signups, and scrimmages against Little Cypress and Conroe schedule the season. Opening game set for Sept. 13 versus Jesuit of Houston with Orange Livingston and Port Acres on the slate while Forest Park exits the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luis
Ray McGallion
McGallion
Jftrom
Waldo Mathews
Vows
Tigers
Little Cypress
Conroe
Jesuit of
Houston
McGallion Arday
Orange
Livington
Port Acres
Forest Park
Five Local Youths to Attend Austin Conference
Randy Smith along with Gwendolyn Trotty Joanne Slaydon Phyllis Parks and Charles Landgraf are chosen to attend the Youth Conference at the University of Texas August 22 to 25. Sponsored by Silsbee service and study clubs including Kiwanis Lions Optimist Youth Activities Association Royal Clover Leaf Club Young Homemakers of Texas and Exquisett Club. Joe Hignett counselor will accompany the group. The conference, under Texas Law and Enforcement and Youth Development Foundation, gathers youth from across the state for seminars and workshops. Silsbee Youth Activities Association boards meet tonight at Neches National Bank at 8 p m. Mrs. Hugh Smith presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randy Smith
Gwendolyn Trotty
Joanne Slaydon
Phyllis Parks
Charles Landgraf
University of Texas
Silsbee
Kiwanis, Lions, Optimist
Youth Activiies Association
Royal Cloverleaf Club
Young Homemakers of Texas
Exquisett Club
Joe Hignett
Youth Courtesl
Texas Law and Enforcement and Youth Development Foundation
Texas
Silsbee Youth Activities Association
Neches National Bank
Hugh Smith
Family Visitation Highlights Dreddy reunion in Louisiana
Mrs Marguerite Dreddy of Merryville and her brother Buster Gubtel visited Mr and Mrs Douglas Dreddy along with Mr and Mrs Jugier Breddy and family from Lake Charles. The gathering included extended family and regional ties reflecting local hometown connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite. Dreddy
Merryville
Buster Gubtel
Jugier Breddy
Lake Charles
Douglas Dreddy
Subscription To Bee Costs Seventy Five Dollars A Year
A subscriber left for Venezuela requested air mail delivery of The Silsbee Bee at a yearly rate of 75 dollars. He paid 75 dollars by check, noting the paper’s prompt news and popularity at his worksite, despite long delivery times.
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Sillsbee Bee
Venezuela
Air Mail
Bee
Silsbee
Siisbee
Silsbee trustees present record high school budget
Silsbee School Trustees were to approve a record high budget for 1968-69 at the regular meeting. A public hearing on the budget was to be set, possibly in late August. The balanced budget totals 11,674,861 dollars with 90,088 dollars in federal projects, up 51,000 dollars from last year. Major increases cover personnel salaries and teaching staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee School
Final Rites For Leon Shine at Silsbee Church
Funeral services for Leon Shine 62 of Silsbee were held at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Barclay and Rev. Drennen officiating. Burial was in Resthaven Cemetery. Shine died on arrival at Silsbee Doctors Hospital after a seizure while driving home. He owned Shine's Mobil Station and was a charter member of local business groups. Survived by wife Isabel Shine, daughter Jeannie Faye Short, and sister Gerald Evans. Pallbearers included Jack Evans and others. honorary pallbearers were Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Shine
Silsbee
First Baptist Church
R. E. Barclay
A. A. Drennen
Resthaven Cemetery
Shine
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
S. Third Street
J. A. Shine
Shine's
Mobil Station
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Silspee Investment Club
Sils
Jimmy Jeffrey
D. M. Short
Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
Silsbee Investiment Club
Council Hears Protest On Handling Of Insurance Policy
Silsbee City Council faced protest over the July approved group hospitalization policy with Aetna Life and Casualty. Insurers Basil Rodgers Tom Tennison and Henry Donelson urged bid rights and notification prior to renewal while the council stood by the July decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
City of
Basil Rodgers
Silsbee Insurance Agency
Tom ‘Tennison
New York Life
Aetna Life and Casualty
Henry Donelson
Donelson Insurance Agency
Aetna
Two Injured In Mishap Tuesday Near Silsbee
A four person two car crash on Highway 327 near Silsbee in heavy rain left Mrs. Willie T. Hallonquist and Mrs. Gladys Fann hospitalized with deep cuts and bruises. Alice L. Fullingim escaped injury.
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Silsbee
Willie T. Hoelenquist
Houston
Snd
Gladys Fann
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Fanner
Fann
Kepist Hospital
Beaumont
Hallonquist
Silsbee Hospital
Morris Cole
Hallonquiet
Miss Fullingim
Final Rites Held Saturday For Mrs Maude Byerly
Funeral services for 91 year old Mrs Maude Byerly of 560 S 4th were held at 2 p m Saturday at Farmer Funeral Chapel with Rev R Eugene Jonte of the First United Methodist Church officiating Burial followed in Resthaven Cemetery She died at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont Thursday night She was a Wood native and lived in Silsbee since 1930 Survivors include four daughters 11 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Byerly
S. 4Th
Satuday
Farmer Funeral
R. Eugene Jonte
First United Methodist Church
Resthaven
Byerly
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Wood
Silsbee
John Busby
Pat A. Beard
Frank McClanahan
W. McWhorter
Athel Williford
A. R. Newland
Arvin Yankie
Clarence McNeil
Carl Babbitt
John Meyers
Charles McGinty
H. V. Marchman
Waco
R. C. Hilliard
Newton
Junior High Band Rehearsals Start August 16
Silsbee Junior High School Band rehearsals begin Friday August 16 at 9 30 am in the band room under director Roy H Bean. The schedule continues next week with marching practice for 7th graders at 8 am and full band practice for 7th and 8th graders 9 15 am to 11 am with individual help after. Drum Major is Mary Mitchell and the twirlers are Sabrina Birdwell and Sandra Bean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Roy H. Bean
Biel
Mary Mitchell
Sabrina Birdwell
Sandra Bean
Scottish Tour with Culli nan Family Ends Visit
Mr and Mrs John G Cullinan returned last Thursday from a three week visit in Helensburgh Scotland with their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Keith Pope. They also toured Ireland Wales and England.
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John G. Cullinan
Helensborough
Scotland
Keith Pope
Ireland
Wales
England
Mrs Eva Moore Funeral Services Held in Silsbee
Funeral services for Mrs. Eva Moore 72 of Silsbee were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the First Pentecostal Church with Rev. W A Rashall and Rev. C M Duplissy officiating. Burial followed at Paulbearers were Carl Williams, Charles Ray Conners, Charlie Atkinson, Ray Crocker, Albert Droughty and Lester Kinard. She died Friday at Schlesinger's Cemetery in Beaumont. A Polk County native, she lived in Silsbee 45 years and was survived by her daughter Lillie Mae Williams, a step-daughter Rachel Droughty, a step-son J L Moore, five brothers, three sisters, and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Moore
Silsbee
First Pentecostal
W. A. Rashall
Wiley Mae Pentecostal Church
C. M. Duplissy
First Pentecostal Church
Resthaven
Carl Williams
Charles Ray Conners
Charlie Atkinson
Ray Crocker
Albert Droughty
Lester Kinard
County Airport Committee Seeks Financing For Silsbee Hardin Project
The Hardin County Airport Committee met Beaumont Chamber of Commerce members in Beaumont to discuss financing and administration of the Silsbee Ikountze airport project. Dr. N G Ferrell chaired and noted chamber experience with airport petitions and interest in regional facilities. A new sign at the airport entrance was unveiled and Silsbee personnel graded the entrance road and mowed the landing strip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Airport Committee
Beaumont
Beaumont Chamber of Commerce
Silsbee- Ikountze
N. G. Ferrell
Ferrell
Beamont Chamber
City of Silsbee
Watts sisters fly to Washington with Watts family
Lynda and Liz Watts spent the summer with grandparents C. H. Watts and his wife and left Friday by plane for Washington D C where they were met by their parents Major and Mrs H B Watts.
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Lynda
Liz Watts
C. H. Watts
Washington, D. C
Major
Mrs. H. B. Watts
Local governments in county show 12 units with taxing power
A 1967 Census of Governments report shows Merdin County has 12 local government units, 11 with tax power, including three municipal bodies, six independent districts, two special districts, and the county government. Nationwide local governments fell about 10 percent in five years, driven mainly by school district consolidations.
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New York
Merdin County
Heirdin
Senco
United Utes
West South Central
of Texas
Window Breaks Lead to Multiple Vandalism Pleas
Two Fred residents, Robert Earl Gore and Onie McGallion, both 23, pleaded guilty to vandalism after a plate glass window at Cunningham Package Store No 1 broke near their homes. They paid $100 fines and $125 restitution. Two local teenagers, Billy Boyd Lewis 17 and a 14-year-old, paid $68 fines each for vandalism in the north Hardin County area around FM 92. Sheriff Overstreet noted July arrests yielded 185 jail bookings and $3321.70 in fines. Separate case: Robert D. Hancock 18 of Silsbee charged with burglary of a Neder land doctor's office. bound over to the Jefferson County Grand Jury under $10,000 bond after being found ransacking Dr. Raymond Benski’s office in Neder land during early Monday hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Overstreet
Robert Earl Gore
Onie McGallion
Fred
Herdin
Billy Boyd Lewis
Hardin County
FM 92
Overstreet
Hardin County Sheriff's Department
Robert D. Hancock
Silsbee
Jefferson County
Justice of the Peace
Carl Moon
Nederland
Jefferson County Grand Jury
Raymond Benski
Ladies Pro Am Golf Tourney To Be Wednesday
The Sabine Area Ladies Pro Am Tournament will be held at the Silshee Golf and Country Club on Wednesday Aug 21 starting at 8 a m. It is an 18 hole tourney with point play. Members of the Women's Golf Association of Silshee are invited with others from the area. Mrs Wilconi Lee is president of this association.
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Sabine Area
Silshee Golf and Country Club
Women’s Golf Association of
Silshee
Wilcon i Lee
Silsbee Social Notes Round of Home Visits and Deployments
Silsbee social column lists Alvin J. Ragan and granddaughter Leisa Leigh returning from California, and others who visited relatives in Houston Arkansus Beaumont and Orange. Navy and Army assignments include San Diego Vietnam Subic Bay Hawaii Kerrville Camp Pearl Wheat and Hardin High School, with hospital and surgery updates.
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Alvin J. Ragan
Leisa Leigh
California
G. W. Gilchriest
Lucy Burks
Shawn
Dawn Greene
J. M. Cain
Houston
Jim Doane
Jan
San Diego
Catif
US Navy
Karl Willingham
Arkansus
Set
Leonard Wayne Yankie
Edith Yankie
Saigon
Vietnam
Robert Parillow
Lake Jackson
Sp. Vv. Swarthout
Mssse Hurst
Hotel Dieu Hospital
Beaumont
Charles McGinty
Alien Freeman
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lloyd B. Goolsb
Hardin
Texas
Goolsby
Hardin High School
William A. Knupple
Subic Bay
Philippine Islands
Cornelia Knupple
David Knupple
William
Corpus Christi
Robert Knupple
J. H. Richardson
Jerald Pexeto
Marvel Conway
Orange
Donna A. Nolen
Spurger Obituary for J T Swearingen Veteran and Father
Funeral services were held at Spurger Methodist Church for Esca T Cotton Swearingen 46 found dead Sunday evening in a Beaumont car from an apparent heart attack. Burial was at Turner Branch Cemetery. Survivors include his mother Berte Swearingen of Spurger a daughter Marion Gambrell of Greves three sons Keith Merle and Billy Swearingen of Port Arthur Groves two brothers Fred of Woodville and Chapman of Spurger.
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Esca T. (Cotton) Swearingen
Spurger Methodist Church
Carrell Emerson
Turner Branch
Swearingen
Beaumont
Justice of the Peace
Horace Blades
Silsbee
Berte Swearingen
Spurger
Marion Gambrell
Greves
Keith
Merle Swearingen
Port Arthur
Billy Swearingen
Groves
Fred Swearingen
Woodville
Chapman Sweauringen
Births and Family Notices from Silsbee and Nearby Areas
Multiple birth announcements from Silsbee and surrounding towns list new babies with birthdates in August and July. Names include Lance Patrick Sharp Richard Glenn Gilley Karla Jeanene Tonya Carole Douglas Barclay and others, with hospitals in Beaumont Orlando Albuquerque and Kountze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Sharp
Silsbee
Lance Patrick
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Jim Gilley
Orlando Hospital
Orlando
Fla
Richard Glenn
B. W. Gilley
W. E. Welch
Evadale
David Shows
R. E. McClelland
Leon Crum
Tonya Carole
Richard Ester
Kountze
Lumberton Quarterback Club to Host Viking Leaders
Beaumont Golden Vikings president Morris Plack and tailback ONeil Buseing will speak at Lumberton High School tonight at 7 30. The Lumberton Quarterback Club will view films of the Vikings past two games, said J N Roe, club president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Plack
Beaumont Golden Vikings
Lumberton
Lumberton High School
O’neil Buseing
Viking
Vikings
Roemere
Tennison Family Visits Springfield Home During Summer
LCDR Raymond P. Tennison and his family of Springfield Virginia visit the Tennison senior couple and other relatives. Annette and Raymond Jr. will join their parents for the trip home after spending the summer with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lcdr
Raymond P. Tennison
Springfield
T. M Tennison Sr
Annette
Raymond Jr
Imex Hee
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Wayne DuBose
Councl
Aetna Tite and Casualty
Cesar Dominguez
Pine Plaza
Mrs. Maude Byerly
J. N. Brown Sr
Silswee
Doctors Hospital
F. E. Baker
Mineral Springs
Ark
Col. N. R. Brown
Commanche
U. S. Census Bureau
Cunningham Package Store
Silsbee Social Notes
J. T. Swearingen
Beaumont's St. Elizabeth Hospital
Elmo Cravey
Bobby Lott
Joseph Allen Breaux
Joseph Allen Jr
Donald James Kemp
Malinda Lee
Perry Lee Rhone
Nancy Denise
Hardin Memorial
Larry D. Paine
Dassetta
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Sam Yawn Jr
J. B. Paine
James Carrell
Nell Anana
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Evonale
Jeffery Don
Ralph Cheshire
Scott Douglas
Charlie McGraw
Warren
Charles Weldon
Cassandra
James Gaines
Herman Herrington
Baytown
Richard Radley
Prentice Oliver
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