Silsbee Schools to Phase Out Chance Loeb Transfers
Silsbee trustees adopt a stair-step transfer plan finalizing acceptance of only 11th and 12th graders in 1965-66 and 12th graders in 1966-67. Ineligible transfers end unless board approves. A $150 tuition for 1965-66 was set, up from $125, with costs for transfer students over $340 offset by state funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Don L. Hough
Hough
Chance-Loeb
Beaumont
Kountze
Alf’ Fullingim
Yale Basket Deadline To Be Today
As of Wednesday morning the Silsbee Community Christmas Basket Fund was well short of its goal. Donations of money and food are urged to meet the need for baskets, with toys for Tots also requested. Contact Graves or the Rev. C L Jones to submit applications by today for basket eligibility and pickup arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
High School Honor Roll Lists Released by Principal Weeks Crawford
The second six weeks term ended and Principal Weeks Crawford announced the senior junior and sophomore lists of students earning A and B honor rolls. Names include seniors Mike Armand Patricia Cook and Judy Jones among many others.
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Weeks Crawford
Mike Armand
Patricia Cook
Lorna Hamilton
Judy Jones
Danny Modisette
Barbara Perkins
Donnie Pippin
Linda Ray
Carrie Roach
Linda Smith
Dianne Stevens
Susan Williams
Janice Witte
Shirley Barnes
Barbara Barthel
Brenda Bartle
Bill Bellenger
Zelma Britt
Sammy Butler
Linda Cheshire
Helen Cravey
Gayle Davis
Mary Dear
Llewellyn Dickinson
Steve Eppes
Ellen Ford
Mickey Frayter
Texas Chiropractic College Fundraiser Speaker Lead Dinner
Dr. H. E. Munden attended a fundraising dinner at Hotel America Houston last Friday in support of moving the Texas Chiropractic College from San Antonio to Pasadena. Principal speaker was Dr. James W. Parker of Parker Chiropractic Research Foundation, Fort Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Munden
Hotel America
Houston
Texas Chiropractic College
San Antonio
Pasadena
James W. Parker
Parker Chiropractic Research Foundation of
Fort Worth
Gary Stanford Sets New Intercollegiate Shower Record
Gary Stanford 18, son of Leroy and Mrs. Stanford of Silsbee and UH freshman, claimed a new world record by staying in the dorm shower for 36 hours and six minutes. He surpassed the previous mark by five hours and thirty minutes, a feat noted as a Texas boast with inevitible future challengers predicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Stanford
Leroy Stanford
Silsbee
University of Houston
Gary
Emporia
Kan
Texas
the Bee
Evadale School Extends Holidays to Dec 18
Evadale School will end Christmas classes Friday December 18 at 3 15 p m and resume Monday January 4 at 8 a m Principal Bert Fling announced. The break starts earlier than first planned to align with neighboring districts.
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Evadale
Evadale School
Bert Fling
Jail Records Show 24 Booked In Hardin County Last Week
Twenty four persons were booked in Hardin County jail last week per chief deputy Dave Rountree. Arrests included three misdemeanor DWIs, two traffic, two night hunting, one shooting a doe, one felony DWI, one license suspension, one hot check, one forgery grand jury case, and several drunk incidents. One case heard in Judge Fletcher Richardson's county court. J C Chesser of Village Mills fined one dollar plus costs on a hot check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Dave Rountree
Fletcher Richardson
J. C. Chesser
Village Mills
Eastex To Honor 230 Employees With Service Awards
Eastex will honor 230 employees at service awards dinners on December 17 in Beaumont and December 18 in the Waldo Mathews School Cafeteria. Speakers include Dr. Richard W. Setzer and C. A. Johns. Pins honor five-year increments up to 25 years with 120 safety attachments awarded for no-accident tenures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Texas Pulp and Paper Co
Fountain Terrace
Ridgewood
Beaumont
Richard W. Setzer
Lamar State College of Technology
Waldo - Mathews
C. A. Johns
Waldo - Mathews School
Eastex
J. W. Martindale
Southwestern Settlement and Development Division
Christmas Holiday Observances In Silsbee
Most stores in Silsbee plan three day Christmas closures Friday through Sunday with some downtown firms staying open Saturday. Groceries and at least one drug store will likely operate after Christmas. Silsbee schools end term Friday and resume Monday January 4 1965. Rev H B Morgan preaches revival in Winnie at First Pentecostal Church led by ex resident Rev J F Wiggins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Supt
Doni L. Hough
H. B. Morgan
First Pentecostal Church
First Pentecostal
Winnie
J. F. Wiggins
Silsbee Tigers open district play vs Jasper tonight
Silsbee High enters District 9 AAA play hosting Jasper after finishing third in West Orange tourney. Silsbee, led by Sanguin with 26 and 23 points in key wins, relies on Wells rebounding and Gossett shooting as they face Jasper at 7:30 p.m. with JV at 6 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee High
West Orange
Big Sandy
Tiger Gym
Tigers
Jasper
Silsbee
Bill Bellenger
Tony Rothrock
Bulldogs
Bradshaw
Jones
Mixon
Calvin Wells
Rothrock
Wells
Mike Gossett
Doyle Sanguin
South Park
Greenies
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Port Arthur Forest Park
Bishop Byrne
Sanguin
Deweyville
James Hoffpaulr
Hoffpauir
Doug Tennison
Meningitis Ruled In Death Of Silsbee Infant
The 11 month old James Hollis Simson died December 8 from spinal meningitis. Autopsy confirmed the cause. The child was the son of Mrs Mary Sims of Silsbee and Gene Sims of Kountze. Preventative treatment reached only family and close contacts. No further cases or action planned. Mr and Mrs L J Sagstetter travel to Tucson after year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hollis Simson
Wade Parker
Silsbee
Parker
Mary Sims
Gene Sims
Kountze
Robert Roebuck to Undergo Rare Kidney Transplant
Robert Roebuck of this city was moved from St Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont to St Luke Medical Center in Houston for a kidney transplant. The organ will come from his father W J Roebuck. Roebuck age 25, a Silsbee High School graduate, married with a young daughter, works at Neches Minimax Grocery. He attends Woodrow Baptist Church and has preached in area rural churches. A fund bearing his name has been started, with donations to Neches National Bank and prayers requested. His Houston address is St Luke's Episcopal Hospital Room 522 Medical Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
Medical Center
Houston
Texas
Buna Justice James G. Hargrove Dies in Collision
James G. Hargrove 70 died at the scene when his three wheel motor scooter was struck by a truck and semi on Buna Main Street. The inquest found death from a crushed chest. Burial followed at Antioch Cemetery with traditional services at Buna Methodist Church. Survivors include wife Millie and three sons and a daughter.
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Buna
James Gay Hargrove
Judge Hargrove
Ray Williams
Orange
Floyd R. Morris
Kirbyville
Howard Hargrove
Vernon Ramsey
Burke Hargrove
W. P. McGarahan
G. M. Denman
A. J. Ellison
Jasper County
Robert, Hargrove
W. J. Kirkpatrick
Archie Hargrove
San Antonio
T. $ Hargrove
Vidor
J. ¢ Hargrove
Mary Ferguson
Tennison Golden Wedding to be Observed in Silsbee
The Tennison family marks a Golden Wedding next Wednesday December 23 recalling the 1914 Silsbee First Methodist Church ceremony. The couple Mr Thomas M Tennison and Miss Addalee Davison were wed in an Episcopalian service officiated by Dr Norton of Beaumont.
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T. M. Tennison Sr
Tennison
Silsbee
Dispatch
Elizabeth McClelland
Thomas M. Tennison
Addalee Davison
Silsbee Society
Norton
Beaumont
Beaumont Enterprise
George H. Davison
Raymond Pearson
Houston
Lelia Davison
M. L. Osborn
Pearson
Galveston
Santa Fe
Arioona
Louisiana
Sinclair of Co
Tom Tennison Jr
George Tennison
Raymond Tennison
National Security Agency
Frankfurt
Germany
Last Call Issued For Toys For Tots Drive
Toys for Tots coordinator Allen Warrick appeals for more donations in Silsbee as the drive nears its deadline. Dolls are plentiful but games cars and toy guns are needed. cash gifts can be used to purchase toys. Donations may be left at Warrick TV and Appliance or with city ministers. The drive runs with the Christmas Basket program and will distribute toys and food on December 23 at Neyland Feed Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Warrick
Warrick
Silsbee
Graves
Neyland
Ob Boddie
Boddie
First Presbyterian Church
Pines
Toys For
Warrick TV
Cravens Hall
First Methodist Church
Maude Short Pioneer Resident Laid To Rest
Mrs. Rachel Maude Short 88 a Silsbee pioneer died 5 15 am Saturday in a Arlington Virginia hospital after a long illness. She moved to Silsbee in 1906 with her husband P A Short an engineer for the Santa Fe Railroad and their two children. Funeral services were held at 10 am Wednesday at First Baptist Church with burial in Resthaven Cemetery. Pallbearers named include Frank S Payne Knox Dixon Tobe McDonald L D Self Fletcher Richardson and E M Wilson Jr.
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Rachel Maude Short
Silsbee
Arlington
Mrs. Short
Roselle
South Arcadia
P. A. Short
Santa Fe Railroad
Short
North Sixth Street
First Baptist Church
R. F E. Barclay
C. B. Bass
First Baptist Church of
Diboll
Silsbee Church
Resthaven Cemetery
Farmer Funeral Home
Frank S Payne
Knox Dixon
Tobe McDonald
L. D. Self
Fletcher Richardson
E. M. Wilson Jr
Funeral Services Held Monday For J. J. Butler 64
Private funeral services for Joseph J. Butler Jr., 64, of Silsbee, were held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Farmer Funeral Home chapel in Silsbee. Rev. P. F. Herndon officiated. Burial followed in Rest Haven Cemetery. Butler died Sunday morning at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont after a lengthy illness. A Little Rock native, he was a jeweler known across the south and had lived in Beaumont 15 years before moving near Silsbee six years ago. Surviving are his wife Alta B. Butler, a daughter Mrs. M. G. LaPorte, and a sister Miss Belva Rose Butler.
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Joseph J. Butler Jr
Silsbee
Farmer Funeral Home
P. F. Herndon
First Christian Church
Resthaven
Butler
Baptist
Alta B. Butler
M. G. LaPorte
Beaumont
Belva Rose Butler
Little Rock
Mr and Mrs Giles K Wood Visit Mother in Lake Jackson
Mr and Mrs Giles K Wood and their family from Lake Jackson spent the weekend at the home of his mother Mrs C J Wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giles K. Wood
Lake Jackson
C. J. Wood
Also Mentioned on This Page
Silsbee Independent
State Board of Education
O'Neil
Edgar I O'Neil
Harding County Savings and Loan Assn
Silsbee High School
Silsbee Community Christmas Basket Fund
B. W. Graves
E. J. Dietrich
Silsbee State Bank
Community Christmas Basket Fund
Silsbee Bee
Drive
Brenda Davis
Deborah Dollevy
Russell Holt
Robert Kirkland
Janie Marshall
Katherine Riley
Linda Abbott
Virginia Carpenter
James Donelson
Harold Dunn
Edna Bledge
Darlene Gill
Sherry Haverly
Daniel Jenkins
Lance Latham
Alice McLean
Martha Phillips
Joyce Player
Carol Ragan
Lynda Reeves
Lynette Ross
Shirley Sanguin
Sherry Skinner
Sue Trull
Carolyn Williams
Mike Williams
Buddy Witte
Tommy Wright
Cynthia Mitchell
Jackie Perkins
Cynthia Ragsdale
Richard Stanford
Marsha Wooley
David Barnes
Barbara Benison
Kayrn Brummett
Pamela Curry
Susan Dixon
Jay Lloyd Dorrell
Wesley Dunn
Barbara Hayes
Paul Hollyfield
Emily Landolt
Sherry Langley
Brenda McWilliams
Glenda Nelson
Brad Norvell
John Schnaithman
Sheila Scott
Cynthia Shepherd
Katrina Sturrock
Elaine Tarver
Candy Terrell
Owen Waugh
Donald Walton
Loyal Warner
Rodney Warren
Susan Watts
Nelda Elaine Williams
Brendan Willis
Patricia Wood
Evadale Mill
Tiger Five
L. J. Sagstetter
Tucson
Ariz
Stanley Smith
Smith
Jerry Sagstetter
Robert Roebuck
City
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beau
James G. Hargrove
T.m.tennison
W. J. Poshtuske
N. A. Cravens
Y. M. Evans
W. E. Sheffield
L. A. Yankie
J. W. Moffett
W.C. McNeil
E. J. Wilson Sr
J. J. Butler
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