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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1964
Page
10
Silsbee High School advanced math students are purchasing Elementary Analysis books for the second semester. Books cost about $4.25 with any excess refunded. Mrs. Gayle Ratliff urges students to bring money promptly.
Editorial urges extreme caution during holidays as travel increases. Warns that alcohol impaired driving and speeding cause fatal crashes. Encourages obeying speed limits and not driving after drinking to protect lives and ensure future family reunions.
Joy Hopkins and J Q Vanderburg won first place in newswriting and sports photography at the 1964 Texas High School Press Conference. The awards were announced at the convention December 7 8 9 on the Texas Woman's University campus.
Silsbee High School yearbooks 1964, Satsuma and Tiger Rag, earned All-Texas ratings from the Texas High School Press Association. The Satsuma was Class IV with 500 to 999 students. Tiger Rag earned a Certificate of Merit in Class IV. J Q Vanderburg won state first place in sports photography. Joy Hopkins won state first in news writing.
Seniors are scheduled for a SAT test on Saturday January 9 at Lamar Tech in Beaumont. The exact testing building will be announced to students when they receive their test cards.
Silsbee High School speech teacher Thornton Hall played Roger Doremus in the Beaumont Community Players production of Summer and Smoke by Tennessee Williams. The Dec 3 4 5 run at the Little Theatre featured Lee Whiddon as Alma and Red Gillette as Dr Buchanan with Charles Blackburn directing. Hall also leads Thespian activities at Silsbee and directs The Skin of Our Teeth, while attending night classes in Lamar.
Representatives of Alcoholics Anonymous spoke to the girls and boys P E classes last Thursday as part of a state mandated unit on the harmful effects of alcohol tobacco and narcotics. The two men a chemist and a civil engineer shared their experiences and cited figures showing rising alcoholism rates and urged students to abstain from drinking.
Tigers prepare to meet taller opponents in a stretch of games against South Park Big Sandy Port Arthur and the Port Arthur Tournament The Greenies average over six feet and already defeated the Tigers this season South Park also beat them while Big Sandy and Port Arthur loom as first time foes in this period for Tiger cage fans.
Mr. Hall earned enthusiastic laughter in Beaumont Community Players’ Summer and Smoke with a lively Roger Doremus. The Campus Rambler notes sidewalk surfing at SHS, senior college planning, SAT day in Lamar, and jokes on Moby Dick and Ahab.
The Tiger Rag poll shows male students spending 2006.92 on gifts for girlfriends and 1554.50 by females for boyfriends. Among 161 males, 50 chose clothes, 14 personal items, 26 accessories, 17 recreational items, 39 jewelry, and 13 cash. among 117 females, 36 clothes, 14 personal items, 10 accessories, 7 recreational items, 49 jewelry, and 2 cash.
When asked how money for presents was obtained, 224 fmales and 164 females participated. Of 224 males, 82 obtained money by working, 10 received an allowance, 42 received extra money for Christmas from parents, 15 obtained money through allowance and working, 18 received extra money from parents and an allowance.
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