New Schedule For Club Meets At Silsbee High
Silsbee High adopts a new monthly club schedule aiming to boost participation. Clubs meet on the first to fourth Tuesdays with study hall for nonparticipants and supervision requested by Mr. Crawford. The plan, developed by students and the Student Council, is expected to run smoothly.
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Writing Club
Future Homemakers of America
Future Farmers of America
National Honor Society
Key Club
Leo Club
Library Club
Future Secretaries
National Thespian Society
Art Club
Future Teachers
Silsbee Youth Council
Tell It Like It Is apology to readers for omission
A note explains that Tell It Like It Is was missing from the Rag last week due to a lapse between writer and printer. It says the column contained answers to several letters and Truman offers apologies. Readers are urged to keep sending letters for publication next issue.
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Truman
Tiger Band’s Winter Concert Friday at 2 30 In Junior High
The Tiger Band presents a free winter concert Friday at 2 30 in the Junior High School auditorium. They will perform traditional march and contest numbers including Overture in B flat Fairest of the Fair and Americans We plus Bugler’s Holiday. An antiphonal brass choir from Buna High School will join for A Sacred Suite.
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Tiger
Giovannini
Reed
Buna High School
Tiger Band
M W Club Names 10 Top Candy Stripers
The Maroon and White Candy Stripers at the hospital since May last year list the top ten workers led by Peggy Odom 123 hours and Malinda Dear 90 hours. A Feb 17 meeting at Neches National Bank will feature SHS Counselor Joe Hignett as guest speaker. all members urged to attend.
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Peggy Odom
Malinda Dear
Carol Schnaithman
Francis Biddle
Cheryl Jones
Gail McClelland
Robbie McLanathan
Paula Hooks
Joanie Bean
Suzy Griffen
Maroon and White Club
Neches National Bank
SHS
Joe Hignett
Peace Corps appoints nine former volunteers as country directors
Director Jack Vaughn announced at least nine former Peace Corps volunteers have been named country directors. Six of these appointees were in their twenties when named, reflecting a trend toward young leadership.
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The
Peace Corps
Jack Vaughn
SHS Campus Rambler Highlights Busy Tiger Activities
The article notes hard work behind football jackets for SHS, a strong Bi-District Trophy outlook, an effective club schedule and near full meeting attendance. Key Club recruitment is open, the baseball team begins workouts, the Junior Class plans Prom, and 35 days remain until Easter holidays.
Tigers Open Baseball Season Under New Coach
The Tiger baseball team began workouts under new head coach Pat Day as the season starts. Day says with solid effort and favorable weather the team can rise, aiming for a strong campaign after last season.
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Pat Day
Tigers
Coach Day
FTA Ribbon Sale Faces Student Apathy at SHS
Jeannie Ross reports the Future Teachers of SHS struggle to sell basketball ribbons. Ribbons go on sale Mondays and Thursdays before home games but student responses are tepid with repeated questions about the product. The piece contrasts SHS sales with SHS junior high where sales are brisk.
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Jeannie Ross
SHS
FTA
Silsbee Junior High
Question Of Long Hair At SHS Sparks Debate On Student Style
A SHS semester opening raises a controversy over long hair and odd dress. Authorities view long hair as social disruption and enforce dress rules while editors urge balance between individual expression and communal duty.
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SHS
San Francisco
Photolith
Stephen F. Austin College Accredited Since 1917
The Counselor's Office notes Stephen F. Austin is an accredited Texas college since 1917 with near 7000 students. It offers a liberal arts curriculum and graduate programs with four-year degrees in Arts Business Administration Forestry Music Home Economics and Science. Admission requires high school graduation with 15 credits including English Algebra history and electives. ACT is the pre admission test. Tuition is 50 per semester with various scholarships available.
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Stephen F. Austin
State of Texas
ACT
National Merit Scholarship Test Set For Saturday
The National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test will be given Saturday morning February 15 at Silsbee High School. Juniors in second semester may participate to compete for scholarships. exam covers English Usage Mathematics Usage Social Studies Natural Sciences Reading Comprehension and Word Usage. Approximately 15 000 high scorers become Semi finalists in September 1969 with 40 000 Commended students named later. A $1 25 testing fee is required.
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Silsbee High School
Mr. High
Valentine’s Day Origins and Traditions
The piece traces Valentine’s Day to a 270 A D feast for two martyrs in Rome and Terni and surveys theories linking the holiday to Roman Hypernalia and medieval love tokens. It notes the festival’s shift to a lovers’ celebration and ends with a light verse about being mushy on Valentine’s Day.
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Rome
Terni
England
France
Veterans Placed in Nonagricultural Jobs Exceed 110000 in 1967
Labor Department reports that the public employment service placed more than 110000 disabled veterans in nonagricultural jobs during fiscal year 1967.
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Public Employment Service
Labor Department
SHS Girls Attend Baptist YWA House Party in Marshall
A group of Silsbee High School girls attended the Baptist YWA House Party at East Texas Baptist College in Marshall Texas from February 7 to 9. The participants included Martha Ferguson Cheryl Jones Pamela Clapp Rhonda McKee Carolyn Denard and Sheila O'Brien with sponsors Mrs B J Biggs Mrs Woodrow Copeland and Mrs Jewett Spell.
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Marshall
Texas
SHS
Martha Ferguson
Cheryl Jones
Pamela Clapp
Rhonda McKee
Carolyn Denard
Sheila O’brien
B. J. Biggs
Woodrow Copeland
Jewett Spell
Woodrow Baptist Church
East Texas Baptist College
Linvery Woman's
Charles Caldwell
Houston
H. C. Hunt
Chevrolet claims safety and tech edge in 1969 lineup
A 1969 Chevrolet feature rundown highlights a side guard beam in every door for protection, computer-selected springs tailored to weight, dual fenders to shield inner components, and a locking steering column with three secured items.
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Biscayne
Kingswood
Townsman
Brookwood
Chevrolet
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