Silsbee Begins 1965 Vehicle License Plate Sales
License plates for 1965 go on sale Friday at 8 a.m. at Silsbee Auto Co. in Silsbee. Alf Fullingim deputy tax collector says sales run weekdays 8 to 5 and Saturdays until noon through April 1. Delores Fuller will staff the desk. call EV 5 3791 for details. Plates use three series CDX CDY CDZ with numbers 10 to 999.
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Silsbee
Silsbee Auto Co
Alf Fullingim
Hardin County
Delores Fuller
Silsbee Auto
Fullingim
Former Tiger cindermen carry Sam Houston colors
Sam Houston State coach Paul Pierce expects two returning lettermen Pudgy Black and Tommy Hartman to lead the Bearkats at their season opener in Fort Worth on March 6. Black, fifth in last year’s NAIA discus national meet with 160 feet, holds the 1961 state AAA discus record from Silsbee High. Hartman, a junior, competes in high and broad jumps, sprint relays and the javelin.
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William “Pudgy” Black
Sam Houston
Black
Silsbee High
Tiger
Tommy Hartman
New C of C Directors Announced As Balloting Ends
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce announces five new directors Rex Worley Fred Perlitz R L Paret Tom Worthey and J R Sims after 129 ballots were mailed and 106 returned. Balloting and counting finished Wednesday. Directors serve three year terms alternating five yearly.
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Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
C. R. Baker
Rex Worley
Fred Perlitz
R. L. Paret
Tom Worthey
J. R. Sims
Baker
Chamber
Silsbee Organization
Marion al
C of C
Virus Strikes Silsbee Schools With 389 Absent
Silsbee schools report 389 students absent on Wednesday as illness rises from a stomach virus and chicken pox. Kirby Elementary led with 104 missing, Silsbee Junior High 96, Silsbee High 73, Read-Turrentine 57, Waldo Mathews 30 and Robinson Elementary 29. Superintendent Don L. Hough hopes to keep schools open through Friday.
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Silsbee
Don L. Hough
Hough
Kirby Elementary
Silsbee Junior High
Silsbee High
Read - Turrentine
Waldo Mathews
Robinson Elementary
Hopkins files for Silsbee mayor in April election
H C Hopkins longtime Silsbee City Council member filed as mayoral candidate for the April 6 vote. He noted his 11 years on the council and business management experience as qualification and urged citizen and taxpayer support.
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H. C. Hopkins
Silsbee
Hopkins
City of
Churchmen Meet on Texas Liquor Gambling Laws
Hardin County Ministerial Alliance hosts Sunday 3 p m district courtroom Hardin County courthouse discussion on proposed changes permitting sale of liquor by the drink and parimutual horse race betting Rev Leon Peacock Kountze First Methodist Church coordinates the event invite extended to all denominations Church members visit Conroe relatives noted references to T J Williams family
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Hardin County
Texas
Leon Peacock
Kountze
Spurger to clash with Deweyville in bi district clash
In Silsbee High gym Deweyville and Spurger square off at 7 30 p m Tuesday in a class B bidistrict basketball game. Spurger seeks its first bidistrict crown while Deweyville, defending district 61 B champion, aims for a second consecutive bidistrict trophy. The winner advances to the regional tournament at Kilgore on February 26 and 27.
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Deweyville
Spurger
Silsbee High
Kilgore
Local Court Records Highlight Fine and Jail Sentences
In Hardin county court Judge Fletcher Richardson handled three misdemeanor cases this week. J. E. Brown of Silsbee paid a 1 dollar fine plus costs for driving with a suspended license. E. J. Yancy, formerly of Lakeland Florida, also of Silsbee, was fined 1 dollar and costs for petty theft. Wayne Nash of Silsbee received 50 dollars and costs and three days in jail for a first offense driving while intoxicated on Feb 12. Bobby Gene Segrest, 26, of Silsbee pleaded guilty to passing counterfeit bills and was sentenced to two years in a federal penitentiary. Bobby Delano Grabhler, 18, of Kirbyville faced two counts of passing and splitting counterfeit bills. Grabhler, who had lived in Silsbee about two months, received three years on the first count and three more years on the second. the second term was suspended, with five years probation after the first term.
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Hardin County
Fletcher Richardson
J. E. Brown
Silsbee
E. J. Yancy
Lakeland
Fla
Wayne Nash
Post Office To Close Monday In Washington's Birthday Observance
Silsbee post office will be closed on Monday February 22 in observance of Washingtons birthday. No windows open and no mail deliveries will be made. Mail will be placed in boxes and outgoing mail dispatched as usual.
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F. B. Dardin
Silsbee
Washington
Scouts Advance In Troop 88 Court Of Honor
Silsbee Troop 88 Boy Scouts of America held a court of honor on Feb. 10. A. E. Airhart spoke as committee chairman and Weeks Crawford served as master of ceremonies. Rev. R. Eugene Jone gave the invocation. Scoutmaster Joe Hignett led the tenderfoot ceremony. New tenderfoots: Steve Lackey Scott Parker Pete Landgraf Larry Gardner John Dear. Second class: Hank Mitchell Laurie Taylor Rocky Kelley Rickie Brunner. Star: Charles Landgraf Wayne Conner. Life: Chuck Lambert Jr Robert Brunner Jr. Assistants included W. A. Barclay Jr Vic Norvell and Assist Scoutmaster Robert Brunner.
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Silsbee
Boy Scouts of America
A. E. Airhart
Weeks Crawford
Silsbee High School
R. Eugene Jone
Joe Hignett
Steve Lackey
Scott Parker
Pete Landgraf
Larry Gardner
John Dear
Hank Mitchell
Laurie Taylor
Rocky Kelley
Rickie Brunner
Charles Landgraf
Wayne Conner
Chuck Lambert Jr
Robert Bruner Jr
W. A. Barclay Jr
Vic Norvell
Robert Brunner
Identities Sought for Twin Premature Babies
Investigation continues into the bodies of twin male pre mature babies found February 7 along Village Creek under the Highway 327 bridge between Silsbee and Kountze. A pathologist reports the infants were stillborn and from white parents, Police Chief G C Tarver said.
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Village Creek
Highway 327
Silsbee
Kountze
G. C. Tarver
Last Rites Held for Leonard Ferguson in Silsbee
Leonard Ferguson 57 died on arrival at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Kountze Sunday evening. He was a Mormon WW II veteran and lifelong Silsbee resident. Survives two brothers Denby and Arthur and sister Mrs Lee Collier, all of Silsbee. Services were 2 p.m. Tuesday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints with Bishop Billy Ray Dulaney officiating. Burial Cunningham Cemetery. pallbearers named Ferguson, Cryer, Hare, Wright, Spears, Willis.
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Leonard Ferguson
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Ferguson
Silsbee
Denby
Arthur Ferguson
Lee Collier
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Billy Ray Dulaney
Cunningham Cemetery
Farmer Funeral Home
James Ferguson
Freddie Cryer
Sam Hare
George Wright
Melvin Spears
Marvin Willis
Lions Variety Show Set April 9 in Silsbee
Silsbee Lions club will stage its annual variety show on Friday April 9 with C E Pete Landolt as general chairman. The event raises funds for charity work including support for the Silsbee Sea Scouts crippled children camp in Kerrville and other local projects. Al Mashburn will head talent arrangements with E J Dietrich and George McCall, local and out of town, plus B L Williams and Bruce Watts.
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Silsbee Lions
C. E
Pete” Landolt
Silsbee Lions Club
Silsbee Sea Scout Unit
Crippled Children’s
Kerrville
Landolt
al Mashburn
E. J. Dietrich
George McCall
B. L. Williams
Bruce Watts
James L. Hayes
G. W. Gilchrest
Paul Georges
Marion H. Almond
Skinner
Oes Sea Scouts
Trustees Vote $62,500 Land Purchase For High School
Silsbee school trustees agreed to buy 40 acres for a new high school at a total price of $62,500. The site lies just outside the city limits and includes 25 acres from the Davidson Estate and 15 from the Allen Yankie Estate. The district seeks city water and sewer service to the property line with potential annexation later, while debates on funding and who bears costs continue between the school board and city council.
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Silsbee School
Silsbee City Council
Silsbee
Earl Stover
Davison
Allen Yankie
Don L. Hough
Tom Tennison
Hough
George Tennison
Tennison
Winters Street
Perrell
J Avenue L
Iater
Perrel
H. C. Hopkins
C. R. Baker
Jona
McClanahan
Fullingim
Silsbee teacher to have Readers Digest item published
Jewel Levins a fourth grade teacher from Waldo Math ews School in Silsbee has sold a brief human interest piece to Readers Digest to appear in the March issue. The story recounts her experience with a four year old immigrant in a Brooklyn day care and the child’s realization that race is only skin. Levins born in Kirbyville has 13 years teaching, lived in New York as a social worker, taught in Germany, and studied at Tillotson College and Columbia University.
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Silsbee
Jewel Levins
Waldo Mathews School
Brooklyn
Miss Levins
Kirbyville
New York
Germany
Tillotson College
Austin
Columbia University
United States
Israel
Texas
Booster Week Contest Drives Local Subscriptions
MAL NELSON announces Booster Week for the Everybody Wins contest offering $6,000 in prizes including a 1965 Ford Custom 500 and $750 cash. Subscriptions and renewals enter participants, with commissions paid weekly. contest ends Friday, March 26, five weeks away.
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Mal Nelson
Sanzener Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge
The
BEE
Everybody Prize Subscription Contest Leads and Entries Listed
Contenders listed in alphabetical and patrol order compete for early leadership in a prize subscription race. Names include Mrs June Billingsley Evadale and Mrs Alma Lowe Evadale among others with addresses and phone EV 5-4674 EV 5-2042 and EV 5-5513 for entry. More entries invited at the BEE office by calling EV 5-5513.
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June Billingsley
Evadale
Marilyn Cox
E. L. Teal
James N. Ward
Silsbee
Lewis Wilson, Jr
Mary Lou Wright
Rt. 1
Newcomer
Miss Student Council Crowned at Waldo Mathews
Rebecca Yvonne Lane won the Miss Student Council title in a Waldo Mathews High contest sponsored by the student council. Coronation is set for 7 30 p m February 26 in the Waldo Mathews gym auditorium. Funds support delegates attending the Lone Star State Student Council convention in Midland in March. Runners up include Mary C Ewing Nona King Brenda Graham Brenda Felton and Patricia Fortson. Mr and Mrs J D Lane are noted as junior sponsors.
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Rebecca Yvonne Lane
Miss Student Council
Waldo Mathews Student Council
Waldo Mathews
Lone Star State Student Council
Midland
Rtments
Mary C. Ewing
Nona King
Brenda Graham
Brenda Felton
Patricia Fortson
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Lions Club
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Guilda Roy
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Lenox Hawthorne
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Bob Ford
Cecil Smyly
John Teel
D. M. Short
George Gaynes
Nick Mitchell
W. C. Roy
Wes Latham
Bill Conner
A. E. Templeton
Frank Barclay
Jerry Jones
W. R. Smith
D. D. Shine
J. A. Hendrix
H. E. Munden
W. C. Seaman
Bill Hulen
Dave Perrell
Silsbee’s
Paul Georgas
Supt. Hough
Alf
Cliff
Frank L. McClanahan
Pat Cal
Virginia Brown
Sidney Davis
Chance-Fletcher
Sarah Eason
L. Y. Evans
Village Mills
Floria Flanagan
Robert Green
Chance-Loeh
Larry B. Hargrove
Benford
Jo) Walters
Rebecca Lane
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