Visitors and relatives fill homes across Silsbee area
Local residents hosted out of town guests from Texas and beyond over recent days. Families welcomed relatives from Dallas Charlestown Rio Vista Beaumont and Corpus Christi while attending weddings pageants and family gatherings.
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Albert McBroom
Silsbee
Houston
R. M. McCuistion
Harvey Ashcraft
Decie Liscomb
Beaumont
F. R. Dean
David
Palos Verdes Peninsula
Calif
E. F. Bistline
Sidney Miller
B. C. Modisette
Jalana Randall
Danny Modisette
Paul Guinn
Rockland
Harold Hoelscher
Corpus Christi
Andy Modisette
J. L. Modisette
Ned Shands Jr
Lufkin
E. H. Griffin
Sam
Rusk
Lynda Jones
Nacogdoches
Mary Hayes
Don Raney
Eddie Zackery
Pittsburgh
Texas
L. H. Wade
A. D. Brown
H. W. Miller
Homer Maples
F. R. Randall
M. C. Gordy
Mary Hickman
Longview
William Locke
Fort Polk
Library Expansion Fund Reaches $6000 Milestone
The Silsbee Public Library drive reaches 6000 dollars about 60 percent of its 10253 target. Donations from Silsbee State Bank and local business leaders boost the effort led by Mrs. J C Jeffrey Jr and Mrs. C B Stevens. Volunteers moved books into the new 48 by 64 foot addition as finishing work proceeds.
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Silsbee State Bank
Silsbee Public Library
Library Board of Trustees
J. C. Jeffrey Jr
C. B. Stevens
Card of Thanks from the O'Dell Clark Family
The O'Dell Clark family expresses sincere gratitude for prayers, flowers, cards, food and other deeds during their bereavement. May God bless you.
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O'Dell Clark
Troop 282 Scouts Hold July Meeting at North 7th Street
Boy Scout Troop 282 met on July 13 at their regular North 7th Street location with 16 boys present. Scout master Bob Parr, assistant Ray Parr, and the troop committee attended. Dymke demonstrated hiking safety and snake bite prevention and gave a driver's test. Merit badges were presented and all reported a pleasant time at Camp Urland.
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Boy Scout
North 7Th St
Bob Parr
Ray Parr
Dymke
Camp Urland
Vance Swarthout
Lemm's Oilers Open Training Camp in Kerrville
The Houston Oilers opened training camp at Schreiner Institute Kerrville Texas as they begin the merger era with 5 players in the initial group and 21 veterans to report on July 19. Charley Johnson leads a new look at quarterback with Jerry Rhome and rookie Bob Naponic contending for backup duties. Cornerback Leroy Mitchell returns from injury as Oilers seek improved pass rush and punting with rookie spellers Spike Jones and Julian Fagan expected to solve the punting gap.
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Wally Lemm
Houston Oilers
Lemm
Oiler
Schreiner Institut
Kerrville
Texas
Doug Wilkerson
Spike Jones
Oilers
Charley Johnson
St. Louis Cardinals
Johnson
Jerry Rhome
Dalles
Cleveland
Bob Naponic
Naponic
Schreiner Institute
Rhome
Leroy Mitchell
Boston
Mitchell
AFL
Miller Farr
St. Louis
Pete Beathard
Bob Atkins
Carel Stith
Tom
Supreme Court Rejects Warren Tax Case Appeal
The Texas Supreme Court on July 8 denied Warren Independent School Districts appeal in a tax dispute with Atlantic Richfield Co The court found no reversible error in a Ninth Court of Civil Appeals ruling that overturned a Tyler County jury decision favoring the school district Beaum on appeals court had ruled Warrenias tax valuation plan erroneous and discriminatory Atlantic Richfield charged its ad valorem taxes were higher than private landowners taxes and sought 58272 in 1967 and 62000 in 1968.
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Texas Supreme Court
Warren Independent
Atlantic Richfield Co
High
Ninth Court of Civil Appeals
Tyler
Beaumont
Warren
Atlantic Richfield
Canine Illness Reported in Silsbee
City Manager Ronald M Hickerson said humane officers have seen several dogs in Silsbee with disease symptoms and some had been picked up. He stressed rabies risk is very small but urged vaccination and asked residents to report sick dogs to City Hall for pickup and examination.
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Ronald M Hickerson
the Bee
Hickerson
City Hall
VA appoints Dayton Krajicek Assistant Chief Medical Director
Dr. Dayton D. Krajicek, chief of dental service at the VA Center in Wadsworth Kansas, was named Assistant Chief Medical Director for Dentistry for the VA.
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Wadsworth, Kans
Dayton D. Krajicek
Eddie R Grisham Promoted to Lance Corporal in Marines
Pfc Eddie R Grisham son of Mr and Mrs Edgar R Grisham of this city has been promoted to Lance Corporal in the U S Marine Corps. He entered service Aug 11 1969 and trained in San Diego. Now in Okinawa he is slated to depart July 14 for South Vietnam after graduating from Silsbee High School.
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Eddie R. Grisham
Edgar R. Grisham
U. S. Marine Corps
Grisham
San Diego
Okinawa
South Vietnam
Silsbee High School
Food Ads Aid Grocery Shoppers Says Specialist
College Station on July 15 food advertisements help shoppers by showing availability price and quality. Fryer chickens remain a top bargain as eggs stay plentiful with steady beef and pork prices. Best beef values include chuck roasts steaks ground beef and roasts while pork highlights cover hams picnics and loin cuts. Fresh fruit and vegetables such as bananas oranges cantaloupes watermelons peaches plums corn carrots squash onions potatoes lettuce cabbage okra cucumbers radishes green onions and tomatoes are touted at economical prices.
Astronaut Alan Bean keynote at 1970 Texas FFA convention
Alan L. Bean, Apollo XII lunar module pilot and third man on the moon, spoke at 9 a.m. to about 5,000 FFA members and guests at the San Antonio Convention Center during the 42nd annual Texas FFA state convention. Bean is a UT Austin engineering graduate and U S Navy captain. State awards were to be announced at the Thursday session with a new state president and FFA Sweetheart to be named Friday.
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Austin
Alan L. Bean
Future Farmers of America
San Antonio
Bean
FFA
San Antonio Convention Center
Billy Conner
Texas Education Agency
Texas Ffa
University of Texas At Austin
U.S. Navy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Sue Ragsdale
Dallas
Clay
Amy Sue
Two Silsbee FFA Members Travel to State Meet
Silsbee High School junior FFA members Tommy Townsend and Michael Graves attend the Future Farmers of America state convention in San Antonio July 15 to 17. Voc Ag instructor James P. Gillard reports they are voting members helping select state officers and a sweetheart. Townsend and Graves are sons of George A Graves and J L Townsend.
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Tommy Townsend
Michael Graves
FFA
Silsbee High School
Future Farmers of America
San Antonio
James P. Gillard
Lone Star Farmer
Star American Farmer of Texas
Gillard
Harold E. Evans
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R. L. Read
Tommy Read
Leona Whitman
Lee Kelly
Doris Woolley
Harold Leigh
John S. Basye
James Johnson
Billy Jor Williams
Michael Minton
William Chase
Oxford
London
Clacton-on-Fea
Janvick
Southend England
Barbara Garrett
L. B. Alexander
Charlestown
Debbie
Amuary
Venezuela
South America
Simmons
Sam Yawn Jr
Fort Stockton
W. D. Yawn
Clyde McBroom
Arcata
Don L. Hawthorne
Betty Sherrell
Greg Rodgers
Fort Worth
Shannon Hawthorne
Hawthorne
Randy Read
Wayne Robinson
Scouts
KODAK
Instamatic
Domres
Daley
Leo Brooks Jong
Willie Parker
George
Julian Fagan
Roy Gereia
Chicago Bears
Astrodome
Sonny Bishop
Garland Boyett
Tom Domres
Elbert Drango
Roy Gerela
Hovle Granger
Glen Ray Hines
Pat Holmes
Roy Hopkins
Ken Houston
Jim LeMaine
Zeke Moore
Johnny Peacock
Ron Pritchard
Tom Regner
Mike Richardson
Cave Stith
Walt Suggs
Olen Underweed
George Wooster
Supreme Court
Lance Corporal
College Station
iGwendolyne Clyatt
Astronaut Bean
Silver Angels
Indian Hills
New York Life’s Hospital
New York
Warrick TV & Appliance
Silshee State Bank
Silshee
Warrick's
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