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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1977
Page
5
A nature guided guide to making coffee substitutes from chicory roots and teas from spearmint, strawberry leaves, goldenrod, crimson clover, birch, and sassafras. It also describes lemonade from staghorn sumac and cautions readers to verify plant identity before harvesting.
San Antonio hosts the 50th Texas PASF Convention March 10 to 12 led by PASE president Pasil Sullivan of Silsbee High. More than 5 000 students from 200 Texas chapters expected, with Speaker of the Texas House Bill Clayton as featured speaker. Mexican Consul General Raul Gonzalez-Galarza will greet the group.
Representatives from Texas College Tyler Huston Tillotson Bishop Wiley Paul Quinn Jarvis Christian College will attend the Silsbee High School College Career Night on March 8. Mrs. C A Johns serves as local rep and urges students to learn advantages of smaller colleges.
SHS boys golf won first place at the Silsbee High golf tourney held Feb 21 at Silsbee Country Club. Team score 332 with Dee Ykie 30, Alin Courtney 85, Teff Smith 85, Mike Gissom 85. Jeff Abers participated. Coach Day led the team to its first trophy.
A junior laments the stress of a long research paper from topic choice to final typing. The poem follows six weeks of work on a 57 page piece about E. E. Cummings, ending with the tedious task of footnotes and inevitable late nights. The narrator jokes about the fear of failing civics and the hope of avoiding another test.
Obscure lines resemble handwritten verse about Edward and counting pages to meet a deadline. Refrains refer to five minute paces, twelve weeks of life wasted, and a joking unit tally. No clear news event or persons beyond implied names.
Five SHS math students attended the Lamar University contest on Friday February 25. The Engineering Department funded scholarships of 400 to 500 dollars. Laurie McCall won third place and a 400 dollar Lamar scholarship and the Ingenuity Award. Pau Skinner earned the Outstanding Sophomore Award. Attendees included Vonda Perritt Mary Lee Gore and Keith Hatton led by SHS Math Department head Mrs Gayle Ratliff.
A weekly university Interscholastic Press Conference publication by The Silsbee Bee lists student editors and staff. Names include Doug Stotler Becky Nelson Becky Ellis Judy Jones Lisa Gore Val Fox Jill Meigs and others across a roster of contributors and members.
The Silsbee Tigers faced West Orange in a tight East Zone Championship game, but WOHS pulled ahead in the third quarter to win 64 49. Despite the loss, the Tigers earned praise for overcoming early doubts and vow to return stronger next season under Coach Williams.
Readers may send feedback or comments about the school to S.H.S. at 1140 East Ave N in Silsbee Texas 77656 or leave notes in the High School Office as directed by the administration.
A brief, reflective note remarks on fewer candy carts and food in the lobby, tan shoulders in uniforms, spring ambiance, and seniors' faces brightening as graduation nears. It captures a school atmosphere and upcoming ceremony mood without specifics.
Silsbee begins 1977 baseball with delayed tryouts after district basketball loss. Coach Charles Powell selects eight players, adds Coach Lee, team scrimmages at Nederland win 7 4, schedule lists city games through May with zone games noted.
The list shows top ten songs led by A Star is Born by Barbara Streisand and New Kid in Town by Eagles. Other items note Car Wash turning gold, Mickey Gilley’s country awards haul, Rod Stewart delaying U S tour until August, and George Harrison's Crack erbox Palace. Also mentions a 40 foot flying pig on Pink Floyd Animals tour props and related tour plans.
A Star Is Born starring Barbara Streisand and Kris Kristofferson dominates Beaumont cinema for a second week. The critic praises Streisand and the film’s magnetism while noting Kris Kristofferson fades as the male lead and John Howard dies in a car crash within the plot. Evergreen is hailed as a top theme song and the movie is expected to finish strong year end.
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