Seniors Win Scholarships and Festival Honors
Senior Craig Creel earned a four year Petroleum Engineering scholarship to Texas A&M with $450 per nine month term, contingent on a B average. he also seeks a Pan American and North Carolina State scholarship. Silsbee prepares for the Neches River Festival April 15-19 with duchess invitees Sara Shepherd Sue Adams Ann Pare t Cheryl Bean. Sara Shepherd, daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack Shepherd, participates in multiple SHS clubs and church. Curtiss White and Sara Ann Pare t gain SMU acceptance.
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Craig Creel
Texas A&m
Craig
A&m
North Carolina State
National Honor Society
Junior Engineering Technical Society
Tiger Rag
Demolay
Aggies
Reality in the Creative Corner by James Thomas
A dawn coastal morning frames two men in separate lives. John Watkins awakens weary and routine bound, while Zanabar relishes the sea’s pull and a day’s promise. The essay-like scene hints at memory, longing, and a shared lure of the ocean.
Jack and Jill Walk to a Distant Office Scene
In a morning routine a boy skips diving gear and heads by old truck toward a chosen place. Mr. Watkins hobbles along a sidewalk giving blindfolded directions to reach a street light and office. The light changes twice as he progresses through the route.
Beach Swim Then Office Encounter
Mr. Zanzabar reaches the water, dives to overcome the cold, and experiences freedom and belonging in the sea. On the return he passes Mr. Watkins who remarks the man only works when necessary, then resumes his routine amid a throbbing headache.
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Mr. Zanzaobar
Zanzabar
Watkins
Arms Search The endless arms race across history
The essay traces humanity's relentless pursuit of ever deadlier weapons. From Mesopotamian chariots and Assyrian swords to Hittite iron blades and crossbows, the piece argues there is no ultimate weapon, only technologies building on prior advances.
Club Corner NHS Forms Committees for May Initiation
During the brief meeting NHS appointed two committees for graduation and initiation. The initiation committee plans the May ceremony and program for new members. The graduating committee will present views on graduation and seating arrangements. Connie Grissom seeks campaign assistance. Next week clubs meet in their usual rooms.
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NHS
Satsuma
Connie Grissom
FTA
FHA
Writing
JETS
Key
Experts debate TNT and nonviolent resistance in history
The article argues TNT is the most terrible explosive and contrasts it with atomic and thermo nuclear weapons. It notes Gandhi's passive resistance as a promising independence tactic, then cautions that history teaches legitimacy remains contested.
FHA FFA Attend Fat Stock Show In Houston
The Future Homemakers of America and Future Farmers of America took separate buses to the Houston Fat Stock Show on Saturday March 7. About 75 FHA girls plus two beaus joined carnival exhibits and rodeo while 35 boys toured similar activities and Jerry Townsend entered a Charolais Bull. Attendees enjoyed the day and look forward to a return trip next year.
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Future Homemakers of America
Houston
Jerry Townsend
Roy Clarke
Tiger Rag Silsbee High School Staff List
Weekly school publication lists staff roles and names for the Silsbee High School Tiger Rag. Editors, editors, and various department heads are named, plus the publication's address and student statement of opinion.
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University Interscholastic League
Silsbee High School
Silsbee Club Sets World Ball Bouncing Record
The Silsbee High Creative Writing Club raised funds by bouncing a basketball 125 hours in Pine Plaza parking lot. President Harvey Bodine and manager Robert Flanagan led the effort, surpassing Lamar Tech and earning the title world record. Grady Walters Jr. of A&P Super Market supported the fundraiser.
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Pine Plaza
Silsbee High
Lee Flowers
Harvey Bodine
Robert Flanagan
Harvey
Redbirds
Lamar Tech
J. Frank Dabney
Houston
Silsbee
David Matthews
CWC
Grady Walters Jr
A&p Super Market
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Library Club
Horizon Club
SHS
First United Methodist Church
Sara
Ann Paret
Curtiss White
SMU
Dallas
Emay
Junior James Thomas
Creative Writing Club
John Watkins
Mr. Watkins
Pamela
Jack and
Jill
Meldrum
Washington
Hictor
Editorial
Were
Sears
Near
Ben
Grocery & Market
10Th Street
Highway 327
Ben’s
Bay
Elcor Tissue
Pocketbooks
Legrande
Texas Magic
Carrots
Wieners
Jesus Christ
First Baptist Church
Gerald Roe
East Avenue N
Silsbee, Texas
Feature
Nancy Landolt
Ruth Lea
Debbie Freeman
Ann Benson
Charles Landgraf
Debbie Gossiott
Pat Morris
Kathi Hawthorne
Pat McGarahan
Jewell H. Jones
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