Birds Bring Joy as Read-Turrentine Students Share Notes
A local columnist recounts a school visit to Read-Turrentine School, where Joyce Hopkins second graders write letters about birds after a talk on avians. The notes reveal observations of cardinals bluebirds robins purple martins and a child burying a robin with a broken wing. The class praises the speaker and expresses hope for future stories in the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Hopkins
Read-Turrentine School
Jack
Bob
Silsbee Reports Measles Outbreak With Rising Absences
In Silsbee this week the measles outbreak grows with a 45 percent rise in absences. Drs Poshataske Parker Cope Tennison note both German and big red measles plus cases of mumps and chicken pox. Six schools record 293 pupil absences on Wednesday, mainly in elementary grades, while high school remains less affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
W. J. Poshataske
Wade Parker
Sam Copeland
George Tennison
Special Meeting Reviews Silsbee School Building Plans
A called meeting reviewed four $1,500,000 school building options presented by Architect George In gram. March 11 and 18 meetings were set to discuss costs and district finances with Bergman, Ingram, Pritchard, Abbott, and Fender slated to attend. The board heard about a $5,000 valuation-service bill and tabled sewer drain bid. Equalization board members Yankie, Elmore, Hopkins were appointed and the textbook committee selections ratified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
George Ingram
Owen Bergman
Sinclair Refining Co
Bergman
Ingram
Pritchard
Abbott
Harris Fender
Don L. Hough
Pritchard and Abbott
Hardin County
Mr. Pritchard
A. McKinney and Son
Community Good Friday Service Set in Silsbee
The Silsbee Ministers' Fellowship hosts a come and go Good Friday service at St. John's Episcopal Church on Roosevelt Drive from noon to 3 pm March 27. Seven local ministers including Joe Harrison and F C Drake speak on the Seven Last Words of Christ, ending at the crucifixion hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
St. John's Episcopal Church
Roosevelt Drive
Joe Harrison
F. C. Drake
Clarence Breaux
S. Booker
George McCall
Eddis Smith
A. . Johnson
Eugene Jonte
Jesus
Lord
Read-Turrentine PTA Meeting Planned for Wednesday
The Read-Turrentine School Parent Teacher Association will meet Wednesday at 3 30 p m in the school cafeteria. Mrs Jewel Hartman will preside and the nominating committee will present the slate of officers for the new year. The program will be presented by the first second and third grades under Mrs Mildred Weiss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent Teacher Association
Read-Turrentine School
Jewel Hartman
Mildred Weiss
Silsbee Jaycees Charter Banquet Planned
The Silsbee Jaycees will hold their charter banquet Wednesday March 25 at the junior high cafeteria. Horace Whittington says social time begins at 7 with dinner at 7 45. State JC officials including Larry Tate will attend and present the charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Jaycees
Horace Whittington
Larry Tate
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Silsbee
Dorcy Eden
Jim Smith
Milton Barker
Port Arthuraycees
Silsbee Group
Charles Cedars
Port Arthur
Warren Bower
Whittington
Jola Griffith Named On North Texas Honor Rolls
Denton March 18 75 students earned a 3.0 honor roll and 524 made the 2.5 list for the fall semester at North Texas State University Vice President J J Spurlock announced Jola Griffith of Silsbee is on the 2.5 list A junior education major and member of Alpha Chi and Kappa Delta Pi she is the daughter of Mr and Mrs I B Griffiths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
North Texas State University
J. J. Spurlock
Jola Griffith
Silsbee
I. B. Griffith
NTSU
Alpha Chi
Kappa Delta Pi
Tigers Open Baseball Season at Home vs Little Cypress
Silsbee Tigers prep for their season opener next Tuesday at 4 pm against Little Cypress with a home scrimmage against Beaumont High today. Nine sophomores on the 18 man squad and coach H C Muckleroy expects a strong building year with Hare and Bufkin leading the batting and pitching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiger Baseballers
Little Cypress
Tigers
Beaumont High
Beaumont
Jasper
H. C. Muckelroy
Tiger
Robert Hare
Nings
Howard Harrison
Hare
Wallace Woods
Phillip Bufkin
Harrison
Silsbee
Muckleroy
Butkin
Gerald Walker
Tim Rodriguez
Mackelroy
Bufkin
Bert Carpenter
Walker
Mack Rose
Bob Roberts
Tibby Scarborough
Forest Park
Bridge City
Two Cases Heard In County Court
In the county court Judge Fletcher Richardson presided over two cases in early March. On April 9 P. T. Trahan Loeb was fined 50 dollars plus costs and jailed three days for driving while intoxicated. Bobby Brown Silsbee was fined one dollar and costs on April 10 for theft by check. Mrs T L Smith Silsbee pleaded guilty in Jefferson County Court at Law to two counts of passing misdemeanor worthless checks and was fined 50 dollars plus costs in each case and ordered to restitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher Richardson
P. T. Trahan
Loeb
Bobby Brown
Silsbee
T. L. Smith
Jefferson County
Austin Singer to Feature in Silsbee Lions Show 1964
The Silsbee Lions Club plans its 15th charity variety show for April 17 at the high school auditorium with an added attraction Ray Frusha the Austin singer from last year. Rehearsals begin soon as committees set production publicity stage design and financing for the one night event with a circus theme and 12 to 16 acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Lions Club
Blue Bonnet
Jerry Jolly
Silsbee Lions
Ray Frusha
Austin
Jolly
Funeral Services Held Wednesday For Sherill Jones
Funeral services for Sherill C. Jones 71 near Silsbee were held at 10:30 a m in Good Shepherd Baptist Church with Rev David Blalock officiating Burial followed at Gravel Hill Cemetery under Farmer Funeral Home of Silsbee direction He died Monday night in Hardin Memorial Hospital Kountze He retired as an operator for Sinclair Oil and Gas Co in 1959 He was a member of Good Shepherd Baptist Church and Hemphill Masonic Lodge Surviving are his wife Lula Jones two sons Olan C Jones and Wendell Bill Jones a half brother W W J Dorsey a sister Mrs W J Wright and a half sister Mrs Naomi Bragg
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherrill Clan Jones
Silsbee
Good Shepherd Baptist Church
David Blalock
F. G. Harding
Gravel Hill
Hemphill
Farmer Funeral Home
J. C. York
Sam Parker
John Rawlinson
Cline Yarbo
Bearl Sheffield
Otis Neal
Glenn Marshall
Homer Delong
Jones
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Sinclair Oil and Gas Co
New Highway Patrolman To Move Here April 1
Patrolman Tommy Clark moves from Buna to Silsbee on April 1 to work with Leo Hickman in Hardin County. He, his wife, and three children will reside locally. the oldest son is in the second grade. Clark is a Trinity native who has served ten months in Hardin County and previously Bunа.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Clark
Buna
Silsbee
Leo Hickman
Hartleys Visit Hardins in Carthage Over Weekend
Mr and Mrs Joe S Hartley and their children visited over the weekend in Carthage at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs B Hardin and her sister Miss Willa Hardin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe S. Hartley
Carthage
B. Hardin
Willa Hardin
Mrs. Bales Injured in Wednesday Collision
Mrs. R. E. Bales of Fletcher suffered bruises to her left arm and leg in a crash at Dardin Drive and Highway 96 South. She rode in a car driven by husband R. E. Bales. a southbound vehicle driven by James V. Merchant turned left and collided, spinning into a parked pickup. Officer Max Zeller investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Bales
Fletcher
Dardin Drive
Highway 96
Tennison Clinic
Charles Dill
Silsbee
Max Zeller
Parcel Post Rates Rising April 1
Postmaster L A Yankie of Silsbee reminds residents that new domestic parcel post rates take effect April 1. The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a 13.1 percent average increase, expected to raise about 75.4 million dollars annually, with catalog rates up about 13 percent. Air and international parcel post are unchanged. The change aims to reduce federal treasury drain by 100 million dollars. A six pound local parcel will cost 37 cents, up from 32 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Yankie
Silsbee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Air Parcel Post
International Parcel Post
Yankie
John A. Gronomski
Department
Federal Treasury
Four Receive Minor Injuries In Tuesday Collision Near Silsbee
A two car crash about 1 p m Tuesday two miles south of Silsbee on Highway 96 sent three women and a four month old baby to city clinics for minor cuts and bruises. Mrs A L Grappe Route Box 149 Silsbee suffered a bruised shoulder and neck sprain. Mrs William Roebuck Evadale and her daughter and mother were treated and released from Tennison Clinic. Mrs Parsley s daughter Susan Rene four months old and Mrs Parsley of Evadale were passengers in the Grappe car. All four were in satisfactory condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Highway 96
A. L Grappe
Box 149
William Roebuck
Evadale
George Hart
Parsley
Susan Rene
A. J. Parsley
Leo Hickman
Roebuck
Tennison Clinic
Grappe
Farmer Funeral Home
Silsbee Council Candidates Ramp Up Campaigns
Into the final stretch before the April 7 municipal vote, three council seats from Silsbee are open with only H C Hopkins seeking re election. Candidates include C L Jones Clifton Caraway John Fordinal H M Dusty Jones and Paul Georgas. A separate race for the Silsbee Independent School District board also on April 4 lists incumbents Far mer Fullingim Tennison unopposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenox Hawthorne
R. O. Jackson
H. C. Hopkins
Hopkins
C. L. Jones
Clifton Caraway
John Fordinal
H. M “Dusty” Jones
Paul Georgas
Kirby Lumber Corp
Negro First Baptist Church
Silsbee Ice Co
Georgas
Britton-Cravens Insurance Agency
Silsbee
H. M. Jones
Gulf Oil
Caraway
Caraway Motor Co
Fordinal
Jay’s 5 & 10
E. J. Dietrich
Silsbee ‘Independent School District Board of Trustees
John Busby
J. FE
Pete” Farmer
Alf Fullingim
George D. Tennison
Easter Seal Lily Day Planned in Silsbee City Areas
Easter Seal Drive to sponsor Lily Day in downtown Silsbee and shopping districts on Saturday March 21 announced by Mrs. Jess Odom Hardin County Society for Crippled Children and Adults chairwoman. Rainbow Girls will pin plastic lilies on shoppers and collect donations as 24 girls assist in the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Jess Odom
Hardin County Society For Crippled Children
Stella Witte
Rainbow Assembly No. 282
George Rowe
Rainbow Assembly
Mardin County
Carolyn Fuller
Thelma Smith
National Society
38 Jailed In Hardin County In First Half Of March
Hardin County Sheriff’s report shows 38 inmates in the county lockup for the first half of March. Most bookings were drunk and disorderly offenses with 18. Seventeen other detainees faced minor charges including driving while intoxicated traffic violations and vagrancy. No major crimes were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Rountree
Hardin County
Beaumont visit ends with Becky Nelson home return
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Nelson Jr. of Beaumont visited over the weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe D. Nelson and returned Becky Nelson home after visiting last week in Beaumont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Nelson Jr
Beaumont
Joe D. Nelson
Becky Nelson
Silsbee Relays Draw Large Field With Nine Area Teams
The Silsbee Tiger track squad hosts nine area schools this Saturday at the high school stadium. Preliminary events start at 1 00 pm with finals at 7 00 pm admission charged for finals only. Coach Sidney Dauphin expects about 200 athletes across 15 events and notes strong teams from Conroe Deer Park Liberty Nederland and Victor and Orange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiger Track
Sidney ‘Dauphin
Cun‘yon
Cypress Fairbanks
Jasper
Conroe
Deer ‘Park
Liberty
Tigers
Trinity Valley
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Silaboo
Mr. Read
Cardinal
Daddy Cardinal
Daddy
Web. Normal High School
Jr. High
Read-T Kirby
Waldo M
Robinson A
Quested
Read-Turrentine Pta
North Texas
G. W. Gilchriest
C. Bruce Watts Jr
Tom Tennison
BE. J. Dietrich
H. M. Donelson Jr
Tan Wills
Gilda Roy
Heribert Elmore
Pat Hill
I. F. Eldredge
John Skinner
Bill Peavy
Buddy Page
Johnny Price
A. G. Mashburn
B. L. Wiliams
Jerry Jones
J. A. Hendrix
Norman Chatin
John Teel
A. E. Templeton
George Goynes
Wes Latham
D. M. Short
George O’brien
Roy ‘Martin
Sherill
County
Mar
Nederland
Mer Tigers
Richard Ratliff
Tommy Hartman
William Black
Victor
Orange
Dauphin
Paul Johnson
Jimmy Mortimer
Clyde Drake
Reggie Madison
Bill Bellenger
Jerry Sirmonson Drake
Simmons
Drake
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