Silsbee High names 1973 valedictorian and salutatorian
Derry Lynn Tutt 17 earns valedictorian with 95.79 four year average and National Merit Scholarship. Christine Lila Holt named salutatorian with 95.52 four year average. Graduation May 30 at Kirby Memorial Stadium. 212 candidates. Tutt and Holt attend Lamar Tech to study sociology and elementary education respectively.
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Derry Lynn Tutt
Silsbee High School
Weeks Crawford
Christine Lila Holt
M C. Tutt
Roosevelt Drive
Silsbee
Derry Lynn
Tiger Rag
Lamar Tech
Miss Holt
Harry N. Holt
The
National Honor’ Society
Satsuma
Kirby Memorial Stadium
Kirby Stadium
Eugene Jonte
United Methodist Church
Newt
Silsbee Teen Named National Merit Scholar
Derry Lynn Tutt of Silsbee the valedictorian of the 1968 Silsbee High class won a National Merit Scholarship. He plans to attend Lamar University and is among 2,800 Merit Scholars announced by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derry Lynn Tutt
Silsbee
M. C. Tutt
Roosevelt Drive
Silsbee High
Santa Fe Foundation
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Santa Fe
Merit Corporation
NMSC
Founda
Rebels Win 6-4 In First District Game Monday
The Faondale Rebels stayed one win from their first District 22-B baseball title by taking a 6-4 victory over Mauriceville in the district clash. William Travis spun a winning mound effort and homered, with Gary Hester, Travis and Joe Stringer collecting base hits for the Rebels.
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Faondale Rebels
Rebels
Mauriceville
Evadale
William Travis
Travis
Gary Hester
Joe Stringer
Little Cypress
Hester
Stringer
Village Creek Park Dedication Signals New Hardin County Facility
Groundbreaking Tuesday marks the start of Village Creek Park near Silsbee Hardin County on the east side of the Highway 96 bridge The 2 66 acre site will keep shade trees while clearing undergrowth A concrete boat ramp funded by the state boat registration program and a carved access road are planned Local donations funded land surveying and clearing Commissioner Virgil L Caraway helped secure the site and ramp Barry Barry Land Co donated land The City of Silsbee and local groups pledged support for development Attendees included chamber leaders Optimist and Kiwanis members and highway department engineers The park fronts Village Creek for 210 feet and planning has spanned over a year Also mentioned were two local health matters a boy undergoing tonsillectomy and a woman to enter hospital for treatment and possible surgery.
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Hardin County
Jon Village Creek
Silsbee
Highway 96 Village Creek
Highway Department
Barry & Barry Land Co
Hardin County Commissioners Court
Virgil L. Caraway
J. C. Barrry
Barry & Barry Sand Co
Caraway
City of
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Texas Highway Department
Nelson Long
Arthur Cawthorn
Chamber
Jim
Three Parties To Hold Primaries Here Saturday
Three parties will hold primaries in Hardin County Texas this Saturday with Democratic and Republican contests and Wallace American Party ballots in several precincts. Absentee voting totals 331 for the Democratic primary as countywide interest remains high with incumbents facing challengers.
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Texas
Wallace
Alsbee
George A. Wallace
Alabama
New Hospital Holds Dedication Rites in Silsbee
More than a thousand attendees joined the dedicatory and ribbon cutting at the new 7 bed Silsbee Doctors Hospital on FM 418. Mayor Frank L. McClanahan opened the facility as Ed Wilson announced four local doctors who led the project.
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Southest
Texas
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
North Silsbee
Frank L. McClanahan
Ed Wilson
Silsbee
W. J. Poshataske
George Tennison
Sam P. Copeland
W. T. Wilde
Groundbreaking At Prince Hall Villa In Silsbee Sunday
Ir. H. Clayborn of Dallas, Grand Master of Texas Masons, will speak at 3 p m Sunday at the Prince Hall Villa site 2500 Avenue J Silsbee Mayor Frank L McClanahan Rev Eugene Jonte and Rev R M Jones will attend The 100 unit rent supplement housing project is sponsored by Prince Hall F & AM construction in Silsbee
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Ir. H. Clayborn
Dallas
Prince Hall of Free and Accepted Masons
Texas
Prince Halls Villa
Silsbee
Villa
Avenue J
Frank L. McClanahan
Eugene Jonte
First United Methodist Church
R. M. Jones
New Bethel Baptist Church
Prince Hall Villa
Prince Hell
F & AM
Sect
Bee To Post Vote Saturday
Bee To Post Vote Saturday as polls close at 7 pm. The Silsbee Bee will post county and state race results on the big board outside the Bee office through the night. Returns from 13 Democratic precincts and local Republican and American party primaries will be posted, with some delay for rural precincts due to a telephone strike.
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Silsbee Bef
BEE
Southwestern Bell
Panthers Score Three Seconds At State Meet
Waldo Mathews athletes in the state spring sports meet at Prairie View A&M earned three second place medals. Chester Burks Jr. and Don White won silvers in shot put and discus. Burks and Marvin Lewis led the Panthers doubles tennis team but were edged by Gladewater. Approximately 400 Negro athletes participated.
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Waldo Mathews
Prairie View A&m
Silsbee
Wesley Shaw
Chester Burks
Abram Miles Jr
Marvin Lewis
James Taylor
Boyl
Gladewater
Chester Burks Jr
Don
LL Park Work Night Set for Little League Prep
A meeting of team managers and fathers will be held at the Little League Park tonight at 7 to prepare the field and stands for opening day on May 1. Martin Wilson, president, invites all interested to two meetings including Monday at 7 30 p m at Neches National Bank to finalize opening ceremony plans.
Bonnie Marie Smith Gels Scholarship Award
Miss Bonnie Marie Smith received a two year secretarial scholarship from the National Secretaries Association at a Beaumont banquet. She will graduate in May from Silsbee High School with a 92.36 average and holds multiple leadership roles.
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Bonnie Marie Smith
National Secretaries Association
Trinity Methodist Church
Beaumont
Lamarr State College of Technology
Smith
Silsbee High School
National Honor Society
Future Secretaries Associalation
J. R. Smith
Leity
LL Baseball season opens in Lumberton with four games
The Lumberton Little League kicks off Saturday at the Little League Park with four 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. games featuring Pirates vs Indians, Giants vs Dodgers, Cubs vs Yankees, and Red Sox vs Tigers. About 144 boys participate this year. Officers include J. T. Cannon as president and A. J. Bayless as vice president.
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Lumberton
Pirates
Indians
Giants
Dodgers
Cubs
Yankees
Red Sox
Tigers
J. T. Cannon
A. J. Bayless
Seven Evadale Girls Qualify For State Meet
Evadale track earns seven state qualifiers after taking the Class B regional title with 136 points in Abilene. Omarine Burrell led with four first places and a second, winning the 80 meter hurdles 13.3, broad jump 16 4, triple jump, and anchor on the winning 440 relay. Debbie White Paula George Brenna George ran on the relay. Yo Yo Burrell won discus, Della Hester took shot put, Linda Jones was second in triple jump, Brenda George second in 60 yard dash.
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Evadale
Abilene
Omarine Burrell
Debbie White
Paula George
Brenna George
Yo Yo Burrell
Della Hester
Tigers Host League Leading Forest Park in Upcoming Game
Silsbee faces district rival Forest Park after three straight losses as they prepare to host the league leaders at 4 p.m. next Friday on the Silsbee diamond. Jasper beat Silsbee 11-6 and 9-2 in a doubleheader to move into second place, with Coward and Dinkle tagged as losers.
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Silsbee Tigers
Tigers
Forest Park
Silsbee
Jasper Bulldogs
Liberty Panthers
Panthers
Jerry Rodriguez
Dinkle
Charles Powell
Kenny Gibson
Jasper
30 Inch Pipeline Across Neches Proposed
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp of Houston seeks a Department of the Army permit to lay a 30 inch cross river pipeline about 24 miles upstream from Village Creek junction and five miles east from Fletcher Texas. The crossing would be at least six feet below the riverbed. Plans available at the Corps of Engineers Port Arthur Area Office.
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Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. of Houston
Corps of Engineers
Department of the Army
Neches River
Village Creek
Fletcher, Texers
I Corps of Engineers
Port Arthur
Hollane Couple Attend funeral of Mrs Dale in Winona
Mr and Mrs W H Hollane attended funeral services for her aunt Mrs C M Dale in Winona over the weekend.
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W. H. Hollane
C. M. Dale
Winona
Visit of Shahan Couple Ties Atlanta Family Visit
Mr and Mrs Jack Shahan of Atlanta Georgia visited last week at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs P R Hutto Mrs Hutto returned home with them for a visit.
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Jack Shahan
Atlanta, Ga
P. R. Hutto
Two Indicted For Auto Theft In Beaumont
Jefferson County Grand Jury indicted Allen Davenport and Wayne McHenry for felony theft and taking a car without consent. Davenport, 18, of Silsbee, and McHenry, 19, of Lumberton were true billed for the April 7 theft from Bill Torres Paint and Body Shop storage lot. Both remained free on bond this week.
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Jefferson County
Grand Jury
Allen Dale Davenport
Silsbee
Wayne McHenry
Lumberton
Bill Torres
Beaumont
Hardin County
Curtis Davis
Leroy Stallworth
Avenue J
Robert Stubbs
Bonner Street
L. A. Yankie
South Ith Street
GOP Primary To Be Saturday In Hardin County
Hardin County will hold a GOP primary Saturday at the local Fire Hall from 7 am to 7 pm All precincts vote in one polling place per chairwoman Katherine Guilbeau of Lumberton who was appointed to fill the unexpired term of J Keith Gary of Lumberton who resigned before election to the Lumberton School Board
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Republican Party
Hardin County
Katherine Guilbeau
Lumberton
J. ‘Keith Gary
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Derry Tutt
Stalnaker
Ford Foundation
Selec Ition
Bonnie Engelhardt
Ridgewood Motel
Gary Verdine
C. T. Veredine
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Betty Lois Minter
Billups
Highway 9
South
C. A. Cleveland
Edna Street
Rose Hill Acres
Silsbee Fire Hall
Katherine Guilbeeu
George O'Brien
Democratic Party
O'Neil
Betty Mitchell
Caney Head
Wiley Mae Pentecostal
W. A. Rashall
Lumberton High School
Frank Butler
Kountze
Wiley Alford
Plank
Curtis H. Votaw
Village Mills
Chaney Flynn
Honey Island
Leo Yeagin
Thicket
Eddie Loftin
Votaw
Marie Sumrall
Saratoga
Sabra Hollister
Batson
J. W. Clark
Sour Lake
J. F. Mitchell
Grayburg
E. E. Johnson
Clarence McNeely
Chance‘Loeb
H. Clayborn
New Hospital
Robert Neyland
Tennison
Rayford Birdwell
C. E. Cole
Ross Eppes
Robert L. Paret
Earl Stover
Ray Windsor
Alex Work
Charles Daniels
Work and Daniels Construction Co
George L. Ingram
George L. Ingram and Associates
Will Wilson
First Security National Bank
White
Bucks
Burks
Bonnie Marie Smith Gels
Linda Jones
Brenda George
Neches
Amt
GOP
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