Evadale High names valedictorian and salutatorian
Johnnie Mae Billot is valedictorian with a 96.458 average and Brenda Fling is salutatorian with 92.914. Both are Evadale High students active in sports, theater, choir, and student leadership. Malcolm Nash is the top ranked boy, earning four years of football, basketball, track, and band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnnie Mae Billot
Evadale High School
Bert Fling
Johnnie Billot
Evadale
Brenda Fling
James Fling
Nash. Mack
Z Pope Becomes First Silsbee Fire Department Retiree
Z Pope, a 20 year veteran and charter member of the Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department, retires with monthly retirement pay from a special fund. Assistant City Manager Cesar Dominguez notes eligibility rules since 1947 and that several others are now eligible. The fund derives from city dues, a state tax, insurance premium donations, and donations.
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Co. Z. Pope
Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
Pope
Cesar Dominguez
Silsbee
Pepe
Dominguez
Scoggins Family Hosts Baytown Visit
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Scoggins and Mrs. H. C. Scoggins visited Tuesday in Baytown at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Scoggins and family.
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C. R. Scoggins
H. C. Scoggins
Baytown
Mrs. C. L. Scoggins
Ashley Gore Charged With Assault In Knifing
Ashley Gore about 65 from the Caney Head community was charged with assault with intent to murder after a cutting incident at R. B. Watts home in Caney Head last week. He posted bond set at 1000 dollars and remained free pending grand jury action after being released from Hotel Dieu Hospital in Beaumont. Deputy Curtis Davis and Deputy Billy Paine provided the report, noting Gore hospitalized with chest and head pains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashley Gore
Caney Head
R. B. Watts
Curtis Davis
Sheriff’s Department
Gore
Hotel Dieu Hospital
Beaumont
Billy Paine
Davis
Musical Style Review At Read Turren Time School
The Music Makers present a Friday style review at Read Turren tine School in the cafetorium at 7 30 PM. Proceeds support a summer trip for entertaining activities and group plans.
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Music Makers
Read Turrentine School
Burglars Roam Three Area Clinics On Thursday Night
Burglars hit the offices of Dr. W J Poshataske in Silsbee Dr M J Remirez and Dr H A Hooks in Kouatze taking cash from one office while other items were scattered. No narcotics missing. Investigators report clues and tie the cases to other East Texas doctor burglaries. Vandalism at the sewage disposal plant on Cooks Road also noted with repeated window damage and fingerprints found. Police urge patrols and warn of prosecution for city property damage.
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W. J. Poshataske
Silsbee
Edgar Brown
East Texas
M. J. Remirez
H. A. Hooks
Kouatze
Cooks Road
Choral Concert Set At Silsbee High Tuesday
A spring choral concert by a 90 member group directed by Leon Rodgers will take place Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the Silsbee High School Auditorium. Tickets available from group members or at the door.
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Silsbee High School
Leon Rodgers
Village Mills double shooting ruled murder death by own action
In Village Mills a Monday double shooting was ruled murder-death by own action by Kountze Justice of the Peace C A Kimball. The victims were Callie Mae Allen 50 and John Nathan Griffin 54 of Beaumont. Griffin shot Allen with a 20 gauge then killed himself with a .22 rifle. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Village Mills
Kountze
Mrs. Allen
Bennett Haynes
Inspector Calls to Be Staged This Weekend
Final dress rehearsals underway for Silsbee Lions Club and Silsbee Little Theater production of An Inspector Calls. Performances set for Friday and Saturday May 6 at 8 15 p m in Silsbee High School auditorium. Tickets from Lions Club members Cravens Insurance or box office at 6 30 p M.
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Silsbee Lions Club
Silsbee Little Theater
Silsbee High School
North Midlands
England
Elizabeth Williams
Lions Club
Cravens Insurance Agency
Final Rites Held Wednesday For Bill Marutzky 73
Funeral services were held Wednesday at 10 a m for Willie Robert Marutzky 73 in For mer Funeral chapel with Rev R E Barclay and Rev W Copeland officiating Interment followed at Resthaven Cemetery He died Monday evening in Hardin Memorial Hospital after a long illness A native of Rockdale he lived in Silsbee 55 years retired boilermaker for Santa Fe and member of First Baptist Church Surviving are his wife a son a brother four sisters and other relatives Details include local visitors to the Scoggins home with Housty Brewer and baby from Lubbock
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Willie Robert Marutzky
R. E. Barclay
First Baptist Church
W. Copeland
Woodrow Baptist Church
Resthaven Cemetery
Marutzky
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Rockdale
Silsbee
Santa Fe Railway
Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
Silsbee Knights of
Beaumont
Mary Borroum
Dallas
Pauline, Maddox
Aramore
Okla
Joy Hopkins Elected Secretary of Lamar Tech Student Body
Joy Hopkins daughter of Mr and Mrs Newton Hopkins of Silsbee was elected recording secretary of the Student Government Association in Lamar State College of Technology spring elections. Nicholas V Lampson Beaumont boy was named president. Carol Kay Ragan from Silsbee was elected a Senator from the School of Sciences. Mr and Mrs D V Swarthout and son Van visited Sunday in Lake Jackson at the Partlow home with L Partlow.
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Joy Hopkins
Newton Hopkins
Silsbee
Lamar State College of Technology
Beaumont
Nicholas V. Lampson
iSchool of Sciences
Lamar
Carol Kay Ragan
Alvin Ragan
D. V. Swarthout
Van
Lake Jackson
Robert Partlow
L.partlow
Preschool Clinic at Chance Loeb Be Tuesday
A pre school clinic at Chance Loeb Elementary School will run Tuesday from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Children six years old by Sept 1 who will attend Chance Loeb should register that day and bring a legal birth certificate and vaccination record if needed. County Nurse will provide vaccinations on request. A preliminary eye test will be given to all students.
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Chance-Loeb
Chance - Loeb
Evadale Man Killed by 2300 Volt Power Line at Eastex Mill
Larry Glenn Moss 23 of Evadale died after electrical shock while guiding steel at the Eastex mill for Brown & Root Construction Co. The accident occurred when a crane hoisted steel touched a 2300 volt line. Justice of the Peace ruled accidental death. inquest held. Moss survived by wife Eva Raye Moss, parents Archie and unnamed mother, six brothers and three sisters. He was a 1962 Evadale High School graduate and a member of First Baptist Church. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Farmer Funeral Home as brother travels from Germany.
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Larry Glenn Moss
Evadele
Germany
Farmer Funeral Home
Moss
Silsbee Clinic
Brown & Root Construction Co
Eastex, Inc
Evadale
Farmer
Justice of the Peace
C. A. Kimball
Kountze
Bruce Gravis
Evadale High School
First Baptist Church
Eva Raye Moss
Archie Moss
Barbara Sanders
LaVern Landis
Silsbee
Joyce Havens
David L
Jim, Buford
Harold Moss
Gerald Moss
Multiple Birth Announcements From Southeast Texas Hospitals
SP/4 and Mrs. Jim Kellum of Evadale announce a daughter Sherry Millette born April 20 at Dickerson Memorial in Jasper while Kellum serves in Vietnam. Other births include Brenda Kathaleen April 27 in Beaumont at St Elizabeth Hospital and Billy Edward April 24 in Kountze. Alma April 25 in Silsbee. Tanya Ranee April 29 in Kountze. Lois Ann April 29 in Silsbee. Larry Aster Jr. April 30 in Beaumont. Penny Sue May 1 in Silsbee.
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SP/4
Jim Kellum
Evadale
Sherry Millette
Dickerson Memorial Hospital
Jasper
Kellum
Vietnam
Cc. C. MecGalin
Thomas Butts
Beaumont
Brenda Kathaleen
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Herbert York
Kountze
Lois Ann
Thomas E. Root
Silsbee
L. A. Poe Sr. F
Larry Aster Jr
Penny Sue
John R. Callaway
Dehart Killed in Vietnam by Mortar Shell
Donnie Ray Dehart 25 of Houston was killed in action Friday in Vietnam by a mortar shell while serving in the US Army. He left California March 26 for duty and had been there one month. Survivors include his wife, parents, a brother, three sisters, and relatives in Silsbee, Beaumont, and Houston. Burial will be at Veterans Cemetery in Houston.
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Donnie Ray Dehart
O'Dell Dehart
Houston
Vietnam
California
US Army
Dehart
Texas A&m College
W. F. Dehart
Harris Puntis
Andrew Hicks
John Fosha
C. H. Watts
City
Bob Favors
Beaumont
Clarence Dehart
Silsbee
Veterans Cemetery
Rescue Units Receive Large Donations After Village Creek Search
Five rescue groups gathered in Silsbee to be thanked by Fred E. Buchanan whose $500 gift to the Hardin County Sheriff's Posse and $300 to each of the Silsbee Chance Loeb Fire, Kountze Fire, and Orange County Rescue Unit support their efforts in locating three Beaumont boys missing April 16. The boys emerged unharmed after a night of searching the rain swollen Village Creek.
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Silsbee
Billy Paine
Fred E. Buchanan
Village Creek Bottom
Paine
Buchanan
Hardin County Sheriff's Posse
Chance-Loeb
Kountze
Orange County
Andy Buchanan
Mark Wagstaff
F. E. Wagstaff
Joel Plangman
Forest Park dominates Silsbee 5-0 to stay undefeated
Forest Park Trojans improved to 8-0 in District 9-AAA with a 5-0 win over Silsbee here Tuesday night. Scott Wise earned the win with seven innings, six strikeouts, no walks and two hits. Gary Anderson took the loss for Silsbee after allowing three hits but seven Tigers errors hampered his effort. Claude Coward doubled and scored as FP built a lead with runs in the second, fifth, sixth and seventh.
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Forest Park
Silsbee
Trojans
Tigers
Scott Wise
Wise
Gary Anderson
Anderson
Bengal
Men of Troy
Claude Coward
Michael Harris Appointed to Air Force Academy
Michael Steven Harris, an 18 year old Silsbee High senior, has been appointed to the Air Force Academy after a notification from Congressman Jack Brooks. The four year scholarship leads to a college degree and a second lieutenant commission. Harris, son of Mr and Mrs A S Harris of 209 Lucky Drive Silsbee, reports June 26.
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Michael Steven Harris
Cong
Jack Brooks
Air Force Academy
Harris
Silsbee High
A. S. Harris
Lucky Drive
Silsbee
Mike
Neches Minimax
Academy
Linda Savant Named 1967 68 Tiger Band Drum Major
Linda Savant, a Silsbee High sophomore and six year band member, was chosen Friday as drum major for the 1967 68 Tiger Band. Other contestants were Alice Fullingim and Diane Littlepage. She will attend a drum major school at Stephen F. Austin College in June.
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Linda Savant
Silsbee High School
Tiger
Alice Fullingim
Diane Littlepage
Pete Kunkel
Forest Park High School
James Jones
Silsbee
Miss Savant
Future Teachers Club
Tiger Rag
Rainbow
Stephen F. Austin College
Wildcat location staked near Silsbee for Prudential well
The site two miles southeast of Silsbee is cleared for a wildcat oil well by Prudential Drilling Co. Exact survey location and spud date were not available at presstime. The information was received by the Bee this week.
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Prudential Drilling Co
Silshee
The
BEE
Sally Hartman Named Kappa Alpha Rose at TU Event
Sally Hartman of Silsbee crowned Kappa Alpha Rose after reigning Old South Week at the University of Texas. The junior math major and Society of Southern Belles president is daughter of Mrs Margaret Hartman of Avenue L extension Silsbee.
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Sally Hartman
Silsbee
University of Texas
Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Syndicate of Sound, Recording Band
Miss Hartman
Kappa Alpha Rose
Margaret Hartman
Avenue L
Honor Society To Initiate New Members At Ceremony
The Silsbee High School National Honor Society chapter will initiate new members at a Wednesday morning ceremony. Sponsor Mrs. David Read says the event is usually attended by the high school student body and parents and will be held in the auditorium.
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Silsbee High School
National Honor Society
David Read
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Galveston
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Leggett
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Moscow
Texas
Louise Brock
Lufkin
Essie Walters
Melba Waite
Atlanta
Bill Marutzky
Mrs. Housty Brewer
Lubbock
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Lamar Tech
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Hardin County Sheriff's Department
J. R. Smith
Eastex Mill
Michael Harris
Air Academy
Drum
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Twirling School
Stephen F. Austin
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