SHS Class of 179 to Receive Diplomas Friday Night
Silsbee High School will award diplomas to 179 graduates Friday at 7 30 p m in Kirby Memorial Stadium. Dr George Tennison will present diplomas as Weeks Crawford announces scholarship winners including the new 2000 O Neil scholarship and awards from local clubs and organizations.
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Silsbee High School
Kirby Memorial Stadium
George Tennison
Silsbee School Board
Weeks Crawford
Ment
Silsbee High
Lorna Hamilton
Louis O. Grissom Jr
Barbara Perkins
Judy Jones
Supt
Bruce Watts
Jesse Hawthorne
Don L. Hough
Tennison
Silsbee High Forever
Patricia Cook
Swap-A-Thon Planned For City Park Tuesday
Silsbee City Park will host a swap-a-thon as part of the First Tuesday celebration. Citizens may display items to sell swap or trade with a 1 to 3 pm public auction conducted by the Merchants Association. Proceeds go to owners with no commission.
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Silsbee City
Silsbee Merchants Association
The
Merchants Association
Warrick’s
Silsbee Boy Named Drum Major At A and M University
Texas A M University announces the 1965 66 drum major selections by the 14 member committee. Head drum major Michael T Ashworth from Tomball psychology major leads the corps with Ellis C Gill from Silsbee as Maroon Band Drum Major.
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Silsbee
A & M University
College Station
Texas A&m University
Earl Rudder
D. L. Baker
Corps of Cadets
Tomball
W. O. Lewis
Tyler
Maroon
Ellis C. Gill
J. E. Gill
Dardin
E. V. Adams
Texas Aggie Band
71 Held At County Jail Past 2 Weeks
Hardin County Sheriff Henry Overstreet reports 71 people jailed in the past two weeks. Among them 48 were drunk and disorderly. other charges include carrying a pistol, AWOL from the Army, grand larceny under fifty, assault, rape, contributing to delinquency, and disturbing the peace.
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Hardin County
Henry Overstreet
Three Silsbee Women Hospitalized After Two Car Wreck
A two car collision Wednesday at 7:40 am at North Fifth Street and Payne Road sent three Silsbee women to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont with severe cuts and abrasions. A fourth person was treated at Silsbee Clinic. drivers and injuries involve Silsbee High School and Junior High students.
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Silsbee
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
North Fifth Street
Payne Road
Silsbee Clinic
Lillie J. Krumner
Laverne
Sherry Owens
Hickman Drive
Farmer Funeral Home
Susan Brookins
North 10Th Street
Miss Owens
Miss Brookins
Silsbee High School
Towens
Krumnow
North Fifth
Sharp
Train schedules set to ease Silsbee traffic
City manager Wayne DuBose said Santa Fe Railroad will keep trains off Highway 96 and Third Street crossings from 7:30 to 8:00 a.m. and try to avoid peak congestion 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. The railroad will shift switching moves to daytime if possible to keep crossings clear.
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Silsbee
Wayne DuBose
Santa Fe Railroad
Highway 96
Third Street
DuBose
Desegregation plans in Silsbee show mixed turnout
About 128 Negro pupils filed freedom of choice slips aiming for formerly all white schools in Silsbee, as district officials note possible overcrowding in elementary grades. Plans published May 6 and May 13 in the Bee say all students may participate in activities and bus service will be non-segregated, with future staff decisions based on qualifications, not race.
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Silsbee
The
BEE
Weekend accidents send five to hospital in Silsbee
Two crashes on Highway 96 near Silsbee left five injured. David Cornwell, 17, suffered a broken neck and severe arm lacerations and remained hospitalized. Earl and James Keith, 17 and 16, were treated for head injuries and lacerations and released. In a second crash, Garland Patterson, 25, and R E Force, 21, were treated for head injuries and other wounds after rear ending a parked equipment truck.
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David Cornwell
Wendell L. Cornwell
Silsbee High School
Earl
James Keith
Charlene Keith
Silsbee High
James
Silsbee
Cornwell
Billy Paine
Patterson
Garland Patterson
R. E. Force
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Force
Highway 96
Pines Motel
Post Office To Be Closed Monday Memorial Day
Pas Silsbee post office will be closed Monday May 31 in observance of Memorial Day. No city mail delivery will occur but incoming and outgoing mail will be dispatched as usual according to Postmaster L A Yankie.
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Silsbee
L. A. Yankie
Work a Day for JFK proclaimed in Silsbee Texas
May 29 1965 declared Work a Day for JFK in Hardin County honoring John F Kennedy. Youth nationwide invited to donate wages to the John F Kennedy Memorial Library and Institute with local officials urging participation and support.
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JFK
Memorial Library
United States
Hardin
County
Parade Magazine
Beaumont Enterprise
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy Memorial Library
John F. Kennedy Memorial Institute
Library and Memorial Institute
Silsbee
Hardin County
Texas
Frank L. McClanahan Jr
Cesar Dominguez
Local Births and Graduations Reported From Buna and Nacogdoches
Hello World Edward Louis was born May 21 to Mr and Mrs George Wells of Buna. Peggy Jean born May 22 to Mr and Mrs Albert Helm of Silsbee. G C Shepherd and L R Clawson families attended Stephen F Austin State College graduation in Nacogdoches where Bobby Jo Shepherd earned a BS in elementary education. She will teach in Port Arthur Public Schools. Rev Eugene Jonte and son Randy traveled to Georgetown to bring Vicki Jonte home for the summer. she attends Southwestern University.
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Edward Louis
George Wells
Buna
Albert Helm
Silsbee
Peggy Jean
G. C. Shepherd
L. R. Clawson
Stephen F. Austin State College
Nacogdoches
Bobby Jo Shepherd
Port Aer
Eugene Jonte
Randy
Georgetown
Vicki Jonte
Southwestern University
Yawn Family Visits DeRidder Residents Monday
Mr and Mrs W H Yawn of DeRidder Louisiana visited Monday in the home of Mrs Sarah Yawn and likely spent time with local family.
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W. H. Yawn
DeRidder
Sarah Yawn
Eleven From Hardin County To Get Lamar Degrees
Eleven Hardin County residents are candidates for bachelor degrees at Lamar State College of Technology's 13th annual commencement in McDonald Gymnasium on Saturday May 29 at 8 p.m. The class totals 585, a new Lamar Tech high, with 179 January graduates. Local candidates include Silsbee’s Larry Dale Paine and others in Government, Home Economics, Physical Education, Music, and Secondary Education. Kountze-Ida LaRue Floyd Fite and Sour Lake’s Lou Ann Thompson among the 179 January grads. International nominees come from India, Honduras, South Africa, and Lebanon. Dr. F. L. McDonald to give the commencement address.
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Hardin County
Lamar State College of Technology
McDonald Gymnasium
Lamar Tech
Llass
New York
Pennsylvania
Louisiana
Kansas
California
Florida
North Carolina
Texas
India
Honduras
South Africa
Lebanon
F. L. McDonald
Silsbee
Larry Dale Paine
David Davenport
Annie Francis Singleton
Robert Harris Pontes III
Robert DeArman Gray
Don Harrington Hough
Cheryl Lynn Markham
Kountze
Ida LaRue Floyd Fite
Cynthia Ann Carmichael
Bettie Rae Yates
Sour Lake
Lou Ann Thompsson
Astronaut Gus Grissom Surprises SHS Graduate Call
Houston based astronaut Gus Grissom phoned Mrs. Louise O Grissom to apologize for missing Silsbee High School graduation of her son Louis Jr an SHS honor graduate. He cited Gemini flight prep June 3 as the reason and hoped to talk again to learn if they are related.
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Gus Grissom
SHS
Houston
Louis O. Grissom
Silsbee
Louis Jr
Louis
County Votes Funds To Five Volunteer Fire Departments
Hardin County Commissioners Court approved payments of 800 dollars per year to five volunteer departments Silsbee Kountze Chance Loeb Sour Lake and Saratoga for firefighting outside city limits The court also authorized Willie Bean to hire staff within budget and approved quarterly and monthly financial reports Judge Fletcher Richardson noted the court will continue as a board of equalization on the first meeting of the month and the second and fourth Mondays of each month.
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Hardin County Commissioners Court
Fletcher Richardson
Silsbee
Kountze
Chance Loeb
Sour Lake
Saratoga
Willie Bean
Richardson
Clyde Haynes
Don Allums
Commissioners Court
Board of Equalization
Two Cases Heard In County Court
Judge Fletcher Richardson presided as two cases were heard in Hardin county court. Charles Garrett of Silsbee was fined 25 dollars plus costs for aggravated assault. J D Robertson of Silsbee was fined 100 dollars plus costs for carrying a pistol. Both pleas were guilty and occurred on Monday May 24.
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Hardin County
Fletcher Richardson
Charles Garrett
Silsbee
J. D. Robertson
Softball League Plans Meeting In Silsbee Area
Ernest Stephens invites Silsbee area players to a Tuesday night gathering at 7 30 in the Crockett and Gilchr iest store parking lot to discuss forming at least two softball teams for league play with Jasper and Kirbyville already organizing three teams each. If enough players join, league games could start in two to three weeks.
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Lers Recrui
Siebes
Crockett and Gilchriest
Ernest Stephens
Gulf Oil Wins City Oil Contract For Silsbee
Silsbee city council awarded the next year's petroleum products contract to Gulf Oil Corp with the lower sealed bid. Gulf’s price includes 1209 cents per gallon gasoline and 1046 cents per gallon diesel plus taxes, plus provision of pumps and tanks. The council also discussed police car specs and approved a public vaccination day after reporting 90 dogs licensed and 154 vaccinated.
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Silsbee
Gulf Oil Corp
Gulf
Steinhagen Oil Co
Texaco
Gulf Oil
Wayne DuBose
Thvel
DuBose
Third Street
Charles Stephen to Attend Summer Physics Institute
Charles E. Stephen a high school physics teacher will join the Summer Institute in Physics at Texas College of Arts and Industries Kingsville from July 18 to August 27. Open to teachers seeking deeper physics knowledge, the program offers credit toward a master's or second bachelor's degree and is funded by a $30 620 grant from the National Science Foundation. Mrs C R George of Dallas visits the Diden household while Mrs Diden recovers from surgery in Baptist Hospital Beaumont.
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Charles E. Stephen
Texas College of Arts and Industries
Kingsville
National Science Foundation
Waldo Mathews High Plans Tonight Commencement
Waldo Mathews High School will hold commencement exercises tonight at Panther Stadium. The program features the four top ranking pupils delivering speeches, a band procession, and a choral presentation. The invocation will be offered by the fifth ranking student.
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Waldo Mathews High School
Panther Stadium
Presentat
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Silsbee Lions Club
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Business and Professional Women’s Club
Industrial Arts
Beta Sigma Phi
Uating
Louis Grissom
Linda Louise Ray
Joy Kirgan Hopkins
Marilyn Fay Roberts
Nola Beth McEwin
Shirley Ann Barnes
Susan
Silsbeé
Albert Sharp
Jacqueline Kennedy
Jewel White
KKAS
White
Frank L. McClanahan
Pat Pace
Ountre
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Lamar
Paul Georgas
Frank Mee Clanahan
John Fordinal
H. C. Hopkins
Key Slaydon
C. E. Landon
Charles Stephen
Summer Physics
Waldo Mathews
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