Silsbee student Read named valedictorian and AGU fusion talks
Young Read, 18, valedictorian of Silsbee High, plans Rice University electronics study. He is son of Mr and Mrs R L Read co publisher of the Silsbee Bee. Read served as quarterback and basketball forward and held multiple student leadership roles. Gulf States funds lectures for 30 students from Texas utilities to study nuclear reactor physics and fusion problems with the Texas Atomic Energy Research Foundation.
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Texas Atomic Energy Research Foundation
GSU
Texas
Gulf States
Stephen
Rt. 1
Box 136H
Silsbee
Silsbee High
Young Read
R. L Read
Silsbee Bee
Rice University
Key
Thomas Burks Wins Lehn & Fink Gold Medal Award
Thomas Franklin Burks IT of Silsbee Texas, UT College of Pharmacy senior, wins the 1962 Lehn & Fink Gold Medal for scholarship. Presentation June 2 at the university honors day. Burks, son of Mr and Mrs J Y Burks Sr, held multiple leadership roles in high school and college and plans graduate study at UT.
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Thomas Franklin Burks
Silsbee
Texas
University of Texas College of Pharacy
Austin
Lehn & Fink
J. Y. Burks
Burks
Silsbee High School
FFA
Lamar State College of Technology
Beaumont
University of Houston
College of Pharmacy
Rho Honorary Fraternity
Pi Kappa Alpha Social Fraternity
Phi Delta Chi Professional Pharmaceutical Fraternity
Longhorn
American Pharmaceutical Associations
Brehans
American Foundation For Pharmaceutical Education
Kilmer
University of Texas
Two Silsbee Boys To Get Highest FFA Award
About 60 boys from south east Texas will be honored at the Area IX FFA Convention in Nacogdoches as Lone Star Farmer Degree candidates. Bobby Corley and Jerry Harrell are candidates from Silsbee, according to O. O. Miller, local Yo-Ag teacher. These Future Farmers have completed at least two years of vocational agriculture and run farming enterprises under supervision.
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Texas
Nacogdoches
Lone Star Farmer
Texas Association of Future Farmers of America
FFA
James Hartman to Get Navy Discharge
James Hartman 20 a former Silsbee resident will receive an honorable discharge in July after three years in the U S Navy. He is the son of Mr and Mrs O F Hartman of Delhi La and grandson of Mr and Mrs L A Midkiff of Silsbee.
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James Hartman
Silsbee
U. S. Navy
James
O. F Hartman
Delhi
L. A. Midkiff
Barbara Hough Receives Cap In Hotel Dieu Rites
Miss Barbara Jane Hough of Silsbee joined 22 Hotel Dieu freshmen receiving school caps at Rosary Hall Beaumont. Principal speaker was Lamar Tech instructor W T Fitzgerald. Sisters Mary Eliliana and Dolores Jones helped cap the students. Miss Hough is daughter of Supt and Mrs Don L Hough.
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Barbara Jane Hough
Silsbee
Hotel Dieu
Rosary Hall
Beaumont
W. T. Fitzgerald
Lamar Tech
Mary Eliliana
Dolores Jones
Miss Hough
Don L. Hough
Two Silsbee Boys Graduate From A&M
Two Silsbee residents earned degrees from Texas A&M College in graduation exercises May 26 led by Rice University president Dr. Kenneth S. Pitzer at G Rollie White Coliseum. Alvin Edward Hendrix earned General Business and Terrance Doyle Gossett earned Electrical Engineering the latter noted as a state FFA degree qualifier due to leadership and farming ability with plans to present at the Fort Worth convention.
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Silsbee
Texas A&m College
Kenneth S. Pitzer
Rice University
Dr. Pitzer
Treasury Frowns On Use Of Bonds In Chain Letters
The U S Treasury State Savings bond director J L Adams cautioned Texans against chain letters and similar schemes using Savings Bonds or Savings Stamps as prizes in lotteries or games of chance for personal profit. He said this policy is longstanding, but bonds may be used in contests of knowledge or skill like quiz programs and athletic events.
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U.S. Treasury
J. L. Adams
Treasury Department
Treasury
Martha Pfaff Receives TWU Degree At 59th Commencement
The Texas Woman’s University 59th annual commencement honored graduates on May 27. Dr. John A. Guinn delivered the address as Martha Lou Pfaff of Rt. 2 Silsbee earned a bachelor of science in general business with a minor in economics and government.
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Texas Women’s University
John A. Guinn
TWU
Martha Lou Pfaff
Rt. 2
Silsbee
Sinclair Drivers Hit 20 Years With No Fatality
Sinclair Oil and Gas Company reports 344,602,175 vehicle miles driven over 20 years without a fatality to company personnel. President William H. Morris announced the milestone begun May 25, 1942, praised as outstanding in the industry by Safety Manager Hadley H. Myers. The firm operates 815 vehicles.
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Sinclair Oil & Gas Company
William H. Morris
Hadley H. Myers
Sinclair
Tiny cricket’s chirp can travel nearly a mile
A cricket less than an inch long emits a sound that travels about one mile, surprising researchers with its reach and implications for acoustic signaling.
Adams warns against chain-letter use of Savings Bonds
Reports of a Savings Bond chain-letter scheme show banks rapidly depleting $25 and $50 bonds. Adams says Treasury policy forbids such use while stressing bonds should help citizens invest for future security and be bought as gifts for loved ones today.
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Charles Stephen
Randy Read
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Navy
Barbara Hough
A&m
Fort Worth
America
Briggs & Stratton
Caraway Motor CO. Inc
Silsber
Martha Pfaff
NEW Hargrove Hotel
U. S
Roosevelt & 10Th Streets
Adam
U.S
Adams
Fuller Building
Silsbee State Bank
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