Record Crowd Expected For Conroe Silsbee Game Friday
Silsbee meets Conroe in a Bi-District clash at Kirby Memorial Stadium at 7:30 p.m. Friday with Silsbee seeking its first outright district title since 1939. Both teams hold seven wins, Conroe 306-303 in scoring, and a strong run-heavy attack led by Mike Verry and Phil Jones for Conroe against Silsbee’s backs Nathan Broussard Glenn Ray Cooper and Randy Wallace.
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Silsbee
Kirby Memorial Stadium
Tigers of Silsbee
Tigers of Conroe
Conroe
Bridge City
Tigers
Silsbee Tigers
Ye Bryan
Tyler
Lufkin
Huntsville
Hornets
Mike Verry
Phil Jones
Peyton Mullins
Terry
Anthony Bernardino
West Orange
Stover Named Director of Neches National Bank
Earl B. Stover of Silsbee named to the board of Neches National Bank at a directors meeting Tuesday afternoon. The 41 year old former Hardin County attorney and longtime civic leader holds multiple local posts including state Kiwanis roles and church leadership. The article notes his Vanderbilt education, UT Law degree, and family, with other bank officers and board members listed.
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Earl B. Stover
Silsbee
Neches National Bank
Nelson Long Jr
Stover
Hardin County
Silsbee Chamber of ‘Commerce
Silsbee Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Trinity-Neches Boy Scout Council
United Appeals Drive
First Methodist Church
Stewards
Silsbee Independent School District
Silsbee Doctors Hospital, Inc
Vanderbilt University
Tigers land multiple spots on All-District 9-3A team
The Beaumont Enterprise selects 12 of the 22 All-District 9-AAA slots for Silsbee players and distributes four to Bridge City and West Orange, with Forest Park and Liberty earning one each. Deryl Ray McGallion of Silsbee is chosen as quarterback and Gary Wood of Silsbee as offensive tackle, among other picks.
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Deryl McGallion
Broussard
Wallace
Cooper
McGallion
Ralph Davenport
Silsbee
BEE
Bridge City
West Orange
Forest Park
Liberty
Cleveland
Jasper
Joe Price
Pat Whitmire
Tiger Field
Ray McGallion
Gary Wood
Pete Mantines
Cullen Wells
David Odom
Mike Barber
Carroll Curtis
James Gordon
W. Orange
Charles Powell
Winston Gillies
Soph Dery McGallion
Mike McElhaney
B. City
Glen Ray Cooper
Silsbee Tigers 1968 Football Schedule
The schedule lists Silsbee High games for September through November 1968. Matches include Jesuit on Sept 13, French Sept 27, Orange Oct 4, Jasper Oct 11, Livingston Oct 18, Cleveland Oct 25, Homecoming Liberty Nine Nov 1, West Orange Nov 8, Bridge City Nov 15, Port Acres Nov 22.
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Orange
Jasper
Livingston
Cleveland
Liberty
Solo
West Orange
Bridge City
Port Acres
Scouts Set Toy Drive Pickup For Saturday
A second city wide Toys for Toys drive will be held Saturday November 25 from 9 am to noon with Boy Scout Troop 82 collecting at the grounds. Residents are asked to place gifts in boxes labeled Toys for Tots in front of homes.
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Boys Scouts
Troop 82
Morris Pharmacy
North Fifth Street
Xi Kappa Nu
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Silsbee Optimist Club
Rho Upsilon
Silsbee Lions Club
Scouts
Sgt Joe Rodriguez Receives DFC in Vietnam
Staff Sergeant Joe Rodriguez a C 47 flight engineer in the Pacific Air Forces earned the Distinguished Flying Cross at Nha Trang AB Vietnam for extraordinary achievement on a highly classified reconnaissance mission over enemy territory. He is a Silsbee Texas native, graduate of Silsbee High School, attended San Antonio College, and is married to Frances DeLeon.
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U. S
Combat Air Forces
Vietnam
U. S. Air Force
Joe Rodriguez
Jesse Rodriguez
Silsbee
Nha Trang AB
Herman G. Tillman
460Th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing
U.S. Combat Air Forces
Silsbee, Tex
Rodriguez
Nha Trang
Pacific Air Forces
Silsbee High School
San Antonio College
Frances DeLeon
John Spillar Named Golf Pro at Wildwood Resort City
John Spillar of Silsbee is hired as golf professional at Wildwood Golf Course with duties starting December 1 1967. Gus Becker, Wildwood president, notes Spillar will teach new golfers and Mrs Spillar will help organize a ladies golf association at the Hardin County course near Village Mills.
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John Spillar
Silsbee
Wildwood Golf Course
Gus Becker
Beaumont
Wildwood
Hardin County
Village Mills
Spillar
Becker
Silsbee Golf and Country Club
Silsbee Club
Lee
Beaumont Reneesraauin Ing Sins
Hardin County Fatal Accident Toll Compared Nationwide
National Safety Month highlights Hardin County record with 20 resident deaths from accidents in the year ending January 1 1966. Vehicle crashes caused 12 fatalities, rate 72 per 100000 versus 55 national total and 63 in the West South Central region.
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The
Bee
New York
Hardin County
U.S. Public Health Service
United States
West South Central States
Two Injured In Saturday Wreck West Of Silsbee
At 12 40 a m Saturday two people were injured in a crash six miles west of Silsbee at the US 69 and TEX 327 intersection. Henry Barnes 22 of Silsbee and Joyce Irvine 21 of Kountze drove wrecked cars after Barnes attempted to cross the northbound lane. Irvine was treated at Harbin Memorial Hospital and St Elizabeth in Beaumont for head and internal injuries. Raymond Jackson 25 Silsbee received facial cuts and broken teeth and was discharged. Barnes had no injuries.
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Silsbee
327
Wayne Pullen
Truman Dougharty
Henry Barnes
US 69
Tex 327
Barnes
Joyce Evelyn Irvine
Kountze
Miss Irvine
County to Mail Tax Statements By Dec 1
1967 county tax rolls prepared on IBM data processing equipment and statements mailed around December 1. Voters 21 and older must register with no exemptions. Poll tax or exemption receipts must be renewed for 1968 voting year. Door registration set for January 31 1968 with precincts listed for Hardin County.
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IBM
Willie Bean
Bean
Hardin County
Tiger Day proclaimed for Silsbee Tigers Bi-District bid
The mayor proclaims Friday November 24 1967 as Tiger Day honoring the Silsbee High School football team for winning the District 9-AAA Championship and urges citizens to support them in the Bi-District contest with Conroe High School. Proclamation appears in the Silsbee Bee.
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Texas
Silsbee
Silsbee Tigers
Conroe High School Tigers
Willie Bean Names 34 Voter Registration Stations in County
Hardin County voters must register to be eligible to vote. Stations are listed in Silsbee Lumberton Kountze Saratoga and Sour Lake with offices groceries and services providing registration access this week.
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Hardin County
Willie Bean
Bean
Silsbee
City News
Ward
Dr. A. E. Templeton
Dominy
Silsbee Electric Co
Houston Thompson
Joye
Pa‘Go
White
Nicholson family to visit in Stigler during holidays
Mr and Mrs L N Nicholson plan a holiday visit to Stigler Oklahoma to see his mother Mrs H H Nicholson. Their daughter Barbara will join the family for the trip and return with them to Oklahoma.
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Conroe-Silsbee
Nathan Broussard
Glenn Ray Cooper
Randy Wallace
Neches National
Don L. Hough
Payne Road
Edgar Blood
Avenue C
Austin
SFCA
Tommy Read
Port Arthur
Davenport
Silsbee High
Sgt
National Safety Council
Wanda Berryman
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