Huge Silsbee Homecoming Weekend Draws Big Crowd
Silsbee High Homecoming 1965 attracts large plans with bonfire kickoff, pep rally, shirttail parade, and Friday game against West Orange at Kirby stadium. Queen Vickie Bostick to be presented. Fireworks, parade with 62 units, 12 bands, and a barbecue lunch accompany two day events.
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Silsbee
Silsbee High
Robert Neyland
Silsbee Ex-Student’s Association
North Sixth Street
Tiger Band
West Orange
Kirby Stadium
Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
Vickie Bostick
Conley Bradshaw
Bradshaw
North Fifth Street
Payne Road
Rho Upsilon
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
General Assembly
Roscoe McCree
Neyland
M. C
Silsbee Country Club
Novatones of
Beaumont
Silsbee High Bond Vote Set With 1.5 Million for New School
Voters in the Silsbee Independent School District decide Saturday on a 1.5 million dollar bond to build a new high school east of town on Highway 327 extension. If approved taxes could rise about 22 percent next year. The plan includes 53 teaching stations across three buildings and air conditioning for the main building. Homecoming Queen Miss Bostick, a senior, was announced this week.
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Silsbee Independent School
Silsbee Fire Hall
E. J. Dietrich
Don Hough
Board of Equalization
Supt
Hough
Silsbee
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Miss Bostick
Silsbee High School
C. W. Bostick Jr
Route 2
Future Homemakers of America
J. K. Butler
Beaumont
Buck Jones Lumber Co
Jerry Jones
W. C. Seaman
Orange Engineer to Speak Tonight on Mosquito Control
Gus Foyle, Orange County engineer and Texas Mosquito Control Association president, will speak tonight at 7:30 in the Neches National Bank Neches Room. Invited by the Silsbee Jaycees, he will explain mosquito control program requirements and advantages for the Silsbee area.
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Gus Foyle
Orange County
Texas Mosquito Control Association
Neches
Neches National Bank
Foyle
Silsbee Jaycees
Jaycees
Silsbee
Basil A. Rodgers
Two Fines Handed Out In County Court This Week
In Hardin County Court Judge Fletcher Richardson, two cases were heard last week. On Sept 30 W. T. Klinard of Silsbee was fined $10 and costs for disturbing the peace. Angel Alien of Kountze was fined $1 and costs on Oct 4 for theft.
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Hardin County
Fletcher Richardson
W. T. Klinard
Silsbee
Angel Alien
Kountze
North of Silsbee water district seeks loan and members
North Hardin Water Supply Corp. receives conditional federal approval for a 250000 loan to form a 500-customer water district. A meeting for landowners to join the project is set for Oct. 14 at 8 p.m. in the Heritage Room of Silsbee State Bank.
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North Hardin Water Supply Corporation
Water Supply Corporation
Silsbee State Bank
E. M. Wilson Jr
Farm Home Administration
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Silsbee
Pro
Posed Corporation
Bernard Johnson Inc
Houston
Farm Home Administration Office
E. E. Spell
Pete Calvert
Otis Neal
Virgil Rason
Terrell Buchanan
Tigers Host West Orange In SAAA Opener Friday
Silsbee High heads into district 9-AAA play at Kirby Stadium Friday night at 7 30 p m with a standing room only crowd expected for homecoming as the Tigers, 2 1 1, face West Orange Chiefs, 3 1, in a pivotal opener.
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Tigers
West Orange
Silsbee High
Tiger
West Orange Chiefs
Kirby Stadium
Silsbee
Glenn Oaks
Chiefs
Kirbyville
Little Cypress
Buna
Huntsville
Ray MecGallion
Steve Diden
Melvin
Panthers Travel To Face West Kirbyville In Friday Clash
Waldo Panthers host West Kirbyville Friday in a non district game at Robinson Stadium. Panthers won their first district game last Friday beating Rowe High 14-6 with Sammy Richardson's 95 yard interception return and Ce les Brent to Equinn Jackson touchdown connection setting the pace for the win.
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Waldo Panthers
Robinson Stadium
West Kirbyville High
West Kirbyville
Livingston
Waldo Mathews
Panthers
Rowe ‘High
Jasper
Wesley Shaw
Panther
Sammy Richardson
Rowe
Celes Brent
Equinn Jackson
Brent
Evadale Rebels Face Chance-Loeb Friday Night Football
Evadale hosts Chance-Loeb Yellow Jackets at Rebel Stadium Friday at 7 30. Evadale pulled a 26 0 district win over Hemphill last week while Chance Loeb ninth and tenth graders beat Kelley B Beaumont. Coach Micky Nash, son of Evadale’s superintendent E C Nash, is in his first year leading Chance Loeb after starling at Silsbee High.
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Evadale
Rebels
Chance-Loeb Yellow Jackets
Rebel Stadium
Hemphill
Chance-Loeb
Kelley
Beaumont
Micky Nash
E. C. Nash
Chance Loeb
Silsbee High
Tiger Cubs Host Bowie Junior High in Local doubleheader
The Silsbee Junior High Cubs meet Bowie Junior High in Kirby Stadium with eighth grade at 6 pm and ninth grade at 7:30 pm. Ninth grade remains short-handed without Wayne Watts who is injured for the season. Forest Park results saw ninth grade win 12 0 while eighth grade lost 18 0.
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Silsbee Junior High Cubs
Kirby Stadium
Bowie
Beaumont
L. A Wallace
Wayne Watts
Forest Park
Cubs
Claude Cowart
Randy Wallace
Cub
Wallace
Wesley Darby
Gary Woods
Dewane Anderson
Land
Lynn Langston
Mike McDonald
Twenty Three Held In County Jail Last Week
Hardin County Sheriff Henry Overstreet reported 23 persons held at the county jail during the past week. Nine were booked overnight for being drunk and disorderly. Others lodged include one for theft by bailee, one for traffic violation, two for simple assault, three for misdemeanor theft, one for carrying a pistol, one for intoxicated driving, four for passing bad checks, and one for burglary.
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Hardin County
Henry Overstreet
Silsbee Old Timers Plan Big Meet On Sunday
The Old Timers of Silsbee finish committee plans for a Sunday gathering at Hardin County Savings and Loan. B&PW Club will serve a noon luncheon after reserving by calling EV 5-2858 or EV 5-2441. Master of ceremonies will be G. W. Gilchriest with R. W. Weathersby noting strong turnout from former residents now elsewhere.
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G. W
Gilchriest
R. W. Weathersby
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Orange
Water Supply Corp
H.C. Muckleroy
Ray McGallion
Sidney Dauphin
Wayne Riley
Pat Day
Silsbee Center
Mike Gossett
John Jones
Tibby Scarborough
McGallion
Explosive
Center
Diden
Jones
Harold Blythe
Bo Roy
Blythe
Tiger Rag
Edge Rowe High
hance-Loeb
Tiger Cubs
Silsbee Old Timers
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