Strange Week at SHS Sparks Twirp antics and pranks
The Campus Rambler reports a six week grading transition at SHS with quirky events. Leon Stokesburg paused mid class to remember a lost fountain pen. Tan Wills’s lens fall during the flag ceremony and Helen Read wore the Twirp King's Crown at lunch. Jim Mortimer is named Twirp King for 1963-64.
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SHS
Mary Snyder
Reggie Madison
Stella Vanderburg
Leon Stokesburg
Tan Wills
Helen Read
Giries
Silsbee Spanish Club Forming Dues Plan Reporters Elected
The Silsbee High School Spanish Club met to elect Linda Read as reporter and set dues at 50 cents per person to fund yearbook advertising. The group discussed joining the Pan American Forum and proposed club names like Los Piensos The Thinkers. Counselor Joe Hignett released a tentative test schedule for sophomores and juniors under the state testing program with no fees. Verbal and spatial tests run Oct 15 to Dec 15 for sophomores and two days for juniors, with results expected by Jan 1.
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Silsbee High School
Jewel Jones
Linda Read
Silsbee
Lee Crowley
Joe Hignett
SHS
Hignett
IBM
Daddy Long Legs Picked For Local Thespians Show
The Children's Play by the local National Thespians troupe will be produced mid December. The four act comedy features a 13 member cast. Tryouts and audition details will be announced later this month. Contact sponsor Miss Eleanor Morris for information.
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National Thespians
Thespians
Thespian
Eleanor Morris
Summertime Arrives at A M Journalism Workshop Yearbook
A yellow and orange annual titled Summertime arrived from a journalism workshop held July 14-19 at A and M. SHS delegates Judy DuBose Sally Hartman Joy Hopkins Judy Jones Suzanne Morain Punky Parks Joanna Smyly J Q Vanderburg Tan Wills and Mrs. Janie Hough represented SHS. The yearbook contains mug shots school town activity photos and highlights from the workshop. Judges noted the arrival created excitement and joy among attendees.
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Journalism
A&m
Judy DuBose
Sally Hartman
Joy Hopkins
Judy Jones
Suzanne Morain
Punky Parks
Joanna Smyly
J. Q Vanderburg
Tan Wills
Janie Hough
SHS
Tyler Texas Grows Most U S Commercial Rose Bushes
Tyler in Texas leads the nation by supplying more than two thirds of the commercial rose bushes grown in the United States. Local nurseries and growers report strong demand and expansion plans to meet industry needs.
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Tyler
Texas
United States
Jimmy Mortimer Crowned Twirp King at Silsbee High
Jimmy Mortimer was chosen Twirp King at the annual Twirp Dance last Friday after 12 candidates were introduced. The event, staged by the girls of the Student Council during Twirp Week, raised funds with a boy auction where Paul Johnson fetched $23.50 for the top bid and total sales reached $94.
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Jimmy Mortimer
Sandra Savage
Jimmy
Gerald Walker
Franklin Dyer
Jeff Hobbs
Britt Plunk
Sammy Ashworth
Jimmy King
Howard Harrison
Buddy Witte
Norman Wallace
Bruce Athey
Paul Johnson
Silsbee High School
Paul
Beverly Newsum
Barbara Cammack
Cecil Arnold
Silsbee High
Reggie Madison
J. Q. Vanderburg
Stella Vanderburg
Joy Hopkins
Janis Shutter
FFA Elects Officers and Spots at Southeast Texas Fair
Silsbee FFA elected officers for greenhands and Ag II class with Daniel Jenkins and Jimmy Rose serving as presidents. Southeast Texas State Fair in Beaumont draws entrants including Jerry Powell, William Clark, Charles Walters, and James Peavy.
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Silsbee
FFA
Greenhands
Daniel Jenkins
Steve Livingston
Charles Miller
Richard Ferguson
Ray Marshall
Sentinel
Calvin Wells
Ag. II
Jimmy Rose
van Ratcliff
Glen Hamilton
Jerry Powell
Winford Davis
Melvin Spears
Absenteeism Problem Highlighted by SHS Principal
SHS faces high absenteeism with 320 absences and 137 tardies over four weeks, yielding 96.09 percent overall attendance out of 584 students. Principal Weeks Crawford urges student and parent responsibility, notes unexcused absences lead to discipline and lost class work, and stresses attendance affects funding and graduation prospects.
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SHS
Weeks Crawford
Jean Dinkle
Crawford
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