Lighting Of Bonfire To Touch Off Homecoming Festivities
Silsbee High School homecoming events start Thursday at 7 30 with a bonfire and fireworks by the local volunteer firemen. Ex-students may register all day Friday or at games, with Queen Carol Brown to be presented Friday night and the parade set for Saturday at 10 with multiple bands and floats. The weekend ends with a Saturday dance at the Thunderbird Ranch hosted by the Novatones of Beaumont.
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Silsbee High School
Santa Fe
Silsbee
Johnny Wood
Silsbee Ex-Student’s Association
Exes
Kirby Stadium
Carol Brown
Thunderbird Ranch
Novatones
Beaumont
Billy Paine
Chaiman
Thunderbird
Revitalized Tigers Face Forest Park Friday Showdown
Silsbee’s Tigers rebounded from a slump with a 59 6 win over Jasper and enter Friday’s 8 p m clash with Forest Park 1 0 1 district record versus the Trojans 1 0 in district. Forest Park boasts a strong defense and a dangerous passing game led by end David Odom while Silsbee aims to extend its scoring punch and clear injuries.
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Forest Park
Silsbee
Trojans
Jasper
Tigers
Bridge City
Trojan
David Odom
Ray McGallion
Tiger
Newton Hopkins
Ralph Davenport
Winston Gillies
Mike McDonald
Silsbee Chamber plans lunch meeting and city planning talk
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce directors met in regular session with President J. R. Sims. They announced a Dutch Treat Luncheon on October 27 at the Blue Bonnet Cafe featuring Joe Impey City Planning Director from Beaumont to discuss city planning and questions. Budget concerns and broader participation by local businesses were discussed. Alvin Morgan was welcomed as a new member.
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Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
J. R. Sims
Blue Bonnet Cafe
Joe Impey
Beaumont
Wilson
Chamber of Commerce
Silsbee
Alvin Morgan
Barnes Welcomes Daughter Lisa Ann In Corpus Christi
A daughter, Lisa Ann, was born Oct 8 at Spahn Hospital to Mr and Mrs Robert D Barnes of Corpus Christi. Mrs Barnes is the former Miss Jayne Barclay of this city.
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Lisa Ann
Spahn Hospital
Robert D. Barnes
Corpus Christi
Barnes
Jayne Barclay
Property Transfers Listed By Year And Owner
A sequence of 1930 through 1964 dates lists owners and addresses for property transfers or registrations. Names include Mrs L Homer De Laune Doris Brookins Williams Clifton Caraway Mrs A J Brown Mrs Bob McClelland Carolyn Gilchriest Greene Mona Parks Sally Baker Karnes W H Holland Carole and Cecile Cobble Delores Register Caroline Cline Sherrrell with street locations such as North 3rd Street North 2nd Street 450 Dardin Drive 510 North 10th Street 335 Hickman Drive 207 Easy Valinda Estates Highway 1122 1141 North 2nd Street and other notes. The entries specify Saturdays Fridays and times such as 4 p m across multiple years.
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L. Homer de Laune
North 3Rd Street
Doris Brookins Williams
North 2Nd Street
Clifton Caraway
Dardin
A. J. Brown
Country Club
Bob McClelland -Knupple
Carolyn Gilchriest Greene
North 10Th Street
Mona Parks
Hickman Drive
Sally Baker Karnes
Easy
Valinda Estates
W. H. Holland
Carole & Cecile Cobble
North 8Th Street
Silsbee Homecoming Parade Floats and Bands Planned
Silsbee homecoming events include a parade with floats from Greenwich Society Hardin Drug FHA Young Electric Co Latin Club Hardin County Savings and Loan Association and more. Three judges will award prizes for floats and bands. Entries must contact Sanford by Friday noon. A homecoming dinner by Rho Upsilon at the high school cafeteria runs 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday followed by a 1 30 p.m. assembly in the gym honoring class ends with 7.
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Greenwich Society
Hardin Drug
FHA Young Electric Co
Hardin County Savings and Loan Association
Silsbee State Bank
Neches National Bank
Franks Jewelry
Jay's
West's
Morgan and Lindsey
Cravens Insurance Agency
Silsbee Ice Co
Morris Pharmacy
National Thespians
Silsbee Drug
Birdwell's
Blue Birds
Wopkies
Sanford
Rho Upsilon Sorority
Old Timers Reunion Set At Silsbee Cafeteria
Richard Jones announced plans for the annual Silsbee Old Timers Reunion to be held Sunday from 10 a m to 7 p m in the old junior high school cafeteria. Local old timers are urged to attend and greet out of town guests. the Business and Professional Women's Club will serve dinners to attendees.
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Richard Jones
Silsbee
Jones
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Tickets Available for Silsbee Forest Park Game
Reserved seat tickets for the Silsbee versus Forest Park game Friday night in Kirby Memorial Stadium remain at the school business office on Avenue H. Ticket sales continue through Friday afternoon until 4 p.m.
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TIGER
Donnie van Pelt
Jasper
Silsbee
Danny Almond
Tommy Barnes
Ralph Davenport
Kirby Memorial Stadium
School Business
Avenue H
Rangers Enter Hunt For Sniper In Saturday Shooting At Kountze
Hardin County investigators, aided by two Texas Rangers, probe the Saturday shooting of Sue Whittington in Kountze. A back-of-head wound left in brain, a note found in a rear kitchen screen, polygraph tests on 12 questioned, a $500 reward announced for information leading to arrest.
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Kountze
Sue Whittington
Texas Rangers
Hardin County
Henry Overstreet
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Charles Whittington
Jimmy Boyd
Whittington
Overstreet
Fof Jasper
J. F. Rogers
Houston
Peoples State
Buna Man Killed In Eastex Mishap
Funeral services were held for Glenn Patrick 25 of Buna after an EasTex Inc. Pulp and Paper Mill accident in Evadale. Patrick and Earl H. Eilers 56 of Silsbee were removing a tank car lid when pressure blew it off. Eilers survived with good condition. Patrick died. Surviving family includes wife Peggy Sue, son Kenneth Glenn, daughter Theresa Lynn, parents Joe and Mrs. Joe Patrick, sister Sallie Jo Sterling, and grandfather Alvin Brown.
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Glenn Patrick
Buna
Causey-Stringer Funeral Home
Bune
E. H. Irby
Antioch Cemetery
James Walker
Leroy Patrick
Louis Wright
Cecil and
Curtis
Stimus
Ernest Mason
Patrick
EasTex Inc
Evadale
EasTex
Earl H. Eilers
Silsbee
Joe Patrick
Sallie Jo Sterling
Nederland
Alvin Brown
Rockland
Little Theater Directors Meet Sunday for 1967-68 Drive
Silsbee Little Theater President Dr. Max Mays says a Board of Directors meeting will be held Sunday October 21 at 2 pm in the Episcopal Church. Discussion will cover the 1967-1968 membership drive and the upcoming production The Man Who Came to Dinner directed by Eddie Van Winkle, set for December 1 and 2.
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Silsbee Little Theater
Max Mays
Episecopal Church
Moss Harts
George S. Kaufman
Eddie van Winkle
A W Lewis confined to St Elizabeth Hospital
A. W. Lewis is confined to St Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. His son and daughter in law, M Sgt and Mrs Lynn Lewis of Mesa Arizona, have arrived to be with him.
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A. W. Lewis
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Inlaw
Lynn Lewis
Mesa, Ariz
Earl Stover Named to Fill Unexpired Trustee Term
Earl Smokey Stover, Silsbee attorney, was unanimously appointed to fill the unexpired term on the Silsbee School District Board of Trustees after the death of Earl Wills. The term runs through April 1969. The board also voted to allow outside use of the new high school cafeteria with fees for non school groups and kitchen usage. The district joined a Regional Education Service Center, estimated at 1731.16 dollars for this year, to access educational material and training aids. Linda Broeder was hired to teach science at Silsbee High School.
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Earl “Smokey” Stover
Silsbee
Silsbee School District Board of Trustees
Earl Wills
Stover
Wills
Don L. Hough
Rhe Upsilon
Texas
Willl
Silsbee Woman Injured In Monday Shooting
Silsbee police investigated a Monday shooting at 2 15 am in a neighbor’s First Street home. Inez Williams 28 was found with a 410 shotgun wound and transported to hospitals in Beaumont then Galveston in good condition. Chief Edgar Blood led the probe.
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Silsbee
Cole
Billy Smith
Nederland
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Payne Road
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Road Turrentine School
Silsbee High
Silsbee Junior High
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Evadale High
Buna High
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Dallas, Morning News
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E. M. Wilson Jr
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Vietnam
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Nick” Hill
Dam B
Jack Hill
Bank
Brenda Worthey
Port Arthur
S. W. Worthey
AGWA
Little Theater Directors
Earl Stover
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