Tigers Rally Past Ball High for 27-13 Victory
Silsbee high school Tigers overcome Galveston Ball 27-13 in a junior varsity clash marked by a late scoring surge and 330 rushing yards. Star back Billy Poland led with 97 yards, while Mike McMahon had a 70 yard return negated by a clipping penalty. The win sets up a District 11 AAA opener at French in Beaumont.
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Hobbs
Silsbee High School
Tigers
Ray McGallion
Jack Hetherington
Silsbee
Tor
Johnny Barr
Mike McMahon
Alty. McMahon
Billy Poland
Galveston
Kenneth Parker
McMahon
Parker
Poland
Tiger
Beaumont
Huntsville
Billy Barclay
Douglas Arnold
Bob Smith
Butch Nolen
Barclay
Methodist Youth To Aid UNICEF On Halloween Night
The First Methodist Youth Fellowship invites participation in The Trick Is To Treat UNICEF campaign on Halloween. Senior MYF will ring doorbells to collect pennies and help provide vaccines, milk, and medicine for underprivileged children worldwide. Mrs. Shirley Herbert notes the program promotes sharing over fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
Unicef
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
MYF
Shirley Herbert
Gulf Coast Angus Sale Set for Brookshire Farm Friday
The Gulf Coast Angus Association will hold its Fall Cow Sale Friday November 8 at the Chester Jordan Angus Farm two miles east of Brookshire Texas on U S 90. Fifty cows and five bulls from Gulf Coast breeders and other areas will be offered. Females guaranteed safe in calf or with calf at side. bulls of service age. Sale starts at 1 00 p m. Catalogs from Billy Casey Katy Texas.
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Gulf Coast Angus Assn
Chester Jordan
Brookshire
Texas
U. S. 90
Gulf Coast
Billy Casey
Katy
Mrs J M Steagall Dies in Houston
Mrs J M Steagall dies in a Houston nursing home after a long illness. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. in Houston with burial at Knapple Cemetery in Silsbee around 3 p.m. Survivors include husband of Houston one son Charles of Dallas and one brother Young Evans of Silsbee.
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J. M. Steagall
Houston
Knapple
Silsbee
Steagall
Hardin County
Charles
Dallas
Young Evans
New Ada Oil Co Well Near Kountze Hailed Discovery
Ada Oil Co. No. 1 Kinada-Sterenberg north of Kountze Hardin county is a new gas and potential new sand discovery. Drilled to 7400 feet with casing at 7243 feet, tubing at 6943 47 feet, it produced 2 129 000 cubic feet by tubing and 800 000 cubic feet via casing at 1600 psi. Sinclair Oil and Gas Co. reports a new Wilcox oil discovery west of Fred in Tyler county No. 1 W. S. Brown Fee flowing 279 barrels daily from 8432 54 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Oil Co
Kinada-Sterenberg
Kountze
Hardin County
Tyler County
Sinclair Oil and Gas Co
Fred
W. S. Brown Fee
Wilcox
Hardin County 4-H Girls and HD Clubs Win Blue Ribbons
Hardin County Home Demonstration Clubs and 4-H girls earned blue ribbons at the South Texas State Fair in Beaumont this week. The HD Club scored 96 for upholstering steps and the 4-H entry on grainline sewing scored 95. Maxine Mills of Pine Ridge placed third in the best dressed 4-H dress review. Ann Lairds also competed.
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Hardin County
Beaumont
HD Club
Maxine Mills
Pine Ridge
Ann Lairds
Pine Ridge Club
Lions See Film On Conservation Practices In Hardin County
A color film on soil conservation and pastures in Hardin County was shown at the Silsbee Lions Club meeting at the Blue Bonnet Cafe. Gene Warren of the Hardin County Soil Conservation Service and C E Meadows, chair of the Lower Neches Soil Conservation district, presented the film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Silsbee Lions Club
Blue Bonnet Cafe
Gene Warren
Hardin County Soil Conservationist
C. E. Meadows
Board of Supervisors
Lower Neches Soil Conservation District
A E Johnson Becomes Director in Hardin County C of C
A E Johnson of Silsbee is named one of five new directors of the Greater Hardin County Chamber of Commerce at a Oct 17 meeting at Boyd s cafe in Kountze. He chairs the water conservation and drainage committee and reported on a trip to Austin and a governor appointed statewide planning committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Johnson
Silsbee
Greater Hardin County
Congressman Brooks Speaks To Silsbee High School Wednesday
Congressman Jack Brooks spoke to an assembly at Silsbee High School at 11 a.m. after returning from two weeks of Marine Corps duty in the Mediterranean. He praised the school’s authorities and students and presented the film A Day in the Life of a Congressman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Brooks
Marine Corps
Mediterranean
Silsbee High School
Don L. Hough
Brooks
Silsbee Kiwanis Club
David Read
Crash Victim Moved To Beaumont Hospital
Mrs. Merton Tipman of Port Arthur was moved from Hardin County hospital in Kountze to Baptist Hospital Monday night in serious condition from a head on collision just south of Village Mills. Her husband and 11 year old son Dennis remained in Hardin County hospital Wednesday with injuries. Their four year old daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Scott Faircloth of Woodville were discharged after treatment. Patrolmen C S Sherrell and Garden Hire investigated the accident.
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Merton Tipman
Val St
Port Arthur
Hardin County Hospital
Kountze
Baptist Hospital
Village Mills
Tipman
Dennis
Scott Fairclothe
Woodville
C. S. Sherrell
Garden Hire
Sinclair Promotes Dozier and Glaze and Transfers Three Officials
Phillip G. Dozier senior petroleum engineer at Silsbee is promoted to assistant district superintendent and transferred to New Orleans. Roland R. Glaze from Silsbee is promoted to assistant district foreman and takes over duties from Dozier. Buell R. Norman of Oklahoma City is promoted to assistant district superintendent and transferred to Silsbee. Norman previously worked in Cromwell Covington Oklahoma City and Fort St. John Canada.
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Phillip G. Dozier
Sinclair Oil and Gas Company
Silsbee
New Orleans
Roland R. Glaze
Dozier
American Republics Corporation
Sinclair
Glaze
Buell R. Norman
Oklahoma City
Norman
Cromwell
Okla
Covington
Fort St. John
British Columbia
Canada
Hardin Orange County Exhibit Wins At Fair
An exhibit titled 50 years of progress in agriculture by Hardin and Orange counties won first place at the South Texas State Fair. County agents B. E. Rea and A. J. McKenzie prepared the display, which showcased timber growing soil improvement pasture and livestock. Other top awards went to San Augustine Sabine Nacogdoches Shelby Trinity Angelina and Tyler Jasper counties.
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Hardin
Orange
South Texas
B. E. Rea
Hardin County
A. J. McKenzie
Orange County
San Augustine
Sabine
Nacogdoches-Shelby County
Trinity-Angelina
Tyler- Jasper County
Silsbee Fire Prevention Week Poster Winners Named
Fire Chief John Busby announced winners of the Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department poster contest held during Fire Prevention Week. Three prizes per campus totaled 100 dollars, with 812 entries across four elementary schools and Silsbee junior high. Winners include Larry Whitmire and Vivian Dietrich in junior high, Marcel Patterson Read-Turrentine, Loyce Jardell Kirby, and Howard White Waldo Mathews among others.
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Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
John Busby
Silsbee
Larry Whitmire
Vivian Dietrich
Tom Wills
Read-Turrentine
Marcel Patterson
Anita Graham
Freddy Hartman
Kirby
Loyce Jardell
Sandra Savage
Bonnie Sue Slaydon
Waldo Mathews
Howard White
John Lee Sullivan
Pleas Lee
Frank Robinson
Dorothy Jean Adams
Rose Mary Lewis
Norma Ray Green
Robinson
Busby
Public Library To Open In Silsbee Next Tuesday
Silsbee's first public library opens in the community hall on Oct 29, after a year of work by the Silsbee Lions club and Beta Sigma Phi sorority chapters Nu Upsilon and Rho Upsilon. Hours are 9 to 11 am Tuesdays and 4 to 7 pm Fridays. membership is 50 cents a year.
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Silsbee
Silsbee Lions Club
Nu Upsilon
Rho Upsilon
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Silsbee Lions
Sputnik Rocket Sighted Over Silsbee by Joe Tinsley
Joe Tinsley reported sighting the Russian artificial moon's rocket at 5 16 am last Saturday, traveling east of south across the sky. He observed a bright glow about first magnitude for four minutes before it vanished below the horizon. Several others in the Beaumont area also reported sightings.
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Joe Tinsley
Mr. Tinsley
Silsbee
Beaumont
Scout Dinner Draws 400 to 500 Scouters in Trinity Neches Council
About 400 to 500 scouts from the Trinity Neches Council are expected at the Silsbee junior high cafeteria for the annual council dinner featuring Dr. Dan C. Procter as guest speaker. Local leaders Alf Fullingim J. D. Cones and R. L. Read sell tickets at $2 with John Gray of First National Bank as MC. The program includes a high school orchestra, reports from a national jamboree attendee, and Silver Beaver awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity-Neches
Boy Scouts of America
Dan C. Procter
Oklahoma College For Women
Chickasa
Oklahoma
Alf Fullingim
Fullingim
Silsbee
Beaumont
Kelsey Lamb
Procter
Il-county
Southwest
Dr. Procter
Mr. Fullingim
Johhny Johnson
Louis Thacker
J. D. Cones
R. L. Read
John Gray
First National Bank of
Silsbee ISD Plans Open House For Five School Buildings
Silsbee Independent School District officials announce an open house on Tuesday November 5 from 7 to 9 pm for patrons to inspect Read Turentine Elementary Frank Robinson Elementary Kirby Elementary Waldo Mathews and Silsbee Junior High remodels and the senior high farm shop. Hosts will guide tours and the Silsbee PTA will provide refreshments.
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Board of Trustees
Silsbee Independent School District
Read-Turrentine
Frank Robinson
Fresenius Road
Kirby Elementary School
Waldo Mathews and
Silsbee
Don L. Hough
Dr. R. E. Ensign Heads to Detroit for Residency
Osteopathic physician Dr. R. E. Ensign, who has practiced in Silsbee for three years, will move to Detroit Michigan to study at Detroit Osteopathic Hospital. He will begin a two year residency in orthopedic surgery on November 2 and hopes to return to Silsbee afterward, though he has not arranged a successor or a buyer for his home.
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R. E. Ensign
Silsbee
Detroit
Mich
Ensign
Detroit Osteopathic Hospital
Truck Bus Collision Kills Two Near Kirbyville
Two people died Tuesday at 12 55 pm on U S Highway 96 seven miles north of Kirbyville in a head on crash between a Land O Pines milk truck and a Continental Trailsways bus. Bus driver Jack Adams 87 of Nacogdoches and Marion Ross Landrum 23 of Lufkin died.
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Kirbyville
Land O'Pines
Jack Adams
Nacogdoches
Marion Ross Landrum
Duke St
Lufkin
Silsbee
Connie Sanders
Coralene Sanders
Woodrow Road
Glenn Elbert Hines
Pineland
Blue Bonnet Cafe
Hines
Mrs Hines
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Ball High
DWI
Dave Rountree
Rountree
Hardin County Grand Jury
Willis Selman
H. P. Moran
I. Busby
W. C. DeHart
F. L. Roberts
Marion Almond
John S. Jones
Harvey Harrell
C. P. McDaniels
W. A. Pray
Foreman
E. M. Tebbs
R. D. Edmondson
Sour Lake
R C. Mitchell
Saratoga
Maurice Hobbs
Gulf Coast Angus Association
County C of C
B. W. Gibson
D. E. Lack
C. L. Kindle
Batson
Chance
E. V. Mayo
Ora R. Heenan
Hardin County of C
Roden
Congressman Brooks
Beaumont Hospital
Sputnik’s Rocket
Dan Procter
Silsbee Parent-Teacher Association
Detroit, Mich
Guy R Thomas
East Texas Pulp and Paper Company
Evadale
Silsbee Golf and Country Club
Bob and
Silsbee Bee
Frank McClanahan
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