Area schools log steady student surge in 1965 opening
Silsbee Evadale and Chance Loeb report record first day enrollments with Silsbee at 3643 students, Evadale 376, and Chance Loeb 809. By Tuesday 3671 at Silsbee across six campuses. Integration proceeds smoothly with 106 Negro students across formerly white campuses and districts sign on to civil rights compliance.
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Silsbee
Evadale
Chance-Loeb
Don L. Hough
Silsbee School
Supt
E. C. Nash
Supt. Nash
Supt. L. J. Garner
Garner
Silsbee High
Read - Turrentine
Kirby
Chance- Leb
Kirby Union Reach Agreement on New Two Year Contract
Kirby Lumber Corporation and International Woodworkers of America Local 5 114 reached a two year contract offering five cent per hour raise first year and six cent second year. Union members accepted the agreement last Saturday August 28 pending signing. The old contract expired July 16 and federal mediation helped settle outstanding terms.
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Kirby Lumber Corporation
International Woodworkers of America
Afl-Cio
J. Kirby Herndon
Kirby
R. C. Williams of
Kountze
Herndon
The
BEE
Houston
Williams
Dr. Max C. Mays to Open Dental Office Next Week
Dr. Max C. Mays plans to open a general dentistry practice in Silsbee at 725 North Fifth Street next week. A Jasper native, he and his wife Laura Alvis will live at 1168 North Fourth Street with their two sons Kellie and Matt. He is a 1954 Jasper High School graduate, earned a 1958 SMU BS degree, and a 1963 DDS from UT Dental Branch. He studied with Alpha Tau Omega and Xi Psi Phi and Omicron Kappa Upsilon. He previously worked for East Texas Pulp and Paper and served two years in the US Naval Dental Corps aboard the USS Coral Sea near Vietnam.
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Max C. Mays
Silsbee
North Fifth Street
Mays
Jasper
Laura Alvis
Kellie
Matt
North Fourth Street
Kellie Mays
Jasper High Schol
Southern Methodist University
Alpha Tau Omega
East Texas Pulp and Paper Co
University of Texas Dental Branch
Xi Psi Phi Fraternity
Omicron Kappa Upsilon Honorary Dental Society
Amendment Election Set for Texas Tuesday
Citizens will vote on S. J. R. 44 to increase the Senate from 31 to 39, change apportionment by population, and remove the one senator per county rule. Voting hours are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. In Silsbee the judge is Richard Jones at the fire hall. in Chance-Loeb the judge is C. E Reed at the local school. The measure is controversial for boosting city influence and rising government costs. the full text ran in the Bee for four weeks.
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Texas
Silsbee
Richard Jones
C. E Reed
Chance-Loeb
Texas Senate
Senate
Houston
Dallas
San Antonio
Accidents Leave One Dead and Three Injured in Week
A Honey Island man was killed when struck by a Santa Fe freight train near Honey Island last Saturday. Babe A. Moore, 60, sat on tracks beside a field and was hit. engineer C. L. Dickinson did not see him in time. Three others sustained injuries in separate incidents: Darlene Andrews, 18, suffered head lacerations in a two car crash at Highway 96 and Avenue R in Silsbee. J. Edward Taylor of Silsbee driven vehicle. Lester Willermin, 37, injured his right arm at Kirby Lumber mill. Mrs. Prentice Lee, injured when a gas stove exploded at her home. all treated at local hospitals.
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Honey Island
Babe A. Moore
Santa Fe
Moore
C. L. Dickinson
Silsbee
Lester Willermin
Darlene Andrews
Evadale
Highway 96
Avenue R
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Joe Edward Taylor
Britton
Morris Cole
J. D. Wilkerson
Rt. 2
Kirby Lumber Corporation
Wilkerson
Sam P. Copeland
Emergen
William J. Favors Dies in Beaumont
Funeral services for William J. Favors 68 of Beaumont were held Tuesday at Broussard's chapel with Rev. Eugene Dickey officiating. He died Monday at St. Elizabeth Hospital. Graveside rites by Masonic Lodge 386 were at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Surviving brother T. J. Favors was mentioned.
Harold Graves Joins Texas A&M Honors Program
Harold C. Graves, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Graves, Rt. 1, is among 74 freshmen entering Texas A&M University’s honors program in September. He will major in accounting. The program offers accelerated academic opportunities for superior high school students, now in its second year after attracting 43 students last year.
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Harold C. Graves
C. H. Graves
Rt. 1
Texas A&m University
Graves
Richard H. Ballinger
A&m
Local births list for Silsbee and surrounding areas
Mr and Mrs Thomas J Barland of Silsbee announce a daughter born August 21 at St Elizabeth Hospital in Beaufort. George Wayne Brown of Silsbee reports a son George Gregory born August 30 at St Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Other births include Kevin Ray to Fred Die Dahon, Veronica Suzette to Nayman Walters, Bobbie Joyce to Kenneth Hussey, Thomas Burton Jr to T B Safar Sr, Brenda Lea to Billy Richardson, and Richard Daniel to Melvin Walters Sr all in late August in nearby communities.
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Thomas J. Barland
Silsbee
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
George Wayne Brown
George Gregory
Kevin Ray
Freddie Dahon
Fred
Nayman Walters
Veronica Suzette
Kenneth Hussey
Buna
Bobbie Joyce
Thomas Burton Jr
T. B. Safar Sr
Village Mills
Final Rites Held In Trinity For Roger Walker At 71
Final rites were held at the Christian Church in Trinity for Roger T. Walker 71 of Trinity who died Tuesday after a lengthy illness at Hardin Memorial hospital. A native of Trinity he had lived in Silsbee 18 years worked as a pulpwood contractor and was a member of the First Christian Church and the Trinity Masonic Lodge. Survivors include his wife Norma Walker a daughter Shirley Hermansen a son R T Walker Jr a brother Sam Walker and three sisters Calmese Walker R D Gilbert and Kent Steele.
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Christian Church
Trinity
Roger T. Walker
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kounitze
Silsbee
First Christian Church
Masonic Lodge
Norma Walker
City
Shirley Hermansen
Victoria
R. T. Walker Jr
Athens
Sam Walker
This City
R. D. Gilbert
Kent Steele
Calmese Walker
Chance-Loeb School Enrolls 803 for 1965 66 Budget Details
Chance-Loeb School Supt L J Garner reports 1965 66 first day enrollment 803 pupils with elementary 546 and junior high 257 including tenth grade. The budget totals 388 141 in revenue and 384 134 in expenditures with line items T C administration 31 426 instruction 207 451 health 350 transport 14 135 plant 23 665 maintenance 3 670 fixed charges 8 165 capital 36 526 debt 39 996 and transfers 18 750.
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Chance-oLeb
L. J. Garner
Chance - Loeb
Tigers Scrimmage Preview at Beaumont Purple Stadium
Tiger football fans will watch a 7 PM scrimmage at Purple Stadium in Beaumont against Beaumont High. Coach McGallion notes the defense looked strong in a prior Port Acres scrimmage, praising Blythe Wallace Scarborough and Jordan, while urging offensive improvement. Injuries include Blythe finger and Gossett chin. junior varsity opener is Sept 16 at French High with two games at 5:30 and 7:00.
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Tiger
Beaumont
Beaumont High
Purple Stadium
Silsbee
Port Acres Eagles
Port Acres
Ray McGallion
Eagles
Harold Blythe
Larry Wallace
Tibby Scarborough
Steve Jordan
Tigers
Arkansas
McGallion
Melvin Spell
Steve Diden
Bruce Parten
Diden
Blythe
Mike Gossett
Gossett
French High
Quarterback Club To Hold Annual Barbeque
The Silsbee Quarterback club will host its annual barbeque supper for the football team on Tuesday September 7 at 7 30 p m in the Silsbee High cafeteria. Edwin O D ell president says all are welcome to meet the team. Coach Ray McGallien and staff will introduce the players. About 50 members attended last week at the Neches National Bank for a look at the Tigers defensive system.
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Silsbee
Silsbee High
Edwin O'Dell
Ray McGallien
Neches
Neches National Bank
McGallion
Tigers
O’dell
City Declares Labor Day Closures in Silsbee Area
Most Silsbee merchants and government offices will close Monday September 6 for Labor Day. Post Office city offices except police department, utilities, and telephone offices will shut. Police warn drivers to expect heavy traffic and heightened law enforcement. Schools in Silsbee Chance Loeb and Evadale also close for the holiday.
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Silsbee
Police Department
Southwestern Bell Telephone Business Office
Houston Natural Gas Co
Gulf States Utilities Co
Silsbee Merchants Association
Grady Tarver
Chance-Loeb
Evadale
Wray Family Returns From Texas and New Orleans Visit
Mr and Mrs L O Wray returned home Saturday after visiting her mother Mrs W C Forehand in Range Texas and their son and family Mr and Mrs L O Wray Jr in New Orleans Louisiana.
Silsbee ISD mails school tax statements early
Tax statements for Silsbee Independent School District were mailed Monday by tax collector L. D. Self. They are due and payable on September 1 rather than October 1 to provide operating capital for the first month of classes. Delinquency begins January 31, 1966. The $1.65 per $100 rate is unchanged from last year, based on 35 percent of total value, with no valuation increase.
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Silsbee Independent School District
L. D. Self
Self
Council Votes To Sell Unused Street For Hospital
Silsbee city officials approved selling Jefferson Blvd in the H. C. Hopkins subdivision to a hospital group led by Ellis Urbina. The 6.8 acre tract must remain a single parcel and the buyers must exercise options within a year and begin hospital construction within two years. Hopkins abstained from voting.
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Silsbee City
City Planning Commission
H. C. Hopkins
Highway 96
Silsbee Hospital
Hopkins
Planning Commission
Jefferson Blvd
Hopkins Subdivision
Ellis Urbina
Urbina
Hardin County Investments, Inc
Hopkirg
Evadale Quarterback Club elects Taylor president
Troyce Taylor was chosen president at the first meeting on Monday Aug 30 with George Thompson as Vice President Floyd E Whitmire as Secretary and Jim Rainey as Treasurer New pennants and decals will be sold at home games A cannon will be placed at the field end and fired after each Rebel touchdown Meeting adjourned at 8 50 p m next meeting set for Sept 7
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Troyce Taylor
Evadale
George Thompson
Floyd E. Whitmire
Jim Rainey
Final Rites For Walter A Ester Held In Silsbee
Walter A. Ester 63 of 411 Ernest Silsbee died 1:20 a.m. Sunday in Hardin Memorial Hospital Kountze after a short illness. Funeral service 10 a.m. Monday at Resthaven Cemetery with Rev W J Bosworth officiating. Farmer’s Funeral Home directed arrangements. Pallbearers included Mark Kelly Horace Adams Lynn Sidjney Leo Ester Nat Marutsky. Ester a Winnie native had lived in Silsbee since 1917. He was a painter and a Catholic.
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Walter A. Ester
Ernest
Silsbee
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Resthaven Cemetery
W. J. Bosworth
All Souls Catholic Church
Farmers Funeral Home
Mark Kelly
Horace Adams
Lynn Sidjney
Leo Ester
Nat Marutsky
Winnie
Ester
Wallace Sego
Galveston
G. C. Marshall
Sidney Dauphin Earns Master of Education at ETSU
Sidney L. Dauphin of Silsbee received a Master of Education degree in physical education from East Texas State University in Commerce. He was among about 550 candidates who earned degrees on August 24.
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Sidney L. Dauphin
Silsbee, Schools
East Texas State University
Commerce
Mr. Dauphin
Hardin County Equalization Board Completes Work
The Hardin County Board of Equalization finished its final meetings held Monday and Tuesday with industrial taxpayers oil and land firms. Values were fixed the same as last year and no injunctions or controversies arose as the board adjourned about 4 30 Tuesday afternoon. Judge Fletcher Richardson expressed hope taxpayers will pay their taxes without controversy.
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Hardin County Board of Equalization
Fletcher Richardson
Richardson
Local Social Roundup Reflects Family Visits and Travels
Mrs. Clifford Turk and sons from Tahlequah Oklahoma visited last week with her parents Mr and Mrs W V Windham and Mr and Mrs G L Turk. The Windhams attended Joe LaRue funeral in Lufkin as Mrs W W Windham and family hosted relatives and friends. Emmanuel Baptist WMU members traveled to Waco for a House party while others hosted guests from Denver Texas Charleston and Scituate Mass. Mrs Nancy Shine entered Baptist Hospital for treatment and Mrs Evelyn Allen visited relatives in Scituate and Boston during a trip that included Plymouth Lexington and Concord.
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Clifford Turk
Tahlequah
Okla
W. V. Windham
G. L. Turk
Cindy
Kathy
L. H. Wade
Methodist Hospital
Houston
Charles Harpier
Nederland
Don L. Hawthorne
W. W. Windham
Joe LaRue
Lufkin
Banks Cook
Nick Matsoudis
Denver
Colo
H. W. Boddie
James Whitten
Ray Lambert
Charleston
S.C
Arthur Lambert
Lambert
Holiday Lake
Livingston
Texas
Arlington
Nancy Shine
Baptist Hospital
Emmanuel Baptist Association
WMU
Waco
W. L. Caraway
C. H. Williamson
J. D. Brumley
Henry Nix
E. W. Powell
Basil Rodgers
A. A. Drennen
Charles Pringle
Edward Davis
Faye Clay
Louise Avant
Lucille Shaw
Frank Jones
Dorothy Clapp
N. E. Hosea
Hornbeck
Hodges Gardens
Many
Jesse Byrd
Davis Lay
Evelyn Allen
Scituate
Mass
Major
A. Neil Allen
Plymouth
Lexington
Concord
Boston
Fire Department to Show Safety Films Monday Night
Fire Chief John Busby announced a showing of several first aid films at the fire hall Monday night at 7 oclock. The event is open to adults and will cover burns treatment artificial respiration and related topics with participation from other area agencies.
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Fire Department
John Busby
Busby
Artist of Month at Silsbee League Honors Elise Tennison
Mrs. Elise Tennison named Artist of the Month by the Silsbee Art League. The wife of Dr. George Tennison and mother of four is active in civic life while pursuing watercolor still lifes. Her work Judy in will be displayed at the Library.
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Elise Tennison
Silsbee Art League
George D. Tennison
Judy
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Union
Prentice Lee
Bonner Street
William J. Favors
Harold Graves
Quarterback Club
Sidney Dauphin
ETSU
Hardin County Equalization Board
Leona Whitman
Tennison
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