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THE SILSBEE BEE
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of materialsfor vitally essential repairs, main-
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of the South Texas District, United
States Marine Corps. In the first
row are William T. Moore, Jr.
(sixth from left) and William Read
(extreme right), both of Silsbee.
Come to Cobb’s for .that
good cold beer—bottles or
draught. Sandwiches, soft
drinks, etc. It’s a mighty
pleasant place for refresh-
ment.
LET’S ALL PULL TOGETHER
As the tide of military rail travel mounts,
you can help us maintain adequate civilian
passenger service as well, in these ways:
★ Make reservations and buy tickets early ★ Cancel
unwanted reservations promptly ★ Carry least possi-
ble luggage, checking extra pieces to avoid crowd-
ing * Vacate dining cars quickly after meals ★ Travel
mid-week, avoiding week-end and holidayrush periods.
Turn freely to your local Santa Fe
representatives for help on your
travel or shipping problems.
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under your present fire insur-
ance policies if your property
is damaged or destroyed by
enemy attack.
2. You CAN protect your
home, business property and
contents from loss caused by
enemy attack if you purchase
War Damage Corporation In-
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Barbara Witt Janette Donalq
Joann Bridges, Mary Grace jl
Betty Ann Worley and Mal
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On their way to being fighting
Marines are these representatives
of East Texas, now in training at
San Diego, Calif. The “Sabine
Marines” are shown here as they
were given their oath by Capt.
flying and everyone knows there
is someone from your home out
there fighting. In 1939 or ’40 if
people knew it, you had to tell
them.
At that time you could also turn
a corner, on two wheels and get
away with it. Now you face a
charge of sabotage for the same
act. In those good ole’ days sugar
was plentiful and it did not hurt
to make candy or some sweet every
night for gang. Now the gang has
to go together and chip in on the
sugar if home-made fudge is to
be had.
There are countless other ways
in which the war has affected us
but the taxes and higher wages are
two that could not be left out.
Thousands of people have quit
their farm jobs, or factory work
to work in defense plants for more
money. Some of them have so
much money they do not know
what to do with it and are pust
throwing it away. They will not
know what happened to it when
income taxes are staring them jn
the face.
As a matter of fact, there are so
many changes here I could not
start them with these few, but they
give you a rough idea of what the
war has done to Silsbee.
—Tigers—
SERVICE MEN ADDRESSES
The following are addresses of
our local boys now ip the armed
forces.
them. Stop and think about these.
These and the many other things
we have to be thankful for. Yes,
think twice before you say, “I
wonder what I hive to be thank-
Dallas Cordell Colleps,
U. S. N. A. S-7s, 125-P3
Corpus Christi, Texas
Cuben Anrfield.
Garnie L. Duke,
U. S. S. Wm. B. Preston,
San Francisco, Calif.
Charles Willie Weatherford,
U. S. Army,
Btry. B, 56th Mg. Bn.
Camp Callan,
San Diego, Calif.
E. L. Brookins, T|Sgt., 6299492,
54th Fighter Sqdp., A. A. F.,
A. P. O. 980,
Seattle, Wash.
—Tigers—
HOME MAKING
The second year home making
class has finally started cooking.
The class has been divided into
three groups. One group cooks,
one tats, and the other cleans up.
Wednesday was the first time thev
cooked. Not a person felt funny
after eating.
Well, keep it from burning, girls,
and good luck.
—Tigers—
BAND NEWS
The Band made its last for-
mation of the season on November
13, 1942 The T. E. X. was to rep-
resent “Tigers” and “Ex-Students.”
We wanted to go to Kirbyville
but you know how the situation
is. No gas—no tires.
We were playing out of brand
new books last week. Everybody
just adores them. They were just
foil of “Scales.”
—Tigers—
P.-T. A. MEETS
Mrs. Blackwell presided at the
last meeting of the P. T. A. Tues-
day afternoon, November 17.
The program was as follows:
Sextete, accompanied by Mrs A
W Lewis; a reading by Gertrude
Richardson; a vocal solo by Vir-
ginia accompanied by Johnnie L.
Dulaney; and a tap dance by Pat
Moody and Sue Yankie, accom-
panied by Mrs. Van Winkle.
It was voted that the, finance
committee see about darkening of
the auditorium for picture shows.
—Tigers—
F. F. A. NEWS
The vocational agriculture boys
have been busy with their project
books for the last few days. The
books must be in by Friday, Nov.
27, as they have to be sent to Aus-
tin by December 1. Some of the
boys have had trouble with their
pi ojects, due to bad weather, low
prices, and other causes, but Mr.
Neither battle gallantry nor industrial
wizardry alone will turn the tide. To meet
Santa Fe
MR. AND MRS. SELF HAVE
> NEW GRANDDAUGHTER
If you have seen Mr. Self walk-
■ ing around grinning from ear to
ear and acting as if he is almost
> the most important person in the
• world, it’s on acount of a precious
• little granddaughter who arrived
November 20, at St. Joseph’s Hos-
i pital in Houston. Mrs. Self dressed
i up like nobody’s business so that
t granddaughter would know her
grandmother was the prettiest,
; stylish grandmother in all creation
when she was presented Satur-
। day. If the other grandfather, Mr.
। Lou D. Cartwright of Houston, is
half as proud as our grandfather,
joy supreme is reigning in the
Cartwright household. The young
lady in question weighed 9 pounds
and has been given the name
Claire Lucas. Incidentally, Claire
Lucas is the daughter of Lt. and
Mrs. Myrl M. Self. Congratula-
tions Myrl and Beth, Mr. and Mrs.
Self, and Mr. Cartwright. We all
rejoice with you.
—Tigers ■
ASSEMBLY PROGRAM
Thursday morning, in assembly,
Mr. Hough discussed the gasoline
rationing which began and con-
tinued through Saturday. There
was no school Friday as teachers
helped in the registraion.
After this discussion there was
a short pep rally for the last game
of the season, played at Kirby-
ville Friday at 2.30.
—Tigers—
GASOLINE RATIONING
Beginning Thursday morning
and continuing through Saturday
registration for gasoline rationing
to go into effect December 1 was
held. Many of the registrants
asked for extra gasoline, and we
do not know whether or not the
requests will be granted. However,
there is one thing that should be
made clear—those people who
have no need for extra gasoline,
who are not defense workers and
who do not need it in their work
should not request this. It is very
unpatriotic and these requests will
probably not be granted.
—Tigers—
SILSBEE AND KIRBYVILLE
TIE THEIR LAST GAME 6-6
The Tigers went to Kirbyville
Friday evening to play their last
district game and also their last
game of the season. Although the
Tigers were heavily outweighed by
Kirbyville, they played a good
game. Neither team scored in the
first quarter; in the second quar-
ter Kirbyville got the ball on the
goal line but failed to score. A pass
from one of Kirbyville’s backs to
Christian counted for their first
and only counter in the game.
Neither team scored in the third
quarter and late in the fourth
quarter a pass from Dinan to Wal-
lace netted up 6 points for the
Silsbee Tigers. A pass from Dinan
to Word was not completed and
the score was 6-6.
—Tigers—
PRESENTING . . .
SENIORS 1942-43
Martha Ann Lincoln is another
long time Silsbeeite, as she was
born here August ’9, 1926. Her
favorite sport is football and her
favorite pastime is dancing. Mar-
tha was a member of the Tiger
Band for two years. Typing and
shorthand are her “pet” subjects.
Martha’s heart belongs to the
army and navy.
On April 24, 1924, humanity’s
greatest gift to the women was
born. Don’t know who that is?
It couldn’t be anyone but Burl
Bradshaw. Burl is one of those
tall, dark and (?) men. He moved
here from Beaumont, where he
was born. His favorite subject is
agriculture; his favorite sports ।
the beginning of an era of free
Americanism.
Today we celebrate this day in
a different way. We are no longer
at peace. Millions of American
boys are fighting across the seas.
Fighting for us back home, for the
freedom and the safety of the
world. Tears come into our eyes
when we think of some loved ones
fighting or of someone we know
who has already sacrificed his
life for our cause.
This is another Thanksgiving
Day! We bow our heads and won-
der what we have to be thankful
for. Maybe some of us don’t even
stop to think. On this day of
thankfulness are we really as
thankful as we should be? Many
say, “What have I to be thankful
for, not knowing whether my
brother in the Solomons is dead
or alive "
Yes, we do have plenty to be
thankful for. Thankful that our
homes are not being destroyed by
deadly bombs; that we are not
molested by the military rule of
a dictator; that we can live in
comfortable homes with plenty to
eat, drink, wear and many other
comforts that can only be enjoyed
in AMERICA,
Think of our boys fighting in
unknown lands for us, We are pot
secrificing like that for them. Let’
be thankful for our fighting men,
and let’s say a little prayer: for
Miller said that he expects every
boy to have a good project program
the coming year. Our country
needs everything that we can
raise and a good price will be paid
for the farm products.
Also, the boys have been doing
a lot of work in helping get the
scrap collected on the scrap drive
to port at Beaumont. About
twenty-five truck loads have al-
ready been hauled, and there are
about ten more truck loads.
—Tigers—
are baseball and swimming. When
Burl graduates he expects to join
the air corps, that is, if he can
tear himself from Sarah J. Brook-
ins.
Pat Armstrong is a senior who
needs very little introduction. She
was born in Silsbee February 28,
1925. Her favorite subject is band;
this is evident as this is her fourth
year as a member of the Tiger
Band. Her favorte sports are foot-
ball and swmming. Pat is vice-
president of the band and belongs
to the E. G. G. Club. Her heart
belongs in Beaumont, Texas.
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FRESHMAN NEWS
We played our last game at
' Kirbyville Friday afternoon and
some of the freshmen were out
there yelling the boys on to that
tie.
Two of the freshmen girls were
out of town this week end. We
certainly did miss them but they
seemed to have had a good time.
The Home Making girls are all
excited about something. It is
humored that it’s a new gas stove.
All of the freshmen seem to be
settling down to study for the six
weeks test. Good luck.
It is rumored that we will get
both Thursday and Friday for
Thanksgiving. Let’s hope so.
—Tigers—
SOPHOMORE NEWS
Well, football season is over and
nearly everyone is unhappy. They
keep wondering what they can do
on Friday nights.
We want to congratulate Mrs.
McNeil on her school patriotism.
She really did some nice yelling
Friday at Kirbyville.
The second year home making
class is cooking now. No one has
gotten sick so far.
The English class is studying
ballads, Everyone thinks ballads
are so dry, eh, Sue Beth?
That’s all for this week. Maybe
next week something exciting will
happen in the classes—let’s hope
so anyway.
1—Tigers- »
JUNIOR NEWS
Well, this is exam week again
and I’m sure everyone is studying
hard.
The Tigers tied their last game
with Kirbyville six to six. Boy,
was everybody breaking training
over the weekend. We had a holi-
day Friday and we were out of
school three whole days.
We are looking forward to hav-
ing a holiday this week-end. As
you all know Thursday is Thanks-
giving Day. There may be a lot
of trouble in the world, but still
we have a lot of things to be
thankful for.
—Tigers—
SENIOR NEWS
Most of us spent last week
sweating and worrying over pass-
ing our six-weeks exams—which
left very little time for social do-
ings.
Last Thursday we went to as-
sembly and had our last pep rally
of this year. Mrs. Lewis was won-
dering what was wrong and where
our pep was. Maybe we have been
studying after all. Or maybe we
were sad at the thought of that
Joeing our last pep rally (well?).
Paring assembly Mr. Hough ex-
plained how to register for the
gas rationing. When he couldn't
think of anything else to say, he
very quietly told us that we were
to have Friday as a holiday. You
should have heard the noise—wow!
Elizabeth Parsley was with
Milton Jones Saturday night at a
Sunday School party and Joseph-
ine Shuptrine was with Orvis
Nowlin, one of our football boys.
Have you noticed any change in
Eloise Hooks? Does she limp just a
little? Reason: she’s spending her
week ends learning how to ice
skate.
“Grandmother Self and Grand-
father Self!” Mr. and Mrs. Self
came to school Monday morning
wearing happy smiles and bubbling
over with the grand news of their
granddaughter.
Did you hear about that beauti-
ful watch Jackie Bond’s boy friend
gave her? My! Ain’t love grand!
Must say so long and wishing
you a happy Thanksgiving.
—Tigers—
SOCIETY
Anna Ruth was up for the week
end. She visited in the Dulaney
home. Mary Lee Graves spent
Sunday with John L,
Wefl, football season ended with
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surance against raid damage
after it occurs.
4• You CAN buy War
Damage Corporation Insur-
ance at rates so moderate that
you cannot afford to be with-
out it. For example, the rate
for dwellings and contents is
10€ per $100 of insurance per
year 2,
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a bang Friday afternoon, or should
I say with a tie. Anyway we’re
proud of the boys for they really
did work hard.
Eloise Cheathem, Johnnie L.
Dulaney, Anna Ruth Graves, Jo
Helen Moody and Helen Donal-
son all went to the game in Eloise’s
car.
Seems there was another beauti-
ful locket that exchanged hands
this week. It really is pretty, Billy,
and we know you’re proud of it.
Dorothy Louise and Sherril were
at the game Friday afternoon. Say!
This is getting to be a habit.
Horace, Juanice, Clayton, Syd-
ney, June T., Helen L. and Ray-
mond Herrington all went to the
game. I think they are all over
their head-aches now.
Billy, Virginia, Katie,-Pat, Sue
Beth Went on a picnic out to the
creek Friday. Have a good time,
girls?
Faye Marie Stone spent the”week
end in Pt. Arthur. What’s the big
attraction there, Faye? (She says
it’s her brother.)
Floyd and Dean went to the
circus Tuesday. Have a good time
Floyd?
Doris and Dorothy spent Satur-
day night with Bobbid Jenkins.
Helen Donalson and J. W. Sow-
are (old ame seems to have blazed
up again) and Jr. and Marijane
went to the midnight show in
Beaumont Saturday night.
—Tigers—•
A LAUGH OR TWO
Pat Armstrong received a letter
from “Toots” Van Winkle while
she was visiting out-of-town. The
letter bore not a stamp, and Pat
had to pay the postage. The let-
ter concluded: “You will be de-
lighted to hear that I am enjoying
the best of health, old chum.
Yours, “Toots.”
Pat then wrapped up a large
stono, and without paying the
postage, sent it to “Toots” with
the following message: “This great
weight rolled off my shoulders
when I read your good news.”
—Tigers—,
MUSIC HONOR ROLL
Music pupils of Mrs. Rex Wor-
ley making honor roll for Novem-
ber are Joyce Eloise Stewart,
Yvonne Wilson, Hazel Rae Choate,
Charlotte Hyde, Charles Craw-
ford, Jean McNeil, Charles Witt,
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THANKSGIVING
By Mrs. Lewis
In the autumn of 1621 when the
crops were gathered, the settlers
of the Plymouth settlement de-
termined to show their thankful-
ness to God for His goodness to
them by having a special time of
thanks giving. For several days
they held prayer meetings at the
meeting house then followed up
with feasts and sports. These
people had much to be thankful
for, although more than half their
number had died and the others
had suffered untold privations and
dangers. They were not only
thankful for life, health and
enough to eat and wear, but that
they were living in a land where
God was their friend and guide.
Gone was the time when they
could be thrown in prosin or beat-
en for their trust in Jesus Christ.
They believed with the Psalmist
David, “We will lift up our eyes
unto the hills from whence com-
eth our strength.” They had tried
God’s promise, “Lo, I am with
. you,’ and had found it to be true.
Their watch word was faith and
they lived by the scripture, “If
God be with us, who can be
against us.”
Today it would be well for us to
approach this Thanksgiving with
the spirit of those Pilgram fathers.
We have so much to be thankful
for. The world is in turmoil, yes,
but we still believe, “God’s in His
Heaven and all’s right with the
world.” We seem to have failed in
many ways, but all that can be
changed if we resolve that from
now on we will work together for
the good of all. Why cant we do
as the Israelites did when re-
building the walls of Jerico—
“Every one unto his work—Every
one with one of his hands Wrought
in the work, and with the other
hand hold the weapon.” Let us
then give thanks unto the Lord
" and?'sing praises unto His name,
hoping, working, and praying for
that day when peace shall again
reign on this earth. This is a peace
that will take away the haunted
look of fear from the eyes of little
children; a peace that will remove
burdens too heavy to bear from
the shoulders of old men and
women; a peace that will return
to their rightful places our men
and women who are now at the
battle front, and a peace in which
God has His place of supremacy.
—Tigers—
ARE WE THANKFUL?
By Norris Earl Nations
Another Thanksgiving Day! All
over the United States millions are
observing this day. For many peace
ful years free Americans have
celebrated this day, which marks
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Society Editor__________Juanice Taylor
Humorist______________________Dorothy Free
Sports Reporter____________Billy Foster
Senior Reporter__________Dorothy Free
Junior Reporter _ J. W. Rumbelow
Typists___________Josephine Shruptrine
Evelyn Cunningham
Mildred McGowan
Pauline Walker
Alma Hereford
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—Tigers—
WE MERE PEOPLE
ARE THANKFUL
A wealthy Aristocrat was motor-
ing along leisurely one Thanks-
giving Day when he met a farmer
who was walking on the dusty
road. After offering the farmer a
ride the man asked his destina-
tion.
“I’m going to town so that I can
go to church and tell God how
thankful I am today,” replied the
farmer.
“That’s the best place to be go-
ing, and I certainly don’t mind
taking you,” said the man. “I was
thinking about going myself. You
know there is one thing that has
always troubled me. How big do
you suppose God is?”
“Well,” said the farmer, “My
God is so big all Heaven can’t
hold Him, and yet, He is small
enough to get into my heart.”
Thursday is Thanksgiving Day.
Why don’t you' tell your God-
large or small—how thankful you
are to live in a free country and
attend a free school.
—Tigers-
HOW THE WAR HAS
AFFECTED OUR COMMUNITY
By Jo Helen Moody
The war has certainly changed
this hole in the road. Now it is
just a bump in the same place.
Two years ago you could walk
down the street any time of the
day or night and see a gang of
boys cluttering up the corners.
Now you walk down the street and
see a crowd of 13-15 year olds or
the perfect 4’F. Most of the boys
you see now are wearing a uni-
form.
Another thing that is a little dif-
ferent is the people’s attitude.
Usually in the picture show when
the flag was shown or the national
anthem was played, the people
were a little slow in rising. Now
when they hear the first two notes
the the Star-Spangled Banner,
they’re up and their heads are
high.
Nearly every signboard or maga-
zine ad you see has something to
say about “V” for Victory, Buying
War Bonds, or some other patriotic
slogan. Two years ago it would
probably have been about “Burma
Shave,” “Colgates Toothpaste,”
“Maxwell House Coffee” or some
thing on that order.
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Long ago the railroads made possible the
swift settlement and development of this
land.
Today they face their greatest test in the
struggle to preserve it.
For this is essentially a war of rolling
wheels. Millions of men, and tens of mil-
lions of tons of vital raw and finished prod-
ucts must be moved swiftly and surely,
where and when they are needed.
Stop the wheels that move them, and we
stop all that floats and flies as well.
That is why today, on the Santa Fe, move-
ments essential to the war effort are “top-
ping” the biggest job in our history. They
must come first, beyond argument or self-
ish interest, on every American railroad,
\ i KEEP ’EM ROLLIN’-OR ELSE
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mass transportation can hope to win a
\ modern war. In America that mass trans-
l portation job is squarely up to her rail-
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