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Thursday. February M.l 94$
Sllabee. Texts
Section 2, Page 8
Interscholastic
League Work
Is Underway
Interscholastic League is get-
ting underway at Silsbee High.
Mr. Weeks Crawford, principal,
urges each student to take part
Published By The Journalfant Club
of Silsbee High School
Member University Interscholastic
League Press Conference
Member Texas High School
Press Conference
Howard Perkins, Faculty Sponsor
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EDITORIAL
The Tiger Rag
TIGER RAG STAFF lNI-ft
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Sylvia Shruptrine
Lorna Hamilton
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Participate In
Extracurricular
Activities
By JEAN POSHATASKE
One of the njain purposes of
in some Interscholastic League Silsbee High School is to pre-
event.
Posted on the bulletin board
in the downstairs hall is the
list of events and teachers
sponsoring them. Miss Eleanor
Morris, assisted by Mrs. Helen
Read and Mr. Herbert Free, is
coaching debate and directing
the one-act play. The cast for
the one-act play has been
chosen but not released. Mrs,
Luc.vcle Prewitt and Mrs. Jew
ell Jones are directing persuas-
ive speaking and poetry inter-
pretation.
Mr. Howard Perkins and
sent students with the neces-
sary materials for life. In addi-
tion to offering courses on va-
rious subjects, Silsbee High ganization in the world, the
sponsors extracurricular acti-
vities which create interest in
numerous fields. There are
many clubs which were or-
ganized for the purpose of pro'
moting the various interests of
the young people of this school. Future Farmers of America is
Future Farmers’ Club, for
example, gives members actual
experiences in forestry and
farming. The “Satsuma” staff
and “Tiger Rag” staff give stu-
Mrs. Evelyn Allen are coaching (jents a chance to prove their
journalism, which begins with
regional competition, and ready
writing. Mrs. Stella Vander
burg and Mrs. Ida Lewis are
directing preparation in prose
reading. Number sense and
slide rule contestants are be-
ing coached by Mr. Charles
Stephen, Mrs. Gayle Ratliff,
and Mrs. Louise Aylin.
Mrs. Dixie DonelsOn and Mr.
Loy Brewer are coaching con-
testants in science. Typing and
shorthand contestants must be
taking first year typing or
shorthand. Mrs. Betty Ann _________
Mitchell and Mrs. Pat Kirby personnel in various fiqld§. All
abilities in creative arts and
journalism. The band, choral
club, and folk singing groups
pirove that many young people
are talented as well as interest-
ed in the musical field. These
are only a few of the many
clubs and activities offered by
Silsbee High to interest stu-
dents.
The most recent project of
this nature ii Career Day, spqn
sored by Kiwanis and Key
Club in cooperation with the
school. Forty different occupa-
teach these classes and are di
recting the participation.
Mrs. Janie Hough and Mrs.
Jean Dinkle are conducting the
eliminations in spelling. Sec-
ond year shorthand and Busi-
ness English classes are enter-
ing as a body. The last 15
minutes of second and' fourth
periods in Mrs. Hough’s room
are spent working on spelling.
The contest is open to other in-
terested students as well.
Elimination is being made in
several of the contests this
week; more specific informa-
tion on the contestants will be
available later. Students'inter-
ested in any of the areas should
see one of the teachers named
as a. director of the event and
sign up for participation. The
district contests will be in
March at Bridge City High
School.
life. The speakers will discuss
qualifications and possibilities
of their type of work end will Friday, Feb. 28—Citizenship
be glad to answer any ques-
tions the listener may ask.
Tigers Finish
In Third Place
CORRECTION
The “Tiger Rag erroneously
reported Feb. 22, 1964, as the
date for the Miss Silsbee Con-,
test. The correct date is Feb. 21', sitting iii third place along with
1964. _ yjp Pfegtes, '
Our Tigers finished the sea-
son last Friday night as it
should have been. They fought
hard all the way and defeated
the Vidor Pirates, 62-57. The
final stand ttif Saw the Tigers
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National FFA Week Being
Observed At Silsbee High
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German Girl
| By BILLY WINGER
The largest, farm boy’s or-
Future Farmers of America,
will highlight the celebration of
National FFA Week Feb. 15-
22, with the various activities
thoughout the United States.
The Texes Association of
composed of 42,000 boys in
1,300 local FFA chapters in
Texas.
FFA Week i* observed tradi-
tionally during the birthday of
George Washington, America’s
first scientific farmer.
It was more than a century
after Washington’s death that
many of his own agricultural
practices, such a* contour
planting, crop rotation and oth-
er soil conservation pnethods,
were put into general use.
The National FYA member-
tional agriculture teacher who pleted the planting of slash
is an agriculture college gradu-
ate.
Members of the Texas FFA
who make up almost one-tenth
of the total FFA membership
will join with other Future
Farmers in each of the 50 construction of a Welcome
states, to observe FFA week
with special programs, radio
and -television appearances,
movies, demonstrations, skits,
newspaper articles, and father-
son banquets.
In their agriculture training,
Future Farmers study new
technical farming processes and
problems which will confront
them when they become full
time farmers or agriculture
workers.
The boys participate in area
and state judging contests in
dairy cattle, livestock, meat
products, milk products, poul-
ship has grown to more than try, land use, craps, and land
395,812 during the organiza-
tion’s 37 years of existance.
The 42,000 Texas Future
Farmers are high school age
boys enrolled ip vocational ag-
tions are discussed by qualified riculture courses in which they
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ods of farming and receive
leadership training.
Each boy is required to have
supervised farming program
of livestock, poultry,- or crops
under the direction of a voca-
students listen to discussions of
three subjects of their choice.
Career Day will be the morn-
ing of March 2, 1964.
It is important that Career
Day be taken seriously. Its
prime purpose , is to gid stu-
dents; therefore, we should all
take advantage of it. This is the
time to explore the different
fields and find out what” we
really want to accomplish in Friday, Feb. 21—Miss Silsbee
Calendar
Of Events
Contest, 8 p. m.,
auditorium
high school
and Career Day, Lamar Col-
lege (seniors)
Monday, March 2—Kiwanian
and Key Club Qareer Day
Tuesday, March 3—National
Merit Scholarship Test (in-
terested juniors)
P. T. A., high school
Thursday, March 6—National
Education Development Test
(all sophomores)
Saturday, March 7—CEEB en-
trance exam
Wednesday, March 18—Juniors
measure for senior rings
Saturday, March 21—Silsbee
Relays
Wednesday, March 25—Assem-
bly (Easter)
Thursday, March 26—Easter
vacation
Friday, March 27—Easter va-
cation
Monday, March 30—Easter va-
cation,
SAND, SHELL, FILL
DIRT. TOPSOIL,
MOVING
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JOE VENTURA
public meetings, to speak in
public, and to preside at meet-
ings. •
As part of their leadership
training, teams from Future
Farmer chapters take part in
radio broadcasting, chapter
conducting, the FFA quiz, and
farm skill demonstrations at
area and state meetings.
The boys also compete for
state and national awards in
public speaking, farm electri-
fication, farm mechanics, soil
and water management, and
farm safety.
Future Farmers are constant-
ly being taught that a farmer
is the operator of a highly com-
plicated business; that he must
be highly trained in Qtor#>pha-
ses of endeavor than in most,
other-occupations.
In caring for their invest-
ments valued at more than $15
million dollars in Texas, the
FFA boys are receiving good
training for becoming the ex-
perts they must be if they
want to be successful farmers
and workers in the field of
agriculture.
The Silsbee chapter, of FFA
is no exception to the many
chapters throughout the na-
tion.
Mr. O. O. Miller, Silsbee Vo-
cational Agriculture instruc-
tor, and the boys work closely
in their tasks.
The Ag. classes have corn-
pine seedlings given the chap-
ter by the Texas Forestry Ser-
vice.
At a night meeting, -Feb. 4,
1984, the FFA Chapter gave a
committee power to act on the
Monument for the town of Sils-
bee. Plans were discussed for
the officers to attend the Area
Sweetheart Banquet to -be held
in Sour Lake, Feb. 20.
The officers are as follows:
Cecil Arnold, president; Rob-
ert Hare, vice president; Ken-
neth Pattillo, secretary; Billy
Winger, reporter; Ronnie Oli-
ver, treasurer; Claude Terrell,
sentinel; and Ivy Ferguson, stu-
dent advisor. Mr. Miller serves
as advisor of the chapter.
The Silsbee Chapter thanks
the citizens of Silsbee and the
faculty for their cooperative
support in the. chapter’s activi
ties.
judging.
Each Future Farmer js given
the opportunity to work for ad-
vancement in the degrees of-
fered by the local chapter and
state association. The three de-
grees offered are Greenhand,
Chapter Farmer, and Lone Star
Farmer. The highest degree,
the American Farmer, is
awarded by the National Fu-
ture Farmers of America.
The leadership training
which Future Fanners receive
prepares them to take part in dents " to the ~ Silsbee ' Junior
Junior High
Sees Talented
SHS Students
On Tuesday, Febl 11, the
Student Council of Silsbee High
School sent 18 talented stu-
High School
talent.
to display their
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The program started at one
o’clock and lated more than an
hour. Although it was a com-
paratively long program, the
junior high students loved it
and requested that SHS make
it an annual affair.
Robert “Punky” Parks, presi-
dent of the SHS student body,
was the master of ceremonies
at this program. Robert started
the program by announcing
that one of the contestants, Di-
ana Henshaw, was ill and could
not attend.
The program began with
Sharon Sizemore pantomining
‘Hello Mudder”,_JigJJ,Qwed by
the SHS cheerleaders doing a
pom pom routine. During the
third act, in which Walter Jor-
don was doing a “Coon Hunt”
skit, the electricity went, out.
Although he was shook up con-
siderably, Walter continued and
was a real hit. Bonnie Greene
was next doing that famous old
dance, the “Charleston.” Then
came Ida Davis and Beth Mc-
Ewin doing a pantomine, fol-
lowed by Carol Hicks in
twirling routine.
The next part of the program
was made up of the grand prize
winners. First came Billy Win-
ger, Gary Standford and Claude
Terrell in a comedy take-off on
poetry reading. Then, substitU'
ting for Diana Henshaw, who
was sick, came Shirley Barns,
Linda Hanzel and Barbara
Grant singing “Tammy.” Last
but far from least came SHS’s
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“But I always thought that a
foot was that funny - looking
thing attached to the end ol
your ankle! And what on earth
is an oblique line?” This could
have been (put wasn’t) part of
the conversation between two
seniors. That is, it could have
been if they were in Mrs.
Gayle Ratliff’s Advanced Math
class last week. The same group for seven years which corres-
of seniors w}io were taking
Trigonometry last semester
have just started op their Ad
vanced Math course for this
semester. Their first chapter
deals with solid geometry in
which a “foot” is the point of
intersection of the llhp With the
members of the high school plane. Oblique lines are those
Scholarships
Are Available
To Seniors.
“Six local scholarships are
pow available to Silsbee High
School seniors according to Mr.
Joe Hignett, councilor. To be
eligible for the scholarships stu-
dents have at least an 80 aver-
age. Application forms may be
obtained from the councilor’s
office and they must be turned
in by May 1.
The following scholarships
are offered: two Mack William’s
scholarship, $250 each, spon-
sored by the Lion’s Club;
Classroom Teacher’s scholar-
ship, $200; Silsbee Women’s
Club scholarship, $150; Pine
Burr Chapter of the ABWA
Club scholarship, $100; and the
Industrial Arts Club scholar-
ship; $150.
Also, according to Mr. Joe
Hignett, other organizations
have indicated that they will
sponsor a scholarship. Among
these the PTA plans to offdr
one for approximately $300.
Further information on these
may be obtained from the
councilor’s office. A futdre ar-
ticle will appear in the “Tiger
Rag" on national scholarships.
which intersect but are not
particular. How obvious can
you be?
Mrs. Stella Vanderburg’s ju
nior English classes have been
writing short stories. Since they
have also been studying Edgar
Allan Poe, most of their stories
have been on the Twilight Zone
level. On the whole, the papers
showed an unusual amount of
originality according to Mrs.
Vanderburg.
The last of the Student Coun-
cil sponsored school parties was
held Thursday, Feb. 13. The
school cafeteria where the
dance took place was decorated
in red and white with hearts,
cupids, and crepe paper stream-
ers.
The dance was held on the
night before Valentine’s be-
cause Valentine’s night the Tig-
ers played and defeated the Vi-
dor Pirates. The game was the
last one of the season. The
cheerleaders honored the bas-
ketball team with a reception
at the Presbyterian church.
Almost everyone has, at one
time or another, had a nick-
name. Leslie Ashworth, (better
known as “Judge”) has come
up with a list of current favor-
ites for some SHS’ers. They are
as follows: Richard “Stewball’’
Head, (maybe he is a Peter,
Paul and Mary fan?); Danny
“Iron Rants” Modisette, ‘ (al-
ways thought it wa£ Iron
Sides”); Reggie “Flash” Madi-
son; (he must be fast); Carl
“Dog” Adams, (it must be his
cocker spaniel eyes!); Paul
“Polly Sue” Johnson, Gerald
“Hiram” Walker, Robert
“Peachy” Parks, Franklin
“Winestine” Dyer, James
“Vena” Collins, (your guess is
as good as mine!). If anyone
would like to make any contri-
butions to the column, see the
Rambler. If onyone has any
complaints about the pet
names, see the Judge!
Ukes Texas
By JOY HOPKINS
On a cold January tjay two
years ago, Barbara Barthel left
her home and grandparents in
Germany, boarded a plane,
and started on her journey to
the United States. Unable to
speak a word of English, she
arrived in New York and was
met by her parents whom she
had not seen for 12 years.
Blond, blue eyed Barbara had
just begun her new
America.
Bom on June 6, 1946, in
Erdeing-Klettham near Mun-
ich, Germany, Barbara was too
young to make the dangerous
this fall, Barbara seldom miss-
ed a game and became a
staunch Tiger fan. She likes to
play volleyball, and also is an
eiger participant in games dur-
ing P. E. class.
She likes to. collect “nick-
nacks” and souvenirs, to cool^
and to keep house (which is
helpful to her mother) and to
read. She likes to be around
people and help older people
(her grandmother was crippled
and Barbara cared for her),
and one of her ambitions is to
life in be a nurse. Liking to design
hair styles, she has also con-
sidered becoming a beautician.
Barbara has traveled quite
extensively. Living in Europe,
she and her family went on>
trip from Germany when her, weekend trips to Switzerland,
mother and father came to
America after the war. In Ed-
deing she lived with her grand-
parents and attended the
Volksshule Atererdiing School tourists. Just before receiving
ponds to our 18 year public
school. After finishing there,
she went to Heilig-Blut, a pri-
vate school taught by nuns. JJp-
on completing three years at
this school she would have had
the equivalent of a college edu-
cation.
According to Barbara, in
Germany students have no
choice of subjects. Headp of
the school appoint each' stu
dent to certain classes. Accord-
ion lessons and knitting were
two of the subjects Barbara
was required to take.
After her arrival, Barbara
and her parents went to West
field, Mass. The following Sep-
tember she started to school.
Because of'her limited know'
ledge of English, she was put in
the ninth grade.
Life in Massachusettes was
not as the outgoing newcomer
had anticipated. People were
not friendly and did not wel-
come foreigners, and Barbara
where she found the people
warmer and easier to get tp
know. “People in Massachu-
settes were so cold. They would
not even speak to you on the
street, but in Texas everyone is
much friendlier,” declared Bar
bara in her enthusiastic voice
with its charming German ac-
cent.
Although in the tenth grade,
now, she may be a Senior next
year if she is able to use some
of her credits from Germany.
Since her philosophy of life is
“If you work hard enwggh, you
will succeed,” she does w
hard in school and makes gi
grades.
Austria, Italy, and other neigh-
boring countries following
scenic routes and by-passing
the large cities crowded with
word from her parents in
America, she had gone with
her class at Heilig-Blut to
sightsee in Austria for a week.
Since coming to the United
States, she has missed no op-
portunity to see the country
and has visited every state east
of the Mississippi River except
Tennessee and Kentucky.
Barbara’s mother does not
converse in German now, and
Barbara is afraid that she
(Barbara) will forget how to
speak it also, but she reads
German novels and writes old
friends in Erdeing. She hopes
to go back for a visit in five
years, but she does not want to
stay.
“I loved Germany,” she ex-
plained, “but I would not want
to go back there to live. Stan-
dards of living are so much
higher in America; and there is
so much more opportunity
here. Things that you take for
granted such as telephones and
had few friends. °*L.a
months they moved to Texas
small number of people in Ger-
many. America is my home
now and I am very thankful.”
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answer to Andy Griffith, Clyde
Drake who told of his first and
last football game.
At the end of the program,
the cheerleaders of SHS letl
the junior high students in their
school song.
And thus, much to the moans
and groans of the audience, the
1964 SHS talent roundup ended
It must be said that if the fu-
ture students have as much or
even hotter talent, the years of
the future will be happy ones
forSHS.
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