New stadium scoreboard also serves as a memorial

  • Those attending Silsbee Junior League football games last Saturday at Kirby Memorial Stadium got to see the new scoreboard being used for the first time. Mark and Emily Muckleroy donated most of the funds for the new scoreboard in memory of his parents,Mary and Herbert Muckleroy. Bubba Gore of Pro Steel Building also made a major contribution to the project. Dan Eakin photo
    Those attending Silsbee Junior League football games last Saturday at Kirby Memorial Stadium got to see the new scoreboard being used for the first time. Mark and Emily Muckleroy donated most of the funds for the new scoreboard in memory of his parents,Mary and Herbert Muckleroy. Bubba Gore of Pro Steel Building also made a major contribution to the project. Dan Eakin photo
A much-needed new scoreboard has been erected at Kirby Memorial Stadium. The old one had to be repaired often, and about midway in the season last year, it quit working at all. Mark Muckleroy, who founded the Silsbee Junior Football League which plays there on Saturdays, and his wife Emily saw the need and decided to foot most of the cost for a new scoreboard, which would be more than $20,000. …

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