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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1971
Page
2
The notice lists R. L. Read and Tommy Read as co owners with Leona Whitman and Lee Kelly among staff. Mrs. Doris Woolley serves as society and personal editor while Lee Kelly is editor ad manager and secretary to the group.
The Avalea Garden Club will stage its 13th annual flower show in the First Baptist Church recreation hall on Wednesday April 14. The event runs 2 to 5 p m with theme springtime and features horticulture and artistic classes, awards, and local art displays.
Rev. J. P. Owens of Woodville will lead a revival April 14 to 18 at Sunny Acres Baptist Church. Gary Wood, a student at East Texas Baptist College, will direct music. Services start at 7:30 p.m. nightly with Sunday at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Rev. Robert Roebuck is pastor and a nursery will be available.
The Cooks Bluff Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. Ocis Cooks home with seven members and one guest Mrs Grace Calvert. Calvert presented novelty crochet beads. The next meeting will be April 8 at Mrs CookS home with Miss Vivian Goodrum presenting one dish casserole meals.
Sunrise Service Were You There scheduled for 5:00 Easter morning at the First Baptist Church 625 North 2nd Street by the young men's department. Awake to Thunder evening service at 5:00 p m and The Way candlelight service will be the devotional led by Rev. Sampson Booker pastor.
A 17 year Hardin County resident writes of a school fight involving his son Joe and Leroy Hale. He describes a warrant issued for Joe, an improvised court in a dusty grocery store, and a tense gathering with local officials. He condemns the process as unprofessional and compares it to a Western town.
Mrs Lakey, native of Tebo Texas, died at Buna Nursing Center at 10 p m Tuesday following a short illness. She lived in Silsbee sixteen years and belonged to the First United Methodist Church and the Rebecca Lodge. Survived by granddaughter Mrs Philip Allen of Lumberton and several nieces and nephews.
The Silsbee Trail Riders plan an April 25 Open Horse Show with Jerry Stanford as judge and Dalby as announcer. A weekly work day builds bleachers while final wiring is completed. Gates will close during timed events to keep riders from exiting into the crowd. The club meeting set April 19 at 7 30 p m at the club arena north of town.
The Easter sunrise service at St John’s Baptist Church on Bonner Street will present the cantata The Cross through song. The 5 a.m. service on April 11 features a sermon by Rev. Eugene Booth on the church lawn.
Hodges Gardens near Many Louisiana will host the 17th Easter Sunrise Service on April 11 at 5 am. The event features Centenary College Choir Shreveport and Western Louisiana church choirs under Dr A C Voran, with James R Montgomery and Ruth Alexander as narrators. Gates open 3 am with seating for 500 plus, weather gear advised, general admission after the service.
Mr and Mrs Morris Moore of Silsbee welcomed a son born April 3 at St Elizabeth Hospital. Kevin Dwayne arrived March 30 to Clinton and Mrs Martin Jr of Silsbee at Doctors Hospital. Robert Dena Jr born March 31 to Mr and Mrs RD Hollis Sr of Silsbee at Doctors Hospital. Kimberly Michele daughter born March 31 to Travis Earl Sharp and wife of Silsbee at Doctors Hospital. James Evens Scott son born April 7 to David Evens Scott and wife of Silsbee at Doctors Hospital.
Deeds and trusts filed in Hardin County Texas include transfers from Nathan Ray Carouthers to J Pruitt Survey, Silsbee State Bank to S R Buch and others, Colony Dev Co to O J Lavergne and back, and multiple assumps and warr deeds. Also listed are probate entries, mortgage assignments, and affidavits including indications of estates and public notices. The document aggregates numerous property transactions including warr deeds, deeds of trust, and assumps deeds involving Liberty and Hardin County entities and private individuals.
Marine Lance Corporal Albert K Burleson Jr husband of Frances L Sherman from Silsbee is scheduled to report aboard Seventh Fleet ships in the Western Pacific with Battalion Landing Team 1 9 Third Marine Division from Okinawa He will patrol to meet emergencies and perform duties as America s Force in Readiness in the Western Pacific.
Includes deeds and releases involving Natl Bank, Goldstar Builders, San Jacinto Savings, First Federal, and other lenders to individuals in Beaumont region. Notable items include warranty deeds, releases, and a soil gas mineral lease to Mobil Oil Co. Also notes Mrs. Barney Parks returning home Sunday after hospital treatment in Houston Methodist.
Mrs Donna A Nolen visited her mother Mrs J H Richardson recently.
Deadline April 14 for reservations for Silsbee's first dinner theater. The Little Theater presents Tunnel of Love an adult comedy on April 16 and 17 at the Silsbee Country Club. Tickets limited to members and guests with cocktails and buffet dinner included, reservations via Paul Georgas Craven's Insurance. Georgas predicts a sellout.
The Helpful Blue Birds met on Tuesday April 6 at Mrs. W. Glenn’s home with eight members present. They learned the history of the Blue Birds and how the name was chosen. Refreshments were served by Karin Burlin. Angela Dominguez, reporter.
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