Weekend Visits and Birthdays Highlight Evadale News
Votaw News reports weekend visits from Evadale families including Whitmire Moss and Teals. Bobby Ann Dryden celebrated her fifth birthday at home with E C Dryden family. Ada Rhodes marked her 68th birthday with most of her 12 children and grandchildren present.
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Jesse Whitmire
Scott Moss
Tevis Ray Whitmire
Anita
Evadale
R. Z. Hinson
R&r C. Hinson
Buna
Bobby Ann Dryden
E.C. Dryden
Emery Collins
Patsy
Mark
Mount Pleasant
E. C. Collins
Ada Rhodes
Morris Rhodes
Herman
Local residents share visits and celebrations across counties
Mr and Mrs B Bilbo and Mrs Reddin of Houston visited the David Bean home Sunday. Glen Searcy and spouse celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at home with friends. Numerous relatives from Houston Beaumont Tomball and Liberty toured residents in Barter Hill and Holly Grove areas.
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Ad Beeson
B. Bilbo
Reddin
Houston
David Bean
Glen Searcy
Bob Bailey
R. de Warren
Deloris
Earl Walters
Beaumont
Wotan
Saratoga Studenits
Barter Hill
Little Kert
G. A. Knight
Bob Hardy
Tormbatt
Clyde Musgrove
Jim Sraith
Tina Moore
Cc. C. Kirkland
Cleveland
R. Z. Hinson
B. F. Kirkland
Melvin Rhodes Lof Liberty
Alton Alamangy
Nora Moye
Fuqua
R. Mille
W. E. Bailey
KR. L. Move
Dollie Parnell
Ann Hooper
Bormayor
Valaria Roberts
Bo Berson
Tomball
Elmer Moss
Eradale
Will Harrell
Burch
Liberty
Joe Dettling
Shirley Swearengin
B Swearengin
Tarkington Prairie Cemetery
A&M Soil Testing Lab Sets February Record
Soil samples submitted to the Agricultural Extension Service lab in February reached 3515, the highest monthly total since 1950. Dr W F Bennett cites demonstration results, nutrient additions, and cost pressures as factors, with an intensified fertility program in 12 Gulf Coast, Northeast and South pilot counties boosted activity.
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Agricultural Extension Service
W. F. Bennett
Bennett
Texas Extension Service
Gulf Coast
Cattlemen Warned On Spring Bloat In Coastal Texas
Extension veterinarian Dr. C M Patterson cautions ranchers along the Gulf Coast about increased cattle losses from bloat as cattle graze young legume pastures amid a severe hay shortage. He urges feeding dry roughage like cottonseed hulls before grazing and careful management when turning cattle onto new legumes.
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Texas
Gulf Coast
C. M. Patterson
Patterson Save
Christians Started First Easter Parades
The article traces Easter parades to early Christianity with baptismal white garments and Lent preparations. It notes Holy Saturday baptisms, the joyful town parade tradition, and hints at clothing makers benefiting from the custom. An old advertising rhyme is referenced as a possible origin for the fashion emphasis.
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Trv Ing Berlin
World Book Encyeclopedia
Lab reports faster results amid rising sample submissions
Plains counties show high sample submissions to the state lab since last fall in Coast Prairie. Bennett notes the lab has returned most test results to producers in 12 to 14 days. He adds that other Texas labs are also seeing more samples than usual during this period.
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Plains
Coast Prairie
Bennett
Texas
Soil Conservation District Forms Projects and Cooperators
E. E. Spell reports a meeting on Coastal Bermuda grass at Silsbee High School. Mrs. F. J. Powell becomes a district cooperator to improve pasture and crops with Soil Conservation Service assistance. The district plans two high school woodland contest teams from Kountze and Silsbee for April 14. Tom Eason joins as a new cooperator to select grasses with district help. Contact Spell or visit the Kountze courthouse office for aid.
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E. E. Spell
Lower Neches Soil Conservation District
Silsbee High School
Lower Neches
Tom Eason
Silsbee
Soil Conservation District
E. E. Spell Eason
Bermuda
Soil Conservation Service
Eason
Kountze
Texas
Mormon Elder to Speak on Kiwanis We Build Program
Clyde Dulaney elder of the Mormon Church in Susbee will guest on the Kiwanis radio program We Build on Station KKAS Wednesday April 20 at 1 20 PM for 15 minutes. He will also fill in for Rev. Larry M. Correll on KKAS Morning Devotional Thursday April 21 at 9 05. Dr George Tennison Silsbee physician previously spoke on We Build April 13 voicing opposition to socialized medicine citing Christian family life and the For and Bill debate.
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Clyde Dulaney
Susbee
Kiwanis
KKAS
Mr Dulaney
Larry M. Correll
Silsbee Presbyterian Church
George Tennison
Silsbee
Tennison
Quail hunting hinges on habitat work now
Landowners aiming for a 1960 quail harvest should start improvement immediately. The assistant executive secretary of the Game and Fish Commission says cover and feed are key and notes a strong brood stock carryover from 1959. State hatchery birds cost 50 cents each, with warden inspection first.
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Game and Fish Commission
Austin
Starfish grips oyster shell. pulls until prey yields
In a quiet act, a starfish grips the oyster shell with its suction feet and drags the mollusk free, forcing a surrender. The moment highlights the starfish’s methodical predation as it asserts control over its meal.
Blue Bird Group Tours Kirbyville Dairy Farm Visit
The Fantasy Blue Birds left Saturday at 11 a m for Kirbyville to tour a modern dairy. Directors L A Black and Gene McCartney led the group as they viewed electric milkers, saw milk preparation, and photographed twin calves. Lunch was served beside a lake and games followed.
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Fantasy Blue Birds
Kirbyville
L. A
Easter Drama The Challenge of the Cross Opens Friday
The Easter drama The Challenge of the Cross will be presented Friday at 8 p.m. at New Bethel Baptist Church. Directed by Mrs. Clementine Tillis and Abram Miles, the program promises a worshipful performance for the congregation.
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New Bethel Baptist Church
Clementine Tillis
Abram Miles
Cub Scout Den 5 Meets at Hartman Home
Den 5 of Cub Scout Pack 199 met Monday at Mrs. Bill Hartman’s home with nine members, Den Chief Arthur Ruggles, and two den mothers. The group practiced a skit and made Indian costumes. The meeting closed with the pledge of allegiance and refreshments served by Dwayne Anderson.
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Den 5
Bill Hartman
Den
Arthur Ruggles
Dwayne Anderson
Jimmy Kirby
Caskey Undergoes Surgery in Beaumont Hospital
W. F. Caskey of Columbus Texas had surgery at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont last week. He is a former resident of Silsbee.
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W. F. Caskey
Columbus
Texas
Beaumont
Silsbee
Murphy Butterfly Wings Inspire Metallized Art Pieces
The wings of the Murphy Butterfly are described as iridescent metallic blue and used to decorate plates and other decorative objects.
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Murphy
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