Texas law creates Mental Health and Mental Retardation Department
Gov. John Connally signed the Texas Mental Health and Mental Retardation Act on April 5 1965 effective Sept. 1 1965. The act creates a state department to coordinate and improve services, fund community centers, and encourage local agencies and private groups to administer mental health and retardation programs. It outlines management of state hospitals and institutes and eligibility for state grants.
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Texas
John Connally
Texas Department of Mental Health
Texas Department of Mental Health and
Texas Board of Mental Health and
Houston State Psychiatric Institute
Working Students Need SS Cards Now
Marlene Pegg of Silsbee urges students planning summer work to obtain social security cards. Employers require the card for payroll and quarterly returns. new or replacement cards are free. Contact the Beaumont office at 485 North 15th Street 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., or get forms at the local post office.
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Marlene Pegg
Silsbee
Miss Pegg
North 15Th Street
Beaumont
Texas
Social Security Administration
Silsbee Library Receives Wide New Book List
Mrs. H. T. Herka, librarian, releases a catalog of new books at Silsbee Public Library. Adult fiction includes American Chrome, Harry Sundown, White Lotus, and Full Fathom Five. Non fiction features My Shadow Ran Fast, The Founding Fathers, Growth of American Thought, and Winston Churchill, the Yankee Marlborough. Youth titles cover Three Boys and a Girl, There’s Adventure in Automobiles, Tell Me Another Joke, Song of the Weeping Willow, and Home-run Harvest. Juvenile reads include The Curious Adventures of Tabby, Goomer the Kitten, Monkey Business, Learn About Butterflies, and The First Book Atlas.
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Silsbee Public Library
H. T. Herka
E. Gilbert
Gilden
Hersey
Carter
B. Sands
Whalen
Curti
Winston Churchill
Thompson
Brucker
May
S. Perl
Bayla
McCormick
Tabby
Lang
Waldman
Kay
Ayars
Hammond
Kirby PTA To Install Officers
Kirby Elementary PTA will install officers Tuesday April 20 at 3 30 p m in the cafetorium Mrs Troy Greenwood will become president Other officers include Mrs Olan Davis vice president and Mrs Lora Mae Cobb secretary and treasurer
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Troy Greenwood
Kirby Elementary Parent-Teacher Association
Olan Davis
Lora Mae Cobb
Leggett Returns From Overseas Tour Visits Silsbee Homes
Charles Marion Leggett, a U S Air Force veteran with 10 years service and seven overseas, spent part of a 36 day leave in Silsbee with his parents Mr and Mrs M O Leggett and his wife and three children. They plan to settle in San Antonio Kelley Field awaiting retirement.
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Charles Marion Leggett
San Antonio
Silsbee
M. O. Leggett
U. S. Air Force
Leggett
States
Turkey
Scotland
Kelley Field
Smyrna
Aegean Sea
Istanbul
Troy
West Texas
Asia
Easter Holy Week Services Planned at St John’s Silsbee
Rev Joseph C Harrison announces Maundy Thursday Holy Eucharist at 7 30 p m Good Friday Way of the Cross at 7 30 p m Easter Saturday Easter Egg Hunt at 2 30 p m Easter Sunday Holy Eucharist at 11 a m Flowering of the Cross and missionary offering boxes presented by Church School children The Easter offerings support Spanish speaking communities at home and abroad.
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Joseph C. Harrison
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Roosevelt Drive
Silsbee
Episcopal Church
Horizon Club Meets at First Methodist Church
The Horizon Club gathered Monday afternoon at the First Methodist Church with 11 members present. Kaye Jonte led the meeting. Films shown included First Dates and How to Win and Keep Friends. Kathy McCarney hosted and decorated the table with an Easter theme.
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Tangasuta
Camp Fire Girls Meet at Mrs Longenberger Home
Camp Fire Girls in Tan Ca Ya Ga met Monday at Mrs. Mary Longenberger’s home with six members. They made Easter tray savers for Kountze Hospital. Renee Mitchell served refreshments. Sabrina Birdwell was scribe.
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Tan Ca Ya Ga
Mary Longenberger
Kountze Hospital
Renee Mitchell
Sabrina Birdwell
4B & PW Club Members To Attend Mexico City Meet
The Business and Professional Women's Club met in the Hardin County Savings and Loan clubroom with Mrs. H C Scoggins hosting. Mrs. Letha Smith presided and committees were named for nominations and scholarships. Plans discussed for attending the International meeting in Mexico City.
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Mexico City
Business and
Hardin County Savings and Loan
H. C. Scoggins
Letha Smith
Mayburn LaBranche
Jake Mack
Ona McGinty
Mary Snyder
McGinty
Okidaka Camp Fire Girls Meet in Beau Mont
The Okidaka Camp Fire Girls met April 5 at Deeya's in Beau Mont. A skin care demonstration was shown. Door prizes were given. Ruthie Lea reported.
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Okidaka
Deeya’s
Beaumont
Jaycee-Ettes Elect Officers and Amend By Laws
The Jaycee-Ettes met Tuesday night at Mrs. Jesse Sanchez home with 12 members present including new member Mrs. Norman Rucker. Two by-law amendments were adopted and officers for the new year were elected: President Mrs. R. F. Sanford State Director Mrs. Johnny Hoke Secretary Treasurer Mrs. C. Z. Pope Jr Historian and Reporter Mrs. Larry Hargrove Local Director Mrs. Cesar Dominguez. Eligibility to attend and join extends to all women whose husbands are Jaycees.
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Jaycee-Ettes
Jesse Sanchez
Norman Rucker
R. F. Sanford
Johnny Hoke
C. Z. Pope Jr
Larry Hargrove
Cesar Dominguez
The
Silsbee Jaycees
Good Friday Services Set in Silsbee at First Christian Church
Community Good Friday service at the First Christian Church of Silsbee on East Ave. E runs from 12 noon to 3 pm with seven brief sermons by local pastors. The Silsbee Ministers' Fellowship sponsors the event inviting all residents to attend and participate in silent prayer and hymns.
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First Christian Church of
Silsbee
East Ave. E
Lon and Well
Mn T. Herndon
Re C. Johnson
St. Beulah Baptist
Eugene Jonte
First Methodist Church
F. C. [Drake
Evergreen of God
Clarence Breaux
St. Vincent's Methodist
C. W.pringle
Woodrow Baptist Church
Hugh Foster
New
Inquirers Classes at St Johns Silsbee Begin April 20
St Johns Episcopal Church at 2215 Roosevelt Drive Silsbee announces eight week inquirer classes starting Tuesday April 20 at 7 30 p m led by Rev Joseph C Harrison. Topics include God Holy Eucharist and Prayer. Bishop J Milton Richardson will visit June 13 for Holy Confirmation.
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Inquirers
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Roosevelt Drive
Silsbee
Joseph C. Harrison
Episcopal Church
J. Milton Richardson
Episcopal Diocese of
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St. John’s
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