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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1964
Page
2
Editorial staff listing shows David Read and R. L. Read as co owners and publishers, with Tommy Read named as foreman and Leona Whitman as society and personal editor.
The WMU Rally of the Emmanuel Baptist Association is scheduled for April 23 at 10 a.m. at Woodrow Baptist Church. Mrs. Virgil L. Caraway will preside and present Accepting the Chal lenge, with Mrs. David Blalock presenting the Calendar of Prayer and Mrs. Lewis Lowery of Beaumont reporting on Latin American mission work in Beaumont and Port Arthur. A Girls Auxiliary feature by Mrs. Donald Webb and a film strip Shine Mister on Latin America will be shown, with music led by Mrs. D. D. Shine. A sack lunch will follow and the nursery will be open.
J Weldon Watson executive director of the Parks and Wildlife Department urges protection for bird and animal life during the fawning and nesting period. He warns against adopting fawn deer and notes a Texas law prohibits wild deer adoption. He calls owners to restrain dogs and cats to protect ground nesting birds.
The Silsbee Garden Club held its final meeting of the season at the home of Mrs. O. C. Seely with Mrs. L. A. Yaunkie as cohostess. Mrs. E. B. Brown was installed as president with a slate including Elton Jardell as first vice president Emitt Barefield second vice president Clarence Dehart third vice president H. L. Lackey secretary Victor Norvell treasurer and Mary Del Nelms corresponding secretary. Mrs. H. E. Warren served as installing officer. Love gifts were given to outgoing president Mrs. Warren and Mrs. Hugh Smith.
Mrs. Alice A. Dunnigan education consultant to the Presidents Committee on Equal Employment will speak to the Mary Alphin District of Federated Women Clubs at Sima Baptist Church Orange at 2 30 PM Saturday The Orange club hosts the event Mrs Sarah FE Brackens district president will preside and clubs high school students and sponsors are invited
Texas Heart Association notes stroke accounts for about one ninth of Texas deaths and one of every ten in the United States. Despite the grim toll, deaths from stroke among men ages 45 to 64 fell 22 percent from 1950 to 1960, with ongoing research yielding new prevention and treatment advances. The piece explains stroke causes linked to atherosclerosis and how brain blood loss affects function.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. George Eason 79 of De Ridder Louisiana at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with Rev Bertrand Simmons and Rev L V Simmons presiding. Burial followed at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. She died Saturday after a lengthy illness at Beauregard Memorial Baptist Hospital. Survived by son G T Eason of Silsbee.
The junior high school band took third in concert and second in sight reading at the interscholastic league meet in Port Arthur. The Woodrow Wilson Junior High School event, with Glenwood Vernon as band director, prepares for a spring concert on April 24 at 7 30 p m in the local high school auditorium.
Den 3 of Cub Scout Pack 199 met at their den mother Mrs. James L. Terrell home with six boys and den chief. They enjoyed a nature trek in the woods and an insect exhibit. Games were led by the den chief. Clifton Avant provided refreshments. Larry Heddleston served as scribe.
Mr and Mrs Bobby Taylor and baby of San Antonio visited over the weekend in the home of his parents in Taylor. Mr and Mrs Hugh W Smith and family and Mrs Billy Williams and children from Kirbyville visited in the Brownlee home. Miss Donna Scoggins of Netherland visited in the Scoggins home. Edward Boyett and family attended the funeral of his aunt Mrs Ira Everage in Edna. Jesse Mask of Center visited in J E Mask's home. Robert Roebuck is hospitalized in Beaumont. Mrs Scott McDonald returned home after visiting in Thibodeaux Louisiana. Mrs J W Soward and Mrs W A Ferguson of Baton Rouge visited Beaumont in the Wiggins home.
Texas Forest Service offers pre suppression firebreak plowing for landowners in districts including Tyler Polk Hardin Jefferson Chambers and eastern Liberty County. A crawler tractor disc and plow are available to prepare wide barriers around improved property to stop or confine prescribed fires. Interested owners must arrange locations width and payment with the Woodville district crew leader.
Mr and Mrs J J Sykes on Highway 327 west of town surprised this week when their milk goat bore triplets two females and one male. The sire was a ram, per Mrs Sykes, making the oddity more notable since the pasture had only the milk goat and ram nearby.
The room mothers of Robinson Elementary present The Laughing Ghost a one act mystery Friday at 730 in the school cafetorium. Cast includes Mrs Maude Lewis Abram Miles Mrs Eloise Smith Mrs Lucille Miles Mrs Irene Simmons Mrs Geneva Patton H G Lewis with Mrs Prince Ella McCoy directing and stage managing duties by Ella McCoy.
A. J. Denby of Route 1 Box 6-k urges Silsbee readers to limit elder office holders in Hardin County and to promote younger, more progressive candidates for better rural representation and modern progress.
Stated meetings for Silsbee Lodge No. 927 A F and A M are the first and third Tuesdays at 7 30. Visiting brethren invited. P A Parsley W M F L Choate secretary. Silsbee Lodge No 349 Knights of Pythias meets Tuesdays at 8 00 p m at Community Hall members urged to attend visiting brethren invited B H Gilley Chancellor Commander Richard Weathersby Secretary.
Lamar Tech assistant professor Robert O Neill will lead watercolor sessions at the Beaumont Art League starting April 25 from 10 to 12 with registration open to beginners and experienced artists. Lamar Tech instructor Jerry Newman will teach portrait painting Thursday evenings with model posing to study facial structure and character.
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