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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1977
Page
6
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Foster will be honored with a 50th wedding anniversary reception on August 14 at Lighthouse Pentecostal Church north of Silsbee on Highway 92. They wed August 4, 1927 in the Caraway home and have four daughters and five grandchildren. He is retired from Bethlehem Steel.
Mr and Mrs Phil W Bailey announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter Susan Lawan to James Bruce Harvill son of Mrs Edwina Harvill and Robert B Harvill of Silsbee The couple will marry Sept 24 at 3 00 pm in the First Baptist Church of Silsbee Rev R E Barclay to officiate Both graduates of Silsbee High School Harvill is a pipefitter with Stone and Webster Engineering Corp in Port Arthur They will reside in Silsbee Friends and relatives invited through the press.
Mr and Mrs Harry Hawthorne of Kirbyville will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house at home on Sunday from 2 to 4 p m Hostesses include Mrs R C Williams Mrs Danny Barrow and Mrs James Travis The couple were married August 14 1927 in Kirbyville They have ten grandchildren and ten great grandchildren
A batch of new titles at Silsbee Public Library spans non fiction and fiction. Notable works include All God's Children: The Cult Experience by Stoner and Parke and Star Wars by George Lucas. Other titles feature The Styx Complex by Russell Rhodes and best sellers like The Thorn Birds and Falconer.
Pee-Wee Roy and his guide dog Cherokee settle in Enchanted Forest after recovery. Vickie and Cherokee bond, while Pee-Wee attends church and doctors visits. The pair explore mobility rights under a federal statute and plan future sports dreams as they adjust to a new life with hope.
Silsbee students participate in an operatic excerpts program by the Lamar University Opera Theatre Workshop at 8 p.m. Monday Aug. 8 in the Recital Hall Music Speech Building. Excerpts from The Marriage of Figaro Tosca Faust Il Trovatore and other works will be performed in English Italian French and Italian. The public may attend free. Faculty director Joseph Truncale assisted by Marilyn Shannon Victor Terry Woodall Port Neches Wade Daniel Nederland and student performers Michael Anders Laura Allen Tanya Hutton of Silsbee.
Final planning for the second Lucia Carey Memorial Rodeo set for August 12 and 13 at 8 p.m. at the Orange County Sheriff's Posse arena. The event honors Sam Lucia Jr. and Walter Carey with Dusty Trail 4-H Drill Team and Buna Bridle Club exhibitions led by Sidney Meyers and George Kidwell respectively. Advance entries available via rodeo secretary Peggy Hicks at 2761644.
The Silshee TOPS Club met Tuesday in the Gulf States Utility Building with seventeen members weighing in. The group posted a nine percent total weekly weight loss and Sherry Eason won the fruit basket for the four pound individual loss.
The First United Methodist Church Youth Choir directed by Roy Bean performs Make It Clear a musical on sharing faith in Christ. Shows are Wednesday and Thursday Aug 10 and 11 at 8:00 p.m. in McDonough Hall with locally sourced Silsbee talent and imported Lumberton performers.
Mrs Jerry D Williams of Silsbee will be honored with a 27th birthday party hosted by her mother Mrs Lucille Gore Harvill. The celebration is set for Saturday at Mrs Harvill’s home at 300 Dunkin in Lumberton.
The Silsbee African Violet Society will gather at 7 00 p m Thursday at Silsbee State Bank. Officers for the coming year will be elected. Dee Suitt president invites anyone interested to attend.
Sheriff deputies said a window entry at the Lumberton Tax Office behind the Middle School on July 27 stole a copying machine three type writers and other items. A separate July 29 burglary at a trailer office yielded a television office supplies and items worth 875 dollars. Two suspects are being sought.
Miss Lisa K. Breaux daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Breaux of Silsbee studies occupational therapy as part of a 14 month program toward a Bachelor of Science and a Certificate of Proficiency. She formerly attended Texas A&M University.
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