Silsbee Bee masthead and staff listing, 1919
The Silsbee Bee announces publication details and staff for the 1919 issue. It lists second class mailing, weekly publication on Thursdays, address at 410 Highway 96 Silsbee TX, and subscription rates for local and out of county readers. Co-owners are David Read and R L Read, with Tommy Read as editor and manager, plus Leona Whitman as society editor and additional newsroom and printing staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Texas
Highway 96
Hardin
Jasper
Tyler
Jefferson
David Read
R. L. Read
Tommy Read
Leona Whitman
Harold Leigh
John 8S
Basye Linotype
John Hamilton
Peace Corps To Test On Dec. 5 In Beaumont
Silsbee area residents interested in serving overseas are invited to take the Peace Corps placement test at 3 p.m. on Monday December 5 at the Federal Building in Beaumont. The test measures aptitude and language learning potential and is noncompetitive. Applications are required before testing and may be obtained from local post offices or Peace Corps in Washington DC.
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Silsbee
Peace Corps
Federal
Beaumont
Washington, D
Cub Scout Pack 201 Plans Tour of Indian Reservation
Cub Scout Pack 201 will tour the Indian Reservation near Livingston on Saturday. They will visit the church cemetery and museum and observe a ceremonial dance. The group meets at Mrs. Robert Brunner’s home at 8 a.m. and will bring a sack lunch.
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Livingston
Robert Brunner
Telephone firm to cut Texas long distance rates
Southwestern Bell announces a state wide annual rate cut of 6 million dollars. Intrastate long distance rates drop effective January 1, 1967, with most station to station calls over 56 miles cheaper. Night rates apply after 8 p m and Sundays. New flat rate install charge for residence service to replace existing connection fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Carruth
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Texas
Carruth
Former Silsbee Resident Tom S Graham Dies in New Orleans
Tom S. Graham 54, vice president of Ocean Drilling and Exploration Co, died in New Orleans after a short illness. A Silsbee High School graduate, he earned a B S from Oklahoma University and joined Ocean Drilling in 1954. Survived by wife, stepdaughter of New Orleans, father C T Graham of Longview, and brother Joe E B Graham of Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom S. Graham
New Orleans
Ocean Drilling and Exploration Co
Graham
Silsbee
Silsbee High School
Oklahoma University
The
Ocean Drilling Co
C. T. Graham
Longview
Joe EB. Graham
Dallas
Cub Scout Den 4 Meets at Mrs Jones Home
Den 4 of Cub Scout Pack 88 gathered Tuesday at Mrs. Richard Jones home. Cubs played games and learned their den yell while Pat Pryor, den chief, read a story. Paul Storie served refreshments. Jonathan Cornwell kept the scribe notes.
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Richard Jones
Pat Pryor
Paul Storie
Jonathan Cornwell
Den 7 Cub Pack 88 Meets With Mrs Almond
Cub Scout Den 7 of Pack 88 met Monday at the home of den mother Mrs. M H Almond with seven boys present. Michael Skinner and Rob Georgas helped the boys work on achievement while the November theme was Space. Doug Almond served refreshments. Thorras LaToof, scribe.
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Den
M. H. Almond
Michael Skinner
Rob Georgas
Doug Almond
Thorras LaToof
Connally budget targets health and youth programs
Governor Connally proposes budget allocations for public health agencies and the Texas Youth Council. The plan calls for salary adjustments to attract top personnel, funds to enforce health laws, air pollution work, and expansion of the State Health Department building in Austin. It also seeks staff training for health facilities and tuberculosis control, plus community grants, training funds, and halfway houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
John Connally
Youth Council
Air Pollution Control Board
State Health Department
Connally
Texas Youth Council
Health Department
General Revenue Fund
Texas
Stephen F. Austin
Nacogdoches
Southwest
Texas State
San Marcos
West Texas State
Canyon
Henderson County
Athens
Texas Southwost
Brownsville
Panola
Carthage
South Paris
Levelland
College
U. S. Office of Education
Texas Education Agency
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Iso
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Animal Health Division
Texas Animal Health Commission
Mexico
Arizona
New Mexico
California
U. S
Silshee YHT Drive For Christmas Baskets Begins
The Silshee YHT chapter launches a December charity drive to collect non-perishable foods toys and other donations for the Christmas Basket Fund. Beginning Saturday December 3 at 3 p.m. members will contact homes businesses and churches on the east side of Silshee. Each church asked to contribute cash. drive runs through December. Irene McDonald sponsor Vera McKeithen president Doris Perkins and Elouise Smith co chairmen.
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Silshee
YHT
Irene McDonald
Vera McKeithen
Silsbee Yht
East Side
Doris Perkins
Elouise Smith
Autograph Party in Jasper For Dr Seale
Dr William Seale, author of Texas Riverman, will be honored Saturday December 3 at First National Bank in Jasper. The public is invited to meet him and purchase copies of his UT Press biography about Captain Andrew Smyth, a Bevilport area lumberman and riverboat captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Seale
University of Texas Press
First National Bank
Jasper
Seale
Andrew Smyth
Bevilport
Texas
Mexico
Smyth
Rhode Morgan Serving in Viet Nam with Air Force
Rohde L. Morgan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mack Fendley, is stationed at Bien Hoa Air Force Base in South Viet Nam. He joined the Air Force on October 25, 1965, trained at Lackland AFB in San Antonio and Chanute AFB Tl. In a recent letter he noted many bugs and rats in Vietnam and the constant rain day and night. He attended Silsbee Schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rohde L. Morgan
Mack Fendley
Bien Hoa Air Force Base
South Viet Nam
Morgan
Air Force
Lackland Afb
San Antonio
Chanute Afb
Vietnam
Silsbee
Camp Fire Group Plans Dad Daughter Banquet
The Sha Te Ke Lo Camp Fire Girls met November 10 at Read Turrentine Elementary School. They practiced for the Dad Daughter banquet with Lois Ann Conner serving refreshments as scribe.
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Read Turrentine
Lois Ann Conner
Houston Rodeo to Feature Western Stars
Houston Rodeo officials announced a 1967 show at Harris County Domed Stadium running Feb 22 to March 5. Jimmy Dean opens Feb 22 23 and 24, followed by Jim Nabors Feb 25 26 and 27, Tennessee Ernie Ford Feb 28 to March, and Eddy Arnold March 4 and 5. The Kids Next Door perform at every show. The event features high prize money nearly $100000 with top RCA cowboys, rodeo events, and new attractions including a Future Farmers of America children’s barnyard and cattle shows. Tickets $1 to $4. write Hilton Livestock Show and Rodeo for info.
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Houston
Jimmy Dean
Dean
Jim Nabors
Milliams
Gomer Pyle
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Tennessee Plowboy
Eddy Arnold
Kids Next Door
Harry Knight
Livestock Exposition Hall
Childen
Future Farmers of America
United States
Babies Born to Silsbee and Nearby Families in November
Hello world greetings list new arrivals from Silsbee Buna Kountze and Fred in late November. The Wrights of Silsbee welcomed a daughter on November 28 at St Elizabeth Hospital while the Wagstaffs of Silsbee welcomed a son on November 22. James Edward Eddings born November 23 in Fred. Johnny Wayne Connally Jr. born November 23 in Buna. Teresa Ann Amason born November 23 in Kountze. Mark Allen Pryor born November 24 in Silsbee. Cynthia Ann Allen born November 24 in Kountze. Melissa Ann Kemp born November 28 in Buna.
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Jimmy D. Wright
Silsbee
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Larry Glenn
Larry H. Wagstaff
Woody Eddings
Fred
James Edward
Johnny Wayne
Thomas E. Connally Jr
Buna
Teresa Ann
Wallace W. Amason
Paul D. Pryor
Mark Allen
George W Allen
Cynthia Ann
Donald J. Kemp
Melissa Ann
Buna hunter bags 211-pound buck with 10 points near Newton County
Billy Choate of Buna harvested a 211 pound deer with 10 points near Highway 87 in Newton County last Saturday. The buck’s base circumference neared five inches. Choate said dogs flushed the deer within 50 yards of his stand and one buckshot shot killed it. Walter Burkes and Fstell Sheard assisted in hauling the deer from the woods.
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Billy Choate
Buna
Highway 87
Newton County
Choate
Walter Burkes
Fstell Sheard
Joint Services Held For Tyler Crash Victims
Funeral services were held for Mrs. S. S. McCrary 81 and her daughter Mrs. Audrey Elizabeth Hall 45 of Tyler. They died in a one car crash November 22 three miles east of Van on Interstate 20. Burial was at Tyler Memorial Park. Mrs. Hall was a nurse at Medical Center Hospital. Mrs. McCrary had lived in Tyler 15 years and was a Fair Park Baptist Church member. Mrs. McCrary was sister of Carl Paramore Sr.```
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S. S. McCrary
Audrey Elizabeth Hall
Tyler
Lloyd James
W. M. Shamburger
Eldon Crump
Tyler Memorial Park
Van
Interstate 20
Hall
McCrary
Fair Park Baptist Church
Medical Center Hospital
Carl Paramore Sr
Exquisett Club Holds Meeting and Christmas Plans
Exquisett Club met Tuesday at Mrs. Mack Brackens home with 11 members and two guests Mrs. J K Bower and Mrs. Grace Daniel present. Mrs James Singleton chaired the business session then a film of Beautiful Hawaii was shown by Mrs Bower and Mrs Daniel. Refreshments were served and Mr Mack Brackens photographed the group. The Christmas Party is set for December 20 at Mrs James Singleton’s home with gift exchanges.
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Exquisett Club
Mack Brackens
J. K. Bower
Grace Daniel
James Singleton
Hawaii
Bower
Daniel
Gitts
Party To Honor Play Cast Friday
The Silsbee Woman's Club hosts an after theater party in the Heritage Room at Silsbee State Bank honoring the cast and staging crew of the Silsbee Little Theater production You Can't Take It With You by Kaufman and Hart. Guests include spouses of crew and club members' husbands. Mrs. Fred Denson leads arrangements.
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Silsbee Woman's Club
Heritage Room
Silsbee State Bank
Silsbee Little Theater
George Kaufman
Moss Hart
Woman’s Club
Fred Denson
Beaumont Woman To Speak At First Christian Church
Mrs Mildred Mabry of Beaumont will be guest speaker at the First Christian Church Sunday at 10 45 a m in the annual observance of Woman s Day Courage To Act In Mission will be her topic She is a qualified and well informed speaker as she is one of the group who toured the Church Supported Mission Fields in 1962
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Mildred Mabry
Beaumont
First Christian Church
OES Meeting Set For Saturday in Silsbee
Silsbee Chapter 298 Order of Eastern Star plans a called meeting Saturday at 7 30 p m in the Maronic Temple for the fraternal visit of Deputy Grand Matron Mrs Cleo Sarver. A salad supper is scheduled at 6 p m before the meeting.
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Silsbee
Order of Eastern Star
Maronic Temple
Cleo Sarver
Silsbee Marine Pfc Jerry Hare Home Visit
Marine Pfc Jerry Hare arrived home for a visit with his parents Mr and Mrs J A Hare. He will soon depart for California and then Vietnam. A 1964 Warren High School graduate he previously worked at Simmons Motor Co before enlisting in the Marines.
Methodist WSCS Plans Coffee Dec 7
The WSCS of the First Methodist Church met Wednesday for the sixth study session. Mrs. John Meade led the program and Mrs. H. C. Scoggins presided over the business session with 23 members present. Plans were completed for the annual walk-in coffee on December 7 in the Fellowship hall from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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WSCS
First Methodist Church
John Meade
H. C. Scoggins
Friendly Blue Birds Meet at Mrs McLaughlin’s Home
The Friendly Blue Birds gathered Tuesday at leader Mrs. E. L. McLaughlin’s home with Gay McClusky presiding. Kerri Rolls led the pledge, Carolyn Langston took roll, and Mary Ann Bower collected dues. Members started Christmas gifts for mothers and prepared a fruit basket for a shut-in. Gina Hignett and Mary Ann Bower supplied gift materials. The meeting closed with the Blue Bird wish recited.
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Friendly
Blue Birds
E. L. McLaughlin
Gay McClusky
Kerri Rolls
Carolyn Langston
Mary Ann Bower
Gina Hignett
Terry McCloud
Scribe
Cub Pack 201 Den 5 Meets at Mrs Shavers Home
Cub Scout Den 5 of Pack 201 met Tuesday in the home of den mother Mrs. Robert Shavers. The meeting opened with the pledge of allegiance, included a game, and time spent on Christmas presents. Steve Willis served as scribe.
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Den 5
Robert Shavers
Michael Welch
Steve Willis
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insgperAriy
Ebers
Hardin Drug Company
Weisser
E&p Skinner Pharmacists
Silsbee, Texas
Vera Sorfora
Commission
John White
Rio Grande Valley
State Board of Health
Hill-Burton
Health Board
Dr. Seale
Rhode Morgan
Viet Nam
OES
Silsbee Marine Pfc
Jerry Hare
Methodist Wscs
Emmett Barefield
Beaumont Music Center
Bowling Alley
Gateway
Ben's
10Th Street
Highway 327
Quaker’s Best
Gulf
Blackburn Special
Bama
Texas Oranges
Pork Sale
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