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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1955
Page
3
The USS Glacier, the Navy's newest icebreaker, joins Task Force 43 as the most powerful craft to penetrate ice bound waters. It features 21,000 horsepower for operations in Antarctica.
Loeb news reports a stock election in the school auditorium with presiding judge W A Tanner who did not open polls with prayer until December 3 1955. Christine Lindsey announces an upcoming PTA meeting and film. The section also lists local visits births illnesses and family notices from Fletcher and nearby towns with multiple named residents and events.
A Thicket area couple, Curtis and are Doucette, with a 500 hen flock averaging 25 dozen eggs daily, plan to double hens and expand with 100 chicks monthly and 600 more on order. They added three cows, use milk at home, froze 15 pounds of butter, and market surplus milk. The feature notes community events and local notices amid farm progress and family news.
The East Texas Chamber of Commerce will hold the Leaders of Tomorrow speech contests for 72-county area seniors. Five minute citizenship speeches advance from high schools to county, regional, then semi final rounds. Finals occur at the East Texas Chamber convention in Greenville on April 20 1956 with scholarships of 1000 500 and 250 dollars awarded to winners.
The Alma Graves Circle of First Baptist Church held a Monday morning meeting at Mrs. C E Hudgins home with 11 members and one visitor, Mrs. M K McDaniel presiding. Mrs Morse opened with prayer, followed by devotional by Mrs O T Huff and rolls call by Mrs A B Greer. Next gathering is December 12 at Mrs O T Huffs home.
Den 1 of Pack 34 met at Mrs Thelma Collins home on Monday December 5 for a regular meeting. After a work period the group drew names for the Christmas party and played. All members attended and refreshments were served by J Q Vanderburg Jr.
Sgt Darrel Doggett is taking part in Exercise Sagebrush in Louisiana, the largest joint Army Air Force maneuver since World War II. About 110000 troops test atomic, bacteriological, chemical and electronic warfare concepts. the exercise ends December 15. Doggett serves as radio chief in the 82nd Airborne Division, stationed at Fort Bragg, after working for Kirby Lumber Co. prior to enlistment in May 1953.
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