20th Century Club Hears Conservation Program
The Twentieth Century Club met December 5 at Mrs. Jimmy Jeffrey's home with cohostess Mrs. W C McNeil. Mrs. Earl Stover and Mrs. H C Hopkins presented John Muir, America's Apostle of the Wilderness, noting his influence on conservation and the National Park Movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twentieth Century Club
Jimmy Jeffrey
W.C. McNeil
Earl Stover
H. C. Hopkins
John Muir
America
A. Jones
Warren Bower
VA to aid 800000 disabled veterans by 1974 year end
By the close of fiscal year 1974 the Veterans Administration plans vocational rehabilitation for about 800000 disabled veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration
Three SHS Students Named to All Region X Band
Three B W Ross Silsbee High School musicians earned All Region X honors after auditions at Lumberton High School. Flutists Susan Shine and Tammy Lovelady and horn player Harold Evans joined Richard Harwell and other band members named to the Region X All Region X Band. An accompanying article notes a Jan 12 Lamar Unit concert and Jan 11-12 clinic with clinicians Bill Swor and Steve Lovelady, while clarinetist Mike Thompson and saxophonists Kevin Wright, Larry Odom, Jack Read, and Ben Odom are listed among band participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sill- High School
Susan Shine
Richard Harwell
Tammy Lovelady
SHS
Lumberton High School
Lamar University
B. W. Ross
Silsbee High School
Lumberton, High School
R. Lb. Harwell
The
BEE
Joyce Smith
Lamar Unit
Mike Thompson
Charlie Kay Bumstead
Kevin Wright
Larry
Odom
Jack Read
Steve Lovelady
Randy
Naomi Buim
Bill Swor
Grisham
Ben Odom
LSU
Benjamin Butler
Ricky Hatton
Lucille Edwards
Crossword Puzzle Winter Woes Horizontal Clues
A compact quiz style item listing numbered horizontal clues on winter themes. Includes wordplay prompts like shovelling and icy hazards with several entries across and down, reflecting a public puzzle page format from the historical newspaper.
Blue Bird Group Holds Christmas Meeting at Home
The Flying Blue Birds meet December 6 at leader Mrs. Avis Carruth’s home assisted by Mrs. Henrietta Fleetwood. All six members attend, Christmas cards made, and refreshments served by Tammy Tracy. They later joined other Blue Bird groups at Kirby School for a sing along.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flying Blue Birds
Avis Carruth
Henrietta Fleetwood
Tammy Tracy
Blue Bird
Kirby School
Lorre Carruth
Windham Dies in New Mexico Former Silsbee Resident
W V Windham died December 11 in Espanola New Mexico hospital. He was a longtime Silsbee resident and longtime Kirby Lumber employee. Burial set for December 14 at a national cemetery in Santa Fe with Espanola Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include wife Lois of Espanola and five daughters and three sons from various states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. V. Windham
Espanola, N. M
Silsbee
Kirby Lumber Corp
Ina
Lois Windham
Espanola
Bob Windham
California
Morris Windham l
Beaumont
Franklin Windham
New Mexico
Bonnie Vinson
Baton Rouge
Ida Turk
Oklahoma
Wand, Williams
Dorothy McAlister
Virginia Willys
Mrs Fuller 63 Dies in Fort Worth
Funeral services for Mrs Ema Frances Fuller 63 of Fort Worth were held at 4 p m in Diamond Hill Baptist Church Fort Worth with Rev Montie Martin officiating Burial followed in Mt Olivet Cemetery near Fort Worth She died December 8 in a Fort Worth hospital after a long illness Survivors include her husband W C Fuller a son Gene Fuller both of Fort Worth a daughter Mrs Sandra Ogden of Silsbee and a sister Mrs Urdine Napier of Austin
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ema Frances Fuller
Fort Worth
Dee
Diamond Hil Baptist Church
Montie Martin
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Fort Worth Hospital
W. C. Fuller
Gene Fuller
Ft. Worth
Sandra Ogder 1
Silsbee
Urdine Napier
Austin
Silsbee Parents Welcome Five Local Newborns in December
In Silsbee, Mr and Mrs Woddye Eddings welcomed a son on December 10 at Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Another Silsbee couple, Mr and Mrs David Deal, welcomed a daughter on December 7 at the same hospital. Carroll Goswick and wife also of Silsbee reported a daughter born December 7 at Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Stéphanie Shantell Swearingen was born November 29 at St Elizabeth Hospital Beaufort. Coliford Briscoe and wife of Buna welcomed Jennifer Yvette on December 8 at Doctors Hospital. Prentiss Lamar Johnston Jr was born December 11 at Doctors Hospital to Mr and Mrs Johnston of Kountze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woddye Eddings
Silsbee
Women’s and Children’s Hospital
David Deal
Carroll Goswick
Women and Children Hospital
Claude Marvin Swearingen
Stephanie Shantell
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Jennifer Yvette
Doctors Hospital
Colifford Briscoe
Buna
Prentiss Lamar Johnston Jr
Johnston Sr
Kountze
Pvt Wesley Dunn Completes Course at Aberdeen Proving Ground
Private Wesley D Dunn age 24 son of Mr and Mrs Jerry Dunn of Silsbee has completed an 11 week Chemical Staff Specialist Course at the US Army Ordnance Center and School Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland The course trains students in administration staff procedures and in the technical aspects of nuclear and chemical weapons systems and biological defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley D. Dunn
Jerry Dunn
Silsbee
Army Ordnance Center
Aberdeen Proving Ground
California Leads Nation with Most Veterans in FY 1973
The Veterans Administration reports California has 323 million veterans, maintaining the top position in fiscal year 1973. New York ranks second with 2.52 percent of veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration
California
New York
Cub Scout Pack 88 Meeting December 18
Cub Scout Pack 88 will meet December 18 at 7 p.m. in Cravens Hall First United Methodist Church. The December theme is Customs of Other Countries with opening by Mrs Avis Carruth Den 7. A den count, awards, skit by Mrs Vivian Stines Den 4, and carols led by Mrs Yvonne Neyland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cravens Hall
First United Methodist Church
Avis Carruth
Den
Vivian Stines
Yvonne Neyland
Funeral Services Today for Pat Morrison 80
Funeral services for Pat Morrison 80 will be held at 10 am today in Buna with Rev. Drew Sheffield officiating. Burial will be in Antioch Cemetery. Morrison died Monday in a Jasper hospital. He was native of Hope Arkansas and lived in Buna 30 years. He operated a grocery store and service station. Surviving are three sons and two daughters and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Morrison
Buna
Drew Sheffield
Antioch Cemetery
Morrison
Jasper Hospital
Hope Ark
Nederland
Euvil Morrison
Jerald Morrison
Orange
Calif
Marjorie Thomas
Carolyn DeHart
C. W. Frederick
Port Arthur
Myrtle Tles
Stlsbee
Schreiner Star David Brown Named All Tournament Team
Schreiner College sophomore David Brown of Kerrville earned a spot on the all tournament team at the Odessa College basketball event held December 8. He set records with 48 points in a single game and totaled 153 points across five games, averaging over 30 per outing, while ranking second in rebounds with 67. Brown, a 6'8" forward, is the son of Mr and Mrs Jim Browne of Prince Hall Villa in Silsbee and a 1972 Silsbee High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Brown
Schreiner College
Kerrville
Schreiner Mountaineer
Odessa
Brown
Jim Browne
Prince Hall Villa
Silsbee
Silsbee High School
ABWA Pine Burr Chapter to Host Christmas Party Meeting
The Pine Burr Chapter of ABWA will hold a Christmas party meeting on Monday December 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the Red Carpet Inn in Beaumont. Rev. Richard Koeppe of First Presbyterian Church Silsbee will speak. Betty Johnson, president, will preside over the business meeting. Christmas gifts will be exchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Burr Chapter
American Business Women's Association
Red Carpet Inn
Beaumont
Richard Koeppe
First Presbyterian Church
Silsbee
Betty Johnson
Happy Homemaking Tips From Barbara Baker
Barbara Baker offers practical domestic hints for hospital visits quiet footwear care of patient comfort and garment care. Suggestions cover restuffing cotton toys with shredded nylon cleaning dishes with nylon onion bags preventing lint by turning knits inside out and removing scratches from plastic sunglasses with toothpaste.
Silsbee School Menus Weekly Dining Plan
Silsbee School presents weekly menus. Monday features chicken and dumplings with green lima beans and peanut butter cake. Tuesday serves breaded veal cutlets with rice, vegetables, pineapple cake, rolls, milk. Wednesday offers Sloppy Joe on buns with pinto beans and salad, apple sauce cake, milk. Thursday includes beef cubes with mashed potatoes and cabbage slaw, fruit cobbler, rolls, milk. Friday notes a holiday and teacher work day.
Camp Fire Girls Meet at Mrs Black Home
Camp Fire Group Wa Han Ka Camp Fire Girls met December 4 at the home of Mrs. Hubert Black with 11 members present. Donna McKeithen called the meeting to order as Lisa Lenders took roll. The group earned Science Craft honor 815 and conducted observation games. Wanda Ferguson served as Reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Black
Donna McKeithen
Lisa Lenders
Wanda Ferguson
Volunteer hours in VA hospitals reach nearly ten million
Volunteers in Veterans Administration hospitals donated almost 10 million hours of service to patients in fiscal year 1973, reflecting widespread civilian effort to support veterans care and hospital programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration
Planning and Zoning Public Hearing for Silsbee Gardens
The Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on zoning changes in the Silsbee Gardens Addition, Silsbee Texas. The meeting is Tuesday January 1974 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall. Wes Latham chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Planning and Zoning Commission
City Hall
Silsbee Gardens
Silsbee
Texas
Nursing Center Plans Open House
The Kountze Nursing Center will hold an open house on Sunday from 2 to 4 p m. Christmas gifts will be presented to residents. Mrs. Wilma Anderson is administrator and invites the public to visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kountze Nursing Center
Wilma Anderson
Mission Society plans Christmas party at Mrs Susie Watkins home
The Mission Society of First Baptist Church at 625 North 2nd Street will host its annual Christmas party at 7 p.m. on December 17 at the home of Mrs. Susie Watkins. Dorothy Gilmore and True and Tried Circles meet for a business session with members each bringing a covered dish and a gift. Rev Samuel Booker is pastor and Mrs M Jeter 15 is president of the Mission Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mission Society of
First Baptist Church
North 2Nd Street
Susie Watkins
Dorothy Gilmore
The
True and Tried
Samuel Booker
M. Jeter
Mission Society
Veterans GI loan program fuels 8.5 million homes
The Veterans Administration GI loan program, begun in 1944, has guaranteed loans totaling over 100 billion dollars, aiding veterans to build or purchase more than 8.5 million homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration
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20Th Century Club
D. D. Shine
H. R. Lovelady
Texas Southern University
Horn
Harold Evans
Perth
Gilehan Hiah Gehnanllerusesion
LENOX
Symphony Centeriece
KENT
Silsbee Flower Shop
G&g Jewelry
Pine Plaza
Heaven and
Hell
Alaska
Washington Mountain City
Blue Bird Group
Coe P
Beaver Valley
PINES
Pvt
Wesley Dunn
Proving Ground
Happy Blue Birds
Jewel Hartman
Charles McKinley
Silsbee Convalescent Center
Mona McKinley
Cub Scout Pack
Martha Davis
Pack
Cub
Silsbee Youth Council
Abwa
Barbara Baker
Silsbee School
Ible
Wes Latham
Wees
Lodge
Herecules Masonic Lodge
F&am
Sils
L. K. Johnson
W. M
J. E. Clark
Morris Moore Chevrolet
Cai
VIN Schaefer
Morris Moore
Chevrolet, Inc
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