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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1961
Page
4
The Silsbee Bee, a Thursday newspaper serving Hardin, Jasper, Tyler, and Jefferson Counties, lists editors, co owners, and department staff. Printing and mailing notes show a 1919 second class permit and subscriptions priced at 3.50 or 4.00 per year within or outside specified counties.
A note from a Lions Club gathering corrects a prior fish weight claim. W R Pittman reportedly threatened to sue over a misstatement about a catfish weighing 5844 pounds, far from 53. The writer emphasizes accuracy in piscatorial matters and notes no names are connected to the incident. Santa Claus appearances at Santa Fe Park continue, with a child noting a different Santa from the previous week.
Commissioner Frank Payne bags a nine point buck last weekend up north. Bob McClelland and Tom Tennison return from West Texas with four does and a bonus deer allowed this year. Tom finally gets that back. The piece notes Christmas preparations and a year end finance frenzy in the land of milk and honey.
Lenola Busby a Prairie View College senior is among about 3 percent of students nominated for Who's Who among students in American colleges and universities She teaches student teaching at A W Jackson High in Rosenberg Texas and is a Waldo Mathews High School graduate daughter of Mr and Mrs Oliver Busby The student council and life personnel at the college prepared the final list after campus nominations from students and faculty members.
Den 4 of Cub Scout Pack 88 met at the den mother's home Mrs I T Odom. They repeated the Golden Rule and later wrapped gifts for their mothers. Joel Allen was named the new den chief. They played games sang carols and enjoyed refreshments. The meeting closed with the law of the pack.
Public notice under City Charter section 9.18 requires all persons holding taxable personal or real estate to render for taxation by April 1, 1962. Merchants must furnish the Assessor and Collector of Taxes a true statement of all goods on hand as of January 1, 1962. Cesar Dominguez Acting City Tax Assessor-Collector City of Silsbee, Texas.
Miss Edna Earle Woodward of Silsbee and Silas Wayne Davis of Baytown were married December 2 at 3 p.m. in the bride’s home with Rev. F. C. Drake officiating. The ceremony featured white mums, a floral altar, and a waltz length lace gown for the bride. Attendants included Linda Woodward and James R. Davis. The couple will reside in Baytown, with Davis employed by Beall Drilling Company in Houston.
Miss Amelia Sue Hill of Beaumont and Robert Gerald King of Waco will wed at 4 p m in Bethlehem Lutheran Church Beaumont. Rev C A Woytek to officiate with Mrs Al Hunsterman and Miss Mary Ann Johnson as bridesmaids and Jack O Smith and Ernest Frank as best man and groomsman.
The First Presbyterian Church of Silsbee schedules a candlelight Christmas Eve service on December 24 at 5 30 p m featuring hymn singing a brief meditation and the Lord s Supper The church also notes no youth meeting this Sunday or next and that worship starts at 11 00 a m with church school at 944 and the Session meeting at 1040 before and after worship to receive members.
The birth of Christ will be presented in song Sunday at 7 45 p m by four choirs of First Baptist church. About 115 people will participate under Marion Walton director. The program features Christmas carols a theme and a short cantata The Song of Christmas by Roy Ringwald.
Den 9 of Cub Scout Pack 88 met at Mrs. Jimmy Wrights home Monday to wrap Christmas gifts. Tommy Wright served refreshments and the meeting closed with the living circle. They will not meet again until after the holidays. Mark Yawn, scribe.
The White Family Mary Banks and Arthur and Mildred Kyles express gratitude for friends aid and sympathy during the illness and passing of Ura Lee McKitchen.
The Wilma Weeks WMU group met Monday night at Mrs. D. H. Suitt's home for a Christmas party. Mrs. F. A. MecMicken presented The Other Wise Man and Mrs. Leona Whitman read The Christmas Tree. Agnes McMillan led a brief business meeting. next gathering set for January 15 at Miss Jake Mock's home.
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