Local News Briefs From Silsbee Area Vary by Visit and Service
S/Sgt Jimmy Arnold Gregory, stationed in Asia and Guam, visits his Beau mes parents Mr. and Mrs. Dick Gregory before transfer to Macon Georgia. Gene Hollyfield, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hollyfield, completes basic training at Fort Ord and will be posted to Fort Leonard Wood. Kirbyville garden club judges outdoor lighting contest as civic club sponsors event. Other visitors include Earl Davis of Beaumont and W Johnson of Orange, among others. A W Drennen visits Rev and Mrs A A Drennen. Mrs Clarence Dehart enter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Arnold Gregory
Japan
Guam
US Air Force
Dick Gregory
Beaumont
J. W. Gregory
Macon
C. E. Davis
Earl Davis
W . Johnson
Orange
M. J Davis
Bill McDonald
Victor
I. F. Eldredge
B. L. Moreland
L. O. Turrentine
B. A. McMahon
Silsbee Garden Club
Kirbyville
Gene Hollyfield
Elmer Hollyfield
Fort Ord
Calif
Texas National Guard
Fort Leonard Wood
A. W. Drennen
Elwood City
Penn
A. A. Drennen
Clarence Dehart
Oak Farms Milk Opens at Andy's Farmland Drive Inn
Oak Farms Milk and Sever gallon shop at Andy's Farmland Drive Inn opens at 6 am and stays open until 9 pm daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Farms
Andy
Local residents return home after hospital visits and travel plans
A roundup of Beaumont area residents with hospital stays, travel to Chicago for Christmas, Dallas for holidays, and family visits. It notes Thelma Tarver healing after a hip fracture, Bou deaux and others visiting kin in nearby states, Navy training for Robert Terrell, and surgery recoveries of Curtis Jackson and G C Bracken.
Local Health Update and Family Visits In Lufkin
Mrs L G Jordan is confined to Baptist hospital while Mr and Mrs Jimmie Joe Alford of Lufkin visited over the weekend at her parents home, Mr and Mrs G C Bracken. S/Sgt Joe Gregory recently returned from France Morocco due to his son Jerry’s illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Jordan
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Jimmie Joe Alford
Lufkin
G. C .Bracken
Joe Gregory
French Morrocco
Jerry
Services For James M. Turner Held At Paris Cemetery
Funeral services for James Monroe Turner 83 were held Wednesday afternoon near Paris. A retired railroad worker, he died at 10 15 am Monday after transport to Hardin Memorial Hospital in Kountze. He had lived with his son Virgil Turner on Highway 227 in Silshee for three months and is survived by his wife Susa Turner of Sayre Oklahoma three other sons four daughters five brothers four sisters 24 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren. Burial was in Blossom Cemetery near Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Monroe Turner
Paris
Turner
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Silshee
Virgil Turner
Susa Turner
Sayre
Oklahoma
Farmer Funeral Home
Blossom Cemetery
Brooks Announces Resignation of Key Figure In Probe
Chairman Jack Brooks announces the resignation of Commissioner Thomas G. Jay of GSA Region 6 Kansas City effective January 20 1961. Jay was central to hearings on irregularities in the region and Brooks urged his separation from public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks
Probe
Jack Brooks
House Government Activities Subcommittee
Thomas G. Jay
General Services Administrations
Region 6
Kansas City
GSA
Franklin Floete
Jay
Floete
Public Service
Earl
H. Lund
Public Buildings Service
Volunteer Firemen Hold Christmas Party in Fire Hall
Silsbee volunteer firefighters hosted their annual Christmas party at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the fire hall. The Firemen's Auxiliary arranged the event and a good crowd attended despite lights going out and a fire alarm interrupting the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Rex Moore
E. C. Bryant
T. CC. Freeman
Tod
Jewel Beddie
BE. J. Jones
Charlie Allen
Duck Ray
Warren Bower
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leona Whitman
Merry
Silsbee Butane Company
St. Therese Hospital
Thelma Tarver
Shelby Croucher
Chicago
Margaret Croucher
William Free
Dallas
Matthew Free
Sam Hill
Sue Robertson
Tennessee
Leroy Scharber
Galveston
Billie Strother
David Blalock
Anadorka
Oklo
Jeans
D IM. Blalock
Ralph Disch
R. W. Frost
Boise
Idaho
J. F. Eldredge
Brazoria
George G. Badge
Ruby Bledge
Edna Earle
Pennington
Ala
Billy D. Moore
Robert Terrell
W.L. Franks
Nick Terrell
US Navy
San Diego
Silsbee High School
Curtis KR. Jackson
USN
Claudia R. Jackson
Midway
Alameda
Jerry Collins
Ray Collins
G. C. Bracken
Hotel Dieu Hospital
Eace On
Southern Building & Construction
Debre
Sahara
Michel Debre
Mauritania
U.N
Soviet Union
James M. Turner
Florise Beauty Shop
Warrick
Admiral
AILTY
Mike
Beh
Admiral Portable TV
Warrick TV & Appliance, Inc
Ilsbee State Bank
North Lith
Caldey
Circle Beaumont
Sishee Knights of Pythias
Silshee Knights of Pythias
Texas
Nelza
Beauty Shop
A. McKinney & Son
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