Loeb News Highlights Community Notices and Obituaries
The Loeb area reports the death of Clarence Bumstead in Beaumont, with services in Joaquin and interment in Jackson Cemetery. Local families, church circles, school board actions, and civic events fill notices from weddings and hospital visits to Scout dinners and safety banquets. Guests, students, and workers travel between Beaumont, Silsbee, Port Arthur, and Groves as clubs plan meetings, fundraisers, and reorganizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Bumstead
Beaumont
Roberts
Pipkin-Brulin
Jackson Cemetery
Joaquin
Texas
E. M. Stewart
Cordy Greene
Edith Rosier
Robinson
Scotty
Kirbyville
Mother Shawver
Roy
J. B. Faggard Jr
Lamar College
LVA
Rabbitt
Silsbee
Robert Revin
Baptist Hospital
R. DeLoach
George Mitchell
F. Langlanais
H. Clausen Sr
Clausen Jr
Cynthia
Port Arthur
Glenda Bend
Jim Hennig
Archie Lowe
Thomas Collier Kirk
Tommy
Janet
Groves
R. M. Tomlinson
James McCuistion
Ft Sill
Okla
Cook’s Lake Road
Loeb First Baptist Church
WMS
Lottie Moon
Irene Heywood
Alice Keith
T. F. Jeffront
Zemma ‘Hare
Joyce Cox
Mildred Wilcox
E. N. Stanford
WMU
Kenneth Hiner
South Park
Tommy Burks
State University
Jerry Burks
Paul Okun
Penny Martin
Victor
W. H. Meyers
Alton
Port Acres
F. Landry
C. T. Jordan
John Howland
J. C. Hill
Beaumont Pent
Coy Hale
G. A. Willette
H. A. Stephens
Houston
Haliburton Co
Jackie Nash
Hale
Woodcrest Methodist
Loeb
Chance-Loeb
Beaumont District Council
Good Shepherd Baptist News Youth and adults plan church activities
A church bulletin notes multiple groups at Good Shepherd Baptist Church meeting on weekends and weeknights. The Young Married Couples training union discussed joining the PTA and promoting school welfare projects. YWA members finished a mission study and held fellowship. Intermediate RA's met with basketball against the Brotherhood. GA girls advanced steps and prepared for an Associational GA meeting at Mt Olivet. The district II Brotherhood and RA gathering included Rev. Blalock and eight men. a Woodville district meeting followed with Rev. Havner as guest speaker. A Woodrow Baptist program and fellowship planned forming a new area church association with special music by Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs. Rev. Bateman spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Dillons
Lillian Kelly
Gloria Matthews
Gene McCartney
Dorothy Harville
Karen Jordan
Fred
Mt. Olivet
David Blalock
Brotherhood and RA
First Baptist Church of
Beaumont
Woodville
Vance Havner
South Carolina
Bert Black
WMU
Good Shepherd
Woodrow Baptist Church
Fred Hobbs
Robert Bateman
Silsbee Bee Publication Details and Staff Listed
The Silsbee Bee details its second class mailing permit date April 10 1919 and publication schedule every Thursday at 410 Highway 96 Silsbee Texas with subscription rates 350 per year in Hardin Jasper Tyler Jefferson counties and 400 outside these counties. The staff includes co owners and publishers David Read and R L Read city editor Jerry Zuber society editor Leona Whitman mechanical department staff Tommy Read Harold Leigh Ruth Stirling James Johnson Charles Green and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Texas
Highway 96
Hardin
Jasper
Tyler
Jefferson
David Read
R. L. Read
Jerry Zuber
Leona Whitman
Tommy Read
Harold Leigh
Ruth Stirling
James Johnson
Charles Green
Big Bass Tale On Damp Dam Voyage
Local anglers recount a foggy Damp Dam outing with a 6.14 pound bass, partner C D Creasy, and a Lazy Ike lure. Other catches include Marion Walton’s five bass, a three pounder, and notes on water clarity and upcoming Southeast Texas Bass tournament March 8 9 at the Dam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byerly
Lakeside Inn
Jasper County
Charles Byerly
Creasy
Yours
Marion Walton
Village Creek
Ed Holder
Port Arthur
Dam
Woman's Club Meeting Set For This Afternoon
Silsbee Woman's Club will meet at 2 30 this afternoon in Mrs W J Davis home. Co hosts are Mrs J R Sims and Mrs A R Neyland. Program leaders are Mrs R R Birdwell Mrs H F Fuller and Mrs F M Bowers. The program focuses on fashions with Mrs B L Moreland presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Woman's Club
W. J. Davis
J. R. Sims
A. R. Neyland
R. R. Birdwell
H. F. Fuller
F. M. Bowers
B. L. Moreland
Methodists Plan Chicken Spaghetti Supper Feb 13
The First Methodist Church Women Society will hold a chicken spaghetti supper from 5 to 8 PM on Tuesday February 18 in Cravens Hall. Mrs Doyle McKeown is general chairman and the ticket publicity committee is led by Mrs Don Keptra and Mrs Alvin Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womans Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Cravens Hall
Doyle McKeown
Don Keptra
Alvin Hall
Howard Hargrove
M. M Bell
N. P. McCarney
R. R. Birdwell
Burke Hargrove
Services For Infant Held in Georgia
Graveside services were held January 31 in Riverview Memorial Cemetery for Kathy Jo Birmingham infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Nearling Birmingham of Atlanta Georgia Arrangements were by J Allen Couch and Son Funeral Home Reverend J T McHan officiated Grandparents are Mr and Mrs L E Swinney of Silsbee and Mr and Mrs Ollie B Birmingham of Carthage
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverview Memorial Cemetery
Kathy Jo Birmingham
Nearling Birmingham
Atlanta, Ga
J. Allen Couch
Camp Fire Group Tan Ya Su Ta meeting aims at service
Camp Fire group Tan Ya Su Ta met January 31 in Cravens Hall at First Methodist Church. Kaye Jonte presided. Girls planted bulbs for shut ins and planned to attend the church groundbreaking in full uniform and will serve cookies after the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cravens Hall
First Methodist Church
Kaye Jonte
Shutins
Chhurch
Mexican jumping beans and larva inside cause jumps
A report explains that the beans jump due to a larva of a moth living inside each bean. The phenomenon has long puzzled observers and is tied to the insect’s activity within the seed.
Shadow of the Boomerang to be shown by Baptists
Evangelist Billy Graham's new feature Shadow of the Boomerang will be shown Sunday at 7 p m at First Baptist church in Silsbee. The outdoor action film set in Australia follows two young Americans and uses Crusade footage to deliver a moral message amid homestead life in the Outback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Graham
Baptists
First Baptist Church
Australia
Outback
Georgia Lee
Dick Jones
Melbourne
Sydney
Big City
Chance Loeb PTA Meeting Tuesday Night
The Chance Loeb Parent-Teacher Association holds its regular monthly meeting Tuesday February 13 at 7 30 in the school gymnasium District President Mrs Stoudenmier of Groves will speak at the founders day program Mrs Patty Le Blanc president will preside over the business session Refreshments follow the meeting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf States Utilities Co
Ridgewood Motel
John T. W., Williams
E. L.hegwood
George Brown
C. A. Kin‘caid
Homer Shawver
J. R. Williams
Virgil Clyde Williams
C. E. Read, Sr
Will Tanner
Chance-Loeb Independent School District
Jessie Lee Pattillo
Jessie Barland
Carolyn Allensworth
C. A. Hall
L. J. Garner
M. L. Pipkin
Gladys Bowman
Chance-Loeb
Parent- Teacher Association
Stoudenmier of
Groves
Patty LeBlanc
Episcopal Church to Open Nursery School in September
St. John’s Episcopal church in Houston plans a non-denominational nursery school for ages three and four starting in September. The school offers supervised play in a Christian environment. Applications for a teacher are being sought by the nursery school board. board members include Mr. and Mrs. Robert Black, Mr. and Mrs. Ward Bush, and Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Gilchriest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Church
Ward Bush
Robert Black
Christ Church Cathedral
Houston
The
Texas Episcopal School Association
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Nursery School Board
Grant A. Herbst
Weldon Gilchriest
Peace Corps Plans Placement Tests February 17 Nationwide
Peace Corps will administer placement tests at 8 30 a m February 17 in centers across the country. Applicants may test then complete a Peace Corps questionnaire or vice versa to be considered for spring and summer projects in Africa Asia and Latin America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peace Corps
Africa
Asia
Latin America
Sargent Shriver
E Ha Wee Camp Fire Girls Plan Valentine Party
The E Ha Wee Camp Fire group met Monday afternoon at leader Mrs. Helen Wagner's home with 11 members. They planned a Valentine party and worked on memory books. Susan Foster served refreshments and Linda Savant was scribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E Ha Wee
Helen Wagner
Susan Foster
Knights Uniforms Made by Den 10 Cub Scouts
Den 10 of Pack 88 met Monday at Mrs. Wade Parker’s home with eight cubs. They completed knights uniforms and crafted shields guards swords and knight hats. Weeks Crawford III served refreshments. Hank Mitchell was scribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Den
Wade Parker
Weeks Crawford III
Hank Mitchell
Den 4 Cub Scout Pack 199 Meets at Richards Home
Den 4 of Cub Scout Pack 199 met Monday at Mrs. Charles Richards home with seven boys present. The meeting opened with the pledge to the flag. The boys wrote family names for place cards for the blue gold banquet. Emmett Davis, scribe, served refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Den
Charles Richards
Emmett Davis
Card of Thanks for Mrs. Nallie V. Ashcraft
The family thanks Rev. E. W. Stanley of Loeb and Rev. H. B. Morgan and their church members for deeds of kindness during the illness and loss of Mrs. Nallie V. Ashcraft. Duke Ashcraft and sons L. C. Tanton and families Jesse Tanton and families express appreciation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nallie V. Ashcraft
E. W. Stanley
Loeb
H. B. Morgan
Duke Ashcraft
L. C. Tanton
Jesse Tanton
Children’s Dental Health Week Observed in Silsbee
Mayor F L McClanahan Jr proclaims February 4 10 1962 as Children’s Dental Health Week in Silsbee designating Mrs W C McNeil local event chair. The proclamation notes the impact of teeth on health appearance and well being and urges early preventive measures against tooth decay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. McClanahan Jr
W. C. McNeil
Silsbee
City of
Enrollment Open For Spanish Class Moves to Larger Hall
Enrollment in the adult conversational Spanish class has doubled since starting with seven. The class now meets at the Odd Fellows Hall on North 11th Street after outgrowing St. John's Parish House. A beginners class will start for late enrollees with tutoring to catch up in six to eight weeks. Registration closes after February 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. T. Gore
St. John’s Parish House
Texas Highway Commission Praises Farm to Market Bill
The Texas Highway Commission endorses the Farm to Market road bill calling it constructive and plans to expand the system from 35 000 to 50 000 miles. Chairman Herbert C Petry Jr notes a long range maintenance program will enable increased new mileage over years and coordinate development across Texas regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Highway Commission
Herbert C. Petry, Jr
Highway Commission
Commission
The
Perry
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Pressman
Katy
Walton
Myrtis Skinner
R. D. Tatman
Thurston Huff
Wolf Creek
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Nick Hill
Irby Hyde
Woman’s Club
Averne's
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Spurger
Laverne Hammick
Vider
Georgia
Tutor
Golden Labrador
Alan Bunting
Aldershot
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Chance
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Son
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Linda Savant
Tigers
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Fg Ft
Biddle
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Drake Read
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Kincaid
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Valentine Tyler
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Thorn’s Nursery
Keith Gary
Insurance Agency
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