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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1976
Page
3
Debbie Theriot and Glenn Collins announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter to Daniel Glenn Wadale. The ceremony is set for 7 p.m. at a church in Evadale with a reception in Union Hall nearby. Relatives and friends are notified through the press.
On Feb 27 all draft fires in Texas will be activated as part of a nationwide plan to bring the Selective Service to full operational capability. Registrants and men liable to register must comply as draft records move to federal storage at Fort. The program outlines a 12 month phase-down concentrating activity at five regional offices in San Francisco Ohio Chicago Atlanta and Baltimore to restore the system in emergencies and train a small reserve of officers.
Mrs. Erna Fee is recuperating at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. McClinton after recent surgery in Beaumont. Mrs. Ray Collins underwent knee surgery at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont.
Austin Comptroller Bob Bullock announced mailing checks totaling 2.7 million dollars to 186 counties and 300 cities for the October December 1975 quarter. Counties receive 15 percent from unincorporated areas, cities 15 percent within city limits, with hardin County's 232.09 from a 1547.25 total. The remaining 6.5 million supports the state general revenue fund.
Harold Norris was elected president of the Silsbee Little League for the 1976 season at a meeting at Silsbee State Bank. Elected officers include Chuck Sadler Bo Tarver Oscar Fannett Eloise Shavers Jim Bo Bowen Luther Christian Charles McCaleb John McDonald A P Ratcliff and Bob Ogden. Opening day is Saturday May 1 with a board meeting scheduled for Thursday Feb 26.
The Royal Cloverleaf Civic Club hosts a Founders Day Banquet at 7 30 p m Saturday in the Educational Building First Baptist Church 625 North Second Street Mrs Faye Guillory will speak on We Come This Far By Faith Barbecue dinners will be sold Saturday from Mrs James C Perkins 325 South 19th Street area residents may call 385 3693 after 3 30 p m for orders The club meets February 25 at 7 p m at Mrs Will Cooper 701 South 15th Street to finalize plans for the Mary Alphin District Executive Board meeting February 28 and to receive Reports from Founders Day activities President Mrs A C Davenport presiding.
Sergeant L. A. Reinhart of the Texas Highway Patrol announced this week that during January in Hardin County there were two rural fatal accidents causing three deaths. The patrol also investigated 27 rural motor vehicle accidents with 11 injuries, compared with one fatal and 12 injuries in January 1975. District 2B covered 16 counties with 882 rural incidents, 22 dead and 157 injured.
Funeral services for Mrs. Helen Hickey 82 of Bellville were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Etlinger Funeral Chapel. She died February 15 at 8 p.m. in Sweetbriar Nursing Home after moving to Bellville 11 years ago from Silsbee where husband and son Tom Hickey worked for GC and SF Railway.
Miss Deborah Carlene Nance and Mark Steven Allen plan a July 17 wedding. Deborah is EVADALE High School student. Mark is a Conroe High School and Lamar University graduate. They will reside in Houston where he serves as Superintendent of Communications and Radio Systems for Sutler Division of Mitchell Energy and Development Corp.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira W. Kelley announce the engagement of their daughter Etta Faye to Kenneth Rose son of Mr. and Mrs. W L Rose. The couple will exchange vows March 5 at 7 30 p m in the home of her grandparents J E Kelley. Both are Silshee High School graduates with Rose stationed at Carswell Air Force Base Fort Worth. Friends are invited through the press to attend.
Fifty seven persons attended a family get-together honoring Mr. and Mrs. E W Biskamp on their 60th wedding anniversary at the home of their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. George King. Out of town guests included the Norwood and Daves groups, the Herringtons, Ed Cain and family, and Deward Biskamp of Beaumont.
An appeal seeks donations for medical expenses of Glenn Russell Hutto seven son of Mr and Mrs Glenn Hutto of Silsbee at Kirby Elementary first grader. He has been in John Sealy Hospital Galveston for two weeks undergoing extensive tests and treatment and is expected to stay about six more weeks. A fund is established at Silsbee State Bank for contributors to support Glenn Russell.
Mr and Mrs Glenn Reese of Silsbee welcomed a daughter born February 11 at Women and Children Hospital. Richard Dennis Brunner and Carla Elaine Spellos joined as newborns February 12 and 13 at Silsbee Doctors Hospital. Connie Marie Townsend and John Washington Bostick II arrived February 13 in Silsbee area hospitals. Connie and John Washington are siblings to Carla Elaine and Shae Alden Willard born February 3 and February 2 respectively. The article notes grandparents great grandparents across Silsbee and nearby towns.
Shirley Cain a Lumberton High School Distributive Education student qualified for the state DECA Display Contest after winning the Area III Display Contest held February 13 14 at Clear Creek High School The competition tested judging of department type window displays She advances to the DECA Leadership Conference March 11 13 at Houston Astroworld Hotel Cain daughter of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Cain of Lumberton has trained on the job at Cain's Sewing Center in Silsbee Winners at state move to National DECA events in Chicago New Jersey May 8 13
Comptroller Bullock announced January 1976 sales tax checks to cities. Silshee collected 10569.00, Sour Lake 1057.87, Kountze 2169.50, Jasper 15113.85, Beaumont 161133.41. Brotherhood Month at First Baptist Church, North Second Street includes a Valentine banquet and black history program with youth projects. President Robert Edward leads the Brotherhood. Rev. Samson Booker is pastor.
Dallas businessman Robert Jacobs will address the Silsbee Evening Lions Club at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Cajun Delight Restaurant. Lincoln Skillern, the program chairman, will introduce Jacobs who will outline fundraising plans for the Easter Seal Drive.
The U S Army Corps of Engineers and Shine & Associates signed a contract February 9 to survey the Neches River boundary of the Big Thicket National Preserve from Dam B to Beaumont and the Jack Gore Baygall Unit. The project, valued over 150000 dollars, includes mid July completion for Gore Baygall and January 1977 for the river survey of about 170 miles, with multiple crews and electronic distance tools. Shine will work with Irving Webb of Inks Lake Village as a consultant. Webb is a member of the Texas State Board for Registered Public Surveyors. Shine is president of the Silsbee Independent School District Board of Trustees and a former Texas Surveyors Association president.
A nursing home visit prompts reflections on senility its link to brain oxygen and circulation. It discusses signs forgetfulness confusion night wandering and the vegetative state and notes sensory deprivation accelerates decline. Emphasizes family activities as a richer stimulus than mere placement in nursing homes to improve elder well being.
Members of Boy Scout Troop 271 of Prince Hall Villa complex visited Sea-Arama Marine World in observance of Scout Month. The group attends First Baptist Church at 625 North Second Street with Rev. Sampson Booker as pastor. A banquet in Prince Hall Villa meeting room on February 25 at 7 p.m. will climax the celebration. Abram Miles Jr. is the scout master.
A playful item notes mashed potatoes with vodka as a joke. It mentions Amtrak ordering new passenger cars and comments on tracks being too poor to wear out, with light satire about morning stiffness and a coffee club used for a payday issue.
The Silsbee Tops Club met February 17 in the Gulf States Building with 15 members weighing in for a total loss of 11 pounds. Mrs. Ruby Henley won the fruit basket with a 2 1/2 pound loss.
Betty Lewis expresses gratitude for cards flowers phone calls and prayers during hospitalization and convalescence special thanks to First Baptist Church members and pastors as blessings are wished.
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