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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1974
Page
7
Evangelists Ken and Alice Williams of Newton will hold a revival meeting at the Oak Grove Assembly of God Church in Fred from February 24 to March 1. Services start at 7 each night. Rev Frank Williams, the church pastor, invites the public to attend. Anyone needing a bus ride should call 4293953.
The WMU of First Baptist Church met Tuesday for the Current Mission program. Mrs. Hazel McWilliams opened with prayer and review of the Calendar of Prayer. Dorothy Evans leads the circle. P W Watkins presided. participants include Mrs. Faye Cook Mrs. Burl Modisette Mrs. David Cook and Mrs. Hazel McWilliams. Dorothy Wentworth to review Cutting Edges Tuesday at 10 am in the church followed by a covered dish lunch. Open to WMU members and interested attendees.
District II Veterans of World War I and auxiliary schedule quarterly meeting at First Baptist Church Spurger on Saturday. Registration starts 10 a.m. and the session begins 10:30 a.m. Lunch will be served by the Spurger auxiliary ladies.
I thank my friends for flowers, cards, gifts, and calls during my hospital stay. Special thanks to Rev Danielson of United Pentecostal Church and Mrs Glenda Stutzenburg. Mrs Lula Watts.
Belton Mrs Marie Mote daughter of Mr and Mrs L P Landgraf of Silsbee earned a 4.00 grade point average to make the Vice President's Honor Roll for the fall semester at Mary Hardin Baylor College. The college is a four year coeducational institution under the Baptist General Convention of Texas.
Dr W Earl Ashley of Waterloo Illinois will be guest speaker at 11 am and 7 pm services at Good Shepherd Baptist Church this Sunday. An Army WWII veteran and 1952 ministerial entrant, he holds degrees from East Texas Baptist College and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and earned a Doctor of Divinity in 1970.
Kountze High School basketball team led by Fred Williams overcame a 20-15 first quarter deficit to defeat LA 60-? in a tight game. Kountze outscored LA 22-12 in the second, 10-9 in the third, and 14-2 in the final stanza to reach a 19-10 record.
Funeral services for Margar ite Attra age 70 were held at 1 30 p m on February 20 at L M Williams and Sons Funeral Chapel with Rev Jim Fairchild officiating Burial took place at Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery Mrs Attra died Monday at 915 p m in St Elizabeth Hospital Survivors include a sister Mrs Bertha Lee Miller of Silsbee and two brothers Jack Surles of Beaumont and David Surles of Mandeville Louisiana
The Azalea Garden Club will meet February 27 at 9 30 a m in the home of Mrs Horace McGill. Cohostesses are Mrs F M Bowers Mrs John K Bower and Mrs Sam Farrell. Mrs Jenny Bingham will present a program on Begonias.
Trustees named Richard Jones Horace Whittington and R F Sanford to a budget committee to work with Crawford. They discussed exchanging property with Dr George Tennison for a site for a new administration building and announced a 102 by 387 foot tract east of the High School and a 210 by 208 foot tract at Kirby Elementary for relocation of the City park. The exchange involves a $125 payment to the district and a survey by W K Hilliard with Earl Stover handling legal work. The board hired substitute staff and bus drivers and set a Feb 27 meeting to review workmen's compensation insurance plan. They also authorized $1319 for two band instruments and transferred $55,000 in pledged securities from First National Bank. January attendance was 92.22 percent with 5,443.5 absences and total January enrollment 3,717.
The SHS basketball program awarded varsity letters to seniors Jerry Galloway Johnny Lowe Anthony Jones James Simmons Bill Teaff and others. Freshmen and JV players also received letters with named players and managers listed, honoring the season achievements including All-District honors for James Simmons Mike Dabney and coach Montgom ery.
Mr and Mrs Vernon Gray of Silsbee welcome a son born February 17 at Women and Children's Hospital. Mr and Mrs George E Lester of Buna announce a daughter born February 16 at Baptist Hospital. Mr and Mrs Billy Jack Lewis of Jasper greet son Billy Jack Jr born February 4 at Jasper Memorial Hospital. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs O James Lewis of Newton and Mr and Mrs Alton Swearingen of this city. A son Clayton Mathew was born February 12 at Doctors Hospital to Mr and Mrs William Mathew Massey of Silsbee. Jimmy Dwayne born February 14 to Mr and Mrs Larry James Leger of Kountze at Doctors Hospital.
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