Chance Fletcher News Briefs From Fletcher Loeb Area Activities
The Fletcher Home Demonstration Club meets Tuesday January 8 at 10 a.m. at Mrs. I. M. Butler’s home. A Texas Library Bookmobile visit is planned for January 4 at Milner’s Grocery and 3:15 to 4:30 p.m. at J. M Bowman’s office in Loeb. The Chance Loeb PTA executive board meets January 8 with coffee. The Chance Loeb Band, aided by Silsbee Band Directors, will run during the school day with about sixty students enrolled. Fire Department drills occur Mondays to review rescue equipment recently purchased. The Optimist Club meets the first and third Tuesday evenings at Cottonwood Cafe. Local visitors include Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Kaspar and children visiting Mrs. Kaspar’s mother in Winnsboro, La. Beaumont visitors Mr. and Mrs. Roy Choate visited Billy Flowers’ home. The Stanfords and children spent Christmas with his mother in Semindale, Okla., returning Wednesday. The Kasper family visited E. P. Kasper’s home and Beaumont relatives Sunday. Mrs. S. J. Knapp of Houston returned home after a week with sister Mrs. W. B. Waters. Miss Norma Robinson of Houston also spent the holidays with the Waters family.
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Fletcher Home
I. M. Butler
Texas Library
Milner's Grocery
J. M Bowman's
Loeb
Chance - Loeb School
PTA
C. M. Kaspar
C. O. Rushing
Winnsboro
Roy Choate
Beaumont
Billy Flowers
Tommy Stanford
Stanford
Semindale
Oklo
C. M. Kasper
E. P. Kasper
S. J. Knapp
Houton
W. B. Waters
Norma Robinson
Houston
Herman Wright
Milam Bean
Frank Svaida
Sealy
Frank Bean
E. C. Herrington
Debbie
Jean Herrington
Silsbee
Horace Dwayne McCormick
Los Angeles
Calif
Lance Piggott
Mississippi
Cecil Pourier
J. F. Pourier
B. W. Gravis
Mike
Milwaukee
Wisc
Buddy Piggott
Orangefield
Allen Brown
Evadele
Oland Black
George L. Black
Victor
Valaria Gattis
Janet
Joyce
J. W. Strother
Oak Gale
Mark and
Truett Eason
Jodie Carroll l
Rayville
J. A. Black
Hardin County
Community Star Sparkles With Visits And Births Across Town
Mr and Mrs R M Pennington and Alma Pepkovsek visited in the W B Waters home in Beaumont last Tuesday. Cecil Waters spent New Year holidays in Houston. Constable E Ricks and family visited Hawkinsville and nearby relatives over two weeks. H McKnight and son Keith saw his brother Donald McKnight and family in Oakdale over the weekend. H Hamm and daughters Nancy and Nelda visited N E Hamm’s family in Town Bluff. Sue Leatherwood hosted a New Year’s Eve party for twelve girls. Dickie Ainsworth and son Hunter of Houston visited relatives during the holidays. Inlaw Forse and Ray Coleman returned home after two weeks in the Reserves. Allen Albritton and Beaumont welcomed a baby girl born Dec 26 at Baptist Hospital. Maternal grandparents H E Lewis of Chance-Loeb noted. D M Ryner and children from Oklahoma City visited in the Kelly Tipton home over the holidays. Jack Tipton of Lufkin also visited Tipton family. Linda and Melba Tipton of Port Arthur spent time with grandparents Mr and Mrs Kelly Tipton.
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R. M. Pennington
Alma Pepkovsek
Beaumont
W. B. Waters
Cecil Waters
Houston
Constable E. Ricks
Harmon Ricks
Hawkinsville
H. McKnight
Keith
Donald McKnight
Oakdale
H. Hamm
Ggaughters
Nancy
Nelda
N. E. Hamm
Town Bluff
Sue Leatherwood
Dickie Ainsworth
Hunter
Inlaw Forse
I. L. Forse
Ray Coleman
T.coleman
Allen Albritton
Baptist Hospital
H. E. Lewis
Chance-Loeb
D. M. Ryner
Oklahoma City
Okla
Kelly Tipton
Tipton
Jack Tipton
Lufkin
Linda
Melba Tipton
Port Arthur
Mrr
C. F. Bounds
B. F. Bounds
Dwight Baker
Seldon Adcock
Logansport
C. F. Bound
Neelie Taylor
San Augustine
J. E. Bunch
Terry
Talbert Bunch
DeQuincy
Buddy Dillard
Hazelle Adams
Blackie Cannon
Lexie Carson
Crossett, Ark
James Thompson
Leon Cherry
Lewis Cherry
Pasadena
May Arnold
Bennett Arnold
George Arnold
Lonnie Steed
Baytown
Bud
Donald Ivy
Huntington
Joe Rashall
Evadale
Brunswick
Pauline Teresa
E. L. Ferguson
M. B. Neel
Kirbyville
Judy Odom
Besurmon
Claude Graham
Minnie Lois Daviana
J. B. Harris
Tommy Harris
Garland
Eugene Miller
Jimmy
Port Neches
George Harris
Davis
Ricky
Homer Mull
C. F Bounds
Nellie Taylor
Harold Down Smith
Kathy
Fairdale
Elzie Ladner
Mr. Smith
E. C Smith
Royce Smith
Hemphill
Galen Black
J. E. Black
Evadale Social Roundup Remembers Holiday Visits
Evadale residents hosted and visited relatives over Christmas and New Year. Local households welcomed guests from Beaumont Silsbee Mississippi Milwaukee and Los Angeles among others, with several trips noted to Orangefield Victor Oak Grove La Rayville La and J. W. Strother’s in Oak Gale.
Diphtheria Under Current in Texas Raises Immunization Urgency
Texas health officials report seven diphtheria deaths by Sept 1962 and 80 cases by early December, with 1961 totaling higher. Experts cite lack of immunization and urge routine toxoid boosters for children while warning of rapid spread from carriers and contaminated articles.
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Texas
State Health Department
Week Youth Services at Loeb United Pentecostal Church
Youth services are planned at Loeb United Pentecostal Church Friday night at 7 30 with a Bible study on Exodus chapter 12. Saturday night features slides of Jerusalem and parts of the Holy Land.
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Loeb United Pentecostal Church
Jerusalem
Junior Singers To Meet in Kountze
The Hardin County Junior Singing Convention will be held at Central Baptist Church in Kountze on Sunday from 2 to 4 pm. G. E. Buckner is president and invites the public to attend.
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Hardin County
Central Baptist Church
Kountze
Silsbee Seaman Serves On Newport News Blockade Force
Lonnie E. Apshire, seaman USN, son of Mr and Mrs John Apshire of 635 East Avenue J Silsbee, serves aboard the heavy cruiser USS Newport News. The ship is part of the United States quarantine forces in the Caribbean under Vice Admiral Alfred G Ward Commander Second Fleet. The Newport News serves as flagship for Commander Second Fleet.
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Lonnie E. Apshire
USN
John Apshire
East Avenue
J. Silsbee
Newport News
United States
Carribbean
Alfred G. Ward
Second Fleet
Knights of Labor First Major National US Labor Group
The Knights of Labor emerged as the first large national labor organization in the United States, uniting workers across trades and advocating for broad social and political reform during the late 19th century. It sought universal eight hour workdays, safer conditions, and inclusive membership across races and genders.
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USA
Knights of Labor
Hardin County Deeds and Transfers Filed for Record
Hardin County records show numerous deeds contracts releases and assignments. Transactions include partial releases mortgages and conveyances involving L E Easterling H E Boyer Buck Jones Lumber Allied Concord Finance J R Plake J R McDougal and others with banks savings associations and oil and gas interests. Some filings note probate estate actions and affidavits of heirs.
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Hardin County
Goodrich Gulf Emees Fidelity Credit Union
L. E. Easterling
H. E. Boyer
American National Bank of Beanimont
J. R. McDougal
Release. Co. &. Dollinger
J. R. Plake
American National Bank of Beaumont
E. Williams
Kenneth C Gore
Nellie Gore
M. E. Wherry
Henrys W .Thurston Jr
Big Bonus Homes Inc
Big Bonus Homes
Amercar National Bank of Beaumont
Aseign
Canece Lunder and
Supp'y
Bobby G. Verdrine
Minnix Mae Verdrine
Werr
Edgar Rountree
E E. Mc Donald
W. Wallace
Jessie W Wallace
Jy Deed J
Wallace
Jessie W Walace Jr
Jennie W Wallace Jr
Robert Scheer Jr
William J. Crosbs
Alamo Incaulation Company
Ken Hardin County Savings and Loa Assoc
Phillip Delahaties
Tre'ease Union Producing Company
Wilson Holding
Compar Clei
James I Clark
Audrey P. Grey
Buea Jowse Lumber Company
John Hughes
Buck Jones Umber
USDA Studies Farm Accidents Highlight Ongoing Fatality Trend
A USDA report to the Texas Farm and Ranch Safety Council shows farm accident fatalities are not declining with farm population. High death rates relate to aging farmers, isolation, limited first aid, and rural traffic hazards. Nonfatal injuries affect about a third of farm residents annually, with 19 percent seriously injured and 3 percent permanently disabled.
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Texas Farm and Rancn Safety Council
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Yvet
Card of Thanks for Alvin Williams
The family of Alvin Williams thanks friends for deeds of kindness and expressions of sympathy during the death of our loved one. Flowers cards food and wass of sympathy were deeply appreciated by the Williams family.
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Alvin Williams
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