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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1965
Page
2
Rev Kenneth E Thorne of Beaumont will be guest speaker at First Christian Church in Silsbee on Sunday at 10 45 a m He is minister of First Christian Church in Beaumont and is on vacation at his home in Wildwood City on Lake Kimble
Members of the Pine Rose Juvenile Circle No. 114 of Silsbee attended Grand Lodge in Houston June 25 28. Mrs. Vernie Ann Hudson is smother matron and Miss Vivian Tyler is worthy advisor. Mrs. S O Jones Mrs Homer DeLaune and Miss Judy De Laune attended the funeral of C E Swift in Orange Sunday.
Three Silsbee Future Farmers of America members Winfred Davis Charles Gore and David Harrell will attend the Texas FFA State Convention in Houston July 14 16. Delegates will elect a state president and choose a sweetheart and top talent team as over 4000 rural youths converge for awards Lone Star Farmer Degree honors will be presented to 785 members including Davis and Gore. O O Miller will accompany the group.
Janice Gibson and Priscilla Gibson, cousins from Port Arthur, visit their grandmother Mrs. Tryon Gibson. Several families from Texas and Louisiana are noted visiting relatives in various cities during a weekend, including trips to Houston New Orleans and Skaggs Island.
Central Baptist Church Evadale will start a revival on Sunday July 18 led by Rev Roland Jones from Liberty with Lynn Ester Woodrow Baptist Church directing the singing. Weekday morning services begin at 10:00 and evening services at 7 30 with comments from J P Stockman and an invitation to all to attend.
Silsbee volunteers and officers were honored at a steak dinner Monday night at Johnnie's Restaurant hosted by H B Neal. L A Yankie, fire department president, led a brief meeting and a short talk by Mayor J Prenk L McClanahan. Thirty four attended.
The article argues for selecting a TSO Doctor of Optometry to prescribe and fit contact lenses citing extensive experience, precise measurements, and high quality production. It notes 40,000 patients fitted in fifteen years, strict processing standards, multi-curve design, and finely finished edges to ensure comfort and visual efficiency.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Viller announce the birth of Seth Andrew July 13 in Dayton Memorial Hospital with grandparents Thomas Burrough and L R Villermin. Silsbee and Kemah families report July births including a son to Clarence Simmonds at St Elizabeth Hospital Bestamont and Brett Anthony to Joseph and wife in Kountze. Delbert Lakey Jr and Ray Lakey born July 7. John Walter born July 7. Marklynn Dwayne born July 10 to Kemah and Silsbee families. Kirsten Michelle to N G Ferrell and wife born July 9 in Hardin Memorial Hospital Kountze.
Eight Silsbee High School students join 367 delegates at the seventh annual High School Publications Workshop at Texas A&M University July 11 to 16. Participants Carol Ragan Rodney Warren Gene Yoksh Buddy Witte Peggy June Gore Sherry Skinner Gayle McDonald James Donelson train in editing newspapers and yearbooks and help publish The Workshopper and a 64 page yearbook.
A correction notes last week's Beaumont Bee misstated J. David Taylor's plans. He expressed intent to begin special training programs among Churches of Christ elsewhere with friends like John M. Davis of Ridgewood Church of Christ.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department reports 13 Fourth of July deaths push the outdoor water toll to 134. J. B. Phillips notes 24 recent victims include four boating deaths and a Dallas man who saved a woman before drowning. A Cleveland man perished after rescuing two daughters. Wardens cite lack of life belts and note one life was saved by a belt.
George Robinson McKellar of Coldspring, a retired farmer, died when his horse fell on him while descending a ravine in his pasture. Services were held at Coldspring Methodist Church with burial at Laurel Hill Cemetery. Survivors include Mrs. Hobbs and Mrs. Cassity.
Funeral services for Charles Everett Swift 63 were held at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. He died at 9 p m last Friday in a Houston hospital. Swift a native of Burchtree Missouri lived in Orange before moving to Silsbee 16 years ago. He was a member of First Baptist Church Silsbee and Masonic Lodge Hemphill. Survivors include his wife three sons mother four sisters two brothers.
OES officers and Mrs. Mel Milner announce a July 19 meeting at 7 30 p m with dinner at 7 p m. South Park Chapter OES hosts at Roberts Avenue Methodist Church Beaumont 1205 Roberts Ave reservations via Juanita Townsend. Attendees include local Beau mont residents and others attending the National Leaders Conference of the American National Insurance Co in Las Vegas July 21 22 23.
County Agent B E Rea promotes a fluorescent orange triangle with a red border to warn drivers of slow moving vehicles. The SMV emblem, visible from 500 feet and usable day or night, aims to reduce accidents on farms and roads by marking vehicles traveling 25 mph or less.
Gulf States Utilities Co. earned Financial World’s 17th consecutive Merit Award for its 1965 Annual Report. The award could lead to an Oscar of Industry trophy at the Silver Anniversary Banquet in New York in October. Winners are named by a judges’ panel with results announced in September.
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