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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1964
Page
2
Editorial staff listing shows co owners David Read and R L Read publishers, Tommy Read editor ad manager, Mrs Leona Whitman society and personal editor, and Patticgrars as reporter. The fragment notes roles for the Read family and assorted editorial positions.
Executors reveal the Edgar and Estelle O Neil Scholarship Trust in their will to annually award a Silsbee Independent School District graduate a sizable scholarship. The couple, longtime Silsbee pioneers, lived modestly and helped many, including lending aid to students and the needy. Their legacy reflects the spirit of Silsbee and its people.
Practical advice from the Texas State Department of Health on turning any camping trip into a health resort. Topics include first aid kits, sanitation, water safety, location choices, latrines, dishwashing, and food storage to prevent illness during travel.
A Q and A style guide covers confidentiality credits and reporting for farm workers. It explains wage records, tax contributions, and maximum earnings, plus how address changes, disability eligibility, and spouse retirement interact with benefits. It notes age 65 rules from 1961 and shows penalties for late household employer reports.
Sherman W Worthey and Mildred Worthey and Ed Tom Worthey and Patsy Ruth Worthey announce plans to incorporate their partnership Apache Core and Container Company at 245 South Second Silsbee Texas into Apache Cove and Container Co Inc under Texas law.
Patty Ruth Worthey and partners formerly operating Acme Skid and Plug Works at 1155 Highway 96 Silsbee Texas intend to incorporate the business as Acme Skid and Plug Inc under Texas law.
Miss Jayne Odom bride elect of Vernon William Fields II was honored with an informal lawn party on a Saturday night. Twenty four friends attended a barbecue supper on the Sargent home lawn hosted by Miss Verla Sargent with Mrs. John C. Meyers as cohostess. She also received a lingerie shower on July 15 at Mrs. Conley Bradshaw.
Cub Scout Pack 88 plans its second of three summer programs Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Silsbee swimming pool with watermelons provided for attendees. Parents are invited to attend as leaders note. The article also explains that porphyry means purple stone used by Roman emperors.
Fire destroyed the former residence of Fire Chief John Busby in the 700 block of U S Highway 96 South. Fire Marshall Emil Slavik reported the blaze early Monday with undetermined origin. Busby was away at a Texas A&M fire training school this week.
Inmates from the Texas Department of Corrections will display top works in a public show at Huntsville prison visiting room on Thursday July 30 with two viewing sessions from 3 to 5 pm and 7 to 9 pm. The exhibit, judged by Sam Houston State Teachers College art faculty, highlights rehabilitation efforts and features paintings drawings and sketches prepared by inmate artists under education director Alonzo Langley.
Eight officers of the Woman's Wesley Bible Class at First Methodist Church met July 13 at Mrs. Jesse A. Wright's home. They outlined duties, planned the year’s work, appointed committees, and set July 21 for a youth supper in conjunction with Youth Week Activities. Mrs Leon Boyett Mrs L D Self and Mrs W C McNeil to organize arrangements.
Lillian Whitman and family express sincere thanks for gifts visits flowers cards and kindness during hospitalization and recovery. They especially appreciate prayers and church prayer sessions from the community.
Letter lists travelers Wallace Woods Mortimer Ennis and Doug Tennison touring from Silsbee to Ruidoso Santa Fe Flagstaff Needles Las Vegas Zion Grand Canyon Colorado New Mexico and toward home by July 25. They describe a bear encounter at Ruidoso camp and note sights at Casino Center and Golden Nugget. An editor Ernest J. Gonsoulin commends the editorial in the July 9 issue.
Retired from the Texas Department of Public Safety, Jesse S Knighten invites friends from Silsbee to visit him in Kerrville Texas. He moved to the hill country and awaits their next trip to Silsbee. Home address given as P O Box 385 Kerrville Texas 78028.
A reader from Groves, Texas asks for multiple copies of the July 9 editorial in The Silsbee Bee. He encloses one dollar and requests as many copies as that amount will buy.
Mr and Mrs Charles Lowrey Baetzman and children of Laurel Mississippi visited over the weekend with their aunt and uncle Mrs O H Bertram. Mrs Tom Singletary and daughter Beth returned home after visiting Dallas and Beth spent two days at TWU in Denton as secretary of the campus Government Association. Dr and Mrs R W Pipkin of Baytown visited the David Cook home and Fort Bliss service member returned after 30 days with relatives. Miss Ginger Larkin went home to Baton Rouge after a month with her grandmother Mrs Sam Larkin. Miss Kathleen and Jonathan Otterson of Manchester New Hampshire are summer guests of their uncle and aunt at the Pines Motel. Mrs David Blalock underwent surgery in Beaumont Baptist Hospital. Visitors include Mrs Lenie Dyer and Mrs Alma Griffith and Mrs Bettey Dyer of Verden Oklahoma. Mrs Carl Larkin and child left for Port Allen Louisiana for a week with relatives.
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