Candy Barr Returns to Prison to Promote Prison Rodeo
Candy Barr visits Goree and Huntsville units of the Texas Department of Corrections to discuss her appearance at the Texas Prison Rodeo. She reflects on her past, praises her new life, and talks with inmates and staff, including the prison newspaper’s inmate editor.
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Ivate Life
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Candy
Goree
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Vegas
Open House At Tom Tennison Home This Weekend
The Spanish style Span ish residence of Mr and Mrs Tom Tennison Jr opens for public viewing Sunday July 31 from 2 to 5 pm. Builder Martin Yawn invites locals to see the 4400 square foot air conditioned five bedroom home featuring imported brick and hexagonal floor tiles.
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Tom
Tom Tennison Jr
Martin Yawn
Old
Mexico
Spain
Gas Company Transfers Votaw To Beeville District
Travis Votaw longtime Houston Natural Gas Co district manager will transfer Aug 22 to Beeville. Glenn D. Claybourn will replace him in Silsbee after serving 21 years with the company. Votan joined as trainee in 1960 and held several posts in La Marque Texas City Dickinson and Silsbee.
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Houston Natural Gas Co
Beeville
Glenn D. Claybourn
Dickinson
Wotan
Silsbee
la Marque
Texas City
Claybourn
Votan
Houston Natural Gas
Palacios
Silsbee Senior League finishes season in partial tourney run
Silsbee defeated Alta Loma 15 1 with Claude Coward throwing a one hitter and one error. They then lost 5 0 to Channelview after a rain delayed game in Houston. Matt Dinkle pitched for Silsbee as Tim Rodrigues and W F Darby managed the tournament team. Wildfire control notes follow.
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Alta Loma
Texas City
Claude Coward
Channelview
Houston
Matt Dinkle
Tim Rodrigues
W. F. Darby
Feeding the Multitude and Post-Resurrection Meeting
A reflection on Jesus feeding a crowd with five loaves and two fish, and later appearing to disciples after the resurrection. The piece emphasizes obedience, simple offerings, and God’s blessing when service is offered in faith, ending with a prayer for forgiveness and usefulness in Thy glory.
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Two Silsbee Sailors At San Diego
Seaman Recruit Roger D Baten and Seaman Recruit David L Deal of Silsbee are undergoing seven weeks of basic training at the Naval Training Center San Diego under veteran Navy petty officers. They study naval history organization customs and courtesies ordnance and gunnery seamanship damage control first aid and survival shipboard drill and sentry duties. The program emphasizes military drills and a planned physical fitness regimen. Upon completion they will be assigned to a school shore station or ship based on Navy tests and needs.
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USN
William H. Baten
510 St
Third St
David L. Deal
Laverne C. Deal
Star Route
Silsbee
Naval Training Center
Thought for the Day: Faith Defines Our Conduct
A Scotland attributed Thought for the Day quotes Thomas Watson: our Christian faith determines behavior and guides daily conduct. The brief aphorism reinforces moral discipline rooted in belief.
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Thomas Watson
Scotland
Hebert Mercer Sr Reunion Held At Mercer Home
The Hebert Mercer Sr family reunion gathered sixty eight attendees Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mercer. Special recognition went to R. C. Johnston and family of Princeton West Virginia for traveling the farthest, Robbie Marie Newton of Houston as youngest, and Nina Johnston of Princeton Wyoming as oldest. Attendees included J. R. Mercer family Gertrude Wharton Beaumont Herbert Mercer Jr. Victor Burl Mercer Al Newton Houston Jesse Horton Liberty Jimmy Fontenot Ville Platte Louisiana.
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Hebert Mercer Sr
Walter FE. Mercer
R. C. Johnston
Princeton
West Virginia
Robbie Marie Newton
Houston
Nina Johnston
Prince
Ton
J. R. Mercer
Gertrude Wharton
Beaumont
Herbert T. Mercer Jr
Victor
Burl Mercer
al Newston
Jesse Horton
Liberty
Jimmy Fontenot
Ville Platte
Firemen Return From School at College Station
John Busby, chief of the Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department, and Russell and J. C Busby, firemen, returned last Friday from the Texas Firemen's Training School at College Station. Chief Busby has long served as an instructor, and this year his class topic was Pump Operations. The chief reported a very interesting school this year.
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Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
Russell
J. C Busby
Texas Firemen's Training School
College Station
Busby
Fire officials tour Texas wide fire techniques
Firemen from across Texas and several other states gathered as experts demonstrated new methods for fighting tightline fires. Chief Busby reported a kitchen fire at the W. K. Hilliard home, 222 Read Street, Woodlea, Sunday morning caused by hot grease on the stove.
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Busby
Silshee
W. K. Hilliard
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Woodlea
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