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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1977
Page
3
A 1977 scenario shows a person under 24 with a wife and two children earning 10 000 a year for two years could receive up to 880 000 in total social security and Medicare benefits by age 65. Benefits include disability payments for dependents and potential Medicare coverage after 25 months of disability, prompting debate over the 5.85 percent payroll deduction.
Thomas Boyd Burch of Sour Lake a 66 year old former Hardin County commissioner died at St Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont at 12 35 am Tuesday He was a WWII veteran oilman and had just won license to practice law before the U S Supreme Court Funeral services were at First Baptist Church Sour Lake at 11 am Wednesday with burial at Forest Lawn Beaumont Survivors include wife Vivian and a son Thomas both of Sour Lake
Longtime Azalea Garden Club members Mrs. Thelma McGee Mrs. Wave Bowers and Mrs. Bessie Mae Brown were selected to be honored this year. The club again contributed to Silsbee Public Library in recognition, with a donation of 125.00 dollars.
Mr and Mrs Harvey Hollyfield of Silsbee announce the engagement of Deborah Irene Hollyfield to Gary Don Wallis son of Mr and Mrs Calola Britton of Kountze Vows will be exchanged June 24 at 7 30 p m in the home of Ivy R O Quinn in Silsbee. Deborah is a Silsbee High School graduate employed by Silsbee Automotive Parts. Wallis a Kountze High School graduate works at Kirby Lumber and Forestry. Friends and relatives invited through the press.
San Antonio events mark the Copeland wedding after a June 2 rehearsal dinner at Los Patios hosted by Mr and Mrs Sam P Copeland Jr. The couple Sam P Copeland III and Cynthia Ann Funk wed Friday evening as several parties from Frost Bank Tower to College Station featured showers, lunches, and a crawfish boil across multiple households and locales.
Miss Cynthia Ann Funk of San Antonio and Sam P. Copeland III of Silsbee exchanged marriage vows Friday in Los Angeles Heights United Methodist Church San Antonio. Parents are Mr and Mrs Donald Funk of San Antonio and Dr and Mrs Sam Copeland Jr of Silsbee.
Dr. William C. Welch of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service praises chrysanthemums candle trees copper plants and Josephs coat for bright fall color. Each plant has distinct growth habits and soil and fertilization needs with mums to be transplanted by mid summer and regular feeding recommended for year round color. Welch stresses advance planning to maximize autumn color.
Gather a 10 gallon tub or plastic wastebasket and measuring cups to mix layers of vermiculite peat and compost with bone meal. Create a moist planting mix for seed flats houseplants and garden soil then browse seed catalogs for more plants. Request a free 16 page booklet from JOLLY GREEN THUMB via postcard.
The First Baptist Church schedules its Vacation Bible School for June 13-17 from 6 p.m. to 8 30 p.m. The theme is Lord Jesus Teach Me with nursery through adult participants. Rev S Booker is pastor and Robert Edwards leads the school with Bible study and crafts.
A Bee report misidentified Gina Hignett as the Mac Williams Memorial Scholarship winner. The award actually went to Roy Simmons. Hignett did win the $400 Lions Club Scholarship for a Leo Club member and the $200 Little Theater Association Scholarship.
Bishop Finis A Crutchfield reappointed all five county United Methodist pastors at the Texas conference in Houston. R Eugene Jonte begins his 19th year at Silsbee First Methodist. C M Jenkins starts a second year at St Vincent's Methodist, Silsbee. Also renewed for a second year are Sharon McIntyre Watt Kountze Jim Crawford Lumberton Woodcrest and F Herbert Stallknecht Sour Lake Saratoga.
Funeral services for Kenneth Kasseroler 60 of Beaumont were held at Broussard's Mortuary at 2 p.m. Saturday with entombment in Forest Lawn Mausoleum. Harold Jones officiated. He died Thursday at Methodist Hospital in Houston. He owned Coastal Packing Co. Survived by wife Freda. son Kenneth Lee Kasseroler of Beaumont. mother Beulah Kasseroler of Beaumont. brother Rudy Kasseroler Jr. of Silsbee.
The Annual United Negro College Fund Drive will be held Friday, June 10, in Silsbee to aid scholarships, faculty salaries, textbooks, equipment and other college expenses. Street collections will be made in the area. Authorized solicitors will present ID cards when calling on businesses, churches, organizations and in industries.
Lamar University junior Steven Crawford has been initiated into Pi Tau Sigma the National Honorary Mechanical Engineering Fraternity based on scholastic achievement and faculty recommendation. Pi Tau Sigma is an Association of College Honor Societies member founded in 1915. Crawford is the son of Mr and Mrs Fred R Crawford of Enchanted Forest.
The Elam family expresses sincere gratitude for kind expressions money food flowers cards thoughts and prayers during the loss of Gerald Wayne Elam. Alma Smith and family and the entire Elam family thank friends and neighbors for support.
Miss Bambi L. Campbell and William F. Teaff of Nacogdoches announce their engagement and upcoming marriage. The bride elect, a 1976 Alvin High School graduate, studied at Stephen F. Austin University and works at Wal Mart in Nacogdoches. The groom, SFASU student and Sigma Tau Gamma member, is a 1974 Silsbee High School graduate and summer staffer at Lufkin State School. They plan to wed August 6 at South Park Baptist Church in Alvin and will reside in Nacogdoches.
The Silsee Community Park Junior Tennis Tournament ended Sunday with Silshee netters taking three of six divisions. Winners include Angela Dominguez in girls singles, Grant Gilson in boys 16 singles, Gilson and Tim Bush in boys 18 doubles, Monta McDonald of Liberty in girls 18 singles, Bobby Treet of Beaumont in boys 14 singles, and Van Jagoe from Alabama in boys 18 singles. Tournament Chairman Edward Dominguez urged locals to attend the adult events starting Friday and noted signups at the park or City Hall as play begins June 20.
The annual Hicks Reunion will take place at Fairview Cemetery near Spurger on Sunday June 12. A basket lunch will be served at noon under the old oak trees, per secretary Bertha Lou Hooks.
The Silsbee area AARP chapter meets tonight for a covered dish supper and dominoes at 6 30 p m in Read Thru t tin e cafeteria. Margaret Wade is publicity director.
Junot's Academy of Talent presents a two night dance recital on June 10 and 11 at 7 p.m. in the Silsbee Junior High School auditorium. The program themed Times To Remember features varied dance numbers. Phil and Sue Junot own and operate the Pine Plaza Shopping Center based academy.
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