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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1963
Page
2
Mrs Ruth Stirling and James Johnson participated in a local ceremony in Silsbee with attendees including Harold Leigh and Charles Green. The event showcased community ties and formal recognition of the couple.
Dr Milton M Self of Beaumont and eight year old Lester voyage on the new 21 foot motor cruiser Tinker Bell for a Gulf shakedown. An 11 hour 208 mile trip passes Sabine jetties, Port Arthur, and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway ending back in Beaumont.
The Har din County 88th District Court July session docket lists civil trials starting July 8 with names such as Prince vs De Witt and James L. Fregia vs Oil Field Rental Service Co, followed by second and third weeks covering civil and criminal cases including State v. J. D. Terry and multiple DWI, theft, burglary, and rape actions.
Texas Forest Service and U S Forest Service personnel conducted a simulated 3000 acre wildfire near Groveton Angelina County with units from International Paper Co Champion Papers Inc Southland Paper Mills and others Observers from Oklahoma and Arkansas watched as 15 crews battled the mock blaze using mobile command posts aircraft and radio techs The exercise tested fire fighting organization and readiness to handle large fires and concluded with a debrief and recommendations for improvement
Tommy Thompson son of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Thompson of Rt. 2 Silsbee has finished advanced training at Ft. Knox Ky and enlists in the Army with the Armour Career Field. He is assigned to the 8th US Army Far East and will report to Oakland Calif for processing before shipment overseas.
At the Lions lunch meeting in Silsbee, Ronnie Bruns a 11 year old blind student from Houston spoke about his Crippled Children Camp experiences. He highlighted his progress as a student and his musical talents while describing his hopes to return to Kerrville.
Beaumont District Council of the Galveston Houston Diocese Women holds its first quarterly meeting of the new fiscal year today at 10:00 a m in All Souls Parish Hall. Mrs H W DeYoung presides. Speakers include Mrs Sam Lorine and Mack Racks. Benediction follows. luncheon served by All Souls Parish women.
The Hill Country Arts Foundation presents Paul Osborn's On Borrowed Time at the Point Theatre Ingram starting June 12 directed by Ed Eldridge. John Armstrong stars as Gramps with South Pacific Billis, running June 26 to July 14, Little Foxes July 17 to 28, Brigadoon July 31 to Aug 18, Anniversary Waltz Aug 21 to Sept 1.
The Houston Colt 458 will hold a two day tryout camp in Alice Texas at Lions Club Field on June 14 and 15. Open to boys aged 15 to 21 with three training sessions daily and a final session Saturday night. An all star team will be chosen to play Brush County All Stars. Written permission from the post commander is required for Legion baseball players. Last year 150 boys attended.
The American Foundation for the Blind notes that Western Michigan University and Boston College have launched a higher learning program in peripatology. The initiative trains instructors to teach modern travel techniques to blind people.
A string of brief items notes relocations and visits. Mr. Joe Simmons and family moved from Myrtlewood Alabama to Silsbee. Various guests arrive in Beaumont Port Arthur and Silsbee homes for visits and weddings.
Elder H. A. Gober and wife pastor of the Seventh Day Adventist Church near Fred and Warren on Farm Road 1943 report a college camp meeting in Keene Texas with 5000 to 7000 attendees. World reports were given by missionaries and there was testimony to divine healing. Nearly 300000 dollars was raised for evangelistic work in Texas and more than 300 baptisms were recorded.
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