Eloise Choate Retires After 31 Years in Teaching
Eloise Choate retires after 31 years as a public school teacher. She spent 29 years in the Silsbee system and taught first grade at Reed Turrentine Elementary. A Cameron High School graduate, she earned a BA from Baylor University in Waco and an MA from the University of Houston. She and her husband Frank Choate have a daughter, Hazel Rae Scruggs of Texas City, and moved to Silsbee in 1939 where they were active in church and civic work.
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Eloise Choate
Lilsbee
Turrentine
Are Choate
Cameron
Zaylor University
Waco
University of Houston
Frank 4. Choate
Hazel Rae Scruggs
Texas City
Silsbee
Church
Vic
Bridal Shower Honors Miss Newsum
Miss Beverly Newsum brid e of Jay Garner was honored at a Monday bridal shower held at the home of Mrs. William Dinkle. Hostesses included Mrs. Janley Bradshaw Mrs. Betty Inkie and Mrs. D. D Shropshire. The couple will wed June 29 at All Souls Catholic Church.
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Beverly Newsum
Jay Garner
William Dinkle
Janley Bradshaw
Betty Inkie
D. D Shropshire
Mary Ann Lee
H. M. Nelson
Bernard Dunn
Peggy Gore
Linda Aboett
Evie Newsum
Newsum
Mr. Garer
All Soul's Catholic Church
Miss Phoebe Bovett and Richard Littlepage to Marry
Miss Phoebe Lynn Bovett daughter of Mr and Mrs Lon Bovett and Richard Marvin Littlepage son of Mr and Mrs Edgar Littlepage will be married June 14 at 7 30 p m in All Souls Catholic Church Rev W J Bosworth to officiate Both graduates of Silsbee High School she works at Morris Pharmacy and he works for the Texas Highway Department in Beaumont
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Phoebe Lynn Bovett
Lon Bovyette
Richard Marvin Littlepage
Edgar Brachier
All Soul
W. J. Bosworth
Silsbee High School
Lamar State College of Technology
Morris Pharmacy
Mr. Littlepage
Texas Highway Department
Beaumont
Scout Troop 82 Plans Skits For Camp Orland
Troop 82 met Monday in the Scout Hall with Bob Pharr in charge. Ernest Williams taught Morse Code as the boys prepared their bus for summer camp at Camp Orland. Vance Swarthout served as scribe.
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Boy Scout Troop
Bob Pharr
Scotuttmaster
Ernest Williams
Camp Orland
Vance Swarthout
Former Resident Attends Business Teachers Workshop
Mrs. Hazel Rae Scruggs a Texas City teacher of twelve years is chosen to join a business teachers workshop at Colorado State College Fort Collins starting June 24. Her husband Joe Scruggs and their son Jeff are mentioned as her family.
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Hazel Rae Scruggs
Texas City
Colorado State College
Fort Collins
Colo
Texas City Publice
Silsbee High School
Baylor University
Waco
Universy of
Houston
Frank L. Cheate F
Scruggs
Joe Scruggs
Jeff
Former Russian Soldier To Speak At First Baptist
Dr Nikolai A Alexandrenko a former Russian para troop officer and POW speaks at First Baptist Church in Sunday services on Baptist Men's Day He teaches at Louisiana Baptist College Pineville La and has degrees from New Orleans Baptist Seminary and Tulane University He is a US citizen and husband of six with Rev R E Barclay as pastor.
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First Baptist
Nikolai A. Alexandrenko
First Baptist Church
Emmanuel Baptist Association
Bryansk
Russia
Louisana Baptist College
Pineville
Louisiana College
New Orleans Baptist Seminary
Tulane University
United States
R. E. Barclay
Prayer and Work Guiding George Washington Carver Teachings
The meditation recalls Tuskegee Institute contact with George Washington Carver who described his method as spadework first gathering direct knowledge then reading others, praying for answers as insight emerges. The piece emphasizes faith guiding inquiry and daily devotion.
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Tuskegee Institute
Alabama
George Washington Carver
Evangelist Allen Buchanek to Lead Good Shepherd Revival
Revival at Good Shepherd Baptist Church June 14 to 23 nightly at 7 30 features Evangelist Allen Buchanek guest speaker. Marion Warren leads music with past crusades in Argentina Bolivia and Japan. Nursery provided. Rev C E Willis pastor. church location north of Silsbee on Spurger highway.
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Allen Buchanek
Good Shepherd Baptist Church
Buchanek
First Baptist Church
Deer Park
James Robison
East Texas Baptist College
Marshall
Revivas
Marion Warren
University Baptist Church
Arlington
University of Corpus Christi
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Argentina
Bolivia
New Life Crusade
Japan
C. E. Willis
Silsbee
Spurger Highway
IRS Questions And Answers From Tax Guidance Column
A reader asks about refund delays and processing times with guidance that early filed returns move faster and refunds should arrive within weeks. Advice covers contacting regional centers after 10 weeks, and other questions on estimated taxes, dual-signature checks, rental income tax, and deductible military uniform costs with relevant conditions and recordkeeping notes.
Silsbee Social Notes and Visitor Headlines
Silsbee society page records multiple local visitors and family gatherings. J H Clark underwent surgery in St Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont. Families from Beaumont Waco Temple Corpus Christi and New Orleans visit kin in Silsbee and Cameron.
Eddie Tennison Ships Out for Pacific Naval Training
Midshipman Eddie Tennison of the U S Navy ROTC left for San Diego for two months of active training aboard the destroyer USS Frank Knox. He will visit California and Washington coast ports and in July go to Pearl Harbor Hawaii. Tennison studies at the University of Texas Austin and is the son of Mr and Mrs Tom Tennison.
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Eddie Tennison
U. S. Navy
San Diego
Calif
Pacific
Frank Knox
California
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Eddie
The
University of Texas At Austin
Tom Tennison
Selective Service Q & A Clarifies Delinquent Registrants
Reader Q and A with Colonel Morris S Schwartz from Austin Texas outlines how time starts for notices how the director cannot classify a man and how to appeal a local board decisions details on what constitutes a draft delinquent examples of duties skipped and potential reclassification rules plus tax interest on late filings and how to obtain a social security number via Form SS-5
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Morris S. Schwartz
Selective Service
W. 9Th Street
Austin
Texas
State Selective Service
Morris Schwartz
Armed Services
Director of Selective Service
Washington
Social Security
IRS
Story Hour At Silsbee Library This Summer
The Silsbee Public Library hosts story hour on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2 to 2 30 p.m. June 18 to July 3. Miss Joyce Plaver serves as storyteller. All children are welcome to attend.
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Silsbee Public Library
Joyce Plaver
Specials at Gores Smokehouse
Specials at Gore's Smokehouse feature pork bones ham roast pork steak pork ribs pork sausage pure lard pork shoulder fresh large eggs smoked sausage smoked hams smoked shoulder cracklins hog head pork liver bacon jowl pork chops center cuts. EV 5-5095.
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Firs
Mrs. Eloise Choate
Miss Newsum
Aluminum Company
Magnolia Beaumont
Phoebe Bovett
Richard Littlepage
Hazel Rar Scruggs
BRITISH _ STERLING
Britain
Silsbek , Texas
Germany
N. A. Alexandrenko
Thea
Christ
Joe L. McMillin
New York
God
Rev. Allen Buchanfe
Good Shepherd
Europe
Silsbee Social Notes
J. H. Clark
St. Elizabeth Hospital
C. G. McClinton
Matt
Paul McClinton
Tom D. Bailey
Temple
Clyde E. Cole
Johnny Wills
Colummbus
5. C
Albert David Cook
C. Long
Sioux
Iowa
Vernon C. Gore
David King
Oklahoma City
Okla
F. D. Johnson
L. H. Wade
Silsben Doctors Hospital
Frank AL
L. H. Wade Jr
Sherry Short
New Orleans
L. H. Wade Sr
W. H. Holland
Corpus Christi
Amd
Homer Holland
Richard Johnson
Kate Hemmenway
Baptist Hospital
David Long
Sherry Lynn Skinner
Columbiana
Ala
Cecil Skinner
Bob Audas
Baytown
Douglas Wilson
Baby
Orange
D. E. Wilson
Steve Jordan
L. G. Jordan
L. M. Hooks Sr
Precinct 5
Howard Hargrove
East Texas Wildlife
Constable
Leon Bayless
P.O. Box
Southland Life Insurance Company
Burt Lancaster
the Scalphunters
Shelley Winters
Panavision’ Color Sy
Peiase
Man With NO Name
Clint Eastwood
Lee van Cleef
Rod Steiger
Proton
Eileen Heckart
Murray Hamilton
Michael Dunn
Siegel Jack Smight
Johin Gay
Walliam Goldman
Paramount
Audi
UY Ata
Speedway
Silsbee Library
Gore
Nmiculloch
McCulloch
Old Evadale
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