Public School Week Observed in Lumberton Area
Parents were urged to visit their children’s classrooms during Public School Week. Local activities included the WMU Week of Prayer for Home Missions and the Annie Armstrong offering at Fletcher Emanuel Baptist Church with daily programs and a Tasting Bee after Friday’s session. Seven men from the community filed for Lumberton Independent School District candidacy as the school board election nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Chance
Woman’s Missionary Union
Fletcher Emanuel Baptist Church
Annie Armstrong
WMU
Margie Mines Circle No
Fletcher Emanuel Wmu
Wanda Davis
Royal Service Magazine
Davis
Gilmore Walton
Jerry Harris
Bryant Harris
Beaumont
Friendship Baptist Church
Silsbee
Cook’s Road
Beaumont and
Silsbee Highway
Ace Nobles
Jasper
J. McKnight
de Quincy
Harlen McKnight
Lumberton Home Demonstration Club
Kountze
W. A. Wright
I. M. Butler Sr
H. A. Royce
Fred Anders
Wright
Lumberton Club
Earl Kirchoff
Cooks Bluff Club
Houston
Lumberton Independent School District
Jim Stinson
James W. Baird
Joe N. Ramsey
George Iles Jr
Kenneth W. Beasley Jr
Kenneth Kirkendall
W. T. Priest
Miss Wills and K E Parker Plan June Wedding
Francis St. John Wills daughter of Earl and Mrs. Wills of Silsbee and Kenneth Earl Parker son of Mr. and Mrs. Parker of Watsonville California announce their engagement. The wedding is set for 8 p m Saturday June 17 at St Mark's Episcopal Beaumont. The bride to be is a Lamar Tech commercial art student and sorority member. The groom to be is a Lamar Tech chemical engineering graduate student and Petro-Tex employee in Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Wills
Silsbee
Francis St. John Wills
Kenneth Earl Parker
Earl Parker
Watsonville
Calif
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Beaumont
Miss Wills
Lamar State College of Technology
Kappa Delta Sorority
Kappa Pi Art Fraternity
Lamar Tech
Lumberton Home Demonstration Club Meeting Recap
The Lumberton Home Demonstration Club met at 9:30 Tuesday in Mrs. Blanch McKenzie’s home with 13 members and two visitors. County agent Miss Dorthy Taylor led sessions on Closet Storage and Meat Cookery. Next meeting set for March 21 at Mrs. Ruth Rouse’s home. Lena Lair Circle WMU met Monday at 7 in Mrs. Helen Fuller’s home with seven members. lesson from Royal Servane Magazine on Are Home Missionaries Needed. Mrs. Fred Holton, Royal Service chair, is ill and absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumberton Home Demonstration Club
Blanch McKenzie
Miss Dorthy Taylor
Ruth Rouse
Dorthy Taylor
Lena Lair
Fletcher Emanuel Wmu
Helen Fuller
Royal Servere
Fuller
Royal Service
Fred Holton
Holton
New Scout Executive Named Robert Shoemaker to Lead
George Morgan of Trinity Neches Council announces appointment of Robert Shoemaker as Scout Executive effective April 1. Shoemaker, currently Assistant Scout Executive of Gulf Coast Council in Corpus Christi, has long served in Scouting roles across Texas and graduated from Princeton University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Morgan
Trinity - Neches
Boy Scouts of America
Robert Shoemaker
Mr. Shoemaker
Gulf Coast Council
Corpus Christi
Texas
Shoemaker
Commission
Council
Dallas
Irving
Princeton University
Southern Methodist University
The
Methodist Church
Norma
Brantly Hudson
Hudson
Boy Scouts
Bee Leads In News and Advertising Quality
The text celebrates the Bee as No 1 with claims of better news and lively advertising, signaling strong promotional messaging about the newspaper's superiority.
Texas Aged Population Growth and Housing Needs
Texas sees a faster rise in residents 65 and older than the overall population. Projections for 1980 top 1.1 million elderly, with concerns over recreation housing pensions and medical welfare needs. Homes for the aged expand care, activity, and community ties as retirements rise and income gaps persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
R. L. Skrabanek
B. E. Dickerson
W. K. Uckham
Texas A&m
Department of Agricultural Economics and Sociology
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Texas Agriculltural Extension Service
Icounty Extension Office
New Bookmobile Expands Reach Across Three Counties
The Har din-Polk-Tyler library bookmobile adds stops at Wild Country Store Polk County and Collier's Country Store east of Hillister. Edna Shotwell and Suggs Collier welcome readers as the service runs biweekly. March visits occur Friday the 17th and 31st at 4 15 PM with a gardening shelf featured that month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin-Polk-Tyler
Wild Country
Polk County
Edna Shotwell
New Lake Area
Collier’s Country
Hillister
Suggs Collier
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Chance
Fletcher News
Lumberton
Lloyd Harrison
Paul Harrison
Army
Camp Polk
Miss Tan Wills
K.E. Parker
Ter
Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity
American Chemical Society
Texas Society of Professional Engineers
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Petro-Tex Chemical Co
Silsbee Public
Cravens
Paul Georgas
Silsbee State Bank Bldg
Grocery & Market
10Th Street
Uncle William
LeGrande
Bama
Quaker’s Best
Sale
Buck Jones Lumber Co
Rilehon Towne
Warrick
Admiral
Newhall
Lambert
Lathrop
Fidelity Control
Ered
Warrick TV
Silsbee State Bank
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