MOD Walkathon Set To Open Saturday In Silsbee
The Silsbee March of Dimes hosts a 12 mile walk starting 8 a.m. at West Gibson Department Store on FM 92 FM 1122. Registration and sponsor sheets are available from James Arledge Jerry Pond or Cesar Dominguez. The event raises funds to prevent birth defects with prizes for youngest oldest and top fundraiser.
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Silsbee
West Gibson
Silsbee Optimist Club
James Arledge
Jerry Pond
Cesar Dominguez
March of Dimes
Reagan Brown To Speak At Silsbee Chamber Banquet
Tickets are on sale for the Annual Chamber of Commerce Banquet on April 10 at 7 p.m. in the Silsbee High School Cafeteria. Reagan V. Brown, executive assistant to Governor Briscoe, will headline. Tickets available at First National Bank Silsbee State Bank or the Chamber office. Moncia's of Beaumont to cater the buffet. Silsbee Garden Club handles decorations led by president Mrs. Beverly Price.
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Reagan V. Brown
Briscoe
Chamber of Commerce
First National Bank
Silsbee State Bank
Chamber
Highway 96 South
Silsbee High School
Moncia’s of Beaumont
Silsbee Garden Club
Beverly Price
Card of Thanks for Mystery Person at First Baptist Church
Mrs Gladys Scott led a plan to honor the author as the churchs Mystery Person at First Baptist Church. Mr James Clayton Perkins, wife and daughter extend thanks and blessings to all who contributed.
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Gladys Scott
First Baptist Church
James Clayton Perkins
Easter Services Planned at Mount Nebo Church Fred
Mount Nebo Baptist Church in Fred hosts Easter revival services on Good Friday March 28 at 7 30 p m and on Easter Sunday March 30 at 11 a m and 7 30 p m Evangelist Rev Dale Spurlock officiates with song director Robert Roebuck Nursery facilities will be available says Rev Woodrow Brown
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Mount Nebo Baptist Church
Fred
Dale Spurlock
Woodrow Brown
Robert Roebuck
Brown
Funeral Services For Mrs Louise Lock Held March 7
Funeral services for Mrs Louise Lock 85 of Victor were held at 2 p.m. March 7 at J O Stringer Funeral Chapel with Rev Douglas Fincher officiating. Burial followed at Evergreen Cemetery. She died March 5 in Baptist Hospital. Survivors include a daughter Mrs Robert E Lakey of Silsbee a grandson Robert W Lakey Nashville Tennessee and three great grandchildren Kerry Lakey Lee Lakey and Penny McCormick.
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Nancy Louise Lock
Victor
J. O. Stringer
Douglas Fincher
Evergreen Cemetery
Baptist Hospital
Robert E. Lakey
Silsbee
Robert W. Lakey
Nashville
Poverty rates among Texas one parent families with young children
The report says 65 percent of such families with children under six live in poverty and 23 percent are in near poverty. Poverty is defined as 4300 dollars yearly for a nonfarm four person family and near poverty as 8600 dollars or less. Source is The Darker Side of Childhood published in 1974 by the Texas Department of Community Affairs Office of Early Childhood Development.
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Texas
Texas Department of Community Affairs
Office of Early Childhood Development
Last Rites Held For Alton E Young 65
Funeral services for Alton Estes Young 65 of Beaumont were held at Forest Lawn Funeral Home with Rev Luther A Dillard presiding Burial followed at Forest Lawn Cemetery He died Sunday morning at St Elizabeth Hospital after an extended illness A native of Brontsville Ala he had lived in Beaumont 30 years He was a jeweler for Bealls Department Store Survivors include his wife two sons two sisters and three brothers
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Alton Estes Young
Beaumont
Forest Lawn Funeral Home
Luther A. Dillard
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Young
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Brontsville
Ala
Beall’s Department Store
Opel E. Young
Derrell T. Young
Silsbee
David George Young
Sour Lake
Rosa Ridgeway
Wilma Tyler
Macon
Grady Young
Birmingham
Victor Young
Bessemer
Looney Young
Cullman
Last Rites For Mrs Lorida Rivet 59 Held On Monday
Mrs Lorida Rivet 59 of 4640 Gatewood Lane Beaumont died at 2 47 a m Sunday in Baptist Hospital after an illness She native of Somerville had lived in Beaumont 31 years Employed by Gus Mayer with 30 years service She was a member of St Anne s Catholic Church Funeral services conducted at 4 p m Monday at St Anne s Church Burial in Forest Lawn Pallbearers listed She survived by husband Gilbert L Rivet one brother John Henry Schuler two sisters Mildred Slavik and Elouise Poshataske and three nieces and one nephew
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Lorida Rivet
Gatewood Lane
Beaumont
Baptist Hospital
Gilbert L. Rivet
John Henry Schuler
Silsbee
Mildred Slavik
Elouise Poshataske
Funeral Rites Held for Bert Vann at 70
Funeral services for Bert Vann age 70 were held at 2 p.m. March 16 at J. O. Stringer Funeral Home with Rev. Travis Kellum officiating. Burial followed at Attoyac Cemetery. Vann died Friday at Jasper Memorial Hospital. Survivors include his wife Pearl Vann of Jasper, a son Eugene Vann of Jasper, two daughters Bobbie Newman of Jasper and Betty Sue Vann of Dallas, and a sister and other siblings.
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Bert Vann
J. O. Stringer
Travis Kellum
Attoyac Cemetery
Vann
Jasper Memorial Hospital
Bobbie Leonard
Silsbee
Pearl Vann
Eugene Vann
Jasper
Bobbie Newman
Betty Sue Vann
Dallas
Newcomers Club Coffee At 2 Today
The Silsbee Woman's Club sponsors a welcome coffee for newcomers in Silsbee. It will be at Mrs. David Hearne’s home, 335 Briarwood, on Thursday March 20 from 2 to 4 p.m. Guests invited even without invitations per Mrs. Jan Wilson.
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Silsbee Woman’s Club
Silsbee
David Hearne
Briarwood
Jan Wilson
Juniper Bush Symbol of Protection in Biblical Flight
Legend says Joseph Mary and the Infant Jesus fled Herod and took refuge behind a juniper ash in Egypt, where the juniper bush came to symbolize protection.
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Joseph
Mary
Jesus
Herod
Egypt
Waller Rankin Nuptials Set for Dallas March Twenty Second
Miss Catherine Lynn Waller of Little Rock Ark and James Hall Rankin II of Abilene will wed March 22 in the First Baptist Church of Dallas. Parents are Mr and Mrs John Waller Jr of Little Rock and Mr and Mrs Owen Rankin of Abilene former Silsbee residents.
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Waller-Rankin
Dallas
Catherine Lynn Waller
Little Rock, Ark
James Hall Rankin II
Abilene
First Baptist Church of
John Waller Jr
Little Rock
Ark
Owen Rankin
Silsbee
Miss Waller
Hall High School
Baylor University
Arlington Independent School District
Abilene High School
Rankin
University of Texas At Arlington
Univerisity Computing Co
Fascinating Womanhood courses to begin March 31
Two new sessions of the Fascinating Womanhood course will start at the First United Methodist Church on Monday March 31. Morning and evening classes run eight weeks from 10 am to 12 pm and 7 30 pm to 9 30 pm. The program drew 70 registrants from Orange Beaumont Sour Lake and Kountze. Sponsors include multiple churches and the First United Methodist Church. For more information call 385-5568 in Silsbee.
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First United Methodist Church
Jan Wilson
Mercury Properties and Production Highlighted in Report
The article explains that mercury remains liquid until minus 38.85 C and becomes a gas at 356.9 C. It notes that glass dipped in liquid mercury stays dry and that mercury is produced at an annual rate of 10,000 tons, described as the "metal of a thousand uses."
Read-Turrentine and O'Neil PACs Schedule Combined Meeting
A combined meeting of Read-Turrentine Elementary and O'Neil Intermediate School Title I Parent Advisory Committees will be held March 20 at 1 30 p m in the Read-Turrentine School cafeteria.
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Read - Turrentine Elementary
O'Neil Intermediate School
Read-Turrentine School
Kerry M Armstrong Named Texas Jaycees Region 434 VP
Kerry M Armstrong of Silsbee was elected state vice president for Region 434 at the District IV Jaycees convention and will assume on June 1. He will remain president of the Silsbee Jaycees until then and will serve as liaison among Silsbee Jasper Dayton Liberty and Cleveland chapters and the state body while also joining the Texas Jaycees Board. Armstrong noted his local experience will aid regional service and announced a Silsbee Jaycees membership drive with a March 26 meeting at the Silsbee State Bank. He is active in the Kountze Lions Club and works as an attorney with J A McGaffey & Associates in Kountze.
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Kerry M. Armstrong
Silsbee
Texas Jaycees
Jaycees
Silsbee Jaycees
Armstrong
Jasper
Dayton
Liberty
Cleveland
Silsbee State Bank
Kountze
Happy Bluebirds Plan Banquet Invitations at Home
The Happy Blue Birds met on Monday March 10 at Mrs Hartman’s home. They wrote invitation letters to their fathers for a banquet on Thursday March 13 and made clover and glitter placemats. Tabby Hartman served refreshments per Charissa Campbell.
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Happy Blue Birds
Pfc James McGraw Completes Marine Basic Training
Marine Pfc James L. McGraw son of Mr James McGraw of Batson Texas completed Infantry Training School at Camp Pendleton California He received specialized instruction in infantry weapons and tactics.
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James L. McGraw
James McGraw
Batson
Texas
Marine Corps Base
Camp Pendleton
Calif
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Debbie Falk
Kkas Radio
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Lilsbee
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