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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1956
Page
2
Loeb PTA met with officers elected headed by Mrs. M Bryde and the group planned a March 23 coffee at Jeffcoat Feed Store. School notes report no closures yet though two makeup days may occur. local families note moves, illnesses, and visits across Silsbee, Beaumont, Houston areas.
Family night at the First Methodist church is planned for Friday March 23 in Cravens hall. W S Bartle, chairman, says a covered dish supper starts at 7 pm to allow attendance at the senior play, and a religious themed film will be shown that evening.
A heavy loudspeaker battery on Quemoy Island broadcasts Nationalist China propaganda toward Red China, with surrounding islands part of the Quemoy complex. The scene underscores renewed tension in Formosan waters as the island group again features in the headlines.
Members of Silsbee Troy F. Rhymes Post No. 452 proudly display two new flags. A national standard once flown over the U.S. Capitol in Washington was obtained with help from Congressman Jack B. Brooks. The post colors, blue and gold, were donated by East Texas Pulp and Paper Company, presented by L. C. Menius. Post Adjutant Earl Wills read a statement stressing democracy rests on citizens at home who vote and participate.
Funeral services were held Friday at 2 p m at Farmers Funeral Home chapel for Ronnie Gene Thomas eight month old son of Mr and Mrs James D Thomas He died about 11 a m last Thursday en route to Beaumont hospital Rev R E Barclay First Baptist Church officiated and burial was at Resthaven Cemetery Survivors include parents a brother and three sisters all of Silsbee grandparents and two great grandparents from Houston Dallas and Paris Texas
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