Weekend visits spread across towns in the region
Mrs. Mattie Childress of Lufkin and Opal Ellison shared weekend visits in Houston and Galveston County Memorial Hospital. Bennie Weaver and Alex Rodrigues with families joined relatives in Lufkin and Dickinson. Other trips included Beaumont Jasper Angleton Cleveland Baytown Sour Lake Brazoria and Midland in family homes and hospital care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Childress
Lufkin
Buddy Courtney
Opal Ellison
Houston
O. P. Ellison
Bennie Weaver
Jonesboro
Marion H. Almond
Alex Rodrigues
and Daghter
Henry Rodrigues
Barney Ashworth
Dickinson
Peggy Owens
Galveston County Memorial Hospital
la Marque
G. W. Gilchriest
Angleton
Eugene Green
B. J. Holt
Beaumont
W. C. Holt
Melba Lamb
Francis York
Tom Holland
Cleveland
Lela David
Wayford Hollis
Robert Ward
Henderson County Junior College
Athens
Sim Ward
H. R. Ashcraft
W. E. Francis
Jack Graves
Midland
John Garrison
R. W. Pipkin
Bay‘town
David Cook
Tommie Bozeman
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Jack Douglas
Sour Lake
H. L. Johnston
Marjorie May
Brazoria
I. F. Eldredge
Exquisett Club Holds Meeting Plans Baby Contest
The Exquisett Club met Monday at Mrs. Ellis King’s home with 10 members. Mrs. James Singleton presided. The annual service is postponed. Mrs. A L Sharp will present Baby Contest plans next meeting. Badge Committee led by Mrs. Lloyd Ewing reported the badge for district meeting. Next meeting April 5 at 7 pm at Mrs. Louella Levias’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exquisett Club
Ellis ‘King
James Singleton
A. L. Sharp
Lloyd Ewing
Louella Levias
Cub Pack 201 Holds Meeting With Skits and Games
Cub Pack 201 met March 23 at 7 pm for its regular meeting with the theme South of the Border. Den 2 led with Bless America, mothers’ marble contest winner Mrs Dewey Smith, skits from dens, awards for Bobcat Ken Ducharme Wolf Dwayne Moss Van Swarthout Steve Gallop Bear Jimmy Womack, and plans for Green Thumbs month and a kite contest March 29 at Kirby School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Den 2
America
Dewey Smith
Robert Brunner
Doyle Swarthout
Sharon Sizemore
Den
Brunner
Swarthout
Pedro
S. P. Copeland
Bradley Smith
Mr Brunner
Ken Ducharme
Larry Moss
Dwayne
Moss
van Swarthout
Steve Gallop
Jimmy Womack
Cubs
Kirby School
Den 1
Silsbee WAC Assigned To Walter Reed Hospital
Doris M. Harding daughter of Mr and Mrs Finis G Harding Route 1 Box 1142 Silsbee was assigned as an administrative specialist with the Physical Examination Section of Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington D C March 10 Specialist Harding last stationed in Japan entered the Women's Army Corps in October 1957 and completed basic training at Fort McClellan Alabama She is a 1957 Buna High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WAC
Doris M. Harding
Finis G. Harding
Silsbee
Walter Reed General Hospital
Washington, D. C
Harding
Japan
Women’s Army Corps
Fort McClellan
Ala
Buna High School
Sinclair Production Wives Club Meets In Sinclair
The Sinclair Production Wives Club will meet April 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the home of Mrs. O. L. Redmond, 1070 Landalt Lane. Mrs. L. E. Martin will preside. Committees include hospitality, by laws and rules, telephone, gifts, and membership. Membership is open to wives of men employed in the Sinclair Production Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinclair Production Wives Club
O. L. Redmond
Landalt Lane
L. E. Martin
Leon Stokesbury
Doyle Swarthout
Harry van Winkle
Clyde Swenson
Sinclair Production Department
Texas Traffic Fatalities Top 3000 for 1964
Col Homer Garrison of the Texas Department of Public Safety reports 3,006 traffic fatalities in Texas for 1964, up 10 percent from 1963. The DPS notes 454,762 accidents and 55.6 billion miles driven, with a 5.4 fatality rate per 100 million miles. He warns of higher 1965 totals without driver responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Homer Garrison
Texas Department of Public Safety
Garrison
DPS
Mona's Meditation from the World's Widely Used Devotional Guide
A compact meditation feature from a popular devotional guide titled Mona's Meditation appears as a brief reflective item. The piece offers contemplative guidance and spiritual musings drawn from the guide's established devotional format.
Mercy as practical ministry from Upper Room workers
The piece urges Christian workers to embody mercy through both spiritual preaching and concrete aid. It highlights compassion like Jesus showed in caring for the needy, and lists relief, medical work, literacy, and skills training as ways to serve. It ends with a prayer for discernment and mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonah
Jesus
Christ
Service Guild Day Apart Set at Camp Wildurr
Beaumont District Wes leyan Service Guild schedules a Day Apart at Camp Wildurr on March 27. First district event expected large turnout. theme Draw Near Unto God. Registration at 9 AM, devotional 9:30 AM, noon meal by covered dish, adjourn 4 PM. Guilds urged to contribute poems verses pictures and Bible verses for a scrapbook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Wesleyan Service Guild
Camp Wildurr
O. D. Price
Cub Pack 201 Den 2 Meets at Den Mother's Home
Den 2 of Cub Scout Pack 201 met Monday at Mrs. Sam Cope land with eight boys present. Michael Phillips brought cookies for refreshments and wore a birthday hat during the singing of Happy Birthday. Bradley Smith led the opening promise and won the cock fight contest. He will advance to face other den winners at the pack meeting. The group made Mexican toys and closed with the motto in the living circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Den 2
Den
Sam Copeland
Michael Phillips
Michael
Bradley Smith
Silsbee Public Schools Weekly Menu March 29 to April 2
For the week of March 29 through April 2 the Silsbee district serves hot dogs with chili and salad on Monday. turkey and dressing on Tuesday. hamburgers with fries on Wednesday. roast beef with rice on Thursday. and fish with creamed potatoes on Friday. Each day includes milk and a dessert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Remedial Reading Classes Planned by Mrs Collier
Mrs. W. A. Collier announced a summer remedial reading program for a limited number of students focusing on phonics reading and language arts using the Phonetic Keys to Reading series. She has years of teaching experience and private tutoring in speech correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Collier
Cook's Bluff Home Demonstration Club Meets
The Cook's Bluff Home Demonstration Club met March 18 at the home of Mrs. Fred Davis with seven members present. Mrs. Davis presided. Miss Dorothy Taylor county agent presented a program on Ready Made Clothing. A bazaar and cake sale to be held soon were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook’s Bluff
Fred Davis
Thanks for prayers flowers cards and gifts
The Short family expresses deep gratitude for friends prayers cards flowers and gifts during Mrs. D. M. Short’s illness and thanks every deed of kindness shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Short
Poison Hazards Lurk in Your Medicine Cabinet
A health department feature warns that cluttered medicine cabinets pose serious child poisoning risks. Discard outdated drugs, avoid mislabelled containers, and ensure prescription bottles are identifiable. Take stock now to protect children in the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division of Public Health Education
Texas State Health Department
First Baptist WMU Circle Meets At Barclay Home
The WMU circle of First Baptist Church met Tuesday at Mrs R E F Barclay’s home with seven members. Mrs Ben Smith presided and Mrs Bill Greene presented the Mission Program. Minutes from the last meeting were read by Mrs David. The group held its April 6 gathering at 9 30 a m in Mrs David Cook’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Circle
Lillie Rogers
WMU
First Baptist Church
R. E F. Barclay
Ben Smith
Bill Greeneo
David Cook
Qualifications of Preachers and Gospel Truth
A religious reflection stresses that preachers must meet strict Bible based qualifications to preach the entire counsel of God. It cites 2 Tim 4 1 2 3 3 16 17 1 Tim 4 16 Mk 16 15 16 Rom 1 16 John 8 32 Acts 20 27 and John 12 48 and asserts the need to preach the full gospel at 605 North Fifth Street Church of Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Timothy
Jesus
Barnes Joins Baylor Medical Center as Radiological Physicist
Walter Herbert Barnes, radi ation physicist, junior grade, becomes affiliated with Baylor University Medical Center in Waco. He earned a B S in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State College and an M S in nuclear engineering from Southern Methodist University. His wife Hazel Richards is from Spurger and Baylor nursing graduate. They have one son, Walter Herbert Barnes II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Herbert Barnes
Baylor University Medical Center
Waco
North Carolina State College
Raleigh
N. C
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Hazel Richards
Thomas Mock
Spurger
Silsbee High School
Baylor University School of Nursing
Walter Herbert Barnes II
Operation Teenager Convict Program Draws Big Crowd
About 1100 people attended last Monday evening at Kountze High School Auditorium for Operation Teenager. The program told the stories of four young convicts from the Texas Prison in Huntsville and drew listeners from across Hardin County as the Hardin County Ministerial Alliance thanked local citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kountze High School
Texas
Huntsville
Hardin County Ministerial Alliance
Lena Simmons Elected President of Calvary WMA
Mrs Lena Simmons was elected president of the WMA at Calvary Missionary Baptist Church. Officers include Velma Harrell as vice president Virginia Griffith secretary Hazel Murphy treasurer and community missions chairman Essie Lois Nixson special report chairman Oneida DuBose reporter. The group bought a piano for the church supports a Baptist Orphanage in Texarkana Ark and sponsors a nursery for worship services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Simmons
WMA
Calvary Missionary Baptists Church
Velma Harrell
Virginia Griffith
Hazel Murphy
Community Missions
Essie Lois Nixson
Oneida DuBose
Texarkana
Ark
County Plans Teen Delinquency Program Meeting
The Ministerial Alliance will host a second county wide meeting with Attorney General Waggoner Carr as speaker. The date is to be announced for this continuation of the Operation Teenager program aimed at helping teenagers understand the costs of delinquent minds and actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waggoner Carr
Hopkins Proposes City Inspector Use to Save Taxpayers
In a campaign note for mayor, H. C. Hopkins attacks the 1964 inspector plan for the sewer project. He cites a $981.25 monthly inspector cost and a $10,474.23 inspection fee, argues a city employee could have performed inspections, and notes streets left unfinished after sewer work with contractors to redo them at no extra city expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkins
Silsbee
H. C. Hopkins
Roosevelt Drive
Lindsey Road
Maxwell Drive
Marshall Lane
City Council Minutes on Government Money Resolutions
City records detail October 29 and November 26 1963 council actions on government money applications and eight resolutions numbered 11 to 15. Motions by Hawthorne Hopkins Jackson passed unanimously with notes urging taxpayer awareness and April 6 election involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Hawthorne
Hopkins
Jackson
Councilman
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Charles Green
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R. L. Read
Tommy Read
Leona Whitman
FORD
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Cub Pack
Silsbee Wac
Walter Reed Hospital
Sinclair Wives Club
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Wildurr
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