Local Social Notes Highlight Regional Visits
Virginia Larkin visits Baton Rouge with grandmother while families from Houston Port Arthur and Galena Park travel to see relatives in Carrollton Newton and Beaumont. Weekend and weekday visits span Mexico Fort Walton Beach and San Augustine with many named households and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Larkin
Baton Rouge
Sam Larkin
R. E. Allen
Houston
Archie Gist
Levi Bouse
Galena Park
John Monteau
Fannett
H. C. Riley
J. F. Miller
Port Arthur
C. J. Thorn
Lottie McMicken
Baytown
F. A. McMicken
Local WMU and MU District III news from a church gathering
The Alma Rohn intermediate group met Friday with 10 members present. Sandra Blalock led prayer, Sally Lakey conducted prayer, and Mrs Donald Webb taught the book No Greater Heritage. The general WMU met Tuesday with Mrs I R Brownlee presiding and prayer led by Mrs Sue Simmons. The MU District III board met at the Baptist encampment in Newton. Vacation Bible School officers were named with I R Brownlee as principal and a staff listed, date to be announced. YWA met Monday at Mrs I R Brownlee’s home with 11 members. Rosalee Daves led the book His Command. Social security self-employment tax notices urged filing by April 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Rohn
Sandra Blalock
Sally Lakey
Donald Webb
Jean Herrington
WMU
Tuesay
I. R. Brownlee
Sue Simmons
Denver Lowe
H. C. Ross
David Blalock
R. Brownlee
Baptist
Newton
Ester Carpenter
A. B. Kelly
Juris
Roselee Daves
Priary
J. A. Simmons
Benners
Richard Gordon
Waylon Buckner
Nurry
Sam Parker
Meral
Sandra Kalock
YWA
Bill Plake To Head Pipeline Job In Arabian Gulf
Bill Plake of Beaumont will head operations aboard a 350 foot pipeline laying barge sailing from Houston February 15 for a 100 day voyage to the Arabian Gulf. The project includes laying two 32 inch product lines to a new loading dock 25 miles offshore and later 18 inch lines at Das Island. About 150 welders and technicians will join in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Plake
Arabian Gulf
Brown &Root, Inc
Houston
Beaumont
P. H Plake
Buna
Silsbee
Iraq
Das Island
Waldo Mathews Queen Is Crowned For NHA Fete
Frankie Lee Garrett crowned Miss NHA for 1961 62 by last year’s winner Caroline Clark at Waldo Mathews homemaking department style show in the school auditorium. Event featured 87 garments, color lights, organ music, Dainty Little Dancers, Easte clothes, and dance teams from Waldo Mathews and Carver High School with narrations by Mrs Ludesta Graham and Cozel Shaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankie Lee Garrett
Caroline Clark
Waldo Mathews
Frankie Lee
Frank Garrett Fracks
Frank Robinson
Waldo Mathews P. E. Department
Carver High School
Kountze
Ludesta Graham
Cozel Shaw
Boy Scout Troop 199 Wins Ribbons at Camporee
The newly formed Boy Scout Troop 199 attended the Clear Lake camporee on March 17 and 18 with eleven boys and assistant scout master Robby Ford. The troop earned a blue ribbon for camping efficiency and a gold ribbon for wilderness theme, being organized only two days prior and sponsored by the PTA with Charle Allen as scoutmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clear Lake
Robby Ford
PTA
Charle Allen
First Baptist WMU to Hold Tuesday Meeting
A general WMU gathering at First Baptist church will meet Tuesday at 7 p m in the fellowship hall with a pot luck supper, business session, and Royal Service program led by Mrs Burl Modisette titled His Heralds Will Proclaim Leola Ragland circle to host. Mrs V L Caraway announces the nursery will be open. Tax Time Tip urges filing social security self employment and income tax returns by April 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WMU
First Baptist Church
Burl Modisette
Leola Ragland Circle
Hatson
John Birch Society tactics outlined and local concerns
The document details Birch Society methods to advance its goals through reading rooms distribution of conservative periodicals and strategic letter writing with centralized oversight. It notes active Birch activity in Texas and concerns from Silsbee civic leaders about disruption to community harmony and the society’s secrecy and portrayals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
National Review
U. S
Dan Smoot
Washington
Church
PTA
Catholic Church
Communist Party
Republican Party
Ku Klux Klan
Nembers
Leity
John Birchers
Texas
America
The
Birch Society
Earl Warren
U. S. Supreme Court
Silsbee
Evadale Cub Scouts Visit Abandoned Engine No 17
Evadale Cub Scout Dens 1 and 2 from Pack 88 met Tuesday and toured old railroad engine No 17 near Evadale. Two guests two den chiefs and mothers Mrs. Bob Sissell Mrs. Jean Watson and Mr. Watson joined. Mr. Watson explained engine details as the boys played railroad games and sang songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evadale
Bob Sissell
Jean Watson
Watson
Pack 88 Den 4 Meets and Makes Train Cars
Den 4 of Cub Scout Pack 88 met March 23 at Mrs I T Odoms home. Boys recited the Law of the Pack, crafted rail road car models into a train, made Easter baskets, and sang. Craig Creel provided refreshments. Ted Calhoun, scribe. Also a social security note about checking earnings records with the SSA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Den
Cub Scout Pack
I. T. Odom
Craig Creel
Ted Calhoun
Nearing Retirement Urges Social Security Office Visit
Officials advise those approaching retirement to visit the social security office a month or two before quitting work. Early action speeds processing and can lead to earlier benefits.
Texas Enters Its Most Urbanized Decade Says TML
The Texas Municipal League reports that 75 percent of Texans now live in cities and that growth spreads across all city sizes. In the past decade many small cities grew, Irving and Mesquite surged, and planners urge staying in small towns with sound future-focused plans for industry, jobs, and housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
The
Texas Municipal League
TML
Steve Matthews
Austin
Matthews
Irving
Mesquite
Digamist Marriages: Legal Second Union Questioned
A report notes that a person who marries legally for a second time is termed a digamist. The term is used to describe a second marriage after a prior legal union.
Silsbee Beauty Salon Opens This Week
Mrs. Donald Ruggies and Glenn Allen Ruggies announce the opening of Silsbee Beauty Salon at 525 S 10th Street. The Bee ad notes opening specials and proprietors as operators of the new shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Beauty Salon
Donald Ruggies
Glenn Allen Ruggies
S. 10Th Street
the Bee
Easter Sunrise Service Planned At Loeb
Easter sunrise services for Loeb area residents will be held at 6 30 on Easter morning in the yard of the home of Mr and Mrs R E Lakey at the corner of Bayou Drive and Neel Ave Artesian Acres Rev W S Haley pastor of Lawndale Baptist church will deliver the message Area residents have been invited and asked to bring chairs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loeb Area
R. E. Lakey
Bayou Drive
Neel Ave
Artesian Acres
W. S. Haley
Lawndale Baptist Church
Card of Thanks for Herman Heiselbetz family
The family of Mrs. Herman Heiselbetz extends thanks to friends relatives doctor nurses and pastor for the kind deeds shown in the loss of our wife and mother. Herman Heiselbetz Sr. Mr and Mrs W R Martin Mr and Mrs Herman Heiselbetz Jr Otis and J B Heiselbetz Mr and Mrs Linn Heiselbetz Mr and Mrs Clem Heiselbetz
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Heiselbetz
W. R. Martin
Otis
J. B. Heiselbetz
Linn Heiselbetz
Clem Heiselbetz
Also Mentioned on This Page
M. R Severinson
Carrollton
L. M. Hooks Sr
L. M. Jr
Jack Perkins
Albert David Cook
Green Miller
Mexico
Tommy Hancock
Butler
Ala
Louis Townsend
Versie Freeman
A. P. Street
Opal Ellison
San Augustine
John Oglesbee
Edwin R. Garner
Nederland
Elbert A. Davis
Doyle Riley
Francis Xander
Mt. Rainier
Roy Shepherd
G. J Wood
R. A
Elbert Riley
J. FE. Hooks
G. O. Hooks
Thicket
E. A. Davis
J. C. Hoke
T. F. Sullivan
Victoria
C. J Thorn
J. J. McMinn
J. B. Ennis
Port Neches
T. M. Pickett
I. F. Eldredge Jr
Fort Walton
Fla
Eldredge Sr
Elizabeth McClelland
Shepherd
Woodlea
H. D. Couture, Jr
Read
St.bv
NHA Fete
First Baptist
John Birch
Evadale Cub Scouts
Social Security Office
Lake Winnebago
Fond du Lac
Wis
Regina Taylor
New York
Bath
England
Paradise
Frogman
Rosemary Murphy
Kentland
Ind
Fort Lauderdale
Cynthia
Steven
Michael
Patrick
Jeffrey
George
Charlottesville
Pines
THURS
FPRL
Wee
Continent AG
Loeb
Charles Breaux
Sun,mon
Apr
Cary Grant Tack
Agranoun Production
Selznick
Margaret Mitchell
Clark Gable
Vivien Leigh
Leslie Howard
Ola Dehaviland i
Oak Hill
Maple Hill
Chestnut Hill
Kirby School
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