Local Silsbee Newspaper Editorial Staff Listing
National Editorial section lists owners publishers and staff for a 1919 Silsbee Texas paper. Names include David Read R L Read Tommy Read Leona Whitman Margaret Kerby and mechanical staff Harold Leigh John Basye James Johnson Billy Joe Williams. Publication details show Thursday issue at 410 Highway 96 with rates for local counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Texas
Highway 96
Hardin
Jasper
Tyler
Jefferson
David Read
R. L. Read
Tommy Read
Leona Whitman
Margaret Kerby
Harold Leigh
John S. Basye
JAMES JOHNSON —_ BILLY JOE WILLIAMS
Silsbee FFA Receives Anonymous Gift For Forest Service Course
A cashier's check for 30.00 arrived to fund two Silsbee FFA boys to attend the Texas Forest Service short course at Camp Niwana near Woodville. Each attendee pays 15.00. sponsors may cover costs. O. O. Miller will select the two attendees for the 70 cadets invited. The FFA chapter thanks the anonymous donor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Ffa
FFA
Silsbee
Texas Forest Service
Camp Niwana
Woodville
Joy Hopkins Named Les Belles at Lamar Tech
Miss Joy Hopkins of Silsbee was chosen as one of six Lamar Tech students named Les Belles for 1967. The selections followed a tea by the Cardinal staff and will place Hopkins among featured pages in the Lamar annual. Hopkins is a sophomore English major and holds multiple campus offices and sorority roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joy Hopkins
Newton Hopkins
Silsbee
Lamar Tech
Lamar
Miss Hopkins
Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority
Techsans
Woman's School Spirit Organization
The
Cardinal
Student Government Association
Silsbee High School
Chance-Loeb PTA to Install Officers
There will be a Chance-Loeb PTA meeting on Tuesday May 9 at 7 30 p m. The program will interest parents with children starting school next year and there will be an installation of officers with Mrs Sue Stinson presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chance-Loeb Pta
Sue Stinson
Cemetery Working at Beech Creek May 6
Beech Creek will hold its annual cemetery working on May 6. All interested persons are invited to come and bring their working tools. Donations are welcome to support cemetery upkeep.
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Beech Creek
Catholic Group Attends DCCW Convention in Houston
Rev. W. J. Bosworth pastor of All Soul's Catholic Church along with Mrs. John Schuler and Mrs. Joe Doiron attended the DCCW Convention at the Shamrock Hilton in Houston over Friday Saturday and Sunday. Theme was Christian Community Universal Pass to Christ. The Catholic Women's Club of the local church will meet Wednesday at 9 30 am in the rectory with Mrs. John Schuler presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Bosworth
All Soul’s Catholic Church
John Schuler
Joe Doiron
DCCW
Shamrock Hilton Hotel
Houston
Catholic Women’s Club
Writer Seeks County Place Name Origins for Texas Dictionary
Residents of Hardin County are asked to help explain the origins of about 200 names on county maps for a Texas place names dictionary to be published by East Texas State University Press. Dr. Fred Tarpley seeks information on names such as Bad Luck Creek and Pine Island to complete his manuscript.
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Hardin County
Texas
Hardin
East Texas State University Press
Fred Tarpley
Bad Luck Creek
Bank Creek
Batiste Creek
Beaumont Creek
Beaver Cemetery
Bellrose Creek
Big Sand Creek
Black Sand Slough
Brushy Creek
Center Church
Clear Lake
Clemmons Gully
Doe Pond
East Village Mills
Flat Cypress Creek
Fleps Cemetery
Fletcher
Fletcher Creek
Fortenberry Oil Field
Grass Ponds
Gladwidings Cemetery
Pavey Kerby
Pine Island
Pine Ridge Cemetery
Pine Ridge
Pinock Branch
Providence
Rose Hill Acres
Sam Moore
Shade Lake
Yellow Lake
Young Douglas Chapel
Tarpley
Department of English
East Texas State University
Commerce
Methodist WSCS Zone Meeting Set in Kirbyville
First Methodist Church of Kirbyville hosts Zone 4 Officers Training Day at 9 30 a m Monday with Mrs Robert J Pate presiding. The area church with most members wins a Love Ribbon and the Zone Special Membership award is presented. Attendees bring sack lunches. drinks provided. nursery available.
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WSCS
First Methodist Church
First Methodist
Kirbyville
Robert J. Pate
Piano Recital Scheduled by Miss Shirley Barnes
Twenty two students of Miss Shirley Barnes will perform a Spring Piano Recital Saturday at 7 p m in the cafetorium of Read-Turrentine School. Awards will be presented to those who have earned them and the public is invited with no admission charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Barnes
Read-Turrentine School
Miss Barnes
Tent Revival Opens Next Tuesday Led by Evangelist Gamblin
Evangelist W. E. Gamblin of Orange will lead a tent revival starting May 9 at the intersection of Highway 92 and FM 418 across from Kirby Elementary School. The Apostolic Voices of Evansville Indiana will perform with Silsbee's United Pentecostal Church sponsoring. Services begin each evening at 7 45 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Gamblin
Orange
Highway 92
Kirby Elementary School
Apostolic Voices of
Evansville
Ind
Silsbee
United Pentecostal Church
THE
Evansville, Ind
He That Hath Seen Me Hath Seen the Father
The meditation reflects on John 14 9 with Jesus revealing God's heart to humankind. It urges a quest for divine presence beyond life’s mysteries and frames life as a pilgrimage led by Christ. Prayer asks God to reveal Himself through Jesus and to bless private devotions with awareness of His presence.
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Jesus
Christ
Earth
Father
God
Lansing B. Harmon Jr
Virginia
Senator Charles Wilson to Speak at Kirbyville Meeting
State Senator Charles Wilson of Lufkin will address over a thousand members at the Jasper Newton Electric Cooperative annual meeting at Kirbyville High School Stadium. The event starts 7 p m with 6 p m registration, a barbecue meal, and programs by Tune Benders and Gospeltones. Wilson, a District III Texas Senate member and 1956 U S Naval Academy graduate, will be the keynote speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wilson
Jasper Newton Electric Cooperative
Kirbyville High School
Gospeltones
Senator Wilson
Lufkin
Texas Senate
United States Naval Academy
U. S. Navy
Wilson
Texas House of Representatives
Local Women Attend Seminar in Nederland Hotel
Seven members of the Silsbee Business and Professional Women's Club attended a seminar at the Tidelands Motel in Nederland Sunday. A reception afterward honored Billie Roberts, incoming District 14 director, with attendees including H. C. Scoggins, Tom Barnes, Letha Smith, Mayburn LaBrache, A. E. Templeton, and Pat Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Business and Professional Women’s Club
Tidelands
Nederland
Silsbee Club
Billie Roberts
District 14
H. C. Scoggins
Tom Barnes
Letha Smith
Mayburn LaBrache
A. E. Templeton
Pat Ward
Silsbee Sailor Joins Blue Coral Exercise Off California
Seaman Marshall D. Merrill Jr. of Silsbee participated as a crew member on the ocean mine sweeper USS Loyalty in the Blue Coral training off the southern California coast. The week-long fleet exercise involved 21 air units and 25 ships practicing surface and air warfare, subsurface detection, and hit and run maneuvers with drone targets.
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Marshall D. Merrill Jr
USN
M. D. Merrill Sr
Silsbee
Blue Coral
California
Loyalty
U. S
San Clemente Island
GI Home Loan Program Ends July 2 1967
The Veterans Administration announces the World War II GI Home Loan program will end with applications due by July 2 1967. The cutoff applies only to WW II veterans. Korean and Vietnam era veterans remain unaffected with their own deadlines.
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Veterans’ Administration
P. J. Mems
Veterans Administration
Houston
School For Area Firemen To Begin Here Friday
A fireman training school will start at the Silsbee Fire Hall on Friday at 7 p m led by James A Bland of Texas A M University. About 30 firemen from Silsbee Chancer Loeb Evadale and Fred have enrolled. The program covers practical firefighting from fundamentals to advanced techniques with two hour sessions each Friday for five weeks.
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Silsbee
James A. Bland
Texas A&m University
John Busby
Chancer Loeb
Evadale
Fred
Busby
Opal Ellison Wins Azalea Sweepstakes at Ninth Annual Show
Opal Ellison wins show sweepstakes and tri color award at the Azalea Garden Club Ninth Annual Flower Show held at First Presbyterian Church with April Showers as theme. C. R. Baker takes purple rosette. J F McGee chaired as many entries receive ribbons across divisions and classes.
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Opal Ellison
C. R. Baker
Azalea Garden Club
First Presbyterian Church
J. F. McGee
Two Receive Fines In County Court This Week
In Hardin County Court two defendants pleaded guilty to theft by worthless checks and were fined by Judge Emmett Lack. Dorothy L. Monson of Silsbee and Charles E. McDonald of Kountze each paid $1.00 and court costs. Four other cases were reset for jury trial as defendants pleaded not guilty. Charges also included first offense driving while intoxicated driving while license suspended and other traffic counts. Judge Lack said he has been focused on the county budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
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Hardin
Emmett Lack
Dorothy L. Monson
Silsbee
Charles E. McDonald
Kountze
Lack
Adult Reading Class Enrollment Open in Silsbee
The Silsbee Woman's Club and Silsbee Public Library continue an adult reading class with teachers Mona Plunk and Shirley Hermansen. New pupils may enroll anytime, classes meet Tuesdays and Thursdays 7 to 9 pm in a temporary Read-Turrentine classroom behind the school, with inquiries to Mrs. R. L. Paret or Mrs. Byrnes Belk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Woman’s Club
Silsbee Public Library
Mona Plunk
Shirley Hermansen
Read-Turrentine School
R. L. Paret
Byrnes Belk
Forty fined for wild fires in Texas counties
The Texas Forest Service reports forty individuals in Polk Hardin and Tyler Counties have paid fines since January for letting fire escape from their property. The law bans fire escape. fines range from 15 to 200 dollars.
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Texas Forest Service
Polk
Hardin
Tyler
Local social notes from Brazoria to Beaumont area
Mrs. George G Badge of Brazoria visited in the home of her daughter Mrs I F Eldredge Jr over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Donald Gertison of Houston visited in the home of Mr and Mrs Louie Barrett. James Collins and Angela Blakley of Tyler visited in the home of Ray Collins and family. Visitors in the homes of J H Richardson included J F Lockhart of Mena Ark. Mrs Brya n Mays of Port Neches, Mrs Marrell Conway, Mrs Gerald Peveto and sons of Orange and Mrs Donna Nolan of Beaumont, Earl Wills Silsbee attorney, underwent surgery Wednesday at St Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont.
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George G. Badge
Brazoria
I. F. Eldredge Jr
Donald Gertison
Houston
Louie Barrett
James Collins
Angela Blakley
Tyler
Ray Collins
J. H. Richardson
J. F. ‘Lockhart
Mena, Ark
Bryan Mays
Port Neches
Marrell Conway
Gerald Peveto
Orange
Donna Nolan
Beaumont
Earl Wills
Silsbee
St. Elizabeth Hospital
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Linotype
O. O. Miller
Silsbee Independent School District
Mr. Anonymous
Les Belles
Methodist Wscs
Ainsworth, Neb
C. R. McGrew
C. J. Thorn
C. A. Jones
Beauty Unlimited
F. M. Bowers
R. G. Atwood
C. H. Dunn
Farmers Market
V. L. Caraway
Ben Jones
Lester Jackson
the Litter Gitter Seys
Texas Highway Department
Coney Island
New York
Murray Zaret
He Does
U.S
America’s
U.S. Savings Bonds
Treagery Department
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