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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1971
Page
3
Ronald L. Thomas, a Lamar University senior accounting major and auditor for Elvis C. Davis Jr., CPA, is elected vice president of the Lamar University Accounting Society. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Thomas of Silsbee.
The annual Mother's Day Services are set for Sunday morning at Knupple Cemetery off Knupple Road. The event honors mothers with a community gathering at the cemetery.
Silsbee school menus list weekly lunches from Monday to Friday. Monday offers baked ham with mashed potatoes and gravy, green limas, pineapple, apple goodie, rolls and milk. Tuesday features beef and gravy with rice, green beans, fruit, cookies, rolls and milk. Wednesday serves hamburgers with lettuce and tomatoes and onions, french fries, fruit cobbler and milk. Thursday includes chicken fried steak, rice and gravy, fruit, peas, cinnamon rolls, cornbread and milk. Friday serves salmon croquettes with catsup, baked corn, okra and tomatoes, chocolate cake with icing, rolls and milk.
The Bleakwood Cemetery work day is set for Saturday May 8. Volunteers are asked to bring tools and a basket lunch. Work starts early and lasts until the plot is cleaned, per Mrs. Robert L. King.
Robert A. Scott of the American Heart Association Hardin County Division announced the annual Heart Division meeting will be May 13 at 7 30 p m in the courthouse at Kountze. At least 30 members are expected to attend. The group will elect directors and officers and delegates to regional state meetings. A preview of next year s activities will be presented followed by a program by public health nurse Christine Read. The public is invited to attend.
The Silsbee High School Band will provide pre show music for Spindletop Charity Horse Show on Thursday May 6 at 7 00 pm at the Beau mont Fair Grounds. Proceeds go to educational and vocational equipment for the School for the Deaf Operation Showdown a drug seminar for secondary students Wilson Memorial Art Museum and other public projects. The event opens May 5 with Charlton Pollard High School band and continues May 7 French High School band and May 8 West Orange High School band.
Silsbee Little Theater will hold its annual general membership meeting at 5:00 at the Silsbee State Bank on Sunday May 9. A Euripides Trojan Women reading directed by Mrs Paul Georgas will feature J C Jeffrey Jr W A Barclay Jr Mrs David Hearne and others. I F Eldredge will chair a short business session to elect officers and discuss the 1971 72 season. All interested invited. Jack Evans leads the social hour.
Funeral services for William Floyd Graham 89 of Somerville are set for 3 p.m. today at Woods Funeral Home Somerville. A retired Santa Fe Railway employee he died Monday in a Brenham nursing home after a long illness. Survivors include daughters Mrs Mary Louise Middleton Hempstead and Mrs Minnie Bell Bennet California and son Charles Graham Houston. He was grandfather of Mrs Edgar Blood of this city.
Rev J P Owens a area Baptist missionary will preach at a revival May 13 16 at the Honey Island Mission Baptist Church in Honey Island Gary Wood of Silsbee First Baptist will conduct the singing Rev Woodrow Brown is pastor of the Mission which has existed two years Services Thursday to Saturday at 7 30 p m and Sunday at 11 a m and 7 p m
Bobby G. Fann, a United States Navy Petty Officer First Class and husband of the former Miss Mary E. Hoke of Silsbee, flies home to Charleston South Carolina from a 49 394 mile 220 day round the world cruise aboard the guided missile frigate USS Wainwright. He visited ports in North South and Central America Asia and Africa and took part in two Gulf of Tonkin operational periods off Vietnam.
North Hardin Baptist Church ten miles north of Silsbee on Highway 92 hosts a Mother's Day program on Sunday May 9 with corsages for the oldest and youngest mothers and the mother with most children. Sunday night at 7 30 Missionary Day features speakers Mr and Mrs John Piland of Dallas missionaries to Holland.
Miss Janice Boddeker bride elect of Harold Dunn was honored with a miscellaneous bridal shower Saturday at the home of Mrs. T. E. Alford. Guests called between 3 and 5 p.m. The refreshment table featured a white linen cutwork cloth and a centerpiece of spring flowers in a crystal compote. Hostesses included Mrs. Robert M. Herbst, Mrs. Henry Rodrigues, Mrs. James M. Smith, Mrs. F. H. Singletary, Mrs. C. B. Watts and Mrs. Lewis White Jr.
The twelfth annual town reunion for former residents of Fullerton Cravens and Rustville Louisiana will be held Sunday June 6. Organized by Mrs John Nunnelly secretary of the Fullerton Reunion Group the event gathers former residents at Fullerton Park near Pitkin DeRidder and Leesville in Kisatchie National Forest.
Evadale couple announce the engagement and approaching marriage of Renee Tanton to Douglas Harris. Ceremony set for June 5 at 7 p.m. in the bride’s home with Victor Baptist minister Rev. Wilton McGowin officiating. Attendants include Evadale residents Mrs. Gary Goats and Miss Brenda Tony and Buna residents Bill Collier and Dale Lee.
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co employees held a walk-in coffee and cake sale last Thursday raising 225.82 for the Hardin County Cancer fund. Chief operator Vera Allbritton announced the total to The Bee. Chairwoman Elester Pryor led volunteers including Linda Simmons Letha Smith Marla Myers Billie Cantlon Martha Paine and Linda Ester.
U S Postal Service bids on a three year contract to move mail between Silsbee and Sandy Creek Road. One daily round trip by car or station wagon. Term July 1 1971 to June 30 1974. Full notice posted at the post office bulletin board.
All leaders and assistant leaders of the Camp Fire and Blue Bird groups will meet May 13 at 9 a m in the Neches National Bank. Day camp and Camp Fire Council will be discussed.
The employees of Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. thank all who contributed to the coffee and cake sale. The event raised 215 dollars and 82 cents to aid the cancer drive, with more checks expected.
Services held at Broussard's Mortuary Beaumont for Mrs. Clayton E. Bond 66 who died after a stroke at St Elizabeth Hospital. Burial at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Survived by two daughters Mrs. Carrol D. Phillips Boston and Mrs. Jack B. Waltrip Baton Rouge, six sisters, a brother, and five grandchildren.
Funeral services were held for J. A. Schembre 73 of Silsbee at the First Assembly of God Church with Rev. J. A. Hendrix officiating. Burial followed in Resthaven Cemetery. Schembre died April 29 in Silsbee Doctors Hospital after a brief illness. He owned a produce and ship supply company and was a church member. Surviving are his wife Myrtle, daughter Yvonne Kindrick of Beaumont, sons Robert Lee of Silsbee and Joe in the Navy in Galveston, a sister Beulah Hefferman of Galveston, and one granddaughter.
Robert H. Paquin is appointed manager for Kirby Plywood Plywood operations at the Silsbee complex. Former production analyst at Vanply Inc in Albany Oregon for three years, Paquin is a Montana State University graduate and Minnesota native. He and his wife Lael and their four children are active in the Methodist Church.
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