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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1960
Page
2
A devotional meditation urges Christians to cast burdens on the Lord and live in today. It recalls Matthew 6:24 and emphasizes faith, patience, and doing God's will today. Clarice Sawyer from Alabama shares thoughts, with a prayer for calm trust and daily perseverance.
Pvt Nash Jos Lrd of the Army’s 3d Armored Division in Germany is a 19-year-old Silsbee High School graduate who entered the Army last October. He served as a cannoneer in Battery B, 3d Artillery, arriving at Fort Riley for basic training.
Funeral services for Mrs Lula Beard 80 a Lee resident for 47 years were held at 2 p m Saturday at Silsbee Church of Christ with R N Whitehead pastor officiating. She died at 6 05 p m last Thursday in Baptist Hospital Beaumont born Town Bluff moved to Village Mille near child and then to her home on the Silsbee highway near Lee. Survivors include four daughters and five sons with other relatives listed. burial at Village Mille cemetery under LL M Williams and Sons Funeral Home Beaumont.
The Silber Woman's Club meets at 2 36 PM at the home of Mrs. Paul Georgas with co hosts Mrs. Wade Parker and Mrs. Ju H Wade. Federation Day program includes officer installation by Mrs E L Meley of Beaumont Magnolia District. Mrs E L Moreland to report on state convention. Jess L Odom leads the business meeting.
The Trinity Neches Council Area Scout Circus runs Friday and Saturday May 13 and 14 at 7 30 p m in the Horse Show Arena South Texas State Fairgrounds Beaumont The event is sponsored by the Trinity Neches Council and the Young Men's Business League of Beaumont with BR J Castille as general chairman and a committee of 10 local businessmen Also, over 20 000 tickets have been distributed for sale to about 6 000 Cubs Scouts and Explorers Tickets are 1 00 each and admit two students or one adult A 30 percent cash commission goes to local packs troops and posts Proceeds support general Scouting initiatives
A trio of Silsbee pastors Grant Herbst Alvin Hendrix and Larry Correll spent a camping and fishing outing at Damn Lake Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. They returned for lunch without any fish but enjoyed steak campfire coffee and a kingly breakfast. The trip fostered ecumenical fellowship with plans to repeat the outing. Reverend Marshall J Strother will receive his Bachelor of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary on May 13. He served in WWII in the Navy and holds degrees from Sam Houston State Baylor. He pastors First Baptist Barry Texas and has a wife Frances Fraser and three daughters.
Waldo Mathews School will host a Monday evening meeting at 7 to organize a booster club for athletic groups. Wesley Shaw, head coach, invites alumni and interested persons to attend.
The Walnut Hill site of Presbyterian Camp Cho Yen will host a family camp this weekend starting with supper Friday May 15 led by directors Art Wornick and his wife. Seven families are expected to attend with hiking swimming nature study and a Saturday night campfire worship. Families return to Silshee Sunday afternoon for worship and church school at 9 45 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m Youth program at 5 p.m. Men of the Church meet Wednesday May 18 at 7 30 p.m. with Joe Savage leading Church Extension discussion.
Hello World Dr and Mrs M M Self of Beaumont announce a daughter Jerome born May 8 at St Therese Hospital with paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs L D Self of Beaumont. Mr and Mrs J H Cunningham of Silsbee welcome son James Ricky born April 23 at Hardin Memorial Hospital. mother is Lin da Hartman. Michael Lee born May 6 to Mr and Mrs J L Fore of Kountze at Hardin Memorial Hospital. Kenneth Lee born May 7 to Mr and Mrs J A Foster Jr of Silsbee at Hardin Memorial Hospital. Johnny West born May 8 to Mr and Mrs H S Smith of Silsbee at Hardin Memorial Hospital. Denton Ray born May 7 to Mr and Mrs J H Lowe of Silsbee at Hardin Memorial Hospital. Marvin Wayne born May 4 to Mr and Mrs E D Hicks of Silsbee at Hardin Memorial Hospital. Virginia Frances born May 2 to Mr and Mrs Cecil Williams of Silsbee at Hardin Memorial Hospital.
Silsbee Auto Company completes move of bookkeeping and clerical offices to the Highway 96 sales lot. Alf Fullingim says the entire operation will soon be under one roof while service and parts remain downtown on Fifth Street.
The Alma Graves WMU Circle of the First Baptist Church met Tuesday morning with nine members present. Mrs. F D Johnson opened with a prayer, Mrs E B Simpson led the business and devotional, and Mrs T C Falls closed with a prayer. Afterward the group visited shut ins. Be alive today and you'll be alive tomorrow.
Dwayne V Overstreet expresses gratitude for public support and outlines duties as a law abiding citizen and county official in Hardin County Texas. He pledges to represent the state in misdemeanor cases and assist the district attorney in felonies, urging continued community cooperation. He hopes to improve Hardin County and invites contact with the county attorney’s office.
Two Silsbee students Bennie C. Sesums and Richard J. Harvis are degree candidates at Sam Houston State Teachers College. Commencement for the largest class in eight years will be 6:00 p.m. May 22 at Pritchett Field. A May 9 faculty picnic and May 13 President's Ball in the Men's Gym are noted as senior events.
Proposals for multiple highway sections in Jefferson and Hardin Counties will be received by the Texas Highway Department in Austin until 9:00 a.m. May 18, 1980, with public opening and reading. Plans and specifications, including minimum wage rates, are available from S. W. Copp, Resident Engineer, Beaumont, and the Texas Highway Department in Austin. Usual rights reserved.
Directors and managers from Buna Kowntze Silsbee and nearby towns gather at Farmer Funeral Home at 7 p.m. Pete Farmer, newly elected president, presides. Exhibition game slated for June 3 at the high school ball park. owners asked to bring unused uniforms or call.
A wonderful opportunity to save on open stock earthenware with 20 percent off. Choose entire sets or individual pieces from eight patterns Apple starburst Porn Dell Ivy Oasis Desert Rose Autumn Dust. Sale ends Saturday May 4.
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