Association 1967 Silsbee Post paper notes staff
A historical note lists the Silsbee Association paper's mailing permit date of April 10 1919 its weekly Thursday publication at 410 Highway 96 Silsbee Texas and subscription rates 3 50 per year in Jefferson County 4 00 elsewhere. It also credits editors David Read R L Read Jerry Zuber with staff roles including Mrs Leona Whitman Harold Leigh Ruth Stirts Tommy Read James John and Charles Checae among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Texas
David Read
R. L. Read
Jerry Zuber
Leona Whitman
Cleanup Week Aims To Rally Community Action
A Jones-Georges production under the Silsbee Chamber of Commerce promotes Paint-up Clean-up Fix-up Week next week. Local business leaders urge residents to join, saying planning and public reminders matter little without public participation. The piece also notes fishing reports around Dam B and upcoming white perch tournament, with forecasts of windy conditions and ongoing seasonal fishing in Galveston Bay and surrounding waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones-Georges
The
Silsbee C of C
Gulf
Galveston Bay
Seabrook Area
East Bay
Houston Channel
Bolivar
Gilchrist
Chance Fletcher News Highlights Local Demos
Fletcher Home Demonstration Club met Tuesday with 11 members present. Miss Causey spoke on Making the Good Budget Work. Next meeting set for June 6 at Mrs. W. B. Waters home. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Rouse. Several local visits and births noted plus church events and hospital updates in Beaumont and Silsbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher Home Demonstration Club
I. M. Butler
R. H. Fountain
Causey
County Home
W. B. Waters
H. A. Rouse
Gilchrist
L. M. Freres
Beaumont
C. S. Hooks
Gary Butler
Frank Butler
Read-Turrentine School
Silsbee
H. E. Lewis
Ter
Harold Martin
Corpus Christi
David Lewis
Fletcher Emanuel Baptist Church
Ruth and Fellowship
Fletcher Emanual Baptist
Mildred Wilcox
Odgen Rosier
Zemma Hare
Hollyfield family reports strong fishing below the dam
A late bulletin from N. C. Hollyfield notes active fishing below the Dam early in the week. Mr and Mrs Hollyfield and their son Chester on vacation from Southwestern Settlement caught 45 white perch and bass in two days, below the spillway gates Monday and Tuesday. The catch included two white bass, a rarity, and one white weighed about a pound and a half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. C. Hollyfield
Hollyfield
Chester
Southwestern Settlement
Silsbee Public Schools May Lunch Menu Highlights
May 22 to May 25 offerings include Mayday corn dogs with potato salad fruit cobbler and milk. Tuesday serves fried chicken with rice gravy buttered carrots spinach speckled beans fruit bread and milk. Wednesday features barbecued beef on buns carrot celery sticks potato salad banana pudding bread and milk. Thursday offers smoked ham sweet potatoes sliced tomatoes jello with fruit bread and milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Son Of Former Resident Helps In Water Rescue
Jacky Campbell 15 of Port Lavaca and 12-year-old Fred Hobital aided Eddie Leal 15 during a water rescue at Lavacs Pay on May 7. They heard cries, pulled him to shore, and performed mouth to mouth resuscitation learned from school and Boy Scout training. Jacky is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Alien Droddy of Silsbee and son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Campbell of Port Lavaca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacky Campbell
Port Lavaca
Alien Dreddy
Silsbee
Lavacs Pay
Jacky
Jack Campbell
Fred Hobital
Eddie Leal
Pauline Droddy
Former Resident Dies In Beaumont
Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 p m in the Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints church in Beaumont for R G McLanathan 56 of Beaumont. He died Friday at 1 45 p m in Hotel Dieu hospital. A native of Alabama he had lived in Beaumont 14 years employed there. Survivors include his wife and two daughters of Beaumont one brother of Port Arthur and two sisters one of Center Texas and Mrs Maggie Alsleben of this city. Burial was in Turner Branch Cemetery in Spurger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Hospital
Gwen Stroup
Marietta
Georgia
Thomas R. Templeton
Allen Chance
C. E. Bond
R. L. McAlister
J. W Soward
A. J. Clubb Jr
A. J. Clubb Sr
Beaumont
David Norvell
Denver City
Lubbock
Brownsville
Seminole
Jewel Cobb
Fred
Hoke
Tom Williams
United Pentecostal Church of
Loeb
Les Richardson
Baptist
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Church
R. G. McLanathan
Hotel Dieu Hospital
McLanathan
Alabama
Port Arthur
Center
Texas
Maggie Alsleben
Turner Branch
Spurger
N. A. Dennis
M. Bowman
St. Therese Hospital
A. C. Gibson i
Victor
L. Gibson
Molly Lakey
Silsbee
M. W. Mitchell
EF. M. Stewart
J. M. Boverly
Cummings
Port Neches
San Anonio
E. H. Stanford
Houston
Newton Guilbean
American Lutheran Church
Galveston
J. W. Lewis Sr
Local social notes and visiting relatives in the area
The column lists numerous families visiting relatives, travel to Houston Beaumont and Port Neches, attendance at graduations and church events, medical updates, and service attendance. Highlights include junior high baccalaureate at Fletcher Emanuel Baptist Church, May 26 dinner for graduates, Wayne Jordan entering air force training, and multiple family gatherings across Beaumont, Silsbee, Sour Lake, and surrounding towns.
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C. H. Shawver
J. W. Hopkins
Dallas
G. W. Caywood
Salt Lake City
Utah
Garner
Chance- Loeb School
Fletcher Emanuel Baptist Church
Tatum
Moorman
Sheffield
C. D. Barland
Richmond
George Mitchell Sr
Houston
Hank
Los Angeles
Calif
Herbert William
Barton
Baptist Hospital
Tommy Barland
Cottonport
Local News From Votaw and Nearby Areas
Mrs E L Teai and others from Houston visited relatives in Votaw. Numerous family moves visits and Mother's Day gatherings are noted, with residents in Votaw area traveling to Lafayette Camden Beaumont Galveston and Hardin. Cemetery plans and a birth are mentioned along with hospital and family events.
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E. L. Teai
S. E. J. Cox
K. T. Collins
Houston
E. C. Collins
Ola Dryden
Lafayette
Mvzild
Doha Perkins
Alberta Loftin
Camden
Laura Dryden
Sam Parker
Hardin
George Knight
Sadie Felton
Tomball
Votaw School
Arnold Allaings
Eddie Harrison
Jimmie Kelley
Calvin Kirkland
Vern Hinkley
Dolly Jean Moss
F. M. Collins
A. Johnson
Cleveland
Beeson
W. P. Burnett
Cleveland Hospital
Edward Sumrall
Galveston
Hugh Brawtey
Gilmer
Earl Jackson
Jim Smith
D. H. Teal
Beaumont
E. L. Teal
Archie Warren
Meridian
O'W. E. Bailey
Alvis Waldrop
J. R. Sumrall
J. E
Anderson
Village Mills
D. R Martin
Magnolia
Knight Home
J. A. Foster
Dewey Hoke
Silsbee
W. H. Tantor
Bob Hardy
H. D. Warren
Charles Ramby
Diana
Kountze
C. C. Dryden
Elie Kirbin
Ed Blankenship
Estell Bean
R. L. Move
Jesse King
Loeb Visit By Mr and Mrs Virgil Williams
Mr and Mrs Virgil Williams of Kountze visited his parents Mr and Mrs Clyde Williams during a family gathering. The trip marked a brief homecoming with extended family in attendance.
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Loeb
Virgil Williams
Kountze
Clyde Williams
Birthday party honors Fdna Farle Fledge at Silsbee pool
A Saturday celebration marked Fdna Farle Fledge’s thirteenth birthday at the Silsbee Swimming pool. Forty guests attended the party honoring her as the daughter of Mrs. Ruby Fledge.
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Fdna Farle Fledge
Silsbee Swimming Pool
Ruby Fledge
Lumberton News Highlights Local Visits And Events
Lumberton residents share family news as A H McCullough returns from illness at St. Therese hospital while son Jerry secures leave from Fort Hood. Linda Broussard crowned Girls Auxiliary Queen at First Baptist with Barbara Selph and others. Vacation Bible school planned June 5 to 9 led by Rev C R Perry and staff. Birth announced for a 7 pound son at St Therese hospital. W M A Leake Circle and Pearce Circle plan stork shower for C M Perry. Beaux Bay area visitors link to La Mar State College and Beaumont families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Perdue
A. H. McCullough
St. Therese Hospital
Jerry McCullough
Fort Hood
Texas
Linda Broussard
C. M. Fowler
J. V. Perdue
C. R. Perry
V. Boardman
Hugh Williamson
R. V. Shelton
Ariola Road
St. Therese, Hospital
Byra Turner
Gallander
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Leake
Grace Ingle
Pearce
C. M. Perry
Maid
Floyd Maddox
Vidor
Ann Wells
Beaumont
J. W. Thompson
Billy Benson
Fort Camp
Dr Jackson Heads Sabine Area Dental Society
Dr R O Jackson Jr of Silsbee was installed as president of the Sabine District Dental Society at a Port Arthur meeting last Thursday night. The Sabine district covers seven counties. Jackson, a Silsbee City Council member, succeeds Dr Stanley T Smith II of Beaumont. President elect for next year is Dr Carl Owens of Orange, with Dr N W Byrd of Jasper as vice president and Dr W O Boren of Beaumont as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. O. Jackson Jr
Silssbee
Sabine District Dental Society
Port Arthur
Sabine District
Jackson
Silsbee
Stanley T. Smith II
Beaumont
Carl Owens
Orange
N. W. Byrd
Jasper
W. Oo. Boren
Thomas M Fedrick Dies In Huntsville
Thomas Marion Fedrick, 81, died of a seizure in Huntsville on May 10. He was the father of F. C. Fedrick of Silsbee and was to be buried in Brookside Memorial Park in Houston. Rev. W. Y. Pond Jr. and Rev. T. B. Prescott officiated. He is survived by his wife and two other sons.
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Thomas Marion Fedrick
Huntsville
F. C. Fedrick
Silsbee
Brookside Memorial Park
Houston
W. Y. Pond Jr
T. B. Prescott
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Ghway
Jefferson Counties
Rdin, Jasper, Tyler
Counties
City
Aye
aLeeeenae
Hutto
Wolf
Oscar Walther
Dam B
Hutto’s
Co. A. Williams
Byerly’s
Sportsman's Lodge
Nick Hill
Nick
Chance
Fletcher News
A. F. Puter
Western Auto
Alice Lindsey
Theresa Dominguez
Highway
Young’s
Okra
Shop Young’s
Young’s Supermarkets’ Silsbee
Evadale
Loeb News
E. J. Haley
H. A. Stephens
J. W. Lewis Jr
W. C. James
James Goutreaux
Milton Lewis
A. C. Lewis
D. A. Gibson
Faggard
Double Bayou
W. J. Toups
G. L. Gibson
J. B. Faggard Jr
Faggard Sr
James Hennig
A. L. Andrews
Jack Wells
Bruce Fairchilds
E. E. Stephens
Sour Lake
Lynn Brummett
Perry Bendy
Charlie Mitchell
Austin
C. L. Hargraves
J. W. Hamilton Sr
American Cancer Society
H. L. Burkhalter
L. Burkhalter
Gravel Hill
Johnny Stogner
Phillips 66
Eddies Plumbing
Silsbee Highway
Eddie Warren
Herbert G. Elmore
Amicable Life Insurance Company
Home Office
Waco
Votan News
Emma Ruth. Rhodes
Nellie Dething
Ada Rhodes
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Farm Market
Silsbee City Limits
L. T. Young
Jim Walter Homes Corporation
Mr. Young
Jim Walter
JIM Walter Corporation
Lumberton News
Bell, Ky
Ge. J.streetman
Dr. Jackson
Sabine Area Dental Society
Thomas M. Fedrick
Charles Breaux
Woodlea
Boyd Comeaux
Frank
Jasper Highway
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