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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1958
Page
3
The executive committee of the WSCS of the First Methodist Church will meet Friday morning at 9:30 in the Fellowship Hall. Mrs. Doyle McKeown, president, has asked that officers and officers elect for the coming year be present.
Pete Robbins of Woodrow rode the wagon with his horse along Highway 96 S and Ave M when the calm horse spooked suddenly, sending the wagon into a wild four to five block ride. The seat collapsed as Robbins landed in the wagon bed, but he avoided serious injuries while Mrs. Dobbin calmly chewed grass. The story blends a local accident with regional fishing reports and coastal fishing success near Galveston Bay and Galveston Island.
D B Simmons reports a 24 inch coral snake killed in a Kountze garden last week confirming the reptile id. A True magazine photo feature shows a Florida man in South America hand capturing an enormous anaconda and wrestling it in a canoe. Tennessee warden Olan Davis warns against taking fawns from the woods to raise them.
Army Pfc Green M Miller Jr son of Mrs J W Anderson Silsbee joined the 8th Infantry Division 8th Cavalry in Germany for a field training exercise. Miller a scout arrived in Europe last December and began his Army career in April 1957 after basic at Fort Riley Kaw He is a 1956 Silsbee High School graduate and formerly worked for Sumner Spirits Construction Co.
At a Nacogdoches ceremony International Paper honored employees with perfect safety records. F. C. Gragg presented gold pins for five or ten years of service without a lost-time accident, praising vigilance over luck. Recipients included W. D. Hattie and M. G. Angle for ten years, and Truman Acker for five years, among others.
The Chipper Blue Birds held a Friday birthday party for 11 members hosted by Kathy McCarney. The dining room featured a white cloth table and blue hydrangea centerpiece. each girl found her place by the birthday month cup. Miniature blue iced cakes with candles marked each age, and the girls sang and shared birthday wishes.
Pfc Audrey D. Neal, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otis B. Neal of Silsbee, completed the automotive and tracked vehicle maintenance course at the Army European Engineer-Ordance School in Murnau Germany. He serves as a driver with Company A 371st Armored Infantry Battalion in Worms Germany. He enlisted in 1956, trained at Fort Bliss Texas, arrived in Europe in 1957, is 20, and a Joshua High School 1956 graduate and former farmer.
Miss Syble Ann Grisham and Benton Ray Key announce their upcoming marriage. The wedding is set for June 26 at the Grisham home, with the couple planning to reside in Silsbee. Key is employed by East Texas Pulp and Paper Company.
Louis Bleriot achieves the first successful English Channel crossing in a powered airplane in 1909. The feat marks a milestone in aviation history and showcases early cross-channel flight mastery.
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