Silsbee news weekly mailing, rates and office info
pRes Feist Vy MEMBER is published under a second class mailing permit dated April 19, 1919, at the Post Office in Silsbee Texas. It is published every Thursday at 410 Highway 96 Silsbee Texas 77656. Subscription rate is 3.50 per year in Hardin Jasper Tyler Jefferson Counties and 4.00 per year outside these counties.
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Village Mills Notes Show Hospital Stays and Travel Tales
Village Mills news items note Mrs. Bill Creel moved from Hardin Memorial Hospital Kountze to Beaumont Hospital in serious condition. Several locals visit hospitals, attend Grand Chapter OES in Houston, vacation trips to Smoky Mountains Austin and Beau mont, and fishing at Rollover Pass. Hospital updates include Elsie Wilson in Houston, Albert Bovett heart attack, and Herbert Nelson back for surgery in Port Arthur.
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Bill Creel
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kountze
Beaumont Hospital
E. C. Shutter
Ruby Moore
Katie Bass
Pearl Allen
Etta Lee
Jack Cooksey
Wildwood
Smokey Mountains
Gerald Jorden
Kingsport
Tenn
Harris
Buford Trahan
Jennings
Bennie Crul
Ernest Fowler
Lee Evans
Sallie Clem Coats
Warren
O.E.S
Houston
Robert D. Rabin
Home
Frank Simpson
Beaumont
Alma Heath
Elsie Wilson
Mamie Waddell
Tom McManus
First Baptist Church
Village Mills
W. J. Rogers
A. H. Aiken
Austin
Rogers
Violet Crown Garden Club
D. A. Reese
Bertie Richey
Rollover Pass
Albert Bovett
Port Neches
Jennie Bovett
Ethel Wales
Bill Selman
Pat Richardson
Cleveland
St. Joseph Hospital
Herbert Nelson
Port Arthur
Jaycee Ettes To Meet Tonight At Mrs Glenn Home
The Jaycee Ettes plan a 7 30 p m meeting at 1128 North 3rd Street in the home of Mrs Rod ney Glenn. Mrs Richard Worley will preside and a report on the rummage sale will be given.
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Jaycee-Ettes
Rodney Glenn
North 3Rd Street
Richard Worley
Chance-Fletcher News Briefs and Local Events
Local events include Royal Ambassador Week observance at Fletcher Emanuel Baptist Church with a youth choir, an R.A. banquet, and awards to fathers and boys. A general election set for Nov 8 at Chance-Loeb School with Charlie Reed as judge. Nearby residents report hunting trips, hospital visits, and family gatherings as November community notices roll in.
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Fletcher Emanuel Baptist Church
R. A
Eddie Hall
Fletcher Em. Baptist Church
Fellowship Hall
Chance-Loeb
Charlie Reed
Inez “Lewis
W. H. Bailey
Beaumont
W. L. Bailey
Orange
J. A. Hinckley
Victor
T. A. Kapperal
Harold Delaney
Guy Henderson
Wyoming
Fire Department
Voth Rose Dale
Chance-Loeb Volunteer Fire Department
East Texas
Kountze
Ogden Rosier
Lathell Tanton
Temple
Carolyn Ross
Houston
Vinton la
Henry Pickering
John D. Trahan
A. E. Pickering
Ray Shaw
Carl William Davis
Douglas Pickering
Evadale
Larry Newton
Silsbee
Aline Pickering
Sidney Davis
Pearl Allen
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Sam Hartman
Tracy St
Baptist Hospital
Hartman
Lonnie Beard
Week In Silsbee November Meetings and Elections
A compact schedule of local events from November 3 to 9 in Silsbee. Jaycettes meet at Mrs. Rodney Glenn’s home, Optimists at Dan's Restaurant, Little Theater rehearsals at the high school auditorium, and many club gatherings at the library, bank, Heritage Room, and Blue Bonnet venues. Election Day is set for Tuesday with multiple civic group meetings through the week.
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Jaycettes
Rodney Glenn
Dan’s
Silsbee Little Theater
Silsbee Art League
Neches National Bank
Silsbee Garden Club
Silsbee State Bank
Kiwanis
Blue Bonnet
Silsbee School Board
Lamar Tech Homecoming Pageant Set for Monday Nov 7
Lamar Tech invites the public to the third annual Homecoming Pageant on Monday November 7 in McDonald Gymnasium. Thirty eight candidates will compete for queen. finalists chosen by judges with the student body voting for the queen on November 10. Cardinal Football will appear with coach Vernon Glass and a campus musical program by the Lamar Tech Jazz Ensemble and Cardinal Singers.
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McDonald Gymnasium
Lamar Tech
Lamar
Gordon Grant
Houston
Cardinal
Vernon Glass
Richard Burkhart
Gene Badgett
Dan _ Russo
Wayne Whitaker
John Roy
David Frazier
Mark Johnson
Barry Mills
Don Randolph
Mark Holstein
Mike Smith
David Dunham
Troy Hart
David Zwick
Jack Grochmal
David Gill
Wendell Smith
Don Lackey
Cardinal Singers
Ray Moore
Becky Bellue
Ronald Davis
Terry Duncan
Beverly Danks
Peggy Fellers
Steve Gill
Kay Grant
Geneva Griggs
Craig Hall
John Holmes
Bruce Hutchison
Lynda Klotz
Brent Landry
Ricky Masters
Jim Miller
Carol Sloane
Bette Stead
Bennie Bottrell Dies Suddenly Monday Morning
Bennie Bottrell, 59, of Artesian Acres, died at St Elizabeth Hospital after being stricken at home. Funeral services were held in Ponca City with arrangements in Oklahoma. he was a Powder Pipefitters Local member and a Woodcrest Methodist Church attendee. Survivors include his wife, three brothers, and two sisters.
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Silsbee
Bennie Bottrell
Kelly = Hixson
Beaumont
R. W. Hillenkamp
Chance-Loeb Woodcrest Methodist Church
Ponca City
Okla
Grace Memorial Funeral Home
Bottrell
Neal
Artesian Acres
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Mt. Auburn
Woodcrest Methodist Church
Lumberton Home Demonstration Club
I. M. Butler Jr
Homer Rouse
Miss Taylor
Marvin Pipkin
Neel
Kelley-Hixson
Silsbee School Menus For The Week
Silsbee Public School menus per dietician Mrs J J Taylor list Monday beef stew with vegetables rice and gravy buttered peas ginger bread with applesauce rolls milk Tuesday hamburgers with lettuce tomatoes and onions baked beans fruit cobbler Wednesday Italian spaghetti tossed green salad peach pie chilled tomatoes roll milk Thursday turkey steaks dressing green beans apple goody rolls milk Friday fried fish with catsup macaroni and tomatoes fruit jello rolls milk
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Silshe
J. J. Taylor
Cub Scout Pack 201 Tours KFDM Channel 6
Cub Scout Pack 201 visited KFDM Channel 6 Beaumont on Oct 26 with Uncle Willie host guiding tour of the control room and weather desk. Eighteen boys led by cubmaster Robert Brunner and committee chair Martin Wilson plus den mothers plan a November pack meeting and an upcoming circus at the Fair Grounds on Saturday at 7 30 p.m. dressed as pioneers. tickets from any Pack 201 member.
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KFDM
Beaumont
Willie
Robert Brunner
Martin Wilson
Music Makers Debut In Silsbee At Reception
The Music Makers a new choral group under Suzanne Barfield makes its public debut in Silsbee at a reception Sunday Nov 6 2 30 p m in the Junior High School cafeteria. The group consists of school age girls learning singing modeling poise and charm with guidance from Patricia Bosch and Lynda Ferguson assistant directors.
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Suzanne Barfield
Silsbee
Patricia Bosch
Lynda Ferguson
Card of Thanks from Alma Hodge
Alma Hodge expresses gratitude for kindness during hospital stay and for flowers cards prayers. She thanks Mrs Marion Johnson Mrs Mothe Parker Mrs Earlton Smith Mrs Maedonia Scott Mrs Maomi Cross and many others along with Dr Hooks and the nurses staff. May the Lord bless each of you.
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Marion Johnson
Mothe ‘Parker
Earlton Smith
Maedonia Scott
Maomi Cross
Hooks
Lamar Tech homecoming queen candidate named
Vivian Dietrich, Silsbee High graduate and junior at Beaumont college, is Kappa Delta’s Lamar Tech homecoming candidate. Thirty eight Lamar coeds were nominated. Ten semifinalists will be chosen at the November 7 pageant in McDonald Gym, three out-of-town judges will pick finalists, and the winner will be decided by a schoolwide vote on November 10. The queen’s identity will be revealed at the homecoming game on November 12 between Lamar and Louisiana Tech.
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Vivian Dietrich
Silsbee High
Kappa Delta Sorority
Lamar Tech
Lamar
Pilgrim Quartet Set for Church Song Services Sunday
The Youth of True Vine Baptist Church presents the Pilgrim's Quartet of Beaumont in song at 3 p.m. and 7 30 p.m. Sunday. Pastor S W Woods invites the public to attend the services at the church.
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Pilgrim Quartet
True Vine
The
Mrs Maxeller Sr Thanks All for Prayers and Support
Mrs Maxeller Sr expresses gratitude for prayers visits and cards received during hospital and home recovery after a car accident. She extends blessings to all who offered support.
Little Theater Committees Prepare For Next Play
Silsbee Little Theater enters week two of rehearsals for You Cant Take It With You a Broadway comedy. Miss Cheryl Markham is stage manager and committee heads include Wes Latham for publicity and technical effects Mrs Betty Ann Mitchell for stage props and Harold Gardner for house duties. Additional committees to be formed later cover stage sets tickets costumes hospitality and lobby display. The show is set for December 2 and 3 at Silsbee High School auditorium.
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Silsbee Little Theater
Cheryl Markham
Wes Latham
Betty Ann Mitchell
Don Hough
Gene Evans
Leon Rust
Jerry Broadman
Harold Gardner
Silsbee High School
Sturday
Final Rites Held Here Saturday For Wesley Sirmons 54
Funeral services for Wesley Sirmons 54 were held at 3 p m Saturday at First Baptist Church Silsbee with Rev R E Barclay officiating Burial was in Turner Branch Cemetery in Spurger under Farmers Funeral Home direction Sirmons a mechanic for Kirby Lumber Co was fatally stricken near Livingston while en route to Segno Polk County to pick up equipment He was a Kountze native and had lived in Silsbee 30 years Surviving include wife Ruth two sons Jerry and Kenneth four daughters Georgia Hollis Margie Ann Lewis Barbara Jean Hall and Betty Minter his mother Mrs Jim Creel three sisters Ada Callaway Martha Robertson Susie Behnken Pallbearers were B F Leach Ozra Parker Madison Ward J E Bottoms F C Fedrick and R Z Hinson
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Wesley Sirmons
First Baptist Church
Silsbee
R. E. Barclay
Turner Branch
Spurger
Farmer’ Funeral Home
Sirmons
Kirby Lumber Co
Livingston
Segno
Polk County
Kountze
Ruth Sirmons
Jerry
Kenneth Sirmons
Silsbeee
Georgia Hollis
Margie Ann Lewis
Barbara Jean Hall
Italy
Betty Minter
Houston
Jim Creel
Ada Callaway
Martha Robertson
Susie Behnken
B. F. Leach
Ozra Parker
Madison Ward
J. E. Bottoms
F. C. Fedrick
R. Z. Hinson
Rho Upsilon Plans Saturday Party
The Rho Upsilon Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority met Oct. 24 in the Heritage Room of the Silsbee State Bank with 18 members present. A program on personality and relationship was given, a games party was planned for Saturday, and several members were honored with the pledge ritual. The next meeting is scheduled for Nov. 14 in the Heritage Room of the bank.
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Rho Upsilon
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Silsbee State Bank
Buddy Courtney
Jesse Sanchez
Wayne DuBose
Tommy Hancock
Charles Stephen
Willie Sikora
E. V. Gray
Bob Riceman
Donald Allen
Rodney Glenn
Cesar Dominguez
Jack Rolls
Votaw Happenings Homecoming and Community Notes
The Votaw First Baptist Church invites all to homecoming on November 6 with emphasis on former members and pastors. Local residents share weekend activities, visits, and events including Halloween Carnival at Votaw schoolhouse, football band from West Hardin High School performing in Houston, and families visiting relatives in nearby towns. Community members attend, travel, and plan to visit relatives in Beaumont, Nederland, and Fort Jackson.
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First Baptist Church of
Grapeland
Tra Rosier
Votan Gym
J. L. McAdams
Hazel
Henderson
Volley McDonald
Cecil
Collins
J. H. Warren
S.H.S.T.C
Debbie Davis
Vira Rhodes Jeanine Pissello
Glendolyn Dettling
Mrs. W. McDonald
Jackson Lake Fishne
Wayne Golden
Ft. Jackson
Pikes
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