Fiddler Dave Capps Turns Hobby Into Craft Business
Dave Capps, long a farmer and Santa Fe foreman, revived his fiddle playing after a grandson brought a discarded violin home. He now handcrafts black gum fiddles in his shop with his grandson, selling each for about 30 dollars as a second career and lifelong passion.
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Dave Capps
Louisiana
Dave
Cliff
Casey Jones
Edward Lee Whitmire
Santa Fe
DeRidder
Kirbyville
Silsbee
Houston
David
First Baptist Church
Rice Owls Name James Simmons Co Captain Of Team
James Simmons, son of Emmett and Mrs. Simmons of Silsbee, is named a Rice Owls co captain by teammates. A three year letterman senior and Tex as coaching school all star alternate from Silsbee, he will lead during the Owls intersquad scrimmage on November 26 open to the public.
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James Simmons
Emmett D. Simmons
Silsbee
Rice Owls
Tains. Simmons
Owls
Bake Sale to Benefit New Church Building Fund
Catholic women announce a bake sale Friday and Saturday at West Gibson Pine Plaza and at the old church hall after masses. Proceeds support the building fund for the new church.
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al Soul
West Gibson
Pine Plaza
Untitled Health Claim Pitches Natural Relief and Longevity
A brief promotional snippet touts pain relief without dangerous drugs, health restoration without unnecessary surgery, and life extension in natural, economical terms. It emphasizes safety and cost effectiveness as core benefits.
National Women Conference Set for Houston in November
About 2,000 elected delegates from all states are expected to attend the federally funded National Women Conference November 18 to 20 at the Albert Thomas Convention Center in downtown Houston. Mrs. Paula Jenkins of Silsbee, on behalf of ACT USA, urges broad participation to balance delegates aligned with feminist views against pro family biblical values. Recommendations and the final report will be sent to President Carter and Congress in March 1978.
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Houston
Albert Thomas Convention Center
Paula Jenkins of
Silsbee
ACT USA
Citizens Forum For Family Rights
Carter
Congress
Trailride from Pine Ridge to Sour Lake Parade Planned
Grace Simmons announces a free trailride from Pine Ridge to Sour Lake Old Tibers Day parade on December 2 and 3. Riders camp at John Henry Glaze's in Pine Ridge on December 2, depart at 8 a.m. December 3, ride to Sour Lake for the parade, then return to camp after the event.
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Pine Ridge
Sour Lake
Grace Simmons
John Henry Glaze
Funeral Services For Mrs Maudie Parks Held Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs Maudie Ray Parks 71 were held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Farmer Funeral Chapel with Rev James Moon of Calvary Missionary Baptist Church officiating. Burial followed in Knapple Cemetery. She died Nov 10 at 9 p.m. in Silsbee Doctors Hospital after a long illness. A Buna native she lived in Silsbee 55 years and was a retired practical nurse and Calvary Missionary Baptist Church member. Survivors include her husband Bernard Parks of Silsbee two daughters Mrs Billye Johnson of Oakdale Louisiana and Mrs Anita Leonard of Enid Oklahoma six sons Archie and Rueben Parks of Baytown Charlie Parks of Laredo Sidney Lester and Joe Parks all of Silsbee one sister Mrs Edwina Bourgeois of Silsbee.
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Maudie Ray Parks
Farmer Funeral
James Moon
Calvary Missionary Baptist Church
Knapple Cemetery
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Buna
Silsbee
Calvary Missionary’ Baptist Church
Bernard Parks
Billye Johnson
Oakdale
Anita Leonard
Enid
Okla
Archie Parks
Rueben Parks
Baytown
Charlie Parks
Laredo
Sidney
Lester
Joe Parks
Edwina Bourgeois
Turkey Trot Planned at Jasper by Kiwanis Club
Jasper Kiwanis Club invites joggers and walkers to a Jasper Turkey Trot on Saturday November 26. The event offers one mile to six mile courses for men women boys and girls to promote fitness and raise funds for the Jasper High School track program per chairman Robert J Hall.
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Jasper Kikanis Club
Robert J. Hall
Jasper High
Red Cross Names Cesar Dominguez as Service Worker
Cesar Dominguez has been chosen as a voluntary home service worker for the American Red Cross. He will serve as secretary to fill the vacancy left by Johnny Jones who held that role for many years at the Silsbee office located in the L. G. Jordan home at 670 North 10th Street.
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Cesar Dominguez
American Red Cross
Johnny Jones
Silsbee
L. G. Jordan
North 10Th Street
Rossemary Patton To Receive Bachelor Degree
Mrs Rossemary Lee Patton will be a candidate to receive her Bachelors degree in Health and Physical Education in December at Grambling State University Grambling La. A native of Silsbee she is a 1972 graduate of Silsbee High School and is married to J W Patton.
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Rossemary Lee Patton
Grambling State University
Grambling
Silsbee
Silsbee High School
Prentice Lee
J. W. Patton
Silsbee Garden Club Meets at First Presbyterian Church
The Silsbee Garden Club gathered November 15 with 11 members and two visitors. Hostess Mrs Anna Walker led in the president's absence. Charlene White and Mable Jardell demonstrated dried Christmas arrangements while Margaret Wade showed fresh arrangements.
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Silsbee Garden Club
First Presbyterian Church
Anna Walker
Charlene White
Mable Jardell
Margaret Wade
David Cole Completes Naval Recruit Basic
Navy Seaman Recruit David Cole son of Mr and Mrs Roy E Cole of Star Route Silsbee has graduated from recruit training at the Naval Training Center San Diego He completed eight weeks of seamanship small arms firefighting first aid and naval history He will now report to Great Lakes Naval Training Center Illinois for eighteen weeks of Operations Specialist training before serving on his first ship.
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Navy
David Cole
Roy E. Cole
Star Route
Silsbee
Naval Training Center
San Diego
David
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Cancer Society Promotes Smokeout Campaign
The American Cancer Society urges all smokers to join the Great American Smokeout from noon November 17 to noon November 18. Smokers are asked to refrain for 24 hours to prove they can control their habit for a day or longer, per a Cancer Society spokesman.
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The
American Cancer Society
Cancer Society
Meeting Set To form Club For Radio Operators
A meeting to organize an amateur radio operators club for Hardin County is set for 7:30 p.m. on November 18 in the Gulf States Utilities building. Carl Sheffield said the group will provide an emergency communications system and train members in radio theory and morse code.
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Hardin County
Gulf States Utilities
Carl Sheffield
Carter and Richard Exchange Vows in Silsbee Home
Terrylynn Garrett Carter and Charlie Richard wed Friday at 4 p m in the bride’s uncle and aunt’s home in Silsbee. The ceremony was led by Rev. Eugene Jonte with music by Mrs. C M Duplissey and a song by Mrs. Randy Jackson. The couple plans a Galveston honeymoon and will reside in Silsbee after returning.
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Terrylynn Garrett Carter
Charlie Richard
Ricky James
Ned Garrett
Silsbee
Richard
C. C. Richard
C. M. Duplissey
Randy Jackson
Norman Rosser 65 Former Resident Dies in Houston
Graveside rites were held for Norman Rosser of Houston on November 11 at Memorial Oaks Cemetery. He died November 7 at his Houston home from an apparent heart attack. Survived by daughter Renee Monday of Fort Worth, six sisters from Silsbee and Colmesworth, three brothers, and was a Catholic.
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Norman Rosser
Houston
Memorial Oaks
Silsbee
Renee Monday
Fort Worth
Walter Grisham
J. O. Suitt
W. E. Brownlee
Van
Pvt Hicks Completes 14-Week Telecommunications Course
Private Clifton G. Hicks son of Mr and Mrs Robert W Hicks Route 2 Silsbee recently finished with honors a 14 week telecommunication center specialist course at the Army Signal School Ft Gordon Ga Students trained in basic communications principles operation and maintenance Hicks enlisted in May and is a 1977 Lumberton High School graduate.
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Clifton G. Hicks
Robert W. Hicks
Silsbee
Army Signal School
Ft. Gordon
Pvt. Hicks
Army
Lumberton High School
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