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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1972
Page
2
Mrs. Anders asks the Bee to notify area service and charitable groups of a real need at a nursing home. Ten chairs would be sufficient to alleviate the condition for a number of elderly patients improving health and happiness.
Community notes from Lumberton and Loeb detail visits to Mrs. Beverly Pattillo at Baptist Hospital, family Thanksgiving gatherings across nearby towns, releases from hospitals, and local church activities. Names include Pattillo, Riles, Faggard, Dickerson, Beards, Taggart, and others among residents of Lumberton, Silsbee, Beaumont, and Port Arthur.
Mr and Mrs Bill Beauchamp of Lumberton and Karla Derouen of Woodville joined Ronald Beauchamp Walter Strain and Willie Derouen in Mason for the annual deer hunt. Opening morning Ronald killed an 8 point buck then added another. Bill took a 7 point on Thursday as 23 deer were killed by the party including four other families amid cold rain and sleet.
The Silsbee area AARP meets at 6 30 PM in First National Bank venue this Thursday. Members are asked to bring card tables and dominoes for the gathering around Thanksgiving. Chance from Nederland attends.
Mrs. Annabel Hamm aged 87 died November 21 at Milam No 2 Nursing Home Beaumont. Services were held November 22 at Granberry with burial at Nubbings Ridge Cemetery Rev Sherrod of South Park Baptist Church officiating. Survivors include Mrs Richardson of Lumberton and sister Mrs Laurence F Ruff of Beaumont. Others visited include Mrs Dale Wilkinson and daughters Stacey Shannon of Baton Rouge and Mr and Mrs Jimmy Williams and son Glen of Orange. Mrs Bill Corley of Little Rock Ark is spending the week with her grandmother.
The weekly school menu lists meals for five days. Monday features chicken fried steak with rice and gravy, peas, pineapple crisp, and rolls. Tuesday offers chili burgers, fries, pickle slices, a school salad, and pudding. Wednesday serves fried chicken with whipped potatoes and gravy, greens, chocolate cake, and corn bread. Thursday presents charcoal steak with rice and gravy, pinto beans, a combination salad, peanut butter delight, and rolls. Friday includes hamburgers, chips, baked beans, lettuce and tomatoes, pickles, and jello.
Fishermen share expertise on the jig and eel lure for cold season bass. Methods include vertical jigging off the bottom, casting and short hops, with immediate hook setting on strike. Key spots are submerged creeks and heavy brush along banks.
Scout Troop 186 met November 22 at 7 30 p m in the LDS Church with Felton Williamson Wesley Saulsburg and Mark Wilson leading. Sgt Jim Doane of the Silsbee Police Department gave a lecture on drug abuse and answered questions. Closing by Terry Willis preceded cake and punch for Mark Paine who turned 12.
The Blue Bird Group met at Mrs Pat Hartmans residence on November 21 with eight members present. They crafted turkeys from pine cones and construction paper and enjoyed Thanksgiving songs and games. Janet Hare served refreshments.
A rummage sale by the ladies of the United Pentecostal Church will be held in the church yard on Hwy. 327 East. It runs Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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