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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1974
Page
3
The Exquisett Club will convene Thursday October 24 at 7 30 p.m. at the home of Mrs W M Johns. Mrs Birdie Singleton serves as president of the club.
Words cannot express our sincere appreciation for the kind deeds shown to us during the loss of our beloved wife and mother May God bless each of you from the J A Kerr family
Rho Upsilon meets at Silsbee State Bank with six members and five visitors. They plan a burrito sale and bonfire and decide to send Christmas boxes to Rusk Hospital patients. Fall tea arrangements are made. refreshments follow the meeting. Prior gathering at the Daisy with owner Shirley Hearne featured browsing and socializing. Ray Norwood led. The burrito sale is reported successful.
Silsbee schools list weekly meals. Monday serves Sloppy Joe on buns with green salad corn fruit and milk. Tuesday offers Corndogs pinto beans green salad cinnamon rolls and milk. Wednesday features Meatloaf mashed potatoes gravy green beans cookies rolls and milk. Thursday presents Roast beef with rice gravy cabbage slaw fruit bobbler and milk. Friday plates Italian spaghetti green salad green limas fruit pudding rolls and milk.
Archaeologists dated early skiing to a period between 3000 B.C. and 2600 B.C. noting the practice arose in ancient societies observing vast northern forests. The report highlights Nordic ancestry but remains fragmentary and unclear about exact cultures or locations.
Engagement announced for Dagma Fay Rudisaile and Harold Allan Murphy. They plan a November 23 wedding at First United Methodist Church in Silsbee with Rev. Eugene Jonte officiating. The bride is a teacher in the Silsbee Independent School District. He is a Lamar University graduate and Burroughs Corp. employee in Beaumont.
Miss Kathy Brickel and Joel M. Allen announce their engagement. Kathy is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John E Brickel of Waterbury Connecticut and a nurse stationed at Keesler Air Force Base Biloxi Mississippi. Joel is the son of Mr and Mrs Mark Allen of Silsbee and a graduate of the Air Force Academy Colorado Springs. He is stationed at Bergstrom Air Force Base Austin.
Miss Beverly Whitehead and Pvt. Jonathan Cox married October 4 at 7 p.m. in the bride's parents' home in Nacogdoches. Rev. William McCall officiated. They will reside in Jacksonville, North Carolina, where Cox is stationed at Camp Lejeune with the U.S. Marines.
Deborah Vivian Jones and Nick Ward Mitchell Jr announce their engagement. Parents Van Tucker of Warren and Richard Jones of Farmington, N. M. announce the plans. Mitchell is the son of Nick W. Mitchell Sr. of Silsbee. The wedding is set for December 14 at All Souls Catholic Church in Silsbee. They will reside in Silsbee where Mitchell works for Brown and Root Inc.
Emmett Duvail was chosen Fireman of the Month for September by Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department members. He has two years with the department and works for East Texas Typewriter Co. of Silsbee. The group logged six calls since October 11, including smoke in a home on Ninth Street and several grass and woods fires, with assist duties noted for Gulf States Utilities crew work.
The WMC of the First Assembly of God Church will host a homecoming dinner Saturday in the Silsbee Junior High Cafeteria from 11 30 a m to 1 30 p m Tickets are available at the door Menu includes chicken gumbo slaw dessert and drink Proceeds support church activities.
Old Salem hosts Rev C W Goforth and band Saturday night October 19 at 7 30 for a one night event Mattie Ham Mock is pastor at Old Salem.
The notice lists births in area families: Mr and Mrs Jimmy Don Hobbs Evadale welcome a daughter born Oct 11 at Women and Children Hospital. Mr and Mrs James C Young Silsbee welcomed a daughter Oct 11. Mr and Mrs Wayne Caraway Silsbee welcomed Brenda Darlene Oct 15 at Mixon Memorial Hospital Kirbyville. Mr and Mrs David Lee Goulas Buna welcomed Adam Nathaniel Oct 14 at Doctors Hospital.
The Nu Upsilon chapter at Har din County Savings and Loan met Monday night after a three week gap. President Mrs Robert Tatum discussed the Ritual of Jewels set for Nov 25 with a sal ad supper. The group planned a state project donation and a hamburger sale with members voting to proceed.
Governor Briscoe proclaimed October 13 to 19 as Legal Secretaries Week in Texas to honor the Texas Association of Legal Secretaries. Hardin County Commissioners Court approved a similar proclamation. The secretaries aim to promote efficiency and harmonious contracts with clients courts and the public as they observe judicial system procedures statewide.
A Halloween carnival featuring Hardin County's famous spook house will be held Thursday October 31 at 6 p.m. on the All Souls Catholic Church grounds at 7th Avenue D. There will be fun games food and drinks and everyone is invited to attend.
Mr and Mrs Lawrence French have moved to Silsbee from Chicago Illinois and are living with their daughter Harvel Crain and with Brandon Church while their new home is being completed. French hails from Beaumont and has spent 32 years in Chicago.
George and Robert Velasquez announce the grand opening of a second G I Surplus Store at 104 Pine Plaza Shopping Center Silsbee. The shop, part of a ten outlet chain, hosts events this Saturday Oct 19 and features Aquarius Dive Shop with Eddy Sparks offering SCUBA gear and related equipment.
Teresa Darlise Doyen and Richard Eugene Smith plan a December 21 wedding at 7 p.m. in Silsbee Presbyterian Church. The bride elect is a Silsbee High School senior and attends the University of Houston.
Mrs Ella Robinson president of the Past Matrons and Past Patrons Club of District 4 Section 2 Grand Chapter of Texas Order of the Eastern Star announces a dinner meeting at the Masonic Temple Beaumont at 6 30 p m Monday Oct 21 Beaumont Chapter 71 O E S hosts the gathering Plans are set to finalize arrangements for the annual Section 2 breakfast to be held at Grand Chapter in Houston Oct 26
Mrs. Joe Nelson was elected president of Beta Sigma Phi City Council at the Oct. 7 meeting at Hardin County Savings and Loan. Twelve members from four Silsbee chapters attended as officers announced plans for a salad supper on Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. and city rituals assigned to Upsilon Nu Upsilon and Xi Zeta Rho chapters.
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