Hardin County 4-H Members Shine in Dress Revue at South Texas Fair
Twenty six Hardin County 4-Hers joined 170 4-H participants at the South Texas State Fair Dress Revue on Oct 13. Brenda Edwards and Stacy Lutz of Lumberton won first in their divisions, with rosette ribbons. Other county entrants included Nancy Fuller, Vickie Robinson, Sandy Park, and Ky Harrell among numerous Junior Senior and Sub divisions. J L Garrard and Dot Savage helped tabulate alongside leaders from Orange and Jefferson counties.
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Hardin County
4-H
Brenda Edwards
Stacy Lutz
Lumberton 4-H
Brenda
Stacey
Arlene Garrard
Lumberton
Nancy Fuller
Vickie Robinson
Sandy Park
Sara Agnew
Becky Bo
Cynthia Potts
Lea Harrell
Ann Harrell
Mary Agnew
Anna Rout
Shirley Thompson
J. L Garrard
Dot Savage
Orange
Jefferson Counties
Carolyn Park
Pine Ridge
Jefferson, Hardin,Liberty
Orange Counties
Homecoming At Spurger Schools Set For Nov 3
Spurger Schools plan a November 3 homecoming with parade at 1 p.m. registration 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., program, dinner 5 to 7 p.m., queen crowning at 6, and Spurger vs Apple Springs football at 7. Queen candidates listed with escorts. Ex-Students Association in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spurger
Apple Springs
Elaine Chaddick
C. V. Chaddick
Jimmy Flicks
Mary Jane McCollum
T. R. McCollum
Jamey Morris
Donna Hale
Jean Hale
Ter Fredieus
Patricia Jordan
James R. Jordan
Rusty Mott
Thinda Hale
Coote
Buckner
Kathy Nelson
Rodney Johnson
Debbie Dantals
Tommy Paul
Ex-Students Association
Slimtops Meeting Records Weigh-In and Awards
Slimtops TX369 gathered Tuesday in Hardin County Savings and Loan with 11 participants. The club posted a 384 pound loss. Dicting for Dollars went to Lanora Fountain and Pat Burnett won the fruit basket. Jeannette King led the group and Pam Riley served as reporter.
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Silshee Slimtops Tx369
Hardin County Savings and Loan
Lanora Fountain
Pat Burnett
Jeannette King
Pam Riley
Statewide food stamp program to start in Hardin County
An official describes the new statewide Food Stamp Program set to begin November first in Hardin County. Certification, identification and an authorization to purchase card are mailed to eligible households, with coupons sold only at designated post offices 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays in denominations of 60 cents, 2 dollars, and 5 dollars.
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Hardin County
Carl W. Leisner
State Welfare Department
State Department of Public Welfare
Kountae
Silsbee
Sour Lake
Camp Fire Group Met at Leader's Home on Oct 16
Wa Kan Ka Camp Fire group met Oct 16 in the home of leader Mrs. Hubert Black with 12 members present. After roll call and games, Lisa Landers served refreshments. Wanda Ferguson, reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wa Kan Ka
Hubert Black
Lisa Landers
Wanda Ferguson
Funeral Rites For Floyd C Spell Held On Oct 16
Floyd C Spell 59 of Fred died at 4 30 pm Oct 14 in St Elizabeth Hospital after a brief illness. He was a pipe fitter. Services were held Oct 16 at Frank's Branch Church with Rev Richard Whittington officiating. Burial followed in Frank's Branch Cemetery. He is survived by his wife Ludie and a son Jimmy of Fred. sisters Ethiel Tanton Silsbee Jewell Jarrell Lumberton Violet Lawrence Conlyce. brother Ernest Spell of Silsbee. mother Clerie Spell Silsbee.
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Floyd C. Spell
Fred
St Elizabeth Hospital
Pam
Frank’s
Richard Whittington
Frank's
Spell
Ludie Spell
Jimmy
Ethiel Tanton
Silsbee
Jewell Jarrell
Lumberton
Violet Lawrence
Conlyce
Ernest Spell l
Clerie Spell
Silsbee School Menus For The Week
Silsbee Public Schools publish weekly menus for October 22 to 26. Monday offers chicken and dumplings with peas and peanut butter cake. Tuesday features hot dogs with chili, salad, corn and chocolate cake. Wednesday serves seafood patties with slaw and beans, fruit cobbler. Thursday includes turkey and dressing, green beans, cranberry sauce, rolls. Friday presents beef stew with vegetables, rice, beets, apple sauce cake.
Officials From County and Cities Attend SETRPC Meeting
Hardin County and the cities of Silsbee Kountze Sour Lake and Rose Hill Acres joined the South East Texas Regional Planning Commission at its first meeting held October 17 in Nederland City Hall. Agenda items included a toll free regional phone system highway planning a Mid County bridge flood insurance variance efforts and budget and advisory committee appointments. The units were transferred from the Deep East Texas Council of Governments upon Governor Dolph Briscoe's request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
South East Texas Regional Planning Commission
Nederland
Commission
Federal Insurance Administration
Setrpc
Criminal Justice Council
Silsbee
Kountze
Sour Lake
Rose Hill Acres
Dolph Briscoe
Beaumont-based
Planning Commission
Deep East Texas Council of Governments
Jasper
Lateral Road Tax Questioned Ahead of Hardin County Vote
Hardin County voters face a Nov 6 election on a lateral road tax plan that would raise over 200000 annually for the county and lower overall bills versus 1972. Auditor Horace Moye says exemptions apply up to 8570, with shifts in state ad valorem and retired ROW II bond reducing taxes by 1974.
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Hardin County Commissioners Court
Horace Moye
Move
Ratchford Heads Texas School Counselors Association
Bill Ratchford of Silsbee was chosen president of the Texas School Counselors Association at the Texas Personnel and Guidance Association convention in Houston, to direct statewide activities for 1973-74. Fellow counselors Mrs. Dixie Donelson and Joe Hignett from Silsbee also attended the three day event featuring workshops and lectures by national and Texas figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Ratchford
Silsbee
Texas School Counselors Association
Houston
Polly Smith
Garland
Ratchford
Silshee
Texas Personnel and i Guidance Association
Housiton
Dixie Donelson
Joe Hignett
Texas
Golden Anniversary for Twentieth Century Club
The Twentieth Century Club marks its Golden Anniversary this club year. Organized in November 1924, the group began its current year with a meeting at Mrs. L. P. Skinner’s home hosted by Mrs. W. H. Holland.
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Twentieth Century Club
L. P. Skinner
W. H. Holland
Miss Sandra Gordon Weds Dennis Allen in Silsbee Ceremony
Mr and Mrs Rupert Gordon announce the marriage of their daughter Sandra to Dennis Allen son of Mr and Mrs W L Allen both of Silsbee Vows were exchanged Sept 25 in the home of the bridegroom with Rev W A Rashall performing the ceremony The couple will reside in Silsbee where he is employed by the Silsbee Police Department
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Rupert Gordon
Sandra
Dennis Allen
W. L. Allen
Silsbee
W. A. Rashall
Youth theft reported near Sev enth Street
Two boys aged 13 and 15 were arrested by Detective James Fulgham at Silsbee Junior High School on October 12 after allegedly snatching a purse containing $50 from a woman near Seventh Street. The suspects were turned over to county officials for processing.
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Orden
Set
James Fulgham
Silsbee Junior High School
Veterans urged to apply for higher benefits despite lost records
A veteran should not hesitate to seek higher benefits due to a missing birth certificate or marriage license since the Veterans Administration allows less formal proof under a regulation in effect since October 1971.
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Veterans Administration
Births in Silsbee and Beaumont Doct ors Hospital
Mr and Mrs Wayne Arnold Clark Silsbee announce a son Thomas Evans born Oct 10 in Silsbee Doctors Hospital. Mr and Mrs Simon Ray O Quinn Silsbee announce a son William Ray born Oct 12 in Silsbee Doctors Hospital. Mr and Mrs William J Rawls Silsbee announce a daughter born Oct 16 in Women and Children Hospital Beaumont. Kristy Michele daughter born to Mr and Mrs Robert Wayne Watts Silsbee Oct 13 in Silsbee Doctors Hospital. Mr and Mrs Glenn Williams Silsbee announce a daughter Malisa Anne born Oct 13 in Silsbee Doctors Hospital. Delia Ann daughter born to Mr and Mrs Jerre D Willis Orange Oct 14 in Silsbee Doctors Hospital.
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Wayne Arnold Clark
Silsbee
Thomas Evans
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
William Ray
Simon Ray O'Quinn
William J. Rawls
Women and Children Hospital
Beaumont
Kristy Michele
Robert Wayne Watts
Glenn ©. Williams
Malisa Anne
Delia Ann
Jerre D. Willis
Orange
Silsbee Garden Club Meeting Set For Oct 23
The Silsbee Garden Club plans a 9 30 a m meeting at president Mrs Tom Tennison's home with cohostess Mrs Joe Bledsoe. Guest speaker will be Mrs C H Mitchell Beaumont noted flower show judge and the program includes Winter sizing Your Pot Plants by Mrs Weldon Ashworth. Members will bring plants for a country store sale after the meeting.
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Silsbee Garden Club
Tom Tennison
Joe Bledsoe
C. H. Mitchell
Beaumont
Weldon Ashworth
Nine Silsbee Students Named to Region X Choir
Silsbee High School announced nine members earned Region X All-Region Choir honors from auditions on Oct 13 at Victor High School. Members include Laura Allen, Lynn David, Susan Shine, Devora Miller, Gary Shelton, William Patton, Gary Grisham, Jack Read, and Chris Bottoms. Shelton Grisham and Read await All-State auditions in Port Arthur on Nov 30. Region X program is at Thomas Jefferson High School Port Arthur Dec 1 with public invited.
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Silsbee High School
Victor High School
Laura Allen
Lynn David
Susan Shine
Devora Miller
Gary Shelton
William Patton
Gary Grisham
Jack Read
Chris Bottoms
Port Arthur
Thomas Jefferson High School
Clothing allowance for eligible service disabled retiree
An eligible service disabled military retiree not on Veterans Administration compensation rolls may apply to VA for a $150 annual clothing allowance if a prosthetic or orthopedic device tends to wear out or tear clothing.
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Veterans Administration
Also Mentioned on This Page
James L. Hays
National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Celeste Johnson
B & PW
C. B. Stevens
Kirby Lumber Corp
County
Fair Dress
Champion International
Silsbee Office
Silsbee School
Moye
David Read
Sam Levenson
Skinner
Sandra Gordon
Seventh Street
Gore's Smokehouse
Silsbee Drug Store
BE. Ave
Roy L. Fox
Morris Moore Chevrolet
Lilsbee
Calvin Schaefer
Morris Moore
Chevrolet, Inc
Silsbee State Bank
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