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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1967
Page
5
Bishop Noel will lead the 5 p m dedication service for Infant Jesus Catholic Church of Loeb with Bishop Harris of Beaumont dioceses joining. A dinner at the new Lumberton high school cafeteria will follow along with catechism classes taught by Mrs Patty LeBlanc.
Lunch options for Lumberton school week include stew meat with rice and gravy on Monday with cut green beans peach halves milk and bread. Cutlets with navy beans mustard greens jelio and cornbread served with milk and butter. Wednesday offers spaghetti and meat green salad apple pie milk and bread. Thursday features fried chicken English peas creamed potatoes banana pudding milk and bread. Friday serves sliced Spam ranch style beans French fried potatoes cake milk and bread.
Lumberton Volunteer Fire Department hosts its annual Turkey Shoot each Sunday in October starting at 1 p m. The event funds the department’s operations and is held at the Chance Loeb Youth League ball park one mile north of the Kountze Silsbee interchange on Highways 69 and 287 with R V Tiner serving as chairman.
The Okitawa Camp Fire Girls and counselors Mrs. Couture and Mrs. Taylor toured Silsbee State Bank guided by E. M. Wilson Jr. who showed the group through the bank.
Nine members and den chief Pat Pryor met Thursday at Mrs. Annetle Herbst home. The group toured the Pines Theatre and practiced street crossing safety with their den mother guiding the session.
Funeral services were held Thursday at 10:00 am at Fletcher Emanuel Baptist Church with Rev Henry Shettles officiating. Burial followed in Old Hardin Cemetery. Bostick, a Mobil Oil employee and WWII veteran, died Tuesday afternoon after a sudden illness. He was a native of Frederick Oklahoma and longtime Fletcher resident. He served as deacon and teacher at Fletcher Baptist Church and managed the Little League team. He leaves three daughters, one son, six sisters, three brothers and other relatives.
The Silsbee AA chapter marks its 12th anniversary this Sunday at 1 p.m. in the club room at 193 South Third Street. Organized October 22, 1955, the group has weekly meetings and invites the public. Speakers with 6 to 20 months sobriety will share.
Fifteen members attended with two visitors as the Home Improvement chairmen Mrs. W. B. Waters and Mrs. W. A. Davis led a session on landscaping. A shrub sale and auction followed. The next meeting is set for Nov. 7 at Mrs. C. T. Jordan’s home. Sid ney Davis’s visitors included Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Tate and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Winston Tate and son from Pineland.
The Friendly Blue Birds met at Mrs. E. L. McLaughlin’s home with Katherine Bumstead presiding. Fay McKusky called roll, Angela Colley collected dues, Tonya Morrison led the pledge, and Angela Cailey provided refreshments. Susan Bailey served as scribe.
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