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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1960
Page
6
Community members from Silsbee Village Mills Port Neches and Beaumont visit homes in Honey Island and nearby towns. Family weekends hospital checkups and church events accompany a flurry of names and places across the region.
Elizabeth Walters of Houston stayed with her parents Mr and Mrs Buck Walters. The text notes other visitors including Mr and Mrs R M Mooty and Mr and Mrs Joe Abshire of Houston, Robert Williford of Beaufont, J D Walters of Kountze, and Mr and Mrs E B Gibson of Hull along with Willie Yeargin and Linda Markentell at a Huntsville rodeo.
Major Leonard C. Menius, Air Force Academy Liaison officer from Beaumont, attends the Second Annual Air Force Academy Liaison Officer Training Conference in Colorado Springs. He is personnel director at Eastex Pulp and Paper and serves with the 9809th Air Reserve squadron providing academy outreach in his home area.
The Silsbee Home Demonstration club met at the Overland home with Mrs. Travis Hood as cohostess. Officers elected for the new year were Mrs. Elton Jardell president, Mrs. W. M. Bingham vice president, Mrs. Charlie Barnes secretary and treasurer, and Mrs. G. W. Golliher council delegate. Plans were made to work on cancer bandages soon, and each member turned in work.
Mrs Mary K White 78 died Thursday in St Therese hospital Beaumont after a long illness Funeral services were held Saturday at 2 pm in First Baptist church Kermit Burial was in Kermit cemetery Surviving are M H White of Silsbee one other son two daughters five grandchildren and five great grandchildren
A three-club golf tournament for the ladies of Silsbee Country Club is set for Tuesday. The event is nine holes with one wood one iron and a putter, and prizes go to the four lowest scores. In a recent bridge event twenty ladies attended with Mrs. George Wright winning high Mrs. Bob Paret second high and Mrs. A J Husmann low.
Texas Forest Service crew leader M. W. Palmer thanked area schools for cooperation during national fire prevention week. Short elementary programs featured talks by Palmer and crewmember Charles St. Aubin, with Harold Peck and Virgil Eason assisting.
A WMU Yearbook Instruction session will be held Tuesday at 9 30 a m in the First Baptist church. Mrs W L Caraway president and WMU officers will teach the book with nursery facilities available.
Funeral services for John Henry Coleman 55 were held at Woodrow Baptist church with Rev. R L Bateman and Rev R E Barclay officiating. He died Thursday at Hardin Memorial Hospital and leaves a widow two daughters a son his mother a brother three more brothers a sister and five grandchildren. Burial followed at Resthaven cemetery with Tarmer Funeral home handling arrangements.
Mina Gayle daughter born Oct 16 to Mr and Mrs G L Crawford of Silsbee. Laura Leona daughter born Oct 14 to Mr and Mrs L W Cherry of Evadale. James Russell son born Oct 12 to Mr and Mrs R W Smallwood of Silsbee. Gerald Lynn son born Oct 12 to Mr and Mrs C L Davis of Kountze. Kim Renee daughter born Oct 12 to Mr and Mrs G H Ruse of Silsbee. Michael Wayne son born Oct 18 to Mr and Mrs C L Laird of Kountze.
Camp Fire Girls of We Han Ka Ya group met on October 12 with seven members present. Dianne Boyett was elected president and led the officers list including Sharon Chitty as vice president Elizabeth Chapman as treasurer Barbara Benson as telephone informer Melinda Himmelreich as secretary Elaine Tarver as uniform checker Gayla Shaw as scribe. Sponsors are Mrs. A. E. Shaw and Mrs. L. F. Chitty with Boyett as leader and Chapman as assistant. A three meal cookout is planned for a later date.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Shepherd Sr. announce the engagement of their daughter Ruby Jean to Bobby Ray Jackson son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Jackson of Mangham La. The wedding is planned for Oct. 27. Miss Shepherd a 1957 graduate of Deweyville High School works for Southwestern Bell in Silsbee. The couple will reside in Silsbee.
Scout Troop 88 of Boy Scouts of America will host a pancake supper at Silsbee Junior High School cafe on Wednesday from 5 to 7 pm. Proceeds fund camping equipment. 40 troop members and 20 Explorer Post 88 members share gear and plan monthly camping weekends. Tickets available from scouts, committee members, or at the door.
The Bert Crain and David O Quinn families express gratitude to friends and neighbors for food flowers words of sympathy and other deeds of kindness during their time of sorrow in the passing of R Lee O Quinn and Charles Virgin O Quinn.
Funeral rites were held Friday for R Lee Gore Thomas Hooks Ira Rob O Quinn and Albert David Cook all of Silsbee with Bishop Walter Moulder officiating. O Quinn and his son were killed in a head on crash near Spurger highway Oct 12. widow Margie O Quinn remained in serious condition in Beaumont hospital. Survivors include Crain Gore O Quinn family members and grandparents.
Draft board No 86 in Liberty seeks Curtis Gilmer Conner. Lola Grilliette, clerk, says the registrant cannot be found and that mail to him at Rt 1 Box 6 E Silsbee Texas has not been returned. The paper is asked to publish his name.
Weekly lunch menu for Silsbee Public Schools lists daily items. Monday features candy dogs and green limas with sides and milk. Tuesday offers turkey with dressing, giblet gravy, peas, cranberry salad, celery, bread, and milk. Wednesday serves hamburgers with lettuce and pickles, potato salad, fruit cobbler, and milk. Thursday includes smoked sausage, scalloped potatoes, green beans, cake squares with peaches, bread, and milk. Friday presents deep sea dandy on bun, french fries, and jello with fruit.
Read-Turrentine Elementary School room mothers sponsor a hot dog supper from 5 30 to 8 pm on Monday October 24 in the school cafeteria. Proceeds stay at the school. Mrs W R Hulin projects chair calls a 9 am Thursday meeting for room mothers to finalize plans.
Three area residents were treated for injuries after auto accidents near Silsbee this week. Georgia Overstreet of Kountze remained in Baptist Hospital with a fractured knee and eye lacerations after a Tuesday crash at Highway 105 south of Evadale. Luther Davis of Kountze drove the station wagon. R C Murphy of Evadel was in a panel truck. Overstreet was first taken to Tennison Clinic in Silsbee, then to Baptist Hospital. Two Silsbee women, Mary Stringer and Ora Mae Cruse, were treated and released at Hotel Dieu in Beaumont after riding with Ivory Joseph Chatsman of Beaumont in a collision with Jessye Alice Howard of Beaumont.
The Deep East Texas Chapter of the Texas Surveyors Association will hold its annual meeting next Tuesday October 25 at the Southwestern Settlement and Development Camp at Joe's Lake in Tyler County. Commissioner elect of the General Land Office Jerry Sadler will be the principal speaker. A business meeting and dinner will follow with several guests invited, per D D Shine, county surveyor.
The 20th Century Club met in Mrs. Richard Collier's home with Mrs. Kate Blackwell and Mrs. Irene McGowan as hostesses. Twenty-two members and one guest, Mrs. L. E. Martin, attended. Mrs. David Read and Mrs. L. D. Self presented a program, Inside Russia Today. Next meeting set for November 2 at Mrs. J. K. Bower's home.
The Azalea Garden club met Oct. 12 at Mrs. Carl Britton’s home in Evadale with twelve members and two visitors present. Mrs. H. E. Warren led the business meeting. The program focused on Iris. The next meeting is set for Oct. 26 at Mrs. J. M. Huddleston’s home with Mrs. A. L. Tucker from Silsbee Garden club in charge of the Design program.
The family of Mrs. Mary K. White thanks friends for deeds of kindness and sympathy during her illness and death. M. H. White and family express gratitude for support.
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