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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1968
Page
5
Local residents report travel for family care with Mrs J D Brown taking her father to Oklahoma for mother’s surgery and J D Brown bringing his mother to Texas. Family visits include the Griffins hosting sisters from Cypress and relatives from Nacogdoches and Lake Charles.
Nu Upsilon Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met Oct. 28 at Mrs. Jerry Seamans home with 15 members present. A new member Mrs. James Flanakin was welcomed by the chapter as Mrs. J. P. Miller presided. Haunted house details were finalized for Oct. 30 and 31 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the corner of South 7th and Avenue M. The program "Personality and Relationship" was presented by Mrs. John White. Next meeting features City Council covered dish and ritual on Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. at Silsbee Junior High School.
Waldo Mathews Exes will sponsor a homecoming dance after the football game at the American Legion Hall. Pre sale tickets available at McDonald's Grocery and Pa Go Grocery with tickets also sold at the door. Music by The Rocking Ravens. Public invited.
Monday updates reveal several family visits and hospital stays. Mr and Mrs Milton Lewis attend relatives as Scott and Bradley stay with grandparents. Lum berton residents report a hospital update and community group activities including Camp Fire Girls planning their new group name Mataa and a Baptist family night with district attorney W C Lindsey as speaker.
Residents and visitors mingle across towns as families from Arlington Beaumont Houston and Liberty gather in Wotan. Snapped by weekends of visits medical checks funerals and travels include military furloughs and hospital stays among neighbors and relatives.
Mr and Mrs Homer Will of fugrange formerly of Lumberton announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter Brenda to Wayne Werner. Miss Sandra Werner will be maid of honor and Debra Werner bridesmaid. Lee Werner will be best man and Homer Will groomsman. Ceremony at Eleventh Street Faith Fellowship Church conducted by Rev H A Sutton. Wayne Werner graduates 1988 from South Park High School Beaumont and works for U S Steel West Port Arthur. Brenda attended Lumberton and Orange schools.
Scout Troop 82 gathered with 28 scouts and Scoutmaster Bob Parr as awards and merit badges were handed out for feats in personal fitness second class rank advancement home repairs canoeing art and first aid life saving swimming and woodwork. Elliot Smith of the Optimist Club presented the honors with other club members present. George Armstrong will represent Troop 82 at the National World Scout Jamboree in July at Farragut State Park Idaho.
The Friendship Baptist Church WMU met Tuesday at the home of Mrs. V. L. Jones. Mrs. Inez Sharp gave the call to prayer and Mrs. Gussie Tucker delivered the devotional. The group adjourned and set the next meeting for Tuesday at 9 30 morning at Mrs. Jones home.
The exes of the class of 1938 of Silsbee High School will have their homecoming reception Saturday afternoon in the home of Mrs. Opal Creel following the program at the school. To reach the Creel home turn off Highway 418 past Valinda Estates, to the dead end and turn left, first house on left.
The Silsbee chapter of Young Homemakers of Texas will sponsor a workshop on employer related professions and medical voting procedures. The event is slated for tonight and aims to inform members about regulations and related topics.
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