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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1971
Page
3
The Silsbee Woman's Club will hold its annual luncheon at Silsbee Country Club at noon on September 9. Guest speaker will be Mrs Dot Allison Magnolia District president.
The I. J. Sykes Family extends gratitude to friends for food cards and deeds of kindness during the hall of sorrow for Brother Will Garrison. Special thanks are given to the doctors and nurses.
An estimate counts about 437 000 blind people in the nation today highlighting the scope of visual impairment and the need for accessibility services and support programs nationwide.
The Lions Club of Fred will sell fresh pit cooked barbecue on Saturday September 4 at Frank's Branich Community Church grounds on Hwy 92 about 10 miles north of Silsbee. Volunteers will cook overnight in a portable pit and customers are asked to bring containers. proceeds support local service and civic projects per club president Bobby Battle.
Val Hickman and the MS Hope Chest Campaign board in Beaumont thank volunteers for the successful 1971 drive. Special appreciation goes to Neches National Bank, the cable television office, and the CYO under Mr Flores for their cooperation and efforts benefiting the needy.
Funeral services for Miss Bessie May Hutto 56 of Silsbee were held at 2 30 p m Tuesday at the United Pentecostal Church with Rev A C Hoke officiating. Burial was at Frank Branch Cemetery. She died Sunday night in Rusk. Survived by two sisters Mrs Albert Cunningham and Mrs Ruth Canton of Silsbee and four brothers George Hutto of Silsbee Jim Hutto of Beaumont Amos and Sam Hutto of Fred. Pallbearers were Steve Young Charles Dohmann Pat Hutto Britton Hutto Herman Hutto and George Pate.
Billie McDonald is installed as president of the Pine Burr Chapter of the American Business Women's Association at Top Half in Kountze on August 16. She works as receptionist and switchboard operator for Kirby Lumber in Silsbee. Other officers include Sue Gray as vice president Sherry Taff recording secretary Emma Dean Bell corresponding secretary and Elouise Jones treasurer. The group meets the third Monday each month at 7 30 PM for dinner.
The Texas Legislature requires all livestock brands and marks to be re recorded with the County Clerk after August 30 1971. A six month period from August 31 1971 to February 29 1972 allows re registration and placement location. Unrecorded brands after this period go on a first come basis. brands must be re recorded every ten years in each county where livestock reside. Clar ence McNeely Hardin County Clerk offers assistance.
Funeral services for Mrs Leonora Lattimer Lee of Buna were held at 4 00 p m August 31 in the First Methodist Church Buna with burial in Antioch Cemetery Rev Eric Williams officiated She died August 30 in Baptist Hospital She was the wife of the late Leslie H Lee who died in June 1971 She spent most of her life in St Arthur where she worked as deputy collector in the Customs Office for 37 years Survivors include son Leslie H Lee Jr of Buna daughter Mrs Jerry Collier of Orange sister Mrs Margaret Gleckler of Pt Arthur and four brothers Reagan Buck Lattimer of Pt Arthur James Lattimer of Crockett and A D Lattimer of San Antonio
An appeal by Mrs. Agness Carter Executive Director urges donations of marchers kits or canisters to Neches National Bank in Silsbee Texas for MS victims. The message notes that in the coming year an estimated 34 300 Americans will become blind and calls for support.
Lance Corporal Larry Dunaway son of Mr and Mrs Robert Dunaway of this city received his discharge from the Marine Corps on August 20. He served aboard the helicopter carrier Iwo Jima. Larry is now attending Lamar University.
The Neches National Bank organized in 1964 by seven Silsbee men opened Sept 8 with a $400000 capital. By 1969 it recapitalized to $640000 and now holds over $7.5 million in assets. Nelson Long Jr. serves as president with 23 employees and key officers Jack Hedge and Warren Bower. Directors include John Blair Alf Fullingim Ray Brown F L McClanahan Jr. W C Caraway Richard E Jones Raymond Bartmess C B Stevens Earl B Stover Wm M Dinkle III Nelson Long Jr Jack Hedge and James R Perlitz.
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