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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1963
Page
5
The Silsbee Classroom Teachers Association will sponsor a tea at Mrs. Irene McGowan's home at 565 North Fourth Street today honoring new teachers in the Silsbee school system. Wives and husbands of all teachers are invited. calling hours are from 7 to 9 30 p.m.
Before work began on the present granite Capitol in Austin, the Legislature set aside three million acres of land in the Texas Panhandle to fund the project.
Silsbee Lions Club president Pete Landolt reported a highly successful Labor Day radio broadcast on KKAS at the club's luncheon. Ernie Dietrich and Jerre De Donaldson announced 138 advertisers with 224 spots raising 802 dollars for charity arts and programs.
City of Silsbee Texas informs property owners of a proposed tax roll valuation increase from 25 percent to 35 percent. Owners may address the City Council on September 10, 1963 at 7:00 PM at City Mall 280 Ernest Avenue. Mayor Frank L. McClanahan presiding.
The Fletcher Emanuel Baptist Church hosts Crusaders Pioneers and Ambassadors meetings. Marion Walton and Barbara Hough wed at Hanley Church in Fort Worth. Several local residents and visitors attend weddings, birthday parties, and church events in Chance and Beaumont areas. Sympathy extended to families. multiple local members visit relatives in Silsbee, Beaumont, and Houston.
Funeral services for Walter Millard Gallien 44 of Silsbee were at First Baptist Church in Silsbee with Rev. R E Barclay officiating. Burial followed at Resthaven Cemetery under Farmer Funeral Home. He died Friday morning in Jasper after transfer from Houston Veterans Hospital. He was an automobile parts specialist formerly with Silsbee Auto Co. Surviving include his wife two children his mother two sisters and a brother in law.
George Edward Ed Lee 77 of Lumberton died Aug 28 in Hotel Dieu Hospital. Funeral held at Kelley-Hixson in Beaumont with Rev. Alston and Rev Harper officiating. Interment in Forest Lawn Cemetery Beaumont. Survivors include wife Dolly, daughters Ruby Perdue Stella Robinson Lambright, son Lloyd, four grandchildren.
St John’s Episcopal Church at 2215 Roosevelt Drive Extension will hold Holy Communion on Sunday September 8. Rev Benjamin Skinles of St Mark’s Beaumont will be celebrant and preacher. New altar vases and Book of Rememberance gifts will be blessed during the service. Rev Joseph Harrison is vicar.
The report notes Edward VIII abdicated the British throne on December 11, 1936, detailing the historic political act and its immediate constitutional implications. It places the event within the period’s constitutional crisis and royal succession debates.
Silsbee Lodge 927 A F and A M meets first and third Tuesdays at 730 PM in Silsbee Texas visiting brethren invited. Silsbee Lodge 249 Knights of Pythias meets Tuesdays at 800 PM at Community Hall members urged to attend visiting brethren invited.
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