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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1966
Page
2
The notice shows a publication entered under a second class permit dated April 19, 1919 at Silsbee Texas. It published weekly on Thursdays at 410 Highway 96 Silsbee TX 77656. Subscriptions are 3.50 per year in Hardin Jasper Tyler Jefferson counties and 4.00 per year outside those counties.
Arthur Yellott Jr 20 of Oretta near DeQuincy La drowned about 9 30 a m Sunday in the Sabine River near Starks La His body was recovered Sunday afternoon by the Parish Sheriff's department and Newton County Volunteer Fire Department He lived with friends Mr and Mrs M Leatherwood and had two uncles in Chance Loeb area Funeral services were held in Oretta Pentecostal Church Burial was in Oretta Cemetery The report lists local residents and daily life notes from Chance Loeb area
Delegates to attend the annual conference of the Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults of Texas will be elected at the meeting Thursday evening at 7 30 at the courthouse in Kountze. The state meeting will be held in McAllen Oct 21 23. Mrs Carl Crow will assume duties as chairman with Mrs R M Rives as secretary, Mrs Annie Mae Hardage treasurer and Mrs John L Tee as publicity director. Reorganizational plans for the national state and local Easter Seal Societies will be explained by Mrs Thelma Smith area representative of the Texas Society. Reports on services to the crippled will be heard and plans made for the Easter Seal Appeal of 1967.
Funeral services for Bruce Reid 86 of Silsbee are set for 2 pm in St. John's Episcopal Church with Rev. Wingfield and Rev. Shuffler officiating. Burial will follow in Hooks Cemetery near Kountze under Farmer Funeral Home of Silsbee. Reid died at 5 am Tuesday in St. Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont after a one day illness. He was a native of Canada and lived much of his life in Port Arthur. He resided in Silsbee about 12 years and belonged to St. John's Episcopal Church and the Port Arthur Elks Lodge. He retired as head electrician at Gulf Oil refinery in Port Arthur 12 years ago. Surviving are one son, John Bruce Reid of Tomball, and one grandson. His wife, Bessie Reid, died about four years ago. Pallbearers are Jack Lloyd, Charles Reed, Tom Tennison, Earnest Jackson, Billy McCormick, Joe Heise. Honorary pallbearers include Rufus Hooks and Ed Ptiel among others.
Mrs W C McNeil travels to Bryan to attend sessions of the Executive Board of the Womans Auxiliary to the Texas Dental Association. The administrative board will hold sessions today and Friday.
The Becktol family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for the kindness shown during their mother Mrs Villa Becktol's bereavement. May God bless you all. Signed Frank Becktol and wife.
Wealth of local life includes family reunions at Sutton Lake Woodville and visits across Beaumont Sour Lake and Der moth Arkansas. Birth of Jeffery Thomas in Kountze Memorial Hospital. multiple hospital visits and services at Loeb First Baptist and Eva dale Central Baptist.
Robert W. Buddy Thompson is named crewleader for the Ariola duty station in Hardin County by A. E. Green district forester. He previously ran a filling-station business in Ariola and is married with four children at Chance Loeb elementary. His duties include fire control and education work in the Ariola crew area.
Mrs G G Jordan and Mrs James Masilke with children from New Orleans visited last week in the home of Mrs H O Edwards. The gathering reflected friendly ties between families and the local community.
The Silsbee Social Notes list numerous visits and travels among locals and relatives. Fred Powell and family from Brownwood arrive for a week with L W Belt. others visit in Houston, Beaumont, San Antonio, Liberty, and Trinity. Navy, Army personnel, and local residents are noted with holidays and returns.
Silsbee Public Schools publish weeklong menus from September 12 to 16. Monday offers beef cubes in gravy with rice and peas. Tuesday features chicken and dumplings with English peas and a fruit cup. Wednesday serves barbecued meat loaf with creamed potatoes and green beans. Thursday presents hamburgers with lettuce and tomatoes, french fries, and fruit cobbler. Friday serves salmon croquettes with mashed potatoes and green lima beans, jello with fruit, cookies, rolls, and milk.
A revival meeting is under way in a big tent on Highway 92 north of Silsbee led by Jerry Ward pastor of the United Pentecostal Church. Services run each evening at 7 45 with a special singing service at every meeting and the public is invited.
New Bethel Baptist Church on South 10th street invites all to a youth revival with theme Win Someone To Christ. Rev. J. E. Moss of Detroit, Michigan, will speak each evening at 7 p.m. Sept 12 through Sept 16. Adults and youth register nightly. Mrs. Versie Burks is matron. Rev. H. L. Foster, pastor, extends the invitation to the public.
The Silsbee Business and Professional Women’s Club will meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Hardin County Savings and Loan clubroom. Mrs. H C Scoggins will preside. Plans cover attendance at District 14 Conference in Port Arthur September 10 and 11 hosted by Port Arthur Noon and Evening Clubs at the Driftwood Motel.
Interested persons will meet at Frank's Branch Cemetery near Fred Saturday to clean and improve the grounds. A basket lunch will be served at noon.
Weekend admissions to Buna Medical Hospital include Mrs Ethel Richardson and several Buna residents such as Michael Wayne Phillips Mrs Hazel Webb Mrs Mehaley Hester Jan Lea Layne Everett C Whitman Ralph Murphy Miss Georgia Ozio Mrs Allie Ozio Mrs Lillie Walters Mrs Glenda Dyson and Miss Patsy McMillan Also listed are Kirbyville patients R O Stringer Miss Gladys Ann Wilson Odis Wilson James Archie Jones Mrs Cleta Davis and Jesse Freeman Silsbee Drady Hollis Tate and Mrs Charlene Jenkins Roganville Anne B Bush Spurger Miss Deanna Spurlock Victor region residents include Lett ha Mae Montgomery Jasper's Hattie B McManus and Cleveland's Patsy McMillan Discharges over the weekend include Michael Wayne Philips Everett Whitman Mrs Allie Ozio Mrs Lillie Walters Mrs Glenda Dyson Miss Gladys Wilson Odis Wilson James Archie Jones Grady Hollis Tate Deanna Spurlock and Patsy McMillan The Franklin Reunion at the Vernon Franklin residence near Williamson Settlements attracted about 150 relatives with Walter W Mayfield Jr and son Webb of Abilene winning longest distance prize Community notes cover Buna Garden Club activities and speakers C C Careys grooming winter plan and club officer appointments plus local social events and church notices.
The 1966 State Fair of Texas in Dallas runs October 8 to 23 with an “Exhibition of Young America” agriculture show. Highlights include corn fields with scarecrows, 12-foot wheat and rice shocks, animated pop art scarecrows, a nine-ton antique Case tractor, a 12-horsepower steam tractor loaned by Hal S. Smith, and a hay stack theater with multiple screens and rock music.
Funeral services for J. C. Hughes aged 89 will be held today at 10 a.m. at Fellowship Cemetery War ren with Rev. J A Hendrix of First Assembly of God Church Silsbee officiating. Hughes died Wednesday in Red Bluff Hospital Pasadena after a three day illness. He lived in Silsbee for many years. Surviving relatives include Mrs Elsie Hughes of Silsbee four daughters Mrs Clayborne Thompson Port Arthur Mrs Elsie Welborn Mrs Jimmy Brent and Mrs E G Anderson of Pasadena and one son Orville Hughes of Atkins Ark.
Three of Silsbee’s five auto dealers protested a proposed city tax on automobiles held for sale. W O Holmes E M Simmons and Clifton Caraway argued the tax would hit dealers’ inventories owned by manufacturers, not private citizens. Dominguez called the tax legal but declined further comment as the Board of Equalization prepared to hear dealers before adjourning Wednesday chaired by Frank Grote with D M Short and L G Jordan as members.
The Jayceeettes met Sept. 1 at 7 30 p.m. in Mrs. Richard Worley’s home. Mrs Worley presided. A report on two fund raising projects was given. State dues will be mailed to the State office. A rummage sale set for Oct. 29 was discussed. The next meeting is Oct. 6 at 7 30 p.m. in Mrs. Benny Wilcox’s home.
Postmaster Conley C. Bradshaw announced Rural Mail Carriers will begin distributing 1966 Acreage Survey Cards to patrons on their routes around Sept. 14. The Post Office Department aids U S C A in this annual survey. Farmers provide reports used to estimate Texas acreage for all crops harvested in 1966. Carriers Mrs Hebert Cook Route One Charles Kelley Route Two M I Butler Route Three Hebert Cook Star Route urge patrons to fill cards and return them.
Barracks No 2641 Veterans of World War II and Auxiliary will hold a 2 30 p m meeting Saturday in the Neches Room at Neches National Bank. All members and eligible attendees are urged to attend per commander John Richardson.
Funeral services for 87 year old Lloyd FE Wightman will be held at 10 a.m. in the Chapel of Farmer Funeral Home in Buna. A native of Kansas and retired dairyman, he lived in Buna 45 years and died Monday at Buna Medical Center after a long illness. Surviving are his wife Thetus Wightman a daughter Mrs C W Jackson of College Park Md two stepdaughters Mrs Tommy Alford of Silsbee and Mrs D T Gunter of Beaumont one sister and six grandchildren. Interment will be in Antioch Cemetery in Buna. Pallbearers are Bob Baker John A Lewis Ward Mixson Herbert Elmore Howard Hargrove Herbert G Stanmire.
The Texas Beta Eta chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa will meet on September 15 at 7 30 p m in the club room of the Hardin County Savings and Loan Building.
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