Silsbee Youth Completes Army Basic Training
James Deggs, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Deggs of Silsbee, finished basic training at Fort Polk Louisiana. He will report to Fort Benjamin Harrison Indianapolis for finance school training after enlisting under the high school graduate specialist program. He chose the disbursement field and will serve three years after May graduation from Silsbee High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Deggs
L. L. Deggs
Fort Polk
US Army
Army
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Ind
James
Silsbee High School
Woman's Club to Hear R W Akers
Silsbee Woman's Club meets today at 2 30 p m in Mrs Richard Collier's home with co hosts Mrs W A Barclay Jr and Mrs R R Birdwell. Robert W Akers editor in chief of Beaumont Enterprise and Journal will speak on European Common Market. Mrs Wade Parker and Mrs J F Eldredge Jr lead the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Woman's Club
Richard Collier
W. A. Barclay Jr
R. R. Birdwell
Robert W. Akers
The
Beaumont Enterprise and Journal
Wade Parker
J. F. Eldredge Jr
R. L. Paret
Cub Scout Pack 199 To Meet Tuesday
Cub Scout Pack 199 will meet Tuesday night at 7 30 in Read-Turrentine School. All boys ages 8 to 10 may join and register, must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. C D Thompson is Cubmaster.
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Read-Turrentine
C. D. Thompson
Trail Riders Finalize Sept Rodeo Plans in Silsbee Arena
Silsbee Trail Riders finalize plans for a September 21 rodeo at 8 p m and September 22 polo game with Buna Bridle Club at 8 p m. Queen contestants must be entered by September 14 with L F Chitty. Local and out of town 19 and under girls may apply. Public welcome with no admission. Regular meeting set for Friday at the arena.
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Silsbee Trail Riders
L. F. Chitty
Trail Riders
Buna
Cancer Unit Hears Campaign Report At Kountze Meeting
Hardin County Cancer Society unit held a courthouse board meeting in Kountze. George Christian reported finances totaling 4718.01 including 423.40 memorial gifts and 4293.45 from crusade. Awards were given to Mrs. W C McNeil and Miss Causey. Delegates to Jasper district meeting named. Guest speakers Weldon Fisbeck and Mrs James D Mann. Committee chairs appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
the Cancer Society
Kountze
Ruth Causey
George Christian
Crusade Campaign
W. C. McNeil
Silsbee
American Cancer Society Crusade
Miss Causey
American Society
Jasper
McNeil
Eugenia Gauntt
Bob Waters
H. G. Elmore
Stanley Coe
Weldon Fisbeck
James D. Mann
Crusade
B. L. Cornwell
Silsbee Public Schools menu for Sep 16 20
The week begins with Wieners stuffed with cheese and potato salad on Monday. Tuesday offers Italian spaghetti with a lettuce tomato salad and iced cake squares. Wednesday serves roast beef with rice gravy and peas and carrots. Thursday features Hamburgers with lettuce and onions and pinto beans. Friday presents Tuna salad on lettuce with shoestring potatoes and baked corn. Milk accompanies all meals.
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Silsbee
Two Silsbee Marines Complete Combat Training
Marine Private Thomas E Grissom and Marine Private Donald B Word, sons of local residents, completed four weeks of advanced combat training on Aug. 20 at Camp Lejeune under the First Infantry Training Regiment. The program teaches small unit tactics under simulated combat, preparing graduates for duty at Marine Corps bases nationwide and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E Grissom
Aubrey Grissom
Bonner
Donald B. Word
T. M. Word
See “R
Camp Lejeune
N. C
First Infantry Training Regiment
First
Marine Corps
U. S
Evadale PTA Sets Meeting and Program
The Evadale PTA will meet September 16 at 7 30 p m in the Evadale School cafetorium. President Mrs Raymond Young will preside and the program Teacher Reception will feature Ed Nash with corsages from the PTA. Social hour follows under Mrs G C Fagg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evadale Pta
Evadale
Raymond Young
Ed Nash
PTA
Robert Cheek
Charles Weatherford
Jodie Carroll
Dan Elam
Youth Fellowship Meeting At Trout Creek Church
The Bethlehem Youth Fellowship meets tonight at 7 30 PM at Trout Creek Missionary Baptist Church in Kirbyville. Officers for the next six months will be elected. The public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
Trout Creek Missionary Baptist Church
Kirbyville
Bayou Din Plans Second Annual Handicap Medal Tourney
Bayou Din Golf Association invites golfers from southeast Texas to enter a 36 hole handicap medal play event on Sept 14 and 15. Players will be flighted by handicaps attested by their home club. Contact J W Heaslet at 315 10th Street Beaumont or VI 2 1573. The course lies on LaBelle Road near Degmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Bayou Din Golf Association
Bayou Din Golf
J. W. Heasiet
Heaslet
10Th Street
Beaumont
LaBelle Road
Degumont
Shrine Circus Opens in Beaumont This Week
Shrine Circus sponsored by El Mina Shrine opens at Beaumont fairgrounds with 4 PM and 8 PM shows today and Friday. Saturday schedule includes 2 PM and 8 PM performances. Local tickets available from Silsbee Shriners Hardin Drug Morris Pharmacy and City News Stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shrine Circus
Beaumont
el Mina Shrine
Fairgrounds
Martin Wilson
Silsbee Shriners
Hardin Drug
Morris Pharmacy
City News
Sillber
City News Stand
Gore Reunion At Wiley Mae Church In East Texas
The Gore reunion will be held Sunday at the Wiley Mae Pentecostal Church eight miles north of Silsbee on the Old Spurger Road. Descendants trace origins to Alabama and North Carolina before the Civil War. Up to 200 attenders are expected. Gifts go to the oldest attendee and the farthest traveler. A basket lunch will be served at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiley Mae Pentecostal
Silsbee
Spurger Road
East Texas
Alabama
North Carolina
Nu Upsilon Hears Oratory Program and Plans
Beta Sigma Phi Nu Upsilon chapter met Monday at Mrs Otis Barge home with cohostess Mrs Julian Bankston. Eleven members attended. Ritual of Jewels Degree given for Mrs Jack Redmond and Mrs N G Ferrell. Chapter noted as a three star unit. Rummage sale set for Sept 27 in Santa Fe Park 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Halloween candy sale planned from Oct 1. City chapter meeting to be at Mrs Tommy Read home. Program on oratory by Mrs Barge and Mrs Bankston. Next meeting Sept 23 at Mrs Benny Belieu’s.
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Santa Fe Park
Tommy Read
Barge
Bankston
Benny Beliue
Card of Thanks from the Wilson Family
The family of J. H. Wilson expresses gratitude for kindness and support during illness and death. They thank readers for sympathy, floral offerings, and help through bereavement, to be remembered.
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J. H. Wilson
Soldier to Return From Korea in September
Jimmy R. Thomas was to leave Korea Aug. 31 after serving a year with the U S Army. He will receive his discharge in September. A former resident of this city he is the brother of Mrs Billy Gene Black. He was stationed at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri for several months before going overseas.
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Jimmy R. Thomas
Korea
U. S. Army
Fort Leonard Wood
Thomas
Billy Gene Black
Local Families Welcome Newborns in Beaumont Area
Mr and Mrs Harold Holland of Beaumont welcome Telisa Annette born Friday at St Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont. Dawn Michele born Sept 2 in Baptist Hospital Beaumont. Sheila Marie born Sept 8 to Mr and Mrs W G Nordan of Silsbee. Laura Lynn born Sept 6 to Ray A Bis camp of Silsbee. Clarence Milton born Sept 5 to Hollis Ray Perego of Buna. Elizabeth Ann born Sept 8 to A J Hooks of Silsbee. Jeffrey Alan born Sept 8 to Jeff Thomas of Silsbee at Pineland clinic. Lou Suzette born Sept 6 to W D Hatton and wife of Portland. former Silsbee residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Holland
Beaumont
Telisa Annette
St. Elizabeth Hospital
W. H. Holland
City
B. G. Ener
Dawn Michele
Baptist Hospital
M. O. Leggett
Sheila Marie
W. G. Nordan
Silsbee
Ray A. Biscamp
Laura Lynn
Clarence Milton
Hollis Ray Perego
Buna
A. J. Hooks
Elizabeth Ann
Jeffrey Alan
Jeff Thomas
iPineland Clinic
Pineland
Texas
Mark Blackmon
W. D. Hatton
Portland
Lou Suzette
Miss Eloise Mathews Weds Richard Worley in Saturday Church Ceremony
Eloise Ann Mathews and Richard Glen Worley were married Saturday night at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The groom is a Lamar State College of Technology January graduate and the couple will reside in Silsbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Eloise Mathews
Richard Worley
Eloise Ann Mathews
Richard Glen Worley
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Billy Ray Dulaney
J. Roy Martin
City
Vernon C. Mathews Sr
Orange
L. E. Worley
Glenda Ruggles
Alicia Dulaney
Reeves
Wesley Broussard
Beaumont
Ronny Domino
Silsbee High School
Worley
Lamar State College of Technology
Silsbee
Silsbee Auto Company
Waldo Mathews Panthers Open 1963 Grid Season at Liberty
Waldo Mathews Panthers start 1963 football season at Liberty in a non district game. Coach Wesley Shaw notes improved depth with 17 lettermen back, including nine of 1962 starters, as Liberty, a district title contender, visits Silsbee with co captains Wesley Thomas and Lamar White leading the squad. Starting lineup includes Akins, White, Sanders, Thomas, Howard, Rudolf White, Maze, Miles, Simmons, Eddy Howard, Sapp.
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Waldo Mathews
Panthers
Liberty
Panther
Wesley
James Akins
White
John Sanders
Thomas
Cleo Howard
Rudolph White
Charlie Maze
William Miles
Calvin Simmons
Eddy Howard
Freddy Sapp
Rho Upsilon Met On September 9
The Rho Upsilon Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority met Sept. 9 at Mrs Charles Kelly's home with Mrs. Gene Barnes as cohostess. Mrs. Tommy Read led the business session. A letter from International praised the chapter as a Three Star Chapter for 1952 1963. Plans for Homecoming were discussed and new prospects named.
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Rho Upsilon
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Charles Kelly
Gene Barnes
Tommy Read
International
Eddie van Winkle
Charles Stephens
van Winkle
C. C. Cox Former Silsbee Resident Dies in Beaumont
O. C. Cox aged 78, longtime Silsbee resident, died Saturday in a Beaumont nursing home at 11 30 am. The body was sent to Conroe for burial. He is survived by his wife of Longview, a daughter Mrs. R. D. Hereford of Beaumont, two grandchildren, and one great grandson.
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O. C. Cox
Silsbee
Xi Zeta Rho Beta Sigma Phi Meeting Reports Gardening Program
Xi Zeta Rho Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met Monday night in the Savings Loan conference room with 18 members present led by Mrs Rowena Caraway. Alyne McMahon presented a Fall gardening program and the chapter plans a rummage sale at Santa Fe Park on September 21 with contact Mrs Exa Farmer for donations.
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Xi Zeta Rho
Beta Sigma Phi
Rowena Caraway
Alyne McMahon
Santa Fe Park
Exa Farmer
Blake family visits relatives in Louisiana hospitals and homes
Mr and Mrs T H Blake and daughter visited his brother in law John Martin in Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Lake Charles La Sunday. They also visited in the homes of Mr and Mrs P J Blake and Mr and Mrs H M Shreve of Beaumont Monday in the home of Mrs Bryant Butler.
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T. H. Blake
John Martin
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital
Lake Charles
P. J. Blake
H. M. Shreve of
Beaumont
Bryant Butler
Stepnik Whitney Nuptials Postponed
Miss Theresa Stepnik and Burtis Ray Whitney postponed their wedding at All Souls Catholic Church, originally set for September 21. Whitney, in the Marine Corps, was due home on leave but that leave was cancelled, delaying the ceremony.
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Theresa Stepnik
Burtis Ray Whitney
All Soul
Caatholics
the Bee
Marine Corps
Ladies' Bridge Club Meets at Silsbee Country Club
The Ladies Bridge Club met Tuesday at the Silsbee Country Club with four tables in play. Mrs Ed Brown took high score, Mrs Hugh Smith was second, and Mrs Jack Shepherd finished low. A sack lunch was served at noon. The next meeting is planned for October 1 at 9 30 a m.
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Ladies Bridge Club
Silsbee Country Club
Ed Brown
Hugh Smith
Jack ‘Shepherd
Evadale Rebels Fall 13-0 In Opener At Hemphill
Evadale loses 13-0 to Hemphill at home as Vance Vickers returns a punt for a score and a long pass leads to another. Evadale shows defense but stalls near the red zone. next travels to West Hardin Friday night with coach Harry Williams optimistic about the lineup.
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Evadale Rebels
West Hardin
Evadale
Vance Vickers
Hemphill
Harry Williams
Rebels
Williams
James Whitmire
David Crane
Carl E. Moss
Nicky Parsley
Bruce McCormick
Mike Stratton
Sonny White
Ronny Pratt
Carl D. Moss
Jarmes Williams
Jack Rigsby
Visit Among Californians in Los Angeles
Mr and Mrs E F Bistline and Joyce Rhea Miller visited recently in Los Angeles in the home of Mr and Mrs Roy Bean and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Bistline
Joyce Rhea Miller
Los Angeles
Calif
Roy Bean
Army discharge for L. J. King returns home in Friday
L. J. King has received his discharge from the US Army and returned home on Friday after stationed several months in Germany. He is married to Jo Lynn Cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. King
Germany
Jo Lynn Cook
Also Mentioned on This Page
Woman's Club
R. W. Akers
Cub Scout Pack
Oetime
Britton-Cravens Lumber Company
Cancer Unit
C.A. Miller
Spurger
Tappan
Apache Lumber CQ
Thomas E. Grissom
Trout Creek Church
Nu Upsilon
International Office
L Hello World
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Herman Adams
Austin
Tommy Childress
Mike Brookins
James Ellis
Cecile Cobble
Sue Matthews
Galveston
C. C. Cox
Stepnik- Whitney
Ladies’ Bridge Club
Frank L. McClanahan
Savings and Loan Associations
Robert Neyland
Hardin County Savings and Loan Association
Hemphill Crew
Vickers
Watchword
Dedi
Rco A
Schuler
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