Buna and Surrounding Areas Community News Summary
The Buna First Missionary Baptist Church group met on Tuesday while local families visited relatives in Nederland and Jasper. Activities included youth revival led by Buna seniors in Starks and a range of church events. The Buna football team played at Splendor, the Buna band joined the pep squad, and the Buna Volunteer Fire Department sheltered 1,000 to 1,200 people as refugees received coffee and meals at local schools and churches.
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First Missionary Baptist Church of
Buna
Charles Dunn
J. C Dubh
Charles
Lamar College
Nederland
Nan Lester
Dock Patterson
Liberty
C. N. Mays
Thicket Road
Mae Landry
Gloria
Silsbee
Dale Landry
Assembly of God Church
Evadale
Evergreen Assembly of God
Lance Goins and Sons
Center
Jodie Howell
J. D. Howell
Dwight and
Craig
Groves
Lonnie Herrin
Gum Slough
W. E. Whitake
L. R. Aikman
Alvie Linder
Sallie Clark
Elbert Moore
Port Neches
Splendor
Mark Brackin
Brackin
First Baptist Church
Starks
Jerry Clark
Gary Clark
Buna High School
Kenneth Hatch
Johnnie Morgan
Jasper
Calvin Turner
Israel Miller
Frank Oglesbee
Buna School
Port Arthur
Dove Hunters In North Zone Find Few Birds
North zone dove hunters report slim pickings since the season opened September 1. Some sorghum harvest areas show fair numbers, waterhole shooting is skimpy, while Oklahoma reports good dove hunting. War dens note weather changes may push doves south. feed is key to holding birds. Quail outlook remains good per observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Phillips
Game and Fish Commission
Oklahoma
Gen Crawford seeks volunteers for Calvary in Texas
Gen G W Crawford visited town yesterday to recruit volunteers for the Missouri war. Two or three companies would march under him from Washington county, cavalry preferred. The piece notes Confederate flags, a speech angle, and a Civil War era tone. The Galveston fight reports a battery engagement with the blockading fleet, a shell strike on a steamer, a boy wounded, and a man killed by shell fragments. State defenses are planned with Gov Clark to mobilize two thousand men along the Texas border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Crawford
Missouri
Washington County
Galveston
Dart
Tremont
Odin Menard
National Park
Texas
Ben Rice Jr
Austin
J. L. House Jr
Waco
Rice
Texas watches fallout as Soviet tests loom
Radioactive fallout is under close scrutiny at Austin and El Paso testing stations. State Health Department staff monitor air samples as Russian nuclear test shots expected to show up in Texas soon. Governor Daniel launches a fallout shelter survey with Col. West coordinating with civil defense.
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Texas
Austin
el Paso
Soviet Union
State Health Department
Price Daniel
R Paul West
U. S. Army Engineers
Fort Worth
State Civil Defense and Disaster Relief Division
Civil Defense
Texas Agriculture
John C. White
Southern Agriculture Commissioners
Atlanta
Attorney General's Department
Phil Friberg
Western Hatcheries
Gonzales
Will Wilson
Padre Island
Daniel
Jerry Sadler
Sadler
Six Flags Over Texas Surges Past 232000 Visitors in First Month
The Six Flags Over Texas theme park reports more than 232000 visitors in its first month since opening. About 11 percent arrived from outside Texas with visitors from every state except South Dakota, and international guests from nineteen countries. Officials say daily weekend crowds exceed projections by 2500 to 3000, with plans for major additions in 1962.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Union
South Dakota
Angus G. Wynne, Jr
SIX Flags
Norway
Peru
Germany
Japan
Brazil
Italy
Greece
C. Wesley Goyer, Jr
Park
Texas Highway Commission backs Farm to Market funding
The Texas Highway Commission on Tuesday August 29 urged reinstate ment of the 1962 Farm to Market appropriation and greater flexibility in fund use to maintain the growing system. They urged action at the upcoming special session and pledged to work with Governor Legislature and allied groups to secure maintenance and reconstruction for about 34 000 miles of Farm to Market roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Daniel
Highway Department
Texas Highway Commission
Texas
Price Daniel
Texas Highway Department
Commission
Cael Farm Bureau Federation
County Judges and Commissioners Association
Texas Good Roads Association
Six Flags Comeback Hype Backs Season End Run
Flags and Six Flags fans celebrate a return of the amusement brand to families as the season winds down. The message emphasizes friendly experiences and the excitement of visiting with relatives before the season ends.
Farm fish laws bar date of bacs and perch
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Texas law banning the date of bacs crappie or white perch, in context of total farm expenditure and maintenance. No clear persons or organizations are named.
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Texas
Contractors' Notice of Texas Highway Construction Sealed bids
Sealed proposals for constructing miles of Pine island Bayou ridge and approaches from 04 Mi south to 64 Mi north on U S 69 and 98 will be received at the Highway Department in Austin until 9 00 A M September 21 1961 and opened publicly Plans and specs including minimum wage rates are available at the office of Lester P Landgraf Resident Engineer Silsbee Texas and Texas Highway Department Austin Usual rights reserved
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Highway Construction
Pine Island Bayou
Hithwast No
U. S
Hardin
Jefferson County
Highway Department
Austin
Lester P. Landgraf
Silsbee
Texas
Texas Highway Department
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Buna, Gum Slough and Thickel News
Ie Beate Baptist Church of
Geo. Youngblood
Don
Dallas
Gulf States Utilities
Gen
Calvary
Jane Bailey
Syvern Sanford
State Board of Education
J. W. Edgar
Texas Education Agency
Jack Cox
Breckenridge
Texas House of Representatives
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Jesse James
H. S
Hank) Brown
Texas Afl-Cio
Selective Service
M. Schwartz
Labor Day
Department of Public Safety
Julio Curci
Chicago
Hardin County Caving and Loan Association C
Buffy
Herbert Elmore
Pop
Elmore
Lonnie Helms
Position of
Heatwave
Usairco
Leroy Stanford
Kenmore
Western Auto Associate Store
Hardin Drug
STS
P&p Skinner Pharmacists
Silsbee, Texas
Crockett
Gilchriest
East Avenue
Seaport
Swift
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