Local Happenings Including Church Change and Visits
Rev. A. H. Reeves becomes pastor of Central Baptist Church Thicket after a month of preaching there. Mrs. Henry Collier returns from Lansing Illinois and Chicago visits. Various locals travel for club meetings, family visits, vacations in Florida Georgia Alabama and Panama City. Billy Poland, Army post baseball Second Army champ, to return to Virginia. Neva Dilbeck heads to Sam Houston State. Miss Carolyn Baker to North Texas State College. ongoing hospital visits and Liberty Bell dedication in Liberty Texas with John Wayne attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Reeves
Central Baptist Church
Thicket
Community Notes On Local Movers And Enrollments
Fort Rucker residents and area families are noted for enrollments and visits. Jerry left for SHSTC Huntsville, Melinda Cullinan will enroll at the University of Texas, and Sherry Hinkel plans TWU Denton nursing. Various relatives travel, visit, or attend schools in Austin Houston Beaumont and Denton.
Monahans Resident Visits Family in Week Pause
Follows a trip by J. M. Byerly and family to Monahans last week. Joan Ward visited Port Arthur with Kenneth Hebert over the weekend. Betty Sue Cravy left Sunday to enroll at Sam Houston State College in Huntsville. Martin L. Wilson of Kirby Lumber Corp. headed to St. Louis for Railway Tie Association executive committee meeting. B. Watts Sr. had surgery in Temple’s Santa Fe Hospital and is reported doing satisfactorily, with Mrs Watts staying in Temple. Bruce Ward, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ward, is due home Sunday on leave after naval boat training in San Diego. Dr. Billie Strother Sowars of Mawai Hawaii returned home after visiting Silsbee with Wade Strother family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene McMsicken
Fort Rucker
Ala
Jerry
SHSTC
Huntsville
H. L. Nebel
Pasadena
Frank Yarborough
Ray Cullin
John Cullinan
Melinda
Austin
University of Texas
Henry Nix
City
J. T. Williams
J. M. Byerly
Loeb
WMU
H C. Davidson
Beaumont
Roy Hill
Longview
James Bowen
Poteau
Oklo
Brown Sheffield
H. &. Woodard
Charley
Marvin Williams
Katherine Abbott
Abilene
Albert McBroom
Wiergate
Ralph Disch
Elizabeth
Dallas
Irby Hyde
Michael Murphey
Long Beach
Calif
A. G. Murphey
Navy
Mary Lou Brown
Rice Hotel
Houston
Homer Holland
Lake Charles
W. H. Holland
Claxton Seely
University of Texas Law School
Monahans
Joan Ward
Port Arthur
Kenneth Hebert
Betty Sue Cravy
Sam Houston State College
Martin L. Wilson
Railway Tie Association
St. Louis
Mr. Wilson
Kirby Lumber Corp. Co
B. Watts Sr
Santa Fe Hospital
Temple
Watts
Bruce Ward
J. W. Ward
San Diego
Billie Strother Sowars
Mawai
Hawaii
Silsbee
Wade Strother
Services For Mrs. Nellie Fuqua Held Tuesday
Funeral services for 54 year old Mrs. Nellie Fuqua who died Monday at Hardin Memorial Hospital were conducted at Woodrow Baptist Church with Rev. R. L. Bateman officiating. She lived in Silsbee at 518 Parks Street and is survived by her mother, two sons, one daughter, a sister, five brothers, and four grandchildren. Pallbearers listed and burial followed at Knapple Cemetery with Farmer Funeral Home directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Fuqua
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Woodrow Baptist Church
R. L. Bateman
Fuqua
Silsbee
Parks St
Nancy Parks
Carlton
Eugene
Big Lake
Maudie Herrington
Honey Island
Sam Cape
Beaumont
Bernard
Donald
Robert I. Parks
Hubert Parks
Belin
N. M
Willie Parks
Austin
Lester L Parks
Sidney Parks
Archie Parks
F. C Leonard
Hardy Bourgeois
Knapple Cemetery
Farmer Funeral Home
District 10AAA Rules Changes Announced For Football
Bruce Watts Jr the Silsbee High School principal announced district 10AAA changes at a recent meeting. Game times start at 7 30 with 35 cent student advance tickets and 50 cents at the gate. Adults 1 and reserved 1 25 in schools with reserved sections. Home gates admit only uniformed groups and players without tickets. District play starts Oct 21 with matchups Silsbee Huntsville Victor Nederland Jasper Conroe etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Bruce Watts Jr
Silsbee High
Watts
Huntsville
Victor
Nederland
Cenroe
Jasper
Conroe
Births Report From Silsbee and Surrounding Areas
A series of birth notices from Hardin County towns lists newborns and their families. Buford FEF II born Sept 2 to Curtis of Silshee. Patti Kay born Sept 13 to Burlin of Silshee. James Mark Sept 6 to Fianakin of Silsbee. Frank Lee Sept 3 to Hazard of Sear Lake. Mary Christine Sept 11 to Shaver of Silsbee. Theresa Lawell Sept 11 to Callaway of Spurger. Donald Robert Jr Sept 12 to Cobb of Grayburg. Christopher Perry Sept 14 to Bush of Silsbee. Mary Felicia Sept 13 to Johnston of Kountze. Phyllis Lorene Sept 14 to Robinson of Kountze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Buford Fef. Curtony of
Silshee
Buford FE II
Curtis
Chertie Johnnie
J. M. Burlin F
Patti Kay
James Mark
J. L Fianakin
Silsbee
Frank Lee
Set
Fred Hazard
Sear Lake
Earl Shaver
Mary Christine
Theresa Lawell
R. P. Callaway
Spurger
Gibson earns graduate scholarship from Springfield College
Dennis Gibson son of Myr and Mrs D A Gibson Jr of Loeb receives a graduate scholarship from Springfield College in Springfield Massachusetts for outstanding academic and extracurricular record at Centenary College Shreveport Louisiana He is a physical education major and will pursue a master’s degree while active in the Methodist student movement and served as waterfront activities director at Kailua Community Methodist Church camp on Oahu Hawaii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Gibson
Myr
D. A. Gibson Jr
Loeb
Springfield College
Springfield
Mass
Centenary College
Shreveport
Centenary
Kailua
Camp Fire Girls Elect Officers in Cravens Hall
The Tan-Ya-Su-Ta Camp Fire Girls elected officers at a Monday session in Cravens Hall Methodist Church. Susan Smith is president with Diane Littlepage as vice president and Alice Fullingim as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cravens Hall
Methodist Church
Susan Smith
Diane Littlepage
Alice Fullingim
Christine Holt
Nan Hargrove
Betty Kay Sherrell
America
C. S. Sherrell
Evadale PTA Meeting Monday Night at School Auditorium
The Evadale School District PTA will meet Monday at 7 30 in the school auditorium for its regular monthly session. Superintendent E C Nash will be guest speaker and president Mrs C W Weatherford will preside over the business meeting. A reception for teachers follows. parents are invited to attend and meet the staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teachers Association of
Evadale
E. C. Nash
C. W. Weatherford
Methodist Supper Set for Sept 16 at Cravens Hall
The First Methodist Church holds a regular monthly family night covered dish supper in Cravens Hall at 7 p m Friday Sept 16. Mrs Alvin Ragan leads the program and Victory Sunday School class hostesses under Mrs W P Crockett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Cravens Hall
Alvin Ragan
Victory
W. P. Crockett
Buried Here Sunday Albert P Cook 76 Silsbee Native
Funeral services for Albert P. Cook 76 a Silsbee native were held at 1 30 p m Sunday at First Baptist Church Rev R E Barclay officiated He died Saturday morning at John Sealy Hospital Galveston He is survived by three sons Banks David Chester and three daughters Bert Dobbs R W Pipkin Miss Sarah Cook and others Pallbearers were nephews Burial was in Knupple Cemetery under Farmer Funeral Home direction
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert P. Cook
Silsbee
First Baptist Church
R. E. Barclay
Cook
Precinct One
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Banks
David Cook
Chester Cook
Fritz Sharp
Ray Boulware
Hebert Cook
French Cook
Felix iSharp
Knupple Cemetery
Farmer Funeral Home
Loeb Church WMU Forms New Circle At F B Church
The Lottie Moon WMU circle at Loeb First Baptist Church has 22 members after organizing a second circle named Zemma. Each circle now has 10 active members as plans move forward, with a Sept 29 meeting at Mrs. J M Byerly’s home to elect officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottie Moon
WMU
First Baptist Church of
Loeb
Silsbee Sailor Serves Aboard USS Hornet In Far East
Arthur H. Lewis Jr., fireman, USN, son of Mr and Mrs Arthur H Lewis of Silsbee, serves aboard the anti submarine warfare carrier USS Hornet with the Seventh Fleet in the Far East. Hornet to visit ports in Japan Hong Kong and the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur H. Lewis Jr
USN
Arthur H. Lewis
Silsbee
Hornet
Seventh Fleet
Far East
Japan
Hong Kong
Republic of the Philippines
Sergeant King Assigned to California Base
Sgt. George H. King Jr. of Silsbee has been assigned to George Air Force Base California after 16 years in the service. The 30 year old veteran returned from a one year overseas stint at Goose Bay Labrador and becomes Finance Director with the 831st Air Base Group Consolidated Unit Personnel Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. King Jr
Silsbee
iGeorge Air Force Base
Calif
George Afb
Goosebay
Labrador
Joss Harris
Sergeant King
831St Air Base Group
Consolidated Unit Personnel Service
Walters Family Reunion Planned for October First Sunday
The Walters family reunion will be held on the first Sunday in October at Frank's Brauch i near Fred. Friends and relatives are invited to attend and bring a lunch, per information from Octavia, Af d and Norman Walters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walters
Frank
Brauch i
Fred
Octavia
Afd
Norman Walters
Cemetery Work To Be Held At Tanton Cemetery
J. C. Hare announced a cemetery working this Saturday at Tanton Cemetery located about 12 miles north on Beech Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanton Cemetery
J. C. Hare
Tanton
Beech Creek
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leona Whitman
Henry Collier
Lansing
Iil
Don Gasquoine
Chicago
B. L. Moreland
Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs
Woman’s Club
Magnolia
E. L. Meley
Macnolia
UDA
David Palmer
Tucker
Donna Eason
Cleveland
Lonnie Jones
James Ward
Sim Ward
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Panama City
Fla
J. H. Richardson
John D. Gibson and Sons
Johnny and
Jimmy
Bellaire
Jerald Peveto
Allie Maxwell
St. Therese Hospital
A. L. Tucker
J. H Tucker
Doug
Liberty Tuesday
John Wayne
W. FE. Weathersby
F. A. McMicken
Chiropractic
Ben
Ben’s
Fryers, Ib
Hamburger, Ib
Ben’s Grocery & Market
10Th Street
New Kountze
Hiway
Bologna
Chili
Texas Press Association
San Antonio Street
Austin, Texas
B. Watts
Sen
Evadale Pta
Sun
Loeb Church
USS
King
California
Dad
Ft. Hood
Tex
George Mutch
Pat
Lynn Burke
Flushing
N.Y
Netherland
van Velsen
Satoko Kamata
Rochester, N.Y
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