The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 27, 1938 Page: 1 of 8
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SILSBEE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1938
VOLUME 21, NUMBER 18
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Work Progresses
On Landscaping
Of School Campus
Gas Company
Honors Silsbee
Manager McKay
BAPTISTS OBSERVE
PASTOR'S ANNIVERSARY
TIGERS PLAY WOOD-
VILLE FRIDAY NIGHT
SILSBEE HOME DE-
MONSTRATION CLUB
Mr. J. H. David was the hon-
oree at a surprise birthday dinner
on his 71st birthday, October 23,
The Catholic Altar Society will
meet Tuesday night at 7:30 o’clock
in the home of Mrs. N. Slavik. All
members are urged to attend.
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MOFFETT—RICHARDSON
we’en carnival sponsored by the
P.-T. A. of Woodville. The dance
will begin at 9:30 with the coron-
ation ceremony at 10:30 p. m.
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SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY
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CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH
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SCOUT LEADERS TO
MEET IN BEAUMONT
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TIGERS WIN SECOND
DISTRICT GAME FROM
CHESTER 53-0
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FOWLER PUPILS ENTER-
TAIN IN KIRBYVILLE
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According to word received from
Kountze this week, the delinquent
tax contract signed by the Com-
missioners Court recently has been
voided and will not be in effect
on or after November 1st. County
Judge A. L. Bevil, believing it to
the best interests of the county,
voided the contract Monday morn-
ing. It is believed that a campaign
to collect delinquent taxes will
now be begun before any outside
help is secured to collect them.
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FOOTBALL SPONSOR TO BE
HONORED AT WOODVILLE
The Fourth Quarterly Confer-
ence of the Methodist church will
be held here in the church at
7:30 Friday night, October 28. The
presiding Elder W. R. Swain of
the Beaumont district will be pre-
sent at the meeting.
Honorable Alf Roark will de-
liver the address Sunday morning
at the Central Baptist church in
observance of the 13th anniversary
of the pastorate of Rev. T. E.
McKenzie. Special music will be
rendered for the occasion by the
choir.
Reverend McKenzie has extend-
ed a cordial invitation to the pas-
tors of other churches as well as
their congregations to attend this
service. The general public is also
invited.
“These 13 years have been fruit-
ful of good, and ties have been
made that death cannot sever. How
I thank God for the good people
of Silsbee,” Reverend McKenzie
said in speaking of the time he
has lived here. The people of Sils-
bee have come to love Reverend
McKenzie, and his years of faith-
ful and dependable service to the
citizens stand out as an achieve-
ment.
football team was named, and will
go to work right away
select officers for next year
also named.
Judge W. B. O'Quinn deunojjejit
Is Navy Day Speak-
er at Kiwanis Club
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MIDNIGHT FROLIC AT
PALACE HALLOWE’EN
There will be a Sacred Harp
singing convention all day and
dinner also on the fifth Sunday
in October, to be held with the
Shiloh church on the Warren and
Fred road. Everyone is invited to
attend and a special invitation is
extended to all Sacred Harp sing-
ers. Mrs. J. W. Richardson invites
everyone to come and bring song
books and baskets.
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CARD OF THANKS
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CHRISTIAN CHURCH
The Circles of the Central Bap-
tist Church met Monday afternoon
in the church for a general meet-
ing with Mrs. N. W. Casey, mis-
sionary chairman in charge of the
program. Mrs. J. H. Rankin gave
the devotional from Hebrew 12:1-3
and Eph. 4:31-32. Mrs. T. E. Mc-
Kenzie opened the meeting with
prayer. The topic for the evening
was “The Near East”. Mrs. Casey
talked on “Palestine Fifty Years
Ago”, then prayer was led by Mrs.
S. E. Huff, Mrs. L. P. Skinner gave
a talk on “Palestine Today” and
Mrs. Alf Roark gave a talk on
“Jews in Our Home Town” clos-
ing with the beautiful poem, “Help
the Jews”. After the missionary
program, Mrs. H. C. Hopkins, pres-
ident was in charge of the business
session with Mrs. R. E. Jackson
reading the minutes of the last
meeting; she also read a report of
the executive committee meeting.
Circle reports were made by the
circle chairman with all reports
made encouraging. The chairman
of the standing committee made
monthly reports.
The guest speaker was Mrs. W.
F. Wilcox of Beaumont, the pres-
ident of the Southeast Texas W.
M. U. Her subject was “Standard
of Excellence and Stewardship”.
A box of clothing, linens and
toys for Buckner’s Orphan Home
was presented to Mrs. R. L. Har-
rison, the benevolent chairman.
The value of the box is $76.16.
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CHURCH OF CHRIST
SERVICE SUNDAY
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Several pupils of the Fowler
School of dancing, under the direc-
tion of Mrs. Maureen Fowler Jack-
son, gave a program last Thurs-
day evening at a Lions club ban-
quet in Kirbyville. Several im-
pressive and entertaining numbers
were presented. Pupils taking part
in the program were: Misses, Jean
McNeil, Dorothy Louise Busby,
Lillian Dinan, Jean Fowler and
June Fowler.
T. T. Taylor and Mrs. Frank Smith
have been appointed to go from
the Silsbee club. Mrs. W. L. Arm-
strong and Mrs. H. C. Betts at-
tended the hooked and braided
rug school in Kountze Friday, Oc-
tober 21 and they will teach the
club members here how to make
the rugs on November 30.
A business session was
held at which officers were elect-
ed. They were as follows: Mrs.
R. E. Jackson, president; Mrs.
Karl Pederson, vice- president;
Mrs. R. A. Yoksh, secretary and
treasurer; Mrs. W. L. Armstrong,
council delegate; Mrs. W. J. Da-
vis, pantry demonstrator and re-
porter. Refreshments of devils food
cake and ice cream with straw-
berries were served to the follow-
ing: Mesdames Ida Bertram, J. S.
Henry, T. J. Hardy, J. W. Hall,
R. A. Yoksh, R. E. Jackson, Karl
Pederson, Frank Smith, W.
Armstrong, Lee H. Frazer, R.
Harrison, G. H. Davison, B.
Moreland, W. J. Davis, R.
Thornal and Miss Patsy Hall.
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WOODROW BAPTIST CHURCH
Robert Lee Langston, 68, a long
time resident of Silsbee, died at his
home here last Friday morning.
Funeral services were held at the
home Saturday morning with Rev.
T. E. McKenzie officiating. Burial
followed at the Daniel cemetery
near Kountze under the direction
of Farmer Funeral home.
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SINGING CONVENTION
SUNDAY, OCTOBER
Miss Rosamond Moffett, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Moffett
of Silsbee and Norman L. Richard-
son of Washington, D. C. were
married Sunday evening in the
home of the brides’ parents with
Rev. T. E. McKenzie officiating.
Members of the immediate families
and close friends were present.
Attendants were Miss Stella Mae
Hanson, sister of the bridegroom
and Billie Moffett, brother of the
bride.
They will spend their honey-
moon in Florida before going to
Washington, D. C. to make their
home.
Miss Margaret Moreland, spon-
sor of the Silsbee Tiger football
squad, has been invited to be a
duchess in the court of the queen
of the Woodville Eagles at the cor-
onation ceremony to take place
at the dance after the Silsbee-
Woodville game there Friday
night.
Miss Moreland has accepted the
invitation and she and her escort
will be guests of the dance which
A musical comedy of fun and
laughs set against the glamorous
background of rural Mexico is the
treat in store for those attending
the Hallowe’en frolic at the Palace
Theatre, Monday night at 11:00
o’clock. Dorothy Lamour, Ray Mil-
land, Martha Raye and Bob Burns
lead the cast of “Tropic Holiday”
which will be the feature attrac-
tion.
With this bunch of important
stars there is also a large unbeat-
able collection of native entertain-
ers who give the story the Mexican
touch. The group of sparkling
songs are from the pen of Au-
gustin Lara, the “Irving Berlin of
Latin America”.
The plot concerns a romantic
minded Hollywood writer who
goes to Mexico to “get away from
it all” and succumbs completely
to the charms of the natives, par-
ticularly those of one of the sen-
oritas, the exotic Miss Lamour.
Bob Burns, as the would be
senator and tireless suitor of Miss
Raye, will keep you laughing with
his comic-philosophy.
Several shorts augment 1
laugh packed feature.
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Silsbee Locals
The athletic council will direct
the coronation ceremony. The
In spectacle, emotional experience
;and sheer entertainment it is un-
surpassed. It is said that into its
production Darryl F. Zanuck has
poured all his skill and 20th Cen-
■Ury Fox’s resources—and “Suez”
’looks it.
The story is of heroic propor-
tions. It tells of the amazing Fer-
The subject of the sermon to be
delivered Sunday evening at the
Church of Christ will be “How we
may know we have found the
Kingdom of God”.
“Man shall not live by bread a-
lone, but by every word that pro-
ceedeth out of the mouth of God,”
Matthew 4:4, Rev. E. S. Hughes
quoted, and he invites everyone to
“come and feast upon the word of
God,” at the Church of Christ Sun-
day. The subject of the morning
address has not yet been selected.
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Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hickey spent
the week end in Bellville with
relatives.
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ACCLAIM “SUEZ” AS
MEMORABLE FILM
In the current issue of “Burner
Tips”, monthly publication of the *
Gulf Cities Natural Gas Company, •
Clifford McKay, Silsbee manager, •
is honored. The front page of the
publication is almost all devoted ,
to McKay’s work arid activities
here, and then follows the follow-
ing story under the head, “Salute
to Silsbee.”:
Clifford M. McKay, manager of
the Silsbee district of Gulf Cities
Natural Gas Company, is another
native Texan who has made good
with Houston Natural Gas System.
Born at Ennis, Texas, on January
12, 1907, he grew up in that town,
attending grade and high school
there. He worked with his father,
a building contractor, until shortly
after his marriage to Miss Doris
Wheeler, when he decided that the
gas business offered more of a fu-
ture than carpentering.
Mac reports that his first job with
Texas Natural Gas Utilities in Bee-
ville, where he first entered the
company’s service in November,
1927, was painting pipe with creo-
sote paint. It made his nose swell,
blistered his hands and face, and
he wondered if he had chosen the
right business, but stuck it out.
After a short interval in Oklahoma
with Oklahoma Gas & Electric
Company in 1928, Clifford return-
ed to Beeville, and has remained
with the company since that time.
He assisted in the piping of Alice,
then was transferred to Woodsboro
to handle service there. He was
loaned to Victoria district for a
short time, then returned to Bee-
ville district to act as service man-
ager. In December, 1937, he was
sent to Silsbee as manager of that
district which was being piped for
natural gas service. His district’s
record in water heater sales has
already been described. Other ap-
pliances have kept pace with wa-
. ter heater sales, and the district
. has grown in less than ten months
from zero to 97 consumers.
Clifford McKay has been for-
tunate in having the wholehearted
; cooperation of four wide-awake
gas appliance dealers in Silsbee:
; J. N. Collier, Inc., McMahon’s Drug
’ Store, Miller Appliance Company,
• and Silsbee Plumbing and Tin
Works. These merchants are re-
■ sponsible in a large measure for
the unusual sale of gas appliances
. in Silsbee.
^LEGION AUXILIARY TO
AGAIN SELL POPPIES
‘dinand de Lesseps, who dreamed
■of creating the short route to the
East, sought vainly by Columbus
and Magellan, by tearing conti-
nents apart and joining the Medi-
~Aterranean with the Red Sea. The
great canal he built has become
the jugular vein of the world.
Out of choking sand, from the
(dutch of the raiding Bedouin, in
the face of the terrifying Sahara
jsimoon—with blood, tears and pas-
sion—de Lesseps built his canal,
■ driven by the love of two women
to realize the dream men scoffed
at.
Tyrone Power gives thrilling re-
alism to the central character, with
Loretta Young and Annabella stir-
ringly appealing in the feminine
leads. Allan Dwan directed “Suez,”
which is one of the Movie Quiz
: $250,000 contest pictures.
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SHOWER
Members of the Beaumont Area
Council, Boy Scouts of America
and the representatives from the
following Districts: Tri- County
(San Augustine, Sabine, Jasper)
Polk, Tyler, Hardin, Liberty, ball and ran for the touch. Him-
Chambers, and - North Jefferson
will meet in conference at Ho-
tel Beaumont, Beaumont, Texas,
Sunday afternoon, October 30, 3
to 5 p. m. to receive reports, plan
programs and consider changes in
the Constitution and By Laws
which it is hoped will make Scout-
ing more effective in the various
units throughout the Area. The
changes in the Constitution and
By Laws which will be discussed
in the first session by Mr. Charles
Weinbaum and H. C. Keen of the
Executive Board will not finally
be voted upon until the Annual
Council meeting in January.
Judge A. L. Bevil of Kountze,
Chairman of the Hardin District
representing Scout troops in the
following towns: Silsbee, Honey
Island, Batson, Sour Lake, Sara-
toga and Kountze has received
special notice of this meeting and
has notified every member of his
Committee and Scout leaders in
the towns, and it is hoped a very
good delegation will attend this
meeting from Hardin District.
Chief among the speakers of the
afternoon will be Allan Shivers,
State Senator from Port Arthur,
and Judge Daniel Walker, Chief
Justice of the 58th Court of Civil
Appeals who will welcome the
delegates.
The meeting will be presided
over by J. G. Fuqua, President,
Beaumont Area Council. After the
general meeting, coffee and re-
freshments will be served follow-
ing which will be group discus-
sions on various phases of Scout-
ing. The Advancement Program,
Court of Honor, and Examiners
Session will be presided over by
R. B. Cruise, Area Chairman of
Advancement, assisted by all the
District Advancement Chairmen,
Court of Honor and Examiners.
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CATHOLIC ALTAR SOCIETY
After a week of work on the
school campus the appearance of
it is already much altered, with
the fence down and the corps of
WPA workers ready to pour the
concrete on the new sidewalks that
are to circle the building.
The project includes the land-
scaping of the entire campus with
several thousand tons of dirt to
be hauled to the campus to fill
in the low places. The ridge where
the old fence stood is being cut
down so that it slopes out toward
the streets to further beautify the
grounds.
The sidewalks under construc-
tion are five feet wide and go
completely around the new build-
ing, leading into the grammar
school building and into the au-
ditorium. Other walks will lead
to the cafeteria and out to the
south side of the campus. All of
the sidewalks will be completed
in a very short time and will go
a long way toward preventing
colds among students when the
winter rains begin. .
Work of widening the stadium
and building the three tennis
courts has not begun yet but will
be started as soon as the present
job is finished.
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LOAN CLOSET GETS
MORE DONATIONS
The two Circles of the Woodrow
Baptist Church met Monday af-
ternoon at 2 o’clock for a program
and business meeting. The pro-
gram was taken from “Royal Ser-
vice.” Mrs. R. L. Nash presided
over the meeting. Mrs. C. F. Me
Clelland opened the meeting with
prayer, and the opening song was
“My Faith Looks Up To Thee”.
Those attending' the meeting were
Mesdames W. M. Woods, Vada
Giles, Roggie Marshall, R. L. Nash,
C. F. McClelland, Andrew Hicks,
N. D. Thompson, Giles McElroy,
Delia Harris and J. W. Anderson.
The meeting was closed with pray-
er by Mrs. R. L. Nash.
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Mr. and Mrs. Willie McDonald
and daughters, Carolyn and Mar-
ilyn, of Houston visited Mr. and
Mrs. A. B. Bridges here Friday
and Saturday.
The W. M. S. of the Methodist
church met Monday afternoon at
2:30 in the home of Mrs. O. F.
Mattiza. After a short business
session they studied the fifth ses-
sion of the Mission Study work.
Mrs. Brigance gave the devotion-
al. The lesson was taught by Mrs.
H. E. Floyd and she was assisted
by Mrs. W. L. Brigance, Mrs. G.
W. Taylor and Mrs. Jack Hill.
After they were dismissed Mrs.
Mattiza served refreshments to
sixteen members.
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QUARTERLY CONFERENCE
Coaches Pitman and Hough and
their squad of Tigers take to the
road Friday for their second game
of the season away from home
when they meet the Woodville
Eagles in Woodville. Coach Bob
Nail has his team primed for the
Tigers and the game is a district
tilt.
The Tigers have won five of
their six games this season but
the Eagles record is not this im-
pressive as they have won one,
lost two and tied one; therefore
the Silsbee boys are conceded
quite an edge over the Eagles.
Several Silsbee first stringers that
have been playing previously how-
ever will probably be missing from
the starting line-up and this will
weaken their squad somewhat.
Hendricks, Pitts and Cobb are
some of the hot-shots in the Wood-
ville line-up that will require
watching the entire game. For the
Tigers, Walker, F. VanWinkle,
Morgan and B. VanWinkle will
probably start in the backfield
with Die, Howard Clinefelter,
Dean, Himmelreich, Tennison, Ro-
driquez and Sells in the line.
A large group of enthusiastic
Silsbee fans is expected to make
the trip with the Tigers and help
them win their third district start.
With the Tigers and Jasper run-
ning neck and neck for first hon-
ors in the district, both squads will
try hard to keep their records un-
blemished until they meet each
other.
organization began functioning
and now the equipment of the loan
closet includes many sick room
supplies and approximately $18.00
in cash. While this supply is suf-
ficient to take care of most of the
needs at present the materials are
being used so fast in taking care
of the needy sick, that a constant
.. supply coming in all the time is
needed.
The Silsbee Health Unit will
hold its regular meeting Friday
morning from 9:30 until 10:30 in
the Masonic hall. Mrs. R. H. Gar-
rett is chairman of the local unit;
Mrs. Van Morgan will be in charge
of the program; and Miss Hazel
Son, county health nurse will also
attend.
ens, Ione Grisham, Mildred Don-
. alson, and Doris Rosser.
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Mrs. O. W. Sirmons and daugh-
"•■tter, Myra Nell, of Beaumont vis-
^ited Mr. and Mrs. W. Sirmons
here last week.
Pitman’s Tigers ran rampant ov-
er the Chester Yellow Jackets Fri-
day night to win their second dis-
trict contest 53-0. Pitman did not
try particularly to run up the
score after a safe lead had been
gained as he played nearly every
man on the squad, testing line-
men out in the back field and
back field men in the line.
The first Tiger score came in
the opening few minutes of play
as the kickoff was carried down
the field in a series of downs to
the goal. Walker made the touch
with Selman scoring the extra
point. The next score was made
on a pass from Walker to Die with
a pass from Walker to Sells for
the point.
When the Chester boys failed
to play a kickoff into the end zone
Walker covered the ball for an-
other Tiger marker. After Walker
ran around his right end for 46
yards Selman covered the remain-
ing few yards for the final score
of the first period, with a pass
from Walker to Die for point.
In the second period the lone
score was made by Walker on a
lateral and end run good for 36
yards. In the third period Die
blocked a Chester punt on their
own 20 and Sells recovered the
We take this method of express-
ing our appreciation for the many
acts of kindness and beautiful flo-
ral offering received during the ill-
ness and death of our husband and
father.
Mrs. R. L. Langston and family
melreich kicked the point. In the
final period the longest run of
the game was made by Hurd when
he went around end for 57 yards
and the score. A pass from Mor-
gan to Hooks annexed the point.
-For the final score the Tigers
took over the Chester 32 and Mor-
gan made the touch after a pen-
alty and several plays took the
ball close to the goal. Point failed.
One of the Jackets greatest needs
was someone who could punt as
well as run because most of their
punts netted very little yardage.
The Tigers did not punt a time
during the entire game. The Ches-
ter squad never had the ball past
the 50 yard line and played in their
own territory when they had pos-
session of the ball, however they
never stopped trying.
The Tigers intercepted four
passes while Chester intercepted
three of the Tigers. Players inter-
cepting for Silsbee were: Walker,
Bailey, Morgan and Clinefelter.
Silsbee made 21 first downs to
Chester 2 and gained 338 yards
from scrimmage to Chester 24.
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METHODIST CHURCH
Produced with the magnitude
possible only on the screen, one of
the most memorable pictures ever
to come out of Hollywood, “Suez”,
‘opens Sunday at the Palace Thea-
hero.
“Suez” is truly a great picture.
Rex G. Fortenberry was hon-
'ored with a party and shower last
Thursday evening by Mrs. Jack
Hill at her home here. The show-
•er was a stag affair with friends
of Mr. Fortenberry attending.
An unusual phase in the decor-
ations included a toy doll wedding
taking place on a law book which
was opened at the laws on mar-
riage and divorce. Many useful
gifts were received and persons
.unable to attend also sent gifts.
Mr. and Mrs. Fortenberry are
now on a wedding trip in the Oz-
arks and they will return to Sils-
bee around November 1 to begin
housekeeping. They will make
their home in one of the Treva
Collier apartments, and will be
partners in a law firm, as Mrs.
Fortenberry also has a law de-
gree and is licensed to practice in
Texas.
uxx xxx» xxsl Mxxxxxxxa,, ^CWMCX .u, Latest additions to the list of
in his home in Silsbee. The party l°an closet donors are: the Cath-
olic Altar Society with $5.00; the
Masons with $4.50 and Circle No.
2 of the Central Baptist Church
with $1.50, two pair of pillow
slips, four wash rags and one
towel.
The list of donations have been
The Ladies Missionary Council
of the Christian Church met in
the home of Mrs. O. L. Vickers
Monday afternoon for a regular
business meeting. The meeting was
opened by all singing “Revive Us
Again”. The scripture lesson for
the week was read by Mrs. H. H.
Neeley from the Fifth Chapter of
Ephesians.
After a short business session,
Mrs. Neeley read the lesson on
“Church Work and God’s Work”.
Others taking part were Mrs. Lee
Frazer, giving “Our Heritage”;
Mrs. Van Wallace, “The Secret
of its Power”; Mrs. T. B. Taylor,
“Its Triumph”; and Miss Ruth
Winters, “Joy in Service”.
There being no further business
they were dismissed with the ben-
ediction after which Mrs. Vickers
served punch and cake to the fol-
lowing: Mesdames H. H. Neeley,
Lee Frazer, T. B. Taylor, W. J.
Harris, Floyd Graham, Van Wal-
lace, Bluitt Miller, W. J. Davis,
H. Moody and Miss Ruth Winters.
The next meeting will be held in
the home of Mrs. C. W. Bevil.
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ROBERT LEE LANGSTON
The Silsbee Home Demonstra-
tion Club met Thursday, October
20 in the home of Mrs. W. J. Da-
vis with Mrs. R. E. Jackson, vice-
president, presiding over the meet-
ing. The secretary, Mrs. R. L. Har-
rison called the roll and read the
minutes of the last meeting and
they were approved as read. Cards
and sheets were passed out to each
member of the club to be filled
out stating all the improvements
done during the year. Two mem-
bers from Silsbee, Kountze and
Grayburg clubs will demonstrate
fresh fruit cookery at the South
Texas Fair on November 5. Mrs. foot of Gillam, La., Grady Light-
m m i\/r__th__t __~ t «
Judge W. B. O’Quinn, Associate
Justice of the Ninth Court of Civil
Appeals in Beaumont, delivered an
inspiring Navy Day address to the
Silsbee Kiwanis Club Wednesday.
He told of the history of the Unit-
ed States Navy, of its present or-
ganization, its uses and its pos-
sibilities. He advocated a strong
navy for the protection of our
shorelines and of our insular pos-
sessions. Judge O’Quinn is a force-
ful speaker, and his talk was very
much enjoyed by the club.
The entertainment part of the
program was furnished by the
Fowler School of Dancing, and in-
cluded a pantomime band concert,
and a tap dance number by pupils
of that school. Fred Davis, pro-
gram chairman, was complimented
for his work in always having
some kind of program for the
meetings.
A committee to select the “most
valuable player” from the Silsbee is in charge of the junior class.
on their
job. A nominating committee to dance is the finale to the Hallo-
select officers for next year was v—----1 1 --------J 1
At a regular meeting of the
American Legion Auxiliary held
at the home of Mrs. F. O. Smith,
plans were made to conduct a
Poppy Sale in Silsbee on Novem-
11th. Mrs. Gussie Embry was
appointed as chairman of the sale
.committee.
Plans were made for a Mem-
orial Service to be held on No-
vember 13th. Invitations will be
■extended to every ex-service man
in the county to attend. The vet-
erans will meet at Miller-Dunbar
Motor Company offices at 10:30
a. m. and attend the services in
.a body.
Since there is no official list of
all world war veterans in the
county, the Legion Post and the
Auxiliary Unit is urging that all
veterans furnish their name to R.
N. Whitaker, Post Adjutant, or
Mrs. Vyrl Miller, Memorial Ser-
\ vice Committee Chairman.
Any person knowing the name
and address of the Mother or
Father, residing in Hardin County,
of a veteran killed in action is
requested to give this information.
V--o----
PARTY HONORING
REX FORTENBERRY
Mrs. A. R. Oelschleger left Sat-
urday for Somerville to join Mr.
Oelschleger where they will leave
for Harlingen to visit relatives.
Guests in the home of Mrs. S.
M. Lightfoot last week were her
children, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Light-
foot of Lake Providence, La., Jim
Lightfoot of Honey Island and
Mrs. Julia Redd of Beaumont.
Miss Lillian Adams spent the
week end in Houston.
Among those that attended the
Sam Houston-Lamar football game
in Beaumont Thursday night were
Miss Lillian Adams, Mrs. F. E.
Tuxworth, Mrs. Alf Roark, Mrs.
W. H. Beazley, Miss Jane Lacy,
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Markham,
and Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Brown-
lee. *
Miss Marjorie Burns of Burke-
ville spent the week end here with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. L.
Burns.
Irving Thompson of A. & M.
spent the week end here with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. M.
Thompson.
Mrs. W. C. Britton had as her
guests last week her mother, Mrs.
Robinson of Beaumont.
Mr. Clarence May of Texas Ci-
ty visited his cousin, Mrs. Essie
Mae Peavy here Saturday and
they motored to Jasper and spent
the week end with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Perkins.
Mr. and Mrs. David Cook and
little son, of Goose Creek spent
the week end here with his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cook.
Miss Juanita Hill is visiting her
aunt, Mrs. Jack Hill, this week.
Mrs. Fred Hudgens and Mrs. J.
M. Cain, Sr. spent Monday in
Beaumont.
Mr. Perry Winters, who has just
completed four years of service in
the Navy, returned to his home
here Tuesday night.
Mrs. Doris Hinkle of Robstown
will arrive Thursday for a visit
here with her parents,
Mrs. E. L. Brookins.
Mrs. Jack Yawn of Beaumont
spent last week here in the R.
Leiman home.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Jackson and
sons were called to Beaumont
Monday to the bedside of Mrs.
Jackson’s brother who was injur-
ed in an automobile accident.
Mrs. Walter Grisham was hon-
ored with a stork shower in the
home of Mrs. J. M. Cain, Sr., Fri-
day afternoon from 2:00 ’til 5:00
■ o’clock. A color scheme of orange
• and yellow was used with decora-
tions of Japanese sweet peas and
'cosmos. Games and contests suit-
able for the occasion were played.
Mrs. W. P. Crockett was the win-
ner in the contest.
After the gifts were presented
to the honoree, refreshments of
i cake, hot chocolate and coffee were
served to the following: Mesdames,
■ Giles McElroy, W. A. Barclay,
•Clarence Perkins, I. D. Barnes, R.
H. Cramer, J. W. Hartman, J. G.
Murphy, T. B. Creel, Jimmy Cain,
Jr., Francis Raney, W. H. Hooper,
Arby Scott, Madie Foley, W. D.
Brooke, W. P. Crockett, W. C.
Boley, Eva Mae Jenkins, R. C.
Huff, W. S. Rosser, Carl Para-
more, Jr., Johnnie Smart, E. R.
! Grisham, Chavez Smart, Fred
Hudgens, W. H. Wall, J. M. Cain,
Sr., Misses Louise and Lois Dock-
was given by his children.
Those enjoying the affair were:
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. David; Mr. and
Mrs. Byrney B. David, and chil-
dren, Billy and Addie Bell David
and Mr. and Mrs. Shelby Neely;
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. David and
children, Leon (Shorty) David, growing steadily since this worthy
Horace, Jr., and Jack Holland
David; Mrs. Sarah David and
daughters, Arlene, Carolie and
Margaret Davis; Mrs. A. A. Chance
and children, Mary Lou and Beris
Allen Chance of Fletcher; Mr. and
Mrs. Clayton Bonds and children,
Barbara and Wanda Bonds of
Beaumont; Velda David, of Beau-
mont; C. L. Allen; Mr. and Mrs.
C. E. Peterson of Nederland; Eva
and Doris David of Silsbee; Mrs.
Madge Jordan and daughter, Mary
Louvene of Kountze; Mrs. Letha
Ann Holland and son, Claude Hol-
land of Silsbee; Mr. and Mrs. C.
E. Pederson and two daughters of
Nederland; Mr. and Mrs. J. U.
Shine of Silsbee; Mrs. L. J. Davis
of Merryville, La., Doyal Davis,
Nannie Lee and Bobbie Davis of
Beaumont.
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