The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 31, 1974 Page: 3 of 20
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MISS SUSAN HODGES
Susan Hodges Is
Worthy Advisor Of
Rainbow Assembly
Miss Susan Hodges, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hodges
and granddaughter of Mrs.
Sam Farrell, will be installed
as worthy advisor of Silsbee
Assembly 282 Order of Rain-
bow for Girls at 7 p.m. Satur-
day in the local Masonic Tem-
ple.
Miss Hodges, who will be in-
stalled by her father, has chos-
en “Faith, Hope and Love” for
her theme; blue, white and gold
for her colors; the Cross for
her' symbol and a white rose
for her flower. Her scripture is
I Corinthians . 13:13 and her
motto is “God, make me worthy
of my friends.”
Installing officers include
Cheryl Pryor, Sarah Griffith,
Pat Cartrett, Candy Christian
and Pam Ludwig.
Officers are Martha Harrell,
worthy associate advisor; Di-
ane Powell, charity; Patti
Queen, hope; Beth Yancey,
faith; Cheryl Pryor, recorder;
Deanna Hill, treasurer; Sherri
Christian, chaplain; Cindy
White, love; Renee Powell, re-
ligion; Karen Kelly, nature;
Shelia Bryant, immortality;
Char main Costner, fidelity;
Judy Oliver, patriotism; Janet
Worsham, service; Mona Har-
rell, confidential observ-
er; Vicki Beck, outer observer;
Pam Tobey, musician and Gaye
Drake, choir director.
Advisory board members in-
clude Mrs. Carl Bryant, moth-
er advisor; Mrs. H. C. Scoggins,
board chairman; Mrs. Rubalee
Eledge, secretary; Mrs. Charles
Witt, treasurer; Mrs. Robert
Griffin, Mrs. Ira Wyatt, Mrs.
Sam Farrell, Mrs. Elton Bean,
Mrs. H. E. Woodard, Mrs. Jesse
Harrell, Mrs. Ronald G. Hens-
ley; F. L. Choate, V. L. Cara-
way and Ira Wyatt.
Rev. Eugene Jonte, pastor of
the First United Methodist
Church, will give the invoca-
tion and Bert Kellar will give
the benediction.
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Honor Roll Lists
127 Students
One hundred and twenty-
seven seventh and eighth grade
i students were named* to the
i “A” and “B” Honor Rolls re-
leased by Silsbee Junior High
School this week. They are:
EIGHTH GRADE
"A" Honor Roll
! Sandra Ard, Melvin Baker,
Larry Bartley, Rhonda Carter,
Mary Colvin, Alan Courtney,
Cheryl Crawford, Kathy Don-
•elson, Erma Drumgo, Debbie
Edmondson,
Shawn Greene, Keith Hatton,
Willie Hess, Marvin Hicks,
Heiko Jacks, Carol Lee, Sondra
Leigh, Sissi Lloyd, Brian Mc-
Donald, Vicky Minter,
Terry Moeller, Vicki Nelson,
Donna Louise Phillips, Jan
Read, Jacqueline Rodriguez,
Glenda Romero, Missy Scott,
Kathy Sharp, Mark Stewart,
Gina Walker, Terry Warren,
Reba Williamson.
“B” Honor Roll
Debbie Almond, Vanessa Bil-
ey, Daphne Burcham, Candy
Campbell, Sheila Cravey, Deb-
ra Conner, Patty Day, Pam
Fulton, John Gold n, Jesse
Harrell,
Sylvia Haynes, Ronald TT’n-
ton, Vikki Howell. Rie’-la
Lockett, Willann M'’Demid,
Lola McGrue, Wanda Kay
Mitchell, Tammy '"V.strrm, Ted-
ra Racy, Paula Riggans,
Peggy Spurlock. Cheryl
Stanford, Tammy Thomas, Ray
White.
SL’ ENTH <~’”\DE
“A” Honor Loll
Sandy Baumgartner, Laura
Brim, Chris Bush, Meredith
Churchwell, Cindy Courtney,
Terri Dean, Julia Doyen, John
Evans, Donna Fletcher, Karen
Gietzen,
Lisa Gore, Mark Gore, Me-
linda Grantham, Monica Gus-
tafson, Mike Hancock, Sandra
Hartley, Denise Hepler, Dee
Hinkie, Charles Holmes, Mich-
ael Hughes,
Judy Jones, Theresa Jones,
Dan Knighten, Ronnie McCar-
ty, Jeff McCormick, Rusty
McDonald, Craig McGallion,
Donnie Mclnnis, Glenda Mc-
Naughten, Michele Mitchell,
Lynette Nichols, Sharon
R e es e , Mary Dell Rogers,
Cheryl Self, Carol Smith, Trina
Smith, Rose Stark, Barbara
Stutts, Tracy S w i n n e y , Lisa
Theriot, Terri Tucker.
“B” Honor Roll
Tammy Adams, Jeff Albers,
Cynthia Arline, Karla Beatty,
Felicia Cooper, Greg Craft,
Darlene Cravey, Eddie Curtis,
Carla Dominguez, F e 1 i s h a
Elam,
Clay Fedrick, Becky Fonte-
not, Gloria Hageon, Carole
Hargrove, Mona Harrell, Jac-
queline Haynes, Barney Hein,
Clare Keown, Carolyn Lockett,
Deci Lisenby,
Judi Oliver, Bobby Peppen-
horst, Elaine Richard, Gina
Silva, Cassandra Smith, An-
.
Neelies River Basin
Planning Is Underway
River Basin Planning for the to achieve the goals of the
Thursday,
THI SILSBEE BEE
lanuary 31, 1974
Silibea, Taxa*
Section 1, Rage 3
GARY GRISHAM
RICKY HATTON
Gary Grisham, Ricky
Hatton Are Awarded
Scholarships To ETBC
Neches River is being under-
taken by two agencies the Low-
er Neches Valley Authority
and the Neches River Conser-
vation District according to
Emory G. Long of the Texas
Water Quality Board.
Amendments to the Federal
Water Pollution Control Law
require that a Water Quality
Management Plan be prepared
for each of 15 river basins in
the state to determine the pro-
grams which will be required
Marshall — Gary Joe Gris-
ham and Ricky Hatton, Silsbee
High School seniors, were
awarded $920 scholarships to
East Texas Baptist College Jan.
26 at the college’s seventh an-
nual Tiger Day.
Grisham and Hatton were
among 530 residents of Texas,
Louisiana, Arkansas and Okla-
homa who participated Satur-
day in the ETBC Tiger Day ac-
tivities in which nearly $30,000
in scholarships is offered an-
nually.
The Silsbee students’ schol-
arships ($115 per semester for
eight semesters) was earned by
auditioning in the college’s
Music Department Saturday.
Grisham is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. R. Grisham of
Route 1, Box 1441, Silsbee;
Hatton and his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. D. Hatton, reside
at 206 Hickory in Silsbee.
Forty-four scholarships rang-
ing in value from $400 to $920
were awarded high school sen-
iors and junior college transfer
students during Saturday’s ac-
tivities at East Texas Baptist
College.
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Newcomers To Meet
The Silsbee Newcomers Club
will meet Feb. 7 at 9:30 a.m. at
First National Bank.
Guest spaeker will be Betty
Hinkie, owner of Betty's
Bloomers.
All newcomers in Silsbee are
invited to attend the meetings.
The first eight-hour day law
was passed by Congress in 1868
but applied only to laborers,
workmen and mechanics em-
ployed by or on behalf of the
United States Government, ac-
cording to “Important
in American Labor History,
1778-1971,” published by the
U.S. Labor Department.
1972 amendments. The Texas
Water Quality Board is the
state agency designated t o
oversee the planning process on
a state-wide basis.
The Lower Neches Valley
Authority will prepare plans
for the Neches River Basin in-
all or part of the following
counties: Jefferson, Orange,
Liberty, Hardin, Polk, Jasper
and Tyler. The Neches River
Conservation District will pre-
pare planning for the basin in
Angelina, Jasper, Polk, Tyler,
Trinity, San Augustine, Nacog- &
doches, Houston, Shelby, Sa-
bine, Anderson, Cherokee,
Rusk, Smith, Henderson and
Van Zandt Counties.
Persons wishing further In-
formation on the Neches Basin
planning process may write to
William Elmore of the Neches
River Conservation District,
P. O. Box 387, Lufkin, 75901
or to Jack W. Fickessen of the
Lower Neches Valley Authori-
ty, P. O. Box 3007, Beaumont
77704.
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MR. AND MRS. L. D. HEPLER
Heplers Attend NAHB
Home Builders Show
The National Association of
Home Builders show (NAHB)
was attended recently by Mr.
and Mrs. L. D. Hepler of Hep-
ler Home Builders, Silsbee.
The NAHB exposition, which
was held in the Astrodome
complex in Houston, is an an-
nual event that attracts over
3000 exhibitors and 56,000
builders and manufacturers in-
volved directly or indirectly
with the residential construc-
tion industry. In addition to
viewing the latest techniques
and products available, builders
attended business seminars to
get a feel for the economic out-
look and its affects on local
housing markets in 1974.
Miss Celeste Leonard, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Leon-
ard of Nigeria, Africa, enrolled
at Silsbee High School Jan. 21
to complete her high school
education in the States. She is
a junior and will reside with
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Bernard Parks of this city.
Mrs. J. H. Richardson return
ed home Saturday after visiting
Events with her daughters and their
families, Mr. and Mrs. Marrell
Conway and Mr. and Mrs.
Jerald Peveto in Orange.
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Richard Atmar Is
In 'The Crucible/
Play At Lamar U.
Beaumont—Cast assignments
for the Lamar University pro-
duction of “The Crucible” have
been announced by Mrs. Vera
H. Campbell, assistant profes-
sor of speech and director of
the play.
The drama, written by Ar-
thur Miller, about witchcraft
and hypocrisy in Old Salem,
Mass., opened Monday. Other
performances are scheduled for
Friday and Saturday, March 1
2, with tentative plans for
matinees on Saturday and Sun
day, March 3.
Among the cast of characters
that have a major impact on
the play’s progress are two
from Hardin County: Richard
Atmar, Silsbee, as Judge Haw-
thorne, and Dale Bandy, Koun-
tze, as Deputy-Governor Dan-
forth.
The play will be presented in
a three-quarter or thrust stage
style, with the audience on
three sides and both audience
and performers on the main
stage of the Lamar Theatre.
J. W. Kirkendalls To
Celebrate 50th
Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kirken-
dall of Fred will be honored
with a party celebrating their
50th wedding anniversary Feb.
3 in their home.
Calling hours will be from 2
until 5 p. m. and hosts will
The Women’s Bureau, which
is part of the U.S. Department
of Labor, was created by Con-
gress in 1920 to formulate
standards and policies to pro-
mote the welfare of wage-
earning women, improve their
working conditions, increase
their efficiency, and advance
their opportunities for profit-
able employment.
MR. AND MRS. J. W. KIRKENDALL
Rho Upsilon Chapter
The Rho Upsilon Chapter of
Beta Sigma Phi will hold its
Valentine Day banquet on
Thursday, Feb. 14, at the Aloha
Restaurant in Beaumont, and
visitors who attended the Jan.
28 meeting at the home of Mrs.
James Skinner will be invited,
according to reporter Mrs. Lar-
ry Trest.
Visitors at the Open Meeting
at Mrs. Skinner’s home were
Mrs. Gary Spencer and Mrs.
Ann Alexander. Chef’s salad,
relishes and desserts were serv
ed by Mrs. Charles Jones and
Mrs. Trest.
be their children, Mrs. Robert
Earl Gore of Silsbee; Mrs. Cle-
burne Johnson of Fred and
Kenneth Kirkendall of Lum-
berton.
Mr. and Mrs. Kirkendall
were married Feb. 9, 1924 in
Silsbee. She was the former
Miss Ethel Alien. Both are na-
tives of Silsbee and have lived
all their lives in this area.
He retired from Kirby Lum-
ber Corp. as an electrician.
They have eight grandchil-
dren and two great-grandchil-
dren, Kern and Joe.
Friends and relatives are in-
vited through the press.
Armistice Car
The railway car in which
the armistice was signed on
Nov. 11,1918, was housed in
the Hotel des Invalides in
Paris until 1927, when it was
transferred to a special
shelter in Compiegne Woods.
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