The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 19, 1987 Page: 3 of 30
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South Coun
THE SILSBIE BEE,
R.D. RIVES, Reporter
The township of Rose Hill
, J Acres hu entered the competi-
, tion for the “Governor's Com-
munity Achievement Awards."
The decision was reached at
_,an informal meeting with Ma-
yor David Littleton last week.
April 90 is deadline for entry.
. Population count places
the township in the 2,000 or
under competition. The winner
would capture the $20,000 in
services to the community. A
committee from the Highway
Department would meet with
eity officials to determine how
the grant should be spent.
There are five categories to be
considered, including land
scaping, clean ups, policing,
etc.
“Even if we do hot receive
the grat, we will all be winners.
Msyor Littleton said. “Every
one in the township should
become involved
Troy Soileau, councilman at
Lumberton, has offered any
assistance with landscaping in
Rose Hill Acres.
Although Lumberton, too,
has entered the contest, it will
not be competing with Rose Hill
Acres as its census count places
it in a higher bracket
Following the theme "Keep
•Texas Beautiful." Soileau is
interested in group appearance
and community pride in offer
ing to help the smaller town
•hip.
Actively representing the
Lumberton Chamber of Com
merce. he and Buddy Seymore
are appearing before civic
groups and schools to improve
the “quality of life" for which
the grant is being offered
Barry Boyd, Ex'.. Agent,
Com* Worship Witti $
Us At Th«
Trinity
Pentecost Church
I Mflas North 0* Hwy BE
Ism ha Tsaai ftnati b
Streets Tuesday I Saturday
At 7 P M
Poster: Gyda Hoke
presented tne program “Soil &
Bedding Plants" following the
business session of the Cone &
Tassel Club at its regular
March meeting.
Alice Allen, vice president,
president due to the absence of
the president, Ramona Orr. ’
In highlighting bedding
plants, Boyd gave fact sheets
from the Texas Floriculture
preparedly Don C. Wilkerson,
extension horticulturist, to
those attending. I he sheet
listed bedding plant varieties
that thrive in this vicinity.
They include marigolds, geran
iums, impatiens. periwinkles,
begonias, salvia, and zinnias.
The proper time to start
bedding is January," Boyd said,
“in flats with sterile soil. Flat
bed soil can be sterilized by
placing it in a hot oven, thus
killing larvae or bugs that may
be injurious to the growth of
the plant Seeds should be
sprinkled over the lop of the
soil in the flat and watered.
Seed will germinate quicker if
the flat is then placed in a
plastic bag. After two leaves
have appeared, transplant, fer
tilize, and mulch. Pine needles
make an ideal mulch."
In unrelated actions, mem
bers agreed to furnish hot
'house plants to the Hughen
School in Port Arthur to com
merate the dedication of the
green house on March 30. The
greenhouse ha* been planned
for several years for the child
ren of the school to work w»h
and become acquainted with
hot house plants
A garage sale will be held
March 26 from 8 5 at 7745
Ginger lone in Country Ijne
Estates Potted plants, cloth
ing, kmck knacks, and house
ware will be on sale
In concluding the business
session, the members saw
video provided by the Lumber
ton Chamber of Commerce and
presented by Troy Soileau and
Buddy Seymour of successful
cities that had received the
Arhievmenl Award
• ••••
COUSTY BRIEFS
The 1st U.S.A. Girl Scout
Troop was organized March 12,
1%»12 by Juliette Gordon Low in
Savannah. Ga with 18 mem
bers, and reincorporated under
Congressional Charter Mar. 16,
1950.
Mar. 21: Spring begins.
Mar. 23: AARP Wildwood
Chapter 2421 meets at noon.
Mar. 24: Fun Bunch at Crest-
wood Baptist Church.
Mar. 24: VFW Post 10459
meets in Sour Lake at 7:30 p.m.
11
EQUALS - The bottle at
left show* the drastic
changes over the years
from a much earlier ver-
sion found 1n the lake bed
when Anacoco Lake in La.
was drained. Strangely
enough both held the same
amount of liquid - 10 ox.
We are so acustomed to the-
glass bottle, we can hold one
without even seeing it. Yet.
bottles have played an impor
tant role in man s development
going through various periods
of evolution, and that evolution
is quite a fascinating story.
Until the discovery that sand
& alkili melted together at high
temperatures prehistoric bot
ties were of animal skins, and
later of stone, pottery, ivory,
and metal. Bottles are among
the oldest glass articles record
ed in history Specimens found
in Egyptian tombs date back to
over 5,000 years.
The glass bottle as we know
it came into being when it was
invented by an American,
Michael Owens, who made
glass in large tanks at some
2500 degrees F. Using sand,
limestone, soda ash, and other
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chemicals.
The molten glass was then
mechanically sucked into form
shaping the neck which was
then held by a grove in a blow
mold. The rest of the mass was
blown into a bubble and shaped
to form the finished bottle.
Since then there has been
modifications; but now that
plastic has taken over, bottle
making has declined. Only
those bottles that has contents
that would be contaminated by
plastic is still used.
Nevertheless, even in its
present phase, the glass bottle
still holds some of its original
fascination. Some are artistic
creations such as the glass
blower’s handicraft. Others are
collector’s items. The brown
snuff bottle of the early 20th
century is now highly prized in
some circles because it is no
longer produced. To other col
lectors, any bottle that is old is
a guarded treasure.
Although the tendency to-
ward the use of the bottle for
storing foods has taken a new
method of preservation by
freezer, many housewives ig
nore the hazards of breaking
glass and continue to use fruit
jars for canning often claiming
a much tastier result.
Fruit jars also have passed
through a phase. Once they
were sealed by a rubber ring
with glass top held on by a
galvanized wire clamp. Then
the metal lid came into use with
the same rubber ring. Now the
metal ring is used to seal the
cap. Perhaps tomorrow another
chapter will be added to the
long history of the glass bottle.
•••••
Edna Denson, committee
member of the Agency on
Aging, attended the Regional
Council on Aging, Mar. 11 at
the Beaumont Retirement Ho-
tel. She was accompanied by
Cordie Cash, Hardin County
Silver Haired representative.
Beth Rach, legislative aide to
Representative Ron Lewis, was
guest speaker. She gave a
legislative update
Jhe main topic of the meet
ing was the "Aging American
Expo," to be broadcast on
Channel 6, April 4. noon til 1
p.m. sponsored by the agency.
It will be open to questions and
answers. Interested persons
may phone in their inquiries on
»ging.
Needs involving the agency
were also discussed and tenta-
tive plans were made for the
annual "Fun A Fitness After
50" to be held in June.
Dean Haynes To
Be Candidate For
Kountxe Trustee
Dean Haynes has announced
his candidacy for the Kountze
Independent School District
Board of Trustees, Place 2.
Haynes and his wife, Mary,
have lived in Kountze all of
their lives They are parents of
two sons, Richie and Jason,
both of whom graduated from
Kountze and are now attending
Lamar University.
Haynes has been employed at
Temple Eastex for the past
years. Mary is currently em'
ployed in the.K.I.S.D.
Haynes, who has been active
in community affairs, said "If
elected, I will work to help the
Kountze School District pro-
vide quality education and
make the students our top
priority."
New Hope Revival
To Be Mar. 20-22
New Hope Baptist Church
will conduct a Spring revival
March 20 22.
Danny Moody, of Douglas-
ville, Georgia, will be the
evangelist. Special music will
be provided under the direction
of Jerry Horning.
The Higher Ground gospel
group will be featured Sunday
night.
Services will begin at 7 each
night except Sunday, when
they begin at 6 p.m.
An old fashioned dinner on
the grounds will be held Sun-
Spring Musical
The New Bethel Baptist
Church Senior Choir will pre-
sent a Spring Musical Sunday,
March 22 at 3:00 p.m.
Special guests will be the
Youth and Male Chorus of The
Borden Chapel Baptist Church
of Beaumont, and local choirs.
Rev. H.T. Tatmon is pastor
of the church which is located at
420 South Tenth Street.
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ANDREA GRANT
Andrea Grant Is Duchess
To Dogwood Festival
Western Weekend, March 27
and 28, officially opens the
Tyler County Dogwood Festi-
val season in Woodville. Trail
riders begin arriving Friday
evening. Saturday, a trailride
parade, rodeo, beard contest,
and Western dance highlight
the Western Day events.
The following weekend,
April 2 4, honors represents
tives to the Festival and the
Dogwood Queen in song, pag
entry, parade and dance.
The City of Lumberton will
be represented in the 1987
Tyler County Dogwood Festi
val on April 4 by Miss Andrea
Gralit, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas L. Grant. Her
selection as the Duchess in the
big annual Southeast Texas
event was announced this week
by Festival officials in Wood
ville.
Her escort will De Darren
Carruth, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J R. Carruth of Lumberton.
The Duchess to the 44th
Annual Festival has been active
in school and church affairs and
is a senior this year. She will be
presented in the Dogwood
Amphitheatre in Woodville
immediately prior to the Coro-
nation of the Queen.
Entertainment for the visit-
ing Duchesses gets underway-
on April 2, with an informal
Jean Fling, a luncheon Friday,
a dance in their honor Friday
night, and a street parade
Saturday in which they will
appear. A Queen's Ball follows
the Coronation and Historical
Pageant at which the Duchess-
es and their escorts will be
guests.
Festival visitors who have a
little time between regular
events may also want to visit
the Allan Shivers Museum in
Woodville, Heritage Garden
Village, one mile west of Wood-
ville, and the Indian Village, 15
miles west on Highway 190
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