The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 24, 1956 Page: 4 of 16
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PAGE FOUR — SECTION ONE
THE SILSBEE BEE
THURSDAY, MAY 24,19S6
THE SILSBEE BEE
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Entered under a second das* mailing p«*rmJt April 10, 1910, at the
Post Office at Silsbee, Texas, under the Act of March 3 1879.
^PUBLISHED IMroY~THUBSOAY~
DAVID READ and R. L. HEAD
' JERRY TTUTTETT'
EDITORIAL STAFF
Co-owners and Publishers
Editor
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MRS. LEONA WHITMAN ... Society and Personal Editor
MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT
R. R. BURGESS ................_..............—.........Composing Room Foreman
JOE THOMPSON ................................................................. Printer-Operator
LARUE HAYNES ...... Pressman
JAMES JOHNSON.........................., --------Stereotyper
Hardin County Home Demonstration Clubs
Report On Activity During HD Month
Hardin county home demonstrate —r* t
tion club member* are making ,, ,i « . c .
May .‘‘National Home Demonstra- Kenneth GoiflS StTVCS As
Slv tom,: Specialist In Engineer
said this week. Construction Battalion
Activities started during Na- j
ttnnal Home Demonstration Week Specialist I hird C ite Kenneth ,
May 1-8 she said. K. Coin*, son of Mr. and Mrs E
* a i 4, S. Go im, Suibee. is u irvernr/cr of I
“Through dub exhibits and by ,he A Kuropenn Communion- ’
hav.ng non-dub members as hon- tjon„ ^ in K‘anC(,
or guests during tht* month they
hope to let as many people as pos- tommunlcirtlonr. Z6ne units man
siblu know of.thu h<»me (iemon^ira- m,ljor ^ ^oppiy I
tion program," Miss Causey said.:and depots to France and traus-
The Hardin county home an“ supplies fro n
onstration council made up if two French porta to American forces
elected representatives from each 1,1 Germany,
dub helped plan and carry.out the j A welder with the 97th Engi-
women's and girls’ phase* of. the;neer Construction Battalion*?
extension service program in the' Headquarters and Service Cam-
county, i pany, Specialist Goins entered the
Since May of 1955 they have ag-jArmy in May 1951 and completed
Mated the home demonstration1*1'15''0 Raining ait, fort Hie: I he
agent in programs in fowl and nu-; 21-yeai-nla soldier arrived in Eu
trition and in home improvement j roR® ‘,l March 1955.
In addition, Hardin county clubs! i -----— •
have tarried on educational, ex- UAtau/ Maw#
pansion, and civil defense actlvl- * ''**• ” IIClTd
ties as recommended by the Texas Hr MRS. E. L. TEAL
home demonstration association. .
Eight club* in the county con- , }1 .s' )'l,) f l,. 'ins<>n ls on ^
tributed $44 25 to THDA to help slck ,1M th,s we, k'
furnish college scholarships for! Mrs Joe Dettling and Mrs Em-
outslimding 4-H dub rnernliers and j,na Ruth Dettling made a business
to further other 4-H activities j Mp l" Kountze Friday.
Seven clubs had programs on civil | Mrs. Syble Bailey and Mrs
defense, six on citizenship,. six Ruthie May KiNdand made a bus*
-dubs studied better family living mess trip to Beaumont Thursday
VVIIll.T ROME OF the smaller Tenninon’s enjoy the poo!. Mrs. Tennison looks on from the spacious pool
side terrace. The entire family has thoroughly enjoyed the pool which has been used considerably these
pat hot ..days, Mr*. Tennison says.
FRONT VIEW OF Dr. and Mrs. George Tennlson’s homJ presents a lovely view with spacious shade
trees and the rustic appearance of hand made Mex can brick, broken up by cypress panels. The huge
Magnolia tree to the left was planted by Dr. Tennison’* father back in 1916.
Three delegates from Hardin Rev. Frank Brauiff and wif • of
county went to the state home j Beaumont spent Saturday after
demonstration association meeting noon here.
in Fort Worth and three to the dis-
trict meeting in Wharton, Miss
I' tiM v revealed.
Twelve hundred non-club fam-
ilies were given’ a part of the ex-
tension program through the ex-
pansion efforts of the home dem-
onstration members and the agent
Tennison Home Affords Many Comforts
Including Pool, Play Areas, Spaciousness
Part of this was accomplished j Emma Ruth Dettling made a bu t
through eight educational exhibits! new trip to Rye Thursday.
The Harrell Commander and
Moss families enjoyed a fishfry
out on the creek over the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Teel of Vi-1 _ . , , . .
dor spent the weekend here with, Comfort an (I ease must have wen uppermost m the minds
his parents doing some yard dean-! of Dr and Mrs. George Tennison whpn they planned their
ing while here. beautiful new home at the corner of Rirosevelt Drive and 10th
Mrs vveldon Bailey amt streets vvhich was recently completed.
•\i»t <■ Uiiiti I u.t t li«i> »»\ <i.4,, . • * | . .
At any rate, the result leaves little to be desired with
Methodist/WSCS
Installs Officers
The WSCS of the First Metho-
dist Church will end their fiscal
year with a covered dish luncheon
Wednesday. May 30, at 12 nocjn hr
the Fellowship Hall.
Mrs. R. T. Yarbrough, Who is
the WSCS district president, will
be the guest speaker, according
Mrs. Lucille McKeown.
The general officer* for the in-
coming year were installed M,»v
Vby Rev. Bruce O. Power. They
are as follows: Mrs. .Lucille Mc-
Keown, president; Mrs. Ann
Priest, vice president; Mrs. N. P.
McCarney, secretary; Mrs. Lucille
Power, treasurer; Mrs. W. C. Mv-
jNeil, secretary of promotion; Mis
|V. B. Windham, secretary of
Christian social relations; Mrs.
Natalie Hargrove, secretary of
youth work; Mrs. E. A- Airhart,
secretary of children work; Mrs.
Lessie Johnson, secretary of spir-
itual life; Mrs. Herma Crockett,
literature and publication; Mrs.
Irene Redkey, secretary of supply
j work; Mrs. Rita Thompson, sta-
tures of women; and Mrs! June
Pennington, missionary and edu-
cation leader.
Circle officers are as follows:
Circle 1: Mrs. C. L. Dismukes,
chairman;'Mrs. C. E. Barnes, vice
chairman; Mrs. A. J. Lane, secre-
tary; and Mrs. Robert Harp, treas-
urer. ' I
Circle 2: Mrs. Peggy Dixon,
chairman; Mrs. Pat Collier, vice
chairman; and Mrs. Virginia Par-
kins, secretary and treasurer.
Circle 3: Mrs. Yvonne Neyland,
chairman; Mrs. June Pennington,
vice chairman; and Mrs. Joyce
Bird well, secretary and treasurer.
Junior High Teachers
Entertained With Fish
Fry Tuesday Night
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Members of the junior high
school teaching staff and their
families were honored Tuesday
night’ with a fish fry at the Hous-
ton Oil picnic grounds on Village
Creek.
Ed’ C. Nash, junior high school
principal, furnished the fish for
the event.
Warren Minister
To Speak Here
Rev. Fulton Talbert of Warren
is to be visiting speaker in special
services Sunday May 27 at FuU
Gospel Mission, Mrs. Geneva 3us-
ley, pastor, said this week.
Services begin at 7 JO p.m. The
Full Gospel churcn is located two
and. a half miles north of SiLsbee
on Spurger highway.
Kountze Man
Is One Of Two
Award Winners
Special erewleader achievement
award* were made to Lawrence P.
Johnston, Elkhart, and Harold F.
Peck, Kountze, at a service-wide
meeting of Texas Forest Service
personnel at Lufkin May 25. Cer-
tificates and bronze pms v/ere
awarded these men for outstand-
ing work in fire prevention, sup-
pression and forest management
in their respective areas.
In addition to honoring out-
standing personnel, the meeting
was designed to point out new de-
velopments in Texas Forest Ser-
vice attwnwrw'Bi W'ppHK'
Dr. A. D. Folweiicr, director of
the Texas Forest Service, present-
ed the introductory remarks atjd
introduced new employees hired
during the past year. The Texas
Agricultural and Mechanical Col-
lege System was represented by
Assistant Chancellor, E. .L, Angell,
College Station, who]addressed the
assembled personnel1.
The meeting opened with the in-
vocation by Alsey E. Cromeens,
erewleader near Huntsville, in
addition to Johnston and Peck,
other erewleader* taking part in
the program were Bertis Watson,
Rusk; Janies A. pougharty, New-
ton; Charles A. Modisett, Hunting-
ton and Mitchell J. Missildine,
Maud.
A few brief remarks were made
by department heads, P. R. Kra-
mer, Forest Products; D. A. An-
derson, Research and Education;
J. O. Burnside, Fire Control; Don
Young, Forest Management and
W. A. Norman* administrative as-
sistant. Letters of commendation
were presented by Dr. Folweiler
and employees with 25 years of
service were recognized.
Bridal Shower Given
For Maxine Fomby
Miss Maxine Fomby of the
Luniberton'community, who is to
marry Pat Trahan of Silsbee on
June 1 at the Woodcrest Methodist
Church was honored with a bridal
shower at the home of Mrs. A. H.
McCullough of Lumberton on May
15. Mrs. Marguerite Broussard
presided at the punch table, which
was decorated with lovely spring
flowers. 1
Miss Fomby is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. M Fowler of the
Lumberton community. She is a
member of the 1956 graduating
class of Silsbee High School. Mr.
Trahan is the son of Mr. ui.d Mrs.
Rene Trahan of Silsbee, anc’ is
currently employed at the Leving-
ston Shipyards in Orange.
set up during the year, Three of j
these were held during National
Home Demonstration Week; three
at the countywide picnic.
One of these was an exhibit on
flip covering set up ut the South
Texas State Fair; the other an ex-
hibit on better breakfasts by the
4-H Girl’s club of the county.
All of the home demonstration
clubs had a part in Red Cross and
March of Dimes drives in their
communities. Two patients at the
Abilene State Hospital received
monthly gifts from the home dem-
onstration clubs of the county
with each club taking turns. A
Mrs. Ira Alamong is on the sick
list this week. ->
Mrs. Elina Pope is helping out
at the Votaw cafe.
Rev. Hamby of Saratoga ue.. a
business visitor here last week.
Mrs. Frances Summit, Mrs j
Marie Sumrall and Mrs. Joyce1
Dryden made a business trip to j
plenty of room, modern fea-
Libcrty Thursday.
Votaiv school was out Tuesday;
until next fall.
Mr. and Mrs. Whitmire of Clove*}
land attended church services here j
Saturday night.
Mrs Kelley of Rye was shopping 1
In Votaiv Monday.
Christmas box of jams, jellies and *
preserves was sent to Boys Haven Loycttc ShOWCf
in Beaumont at Christmas time.
The clubs served coffee and cake
to the county commissioner* courts
once each quarter.
The yearbook committee held
three spceiul meetings during the
year. From recommendations they
received from the clubs they made
the 1956 yearbook.
Two county-wide socials were
sponsored by tht council during! r Hulm
Mrs. Harris Puntes was honored i
with a surprise stork shower \
Tuesday afternoon in the home of
Mr*. W R. Hulin.
Spring flowers were used in
decorating.
Refreshments were screved to i
the 26 guests present.
Hostesses were Mrs French:
Cook, Mrs, Clifford Sharp and j
length of the building. By the
sliding glass doors of the master
bedroom, it is opened, leaving
plenty of lounging area around the j
side of the pool.
From the other side of the house
it is screened. The screened ter-
HHH| I lures,* and beauty throughout j race features a brick barbecue
.< | . ; pit, made of the same handmade
■n?. 1 0 V • Mexican brick of whicn the house
ircyn year-round air condition-j constructed. The barbecue pit
j ing inside the house to a “5 ^ CItended through the wall into
, fixit swimming pool just olf "u'jme family room to make a fire
! master bedroom terrace, the house jacc
l|,S T °Cl'UPan,S| The exterior of the house, is
' ^e roomy back yard includes ^ ot. th‘‘ above mentioned
a surfaced games court that can br.ck and cypress panvdmg. Ueres-
doubie for tennis, basketball, vol- J** wmdows, just under roof ga-
, ley ball or badminton, depending on bl“* turn^h li*ht to the inside
the whim* of the family And with i and Prescnt nn attracUve nppear-
j five children in the family, its al- •“* t0 P-^^sby.
. I most sure that the varied play Inside the house, which contains
!areas will be regularly used (some 3700 square feet of living
; Worn mg horn pool to house, a space, arc three bedroonu, three
! terrace runs practically the entire I hath*, terrn^p, living rootr, kit—
^ 4chcn ami dining room and family
, room.
( omitV AfJPnt (lives j All the furniture in the house,
C anning Demonstration wh,ch is nM,dern in desi«n’ WHS
JULIE BRITTON
SCHOOL OF DANCING
Presents
"ANTENNA TIME”
Silsbee High School Auditorium
June 1 & 2-8 P. M.
Visits Parents Here
built by Silsbee’s Gilbert Domin-
[i The Fletcher Home Dcmonstra- fuez. The piano is the only furni-
! tion Club met May 15 at 10 a.m.!t®e "e did not build. Mrs. Do-
in the home of Mrs I. M Butler. I / niad‘' drap»*s for the
[ jr j master bedroom which arc typi-
j Pvt. Frederick Douglas String-j Mis* RvKh Causey, home demon- icreftMiianship00"11”*1161 f*11'11'.- -';
pari-,its. and vegatables s hanging refrigerator, and lazy
"Pvt. Stringer is a graduate of *Af» all day meeting was called, -__**?*... I
i . . . . *! Wi)!do*Mathews hitfh .school and I for Mav 22 at 10 a.m. for the pur- ( Expoaed beam ceilings run
IVn 9 mid Th^avtito^^ ho.m^^ attended Bohop before pose of making magazine racks, through the houae. Local catpea-
'«*<' 'h*' arnl> »"< | A covered dish luncheon was! ^ and plumbers and electricians
Lre, ‘ June He has been stationed in served at noon I d<d work on the house, includ-
The buvs comnloied ih.> /i..,. i Fort Ord, Calif, with the JOth inf. Those present were Mrs. t M.! A "rk’. Murra>
SttLWxe»>"*•"" *£•_- “!T5 JS
A high fidelity sound system is
another of the Tennison home’s
to* Mr'. N. ^tor. tod I ~~ “
Cub Den 9 Meets
the year. One of these was u
Christmas party held ut the Am-
erican U-gion hall in December,
the other a picnic held at the Hon-
ey Island park and swimming
pool.
First Baptist Circle
The Alina Grave* WMU Circle .............. .....
of the First Baptist church met in | members present bv Roy Wayn
tht' church Tuesday afternoon with | my
hnjyw, will n,rr, Rjf|e
w!? STm-k!. -BMJltacXwrtto. . TV n*rv» lorJM.
“IViHageCreekH-DCiub ,M” "h‘rh mW* ln
Suitt taught a Mission study book
! Fort Ord, Calif, with the 20th inf.
wr_ _____________ .,»dces |Rc6t but wdl reP°rt " *’ ’ ’
Refreshments were served to six i *dtor b's VBR home.
Stable Reserve Unit
A. King, Mrs. R H Fountain, Mrs
C E. Trafka, Mrs E. L. Wood*, a
one visitor, Mr*.. C. Hooks.
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Baptist Girls Attend
Beaumont Meeting
I only furnishes music to the indi-
i vidual rooms, and to the terrace
as well, but there is a two-way
{speaker at the front door.
entitled "How to Pray."
Mrs. V. T. Porter was presented
a gift as she and her family are i A demonstration was given by
moving to Port Lavaca to make the leaders on magazine rack*.
their borne.
' The next meeting will be a gen-
eral meeting May 28 in the church.
First Baptist Circle
Leslie Watson WMU Circle of
the First Baptist church met Mon-
day night at 7:30 in the home of
Mrs. Sim Ward with 15 members
present.
Mrs. Stella Cook, president, pre-
sided over the business meeting.
Mrs. A. L. Tucker taught the Bl-
and gave a lecture on
Mrs. Clarence Dehart
of the Mlssloh pro-
I Christian Soldiers."
will be June
L. W.Cald-
Monday « I SO p- b c*m- m-aiinioni lureiing us^ J£nw
Tlie Village Creek Home Dem* j pit ting a course in rifle marknmn- Junior Girf Auxiliary of the frt)m his Bedi ooni. before going to
Training t tnter, 4th Strrc., rUau- pnr^ Baptist church in Beaumont localvd has somewhat of a sentt-
RefreshmenU were served
the five members present.
The next meeting will be at 1:30
p.m. in the home ot Mrs. Joe .Ste-
gall June 13.
Woodrow Baptist Circle
mont. Final range firing -will be
done Monday, May 28. This is a
part of the military training sub-
jects being given all hands by L.t.
(jg) Birkhead and his staff.
The Scabce Reserve Unit, at in
war time, b> a complement of
skilled craftsmen who in national
Friday night at 7:30.
The three girls who had passed
the steps and were eligible to par-
ticipate in the coronation w-ere
tinda Yawn, Frances Barclay and
Sara Hall.
There were 17 girls who attend-
ed. Mrs. W. C. Dehart and Mrs. T.
B. Palillo, counselors; Mrs. Ra-J
The Mildred Wilcox WMU cir- „ ______ __________
ele of the Woodrow Baptist church, emergency will be the nucleus for jmona William* young people * dl-
S3. 1 « “« “to SET Y‘rb,° *’■
j it ruction battalions who will per- I^f>s_
construction and mainten* ('.vgj) of TBANK8
mental attachment for the doctor.
The huge magnolia trees on the
Corner were planted by his father
back in 1916 when he roomed at
a house located there at that time.
Mr. Tennison was a foreman for
Santa Fe railroad.
Silsbee H-D Club Meets
itors present. *
vMrs. Lucille Bums’cad, chair-1 form
man, called the meeting and Mrs.1 anoe overseas in war areas in the i
M G. Van Winkle M with an event of war. Words cannot express our ap-
operring prayer, and had charge Openings are available in most predation and thanks to everyone
of the. stewardship program "My ratings. Visitors are welcome any who were so nice and generous
Son Give Me Thy Heart". Monday -at 7:30 p.m., U. S Naval
The next meeting will be a gen-1 Training Center. 780 South 4th
cral meeting In the church. | Street, Beaumont
while we were in Houston.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Brownlee
The Silsbee Home Demons’ra-
; tion Club met with Mrs, J W.
Hamilton last Thursday. Sr* J.
E. Smith, president, led the group
rending of the dub collect
Roll call was answered with a
food preservation problem. For
the program. Miss Ruth Causey,
county HD agent, gave a demon-
stration on home canning and
freezing of v
Benefit National Muscular Dystrophy Foundation
Admission 50c
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