Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Cardinals fans have time remaining to get tickets for Baylor game Tickets for Lamar University’s football game at Baylor are available through the LU Ticket Office, but time is running out. The deadline to purchase tickets for the showdown in Waco, Texas is Thursday, Aug. 20, at noon. Tickets are $45, and are available for pickup at the LU Ticket Office located on the west side of the Montagne Center. Fans can order tickets for the game by calling (409) 880-1715, or by logging onto the athletics website at www. L...
Helen Frances Crawford Sweatman, 91, of Bridge City, passed away at her daughter’s home in Spring, Saturday, July 18. Funeral services will be at 2:00 PM, Saturday, July 25, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Visitation will be at 1:00 PM prior to the service. Born in Houston, July 6, 1924, she was the daughter of John E. Crawford and Georgia Mitchel Crawford. Soon after her birth, her family returned to Silsbee. After graduating high school, she moved to Beaumont to a...
St. Paul United Methodist Church will host a mystery dinner theater, Thursday, July 30 and Friday, July 31, at 6:30 pm. This is an exciting mystery dinner theater where you will be part of an open casting call for a new movie entitled "Peril of the Prodigal Son." The director has made unrealistic promises to most of the potential cast members and financiers. How will they react to his betrayal? Will you be become an expert sleuth, and solve the crime? Dinner will be served...
Elizabeth Velez Dupuy Yarbrough passed away July 20, at her home in Beaumont. A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:00 am, Friday, July 24, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be Father Joseph P. Daleo. Cremation will follow under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory. Visitation will be from 6:00 pm-8:00 pm with a Rosary at 7:00pm, Thursday, July 23, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Mommy was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico on Oct. 5,...
Let the Games Begin The water clarity in Sabine Lake is still on the dingy side for this time of the year, but it is improving on a daily basis.The river is in very good shape and we are now seeing more shad and finger mullet in the bayous than we have seen in months.Add to that the fact that the wind has even backed off a little and area anglers just might catch a break with three tournaments coming up in the next two weeks! The Triangle Tail Chasers fished their final qualifying tournament last weekend and posted some very...
Delia May Mitchell, 88, of Orange, passed away July 20, at her daughter’s home in Orange. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 am, Thursday, July 23, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be the Rev. Sinclair Oubre. A graveside service and burial will follow at 1:30 pm, at Cedar Crest Cemetery in Baytown. Born in Walsall, England, on July 25, 1926, she was the daughter of William Thomas Edwards and May Wilkes Edwards. Delia was a m...
Cowboys Still Have Seahawks, Packers in Their Way in NFC The Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks all came within one play of not losing their final game of the 2014 National Football League season. The Cowboys had that controversial touchdown pass overturned which cost them the playoff game against Green Bay, the Packers had that fumbled on-side kick that helped them lose to the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC championship game and the Seahawks called that devastating pass play on the goal line that New Eng...
Nancy McWhorter - For The Record In memory and honor of Jenetta Doseff This week’s recipe was taken from one of my cookbooks titled “Holding Forth the Light.” It was printed as part of Minden First Baptist Church’s 1844-1994 Sesquicentennial recognition celebration. We were not residents in Minden, Louisiana at that time. My husband and I moved from Bridge City, Texas to Minden, Louisiana in 2008 after losing our home to “Hurricane Ike” damage and flooding. Instead of...
The Orange County Historical Society will hold their quarterly meeting Aug. 4, at 6:30 pm, in the City of Orange Public Library. The program will consist of a "show and tell" by members. Members should bring an historic heirloom or other item of historical significance, or prepare to speak briefly about a historical event concerning Orange. The public is invited....
Texas teens across the state gained skills in goal setting, team building, problem solving, and project planning though interactive methods at Texas Association of Student Council (TASC) Leadership Workshops. Sarah Gonzalez, Krystal Lester, John Michael Gonzalez, Payton Bickham, Nicolas Wilson, and Jennifer Ellis represented Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School as delegates to the workshop at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas July 11-15. During five...
Peggy Rae Bittick Russell, 86, of Bridge City, passed away July 20, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm, Thursday, July 23, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be the Rev. Jeremy Bradshaw, of Liberty Baptist Church in Bridge City. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 pm-8:00 pm, Wednesday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Cleveland, on July 22, 1928, she was the daughter of Robert...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting to welcome Barfield Home Inspections & Pest Control, PLLC to its membership, July 21. Barfield is locally owned and operated by Rusty and Cheryl Barfield since 1998. Barfield is licensed and has an A+ rating from the BBB. They perform home inspections for buyers and sellers, new construction phase or draw inspections, energy efficiency ratings and inspections, septic system inspections, water well inspections, as well...
About an hour from Orange on FM 420 north of Kountze is the Big Thicket Visitors Center. Inside the building are displays of animal and plant life in the unique Big Thicket National Park. There are models of insect eating plants, the four poisonous snakes in the region, a large hornets nest and a mounted black bear of the size that once roamed freely in the Thicket. There is also information on all of the different areas and sanctuaries within the national park. There is n...
Broomsticks and Buggy Whips I’m not sure what they call it but I know there is a name for it, the disease that plagues all fishermen and causes them to pick up every fishing rod they see and examine it as if they were searching for the sword of Excalibur. It’s always fun to walk through the rod aisle of your favorite tackle store and watch as anxious anglers put the rods on display through their own brand of testing. Shaking the rod in an exaggerated hook set or casting motion seems to be the most popular test that per...
A New Orleans jury on Wednesday awarded $14 million to five Indian men who were lured to the United States and forced to work under inhumane conditions after Hurricane Katrina by a U.S. ship repair firm and its codefendants. After a four-week trial, the U.S. District Court jury ruled that Alabama-based Signal International was guilty of labor trafficking, fraud, racketeering and discrimination and ordered it to pay $12 million. Its co-defendants, a New Orleans lawyer and an...
The Bridge City annual volleyball camp had another successful run this summer. Students in 4th through 6th grade participated last week, while 7th and 8th graders will be participating this week. Players from the varsity volleyball team are helping BC head volleyball coach and camp coordinator, Becca Matthews....
TIRR Memorial Hermann is the best rehabilitation hospital in Texas and the second best in the United States, according to U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospital rankings for 2015-2016. TIRR Memorial Hermann’s ascend to the No. 2 spot marks the 26th consecutive year TIRR Memorial Hermann has been included in the rankings. “This acknowledgment is a testament to our long-term legacy of leading medical rehabilitation, research, education and providing excellent care,” says Carl Josehart, Sr. Vice President, CEO, TIRR Memoria...
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between July 20 and the morning of July 21: Burglary, 3904 Tulane Rd. Warrant service, 37th and Tulane Traffic accident, 1700 block Hwy. 87 Trespassing, 919 Georgia St. Traffic accident, 16th at Burton Stolen vehicle, 4750 Meeks Traffic accident, 1100 Main Ave. Assist public, 2707 MLK Public service, 201 8th St. Found property, 1700 Park Ave. Warrant service, 1800 MacArthur Miscellaneous incidents, 201 8th St. Public intoxication, 2610 Hwy. 62 S...
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Hunter Education Enhanced Safety Course (4 hour field part) will be taught Monday, Aug. 17, from 6:00 - 10:00 pm. You must compete the free enhanced hunter education online home study computer sections, print completed tests and bring them to class when you attend. This class is not just for hunters. Anybody who handles firearms will benefit from this class. To sign up for the class, or for more information, please call Danny Odom at 883-8118....
Each week The Record Newspapers features a pet, or pets of the week for adoption through local shelters and rescue organizations. This week’s pets are again rescues from Pups in Peril. These two sweet girls were placed under a trash can in a woman's yard on a very hot day. Trixie and Dixie were very fortunate that the woman could hear the faint whimpers coming from under her trash can. The pups are approximately seven weeks old and have had their first set of shots and w...
There will be a Summer Bash Teen Dance for teens ages 15-19, Saturday, July 25, from 9:00 pm through midnight, at the Eagle's Nest, 803 28th St. (behind Spark's Used Cars). Admission is $8....
Darryl Ray Mott, Sr., 63, of Orange, passed away Friday, July 17. Born Sept. 28, 1951 in Houston, to Wilford Mott and Virginia Elizabeth (Schmidt) Mott, Darryl worked as a floor installer for over 40 years, both in his hometown of Houston and later in Orange, before retiring. He spent his retirement years following his passions by participating in league pool with the team The Mottley Cues and playing guitar with several local bands. Darryl is preceded in death by his...
Evelyn Brandon - For The Record I'm not sure about anybody else, but I could eat peanut butter anything! This peanut butter pie recipe is different from mine. I have not tried this particular crust, but who can go wrong with peanut butter and graham crackers? This is one of the easiest desserts you will ever make and I promise you, it's a great dessert for summertime. All you have to do is whip it up and chill it before serving with a tall glass of cold milk or a cup of...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce has named Judice’s Cajun Café in Bridge City, Business Member of the Month for July. Al Judice, IV (“Little Al”), accepted the award, sponsored by Sabine River Ford, from Ambassador Dave Derosier at the July Coffee hosted by Sabine River Ford. Judice’s received gifts from several local merchants. Judice’s Cajun Cafe is locally owned and operated by Al Judice, IV, who remodeled the old Gary’s Café located at 2045 Texas Ave., Bridge City....
Kerstin Mullins of Orange is living her dream. The president of Pups In Peril, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, dedicated to saving dogs of all ages and breeds by rescuing, rehabilitating and placing them in loving forever homes, according to their website, is building a no-kill shelter in Beaumont for dogs. The shelter is 100 feet by 35 feet sits on seven acres. There are 17 dogs that are housed there already and Mullins said PIP is "not even close to being finished." The...
