Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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6 YEARS AGO ORANGE TRIO ATTENDED MLK MARCH Sixty years ago prior to Aug. 28, 1963, a bus load of Golden Triangle citizens loaded up and headed to Washington for Dr. Martin Luther King’s “March on Washington.” Busloads and trainloads of pilgrims spilled into Washington from throughout the states. On that bus from Orange, Texas were three citizens, civil leader Velma Jeter, James Zay Roberts, who had marched with King, and Essie Bellfield, a young lady and mother of two young d...
Mrs. Kimberly Spears is the Ready, Set, Teach, teacher at Orangefield High School. She has been in the education field for 19 years and has been a teacher at Orangefield High School for 16 years. Miss Farmer, as she was known in 2007, was asked to teach a class to Orangefield High School students, that would introduce them to the world of education. The class would be called, "Ready, Set, Teach". Fun Facts about the people in the picture: • Danielle (Graffagnino) Sheppard and...
Robert Louis Burton, Jr., 84, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 18, 2023, peacefully at home. Memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, August 25, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Jeff Bell. Visitation will begin prior to the service at 9:30 a.m., Friday, August 25, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Beaumont, Texas, on July 13, 1939, he was the son of Robert L. Burton Sr. and Ora (Bearden) Burton. Robert...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce along with the Golden Triangle Polymers is hosting a breakfast on September 6, 2023 at 8am at the Bridge City Community Center. A representative with Golden Triangle Polymers will provide an overview of the $8.5 billion project under construction in Orange and the economic impacts to the surrounding communities. The ticket cost for the event is $25 and that includes breakfast along with hearing about the project. If you would like to...
Orangefield High School 'Ready, Set, Teach!' students are ready to get started. They will be interns at the other campuses in the district. Interns will demonstrate professional standards/employability skills, explore the teaching and training profession, understand the learner and the learning process, interact effectively in the role of an educator, plan and develop effective instruction, and have the opportunity to earn an Educational Aide I Certification upon successful...
Any student of American history understands the importance of inform4ed citizens. Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison and others of our founding fathers were great purveyors of information. Not only did they use newspapers, but on occasion resorted to publishing their own using assumed names. Jefferson in particular believed the free exchange of ideas was essential to a free democratic government. When I was a child, our family would gather by the radio to hear the six o’clock ...
Orange Community Players, a 60-year-old local group, is asking for volunteers Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. for a work day on their new theater home. Lunch will be served. The group lost their longtime home in downtown Orange because of flooding problems and the rising costs of insurance. Now, the group is remodeling the old Orange Twin Cinema building at 3330 Bowling Lane. The new building is being converted into the Jeff Hattman Center for the Performing Arts. Even though...
