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County Record Vol. 53 No. 13
The Community Newspaper of Orange, Texas
Week of Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Art is a lifetime investment Debby Schamber For The Record
For the past 20 years Cindy Claybar has been teaching the summer art program in many schools and churches to area children in Orange County while sharing her love of art. “Among life’s greatest joys and rewards is the pleasure and gratification that accompanies the success of summer art programs, “ Claybar said. “You have children and parents who love and appreciate art as much as you love and Cindy Claybar is pictured with her 11-year-old grandson, Carter Claybar, who shares the love of art with her.
SETX Hospice to hold annual memorial service The Southeast Texas Hospice will hold its annual memorial service at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 20, in the parish hall of St. Mary Catholic Church, 912 W. Cherry Ave in Orange. This memorial service is held in memory of all patients served by Southeast Texas Hospice and will include prayer, music and fellowship. Hospice Chaplain, Rev. Jeff Bell will preside over the service. The community is invited to attend, with a special invitation given to all bereaved hospice family members. For more information please contact the Southeast Texas Hospice office at (409)886-0622.
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appreciate art which generates a dynamic and successful program.” The first summer art programs for the children in Orange County began in 1993 at the Thomen Community Center. It was organized while Claybar was working as the junior high school art teacher in Orangefield. The Orangefield students were the first to participate. One student Claybar fondly remembers is John David Roberts who was an outstanding artist in the class. As an adult, he became a businessman in Beaumont. However, he is still an accomplished artist and often participates in Orange County’s annual Art in the Park. Claybar’s mother, Virginia Pevoto Sandefer, told her on many occasions she was born at the Thomen Community Center when it was a hospital many years ago. Claybar could not help but wonder if the Arts and Gardens Room where she taught was once a maternity ward and perhaps the very room where she was born. In 1996 , Joe Chenella, Bridge City ISD assistant superintendent, and Larry Buchman, Bridge City Intermediate School principal were instrumental in the conception of the summer art program at BCI. This program was offered in conjunction with the computer technology camp pioneered by the computer teacher, Steve Russell. Both programs became an immediate success. Hundreds of children in second through sixth grades from Bridge City and the surrounding areas had opportu-
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Bingo a big draw in new ultra modern facility . . . Darryl StJunius of Orange strikes a pose during bingo action at the new Cotton’s Corner Bingo in Starks on Friday. The ultra modern bingo facility is the largest in the area and has the capacity to seat nearly 900 people. For story see Page 1 Section B. TRN/PHOTO: Mark Dunn
Orange County woman turns 100
she worked at Consolidated Steel Shipyard until their move to Bridge City. Lessie put on pants and worked along side men without blinking an eye. She helped to build their family house by mixing the concrete by hand. Initially they lived in a small white house in Bridge City, but they would later build a larger house in 1956 where she still resides today. Years later, they would sell part of their land. What was once farmland is
Debby Schamber For The Record
In 1913 Woodrow Wilson was president, the average cost of a house $5,935 and in a Urania, La. twin girls, Lessie and Stella, were born to Dora and Wesley Mayes. On Sunday, June 23, Lessie Mayes Sterns, will celebrate her 100th birthday. Lessie has lived in Bridge City about 66 years. Lessie married Daymon Quincy Sterns when she was 20 years old. They shared 64 years of wedded bliss until he died in 1998. Lessie’s drive and determination carried her throughout life allowing her to cross the boundaries of what a woman was supposed to do. During the early years, she was well known in a small Louisiana town for enjoying sports. She loved to pole vault and play basketball. Lessie was “rough and tough” too. The story around town is she would get into fights, but not with the girls, instead she fought the boys. The postmaster would close the local post office so he could watch the fights after school. Lessie would later meet the love of her life, at age 20 , and they would get married. They moved to Orange, Texas in 1947 and to Bridge City in 1947 where they bought 10 acres of land on Ferry Drive. After they moved to Orange,
Lessie Sterns, of Bridge City, celebrates her 100th birthday June 23.
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Hogan hosts young swimmers Debby Schamber For The Record
Esther Williams, a competitive swimmer and Metro Goldwyn Mayer movie star, would have been very proud if she knew her love of swimming was being passed on to the children of Orange County. The swimming lessons are currently given in an Esther Williams pool owned by Claudine Hogan. More than 70 children will participate in the eight-day sessions taught by Mandy Hoffman, Tanya Gauthier and Lauren Browlie. Classes of up to 10 children,from ages three to 11 years old and on different
The pool is said to have been certified in the 1960s by Esther Williams who came to Orange for the inaugural swim. More than 70 children will participate in the eight-day sessions.
skills levels, will work to master their swim skills. There is also a “Mommy and Me” class is offered to help get two-year-
old children used to the water and to learn about water safe-
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