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VOLUME 41
SILSBEE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1959
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MRS. KATE HARGROVE. grand capital prize winner in the Sllsbee Bee "Everybody
Win*" subscription contest Monday, receives the keys to her new 1959 Ford Ranch Waron
from Si Is bee Bee Co-Publisher David Read. Looking on are Alf Fulllngim. local Ford dealer,
left. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gupton, contest managers, Mrs. Hargrove, Mr. Read, and R. L. Read,
Bee Co-publisher. ______________
Evadale Tot Dies Under
Wheels Of Family Truck
i
Services For Silsbee Hen Aid
Lightning In Search For
Victims Held Drowning Victim
A 10-months old baby girl
rom Evadale was fatally in
ured beneath the wheels of i
ilcknp truck driven by he
xandmothcr about 10:30 a.in
'uesday.
She was rushed immediately
o Tennison Clinic in Silsbei
*ut was pronounced dead on
irival. A verdict of accidents
loath was returned at an in-
liicst conducted by Justice o'
he Peace Gay Hargrove ol
tuna.
Funeral services for Lyndit
Cay Holly field are scheduler
it 2 p.m. today (Thursday) al
he On e n e s s Pentecostal
rhurch in Evadale. She was the
laughter of Mr. and Mrs
lames Holly field of Buna.
The toddler, who was just
tarting to walk, had been lol
mt in the yard of the family
tome to play.
"Tier grandmother, Mrs/-Mit-
er Harris of Evadale, had
itarted to the store in a pick
tp truck, accompanied by
mother grandchild, Debbie
nez Huddlcr, two-and-onc-
*2lf years old. Mrs. Harris
hought she felt the truck Miller Harris of Evadale and
lump, stopped, and discovered Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Hollv-
,hat the child had been under- field of Silsbee; great grand-
icath when the vehicle start-
'd up.
The baby was taken at once
o Tennison Clinic here but in-
uries sustained proved fatal.
She is survived by her pai-
nts; one sister, Janice Fayejate at services. Arrangements
Hollyfield of Evadale; her|are under direction of Farmer
grandparent, Mr. and Mrs. Funeral Home of Silsbee.
Church Volleyball League
Play Resumes Tuesday
Monday Services
field Here For
Darwin Dockens
Dockens, 36, Silsbee man who
as killed by a rail rood switch
igine in Beaumont about 10:15
m. Saturday, were held here
10 a. m. Monday from the
iapel of Fanner Funeral
OHIO.
Rev. \V. A. Hashall, pastor of
'ile.v Mac Pc lit ecus till church,
[ticiated assisted by Rev. H. B.
lorgan. Burial was in Rest-
uven cemetery under direction
; Farmer Funeral Home.
Mr. Dockens was struck by
switch engine near the cross-
lg at First and South streets in
eaumont Saturday night.
Survivors include his mother,
trs. Cora Dockens, one bro-
ler, Huey Dockens of Beau-
lont; four sisters. Mrs. Chestci
looks. Miss Lois Dockens and
tiss Louise Dockens all of Sils-
ce and Mrs. Curtis Moore of
asadena.
Pallbearers were John Busby,
lagwood Bumstead, Bustei
fucker, Travis Piker, L. M
looks Jr. and Lou Alfaro.
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dave
Capps ot Buna and Mrs. Mary
Hollyfield of Silsbee.
Rev. Sam Starks, pastor of
the Oneness Pentecostal
Church of Evadale, will offici-
Funeral rites for lightening
victims Dan Mclnnis, 56, of
Fred, and Gamer Eaves, 32, ol
Beaumont were held Sunday
and Monday respectively of this
week. Services for Mr. Mclnni:
were held at Frank’s Brancl
Church near Fred and for Mr
Eaves at graveside at Mors<
cemetery near Buna.
A third man, Abner Bell, 44
of Fred, was injured seriously
oy the lightning bolt whicl
struck a tree under which th<
nen had taken shelter during i
orief electrical storm.
They had been on a fishin
and camping trip at the Me
Innis camp on the Neches Ri-
ver near Fred. They were sai<
to be going out by boat to cu
down a bee tree when th«
thundershower came up. They
reached their boats and took
shelter under trees.
The other two men in th<
party, O. B. Harrill Jr. anr
John Robert Callaway both of
Fred, were under a tree abou
70 steps from the fatal tree anc
were unhurt
Two Farmer Funeral Hom»
ambulances were dispatched t<
the scene with one rushing Mr
Bell, who had third degree
burns, to Baptist hospital ir
Beaumont.
Mr. Mclnnis was a native o
Fred. He is survived by thre<
sons, Dan Jr. of Nederland
William A. of Beaumont anc
Milton of Fred; one daughter
Mr,-. Mooney Hicks of Spurger
two sisters, Mrs. Ed McCrumt
of Silsbee and Mrs. O. O. Hil-
burn of Port Arthur; four bro-
thers, Tryon Mclnnis of Silsbee
George Mclnnis of Fred ant
Norman and John Mclnnis botl
of Nederland.
Services for Mr. Mclnni;
were held at 4:30 p. m. Sunday
Silsbee Church League Vol-
eyball play will be resumed
iext Tuesday night, June 2, it
was decided at a meeting of
team representatives Tuesday
-of this week* - ■——wv-w-y
'A new schedule is being pre-
pared and team captains will
notified of game times,
Wayne Robinson, reporter, said.
All games begin at 7:30 p.m
it the high school gymnasium
md there is no charge made
for admission.
The Silsbee Latter Days
Saints of Jesus Christ, more
familiarity known as the Mor-
nons, won the first round of
eaguc games with a perfect
record.
Two new churches have in-
Contract Lei On
Mill (reek Bridge
Widening Jo)>
Funeral services for J. W.
Keen, 24, of Newton, who
drowned in a fishing and boat-
ing mishap at Dam B last Wed
nesday night, May 20, were
icld at 3 p.m. last Friday at
he First Methodist Church in
'lewton. Rev. J. G. Greening,
tastor, officiated, assisted by
lev. Shelton Simmons, Baptist
ninister.
Mr. Keen was fishing with
hree companions about 10
>.m. Wednesday when the boat
n which they were riding
ipped over.
Rescue workers from Silsbee,
Afoodville, Jasper and New-
on were called to the scene.
A party of local fishermen
lulled the three survivors out
if the dark waters of the lake
hortly after the accident oc
urred. They were Winford
Mrs. Hargrove Wins Auto
In Bee Subscription Drive
By BILL and DORIS GUPTON first place—Mrs. A. F. ButIer| merchandise and services
Campaign Managers
came in second to win $750 casheach issue of The Silsbee Bee.
while Mrs. Jackie Grisham,j r js estimated that there are
Crowning seven and a half j Mrs. C. S. Sherrell, Mrs. Min- .our members to each family in
weeks of public interest and nie Moran, and Mrs. C. H. every home who have access to
strenuous effort on the part of,Shawver finished in third,jthiS * newspaper; so on that
contestants in the Silsbee Bee’sjfourth, fifth and sixth places j basis. The Silsbee Bee now en-
"Everybody Wins" prize con-j respectively, and received sub-; joys the largest circulation in
n n nlinv.iv cfonliol noth K/innc nmnrric ____
test, the race came to a climax stantial cash bonus awards.
last Monday afternoon.
By amassing the total 10,664,-
050 votes representing hun-
dreds of new and renewal sub-
scriptions to this newspaper,
Mrs. Burke A. Hargrove fin
Everybody Wins”
It was an understood fact at
the beginning of course, that all;
could not win first place, but
everybody did win something
commensurate with their pro-
its history.
The general public wins also
by reason of the fact that they
now have a stronger Bee des-
ished first and was awarded duction record in “Everybody
the new 1959 Ford Ranch Wa- Wins” prize contest,
gon, grand capital prize of the
Open Air Graduation
Exercises Draw 1500
The north stands of Kirby salutatory talk.
Wtlt’ Ilf III CIL T III. ouuuaj . VV — --------
in Frank’s Branch Church with Home of Newton. Military ser-
contest.
Following closely behind
urrea. mt-y wci« nuuuiu with 8,338,520—but not quite readership ™ men icguiai
Barclay and Charles Davis and enough to capture the coveted weekly offerings of dependable
dr. Barclay’s brother-in-law,
3. W. Daniel of Port Arthur.
They were fishing in two
boats and one was dispatched
for aid while the other con-
inued the search.
Firemen from Silsbee were
tmong those who went to the
ake to aid in the search for
the body which was recovered
ibout 2:30 a.m. by two of
hem, Dock Ray and Grady
Valters, both local fire depart-
nent members. Pat Richard-
on, fire department mascot,
vas on the highway bridge
vatching the search. L. F.
Chitty of the local fire depart-
nent also aided in the search.
The other three men in the
11-fated boat were Bobby Jack
<een, 14, brother of the
irowned man, and Willis
'..uckcy and Buddy Goff.
Mr. Keen was buried in city
•emetery in Newton under di-
ection of Stringer Funeral
tined to become ever stronger
in the near future—to represent
their best interests in this area.
To these new readers, and the
old ones as well, whose interest
Moreover, the advertisers won anc| patronage made this sub-
' ‘ 4 41 scription drive the success it
by virtue of the fact that they
now have a vastly increased
for their regular
Rev. David Lee Jenkins, pastor,
officiating. Burial was in the
adjoining cemetery under di-
rection of Farmers.
Pall bearers were John Rat-
cliff, Leon Yawn, Frank tan-
ner, Herbert Caraway, Floyd.Ot water.
Spell and Marvin Ramer. f
Mr. Eaves was a sheet metal
salesman of Beaumont. He is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Pa-
vices were held at graveside.
The accident occured near
the Wolf creek area and north
or the Jasper highway bridge,
witnesses said. The body was
recovered in about eight feet
Contract for widening Mill ; . _ • . „ ’ ...
. . . , , . ,__itricia Eaves of Beaumont his
creek bridge and approaches duo * ,
west of Silsbee on Highway 4.8jmo’hcr: ‘ vt
was awarded in Austin th,8 ™>ra, La., one brother, Garvis
week to A. M. Vogel contractors
of Houston according to an-
nouncement Tuesday from
W. E. Simmons, district high-
way engineer of Beaumont.
Vogel won the contract on a
low bid of $57,387.78 on the
Funeral services for Darwin rticated they would like team
Eaves and one sister, Mrs. Betty
Johnson both of Glenmora, La.
Graveside services for Mr.
Eaves were held at 4 p. m.
Monday in Morse cemetery
near Buna with Rev. Raymond
Drews, pastor of the First Bap-
tist Church cf Buna, officiating.
Pallbearers were Evan P.
stadium bulged with an estima-
ted 1500 persons Monday night
as the 1959 commencement pro-
gram of Silsbee high school un-
folded.
It was the first outdoor exer-
cise for Silsbee high and those
present were enthusiastic about
open air graduation. Unsettled
weather during the day had
school officials on edge but
clear skies prevailed in the end.
Herman Adams, president of
the high school student body,
made the main talk in the all-
student participation program,
another innovation this year.
Carolyn Baker, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Baker,
brought the valedictory address
and Danna Holmes, daughter of
Mrs. Billie Jeanette Holmes and
Col. Robert Holmes made the
Saturday Little League
Games Are Rained Out
Diplomas were presented to
the white-gowned graduates by
Alf Fullingim, president of the
board of education.
Rev. Grant Herbst, rector of
St. John’s Episcopal church,
was principal speaker at high
school baccalaureate services
Sunday night at 7:30 at the
First Baptist Church. A capa-
city crowd was on hand for that
program, also.
Commencement at Waldo
Mathews school was held last
Friday night at the Waldo Ma-
thews auditorium.
Finishing exercises at Sils-
bec junior high school were
conducetd Friday afternoon at
1:30 in the junior high audi-
torium.
P. W. Bailey To
Retire From Santa
Fe Alter 50 Years
n the next round of p 1 a v.
Friendship Baptist Church and
the First Christian Church.
They will join the First Bap-wojn w
list Church, First Methodist nounccment stated.
Jhurch, Woodrow' Baptist •
Church, All Souls Catholic
hurch, St. John's Episcopal
Church, the Mormon Church,
and the First Presbyterian
Church in the league.
four-tenths of a mile project.
Resident Engineer Lester P. BrantloVi Ra|ph Franklin, Ed-
Landgraf of Silsbee will be in ward j. Johnson, 1. L. Jonse,
,*f 4L.I IM'riinni fill' thfl ... m • I *-* T1 t ■
charge of the project for thc;w D johnson, anc| e. F. John-
highway department. It is cst.i- son_ Bo vvas a veteran of World
mated the work will take 60 ^yar jj an(j the Korean conflict,
days to complete, the an-
ost Office Will
le Closed On *
femorial Day
Silsbee post office will be
jsed all day Saturday, May
, Postmaster L. A. Yankie
mounced Wednesday.
Box mail will be distributed
id outgoing mail will be dis-
itched but there will lie no
rrier delivery and windows
ill be closed, he said.
Presbyterians To
Begin Bible School
The First Presbyterian
Church will have their Bible
chool beginning Monday and
’ontinuing through Friday for
•hildren from kindergarten up
hrough junior age. The school
will be held from 9 until 11:30
•ach morning with closing ex-
ercises being held Friday night,
it 7:30.
Mrs. R. O. Jackson will be
director of the school and Mrs.
Hugh Smith, Mrs. W. R. Fuller
and Rev. Larry Correu will be
teachers. H. W. Boddie will be
in charge of the recreation and
handicraft work.
FCC Takes Step
To Grant New
Silsbee Station
Little League
to
Silsbee
continued to unfold here dur-
ing the past week despite rain-
outs and freakish ball games.
Saturday night’s double head-
to retire from service with the ran, 3,643,100 votes.
made up at a latter date.
Kountzc won over East Tex-
as Concrete Friday night wilh-
........... ............._........out getting a hit despite the
Services were under direction j fact that Eastex pitchers al-
of Farmer Funeral Home. lowed 12 bases on balls and
play] hit one batsman.
Buna, the leader with a G-0
record, had another hitter Fi.-,^ 5Q ycm Qf scrvjce Mr,
day, with Larry Hatch on the;and Mrs BaiIey recently built
Saturday nights double h®ac,‘mouncj, Morris Pharmacy was|a nCw home three miles west
er was rained out and will oe ^ ^ Thursday night it of snsbee on the Kountzc
was Louis Grisham of Mini- highway and have moved back
... , ,r here from Galveston,
max with a home run off; .......
Chancc-Loeb Optimist pitcher.
proved to be, the publishers of
The Silsbee Bee are indeed
grateful and indebted.
For the trust implied by ad-
vancing subscriptions one or
more years, the staff shall
strive to merit that trust and
serve the public to the best of
its ability. On behalf of the
editor and every member of our
staff, we extend our most sin-
cere thanks.
Judge* Statement
We, the undersigned, acting
in capacdy of judges in The
Silsbee Bee “Everybody Wins”
Prize Subscription Contest, af-
ter checking findings in the
sealed ballot box and adding
votes due on subscriptions con-
tained therein to last published
vote figures together with re-
serve votes previously earned
blit not cast for publication, do
hereby declare, to the best of
our knowledge and belief, the
following gland totals to be
correct and contestants listed
oelow are winners of prizes in
the order named:
Winner of Grand Capital
Prize, Ford Ranch Wagon, Mrs.
Burke A. Hargrove, 10,664,050
votes.
Winner of second grand prize,
$750.00 cash. Mrs. A. F. Butler.
8,338,520 votes.
Winner of cash bonus award,
50 percent added to earned
commissions, Mrs. Jackie Gris-
ham, 7,125,570'Yotes.
Winner of cash bonus award,
13 13 percent added to earned
commissions, Mrs. C. S. Sher-
rill, 4,700,000 votes.
Winner of cash bonus award,
percent added to earned
Percy W, Bailey, Silsbec’s
first mayor when the city was 2.5 ,-------- ---------
re-incorporated in 1937, plans commissions, Mrs. Minnie Mo-
Construction Started On New Lumber
And Building Materials Firm Here
Construction of a new $20,-
000-plus lumber and building
The Federal Communications «W'y business •» Nlbww
—t highway Is
Tom Worthey, owners,
nounced this week.
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Helper
and children of Freer are vis-
iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
S. F. Hughes, this wcek^_
ony League Play
egins Saturday
light Al 6 P.M.
Silsbee Pony League baseball
ts off to its 1959 season start
re Saturday night with a
uble header ball game at high
bool stadium. First game be-
ns at Bp. m,
The Cubs face the Giants in
e opener and Kountze will _ . .
ay Chance-Loeb in the night thejwys.
to grant Hardin County
Broadcasting Co. a new stan-
dard radio station in Silsbee
using 1300 kilocycles with 500
watts power in daytime opera-
tion.
FCC Friday directed its staff
to prepare a decision making
the grant, but reserved the
right to reconsider the action
before it becomes final.
An initial decision had been
issued by the FCC last Aug. 22
to make the grant, but it was
not final either. No reason was
given for the further delay.
scheduled to stag^hcre almost
immediately, Sherman and Ed
Mrs. Lottie McMicken of
Baytown is visiting in the F. A.
McMicken home.
Youths Fined, Juveniles Sent Before
Judge, Alter Incidents Here
Three separate incidents of when a, local white youth tried
fighting and rock throwing be-
tween white and colored youths
here in the past week resulted
in arrest of six and three pay-
ing fines in Justice of the Peace
court here. •
Three of the youths were
juveniles and as such were tak-
en before Juvenile Judge H
A. Coe of Kountze who Is also
judge of the 88th District Court.
The first incident involved
three white youths beating up
local colored boy with fists
and a club one night as he
walked home from his job. The
second came about when three
colored youths In a car hufled
rocks at three white boys on
Highway 327 striking one of
to assault a Negro worker on
his job. Police Chief Grady
Tarver said.
Two of the white youths paid
fines in justice court and one
of the Negroes in the rock-
throwing incident. Two white
boys and one Negro, all juve-
niles, had sessions with Judge
Coe who paroled them to the
custody of their respective par-
ents.
Judge Sellers issued stern
lectures in each of his cases
and assured the parties involv-
ed that any further incidents,
whether with these same par-
ties or others, would bring a-
bout much sterner fines than
first
t those he levied on first of
The third incident took place femes.
Commissioners
Buy Two Trucks,
Talk Right Of Way
County commissioners held a
brief session Monday at
Kountze, purchased two trucks,
and heard a resume of the
highway 96 right of way situ-
ation from the county attorney,
Earl Stover.
Nine awards in condemnation
cases have been approved by
the county and it is now up to
landowners to appeal or accept
the awards. Mr. Stover said
that it had been indicated that
the Walker case and the Arnold
Case would be appealed to
county court.
Air conditioning for the
sheriff's department station
wagon was ordered installed by
the court. It was brought out
that the vehicle is used for
transportation of ill persons
and that summer heat made pa-
tients extremely uncomfortable.
J. A. McKim of Kountze of-
fered his services in«compiling
a delinquent tax roll for the
county should commissioners
decide to order one. He said it
would take about a year to do
the job.
Dick' Mize Motor Company of
Sour Lake was low bidder on
the trucks with a bid of $4500
plus trade. Donalson Motor
Company bid $4788 difference;
MiUer-Dunbaf $5436 $nd Over-
street Motor 60. $5715.56.
Officials, friends and as.so»i-
,a»es are going to honor Mr.
Steve Epps and Rickey Har-jgailey in a get-together in the
grove of Morris combined on Santa Fc general office build-
thc only double play of the ing in Galveston on Friday.
week.
Games are scheduled Thurs-
day, Friday and Saturday of
this week and Monday and
Tuesday of next week.
Chance-Loeb Optimists, 1; May
22, Kountze 7, East Texas Con-
crete Mix, 2; Buna 4, Morris
Pharmacy, 0; May 23. rained
out; May 25, Buna 3, East Tex-
as, 2; May 26, Morris 4, Min-
imax, 3.
League standings through May M.
Te.m W L Frt
Buna « 0 1000
Mintmnx 3 2
Kountrc 3 *
East Trx - 3
Optimist J
Morris * 3 ■2W
players hitting ,3i»A>r better with
10 or more times at hat:
Carrol Hale, Buna 1#
lohnnv Hodges, Minimax 18
:Ke
Kenneth MeKec, Mlnimax 13
Results of games last week:
The firm will be called the May 21, Neches Minimax ^2,
Apache Lumber Co. and will
stock a full line of lumber and
building materials, Sherman
Worthey said.
A 60 foot by 140 foot pre-fab
metal building will be erected
to house the business and it
should be completed in about
30 days. It will be located next
to the Worthey’s present metal
building which houses a fac-
tory for production of wooden
skids, plugs, and pallets used
by East Texas Pulp and Paper
Company for shipment of pa-
per product orders.
A 40 by 50 foot glass fronted
showroom for display of build-
ing materials will occupy the
front portion of the building
with the remainder to be used
as warehouse and as quarters
for Worthey Glass and Mirror
now located at 245 S. Second
Street here. The glass and
mirror business will be relo-
cated in the new structure as
soon as it is completed.
The building will be on a
concrete slab foundation. Or-
der for the building has al-
ready been placed and it is ex-
pected within the very near
future, Mr. Worthey said.
Arrests Hit 25
For Weekly Total
Arrests at the county jail for
the week hit 25 Dave Rountree,
office deputy, reportedr at
Kountze Monday.
Charges included one felony-
driving while intoxicated, one
grand jury indictment, two
vagrancies, two drunk in near,
two traffic, and 17 drunks, he
said.
mem nieivee, mum
D. Modlsettc, Morris
H. Gafford, Optimist
Laarr.v Hatch, Buna
Janies Norris, Buna
D. Tennison, Optimist
Charles Peden, Optimist
D. McKcown, East Tex.
It. Harrison. East Tex.
R. Hargrove, Morris
t„ Strickland, Buna
John Tate, Kountze
R. Castllaw, Kountze
R. Ripkowski, Kountze
Buddy Witte, Optimist
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Woodrow Baptists To
Begin Vacation Bible
School On Monday
Woodrow Baptist Church will
have their Vacation Bible
School beginning Monday and
running through Friday from
8 a. m. until 11 a. m. each day.
Preparation day will be held
Saturday, May 30 at 8:30 a. m.
at the church where the child-
ren from three to 16 years of
age will register. They will
have a picnic at the East Texas
picnic grounds.
Mrs. J. B. Bumstead will be
principal and Mrs. M. A Belt
will be pianist 4nd general sec-
sttkty.
Charles I. Herman, assistant
to the general manager, will be
chairman of the affair, and
serving with him will be H. B.
Griffith, A. K. Beard and L. J.
Cassell.
Mr. Bailey is a native of
Dusen, La. and he began work-
ing for the Santa Fe as an ap-
prentice operator at Roganville
on May 15. 1909. He became
agent at Silsbee Feb. 14, 1914
and served in that capacity un-
til November, 1940 when he
was loaned to contractois in
charge of construction of Camp
Wallace where he served as
transportation inspector just
prior to World War II.
He also served as transporta-
tion inspector-manager of the
Bluebonnet Ordnance Plant
with headquarters at Waco un-
til May 1, 1945 when he was
appointed trainmaster at Tem-
ple He returned to Galveston
as agent on Nov. 20, 1945. On
Dec. 1. 1953 he was promoted
to the position of special assis-
tant to' the general managei
with headquarters in Galves-
ton, and is retiring from that
position.
Mr. and Mis. Bailey have
two children, Dr. Bill Bailey"
and Mrs. C. W. Shelley, both of
Beaumont
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.462
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Winner of cash bonus award,
15 percent added to earned
commissions, Mrs. C. H. Shaw-
ver, 2,699,470 votes.
Mrs. Clayton Cox, 2,458,910.
Mrs. Jim Jenkins, 1,779,100.
E. E. Kaino, 1,310,500.
Mrs. Virginia Brown, 1,205,-
000.
Official Contest Judges: Cecil
Cobole, Lester D. Self, Robert
A. Neyland.
East Texas Shrine
Club Plans Buffet
Dinner In Jasper
A buffet dinner will be
served area Shriners and their
ladies at a special ladies night
meeting of East Texas Shrine
ullcc »*, Club Friday night at 7:30 at
register. They will the Jasper Masonic hall. Joe
Register of Silsbee, club presi-
dent, said this week.
All area Bhriners and their
ladifs as well as club members
are invited. There wfij be *n
terttuBdiaht-
Bowles Verdict
Is Upheld Second
Time By Court
Bryant W. Bowles lost the se-
cond round in his battle to have
a Hardin county district court
life sentence set aside last week
in Austin when the court of
criminal appeals refused to re-
view its 2-1 decision upholding
the sentence.
Bowles was convicted last
year for the slaying of his
brother-in-law, James Harvey
ofLoeb.
He has filed for a second
hearing of the case by the state
court, authorities at the coun-
ty jail said Monday.
If the court refuses again to
rehear the case his next move
would be to appeal to the su-
preme court of the United
States.
However, in the event the
second appeal is denied, Bowles
would have to begin serving his
sentence while the Supreme
court was reviewing the case,
officers said.
Bowles’ appeal is based on
she claim by his attorneys that
i remark made by the district
attorney, Stanley Coe of
Kountze, was prejudicial
against Bowles.
It was said that Bowles has
retained Attorney Percy Fore-
nan of Houston to represent
him.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Daniel
and children of Amarillo were
recent visitors in the home ot
his sister and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Winford A. Barclay.
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Zuber, Jerry. The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 28, 1959, newspaper, May 28, 1959; Silsbee, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth770813/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Silsbee Public Library.