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THESILSBEEBEE
VOLUME 41
S1LSBEE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1959
10c PER COPY
NUMBER 1
Appraisers Ask
Court For Money
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Hardin county commissioners voted Monday to pay
right of way appraiser Burke A. Hargrove of Silsbee
$2000 for a job he originally contracted to do for $500'
then refused to order payment to Mr. Hargrove and O.j^j
P. Roden of Loeb for an appraisal job they did on.
Highway 105 in Sour Lake
City Election Contests
Bloom As Hopefuls file
back in 1957.
Commissioner Tom
Htuch of Sour Lake maintained
that the pair had not done the
jot) properly and that the $40
across-the-board fee the pair
wants for appraising 2!) pieees
of right of way on the 105 see-
tion would not be paid until
certain highway department
forms had been filled out.
The $2000 was ordered paid
Mr. Hargrove for work done on
appraising right of way on the
Neches River bridge projeet, a
job he was given by commis-
sioners last Septemlxr “for
$500 a month for one month".
The jot) took four months and
payment was ordered on that
basis.
Mr. Hargrove then asked the
court about the $1160 each he
and Mr. Roden said they were
due for the 105 job.
"We did that work. Mr. Ro-
den and I, back in 1957. Since
then we haven't tx'en able to
get our money. We did the
m
! told you that I would furnish
the stenographer and mimeo-
graph the forms if you would
till them out. As it stands now,
without following the Carpen-j
ter ease which I told you you
wotdd htrve to do, you haven't
made a legal appraisal and I'm
not going to ask for payment of
an illegal claim.”
At one juncture in the dis-
cussion. Judge Richardson had
to demand order by a loud slap
on the table. "Mr. Hargrove,
you’re in court!” he reminded
sharply, calling down all par-
ties.
Mr. Hargrove maintained
that at the time they started
woik on the case, he and Mr.
Roden were told to do the work
on a different basis than that
of the Carpenter case. "Then
you changed it and told us we
would have to do it a difterent
way."
Mr' Hargrove told the court
that he wasn't concerned with
the Carpenter case or any other
P
m
work according to our agree- ease, that he and Mr. Roden
had done the job according to
their agreement with the court
ment with the court and with
Count) Attorney Earl Stover.
We have run here and there and according to what de-
ifying to collect and once you velopcd in their discussion with
the county attorney and that
that was all he was going to do.
County Attorney Stover en-
tered into the discussion and
told Mr. Hargrove, "Now Burke,
all this court is doing is asking
fNr your cooperation. Now if
you aren’t going to cooperate,
just say so. They want to do
the right thing and have always
done the right thing. You have
been talking around here about
this long enough!”
The question revolved around
whether or not the appraisers
would transpose their informa-
lo the indicated forms.
You have spent more time
Wo did the'wor>th,'l|.v;u'hinK 1hi* l'our1
told us you didn't have any
money—that was all right, we
were willing to wait, but now
we would like to get our mo-
ney.”
Charges and counter charges
flew in the heated hour-long
discussion that followed.
Commissioner Burch main-
tained that the appraisals must
be made to conform with the
Carpenter Case, a 1937 Texas
right of way ease on which
right of way appraisals are now
based. Judge Fletcher Richard-
son later explained.
Mr. Hargrove declared (hat tion
he was not going to fill out any
more forms,
100 percent as we agreed. If
you want us to do any more, I
want to get paid for it. I of-
fered to do the work over on
tin- fee basis paid by the high-
way department and you said
nothing doing,” he told Mr.
Burch.
"If 1 iim going to do any
more work on this. I am going
to he paid for it.” he said.
Mr. Roden, too. indicated that
if mote work was necessary he
felt they should be paid. How-
ever. he did agree that if if
was a matter of transposing in-
formation from field notes to
difterent forms that he would
be willing to do that.
Mr. Burch declared. "Burke.
Mrs. Katie Jenkins
Is Buried Monday
At Frank's Branch
Final rites for Mrs. Katie Ola
Jenkins, 74, lifetime resident of
Hardin county, were held at
2 p. m. Monday from Frank's
Branch church at Fix'd with bu-
rial in (lie adjoining cemetery.
Elder Clyde Dulaney of the
Silsbee Church of Latter Day
Saints (Mormon), officiated.
Mrs. Jenkins died at 8:30
p. m. Saturday in Hardin Coun-
ty hospital.
She is survived by four sons:
Harry, Herman and Daniel
Jenkins, all of Silsbee, and A. J.
Jenkins of Flagstaff, Ariz.; six-
daughters: Mrs. Corine Harvill,
Mrs. Irene Gore, Mrs. Amy
Tucker, Mrs. Helen Rawls, Mrs.
Amy Margaret Anderson and
Mrs. Margie Bell Rawls, all of
Silsbee; one brother, Herbert
Odom of Spurger; four sisters,
Mrs. Ann Herrington of Gil-
mer, Mrs Ruth Crosby of Col-
mcsneil, Mrs. Su/ie Crosby of
Vidor and Mrs. Irene Best of
Woodville; 37 grandchildren
and six great-grandchildren.
rallbearrrs, all nephews,
were Marshall Crosby, Ber-
trand Odom, Wallace Odom,
Paul Arrington. L. H. Hester
and 'Alfred Hester. Arrange-
ments were under direction of
Farmer Funeral Home.
than it would take you to get
your money,” Mr. Burch said.
Mr. Roden indicated finally
thal if Mr. Burch would fur-
nish stenographic help that he
was willing to fill out the pre-
scribed forms.
“All right, Burke, there you
are, if Pat will fill out the
forirta, will you sign them?
Then you can get your money,"
Commissioner Rocky Richard-
son asked.
“Will 1 sign them? Do you
mean all 1 have to do is sign
them with this other informa-
tion on them? Is that legal? Do
you mean what 1 have isn't
legal and all 1 have to rio^to
make it legal is sign my name
on a form?” Mr.-. Hargrove
asked.
Tax Assessor-Collector Wil-
lie Bean made another appea-
rance before the court on the
help situation in his office. The
court approved Larry Creek-
more of Silsbee as a full time
employee to replace Dean
Haynes who was drafted and
approved Frank Means as tem-
porary help in the assessing
department. Both are salaried
at $225 monthly.
"1 wonder if you folks would
consider some more help in
there,” Mr. Bean asked, spea-
king of full-time employees.
Commissioner Frank Payne
of Silsbee said, "Just two on a
temporary basis for assessing
purposes is as far as 1 can go.’
There was no motion and no
vote oil the question.
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WINNERS IN the soience fair held at the old elementary school building daring public
schools week were, left to right, Wanda Caraway, Ann Hayes, Kenneth Cone*. Carmen
Dominguez, and Jola Griffith. Wanda and Carmen had a replica of the solar system as their
exhibit while Ann Hayes displayed a cutout model of the human skeleton. In the high
school division, Jola had a chart oo human anatomy and Kenneth constructed a cloud cham-
ber. __
High Court Affirms
Bowles' Life Term
Kiwanis Club "Quest For Talent" Show
To Headline TY-Movie Entertainers
Don Mahoney, Jeanna Clare
-md Professor Joe, stars of
stage, screen and television,
will headline the Kiwanis
Club’s big Ted Mack quest for
talent show here Saturday
light at the high school audi-
torium.
Mahoney, popular area tel-
evision star, will officiate as
master of ceremonies. Miss
Clare, new television discovery
who made her debut last sum-
Mixed Foursome
Tourney Slated
At Country (tub
..Tfe
Members of Silsbee Golf and
Country Club will compete in a
mixed, two-ball Scotch Four-
some tournament out at the
club Sunday afternoon, Club
Pro John Spiller advises.
Pro Spiller said members in-
tending to play should got their
names turned in to him as early
as possible. Play starts at 2
p. m.
The telephone number at the
club is EV 5-4372.
Oddfellows Will
Organize Youth
Chapters Mar. 21
Silsbee Oddfellows will have
two out of town speakers at
their meeting at the lodge hall
Saturday March 21, a spokes-
man for the lodge said this
week.
M. M. Sprinkle, chairman of
Youth Activities in the Texas
Chapter will explain the junior
Tddfellows organization and a
lunior chapter will be orga-
nized here. Also a woman from
louston will discuss the girls'
irganization at the meeting.
A door prize will be awarded
ind the public is invited to
ittcnd.
mcr on the first Ainpex Video
Tape show in New York City,
will contribute some musical
numbers of her own.
Professor Joe promises to
lend hilarity to the show and
is billed as the funniest man
in the west.
But the real heart of the 3 and assessed the life term
The stale Court of Criminal
Appeals Wednesday affirmed
the life sentence of Bryant W.
Bowles Jr. tor the May 4, 1958
murder of his brother-in-law
James Earl Harvey of Loeb.
Bowles has been held in Har-
din county jail since last Au-
gust awaiting outcome of the
appeal of the verdict in his case.
A jury of nine men and three
women found Bowles guilty of
murder with malice last Aug.
Silsbee Slugs
By DAVID READ
This writer, together with
partner. Bob, and along with
many other newspaper and ra-
dio people, were guests Mon-
day night of Roy Nelson, presi-
dent of Gulf States Utilities
Company at the Beaumont Club
for a dinner. It was the com-
pany’s annual appreciation par-
ity for the press, TV and radio.
By the time we arrived in
Beaumont and followed
j "Goody” Goodwyn, Silsbec's
I head GSU man, up to the third
! floor of the company’s home of-
fice building, there were quite
a number of our friends from
the area there. We saw Bob
Akers of the Beaumont Enter-
prise: “Red” Wilkerson of the
Port Neches Chronicle; Robert
Thompson of the Tyler County
Booster; Archer Fullingim of
the Kount7.e News, and many
others. The Gulf States Utilities
lolks were the most gracious of
hosts, and after a pleasant half-
hour or so of sociability, they
rang the dinner bell.
There was roast turkey,
baked ham, cold cuts of every
description, as well as all the
trimmings that make a meal
more delicious. Your writer
had the pleasure of sitting at
the tabic with Mr. Nelson him-
self. along with Blakcy Locke
of KFDM-TV and Dave Rus-
sell.
At the conclusion of the meal
Mr. Nelson addressed the gath-
ering briefly, showing films of
some of the fabulous plants
H. (. Hopkins Seeks Mayer's Seat,
Five Vie For Two Council Posts
City politics blossomed like a desert flower after a
fresh spring rain late last week when a covey of last
minute announcements for both council posts and may-
or hit the city office.
Five men are seeking election to the city council,
which has two vacancies in
he April 7 election, and
two men are asking elec-
tion as mayor.
H. C. Hopkins, now a coun-
cilman, announced this week
that he had filed for a position
on the ballot as mayor and
was a candidate for the office.
He will oppose Mayor H. M.
fones, who announced last
week that he was seeking re
election.
Two additional men filed for
city council Saturday, William
Free, retired Santa Fc engi-
neer and longtime Silsbee res-
ident; and Dr. Louis Thacker,
Silsbee optometrist. Dr. Thack-
er has been a member of the
city planning commission the
past 15 months.
Last week, Sam Cerniglia,
Eastex Pulp and Paper em-
ployee; and incumbent coun-
show will be the more than
40 amateur acts in the Silsbee
area which will compete for
the right to appear on Ted
Mack’s Houston talent show
and a subsequent trip to
Mack's Original Amateur Hour
Show in New York City.
Acts include 10 year old
rubiier-legged acrobats, rock
and rollers, opera sip&ers,
callers and many other variety
acts.
Proceeds from the show go
for Kiwanis Club Charities.
Jack Hedge is general chair-
man of the event.
Accident Sunday
Near Village Creek
Hospitalizes One
Bowles will be taken to
Huntsville to begin serving his
sentence as soon as papers ar-
rive from Austin, Sheriff Wil-
liam Whitaker said Wednesday.
Bowles seven-day trial in the
old courthouse at Kountze was
one of the most colorful and
spectacular in the history of
"ff.farHin county. Large crowds
”*01 spectators, braved the peak
summer heat and literally
jammed themselves in the
courtroom to hear testimony.
Bowles was convicted for
killing his brother-in-law,
James Earl Harvey, on the
front porch of Harvey’s home
in Loeb May 4 of last year.
Harvey and Bowles’ wife, Mrs.
Elina Lois Bowles, had an ar-
gument at the site of a house
construction job in Loeb the
dav before and Harvey slapped
Mrs. Bowles.
Mrs. Bowles, an expectant
Miss Mary Bell Sanders of I'"other at the time of the slap-
Silsboe was' hospitalized with incident, has since given
Tax Office Will Observe Longer Hours
In March Tax Collector Bean Says
The tax assessor-collector’s
office in Kountze will be open
through the noon hour March
16-31 to serve the public, Coun-
ty Tax Assessor Willie Bean
said Monday.
The office will also be open
all day Saturday, March 21
and 22, he said.
“Though we are seriously
shorthanded in the office, we
will always endeavor to give
the public the service it de-
serves,” Mr. Bean said.
Silsbee P-TA To Meet
The Parent-Teacher Associa-
tion will meet Tuesday after-
noon at 3:30 in Read-Turren-
tine cafeteria. There was a
change in the place due to a
conflicting program.
“St. Patrick’s Day” will be
the theme of the program.
The nominating committee
will submit names for the of-
ficers of the new year.
First Baptists
To Hold Revival
Rev. Jr O. Morman, pastor
of the First Baptist Church of
Port Neches, will be the speak-
er for the revival that wiU be-
gin March 22 through March
29 at the First Baptist ChUrch.
Services will be held each
morning at 9:30 and each
evening at 7:30.
Preparation is being made
for cottage orayer meetings to
b* held each mg&t next week. Charles Knight of Port Arthur. % C. Hopkins,
Recent guests in the R. A.
Yoksh home were Jerry Mallett
of Beaumont and Mr. and Mrs
Mormon Church To
Sponsor Jamboree
Saturday Night
A special entertainment pro-
gram featuring music, magic
and comedy acts will be spon-
sored i n Silsbee Mormon
Church on Saturday night,
March 14, beginning at 8
o’clock.
Among featured acts bn the
benefit program will be the
Move Quintet and all the sou-
thern folks, The Bluebird Song-
sters, Ellis Hayes as magician
and mystery man, and Sils-
bee’s Bobby Battle as Slum, the
clown.
The program will be known
as The Western Jamboree and
George Owens of Sour Lake
will be master of ceremonies.
Tickets are available from D. R.
Ruggles..
Mrs. J. O. Stringer and
daughters of Jasper visited ov-
er the week end in the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
head and face lacerations Sun-
day afternoon following a two-
car collision on Highway 327
near the west end of the Vil-
lage creek bridge.
Miss Sanders was taken to
Hardin County Hospital in a
Farmer Funeral Home ambu-
lance following the crash.
A ear driven by John Aden
Matula of Beaumont collided
with a car driven by Corbitt
Lee Jones Jr. of Silsbee in
whose car Miss Sanders was a
passenger. Mr. Jones is with the
66th Armored Division at Fort
Hood.
The accident was investigated
by a Hardin county deputy she-
riff and the Texas Highway
Patrol.
Hello World - -
A son was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Delbert A Burroughs in
an Atlantic City, N. J. hospital
on March 5. The young man
has been named Delbert A.
Burroughs Jr. The parents are
former residents of Silsbee
where Mr. • Burroughs was a
printer at The Silsbee Bee.
Vickie Renee, a daughter,
was born to Mr. and Mrs^ H.
L. Bullock of Houston. March
9 in Hardin County Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Buckner
of Silsbee are the parents of a
daughter, .Kathy Darlene, born
March 8 in Hardin County
Hospital. —■
Sandra Gail, a daughter, was
horn March 6 in Hardin Coun-
ty Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. McKee of Silsbee.
Mr. and Mrs F. H. Johnson
of Kountze are the parents of
a daughter, Cynthia Gwen,
born March 5 in Hardin Coun-
ty Hospital.
Anita Kaye, a daughter, was
born to Mr. and Mrs. B. R.
Key of Silsbee March 6 in
Hardin County Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Watts of
Silsbee are the parents of a
daughter. Debora Carol, born
March 8 in Hardin County
Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Tobey
MI of -Silsbee are the parents
of a daughter, Pamela Ann,
born March 7 in Hardin Coun-
ty Hospital.
birth to a daughter. Following
the argument with Harvey,
Mrs. Bowles went to her home
in Beaumont and telephoned
her husband who was in Chi-
cago on a business trip.
Bowles drove back to Beau-
mont immediately where he
picked up a shotgun and with
his wife, drove to the Harvey
home in Loeb. He got out of the
car and ordered Harvey to
"throw down your knife” then
fired the fatal blast.
Mrs. Bowles herself stood
trial for murder as an accomp-
lice. Her trail ended in a ver-
dict of guilty and she was gi-
ven a five year suspended sen-
tence by the jury.
v.*'
Second Poison Pen
Letter Is Circulated
In Silsbee Area
A second poison pen letter
lias been circulated in tin
Silsbee area. Mailed in Beau
mont the four-page typewrit-
, _ _ ..ten letters, which have been
along the strip of Gull Coast I rcproriuced on a duplicating
his company serves, and stating machine arc, if possible, more
the number of kilowatts of- fane and vuigar than the
electricity each one used. Hej{jrst
told of the plans of his company
for doubling its size within the
next decade, and drew a glow-
ing picture of the future of the
area in industrial development.
As he finished his remarks he
answered a number of questions
pertaining to the business of the
company, and other matters.
One reporter questioned him
about his attitude toward the
multi-purpose McGee Bend
Dam, rMMv under construction,
and he slated definitely that he
was on record as favoring the
unUfertaklng. He said his com-
pany hoped to be able lo pur-
chase electricity from t&e hy-
dro-electric plant at the darn.
Speaking of dams—we have
been up at Dam B lake several
times lately. This is one of the
most beautiful and most popu-
lar spots for outings in the
country, but we have noticed
that the facilities for launching
and loading boats there arc
very inadequate. On week ends
there arc always traffic jams
around the launching ramps,
and it is hard to maneuver a
boat trailer in to and out of the
place. Wc don’t know who is
charged with the rcsponsibilitj
of these facilities, but the lake
would be much more pleasure if
the ramps were improved.
Last year more than half a
million people visited this lake
for fishing, camping, and boat-
ing. On week ends the boats
arc skipping over the surface
like water bugs, and everyone
is having a wonderful time.
This summer it will be more
popular than ever and each
year the economic impact of the
visitors will grow greater.
Wc feel sure that there are
hundreds of sportsmen who
would be willing to help im-
prove the facilities at the dam.
All it needs is for someone lo
take the lead.
The second threatening tet-
ter still dealt principally with
the situation in the Ncgr<
schools, was still extremely
vulgar and contained many
obviously misspelled words.
The letter generally praised
“Kid Llovd" and condemned
‘Old Johns.” The letter also
thoroughly cussed The Sils-
bee Bee for having printed a
story about the other letter be-
ing turned over to postal au-
thorities. who in turn sent it
to the FBI.
A ropy uf the second filthy,
obscene BWtor has also been
turned over to a past office in-
spector with a request that the
post office department take
action. The Federal Bureau of
Investigation has apparently
not yet investigated the first
letter which also contained
threats of bodily harm.
As far as the Bee was able
to learn the letters arc being
mailed to some school board
members, some private indi-
viduals and a good many Ne-
gro citizens.
This letter was also signed
“The Evil Eyes”.
oilmen C. E. "Pete" Landolt
Jr. and Berl M. Slavdom an-
nounced for office.
Mr. Hopkins and Mr. Free
both made statements to the
Bee which appear elsewhere
relative to their candidacy.
Mayor Jones stated that he
had little to say at this time.
"I feel that the city has shown
great progress in recent years
and 1 attribute that progress
in large part to a forward-
thinking city government and
•ouncil. Certainly any admin-
istration should pledge itself
to see that that progress con-
tinues.”
Candidate Cerniglia, a new-
comer to the local political
scene, said in making his an-
nouncement, “I will do the
best I ran for everybody con-
cerned if elected.”
Dr. Thacker stated that "I
feel that it is every citizen’s
duty to take part in his local
affairs. I have no axes to grind
and am running at the urging
of the several people who
•ailed me and talked with me
bout it.
"I am in favor of a long
ange master plan of city needs
deluding both new items and
inprovement or expansion of
•xisting ones. The work of the
olanning commission along
hose lines is of course, valu-
■ ble to the city. I am also in-
crestcd in a program to pro-
mote city beautification and
x-lieve that such a program
•ould be worked out. It goes
without saying that I will, if
•leeted, cooperate to the full-
•st with the rest of the coun-
•i 1, the mayor, and all the cit-
izens.”
Councilman Landolt re-
marked, “I will continue to
work in the future, as in the
past, toward further progress
for Silsbee in an economically
feasible manner.”
Councilman Slaydon, who is
employed by Santa Fc, was not
in town Wednesday and could
not be reached for comment.
Junior High School Science Winners,
(lass Favorites Are Recognized
Ann Hayes, Wanda Caraway Gene Richardson, Barbara King
and Carmen Dominguez re
ceived recognition and awards
for outstanding achievement in
school science Tuesday morning
at assembly program in Silsbee
Junior High School. Principal
I. B. Griffith presented the
awards (medals) which arc gi
ven by Current Science and
Aviation magazine to recognize
and stimulate interest and
achievement in science.
Winners in the biological sec-
tion of the science fair were:
Ann Hayes, first; Bernell Alex-
-ander and Lois Cleveland, se-
cond; Glenda Howell, third;
Rita Brown, fourth; Alma Wil-
liamson and Patricia Matthews,
fifth.
. Physical division winners
were: Carmen Dominguez and
Wanda Caraway, first; David
Davenport and Jimmy Wills,
second; Buddy Jones, third; Do-
ris Downs and Carolyn Gee,
fourth; George Crowson, fifth.
Guides for the junior high
science fair who explained the
exhibits were: John Clawson,
Wanda Caraway, Carmen Do-
minguez, Jerry Biddle, Mar-
garet Scoggins. Randy Read,
Ann Hayes, Carole Cobble,
Buddy Jones, Nicky Gilbert,
Beth Singletary, David Daven-
port. Jimmy Wills, Virginia
Woodard, Bobby Jo {shepherd,
So ygi'vur, Sharon bnnmon*,
t
and Don Hartman.
Class Favorites
Personalities and class fa-
vorites named for the year in
elections at Junior High are
John Clawson, most popular
boy; Sharon Simmons, most
popular girl; Jerry Biddle, best
all-around boy; Virginia Wood-
ard, best all-around girl; Bo
Tarver, most athletic boy; Kay
Yoksh, mast athletic girl; Bud-
dy Jones, most polite boy; Ca-
role Cobble, most polite girl.
Leslie Ashwerth, friendliest
boy; Bobby Jo Shepherd,
friendliest girl; Reese Lott, cu-
test boy; Margaret Scoggins,
cutest girl; Gehrig Brown, wit-
tiest boy; Beth Singletary, wit-
tiest girl.
*■ class favorites in the seventh
grade are: Jeaneile Shavers and
Robert Parks. Eighth grade fa-
vorites are: Kathy McWhorter
and Doug Fullingim. Ninth
grade favorites are: Sharon
Simmons and John Clawson.
Jimmy Reeves, son of Rev.
and Mrs. A. H. Reeves, who has______________
been stationed in San Diego things possible,
with the Navy, will arrive this
week end for a visit with his
parents. He will return to San
Diego where he will attend
electrician's school.
$50 Fine Levied
In County Court
On DWI Charge
County peace officers had a
busy week last week with 26
persons jailed, Office Deputy
Dave Rountree reported from
Kountze Monday morning.
One case was heard in Judge
Fletcher Richardson’s county
court. Guy T. Hopkins of Cor-
rigan was fined $50 and costs
ami sentenced to three days in
jail after pleading guilty lo dri-
v ing while intoxicated, records
show.
Arrests included 18 drunks
four traffic, two insane, one
DWI, felony; one hot check.
Final Riles For
Selmer Whitaker
Are Held Sunday
Funeral services for Selmer
Whitaker, 48, were held at 2
p. ni. Sunday from the First
Baptist Church. Rev. R. E. Bar-
clay, pastor officiated.
Mr. Whitaker haH been ill
some time. He died at 3:30 a. m.
Saturday at (lie home of his
dster, Mrs. Erlinc DeHart. He
was born at Nona and was a
lifelong resident of Hardin
■ounty, moving to Silsll'e in
!924. He was the son of the*
late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Whi-
taker of Silsbee.
In addition to Mrs. DeHart,
Mr. Whitaker is survived by
me more sister, Mrs. Evelina
Bell of Silslx'e, a brother, She-
•iff William Whitaker of
Kountze. one niece, Miss Judy
DeHart and a nephew, Frank
Bell, both of Silsbee.
Burial was in Old Hardin
•emetery at Kountze under di-
ection of Farmer Funeral
Borne. Pallbearers were Ches-
er Hooks, Ramsey Hooks, Bud
Henry Hooks, John Fosha, W. J.
Jackson. V. A. Belt. G. W.
(Snub) Gilchriest, and Everett
Gilchriest.
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Free, Hopkins Outline Platforms
Wm. Free Seeks Hopkins Files
Position On Council In Mayor's Race
In announcing as a candidate
for councilman of the City of
Silsbee I offer the following
statement for 'the information
of the citizenk who do not
know me.
I have been employed by
the Santa Fe Railroad as lo-
comotive engineer and fire-
man, since 1914, and have re-
sided in Silsbee. wjth few ex-
ceptions since that time.
I have been legislative rep-
resentative for the Brother-
hood of Locomotive Firemen
& Enginemen for 21 years.
During that time d have con
sistently supported candidates
who were friends of “Good
Government” and legislative
measures beneficial to ail the
people.' including highways,
better schools, and higher sal-
aries for our teachers.
In addition I have supported
all bond issues that made these
For development inside pres-
ent city limits. Article 8, Sec.
802, Development of Property,
(See Free, Page 6, Sec. 1)
H. C. Hopkins, who this week
announced as a candidate for
mayor of Silsbee, issued the fol-
lowing statement:
I am announcing this to the
people of the City of Silsbee
that I am a candidate for the
office of mayor. This decision
has been reached because I am
vitally interested in the growth
and development of our city
into a strong, stable and pro-
gressive community. ,
Operation of the city is one
of the largest businesses in the
area. I feel that I am in position
to assume the Responsibility of
mayor as I am practically free
of business management and
can devote most of my time to
the interests of the Cfty^
Being a property owner and
taxpayer I can share with oth-
ers the concern that the fin-
ances of the city are wisely and.
soundly expended.
I am in business here, being
a partner in the Silsbee Ice
Company, with my son, H.
Newton Hopkins as general
(bee Hoplaas, P*j* 6, gfc. 1)
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Zuber, Jerry. The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 12, 1959, newspaper, March 12, 1959; Silsbee, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth770986/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Silsbee Public Library.