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V6LUME 23 NUMBER 35
HUMBLE, TEXAS, SEPTEMBER 3, 1964
10£ PER COPY, $2.81 PER YEAR
Was $1.21
School Tax Rate Set
At $1.18 This Year
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Turner said the big
increase in capital outlay
represented expenses
made in the last fiscal
year on the district’s new
high school plant.
Receipt amendments:
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Holiday Monday
Schools Set For Start
Of Classes This Week
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MOTHER AND “BABIES” - Mother love took a curious twist in the Leroy
Humphrey household here last week. The Humphrey’s year and-a-half old
Chihuahua, Cleo, decided these two baby chicks were hers to raise when they
were brought home for the Humphrey children. Cleo has never had a litter of
pups, but spends all her time in the box with the chicks. She will allow Mrs.
Humphrey to touch the chicks,, but keeps such things as photographers and the
Humphrey’s huge German Shepherd dog a safe distance away from her “family.”
(ECHO Photo)
County Medical Society
Explains Encephalitis
A tax race of $1.18 per
$100 of assessed valuation
was set by the Humble
School Board at a called
meeting Wednesday night.
Total assessments in the
district is $32,640,000.
The new tax rate, to apply
to the 1965 tax roll, is
down three cents from the
$1.21 rate last year. As-
sessed valuation, however,
is up about $5 million over
the $27.6 million last year.
Superintendent of Schools
George Turner told the
board the tax rate was de-
rived from budget re-
quirements and the dis-
trict’s assessed valuation.
The $32,640,000 assessed
valuation is about 60 per
cent of the district’s total
valuation of some $54.4
million, he said. Turner
said the rate was set with
the assumption of 96 per
cent tax collection.
Turner did not divide
the tax rate into specific
amounts for local main-
tenance and debt service,
saying those figures would
be ready by the board’s
regualr meeting Sept. 8.
Divisions for last year’s
$1.21 rate were $1.04 for
local maintenance and 17
cents for debt services.
In the adopted budget for
the 1964-65 year , es-
timates revenue is
$239,000 from the local
maintenance tax and
$125, 801 from the debt
service tax.
Last years’s school
budget, which carried
through Aug. 31, was , ,
amended upward from the Meet Wednesday
$547,609 adopted a year ago
Health Services -upfrom Local sources - up from
$4,834 to $ 5, 334. $317,966 t o $331,016, pri-
Capital Outlay - up from marily, Turner said, from
$24,000 to $470,000. recent delinquent tax col-
Expenses to other dis- lections,
tricts - up from $1,000 State sources - up from
to $1,660. $228,397 to $238,408.
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Non-revenue receipts -
up from $200 to $1,504,753
due to the $1.5 million
bond issue passed in No-
vember.
Incoming transfers - up
from $2,000 to $6,421.
Everything was “set”
for the opening of classes
this week in Humble’s three
schools. The last vacant
teaching position was filled
Man Hurt In
Friday Wreck
last week when a building
trades instructor at the
high school was selected.
Superintendent of Schools
George Turner said the
School Board has hired
William B. Sturman from
Pasadena for the building
trades position.
“We’re set,” Turner
said, “as far as I knowun-
READY FOR STUDENTS - Teachers at Humble’s
A New Caney man, Jon less’ something unforseen three schools prepared for the surge of scholars
R. Everage, was injured turns up » ^------’■ TT-“~ n^*.. T -------"
Turner urged parents to
enroll all students in school
the car he was driving skid-
ded off the highway and
crashed into a culvert on
U.S. highway 59.
He was taken to St.
Joseph’s Hospital in Hous-
ton after the 3:20 a.m.
wreck.
Chamber To
Editor’s note - TheHar- enough definite character- Quito,
ris County Medical Society istics, by clinical and lab- Q- What are the symp-
has prepared the follow- oratory tests, so that it can toms of encephalitis ^
ing information summary be positively identified as a
to $1,002,269. Receipts
were adjusted upward to
$2,080,598.
Expense amendents by
in the 1963-64
The board of Directors
of the Humble Chamber
of Commerce is scheduled
as early as possible this
week. Classes started
Wednesday.
“We’d like to get them
in class as soon as pos-
sible,” Turner explained.
“There are always some
that don’t attend for the
first few days.”
Grades 1-3 are at Hum-
ble Elementary School, 4-8
at Lakeland -School and 9-
12 at Humble High School.
this week. Here, Mrs. Betty Ludtke arranges supplies
for her class of second graders at Humble Elemen-
tary School. Her students will be greeted by a new
name this fall — she was Miss Wright at the close
of school last spring. (ECHO Photo)
For Texas
36 Deaths Forecast
In Labor Day Traffic
Administration - up from
Instruction - up from
$350,232 to $356,732.
mg miormation summary uepusmvciy iucuuucuaBa A* Marked irritability, category
on encephalitis in question definite type of encephali- headache; fever (103 to 105 budg°t<
and answer form. tls. _ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Admims^.o^-
Q. What is encephalitis? is attacked by encephalitis? or back drowsiness, after
A. An inflammation of A. The sheath of the hours of fever, confu-
the brain. small blood vessels of the si°n t0 the P°hit of stupor
brain. Irritation of the cen- or coma; dizziness; con-
tral nervous system re- vulsions and blurred vi- DCnOOl DOCS TO
suits. Encephalitis does not sion. . T ,
attack the nerve cells of Q* Does encephalitis at- MOGilllQ l UGSOOy
the brain in the way that tack special age groups?
the virus of poliomyelitis A» One of the character- The regular meeting of
Col. Homer Garrison, Labor Day traffic deaths
wxijuxjicxwc jlo pvutumtu Turner said classes will director of the Texas De- as they occur, will go into
to meet at 7*30 pm. not ^ held Monday in ob- partment of Public Safety, effect at 12:01 a.m., Sat-
Wednesday in theChamber ooTwafresume '***
Tuesday morning. the grim tabulation of
office at 311 Main St.
Q. How many types of en-
cephalitis exist?
A. Some 28 types have
been differentiated. The
most common type in Har-
ris County occurs some-
Council To
Meet Friday
The Humble City Council
will meet in regular ses-
sion at 7:30 p.m. Friday
at the city office.
Mayor Preston Tullos
times "as* a explication of does, and paralysis rarely istics of St. Louis encepha- the Hunable School Board announced the meetup date
virus infections such as occurs. litis is that a much high- is scheduled at 7:30p.m. was changed from the
measles, mumps or chic- Q. How does it spread? er percentage of deaths oc- Tuesday in the school scheduled first Monday of
ken pox.
Q. What is St. Louis en- ticular species of mosqui-
cephalitis? to, which has bitten an in-
A. A type, new to Hous- fected bird or reptile. It
ton, which occurred inepi- is not transmitted from
demic form in St. Louis in human to human. St. Louis
1933. It has occurred oc- encephalitis may develop
casionally in other locali- from 5 to 21 days after the
ties. This type shows bite of an infected mos-
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A. By the bite of a par- curs in the elderly than in business offices at Humble
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High School.
the month due to the Sept.
7 Labor Day holiday.
Taking A Peek . . .
OVER THE FENCE
Miss Sharon Matthews
returned home Aug. 27
after a three week visit
in Las Vegas, Nev., with
her aunt and uncle, Mr.
and Mrs. L.A. McAlister.
She attended both perform-
ances of the Beatles Aug.
20.
Hester.
Capt. and Mrs. Luttrel
of Abilene and Mrs. Mar-
vin Chane of Houston visit-
ed the Joe Silcox family
last week.
Mrs. W.G. Nealisreturn-
ed home Monday after a
Mr. "and" Mrs. Joe Hester ^’s visit m Corpus
are the proud parents of a C.hr\?rtl er . * *
7 lb. 6 oz. baby boy, Todd «
Darin, born Aug. 29.
Grandparents are Mr,
and Mrs. W.E. Patton and
Mrs. Clara Hester. This is
the second grandchild born
within five weeks for Mrs.
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family. Before visiting in
Corpus, Mrs. Nealis spent
a day at Six Flags Over
Texas in Arlington.
A 9 lb. 5 oz. babv girl,
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FIRST BOOKING - Justice of the Peace Albert Lee handles the first booking
at the new Courthouse last week. Lee says jail facilities have been used less
since the move to the new building, attributing the lack of “customers’ to more
money being spent on school supplies and less on fun making. (ECHO Photo)
Wildcats Scrimmage Liberty Here Thursday Night
The Department has es-
timated that 36 persons
will be killed on Texas
streets and highways
during the 72-hour holiday
period, which will last until
11:59 p.m., Monday.
Garrison called upon the
driving public to join in
a “crusade of common-
sense driving to lessen the
toll of tragic holiday deaths
caused by motor vehicles.”
“The heaviest concen-
tration of moving vehicles,
is during these times that
drivers should exercise
caution to the utmost.
“There is always a
chance that the estimate
of traffic deaths can be
proved too high if all
motorist put forth a con-
certed effort toward hold-
ing the lines against
accidents by staying
especially alert to the
added dangers of holiday
travel.”
The DSP Director said
Labor Day this year comes
at a time when traffic
tragedy appears to be out-
stripping that forl963,
when an all-time high of
2,729 deaths were tab-
ulated. He reported that
s more than 1,700 persons
have been killed already
this year for an increase
j of over 12 per cent, adding
I that if the trend continues
^ the toll for 1964 will ex-
ceed 3,000 traffic deaths.
The department of Public
Safety will continue its all-
out effort to curb accidents
and to stop reckless and
illegal driving on the high-
ways, Garrison said.
Officers from other DPS
uniformed services will be
assigned to highway patrol
duty during the holiday
M period to add to the en-
Story On Pag& 4 forcement effort.
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PUT UP JOB - Mrs. Harry Roberts was faced
with a big put up job — putting things in their proper
places — in the Justice of the Peace office at the
new Courthouse. Offices were occupied last week
after the Aug. 21 dedication of the building.
(ECHO Photo)
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