The Humble Echo (Humble, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 10, 1964 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 23 NUMBER 49 HUMBLE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1964 100 PER COPY, $2.81 PER YEAR
AND LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE? - Trying to think of one more wish seems to
be the aim here while perched on Santa's knee. Santa took numerous orders
in the downtown area Saturday on his annual visit from the North Pole. As soon
as that last wish is out, Santa’s knee won’t have time to rest long with another
eager wisher at right anticipating Santa’s attention. (ECHO Photo)
$400 Bill Draws Closed Session
School Water, Sewer
Line Costs Presented
Preliminary cost propo-
sals for water and sewer1
lines to the new Humble
High School building on
Wilson Road were pre-
sented to the City Council
at its regular meeting Mon-
day night by the city’s en-
gineering firm, Johnson,
Strohbehn and Adamson,
Inc.
In a brochure presented
J by Myrle Strohben, “total
estimated cost of the pro-
posed system” is $70,870.
“Total estimated cost to
sole benefit of school (if
no consideration given to
future use by city)” is
$61,020.
Strohben said the figures
were based on finding no
sand or water sand. He
said if water is found, the
figures would be higher.
The council approved $200
for drilling test holes along-
the proposed line right-of-
way.
It was voted to present
the preliminary cost esti-
mates to the School Board
after test holes are drilled
> and after a survey of pro-
perty owners along the pro-
posed lines is completed to
determine how many would
pay a part of the installa-
tion costs.
“I feel like we’re obli-
gated t o consider other
ways to lighten the burden
if we could,” Councilman
Don Buckalew said. He said
costs to the school district’
for the lines could possibly
be reduced if property own-
ers along the lines pay part
of the costs.
“The way I feel about it,
if we’re going to profit by1
having a line out there,
% we should pay our share,”
Mayor Preston Tull os said.,
It was voted to present
the cost estimates to the
School Board after the test
holes are drilled and after1
the survey of property own-
ers is made and to arrange
for another joint meeting of
the board and council.
A bill of $400 for street
cleaning from Area Space
Grooming Inc. was dis-i
cussed, partly in closed1
session.
The bill listed 40 hours
for the first cleaning of de-i
signatkd city streets.
,Council members said!
agreements with the firm,'
in a letter, estimated eight:
hours, or $80, for the ini-
tial cleaning and $30 perj
cleaning after the first,
cleaning.
Tullos said only one
sweeping was done. “When,
he presented me with that
bill, I said no more,” he
said.
Councilman Dr. H.E.Mc-
Kay asked that discussion
of the bill be “off the re-
cord.” Told by ECHO edi- Dr. McKay presented a
tor John Pundt discussion, parking plan for the new,
would not be off the record, building. The plan calls for
Dr. McKay said “I don’t 41 parking spaces north and
want to discuss this as long east of the building. Water
as I’m going to be quoted! and Sewer Superintendent
verbatum.
Tullos told the press and
visitors the meeting would-
be closed for the discus-
sion.
Asked what action had
been taken, Dr. McKay said
“there was some action
taken. The man was written
a letter and you will get a.
copy at the same time he
does.”
Dr. McKay said he did not
think it would be right for
the action to be published
before a letter was re-
ceived by the street clean-
ing firm.
The council decided to
turn over outstanding debts
to the city for water and
sewer taps to City Attor-
ney John Hoyt.
The council’s insurance
committee was instructed
to obtain bids and arrange
for insurance of the city’s
new fire station building.
Edwin Whiddon was in-
structed to obtain prices of
iron ore for the parking
area.
Councilman Doyle Bond
said he and Tullos had
formed a committee to
study costs and revenues
of a city police department.
On the committee, Bond
said, are Wayne Burney,
Wayne Robbins, James
Smith and City Judge Dr.
C.A. Younts. Bond said
findings of the committee
should be ready for pre-
sentation at the January
meeting of the council.
Bond said he would bring
a state highway department
map of proposed entrances
to the city off the pro-
posed new FM 1960 to the
next council meeting.
Mayor protempore Mrs.
Betty Wiederhold omitted
the press and visitors from
Continued on Page 6
Taking A Peek . . .
OVER THE FENCE
Visiting in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. A.G. Shearer
recently was their niece,
Mrs. R.B, Lovell Jr. of
Newfoundland. Mrs. Lovell
was a deligate from her
O.E.S. chapter in Stephen-
ville, Newfoundland, to the
thirty-first triennial as-
sembly of the General
Grand Chapter O.E.S. held
in Dallas, Nov. 22-26. Mrs.
Shearer and another niece
met Mrs. Lovell in Dallas.
Returning to Humble with
Mrs. Shearer, Mrs. Lovell
left Sunday to return home.
She and her family plan to
return to v i s i t the Shear-
er’s in June.
Mr. dffe. Butler entered
Herman Hospital Nov. 30
and returned home Mon-
day.
Gordon Schott entered
St. Joseph’s Hospital last
Continued on Page 6
Philip Roberts celebrated
his 10th birthday Nov. 30
with a party at his home.
He had seven guests.
St. Maty’s To
Sell Barbecue
Barbecued chicken din-
ners to go will be sold at
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
parish hall from 11 a.m. to
3 p.m. Sunday. Plates are
$1 for adults and 50 cents
for children.
School Board
President , Tax
Assessor Resign
School Board president
Harold Mason and school
district tax assessor-col-
lector E.W. Robbins res-
igned at Tuesday night’s
regular meeting of the
Humble School Board.
Mason was in his third
three-year term on the
board. His present term
expires next April; how-
ever, his resignation was
effective Tuesday night.
Robbins submitted a let-
ter stating he will not seek
renewal of his present con-,
tract that expires March
31. He has been the dist-
rict tax assessor-collec-
tor for almost 12 years.
Mason’s resignation lea-
ves two vacancies on the
seven-member board of
trustees. W.E. Gray re-
signed his position a month
ago.
Superintendent of Schools
George Turner told the
board any election to fill
either of the vacant board
spots would be merely a
public opinion vote and the
open spots can be filled
by appointment only.
Mason’s term expires in
April while Gray's term
runs two years and four
months — until April, 1967.
After discussing appoint-
ing none, one or two new
board members, B.B.
Decoration
Judging Set
On Dec. 21
Judging in the Chamber
of Commerce annual
Christmas lighting and de-
coration contest has been
set for Dec. 21. Deadline for
registration is Dec. 19.
Merchandise prizes
valued at $25, $15 and $10
will be awarded first,
second and third place win-
ners. There is no charge
for registration. All homes
in the Humble School Dis-
trict are eligible.
Registration blanks are
available at Tooke’s Drug
Store, Humble Pharmacy,
Forest Cove sales office,
Schott’s Grocery, Humble
Food Market and Humble
State Bank.
A registration blank ap-
pears in today’s ECHO on
page 6.
Schott’s motion to appoint
no new members now was
approved.
Both spots will remain
vacant until April when
Mason’s position will be
filled with a three-year
term at the regular trus-
tee election. A straw vote,
not binding on the board,
will be held for the re-
maining two years of
Gray’s position. Appoint-
ment of a member to fill
the remaining two years of
that spot will be made af-
ter the election.
Until re-organization in
April, board vice president
J.D, Brown will preside.
Between the resignations
of Robbins and Mason, Tur-
ner was voted a new three-
year contract as superin-
tendent with the same base
salary as his present con-
tract, $10,600 per year.
Turner’s present con-
tract started July 1, 1963,
and expires June 30, 1966.
The new contract voted
Tuesday night will start
July 1, 1965, and expire
June 30, 1968.
In other action, the board
agreed to act as a tax-
ing agency for the newly
formed Harris County
Fresh Water District 57
in Forest Cove.
The school district’s fin-
ancial adviser, Ernest
Brown, said similar ar-
rangements were handled
by other districts, men-
tioning a fee of $1.45 per
item per year in La Porte
for similar service.
Under the plan, the school
tax office will send tax
statements and receive
payments for thewater
district. An initial fee for
starting the system and
yearly fees were not det-
ermined.
Representatives of the
new water district, which
still must pass a bond issue
to buy current facilities
and extend them, said 852
acres are within the pre-
sent district and estimat-
ed an ultimate figure of
about 1,100 items on its
tax roll.
Brown said the school
district would have no legal
or other responsibility in
collecting the taxes.
Mrs. Bettye Jarrell was
appointed s c ho o 1 census
enumerator for the 1965
school year.
Turner gained board ap -
Continued on Page 7
Him
FIRST CLASS COMING UP - Postmaster J. Printous
Smith II leafs through the Post Office Department noti-
fication received last week designating Humble a first
class Post Office on July 1, 1965. The extra big grin
may be for another designation: Smith will be post-
master of a first class office on Jan. 2. See story
below. (ECHO Photo)
For First Time
Post Office To Be
Designated First Class
FFA HONORARY MEMBERS - Hayden Kersh, right, and David Harper, center,
were added to the Humble Future Farmers of America chapter list of horforary
members at the FFA banquet Thursday night. Presenting certificates at left is
FFA president Jerry Gilmer. (ECHO Photo)
The Humble Post Office
will advance to first class
designation at the end of
the current fiscal year for
the first time since its
founding in 1887, Postmast-
er J. Printous Smith II
was notified last week by
the Post Office Depart-
ment.
The office here will be-
come first class on July 1,
1965. Smith will be re-
designated postmaster of a
first class office on Jan. 2,
1965.
“This is the first time
the Humble Post Office has
been first class as far as
records go back to 1887,”
Smith said. The re-desig-
nation follows reported
revenue of $57,920.09 at
the Post Office here for the
fiscal year ended June 30,
Christmas
Trees To Be
Sold Here
Humble Jaycees and Boy
Scout troop 92 plan to sell
Christmas trees starting
this week on the vacant lot
in the 200 block of Main
St. Jaycee president I.J.
Lee said trees should be
ready for sale by late this
week.
Lee said Jaycee proceeds
will be used to hel]p buy
articles for needy families
while Boy Scouts plan to
use their share of proceeds
to buy equipment for the
troop.
PTA To
Meet On
Thursday
The Humble Parent-
Teachers Association will
meet at 7:30 p.m. Thurs-
day in the high school audi-
torium.
The high school band will
present a program of
Christmas carols under di-
rection of Ernest Marquez.
A nursery will be provided.
1964.
Smith, who has been post-
master here since Oct. 27,
1955, said the Humble Post
Office has been second
class throughout his ten-
ure. Classes of post of-
fices, which range from
first to fourth class, are
determined on gross rev-
enue each fiscal year.
Smith estimated about
8,000 of the some 40,000
post offices in the United
States are first class.
Revenue for the fiscal
year before he became
postmaster, Smith said,
was $14,025. “It has in-
creased each year since
then,” he added. For the
1963 fiscal year, Smith said
revenue at the local post
office was about $52,700.
No immediate changes
In service are anticipated
after the re-designation.
“I doubt if there will be
anything immediate, ”
Smith said, “but I’m sure
it will give us considera-
tion dfe expansion programs
in the future.”
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Jackpot
Drawing
Set Saturday
Another $75 in cash and
more merchandise gifts
will be handed out at Sat-
urday’s 11 a.m. Jackpot
Days drawing on Main St.,
the next-to-last drawing of
the holiday schedule.
Two cash awards, one
for $25 and one for $50,
will be made after several
gifts presented by partici-
pating merchants are given
away.
Mrs. Ora Madrigal was
last week’s $50 winner and
Paul Tullos took $25 cash.
Merchandise winners
were Mrs. C. Rodgers and
Delores Palmer, barbecue
from Coleman’s Barbecue;
Hilda Smith, pound of
chocolate from Humble
Food Market; Joe Pope,
four beef tacos from the
Snack Shop; and J.T.
Slaughter, $5 savings ac-
count from Humble State
Bank.
Hoyt Named
i Chamber
President
John Hoyt was elected
president of the Humble
Chamber of Commerce for
1965 and five directors
were chosen in the Cham-
ber’s election that closed
Dec. 1.
Election committee
chairman Sonny Robbins
announced elected direc-
tors, pointing out returns
were to be canvassed by
the C-C board of direc-
tors at its Wednesday night
meeting.
Of the 10 nominees on the
ballot, directors elected, in
alphabetical order, are
.Ross Ray Blair, Wayne
Burney, Kenneth Duran,
Charles Goodwin and Mike
Keller.
There were 50 ballots
cast by Chamber members.
Caroling
Planned By
Jr. High Band
A Christmas caroling
tour is planned Tuesday
night by the Lakeland jun-
ior high band. A 15-piece
brass choir will accompany
the 50-voice caroling
group. Don Davis will
supervise carolers and
Gerald Gause will direct
the brass choir.
Scheduled tour stops:
Humble place 2 - 6:15
p.m. at Coldspring at Dory
Lee and Caven and Daven
at Ellenberger.
Eastex Oaks - 6:40 p.m.
at Pinetex at WillowtexDr.
and Pinetex at Sweetgum.
Forest Cove area - 7:20
p.m. at Forest Cove Drive
at Coldwater Lane, Forest
Cove Drive at Mistletoe
Lane and Northshore Drive
at the turnaround.
Humble - 8:15 p.m. at
Second St. at Ave. D, Gran-
berry at Ave. D and at the
Lakeland School grounds.
Legion
To Have
Dinner
The American Legion
and ladies auxiliary have
planned a covered dish sup-
per Christmas party Mon-
day at 7 p.m. at the legion
hall.
Gifts will be exchanged
and a program is planned;
a legion member an-
nounced.
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