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VOLUME 26 NUMBER 21
HUMBLE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1965
100 PER COPY, $2.81 PER YEAR
BITS
PIECES
by J.L.P.
WHILE SCHOOL person-
nel, and students, too, can
take a long breath and a
brief respite after this
week, agriculture activi-
ties will move into the spot-
light in the local area
through the first week in
June.
Coming up next Thursday
is the boosters dinner for
the annual Vegetable Day
set June 8 this year at
Farmer’s Cooperative
Market on Airline. The
boosters dinner in Klein
(see story, this page) will
see one of 10 queen candi-
dates chosen to reign over
Vegetable Day activities.
Humble’s representative
in the contest is Sheryl
Scott, FFA chapter sweet-
heart.
And then a week from
Saturday, Dairy Day re-
turns to the FFA Fair-
grounds and another good
crowd i s expected. The
Harris County Dairy Day
returned to Humble last
year after an absence of
several years and the folks
running the show — Texas
Agriculture Extension Ser-
vice, Houston Chamber of
Commerce Agriculture
Committee and the South
Texas Producers Associa-
tion — must have been
pleased.
There’ll be dairy pro-
ducts aplenty ... June is
Dairy Month .. and barbe-
cue, too.
SCHOOL IS out this week
and summer baseball gets
going without a letup — on
Monday.
The first week’s sched-
ule and team rosters are
on page 4 of today’s ECHO.
The number of teams
has been increased this
year as more youthful
baseball aspirants show up
at the diamonds. In fact, a
new Pony League team was
formed Monday night from
the rosters of the three
other league teams.
AND WHILE bats and
balls will take the place
of school books and home-
work for the next three
months, several young bus-
inessmen are getting close
to becoming new bicycle
owners.
The halfway mark on the
way to 20 new subscribers
in the ECHO campaign was
passed by at least two sub-
scription-seekers in the
first week of the campaign.
Memorial
Service Set
Here Sunday
Memorial Day services,
sponsored by Ernest Shock
Post 132 of the American
Legion, are scheduled at
4 p.m. Sunday at Rosewood
Memorial Park, post com-
mander D.R. Chapman an-
nounced this week.
Chapman said the public
is invited to the service.
Speaker will be Herbert
Thornton, minister of the
Humble Church of Christ.
Chapman urged the ob-
servance of Memorial Day
be the display of the United
States flag by homes and
businesses.
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KILLED IN ACTION - Captain Russell W. Con-
don was killed in action in Viet Nam Saturday.
The picture above was taken early last November
when he and three Vietnamese were interviewed
just before they left for Viet Nam. Picture below ,,
was taken early this year in Viet Nam wheh Cap-
tain Condon was returning from a three-day opera-
tion.
Capt. R.W. Condon
Humble Soldier
Killed In
Viet Nam Action
awards to 16 seniors and a
certificate of merit from
the National Merit Scholar-
ship to Hardage.
The class of 79 graduates
represents the largest
graduating group since
Mount Houston students at-
tended high school here,
Curtis said. There were 60
graduates in the class of
1964.
The 1965 class will be the
first to graduate in the new
high school.
Administrator
For City
Discussed
. , „ , .. . A city administrator was
schools to Valedictorian discussed by the City Coun-
A class of 79 seniors
is scheduled to graduate at
Commencement exercises
Friday night at the new
Humble High School audi-
torium. Ceremonies will
start at 8 p.m.
Diplomas for the grad-
uates are to be given by
Superintendent of Schools
George Turner while high
school principal Elliott
Curtis will present various
scholarships and other
awards to members of the
class of 1965.
Among scholarship
grants to be made Friday
night are the Floyd Burton
Scholarship, the Tooke’s
Pharmacy Science Sch-
olarship , a scholarship
from Rice University,
church related schools
scholarships to three high-
ranking graduates and a
scholarship to state
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SETTING UP SHOP AT NEW HIGH SCHOOL - School personnel started set-
ting up shop in the new high school plant last week as classes come to a close
Friday. Above, tax assessor-collector Dwayne McGaughey arranges records
in the school district tax office where tax business is now being conducted. Below
are some of the books from the old high school building being transferred into the
spacious library in the new building. (ECHO Photos)
15 Charges
Filed In
Fight Here
Four persons were in
county jail and another in
the Houston city jail Tues-
day after 15 charges were
filed in an early morning
fight at the Kay Lynn Apart-
ments on Carolyn.
In county jail were Nor-
ma Jean Coles of apart-
ment 6, charged with dis-
turbing the peace, drunk
and felony malicious mis-,
chief; Arthur M. Johnson of
Houston, charged with
drunk, disturbing the
peace, felony malicious
mishcief and carrying a
prohibited weapon; Delores
Johnson of Houston, charg-
ed with drunk, disturbing
the peace and felony mali-
cious mischief.
In Houston city jail was
George J. Hollan of Hous-
ton, charged with malicious
mischief and disturbing the
peace.
Investigating officers
were Deputy Barney Wat-
son and State Highway Pa-
trolman Pat Watson.
U.S. Army Captain Rus-
sell W. Condon, 32, son of
Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Condon
of Humble, was killed in
action in Viet Nam Satur-
day. Funeral arrangements
are pending at Humble Fu-
neral Home.
Capt. Condon, who had
been in Viet Nam almost
seven months, was return-
ing from a search and clear
operation when his unit was
ambushed.
He was a 1950 graduate
of Humble High School and
graduated in 1954 from
Texas A&M University
where he majored in jour-
nalism. An Army veteran of
more than eight years,
Capt. Condon had served in
Berlin during the Berlin
wall crisis three and-a-
half years ago.
Before going to Viet Nam,
Captain Condon attended a
10-week counter insur-
gency school at Fort Bragg,
North Carolina. After the
school, he visited in the
home of his parents with
three Viet Nam classmates
before leaving for Saigon.
The top picture was taken
in the Condon’s home here
when he and the three Viet-
namese were interviewed
shortly before they left for
Saigon in early November.
His mother said they had
been asked if they are bit-
ter in any way about their
son’s death. She said ’‘our
feelings are in strict ac-
cord with our son’s and he
believed in what he was do-
ing.”
Capt. Condon’s wife and
four children live in Pasa-
dena. His wife, Patricia,
received a letter Monday
from her husband that was
written last Thrusday from
Viet Nam.
Besides his parents and
wife, survivors include
children Ralph, 10; Cheryl,
8; Debra ,7; and Cindy , 5.
Spaghetti Supper
A spaghetti supper and
bazaar is planned at the
Community Baptist Church
14431 Old Humble Road,
from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday.
The church said plates will
be $1 for adults and 50
cents for children.
Charles Hardage.
Other awards include the
Sussa Award to the out-
standing band student, a
certificate in recognition
of an essay on American-
ism written by Cherie
Hornback, Danforth. Foun-
cil at a called meeting Mon-
day night.
Mayor Preston Tullos
said the Council accepted
the resignation of city sec-
retary Mrs. Irva Yancy,
effective June 1.
Asked how the position
dation awards to Cherie would be filled; Xullos said
and Hardage, first aid '‘gome of the Council want
to hire a man who is a
qualified engineer and
some want to leave it the
way it is now. I don’t know
what we’re going to do right
now.”
Tullos said the Council
discussed with Kenneth
American Legion
Winners Named
Vicki Walters and Trey
Glenn were named Ameri-
Pigs
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wards assembly May 14. subdivision on Old Humble
Runnersup were Nancy Road and started lining up
Turner and Anthony Stast- materials for city jobs,
ney. The mayor said all Coun-
The winners were chosen cil members were present,
by teachers on the basis of The press was not notified
honor, courage, scholar- and was not present at the
ship and leadership. called meeting.
Boosters Dinner June 3
Sheryl Scott Candidate
For Vegetable Day Queen
A Vegetable Day queen
will be selected from 10
contestants at a boosters
dinner at 7:30 p.m. next
Thursday at the Trinity
Lutheran Church in Klein.
Sheryl Scott, Humble FFA
Sweetheart, will represent
Humble in the queen’s con-
test.
The annual boosters din-
ner is a prelude to Veget-
able Day, scheduled this
year on June 8 at the Farm-
er’s Cooperative Market on
Airline drive. Dinner tic-
kets at $3 are available in
the Humble area at Humble
State Bandk and Westfield
Feed and Farm Supply.
Chairman of the boosters
dinner this year is Sam
Doerre, assisted by Tom
Moore.
Sheryl will be one of 10
Vegetable Day Queen can-
didates at the dinner next
Thursday. The winner will
present awards at the
Vegetable Day ceremonies
on June 8.
The friend of the Farmer
award, usually presented
during the Vegetable Day
events, will be given at the
dinner this year.
Taking A Peek . . .
OVER THE FENCE
Alumni Set
Banquet
For June 5
The 34th annual Humble
alumni banquet is sched-
uled for June 5 at the high Mr. and Mrs. Lee Pat- Robert Williams, when she
school gym, the Humble terson of Brenham,former leaves Friday for Morgan
Alumni Association an- residents of Humble, visit- City and Opelousas, La.
nounced last week. ed here Tuesday. With the They plan to attend the
The 7:30 p.m. banquet, Pattersons were Mrs. H.K. high school graduation of
for alumni only, will be South of Portland and Jo Mrs. Schott’s niece, Jane,
$2 per plate. The dance Ann Carol of Corpus and to visit her brother
afterward, for alumni and Christi. and family, Fred K. John-
guests, will be $1.50 per ----- son in Morgan City. They
person. Reservations may Mrs. H.C. Schott will be will go from there to Ope-
be made at 446-3716 or P.O. accompanied by her grand- lousas to visit another
Box 36, Humble. . sons, Weldon Schott and brother, Chester Johnson,
and family and will return
home the first of next week.
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VEGETABLE DAY QUEEN CANDIDATE - Looking over some prime North
Harris County produce is Sheryl Scott, Humble FFA chapter sweetheart, who
will represent Humble at the Vegetable Day queen’s contest next Thursday at
a boosters dinner in Klein. One of 10 candidates will be chosen to reign over
Vegetable Day on June 8 in Houston.
DON’T
OVERLOOK
HARD CASH
Saving up for that
summer vacation? You
may be overlooking
some hard cash tied up
in unused but service-
able items around the
house.
An ECHO want ad,
with faster than ever
results, can turn them
into money in hand from
a willing buyer. What-
ever you have to sell,
lease, rent or buy, you
can do it faster at low-
er cost in The ECHO
classified columns.
And it’s easy to place
your message. Just
bring it to The ECHO
office at 402 First St. or
phone 446-3733 — be-
fore the Tuesday noon
deadline.
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