The Humble Echo (Humble, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 7, 1963 Page: 1 of 8
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BITS
AND
PIECES
BY J.L.P.
Typographical errors...
those "e’s” and "i’s” that
get transposed misspelled
words and dropped lines;.,
plague any newspaper from
the biggest to the smallest.
And The ECHO is in-
cluded right along with all
the rest, in spite of every
effort at a paper with no
"typos.”
We all make mistakes -
but not many make this
many:
A man with a sewing ma-
chine to sell placed a clas-
sified ad in a small daily
newspaper. The ad came
out on Tuesday as follows:
"FOR SALE -R.D.Smith
has one sewing machine for
sale. Phone 958. Call after
7 p.m. and ask for Mrs.'
Kelly who lives with him
cheap.”
Wednesday’s issue car-
ried the following notice:
"We regret having erred in
R.D. Smith’s ad yesterday.
It should have read:
"FOR SALE - R.D.Smith
has one sewing machine for
sale cheap. Phone 958 and
ask for Mrs. Kelly who
lives with him after 7 p.m.
On Thursday this notice
appeared:
"R.D. Smith has inform-
ed us that he has received
several annoying telephone
calls because of an error
we made in his classified
ad yesterday. His ad stands
corrected:
"FOR SALE - R.D.Smith
has one sewing machine for
sale cheap. Phone 958 after
7 p.m. and ask for Mrs.
Kelly who loves with him.”
Finally, on Friday R.D.
Smith, in desperation, noti-
fied one and all:
"Notice - I, R.D. Smith,
have no sewing machine
for sale. I smashed it. Don’t
call 958, the phone has been
taken out. I have not been
carrying on with Mrs.
Kelly. Until yesterday she
was my housekeeper.”
The calendar is filled up
with weeks for this and
weeks for that and some-
times they even -overlap.
Seems not long ago High-
way Week and Biscuit Week
had to share the same seven
days.
This is Public Schools
Week, March 4-8...and it
seems to us to be a little
more than a few days set
aside for a little special
interest group.
Until classes close Fri-
day, visitors will be wel-
comed at all of Humble’s
public schools to talk with
teachers, visit classes and
find out just what’s going
on. The schools will be open
until classes close each'
school day this week.
Some go deer hunting,
some fish and some play
golf. We like to do all
three...but can’t get around
to any very often. This
week, though, we’ll take
what will be a little rec-
reation trip for us...to the
State Basketball Tourna-
ment in Austin.
It’s a birthday present
from Peg (we asked for it)
...so we’ll try to "sneak
off” up north sometime
Thursday.
•+ + * •+ *
It’s looking like April 1
will be the date the new
Post Office will be open.
Postmaster J.P. Smith II
informed us this week it
should be less than a month,
with dedication ceremonies
around the 15th of April.
Biggest problem, he says
will be a few box number
changes,..the new post of-
fice won’t have some of the
numbers currently listed.
SCHOOLS WEEK DISPLAY - Second Graders David Kay, 7, and Kimberly Shelton, 7, look at this display
at Humble Elementary School this week in observance of Public Schools Week, March 4-8. All three
Humble public schools are observing open house each day this week for parents and visitors. (ECHO Photo)
Public Schools Week
Local Schools Observe
Open House This Week
Open house is being held in the Humble public
schools this week in observance of Public Schools
Week, March 4-8.
Superintendent of Schools George Turner said
parents and interested persons may visit any of the
three local schools at anytime during the school
day this week.
He said refreshments are to be served Wednesday
and Thursday at Lakeland and Humble elementary
schools. Refreshments will be served in the morn-
ings at Humble Elementary School and in the after-
noon at Lakeland.
Humble High School will also be open each school
day for visits, but no refreshments are planned.
Turner said in most cases, principals of each school
will direct groups of visitors through classes.
Taking A Peek...
OVER THE FENCE
Fire Rate
Remains Below
State Level
Humble’s fire insurance
rates will remain at 25per
cent below the basic state
rate following tabulations
by the State Board of In-
surance in Austin last
week.
The official local rate
will again be a 25 per cent
crdeit, or 25 per cent be-
low the basic rate.
Humble’s Fire Chief
A.C. Whitney Sr. pointed
out the Humble rate is
lower than any in the area
and equals the low of any
city in the state.
Jaycee Dance
Set Saturday
Humble Jaycees will
sponsor a dance Saturday
night at the Recreation Hall
in Humble with music by
the Bert Lloyd band.
The dance will start at
9 p.m. and will be $1 per
person.
Jaycees announced three
new members this week:
Charles Philipp, Buddy
Reed and Kerry Caroll.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank G.
Nevill recently moved to
Cheney, Kansas where he
is now employed.
The Humble Sorosis Club
met Tues., Feb. 19 in the
home of Mrs. W.H. Hibbits
for a covered dish supper.
There were eleven mem-
bers present.
Mrs. Juanita Harvey was
hostess to the Wednesday
night bridge club Feb. 27.
Those attending were
Louise Panzarella, Fayola
Younts, Annie Swinson,
Sally Starlings, Hazel
Blair, Leona Isenberg and
Fannie Mills, a guest.
Bi-District
Worth $447
For Humble
Humble’s share cf gate
receipts from the Humble-
Buna bi-district basketball
game in Buna last week
amounts to $447, accord-
ing to School Administra-
tive Assistant Arthur Tip-
ton.
Tipton said the gross
gate was $1,048.. Game ex-
penses, for officials ,
police, use of the gym and
clock-keeper, amounted to
$154, leaving $894 to be
divided equally between the
two schools.
Volunteers
Answer Two
Fire Calls
Old Humble Road volun-
teer firemen answered two
calls last week, one a grass
fire, the other a flaming
automobile.
A car owned by Mrs.
J.H. Payne of Rt. 1, Hum-
ble, caught fire at the in-
tersection of FM 525 and
Old Humble Road at noon
Friday. Firemen said
cause of the blaze was a
short in wiring under the
hood.
A grass fire was extin-
guished at 1:15 p.m. Satur-
day at the intersection of
Fountain View and FM 525.
Kelcy Isenberg
Candidates ~
City Council
Editors note - This is
one in a series of arti-
cles in which candidates in
the April 2 City election and
the April 6 School election
answer an identical set of
questions.
Kelcy C. Isenberg, 57,
owner of Humble Funeral
Home, candidate for Aider-
man on the Humble City
Council in the April 2 City
election.
Born in Topeka, Kansas,
Isenberg lists membership
in the Lions Club, Humble
Lodge 979 AF & AM, Hous-
ton Consistory, Arabia
Temple Shrine and Humble
Methodist Church.
Isenberg has been a can-
didate for public office
three times, each time
gaining election to the
Humble School Board. He
served three 3-year terms.
Asked why he decided to
run for the City Council,
Isenberg said "I felt it was
my civic duty and felt I
might be able to be of help
to my town. My work is
KELCY ISENBERG
such that I can devote the
necessary time.”
If elected, Isenberg,said
"one thing I’ve always been
interested in since coming
to Humble some 30 years
ago is a continuing prog-
ress. For that reason I’ve
devoted as much of my time
to Chamber of Commerce
work as I have.”
Isenberg said he has no
specific project in mind,
if elected.
Gordon Schott and Billie
Winfield of Houston attend-
ed the Houston Livestock
Show and Rodeo Friday
night.
Donna Lee, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Horace Lee will
celebrate her 8th birthday
on the Kitirik Clubhouse
(Channel 13) March 11. Her
guest will be her sisters,
Jacqueline and Neda and six
of her friends: Gale Riggs,
Becky Beaty, Terry Tipton,
Frances Paollbtt, Roberta
Carson and Karen Echols.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton
Wiederhold are the proud
parents of a new 6 lbs.
12 oz. baby girl, Dee Ann
born Feb. 23. Paternal
grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Dee Wiederhold, Ma-
ternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Vincente
Rosilier, all of Humble.
Jack Fields returned
Saturday from a three day
cemetery school entitled
"Death of a Salesman,
Birth of a Consultant”. The
school held in Atlanta,
Georgia was the largest in
Continued on page 1
PTA Names
Prize Winners
Winners were named this
week by the Humble Parent
Teachers Association in
the ticket selling contest
for the PTA fish and oyster
supper last week.
Robert Williams won
first place at Lakeland Ele-
mentary School with 63 tic-
kets sold. Danny Morrell
was first at Humble Ele-
mentary with 35. First
place winners at each
school received $5.
Other sellers in order
are, at Lakeland, Jeannine
Coleman, 36; Joy Robbins,
33; Bobby Panzarella, 29;
and Robbie Clark, 21; and
at Humble Elementary,
David Kay, 18.
Council To
Meet Thursday
The Humble City Coun-
cil is scheduled to meet
at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in
the city offices above the
Fire Station.
It will be the council’s
regular monthly meeting.
Board Still Seeking
School Building Site
Although at least partial-
ly rebuffed in its latest
move, the Humble School
Board will continue to seek
a building site for a new
high school building, it was
decided at the board's
regular meeting Tuesday.
A month ago the board
sent a letter of inquiry to
Cities Service Co. con-
cerning the possible pur-
chase of "30 or 40” acres
of land on Ail son Road.
A Feb. 22 letter, read at
Tuesday night's board
meeting, from Cities Ser-
vice said the company does
"not have any plans to dis-
pose of any more land in
Harris County."
The letter did state, how-
ever. that the company
"may . at a later date,
reconsider," but that it
would require a higher
Six Candidates
Late Filings Bring
Contested City Races
A surge of last-minutej higest number of vo*-es
filings last week brought
contested races for each of
three positions to be filled
on the Humble City Coun-
cil in the City election April
2.
With the filing deadline
passed on Saturday, there
are two candidates for
mayor and four hopefuls
seeking two Alderman
posts. Prior to Saturday,
only one candidate had filed
for Alderman , incumbent
Roger Meece.
He was joined in the
field last week by Kelcy C.
Isenberg, E.E. (Peewee)
Clark and Mrs. Betty L
Wiederhold for Alderman
and by Phil Cezeaux, the
incumbent, and Preston F.
Tullos for Mayor.
Tullos, Clark and Mrs.
Wiederhold all filed on Sat-
urday, the last day. Isen-
berg filed Feb. 28 and
Cezeaux filed Feb. 26.
In the city election, Cez-
eaux and Tullos will oppose
each other for a two-year
term .as Mayor.
In the race for the two
Aldermen seats, also with
two-year terms, the two
candidates receiving the
will be elected. Candidates
do not file for certain posi-
tions on the City Council.
Terms of Aldermen
Meece and Paul Keller ex-
pire this year. Keller did
not file for re-election.
Polling place for the
April 2 City election will
be at the fire station.
One new candidate, Hor-
ace Lee, filed last week for
election to the Humble
School Board. Lee filed for
position 3 on the board,
opposing Ellis Lee Herron
who had previously filed for
that spot.
Previously, W.A. (Buck)
Odom and Paul Thames,
both incumbents, had filed
for positions 1 and 2, res-
pectively, on the board.
Filing deadline for the
April 6 School election is
Wednesday.
In the School election,
candidates filed for a spe-
cific position and are op-
posed only by candidates
who file for the same spot.
School board terms are
for three years. The terms
of Odom, Thames and posi-
tion 3 board member Pat
Meyers expire this year.
Candidates —
School Board
Editors note - This is
one in a series of arti-
cles in which candidates in
the April 2 City election
and the April 6 School elec-
tion answer an identical set
of questions.
Olcy Paul Thames, 41,
owner of Thames Variety
Store, candidate for posi-
tion 2 on the Humble School
Board in the April 6 School
Election.
Thames was born in West
Columbia, Texas. He lists
as organizations he is a
member of the Humble
Chamber of Commerce,
Humble Junior Baseball
Association, American Le-
gion and First Baptist
Church.
Thames first ran for
public office in 1955 when
he was elected to a three-
year term on the Humble
School Board. He was ap-
pointed to the board in
August, 1961, to fill the re-
mainder of the term for
position 2.
Asked why he decided to
run for re-election,
Thames said " I think the
next three years, as far
as Humble schools go, will
be the most important three
years. We may have to
make some decisions that
aren’t going to be too popu-
lar. I have two boys and I
want them to get as good
an education a s they can
get. W ith four years of ex-
perience that I have I can
be a little help to them, 1
hope.”
Asked what he would like
to see done, if elected,
PAUL THAMES
Thames stated "I think that
our schools can improve
quite a bit, but I think our
whole school program will
have to be enlarged.
"People have griped a-
bout Humble schools for
years and they should be
ready now to do something
about it.”
Asked what specific pro-
ject or proposal he would
like to see, if elected, he
said: "If the time comes
that we can afford it, we
have to have a new high
school. I hope to see that
in the next term of office
if the population comes in
like we think it will.”
Thames issued this
statement: "Any progress
our school needs, I’m for
it; if we don’t, I’m not.
I’d just like to urge people
to back the School Board
- pick their man and hack
him 100 per cent and go
to vole."
price for the land than a
tract recently sold. It was
reported that Cities Ser-
vice sold one tract for $600
per acre.
"I still think we should
pursue it further — see
what they want for it,” said
board member W.A. Odom.
Board member B.B.
Schott said "I still think we
ought to pursue it too -
see what they mean by
more. The longer you wait,
the higher it’s going to
get.”
The board voted to write
another round of letters of
inquiry to both Cities Ser-
vice Co. and the Texas Co.
In another action, the
board authorized two libra-
rians to attend the State
meeting in Dallas March
28-30.
Continued on page 7
6,000 Pills
Taken In
Dope Raid
Some 6,000demerolpills
were taken in a raid on an
Eastex Freeway filling sta-
tion Saturday afternoon by
the Harris County Sheriff’s
Department.
George Dickerson, own-
er of the station at 10944
Eastex Freeway, was char-
ged with possession of nar-
cotics and is currently out
under bond.
The Sheriff’s Depart-
ment made the raid about
1 p.m. Monday after re-
ceiving a tip on the bar-
bituates.
C-C Directors
Meeting On
Wednesday
Directors of the Humble
Chamber of Commerce will
meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednes-
day in the Humble State
Bank Building.
A report will be given on
the recent East Texas
Chamber of Commerce
conference in Nocogdoches
attended by six local C-C
members, along with dis-
cussion of the Chamber’s
plans and programs for
coming months.
Legion Post
To Discuss
Baseball Team
The regular monthly
meeting of American Le-
gion Post 132 is scheduled
for 7:30 p.m. March 12 at
the Legion Hall in Humble.
Lewis Elmmerich, 8th
District Commander and
Jim Garland, chairman of
the 8th District baseball
committee will be on hand
to discuss the Legion base-
ball program and the pos-
sibility of Post 132 spon-
soring a team for boys too
old for Pony League.
Members and veterans
have been urged to attend.
Refreshments will be serv-
ed.
Lion Cabinet
To Meet Here
The Humble Lions Club
will be,host to the Dis-
trict 2-S2 Governor and his
cabinet at the Atascocita
Country Club Thursday.
A cabinet meeting will
start at 2 p.m. with a
banquet at 7 p.m. Tomball
and Magnolia Lions Clubs
will assist as hosts. Hum-
ble Lions Club ladies will
entertain the visiting cabi-
net ladies during the meet-
ing.
The club said all Lions
are invited to the banquet.
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