The Humble Echo (Humble, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 14, 1965 Page: 1 of 8
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AN INSPIRING program
of action for the Chamber
of Commerce...and for the
entire community...was
presented by president
John Hoyt at the Cham-
ber’s annual banquet Mon-
day night.
In his outline of things
to come, Hoyt touched on
such thorny subjects as a
city police department, a
city bond issue and general
area improvement — each
a subject of direct concern
and need to us all.
Walter Zaney Blaney’s
act was billed as different
from all others, and doubt-
less the 211 witnesses at
Atascocita Country Club
Monday night agree. The
promotional advances
credited Blaney with "a
fast line jpf Texas hutfior”
and for once they "were
right.
We’ll long remember the
picture of four of our,
prominent citizens — Mike
Keller, Don Buckalew,
Kelcy Isenberg and J. Prin-
tous Smith II — as they
leaned over in quite humble
positions with hands clasp-
ed over their chests, chant-
ing in unison: “With all my
heart...and all my mind...
I swear that I...stick out
, behind.”
All in all it was a re-
sounding good start for the
Chamber’s year, both from,
the standpoint of the C-C
motto of “Act Alive in’65”
and from the pure good fun
at the banquet (see story
on front page).
We’ve still got just one
thought, though: Come on
now Kelcy, that really was
a trick shirt Blaney ripped
over your head...wasn’t it?
TALKED TO an oldtimer
early this week and he
claims we’re in for more
fair weather through Jan-
uary, but then it will be
wet and cold and nasty
through most of February
and March.
Don’t know exactly what
his calculations are based
on, except he said some-
thing about it being fair
weather on the first day
of the year and then it
was rainy the next two.
Honestly we can’t remem-
ber what the weather was
like on those first three
days, but anyway, we hope
he’s right on the January
part.
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Returned To Old Position
Dates Set
For Tags,
Vaccinations
Rabies vaccinations will
be given and city dog tags
sold on two dates, city sec-
retary Mrs. Irva Yancy Harold Mason was ap- ago at Tuesday night’s nine years and was pres-
announced Tuesday. pointed to fill the remain- Humble School Board ident at the time of his
' Mrs. Yancy said Dr. Ed- ing three months of the meeting. Mason, who had resignation on Dec. 8, was
ward Lepon, appointed city term he resigned a month served on the board almost appointed to fill the re-
Mason Appointed To
Fill School Board Term
veterinarian for 1965, will
be at the old fire station
building on Main St. from 7
to 9 p.m. on Jan. 29 and
Feb. 5 to give the vac-
cinations. She said vacci-
nations and dog tags are $4.
All dogs within the city
limits are required to have
the $1.50 tags.
5 Deaths For Year
Four Killed In Pair
01 Area Auto Wrecks
PRESIDENT'S GAVEL CHANGES HANDS - The president’s gavel went from
outgoing president John McCraw, left, to John Hoyt Monday night at the Chamber
of Commerce annual banquet. Hoyt, a former gavel wielder as C-C president,
outlined an action program for the Chamber and the community in his talk.
See story below. (ECHO Photo)
At Annual Banquet
DPS Urges
Auto
Inspections
Col. Homer Garrison, di-
rector of the Department of
Public Safety this week en-
couraged motorists to
in which they were riding
went out of control at the
curve just west of Borders-
Action Program In
’65 Outlined For C-C
An action theme was in-
jected at the annual Hum-
ble Chamber of Commerce
banquet Monday night, then
chuckle man Walter Zaney
Blaney kept the Atascocita
Country Club audience
roaring with his magical
gimmicks and crowd parti-
cipation acts.
John McCraw, 1964
Chamber president, turned
over the helm for 1965
to John Hoyt, himself
a former C-C president
here. Newly elected direc-
tors presented were Ross
Ray Blair, Wayne Burney,
Charles Goodwin, Kenneth
Duran and Mike Keller.
After explaining his Yan-
kee background and re-
lating his early exper-
iences in the South, Hoyt
outlined an action program
to carry out the Chamber’s
1965 theme, “Act Alive in
’65.”
“We can’t foresee all the
problems,” Hoyt said, “but
we can continue to work
with others in the Com-
munity to solve problems
as they come up.”
“Since our m otto is Look
Alive in ’65, I’m appoint-
ing action groups rather
than committees this•
year,” he explained.
Outlining action groups
planned, Hoyt said one will
be a tax and budget group
to study tax and budget
structures of taxing agen-
cies. “We don’t want to tax
ourselves too high,” he
said. “We want developers
to make a profit or they
won’t develop.”
Under a civic affairs ac-
tion group, Hoyt listed
street sweeping, street re-
pairs, street name mark-
ers, a beautification pro-
gram with possibly a foun-
tain on the city property
between the railroad tracks
and U.S. highway 59 and a
city police force.
Speaking of the police
force, Hoyt said it is “a
much needed step forward
and the City Council needs
your support.” He named
building codes, control of
door-to-door salesmen and
street and highway de-
velopment as other pro-
jects needing action.
On resurfacing of
streets, Hoyt called for “an
end of the pothold patch
system.”
Other action groups
planned, Hoyt said, are new
membership, membership
relationship and trade pro-
motion.
As a prediction, Hoyt
said “we’re going to have
to get used to a city bond
issue of considerable pro-
portions. We need im-
provements that can’t be
handled on a cash basis.”
He listed new water stor-
age tanks as one of the
most immediate needs.
In his act, Blaney made
bird cages disappear, lost
and found watches and
drilled oil wells in a set
Continued on Page 7
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MORE
CUSTOMERS
EVERY DAY
Classified ad results
in The ECHO were bet-
ter than ever in 1964 —
lineage was more than
double the 1963 total.
The expanding Hum-
ble area market pro-
vides more and more
potential customers
every day, so whether
you’re selling, renting,
buying or hiring, an
ECHO classified “gets
your point across” in a
hurry.
To place your mes-
sage, bring it to The
ECHO office at 402 First
St. or call 446-3733 --
before the Tuesday noon
deadline.
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NEW CHAMBER DIRECTORS - These five new hands took office on the Hum-
ble Chamber of Commerce board of directors this week. Pictured at the annual
banquet Monday night are, left to right, Wayne Burney, Kenneth Duran, Charles
Goodwin, Ross Ray Blair and Mike Keller. All except Duran, who was re-
elected this year, are serving on the board for the first time. (ECHO Photo)
Four persons were kill-
ed in two auto accidents in
w A ■ the Humble area Sunday
tariy A\UTO and Monday, bringing to
five the traffic death toll
in the area this year.
On Monday in Porter, a
Dallas couple, Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Franklin Ni-
chols, was killed instant-
ly when their pickup truck Driver O.C. Green, 29, of
start the new year with a was completely demolish- Houston suffered a concus-
safe vehicle” by securing ed on U.S. highway 59 in sion and another passen-
the 1965 vehicle inspection Porter,
sticker early. The Nichols pickup ap-
The Public Safety Direc- parently pulled onto the
tor said that approximately highway in front of an on-
one-half of the inspection coming van truck loaded
period has expired and only with cotton bales. While the
about one-fourth of the van truck driver escaped
vehicles in the state have serious injury, as did pass-,
been inspected. He added engers in a third vehicle
that hit the wreckage, the
Nichols pickup was folded
like an accordion.
Diesel fuel and five or
maining portion of his po-
sition 7 term after he told
the board he was no long-
er an applicant for the
Tax Assessor-Collector’s
job.
“I told you I was apply-
ing for the tax job, but
I’m not applying now,” he
said. Board member B.B.
Schott immediately made
a motion that Mason’s re-
signation as an applicant
be accepted and that he
be appointed to fill the
ville on FM 1960 about two remainder of his old pos-
miles west of Humble.
The car rammed into a
tree, instantly killing
Thomas E. Holden, 24, of
Natchitoches ‘and Joyce G.
Holden, 25, of Robeline.
,ger, Aaron D. Thomas, 45,
of Houston received minor
injuries.
Continued on Page 7
Proposal On
School Lines
Gets OK
that unless the inspection
pace is stepped up, motor-
ists may expect to find the
usual waiting lines at the
inspection stations when
An estimated joint cost
proposal from the city for
‘"'water and sewer lines to
the new high school plant
on Wilson Road was ac-
cepted by the Humble
School Board at its reg-
ular meeting Tuesday
night. Of an, estimated tot-
al cost of $70,870, the
school district would pay.
Postmaster J.P. Smith $49,600 and the city $21,-
II this week appealed to 270.
Post Office
Seeks Help
For Carriers
Ih^Aririi isHpSnp an six cotton bales were on the postal customers on rural City Councilman Don
tne April id deadline ap- highway in front of the routes to help their rural Buckalew, who presented
Pr°™fInorwHnncH.v.rc Porter Post Office build- carriers make mail de- the city’s proposal, said
xss&tazfr £. sranirs sss.«tisrss sjsrtjffis
Garrison said, “allowing
ample time for all vehicles
to be inspected without de-
lay prior to the deadline.
trailer was torn open, scat-
tering the heavy cotton
bales onto the highway.
Early Sunday morning,
two Louisiana brothers
o^the deadline and vehicles were killed when the car
office has thre e rural cent for the school dist-
routes* rict and about 30 per cent
Smith said that at the for the city. He said the
same time he hopes all city’s $21,270 share was
authorities concerned with figured at a called meeting
rural routes where bad Tuesday night on the bas-
not displaying the new
sticker will be in violation
of the law after April 15.”
Texas now has more than
5,200 authorized inspection
stations over the state. Ac-
cording to Garrison, these
stations are ready and cap-
able of handling the re-
maining uninspected ve-
hicles without delay pro-
vided vehicle owners do not
wait until just a few days
before the deadline.
He pointed out that the
License Plate
Sale Set Feb. 8
is of increased line sizes
for prospective develop-
ment in the area and for
recovery through charges
to property owners.
Buckalew said sewer
charges had not been char-
weather hampers carriers
will continue to cooperate
to help the mailmen get
through.
The Postmaster listed
Automobile license plates these points of particular
will go on sale at the court- concern: “Approaches to
house annex tax office here rural mail boxes must be Sed t0 t^le school system,
on Monday , Feb. 8, tax kept open by customers, pointing out a city ordm-
clerk Mrs. Mary Poe an- Obstructions to delivery of ance excluded schools and
nounced last week. Dead- mail on rural routes should churches from those pay-
line for 1965 auto plates will be removed or minimized ments. The council voted
be March 31. to the fullest extent pos- to amend the city ordinance
sible.” tonight to read that schools
Legion To Where rural boxes pose a and churches will not Jae
haoic fnnrtinn of vehicle in ii . T Jl problem, the carrier may excluded, he said,
s^ction isTo detecS and Meet Tuesday leave form 4056, “Your it was agreed
correct vehicle defects that American Legion Post Mailbox Needs Attention,
might cause an accident. 132 will meet at 7:30 p.m. a notJ-ce kefP box ap-
He said last year vehicles Tuesday at the Legion Hall Proaches clear by prompt-
defects contributed to few- on Charles St. The Post removing all obstruc-
er traffic accidents than said all members are urged
ever before in Texas. to attend.
“but
was agreed to waive
the charge for at least
a 10-year period to the
Continued on Page 7
Taking A Peek . . .
OVER THE FENCE
delivery difficult or impos-
sible.
Unless approaches are
cleared, it may be neces-
sary to temporarily with-
hold delivery of mail, the
Postmaster pointed out.
Rural carriers are not
required to perform ser-
vice on foot when roads
Visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Isenberg and family
over the weekend were her
sister and her husband, Mr.
and Mrs. Don Huff of Hous-
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Young
are the proud parents of
a 71b. 5 oz. baby boy,
Michale Wayne, born Dec.
28.
Grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. M.B. Young and
Mr. and Mrs. L.Q. Tand-
berg.
Mr. and Mrs. O.D. Frank
returned home last week
after visiting several
Application
Deadline Set
On Tax Job
A deadline of 6 p.m.
Jan. 20 on applications for
the Tax Assessor-Collec-
tor job with the Humble
School District was set by
the School Board Tuesday
night. Applications are to
be in the Superintendent’s
office by that time.
Superintendent of Schools
George Turner said five
cannot be traveled with the
weeks in ‘Dallas with her vehicles normally used, but
sister and her husband, they are expected to make
Judge and Mrs. Sterrett, every reasonable effort to
and their daughter, Eva. serve as many of their pa-
----- trons as possible without
Charles Philipp has been physical exertion or added applications are on hand at
promoted from first lieu- financial cost, he expalin- present. A special meeting
tenant to captain in the U.S. ed.
Army Reserve. If excessive detours are
necessary to effect de-
Highway patrolman Paul livery of mail, Smith said,
Bruno, formerly of Hum- customers should tempor-
ble, was injured in an auto- arily relocate their boxes
mobile accident during a 0n the new line of travel,
rain storm near Huntsville jarrange to receive their
January 2. Bruno was in- mail through other patrons’
jured in the accident and boxes or make other ar-
was set for 7:30 p.m. Wed-
nesday to screen applicants
with interviews to be sch-
eduled after the screening
session.
Tuesday night the board
decided the job must be
held by someone living in
the district, that pay will
be by the month and that
is in Huntsville Memorial rangements for their mail the contract length will be
Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. until travel on the roads af-
Continued on page 3 fected can be resumed.
on the same basis as school
teachers.
Basketball Power Hardin-Jefferson Humble’s Foe Friday Night
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Pundt, John. The Humble Echo (Humble, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 14, 1965, newspaper, January 14, 1965; Humble, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1036779/m1/1/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Humble Museum.