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VOLUME 23 NUMBER 47
HUMBLE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1964
100 PER COPY, $2.81 PER YEAR
BITS Coin Toss Win Brings Humble Playoff Game To Dayton
AND
PIECES
BY J.L.P.
Guess we all sort of auto-
matically stop and think
back on the things of which
we're most grateful at
Thanksgiving. One thing
stands out on our thanks
list, maybe because its
been on our minds for three
weeks now.
The election is far be-
hind us and probably al-
ready is in some history
book, but an analysis of
what happened gave us a
keen thankfulness for the
way this country elects
presidents.
We've even forgotten
where we read or heard it,
*but the meat of it was that
the American people dem-
onstrated they are satisfied
with the course the country,
is taking and, more im-
portant, the people feel that
when and if they decide that
course needs changing,,
they still have the power to
change it.
* * * * *
Thanksgiving naturally
turns our thoughts to the
Turkey Day game...Texas
vs. A&M. We got in the
mood early this time at the
annual Aggie-Texas pre-
game gathering Monday.
Aggie Charlie Philipp
decided he needed a “sip”
to poke fun at and took us
along. The number one
speaker anywhere in our
books, Morris Frank, was
in charge of things and
needless to say, proceed-
ings were rowdy.
Humerous barbs at Ag-
gies and Longhorns alike
are unprintable, but two or
or three aimed at visiting
ex-Rice grid stars fall
within the bounds of the
printed word.
Frank described former
Rice tackle Lou Hassel as
the great Owl “sitting tac-
kle” and as Hassel rose for
acknowledgement Frank
allowed it was good to see
him standing because he
was always flat on his back
on the football field.
Ex-Owl line backing ace
Don Rhoden was credited
by Frank with having had a
hand in making many an all-
conference player and with
aiding the forturnes of both
Texas and the Aggies be-
cause he “yielded many a
yard to both of 'em.'*
* * * * *
Never match with high
school principal Elliott
Curtis. He has a two-toss
winning streak going in the
coin flipping league of the
state football playoffs.
Adept tosses, plus some
faulty guessing by the op-
position, have made the
Humble Wildcats the home
team in each of their play-
off games to date and the
two coin flip wins have
saved local football follow-
ers some 2 00 driving
miles.
The latest flip brought
the regional playoff game
with Port Acres to Day-
ton (instead of Port Arthur)
and that one alone was
worth more than 100miles.
The game is at 7:30 p.m.
Friday (see story on page
4).
Early Mail Planning
Urged By Postmaster
A little planning during
the Thanksgiving holiday
can help avoid the “Christ-
mas Rush,” Postmaster J.
Printous Smith II said to-
day.
The Humble postmaster
has some tips he says will
“not only put ZIP into your mail, always include
Christmas mailing, but the code for your area in
“Check to see that all
addresses are correct. The
phone book is usually a good
source for local addresses.
“Wherever possible, add
the ZIP Code to the ad-
dresses on the list. Be-
cause ZIP Codes speed
help local postal employe-
es move the record-break-
ing mountain of mail that is
expected this Christmas
season:
“Find last year’s Christ-
mas mailing list. If you
don’t find it, or didn't
have one, make one up.
Youth Shot
In Hunting
Accident
A 14-year-old boy, Bill
Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Wallace Taylor of Atasco-
cita Road, was accidentally
shot in the leg with a .22
caliber rifle on a hunting
trip with a companion Sat-
urday.
Taylor was walking in
return addresses. This is
the best way to inform
friends, relatives and bus-
iness associates of the code
number for your area.
“Determine your list of
gift purchases which must
be mailed. Such planning
,allows you to shop early
when selections are great-
est and you can stock up
on mailing materials in
advance. Be sure to pur-
chase enough material so
that parcels will be packed
Continued on Page 6
Grid Contest
Winner Has
Five Wrong
front of his companion when . Upsets took their toll in
the friend’s rifle fired «... last week s football contest
the friend's rifle fired ac
cidentally, striking Taylor
in the calf. The slug, a ,
hollow point, was imbedded n °
in the leg.
He was taken to a Pasa-
dena hospital by Humble
Funeral Home ambulance.
as entries with five and six
misses took the first two
less than
seven entrants with seven
wrong apiece scrambled
for third place cash.
Patricia English wins $8
first place money as she
missed only five winners.
Tommy Marsh, with six
wrong, wins second place
and $5.
Joe Woods Jr. nudged six
others for third place
L.B. Standley was ap- money of $2 on the basis
pointed tax assessor and of the tie-breaking score,
collector and business He was only eight points
agent for the Harris County off at Humble 34, Boling 7.
Eastex Oaks Water and Others with seven wrong,
Sewer District at a meeting but out of the money on their
of the board of directors tie-breaking score picks,
Eastex Water
District Has
New Agent
PLAYOFF GUIDING HANDS - This is the high school coaching staff that has engineered the Wild-
cats’ march into the state playoffs this fall. Behind Heach Coach Ben Wayne Nicholson are, left to right,
assistant coaches Charles Forehand, Bruce Smith and J.W. Towns. The Cats play for the regional cham-
pionship Friday night in Dayton when they take on the Port Acres Eagles. See page 4. (ECHO Photo)
$75 Cash This Week
Saturday.
The board said the ap-
pointment is effective im-
mediately. Mrs. R.C. Mid-
dleton resigned the position
because of ill health.
Beginning Dec. 1, all bus-
iness of the district will be
transacted at Standley’s of-
fice at 11782 Eastex Free-
way. Office telephone num-
ber is H12-2580.
were Larry Richard, Don
Buckalew, James Chil-
dress, Joe Walker, A.L.
Griffin Jr. and Mrs. A.L.
Griffin. They ranged from
19 to 28 points off on the
Humble vs. Boling tie-
breaker.
Prize money is ready at
The ECHO office. Contest
games for this week are
on page 6.
16 Winners Of Jackpot
Days Awards Last Week
Sixteen winners packed
off hams, turkeys, mer-
chandise and $150 in cash
in last week’s pre-Thanks-
giving Jackpot Days draw-
ing. More merchandise
awards and $75 in cash are
to be given at this week’s
drawing at 11 a.m. Saturday
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GIANT GATOR - This huge alligator, estimated to be 30 to 40 years old,
was captured last week in a shallow water slough in the picnic area at Atas-
cocita Country Club along Lake Houston. The 12-foot long gator was taken
to the Houston zoo and is the biggest in captivity there. (ECHO Photo)
on Main St. in downtown
Humble.
Registrations used at the
drawings may be made each
week at any of the Jackpot
Days participating mer-
chants.
For Saturday's drawing,
one $25 cash award and one
$50 cash bundle will be
given along with several
merchandise prizes pre-
sented at the drawing to
collect prizes.
In last week’s drawing,
D.L. Cocreham won $100
in cash and John Orum
won $50.
Turkeys and hams were
presented by the Humble
Chamber of Commerce.
Turkey winners wereAllee
Mae Farris, Bruce Smith,
Mrs. Toby Teel, S.T.
Crain and Leroy Page.
Winning hams were C.W.
Phillips, Mrs. J.C. Tullos,
Assault Charge
Made At Game
Charges of aggravated
assault on a police officer
were filed against R.D.
Rodgers of 7117 Willowtex
at the Humble-Boling foot-
ball game Saturday night at
Aldine Stadium.
Deputy Constable R.C.
Henderson also cited Rod-
gers with disturbing the
peace by abusive language
and being drunk.
C.O. Woodyard, Mrs. F.H.
Bogs and Mrs. J.W. Parks.
Merchandise prize win-
ners were D.L. Cocreham,
fruit cake from Humble
Food Market; D.W. Har-
wood, pie from Coleman's
Barbecue; Mrs. Ora Ma-
drigal, gallon of paint from
Blair Hardware; and Mrs.
Evelyn Martin, seafood
dinner from the Snack Shop.
Gross Gate
At Aldine
About $2,572
About 3,500 fans brought
a gross gate of some $2,-
572 at Humble’s bi-district
football playoff with Boling
Saturday night at Aldine.
School administrative as-
sistant Arthur Tipton said
expenses such as game of-
ficials, use of the stadium,
officers, travel pay for Bo-
ling and University Inter-
scholastic League fees
must be paid from that fig-
ure.
He said the two schools
will divided equally the net
proceeds.
Taking A Peek . . .
OVER THE FENCE
Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Johse
and their two sons of Whar-
ton visited Mrs. Rose Run-
nels Saturday. Mrs. Johse
is Mrs. Runnels niece. The
Johse’s were here to at-
tend the Humble vs. Boling
football game in Aldine Sat-
urday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Thomas Williams and
daughter, Kelley, of Hitch-
cock were here visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.T,
Williams Sr., over the
weekend.
Sherman Goss was trans-
ferred to St. Joseph's Hos-
pital in Houston Saturday
from Winnsboro after re-
ceiving knee injuries when
a cable snapped where he
was working in north Tex-
as.
Visiting here during the
Thanksgiving vacation with
his mother and other rela-
tives are Mr. and Mrs.
Philipp Cezeaux and daugh-
ter, Catherine Louise, of
Washington D.C. They ar-
rived Nov. 19 and plan to
return to Washington Mon-
day.
Mrs. H.B. Skipper and
Mrs. Ollie Stone visited
Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Defee
in Liberty at the Liberty
Rest Home Saturday. Sat-
Continued on page 3
Tickets On
Sale Here
This Week
Humble school officials
won a coin flip Sunday,
bringing Friday night’s re-
gional playoff football game
between Humble and the
Port Acres Eagles to Day-
ton at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
School administrative as-
sistant Arthur Tipton said
advance ticket sales for the
game will be made here this
week at Humble High
School, Humble Pharmacy
and Isaacks Service Sta-
tion. Tickets are $1.50 for
adults and 75 cents for stu-
dents.
The Dayton stadium has a
seating capacity . of about
4,500.
The coin flip for the play-
ing site was decided after
Port Acres officials de-
clined consideration of a
neutral field between the
two schools. Humble offi-
cials suggested Baytown,
but Port Acres officials
declined any site other than
Yellow Jacket Stadium in
Port Arthur, the home field
of the Eagles.
Humble took the Dayton
stadium for the coin flip.
High School principal El-
liott Curtis tossed the coin
and Port Acres called it
heads. It came up tails.
The coin toss win was
the second straight for
Humble in the playoffs this
fall. Last week Humble won
its toss with Boling. The
flip win makes Humble the
home team for the game in
Dayton.
See advance stories, pic-
tures inside today’s ECHO.
Port Acres, actually Ste-
phen F. Austin High School
in the Port Arthur school
district, reached the re-
gional round with a 20-6
win over Cleveland last
week in bi-district.
The two school districts
will divide equally the gate
after expenses.
Representing Humble at
the Sunday meeting which
started in Liberty and
moved to Dayton were Tip-
ton, Curtis, superintendent
of schools George Turner,
head coach Ben Wayne Ni-
cholson and assistant
coaches Charles Forehand
and Bruce Smith.
Tuesday Last
Day For C-C
Balloting
Tuesday is the deadline
for returning ballots in the
Humble Chamber of Com-
merce annual election of
president and directors.
Ballots were mailed to
Chamber members last
week.
To be elected are a pre-
sident and five directors.
Ballots are to be mailed
or taken to the Chamber
office at 311 Main St.
Firemen Put Out
Pair Of Blazes
Humble firemen extin-
guished two blazes Sunday'
the first a grass and woods
fire off Old River Road at
3:10 p.m., the second a
trailer house blaze at 420
S. Ave. D.
Firemen said the trailer
fire started at a heater.
Damage was estimated at
$150.
Wildcats Narrow Favorites In Regional Playoff Friday Night
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