The Humble Echo (Humble, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 9, 1967 Page: 1 of 8
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THE HUMBIE ECHO
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VOLUME 28 NUMBER 10
HUMBLE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1967
10< PER COPY, $3.00 PER YEAR
Owes $711.21 In Back Taxes
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School Board Member
On Delinquent Rolls
Dogs To
Be Tagged
Friday
Rabies vaccination
and licensing of dogs is
scheduled next two Fri-
day nights by the city
of Humble.
Dr. E.L. LePon will
administer vaccinations
and city dog tags will be
issued from 7 to 9 p.m.
March 10 and 17 at the
old courthouse building
in the 200 block of Main
St.
Fee for the vaccina-
tion and city dog tags
will be $4. Licenses are
required for all dogs
within the Humble city
limits.
Building
Permits
Total $39,200
Three residential new
construction permits were
issued by the city of Hum-
ble in February totaling
$39,200, up from $37,000
in January.
There were no residen-
tial addition permits is-
sued compared to two in
January and no commer-
cial building permits com-
pared to none in January.
There were three new
water taps and three sewer
taps in February, com-
pared to one sewer tap and
no water taps in the pre-
vious month.
Absentee
Voting To
Start Monday
Absentee voting will
start next week for both
the April 1 school elec-
tion and the April 4 city
election.
School election absen-
tee voting will start Mon-
day and continue through
March 28 at the Humble
High School administra-
tion office.
City election absentee
balloting will start Wed-
nesday and continue
through March 31 at city
hall.
AS CLOSE
AS YOUR
TELEPHONE
A market place as big
as the entire Humble
area is as close as your
telephone — through the
ECHO classified sec-
tion.
Results are big and
costs are small when
your selling, service or
renting message goes
to more than 8,000 read-
ers throughout the Hum-
ble market area every
week.
Give us a call at 446-
3733 or send or bring
your copy to The ECHO
office, 402 First St., to
get with the market. And
remember , classified
deadline each week is
Tuesday noon.
School Board member
J.D. Brown, according to
Humble School District tax
records, owes $496.68 in
delinquent school taxes
plus another $214.53 in 1966
school taxes, which are not
carried as delinquent, but
were due by Jan. 31 this
year.
The total of past due
taxes owed by Brown, ac-
cording to school tax re-
cords at press time this
week, is $711.21.
Brown last week filed
for re-election to posi-
tion 5 on the Humble School
District Board of Trustees,
the post he has held since
1955 (see editorial, page
4).
The delinquent tax total
owed by Brownhas climbed
by more than $250 since
April, 1965, when it was
reported by The ECHO that
school district tax records
showed Brown owing
$218.96 in back taxes (Echo,
April 15, 1965).
According to school dis-
trict tax records, Brown
owes delinquent school
taxes on seven pieces of
property:
* - $176.61 from 1960,
1963, 1964 and 1965.
* - $54.37 from 1965.
* - $131.51 from 1964
and 1965.
* - $93.76 from 1963,
1964 and 1965.
* - $6.68 from 1965.
* - $5.05 from 1965.
* - $28.70 from 1965.
In addition, a total of
$214.53 is owed, accord-
ing to tax records, on the
same seven pieces of pro-
perty in 1966 taxes. School
district tax assessor-col-
lector Dwayne McGaughey
explained 1966 taxes, al-
though due on Jan. 31,1967,
are not carried on the de-
linquent rolls until July
1. Penalties and interest
are added after Jan. 31,
he said.
In April, 1965, district
tax records showed Brown
owing back taxes on three
pieces of property, some
from as far back as 1948.
He said at the time the
tax records were correct.
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County Attorney
Declines To Give
Voting Opinion
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Plans Due On Field
House, Bus Garage
FEEDERS DUE THIS SUMMER - Construction is scheduled for completion
this summer on the Eastex Freeway feeder streets south of Humble. The Humble
exit ramp at right is to be moved some 500 feet south of the present location
by the highway department. (ECHO Photo)
Two After Mayor’s Job
Six In Race For Two
Seats On City Council
The Humble School
Board looked at prelimin-
ary plans for an athletic
field house at Humble High
School and a bus mainten-
ance garage at its regular
meeting Tuesday night.
Final plans are due in two
weeks.
The field house, sched-
uled for use next fall, is
to be located at the south-
west corner of Wildcat Sta-
dium. Included are three
dressing and shower areas.
Estimated cost of the
field house, included in the
$1.5 million bond issue ap-
proved by district voters
in September, is $43,147.
Planned location for the
maintenance garage, where
mechanical work on school
busses will be done, is
at the northwest corner
of the Hunble FFA Fair-
grounds parking lot. Es-
timated cost is $28,115.
The Board decided to
look at final plans, along
with bids on furniture for
the new elementary school
on North Belt Drive, at
a meeting later this
month.
In other action Tuesday
night, the Board approved
a textbook committee’s re-
commendation that all text-
books on the current state
approved list be adopted.
Superintendent of Schools
George Turner explained
that although all books pro-
bably would not be used,
the adoption is for five
years and some changes
nay be desired in that
period.
Approved were trips to
state meetings by elemen-
tary school principals
April 19-21 and by jour-
nalism sponsors March 17
and 18.
The five-cent increase
in cafeteria prices that
started March 1 was ap-
proved.
The Board voted to enter
a cooperative program with
the Harris County Depart-
ment of education for
homebound students who
are unable to attend class-
es for physical reasons.
Under the program, a
teacher will spend at least
three hours with each
homebound student each
week at an estimated cost
to the school district of
about $65 per pupil per
year.
Approved was the hiring
of Mrs. Lynette Calfee as
Intermediate School phy-
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Three candidates filed
on the final day Saturday,
putting six in the race for
two seats on the Humble
City Council in the April
4 city election.
The final lineup shows
two candidates for the two-
year Mayor term and six
after a pair of two-year
Alderman terms in an o-
pen race. Candidates are
to draw for ballot positions
Thursday.
Two candidates who filed
more than a month ago are
matched in the Mayor’s
race — Mrs. Betty Wie-
derhold and E.W. Robbins
Mrs. Wiederhold has
served four years as an
Alderman while Robbins is
making his first run at
public office.
Three candidates
Charles Goodwin, Gerald
Burke and Joe Mills —
entered the City Council
race on the final day Sat-
urday and Francis Pierce
filed Thursday, joining
Mrs. Fannie Brown and
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Don Clark in the open race
for the two Council seats
to be filled this year.
Expiring this year are
the terms of Mayor Pres-
ton Tullos, who did not
file for re-election, and
of Aldermen Mrs. Wieder-
hold and Clark.
Goodwin, Pierce and
Mrs. Brown are running
for city office for the first
time. Clark has served two
years on the Council, hav-
ing been elected to a two-
year term in 1965. Burke
was elected to the unex-
pired one year of a term
in 1965 and was defeated
in 1966. Mills filed in the
city judge race three years
ago and withdrew before
the election.
In the open race election
of the two Aldermen, the
two candidates receiving
the most votes will be e-
lected. Voting will not be
done by position and voters
will ballot for two of the
six candidates.
Candidates are to draw
for ballot positions at 10
a.m. Thursday at city hall.
Absentee balloting is to
start next Wednesday and
will continue through
March 31 from 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. at city hall.
The Harris County At-
torney last week declined
to issue an opinion as to
whether or not residents
in disputed annexation a-
reas should vote in the up-
coming April 4 city elec-
tion.
The Humble City Council
last week instructed city
secretary Fred Underwood
to seek an opinion from the
County Attorney after a
motion to allow annexation
area residents to vote
failed on a 3-2 vote.
Underwood said County
Attorney Joe Resweber
said by state law he couldn’t
issue an opinion when
asked Friday.
Thus far, the city of
Humble has sought four
opinions on voting by the
annexation area residents.
The County Attorney and
the State Attorney Gene-
ral’s office declined to is-
sue opinions while E.W.
Robbins, who at the time
was city attorney, and the
Texas Municipal League
gave opinions that the an-
nexation area residents are
eligible to vote in city e-
lections, provided they are
otherwise qualified.
At last week’s City Coun-
cil meeting, however, a
motion to allow the annex-
ation area residents to vote
was defeated, 3-2 (Echo,
March 2, 1967.)
This week, Mayor Pres-
ton Tullos said he thought
the decision on whether or
not to allow voting by an-
nexation area residents
would be up to the election
judge. Nelson Schott has
been appointed judge for
the April 4 city election.
In question are residents
in some 5.6 square miles
of territory both north and
south of the established
Humble corporate limits
which has been annexed
by both the city of Humble
and the city of Houston.
A suit on the annexation
territory is pending in dis-
trict court.
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Attorneys
To Meet On
Annexation
Attorneys for the city
of Humble are to meet with
city of Houston officials
in Houston Thursday to dis-
cuss disputed annexation
areas north and south of
the established city of
Humble corporate limits
which have been annexed
by both cities.
A suit asking court ap-
portionment of the 5.6
square miles of disputed
territory is pending in dis-
trict court. Court hearings
have been postponed twice
and the case has been re-
set for the March-April
district court term.
Involved are parts of Fo-
rest Cove and Northshore
north of the established city
limits and a tract south of
the established Humble city
limits generally bounded
by the established city lim-
its on the north, a line east
of Wilson Road on the east,
Atascocita Road and Rein-
hardt Bayou on the south
and a line 800 feet west of
and parallel to the Eastex
Freeway on the west.
McClure Unopposed
School Candidates
Draw Ballot Spots
One School Board candi-
date filed and another
dropped out on the final
day last week, leaving six
hopefuls for three posi-
Council
To Meet
Thursday
The Humble City Council
is scheduled to meet at
7:30 p.m. Thursday at city
hall.
ECHO FILES FOR LIBRARY - John Pundt of The Humble Echo presents a
bound file of 1966 editions of the newspaper to Humble librarian Mrs. Laurene
Ragsdale. Complete bound files of each year’s editions are to be placed in
the library here. (ECHO Photo)
Public Schools Week
Open House Thursday
Open house is scheduled at three Humble
schools Thursday night as part of the Texas
Public Schools Week observance here. All schools
are open to visitors during school hours each
day this week.
Teachers will meet parents and friends to
discuss students’ work from 7 to 9p.m. Thursday
at Humble Elementary School, Lakeland Elemen-
tary School and the Intermediate School.
On Friday, the Humble Parent-Teachers Asso-
ciation will hold its annual fish and oyster supper
from 5 to 8 p.m. in the high school cafeteria.
The senior class play, "Mr. Co-ed,” will be
staged at 8 p.m. Friday in the high school
auditorium.
Superintendent of Schools George Turner said
anyone interested is invited to visit any of the
public schools this week and to attend the open
houses Thursday night.
tions in the April 1 school
election.
On the last day to file,
Hays Coleman entered the
position 6 straw vote and
Dr. H. G. Cull withdrew
from the position 5 race.
Dr. Cull told The ECHO
he had withdrawn for health
reasons.
The final lineup shows
incumbent Fred McClure
unopposed for position 4
with two candidates after
position 5 and three in the
straw vote for the remain-
ing one year of the position
6 term.
Positions 4 and 5 are to
be filled with three-year
terms.
Candidates drew for bal-
lot positions Friday and
will appear in this order
on the April 1 ballot:
Position 4:
Fred McClure (unopposed)
Position 5:
Jack Fields
J. D. Brown
Position 6:
Dr. C.A. Younts
Vernon Whitney
Hays Coleman
Absentee voting is to
start Monday and continue
through March 28 at the
Humble High School admin-
istration office.
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