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VOLUME 28 NUMBER 2
HUMBLE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1967
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By J.L.P.
WITH CAREERS in show
business, law and the min-
istry behind him, the
speaker for the Humble
Chamber of Commerce an-
nual banquet on Jan. 19
should be one of the best
in a long line of standout
performers at the annual
fete.
Dr. Walter Kerr’s va-
ried background, outlined
in the story at right, well
qualifies him to talk on
“Vision plus Purpose e-
quals Progress.”
If you haven’t got your
tickets for the banquet at
Atascocita Country Club
yet, it would be well to
scout them up before the
week is out. Seating ca-
pacity will limit ticket
sales to a little more than
200.
AS THE Jan. 31 voter
registration deadline ap-
proaches, the Precinct 108
Democratic Club is plan-
ning to providp registra-
tion deputies at several lo-
cations in the community —
in addition to the tax office
at the Harris County Court-
house Annex.
Registration is free for
the first time this year —
but must be completed by
Jan. 31 for voting eligibil-
ity in 1967 elections.
Registration deputies are
to be located at Humble
State Bank, Schott’s Gro-
cery and possibly one other
location later this week or
early next week.
AND WHILE the regis-
tration system this year
will go as planned, the
controversy over the
changeover from poll tax
days is not dead.
Secretary of State John
Hill has been enjoined from
canvassing the November 8
vote on the amendment abo-
lishing the poll tax under a
suit filed by the AFL-CIO.
The union officials want
permanent registration in-
stead of the annual regis-
tration now in effect and
their suit seeks to invali-
date the constitutional a-
mendment requiring annual
voter registration.
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Speaker With
Varied Talents
Due At C-C Fete
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DR. WALTER KERR
City Attorney May Be Candidate ...........
City Election
Called April 4
The Humble city elec-
tion was set on April 4
by the City Council Thurs-
day night. To be elected
are a Mayor and two Al-
dermen for two-year
terms.
The election is to be at
the old courthouse build-
ing in the 200 block of Main
St. with absentee voting
slated at city hall. Filing
deadline for candidates is
to be March 4 at city hall.
Expiring in April are the
terms of Mayor Preston
Tullos and Aldermen Mrs.
Betty Wiederhold and Don
Clark.
At Thursday night’s
meeting, E.W. Robbins re-
signed as city attorney, tel-
ling the Council that he
“may be a candidate for
office.”
Robbins said afterward
he will continue to handle
city legal matters which
are underway, such as the
city’s annexation suit with
the city of Houston in dis-
Deadline Jan. 31
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Registration Lines
May Be Short Here
Voter registration, free
for the first time during the
regular registration pe-
riod, will continue through
Jan. 31 at the Humble Har-
ris County Courthouse an-
nex tax office.
Tax clerk Mrs. Mary Poe
said this week lines may
not be nearly as long as
the registration deadline
approaches this year as
when poll taxes were sold.
She said apparently many
more voters have regis-
tered by mail this year
under the new system.
“It’s still too early to
tell, but I don’t think we
will have the lines we have
had,” Mrs. Poe said. “At
least we haven’t had as
many so far.”
A registration certifi-
cate will be required for
voting in 1967 elections.
The tax office here is
collecting county and state
tax payments, which be-
come delinquent after Jan.
31, and rendering property
for the county tax rolls
through April 30.
Sale of automobile li-
cense plates will start in
February, although no
starting date has been set,
and will continue through
April 1.
The tax office here is
open Monday through Fri-
day from 9 a.m. to 12 noon
and from 1 to 4 p.m. Al-
though the tax office is
normally closed on Sat-
urdays, Mrs. Poe said the
office will be open from 9
a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday,
Jan. 28 to handle voter re-
gistration, collect taxes
and make renditions.
trict court. The case is
docketed for February.
Approved was a propo-
sal by Councilman Clovis
Archer that an opinion poll
be conducted at the same
time as the election on
whether or not garbage col-
lection charges should be
included on city water bills.
Results of the poll would
not be binding.
The city two months ago
received a proposal for
twice-a-week garbage
pickup at $2 per residence
and $4 per business with
charges to be added to
water bills. A total of 10
per cent of collections was
to be returned to the city.
In other action at Thurs-
day night’s meeting, Rob-
bins said the city’s request
that night fines and bond
money be collected by the
Justice of the Peace office
here had been turned down.
A new wrecker ordinance
was adopted and the former
wrecker ordinance revok-
ed. Changes in the new or-
dinance include allowing an
auto owner to designate any
wrecker for service and al-
lowing private towing of ve-
hicles on “rare occa-
sions.”
Approved was a plan
whereby the city will pay
half of uniform costs for
city employees. Cost to the
city will be about $12 per
week.
Police Chief Clarence
Lee gained Council appro-
val to clean and use the
jail in the old courthouse
building and to change
speed limit signs on River
Road to 30 miles per hour.
The Council decided to
take steps to name the
nightwatchman a city po-
liceman or deputy and to
seek state approval for a
reduction in speed limits to
30 miles per hour on FM
1960 from Houston Ave. to
the railroad tracks.
Another Council meeting
was set for 7:30 p.m
Thursday at city hall. Bills
and minutes of previous
meetings were approved.
All Council members were
present.
A man with such a va-
ried background as an en-
tertainer, lawyer, minis-
ter and international youth
worker is to be the speaker
at the Humble Chamber of
Commerce annual banquet
Jan. 19 at Atascocita Coun-
try Club.
Dr. Walter Kerr of Ty-
ler, a founder of the Na-
tional Youth Foundation,
will speak on “Vision plus
Purpose equals Progress”
at the 7:30 p.m. fete on
Jan. 19.
New officers and direc-
tors of the Humble Cham-
ber are to be installed
along with a slide presen-
tation of Chamber pro-
jects before Dr. Kerr’s
talk.
Tickets for the banquet,
at $5 each, are on sale by
Chamber members, at the
Chamber office at 311 Main
St. and at several down-
town businesses.
Ticket chairman Charles
Philipp has announced
seating capacity for the
banquet will limit the num-
ber of tickets to be sold
at a little more than 200.
Born in Abilene, Dr.
Kerr and his family live
in Tyler, which is head-
quarters for the National
Youth Foundation.
Since he toured the coun-
try as a member of the
Cowboy Band at Abilene’s
Hardin-Simmons Univers-
ity, he has been active in
music and singing. While
studying law at the Uni-
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SMASHED ON WAY TO $1,000 THEFT - This window between a hall and
the high school principal’s office at Humble High School was smashed Sunday
night as $1,000 worth of photographic equipment was stolen. Four of five cameras
reported missing were returned to school officials Monday by Police Chief
Clarence Lee. See story below. (ECHO Photo)
Five Windows Smashed
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School Building
Plans Approved
versity of Texas, he served
three years as president of
the University Light Opera
Company, playing leading
roles in many of its pro-
ductions. He spent a year
in New York City working
professionally in radio and
theatre.
Today, he is considered
to be one of the finest
guitarists and ballad sing-
ers in the country. He serv-
ed as technical consultant
for the motion picture “Day
of Triumph” and served
with the late Cecil B. De-
Mille as consultant on the
motion picture “The Ten
Commandments” and was
invited to join DeMille’s
staff as an actor, writer
or director.
After receiving his law
degree from the University
of Texas, Dr. Kerr prac-
ticed law in Lufkin and la-
ter joined the legal staff
of the Governor of Texas,
from which position he
joined the ministry.
Receiving a Doctorate of
Divinity, he served 21 years
as a Methodist minister
tirf Rob^ro^Silt Photographic equipment at about that time.
andTyler ’ K 11 valued at $1,000 was stolen Monday night, Lee re-
Dr Kprr annparpd nr. fhp from the Humble High turned four cameras and
3S television Smam Sctoo1 building Sunday the flash unit to school of-
teievision program night> By Monday night> ficIals. He said n0 charges
all but one of five came- had been filed and that the
ras and other equipment photographic equipment ______, ___________
reported missing had been had been found and turned two power saws and a po-
returned to school offi- in to him. He is still in- wer drill were taken from
cials by Humble Police vestigating. the construction site at the
Chief Clarence Lee. Two of the cameras be- new Houston Lighting &
Five windows at the high, longed to Curtis. The o- Power Co. division office
school were smashed to thers were the property of on the freeway,
gain entry into the build- the_ school district. Lee is investigating both
$1,000 In Equipment
Stolen At High School
CBS television
aimed at youth, “Look Up
and Live,” and represented
the Methodist Church on
the world wide radio series
“The Protestant Hour.”
He resigned his pasto-
rate at Marvin Methodist
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County Sheriff’s Depart-
ment also was called on the
case, but did not appear.
On Thursday night about
$20 in cash was taken from
the Intermediate School li-
brary and on Friday night
Final plans for a 13-
classroom addition to the
Humble High School build-
ing and preliminary plans
for a new 14-classroom
elementary school were a-
pproved by the Humble
School Board Tuesday
night.
Bids on the high school
addition are to be taken
Feb. 6, the target date
for letting of bids on the
new elementary scholwith
day night was a junior high
band director who is to
start duties here Jan. 23
immediately after gradua-
tion from Texas A&I Col-
lege. He is Frank T. El-
liott. The district has been
operating without a junior
high band director since
the start of classes in Sep-
tember.
ing and into rooms where
the equipment was taken.
A window into the shop
was broken to gain entry
into the building, three win-
dows of the administration
office were broken to en-
ter high school principal
Elliott Curtis’ office and
a class room door glass
was smashed.
Four cameras and an
electronic flash unit were
taken from Curtis’ office
and a small camera was
taken from the classroom.
A diploma hanging on the
wall in Curtis’ office was
Curtis said the Harris thefts.
Council Hears
Sewer Choices
Approved was the setting smashed on the floor and
up of a tax excrow account, books and papers were
authorization for tax as- scattered in the classroom
bids to be received later sessor - collector Dwayne where the word “By” was
that month.
Both projects were in-
cluded in a $1.5 million
bond issue passed by school
district voters in Septem-
ber.
The new elementary
school, designed for expan-
sion to 20 classrooms, is
to be located on a 10-
acre site on the north side
of North Belt Drive. Pre-
liminary plans call for 28,-
800 square feet.
Both the high school add-
ition and the new elemen-
tary school are scheduled
for completion by the start
of classes next fall.
Also approved by the
board Tuesday night were
the naming of McNaspy
Construction Co. to draw
plans for specifications for
an athletic field house at
the high school and a bus
maintenance garage and
Houston Restaurant and
Supply Co. to write spec-
ifications and layout for
equipment in the snack bar
and kitchens of the new
projects.
Fees for plan drawings
of. both firms are to be
waived if they are success-
ful bidders.
Houston Natural Gas was
named to supply gas to the
new elementary school.
Hired by the board Tues-
Mcgaughey to attend a tax written in chalk on the
meeting in Austin Feb. 6 blackboard,
and for a home economics Curtis said the thefts
teacher to attend the State must have taken place af-
The Humble City Council
was told Thursday night
several routes to financing
additional sewer treatment
facilities are available, but
city engineer Spence Love
said a report on the condi-
tion of present facilities
and recommendations on
additional capacity will be
several months in the mak-
ing.
Ernest Brown, repre-
senting Sanitary Service
Corp. and its parent com-
pany, Moroney Beissner &
treatment facilities “with-
out any borrowing on the
part of the city of Hum-
ble.”
Brown said additional
sewer treatment can be
provided through the is-
suance of tax bonds, re-
venue bonds or through a
lease with his company,
which would build, oper-
ate and maintain a plant
during the lease period.
In October, the city’s
engineering firm told the
Council more sewer treat-
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Young Homemakers Lon- ter 5 p.m. Sunday because Co., told the Council his ment capacity is needed.
Continued on Page 8 he had been in his office firm could provide waste Estimates then were $60,
000 to modify and improve
the present plant to handle
a 3,600 population and
$130,000 for a new plant
on the same site with a
5,000 population capacity.
Earlier, cost estimates
were $240,000 to $300,000
for a separate plant near
the south city limits.
“Sanitary Service is in
a position to provide what
is necessary with capabil-
ities for expansion to meet
additional demands as they
occur,” Brown said. “Af-
ter the Council determines
the need, then we can show
you the different ways it
can be provided.”
Brown said he thought
the city’s water and sewer
rates should be raised.
“Water and sewer rates,
particularly water rates,
are going to have to be
increased and I would say
drastically,” he said.
Brown said the city’s rates
are “about one-half” the
rates of other cities in
the Gulf Coast area..
Brown said he thought
tax bonds would be less
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CLASSROOM RANSACKED - Books, paper and other material is scattered
over a classroom at Humble High School when equipment valued at $1,000 was
stolen Sunday night. Five windows in the school building were smashed during
the theft sometime after 5 p.m. Sunday. (ECHO Photo)
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