The Humble Echo (Humble, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 30, 1964 Page: 1 of 6
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Little League Baseball Tournament Starts Here Friday
Story on Page 4
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PIECES
BY J.L.P.
THE END of July and the
start of August is some-
what of a transition period,
especially this year:
The summer recreation
program at the high school
gym comes to a close at
the end of this week. How-
ever, plans call for keep-
ing the swimming pool open
for a couple of weeks.
Auto insurance rates
change at midnight Friday.
Overall costs in Harris
County, highest in the state,
are expected t o remain
about the same with some
coverage up a little and
some down slightly.
We plan our new mast-
head for the top of the front
page next week and a new
layout for the editorial
page. Both, we think, will
be a little zippier, give us
a more attractive product.
While the Saturday night
rodeos have been going
since April, the younger
set takes over next week
for the annual Youth Rodeo
Wednesday through Satur-
day. A good number of con-
testants, and parents, too,
will be around town as some
200 have entered the show.
And with August comes
football talk. One grid mag-
azine is already out, pick-
ing Humble and C.E. King
on top in district 23-AA.
Coaching school is com-
ing up early next month
with the start of fall prac-
tice due on Aug. 17.
We’ve started our annual
series of preview articles
on the district’s teams on
the sports page of this
week’s ECHO.
A DECISION one way or
the other on the 71 acres
for a residential develop-
ment site on Wilson Road
is expected early next
month. Meanwhile, five new
houses in Lakeland are in
various stages of comple-
tion.
And we hear a subdivi-
sion is planned west of
Humble somewhere off FM
1960...btit no details yet.
REDISTRICTING , both
congressional and legisla-
tive, may come at the tail
end of hext year’s session
of the State Legislature.
And it might even be put
off to a special session
after the regular session is
adjourned.
Gov. John Connally and
Attorney General Waggon- '
er Carr have said redis-
tricting should be the first
item op the Legislature’s
agenda when it convenes
early in 1965.
But Speaker of the House
Byron Tunnell has other
ideas. He says redistrict-
ign should be handled at
the end of the session, after
higher education proposals
and tax matters are out of
the way.
And in Washington last
weekend, he indicated a
special session devoted en-
tirely t o redistricting...
. after the regular session
...would be the best route.
Taxpayers To
Meet Next Week
Meetings are slated at
7 p.m. Wednesday and
Thursday night next week
for Humble School District
taxpayers who rendered
property this year and want
to discuss their assess-
ments with the district’s
board of equalization.
The meeting will be held
at Humble High School.
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SLAB POURING - The foundation for the new Humble High School building is
being poured this week as construction crews get set to go up with structural
steel. The grandstand for the new football field is already on the way up. Com-
pletion of the plant is due in May, 1965. (ECHC) Photo)
On District Teams JW0 [)rown
Football Preview In Area
Series Starts Today Last Week
The ECHO’S series of preview articles on dis-
trict 23-AA football teams starts in this week’s
edition on the sports page. The series is planned
to outline prospects and potentials of the district
teams and present the comments of coaches.
Along with Humble in district 23-AA this year are
Anahuac, Dayton, Hamshire-Fannett, Hardin-Jeffer-
son and new member C.E. King. Liberty will not
be a district member this year as it will move to
triple A competion.
This Week
Merchants Checking
On Downtown Parking
A parking study in the to the Council at its reg-
down town area is being ular meeting Monday night
conducted this week by the (see separate story).
Merchants Committee of McCraw said n0 plans
the Humble C am er o hacl been made t0 present
Commerce. Merchants the flndi of th(f
along the Main St. in the rhanrs> s»rvpv rn fhfi
downtown section are
checking p a r k i n g spaces
each hour.
Chamber president John parking situation.
McCraw said the survey
was planned at a committee
meeting last Thursday to
provide additional sta-
tistics on parking if needed
by the Humble City Council.
He said the survey is to
run from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m.
Monday through Saturday
. ^is week. Mr. and Mrs. B.W. Per- ner guests of Mrs. Della
A parking meter firm has ^ns an(j son, Darrell, and Brown Sunday,
made a parking study and their guest> Miss JudyMy-
results are to be presented ers> 0f Virginia Beach,
Va., left this week, after
visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Herman O.Huble,
chants’ survey to the
Council. He said the check
is being made to obtain
an overall picture of the
Two drownings were re-
corded in the Humble area
last week, one Thursday in
Lake Houston east of town,
another Sunday in the San
Jacinto River about a mile
north.
Janice Hill, of Houston
was wading with an aunt
when she apparently step-
ped off into deep water at
the lake Thursday. The
aunt, Mrs. Marlene Terry,
was rescued by a passing
boat.
The body was found in
14 feet of water about four
hours after the 8 p.m.
drowning.
On Sunday, Johnny Ran-
gel , 33, of Houston and his
eight-year-old son, Johnny
Jr., decided to swim across
the San Jacinto near the
U.S. highway 59 bridge. The
boy called for help in deep
water and Rangel turned to
aid him, but went under.
Another swimmer, Arthur
Posik, 27, resuced the boy.
Rangel’s body was recov-
ered from about 15 feet of
water.
Taking A Peek . . .
OVER THE FENCE
Results Of
Parking Study
Due Monday
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Thomas Williams Jr. plan
to move to Hitchcock Aug.
I, where he has taken a
to return to Oceana Naval coaching position at the
Base, where Perkins is junior high school.
stationed. , -----
Mrs. Perkins is the form- Mrs. L.H. Johnson suf-
er Delores (Susie) Huble. fe-red a dislocated knee
While here they visited when she fell from a chair
Thursday.
Show To
Run Through
Saturday
With a record list of
prizes for winners, Hum-
ble’s annual Youth Rodeo
gets started Wednesday
night next week with per-
formances at the FFA
Fairgrounds scheduled at
8 p.m. each night through
the finals on Saturday.
Some 200 youthful cow-
pokes from throughout
southeast Texas and Loui-
siana will be competing in
nine events and more than
$3,000 worth of prizes a-
wait the winners. Seven
saddles are to be given
away this year, in addi-
tion to 27 belt buckles and
numerous horse breast
collars and other awards,
according to Sonnie Lee,
prize chairman for this
year’s show.
Saddles will go to the
winners in each of the five
major events — tie down
roping, break away roping,
steer dogging, barrell rac-
ing and the cutting horse
contest. The all around
champion boy and girl for
the entire show also will
win saddles.
Other events on tap each
night are goat tiedown, rib-
bon roping, steer riding
and a queen’s contest, open
to girls age 14-18.
Lee said each contestant
will have two chances in
each event during the first
three shows to qualify for
the finals on Saturday night.
Four prizes will be award-
ed in each go round during
the first three shows. He
said ropes, head stalls and
$5 and $10 gift certificates
also will be given away.
Local girls from junior
high age through high
school age have been ask-
ed to enter the ribbon rop-
ing event to team with rop-
ing contestants. The girls
will be paired with a boy
roper and will run the calf’s
ribbon across the finish
line after the catch.
Nona Kay Wied is in
charge of registering local
girls for the event. She may
be contacted at 457-2231.
The Youth Rodeo is spon-
sored each year by the
Humble Rodeo Associa-
tion.
Closed Session
Planned By Board
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RECORD PRIZE LIST - A record purse of prizes is planned for the big
Youth Rodeo starting here Wednesday next week at the FFA Fairgrounds.
Seven saddles are to be given away this year, compared to three in past shows,
along with numerous horse breast collars, belt buckles, ropes and gift certifi-
cates. Here prize chairman Sonnie Lee is shown with some of the prizes at the
Fairgrounds. (ECHO Photo)
Church Of For Grades 9-12
Christ Has
New Minister
A new minister at the
Church of Christ in Hum-,
ble, Herbert Thornton, ar-
rived with his family last
week to start his duties
with the church here.
Thornton comes from Ba-
ton Rouge, La.
He is a graduate of
Florida Christian College
in Tampa, Fla. He has
worked with churches in
Florida, Georgia andLoui*-
siana.
Thornton and his wife,
Joanne, have three chil-
dren, Paul, Mark and Tami.
Registration At High
School Set Next Week
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Results of a parking
survey by a parking meter
firm are to be presented Six Flags.
to the Humble City Council ----- - . -----
at its regular meeting at W.G. Sibley returned Miss Cathy Brown of
7:30 p.m. Monday in the home from a Beaumont Houston spent the past week
city offices above the old hospital Friday after being visiting with her grand-
fire station. hospitalized there for mother, Mrs. Della Brown,
Representatives from sometime due to an auto- and her cousin, Charles A.
the parking meter firm mobile accident. Farris.
have studied parking trends ----- -----
and capacities in the down- Born July 9 to Mr. and Carolyn Yvonne Fields is
town area on different days Mrs. David Muck a 7 lb. the hew bat)y daughter of
of the week. The Merchants i 0z. baby boy Geoffrey Mr. and Mrs* Fields.
Committee of the Chamber Allen Muck. ' She was born July 20 weigh-
of Commerce is con- Grandparents are Mrs. ing 8 lbs. 7 1/2 ozs.
ducting another parking Mattie Lee Muck and Mr.
survey this week (see and Mrs. Julius Polk.
separate story). _____
The Council has delayed Mrs. Gertie Morris of
a planned written opinion Pampa has been visiting
poll of merchants on friends here. , . .. ,
parking meters until after Mrs. Morris, Mrs. Love Past week visiting her sis-
Monday night’s report. and Mrs. Hoult were din- continued on page 3
Mrs. Travis McWilliams
of Trinity, the maternal
grandparent, is here visit-
ing the Fields.
Miss Ann Clark spent the
A called meeting of the
Humble School Board was
scheduled for Wednesday
night, Superintendent of
Schools George Turner
said Tuesday. He said the
meeting would be closed to
the public and the press.
Turner said the board
will meet with T. Morgan
Biggs to discuss the re-
evaluation of property in
the district.
TRUCK FIRE
A flat tire flapping ap-
parently started a fire on
a lumber truck Monday
night at the intersection of
FM 1960 and U.S. highway
59. Humble Volunteer
Firemen extinguished the
minor blaze at 7:40 p.m.
Registration and sched-
ule assignments for all stu-
dents who will attend
Humble High School this fall
will be made next week.
Registrations at Humble
Elementary School and
Lakeland School are plan-
ned later in August,
High School principal
Elliott Curtis said any stu-
dents in the districts who
will be in the grades 9-12
this year should come to
his office in the high school
building to pick up schedule
blanks and locker as-
signments. He said new
students will be registered
along with any students who
were enrolled here last
year who have not reg-
istered.
Curtis said reporting
times will be from 8 a.m.
to 12 noon and from 2 to
4 p.m. Monday through Fri-
day. He said conflicts in
schedules will be worked
out during the week.
“One parent should come
with any new student to sign
the age, grade and resident
form,’’ he said.
Superintendent of Schools
George Turner asked that
he be notified of any stu-
dents who have moved into
the district since the close
of classes last spring and
were not enrolled here last
HERBERT THORNTON year.
“We want the names and
grades of any new students
for purposes of placing,
Turner said. He said he can
be contacted at his office
in the high school building
or by phone.
Turner said registration
at Humble Elementary and
Lakeland, for students
below the ninth grade, are
planned later in August.
Council In
Called Session
The Humble City Coun-
cil met in called session
to discuss blacktopping on
Higgins St. early Tuesday
morning. Council members
said additional property
owners had expressed in-
terest in paying for black-
topping of their property
along the street.
The press was not no-
tified and was not present
at the Tuesday meeting.
Another meeting was plan-
ned for early Wednesday.
School Board
Meeting Tuesday
The Humble School
Board is scheduled to meet
in regular session at 7:30
p.m. Tuesday in the school
business offices at Humble
High School.
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