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ADVERTISING
MEDIUM
THE HUMBLE ECHO
“YOUR HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER” _______
VOLUME 22 NUMBER 11
HUMBLE, TEXAS,*THURSDAY,
MARCH 14, 1963
100 PER COPY, $2.75 PER YEAR
Cuban Refugee Family
Due In Humble March 19
LIONS CLUBBERS - Shown here is part of head table and crowd at a District
2-S2 Lions Club banquet Thursday night at Atascocita Country Club. Standing at
the head table is District Governor Eddie Munger of Houston and seated, left
to right, are master of ceremonies Pat Brown, Mrs. Munger, Deputy District
Governor Don Buckalew of Humble, Mrs. Buckalew and Jimmy Edwards of
Conroe, zone chairman for 2-S2. Not shown are president of the Magnolia Lions
Club Bo Damuth and Mrs. Damuth, president of the Humble Lions Club W.H.
Leediker and Mrs. Leediker, and president of the Tomball Lions Club Earl
Oldham and Mrs. Oldham. (Curtis Photo)
Taking A Peek...
OVER THE FENCE
3 Spots Open
Eight Hats In Ring
For School Board Posts
BITS
AND
PIECES
BY J.L.P.
Although it often appears
to be a spur of the moment
thing, politics is really a
long range, carefully plan-
ned profession with con-
quests mapped our far in
advance.
Take this week’s mail.
You can look for Lieutenant
Governor Preston Smith to
seek a promotion to Gover-
nor in a couple of years...
or if not then, in four years.
Smith sends out a little
periodic “newsletter” by
Capital writers discussing
sidelights of his political
career. This week’s was
about how his mother feels
concerning her son’s rise
to Lieutenant Governor.
The last paragraph
starts like this: “Now that
he has attained the coveted
office of Lieutenant Gover-
nor, his mother is sure that
some day he will be gover-
nor...”
It looks mighty like the
first time John Connally’s
hat isn’t in the ring, Pres-
ton Smith’s will be.
* * * * *
y
The chiropracters got in
the act on President Ken-
nedy’s walkathon, along
"with numerous Humble
youths, this week.
The Texas State Chiro-
practic Association has
sent out an advisory of
sorts...and they’re all for
plenty of walking. What’s
more, they give tips on how
to get more mileage before
pooping out.
“ You'll find that you can
walk farther with less tir-
ing if you maintain a steady,
measured pace, with your
^weight balanced evenly on
both hips and your shoul-
ders back,’ the association
says.
“Walking is excellent
/exercise for the spine and
pelvis, ” it continues.
“Regular walking when
coupled with deep breathing
exercises helps maintain
good general health as well
as spinal integrity.”
Yep, just about every-
body knows walking is good
exercise, but as one mother
remarked, walking to
school and back isn’t half
as much fun as those 50-
mile flings with blistered
feet and all.
Editor’s note - This is
one in a series of articles
in which candidates in the
April 2 City election and the
April 6 School election
answer an identical set of
questions.
Horace Lee, 29, candi-
date for position 3 on the
Humble School Board in the
April 6 School election.
Born in Humble, Lee is
a member of the Humble
Jaycees and the First
Baptist Church. This
HORACE LEE
A Cuban refugee family
is due in Humble March 19
according to information
received last week by the
First Baptist Church. The
church is to aid in finding
employment and residence
for the family under the
Cuban refugee program and
the Church World Service.
Only name listed for the
couple coming to Humble is
Rena Moll. He has worked
several years in the Navy
Exchange a t Guantanamo
Base in Cuba and has done
bookkeeping and office
work.
“As they have left all of
their belongings in their
homeland, Cuba, they will
be in need of nearly every
item to begin housekeep-
ing,” the church said.
Church spokesmen said
a check list of items needed
will be prepared and asked
that persons having some-
thing to donate call the
church office at 446-2534.
The couple entered this
FHA Meeting
Set March 30
In Houston
An area meeting of Fu-
ture Homemakers of A-
merica will be held Satur-
day, March 30, at the Uni-
versity of Houston. Busses
will leave from Humble
High School at 7:30 a.m.
Registration at the uni-
versity will be from 8:30
to 9:30 a.m.
Local chapter members
in attendance will receive
five points toward the re-
quired 25 for the trip to
Garner State Park in June.
Three Trucks Used
To Battle Fire
All three trucks from the
Old Humble Road Volunteer
Fire Dept, were required
to extinguish a grass and
tree fire on Bender Road at
10:30 p.m. Sunday.
On Saturday firemen bat-
tled grass fires at 11:30
a.m. at the intersection of
Old Humble Road and Smith
Road and at 3:30 p.m. on
Upshaw St. between Lee
Road and the Eastex Free-
way.
marks his first race for
public office.
“I just felt like it was
part of my duty as a citi-
zen,” Lee said when asked
why he had decided to run.
If elected, Lee said “I’d
like to bring our educa-
tional program up to equal
other schools in the vicinity
at a minimum cost to the
taxpayers.”
Asked what specific pro-
ject or policy he would like'
to see accomplished, if
elected, Lee said “I have
three, daughters that will be
going through school and I
want them to have the best
education possible.
Odd Job Day
Slated Friday
The Junior class at Hum-
ble High School will do odd
jobs all day Friday, “Hobo
Day,” in an attempt to raise
funds for class projects.
To contract for a crew
anytime Friday, contact
Johnny Coleman at 446-
3645.
country from Cuba in Dec-
ember, 1962.
Porter Man
Killed In
Auto Wreck
Perry Glynn Owens, 27,
of Porter was killed Fri-
day morning when the car
he was driving was in col-
lision with a lumber truck
about two miles south of
Porter on U.S. highway 59.
The Owens auto struck
the left drive wheels of the
truck, flipping the car into
the ditch at the side of the
road. The accident occured
at 8:32 a.m. as Owens was
on his way home from work
at ADT Protective Service
Organization in Houston.
Funeral services were
held Saturday at the Hum-
ble Funeral Home Chapel
with Rev. Ted Berry of-
ficiating.
Survivors include the
widow, Mrs. Kathryn
Owens; a son, Perry Law-
rence Owens; 2 daughters,
Vonda Lee Owens and Robin
Christine Owens; 2 step
sons, Roy Owens, and J.C.,
Owens; 2 step daughters,
Billie Joyce Owens and
Paula Owens, all of Port-
er; his father, Odis L.
Owens of Houston; a sister,
Mrs. G.I. Hagen of Hous-
ton; and 3brothers, Rich-
ard L. Owens, Jack A.
Owens and WayneE. OWens
of Houston.
Burial was in Brookside
Memorial Park under the
direction of Humble Fu-
neral Home.
Last Tuesday, three per-
sons were injured, also
about two miles south of
Porter on U.S. highway 59.
Taken to hospitals were
Mr. and Mrs. G.E. Wether-
Continued on page 5
150 Attend
Lions Club
Banquet Here
Some 150 Lions from
district 2-S2 attended a
cabinet meeting and ban-
quet Thursday at Atasco-
cita Country Club hosted
by the Humble Lions Club
along, with Magnolia and
Tomball clubs.
During the afternoon
cabinet meeting, ladies
were entertained with a
comedy skit by Mrs. James
Robert Fields, a talk qn
interior decorating by Mrs.
John McCraw, a golf put-
ting contest and games.
A musical group from
Conroe performed at the
banquet Thursday night.
Diane De Masters and
Randall Schott attended the
presentaion of “The Mira-
cle Worker ’ at St. Luke’s
Methodist Church in Hous-
ton Saturday night. The play
was presented by the Mas-
que and Wig Theatre group
of Lon Morris College of
Jacksonville, Texas.
Mayor Phil Cezeaux re-
turned home Friday from
the hospital.
Marlin L. Collins has
recently moved back to
Humble from Conroe. Col-
lins family will join him
later.
Mr. and Mrs. J.L.Snell-
ings and sons, Paul and
David visited Mr. and Mrs.
Sloan Baker at Welder,
Texas over the weekend.
Mrs. Laurene Ragsdale
and Mrs. Pauline Walters
attended a special business
meeting at the Harris
County central library Sat.,
March 8. Ways of improv-
ing each county branch
library were discussed.
G.D. Woods of Humble,
entered a Houston hospital
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. B.J. Wied
and Melinda were guests of
Rev. and Mrs. L.S. Cole for
a seafood dinner in Galves-
ton Tuesday.
Mrs. V.W. Tapp and John
Thompson returned last
week from a week’s trip to
Horton, Kansas, where
their sister was ill.
Mr. and Mrs. B.B.Schott
attended the Cinerama
show of “The Wonderfut
World of the Brothers
Grimm” in Houston last
Saturday afternoon.
The Humble Volunteer
Fire Department reports a
$15 donation from L-. E.
Spears following a fire last
week.
A program on poetry was
Continued on page 5
Annual Scout
Banquet Held
On Feb. 26
The annual Blue and Gold
Banquet of Cub Scout Pack
92 was held Tuesday, Feb-
ruary 26, at the Lakeland
cafeteria. A blue and gold
color scheme was carried
out.
The flag ceremony was
conducted by Mrs. R.E.
Erwin’s Den.
Entertainment was pro-
vided by Judy Hughes and
Nina Majors and by “Tub
Scout” Ernest Marques,
with Cubmaster Earl Chil-
dress as master of cere-
monies.
Special guests included
H.W. Booth, District Ex-
ecutive of the North Dis-
trict of Sam Houston Area
Council; O.A. Lee, Scout
Neighborhood Commis-
sioner for Humble; Mr. and
Mrs. Hayes Coleman; Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Cook and
Monroe Solomon.
The last two filing days
last week brought four
more candidates into the
April 6 School election
when three positions on the
Humble School Board will
be filled with three-year
terms.
The late filings, three of
them on Wednesday, the
filing deadline, bring to
eight the numbe r of can-
didates seeking board
posts. Two each are run-
ning for positions 1 and 2
while the field is jammed
More Chamber
Committees
Announced
President J.P. Smith II
made additional committee
appointments for the Hum-
ble Chamber of Commerce
this week.
John O. Hoyt will, handle
legal affairs while T.R.
Francis will be head of
the agricultural division.
On the hospital commit-
tee are chairman Jane
Herron, John McCraw and
medical advisor Dr. H.E.
McKay.
The industrial commit-
tee will be composed of
chairman R.E. Landes,
Kelcy Isenberg, Phil Cez-
eaux, Maurice Burns and
Kenneth Duran.
“Any member of the
Chamber of Commerce is
welcome to attend the
Board of Directors meet-
ings,” Smith announced
while naming the commit-
tees. Directors meet each
second Wednesday night of
the month at 7:30 p.m. in
the Humble State Bank
building.
Editor’s note - This is
one in a series of articles
in which candidates in the
April 2 City election and
the April 6 School election
answer an identical set of
questions.
W.A. Odom, 47, owner of
Odom’s Service Station,
candidate for position 1 on
the Humble School Board
in the April 6 School elec-
tion.
Born in Glendale, Texas,
.Odom lists membership in
the Lions Club, the Humble
Chamber of Commerce and
the First Baptist Church.
Odom has twice run for
public office, each time
gaining election to three-
year terms on the Humble
School Board. He was
elected in 1957 and 1960.
His reason for running:
“ I felt like the schools
were in the midst of pos-
sibly a growing period.
Some plans were already in
the process of being made
and members of the board
are familiar with them and
in my present capacity I
felt like I could serve the
district, if the people see
fit.
“ I felt like my being
familiar with the district
building program, I could
best serve the district by
running for re-election. I
know no one is in favor
of higher taxes, but if build-
ing is necessary they will
be required. I know they
will have to be raised if
our building program
moves ahead. O f course
that depends on whether the
people want it or not.
“ I am now and have
always been in favor of
good schools, even though
with four candidates seek-
ing election to position 3.
Filing on the last day,
Wednesday, were Kenneth
Ray Scott for position 1,
Mrs. Paul Keller for posi-
tion 3 and A.L. Griffin
for position 3. Howard
Taylor filed for position 2
on Tuesday.
Here’s the way the can-
didates line up by position
for the School election:
Position 1 - Incumbent
W.A. (Buck) Odom and
Scott.
Position 2 - Incumbent
Paul Thames and Taylor.
Position 3 - Ellis Lee
Herron, Horace Lee, Mrs.
Keller and Griffin. Pat
Myers, current position 3
board member, did not file
for re-election.
The School election is set
for April 6 at Humble High
School. The candidate with
the highest number of votes
in each position will be
elected to a three-year
term. Machines will be
used for voting.
Speed Limit
Ordinance
Passed Here
The Humble City Council
passed an ordinance com-
plying with State Highway
Department standards on
speed limits on FM 1960 at
a brief meeting Thursday
night.
In other action, the Coun-
cil adjusted the salary of
city employe Julius Head
to $300 per month.
Bills and minutes of the
previous meeting were ap-
proved. Mayor Phil Cez-
eaux was absent.
W.A. ODOM
I won’t have any children
in school after this year,
but may have some grand-
children in the schools.”
Asked what overall pro-
gram he would like to see,
if elected, Odom said “I
would like to see continued
improvement in our sys-
tem. I know we want to
have facilities that other
richer districts have, but
we can continue to progress
-- pick teachers well and
have the best possible pro-
gram our finances will al-
low.”
Asked what specific pro-
ject or policy he would like
to see accomplished, if
elected, Odom replied:
“I would like to see the
board continue to operate
as a unit, no matter who is
on the board. Let them
argue the points, but come
out not as a split faction,
but as a group. That’s what
we’ve done in the past.
Everybody will have dif-
ferences of opinion, but
we’ve always come to a
conclusion.”
LOCAL STUDENT HONORED - Clarence Wisenbaker of Humble, 23-year-old
junior elementary education major at Sam Houston State Teachers College,
has been selected as Texas’ Mr. Elementary Teacher of Tomorrow. Here he
receives congratulations and a trophy from M.B. Etheridge, sponsor of the
Texas Student Education Association Club at Sam Houston. Wisenbaker was
chosen for the award at the annual meeting of TSEA in Austin. He was selected
from a field of representative of all Texas colleges and junior colleges.
Horace Lee
Candidates —
School Board
W.A. Odom
Candidates —
School Board
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