The Humble Echo (Humble, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 25, 1966 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 27 NUMBER 34
HUMBLE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1966
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*1.5 MILLION SCHOOL
BOND VOTE TO BE SET
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By J.L.P.
WITH SCHOOL to start
in just a week, we can all
wonder where the sum-
mer’s gone and wonder at
the enrollment spurt in our
local schools, especially
in the past three years.
In these three years, the
number of students has in-
creased 50 per cent... from
some 1,233 in 1963-64 to
an estimated 1,850 when
classes start here next
Thursday.
0 Where do they all come
from? From just about
every point in the school
district, really, as a quick
check of the bus schedule
at the bottom of the page
will show.
Outside of the city limits,
the swiftest student flow
comes from the south end
of the district where it
will take at least a half-
dozen bus runs this fall
to put all the scholastics
in the classroom on time.
And even faster enroll-
ment swelling can be ex-
pected. Within two years
we can expect that 1,233
figure of three years ago to
be doubled.
OPENING OF Frontier
Ford’s new and used car
sales location on FM 1960
is due in September.
Frontier Ford plans
sales of all vehicles at
the location on the north
side of FM 1960 east of
the railroad tracks as soon
as weather permits com-
pletion of a surfaced area,
sales office and other fa-
cilities.
SEEMS EVERYBODY is
hunting a new way to moti-
vate other people to do
their bidding ... like the
five - year - old lemonade
vendor who promised no
more than one calorie in a
cupfull.
The Department of Pub-
lic Safety, watching traffic
deaths soar after a heart-
ening decline a couple of
years ago, has joined the
A $1.5 million bond elec-
tion was voted by the Hum-
ble School Board Monday
night with Sept. 17 set as
the probable election date.
The Board is to meet at
7:30 p.m. Monday at Hum-
ble High School to receive
petitions and officially call
the election.
Construction of a new
elementary school and ad-
ditions to the high school
building are major items
considered in the proposed
$1.5 million issue. The
Board said a public meeting
will be scheduled early in
September to outline in de-
tail the proposals in the
issue.
Ernest Brown, the school
district’s financial advi-
sor, said a required peti-
tion requesting the bond
election to be called will
be ready for distribution
here this week.
In estimates by the ar-
chitectural firm of Dawsey,
Joiner, Coburn and King,
the proposed new 12-room
elementary school would
be $430,930. Superinten-
dent of Schools George
Turner said the school, to
be located in the southern
part of the school district,
would be planned for use
by the start of classes in
the fall of 1967.
The Board said a speci-
fic site for the proposed
school has not been ob-
tained. Turner said the
school would house about
320 students with ultimate
capacity for about 600.
Also included in items
in the proposed $1.5 million
issue is purchase of a site
for an elementary school
in the northern part of the
district.
Additions to the high
school building, including
13 new classrooms, are es-
timated at $269,500 and
would also be planned for
use by the start of classes
in the fall of 1967.
The last school bond
election in the Humble dis-
trict was in November,
1963, when voters approved
another $1.5 million issue,
281-158. Those bonds, for
the new high school build-
ing and rennovation of the
Intermediate School, were
issued in March, 1964.
Turner noted the addi-
tion of 25 classrooms, as
proposed, would increase
the number from 80 at pre-
sent to 105. Enrollment will
have increased from 1,233
three years ago to an es-
timated 1,850 for the com-
ing school year.
No estimate was made on
the amount such a bond
issue would affect local
school taxes.
While specific proposals
will not be official until
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HORSE SHOW CHAMP - Sonnie Lee, left, stops by to check with announcer
Ed Denny during Saturday’s Humble Open Horse Show at the FFA Fairgrounds.
Lee took the high point title in one age group while his son, Joe Allen, won in
another. Despite rain through most of the day, show officials reported 131 entries
in the second annual show here. See story below. (ECHO Photo)
Lees Take Show Honors
Sonnie Lee and his son,
Joe Allen, of Humble were
high point winners in two
of the four age groups at
Saturday’s Humble Open
Horse Show at the FFA
Fairgrounds.
Sonnie won in the 21 and
over group while Joe took
honors in the 11-14 age
bracket. Both won hand
made boots as well as belt
buckles and rosettes for
individual events.
Other age group winners,
who also won boots, include
Ronnie Davis of Missouri
City in the 10 and under
group and Sandra Schuma-
cher of Houston in the 15-20
bracket.
Despite rain and soggy
grounds, some 131 entered
entered the all-day show,
the second sponsored by the
Humble Youth Athletic
Assn.
the bond election is called,
these are architects’ esti-
mates of cost for various
items:
New elementary school-
12 classrooms; library with
storage, work and book
room; restrooms; janitor
area; corridors and lobby;
1,500 square feet of ad-
ministrative area; cafeto-
rium with stage; kitchen
storage; mechanical equip-
ment; open courtyard; site
work and drives — $430,
930.
Addition to high school -
12 classrooms; restrooms;
janitor and mechanical sto-
rage space; snack bar and
storage; patio courtyard;
corridors; covered bus un-
loading — $269,500.
Stadium addition - Ap-
proximately 3,000 seats on
the east side of Wildcat
Stadium including duplicat-
ing restroom and conces-
sion facilities that are
existing, press box and
paving under stands —
$75,000.
Air conditioning existing
schools - Intermediate
School (heating and cooling)
— $116,000. Lakeland El-
ementary School (cooling
only) — $67,500. Humble
Elementary School (heating
and cooling) — $51,500.
Total for three schools,
including new electric ser-
vice -- $257,500.
Additional paving for
parking at high school —
$98,000.
Other items considered,
but not estimated by the
architectural firm:
Field house — $43,147.
Bus garage — $28,115.
Equipment — $15,000.
Two building sites (for
two new elementary
schools)*— $40,000.
Furniture — $65,000.
Three tennis courts —
$20,000.
Sewage treatment and
well — $35,000.
Fees — About $80,000.
The Board said four or
five prospective building
sites are under consider-
ation in the southern and
northern parts of the school
district.
The vote to call the $1.5
million bond election came
on a motion by B.B. Schott
and a second by J.D. Brown.
It carried unanimously.
In other action, the Board
amended the current school
budget to reflect an addi-
tional $828,693 in expendi-
tures and an additional
$815,459 in revenue.
Board members Ellis
Lee Herron and Fred Mc-
Clure were absent.
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PRIMARY PLANNING - Humble Elementary School principal Monroe Solomon
and Mrs. Johnny Coleman check final plans and schedules for students to be
in the first and second grade here this fall. Classes in all four schools will
start at 8:30 a.m. Sept. 1. See stories below for school locations', bus sche-
dules.
(ECHO Photo)
On Sept. 1
1,850 Expected Here
For Start Of Classes
An enrollment of 1,850
is expected when classes
start in all grades here
Sept. 1.
Superintendent of Schools
George Turner noted the
expected enrollment is up
almost 200 from the 1,663
total at the close of school
last May. Some 1,630 were
enrolled at the start of
school a year ago.
Grades 1 and 2 will be
at Humble Elementary
School, 600 Charles St.;
grades 3-5 will beatLake-
Hospital Board
To Meet Sunday
The board of directors
of the Humble Hospital
Authority is scheduled to
meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at
the Chamber of Commerce
office, 311 Main St.
Board Slates
Hearing Monday
The city of Humble board
of equalization will hold a
hearing at 7 p.m. Monday
at city hall to approve the
current tax roll.
land Elementary School on
Montgomery Lane in Lake-
land subdivision; grades
6-8 will be at the Interme-
diate School, 611 Higgins
St.; and grades 9-12 will
be at Humble High School,
1700 Wilson Road.
Classes in all four
schools are to start at
8:30 a.m. Grades 1 and 2
will be dismissed at 2 p.m.
All other grades are to be
dismissed at 3:30 p.m.
See separate story for
school bus schedules for
each area of the school
district.
Turner said an additional
teacher or teachers may be
needed at the start of
school, depending on final
enrollment in several of
the elementary grades. He
explained that while pre-
registration was held last
week, some students will
not be registered until the
first day of classes.
Classes will be held
Sept. 1 and 2, will be ad-
journed for the Labor Day
weekend with a holiday on
Monday, Sept. 5, and will
resume on Tuesday, Sept.
6.
There is to be a general
faculty meeting at 9 a.m.
Tuesday and a teacher
workshop all day Wednes-
day before the start of
classes the next day.
Chamber
Committee
Heads Named
Three committee chair-
man appointments have
been made by Humble
Chamber o f Commerce
president Edwin Kersh.
Dwayne McGaughey is
chairman of an Industrial
Sites Committee under the
Industrial Development
Committee. The commit-
tee’s function will be to
compile information on
sites available for indus-
trial use in the area.
Other appointments in-
clude Mike Keller as chair-
man of a Dues Re-eval-
uation Committee and
Charles Philipp as chair-
man of a By-laws Com-
mittee.
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Bus Schedules For Humble School District Areas
Fifteen bus trips are
scheduled for an expected
970 students in the Humble
School District with the
start of classes Sept. 1.
In announcing the bus
schedule for pickups in
each area of the school
district, business manager
A.I. Tipton noted three
additional runs have been
added this year.
“I want to stress the
importance of catching the
bus assigned,” Tipton said.
Busses will be numbered.
“Students need to pay at-
tention to the number of
their bus and get on that
one.” 1
Tipton said especially in
the southern part of the
district, in Eastex Oaks
and along Old Humble Road,
several busses will be
traveling the same routes,
but will go to only one
school. Students, he said,
will have to watch for the
number of the assigned bus
to arrive at the correct
school.
“Drivers will take time
to explain on the first day, ”
he said, “to which school
their busses are going.”
Here is the bus schedule
for each area in the school
district with approximate
pickup times:
SOUTH
* - Students in Humble
Place 2, along Smith Road
and Old Humble Road south
of Bender Road. Students
in Lakeland Elementary
and Humble High School
only will take bus #9. Stu-
dents in Humble Elemen-
tary and the Intermediate
School only will take bus
#7. Both busses will make
pickups between 7 and 7:15
a.m.
* - Students in Eastex
Oaks on Elmtex, Oakvill-
age, Willowtex and Hick-
orytex between Oakvillage
and Willowtex. Students in
Humble Elementary and the
Intermediate School only
will take bus #9. Students
in Lakeland and the high
school only will take bus
#4. Both busses will make
pickups at each corner
along the same route be-
tween 7:40 and 8 a.m.
* - Students in Eastex
Oaks along Pinetex and
streets north of Pinetex.
Intermediate School stu-
dents only will take bus
#7. Lakeland students only
will take bus #10. Humble
Elementary and high school
students only will take bus
#6. All three busses will
make pickups at each cor-
ner along the same route
between 7:40 and 8 a.m.
* - Students along Old
Humble Road north of Ben-
der Road, along Bender
Road, J&L Ranchland,
Rocking R Ranch and U.S.
highway 59 south. All stu-
dents will take bus #6.
Pickups will be between 7
and 7:10 a.m., except along
U.S. highway which will be
between 7:20 and 7:30 a.m.
EAST
* - Students in the Moon-
shine Hill and Riverside
Crest Drive areas. All stu-
dents will take bus #5.
Pickups will be between 7
and 7:15 a.m.
* - Students along FM
1960 east, Atascocita Road
and east to the entrance to
Lillie Camp. All students
will take bus #5. Pickups
will be between 7:30 and
8 a.m.
NORTH
* - Students in North-
shore and in Forest Cove
south of Hamblen Road and
students who live on Ham-
blen Road east of Redbud
Lane. All students will take
bus #4. Pickups will be at
each corner between 7 and
7:20 a.m.
* - Students who live
in Forest Cove north of
Hamblen Road and along
Hamblen Road west of Red-
bud Lane. All students will
take either bus #10 or bus
#3, whichever comes
through their area. Pick-
ups will be made at each
corner between 7 and 7:20
a.m.
* - Students who live on5
Ford Road, in Dunham
Acres, Dogwood Acres,
Walden Woods, on U.S.
highway 59 north of the
San Jacinto River and west
of U.S. highway 59 on the
river. All students will take
bus #8. Pickups will be
made between 7:30 and 8
a.m. Pickups will start at
7:30 a.m. in the Ford Road
area and will be slightly
later in the U.S. highway
59 areas.
* - Students along Old
River Road. All students
will take bus #3. Pickups
will be between 7:40 and
8 a.m.
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Pundt, John. The Humble Echo (Humble, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 25, 1966, newspaper, August 25, 1966; Humble, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1036962/m1/1/?rotate=180: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Humble Museum.