The Humble Echo (Humble, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, July 31, 1942 Page: 3 of 4
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THE HUMBLE ECHO
ADDITIONAL LOCALS
Mrs. R. C. Stevenson and lit-
tle daughter of Goose Creek were
here last week for several days
visit to their grandmother, Mrs.
Ben Herring.
Tuesday was Mrs. Carl Perk-
ins birthday. Her mother Mrs.
R. H. Davis, and sister-in-law
Mrs. Sam Davis surprised her
with a visit, a birthday cake and
some lovely gifts. Mr. and Mrs.
Perkins live at Lindale Park in
Houston.
Mrs. K. Stone and Helen,
Miss Louise Cezeaux and Mary
Lea Layton saw the launching of
the Nicholas Gileman at the
Houston shipyard Saturday.
Miss Peggy Jean Clark of
Athens, Texas is visiting Miss
Helen Stone this week.
W. H. Zorn, Jr spent Sunday
in Humble with his father, W. H.
Zorn. W. H. Jr., is stationed at
Camp DeRidder, La., He re-
ports that eats in the army are
A-l and that he weighs 165 lbs.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. E. E.
Clark a daughter, Margaret
Louise on July 25, weighing 6 1-2
pounds.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace formerly
of Humble who are now living in
Conroe were Humble visitors
Tuesday.,
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Miss Elizabeth Kyle was a
Houston visitor Sunday and
Monday.
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Grandma Bozarth of Conroe
was an Humble visitor this week.
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Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Glasscock
have their neice Nancy Ballard
of Freeport visiting them this
week.
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Miss Cleo Long made a busi-
ness trip to Houston Tuesday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Howard Brown
are the proud parents of a baby
boy born July 26th.
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Mrs. J. N. Wilson and child-
ren have gone to Chicago to join
Mr. Wilson who is in the navy.
Mrs. Wilson is a niece of Mrs. J.
Grossmann and Mrs. A. E Fitz-
gerald.
By L. L. STEVENSON
As the dim-out regulations con-
tinue night after night, more and
more apparent becomes the change
brought to Broadway by the army
order issued for the protection of
the lives of our men of the merchant
marine as well as ships of the
armed forces. With all the big
signs extinguished for the duration,
with no lights above 15th floors, with
stores going dark as soon as closed
for the night, Broadway has lost its
distinctive character and has be-
come just another street. There are
still nightly crowds in midtown.
But they seem more subdued, less
animated, less gay even though they
are composed largely of diversion
seekers. Also Broadway throngs
melt away much earlier than they
did before Pearl Harbor. New York
by no means has as yet turned into
a nine o’clock town. But many New
Yorkers are getting much more
sleep than they did in the past.
* * *
Just what effect the dim-out is
having on the night life of the city
cannot be determined as yet. Al-
ways at this season there is a slump
and clubs that have been tottering
on the brink fold up in numbers
while others continue to struggle
along. But indications are that this
year the end will come far sooner
than it would have in the past.
That applies chiefly to the plush
places with the “carriage trade.”
Broadway places with no minimum
or no cover charges and with popu-
lar prices, continue to be thronged.
But some of the swank east side
spots have more tables than cus-
tomers. Theater business does not
seem to be affected more than ordi-
narily though the season produced
no Dramatic Critics’ Circle or Pu-
litzer Prize winners.
* * *
Midtown traffic officers have light-
er tasks these night's than in the
past. Decrease in wheeled traffic,
of course, is not entirely due to the
dim-out since there are even more
important factors. But the fact re-
mains that many a New Yorker who
in the past was driven to the theater
or some club by his chauffeur, now
takes a taxi or rides in the subway.
Other car owners, chary of both
tires and gasoline, also use common
carriers or stay at home. The num-
ber of taxis, however, seems as
great as ever though there is no
longer the old familiar traffic con-
gestion. Nevertheless, Broadway
without lights is not nearly as at-
tractive as it was in the past.
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New York’s roof gardens are op-
erating, or will operate, as usual
despite the fact that many are above
the 15the floor light limit. Blackout
curtains solve their problems and
air cnp/Jii nring t.;':cs care of the
matter <.f ventilation. The Astur
Announcement
Mr. and Mrs. A. N Cecil an-
nounce the engagement of their
daughter Peggy Jean to Truet
Matthews of Houston. The
wedding will take place August
2nd.
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Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Martin
and Mr. and Mrs. June Daniels
visited Camp Waranke in New
Braunfels last week end. While
there they saw Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Yancy and Elizabeth Ann
and Delores Whitney who were
visiting Mrs. Yancy’s aunt.
Roof, being only 10 floors above the
street, is well below the limit. But
by means of special shields, no
glare is cast upward and it cannot
be seen from the skies.
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The dim-out has brought a prob-
lem—a very minor one, true—to
those of us who dwell above the 15th
floor. Air raid wardens keep watch
through the night and light escap-
ing because of a forgotten shade,
brings quick and sharp reminder of
regulations and what will happen if
they are not obeyed. Drawn shades,
or blackout curtains, mean lack of
breezes of course. So there is the
choice of sitting in the dark or in
an unventilated room. With the
coming of hot weather, that will be
decidedly inconvenient. But per-
haps the problem can be solved with
electric fans. We’re not complain-
ing. Our men at Corregidor didn’t
think of convenience.
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A young woman car owner lis-
tened to the troubles of the owner
of the garage where she stores her
motor. He was sure that the gaso-
line situation would soon force him
out of business because rribst of his
patrons would lay up their cars in
some barn. So, instead of taking
her car out and storing it in the
barn of a friend, as she had planned
to do, she paid another month’s rent
in advance.
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Just learned that in New York
there are between 2,500 and 3,000
apartments that rent for $7,000 or
more a year. Also that there is a
“wake up service” which will ring
you at any hour you may designate
and keep right on ringing the tele-
phone until you answer, for $3 a
month.
Bell Syndicate—WNU Features.
Obliging Barber Sorry
He Found New Style
KANSAS CITY, KAN.—A month
ago Sylvan Prettyman, barber,
obliged a customer who wanted
his head sheared “as bare as
Tokyo is going to be when we
lay some eggs on it.”
Instead of returning every fort-
night for his customary trim, his
bombardier boys return each
month.
“Do What The
Day Brings”
This bit of philosophy, advice
or whatever you wish to call it
caught our eye from a printed
page recently. It carries a
wealth of good advice. One
thing that no day should bring
to us is worry. Of course, we
humans, have a certain amount
of worry in our systems—more
or less according to the individ-
ual. Worry, however is so un-
necessary aswell as useless that
we should endeavor to train our
minds to at least reduce it to a
minimum. We are reminded of
an expression we once saw which
read “I am an old man and have
had many troubles, but most of
them never happened."
“Do what the day brings’' it
will bring its usual monotonous
routine of prosaic duties, such as
cleaning the house, cooking the
meals, etc. for the ladies: the
men and women who are the
bread winners will face the same
monotonous routine in their
daily work. If we can do these
things cheerfully and well we will
be better fitted for the bigger
things as they arise.
“Do what the day brings’' in
these days of stress and strain
these days that call for the best
that is in us, may we do the extra
things and do them well. One
thing the days brings us is the
opportunity and obligation of
helping, even though that help
may be small, in the war effort
of our country. The help asked
is the purchase of War Bonds
and Stamps. In buying these
securities we are donating noth-
ing. We are laying up savings
that will be most welcome in the
days to come.
“Do what the day brings’' do
it cheerfully and well and we can
rest more comfortably when the
day is done.
Miss Geraldine Ulrich of Po-
teet, Texas is visiting Mrs. Hom-
er Duran. Miss Ulrich taught
school in Humble last year.
The Treasury department is
asking us to buy more and more
War Bonds and Stamps. Are
we doing our best? Let’s skimp
a bit more and see if we cannot
do better than the 10 per cent
asked for.
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Beaumont, E. The Humble Echo (Humble, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, July 31, 1942, newspaper, July 31, 1942; Humble, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth637637/m1/3/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Humble Museum.