The Humble Echo (Humble, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, October 2, 1942 Page: 1 of 4
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Give to the War Chest-'Give liberally
e Humble
A Small Paper-But Good PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT HUMBLE, TEXAS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1942
VOL. 1.
$1.00 Year Copy 5c
NO. 16
Stopper
(From Ritchie's Business Briefs)
Because we liked it so well
and believe you will, too,
Warner & Swasey’s famous
editorial, headed “IT IS LAT-
ER (AND WORSE) THAN
YOU THINK,” is reprinted
below:
Wishful thinking is an
American habit. Another
name for it is “kidding our-
selves.” Ordinarily it isn’t
serious. But this time it can
cost us our lives.
“This country has never
been beaten in all its 166
years.”
Japan has never been beat-
en in its 2000 years.
“They can’t get at us, 3000
miles away.”
Japan got to Burma 3600
miles away—and conquered
it.
“Anyway, we’re pouring it
out of our factories.”
But Germany has been do-
ing just that for 10 years—
and at a faster rate per man
than we have yet reached.
“Our boys are brave.”
You bet they are, but they
are up against fanatics, who
are experienced campaigners.
“Our allies will hold until
we get there.”
Singapore, Pearl Harbor,
Philippines, Burma—and now
Libya.
“The Government is hand-
ling the war.”
Who IS the government ex-
cept YOU? And if YOU
^ don’t do your part, don’t
jpT blame “the Government”
when you slave for Jap and
German Masters at starva-
tion wages with no rights and
no liberties.
“But I can’t give up my
rights.”
NO? Our soldiers have.
Most managers have. Almost
all owners have. And unless
everyone gives up EVERY
“RIGHT” that slows war pro-
duction, the Jap and German
will TAKE your rights—
Every one of them—FOR-
EVER.
“Anyway, what can one
man do?”
What if all the other 130,-
000,000 Americans felt the
same? If you do, they have
Humble First to
Complete Local
Organisation.
Organization of local commun-
ities in the Harris County War
Chest campaign, set tor October
5-20, is rapidly progressing,
Fred Staacke, chairman, an-
nounced following a meeting of
the workers at the Rice Hotel in
Houston Tuesday night.
The Humble communities an-
nounced the first complete local
organization, headed by W. G.
Sibley as district chairman and
W. Griffith as assistant chair-
man. K. Stone was announced
as treasurer and P. H. Swinson
as secretary. An executive com-
mittee consisting of W. F. Mar-
tin, Dr. H. E. McKay Sr., A. M.
Thompson and P. O. Davant
will assist in conducting the
campaign. This organization
will solicit in Humble, Westfield.
Mt. Houston and vicinities.
The Harris County War Chest
is making a united appeal for
nine vital war agencies in the
campaign period, October 5 to
20. It includes as participating
agencies: The U S.O.,Navy Re-
lief, United China Relief, Russ-
ian War Relief, British War Re-
lief, Greek War Relief, Queen
Wilhelmina Fund, War Prison-
ers' Aid Fund and Emergency
War Fund of the Y.M.C.A.
Voluntary campaign solicitors
are being organized in each local
communitv under the direction
of af local chairman to conduct an
all out drive during the two
weeks campaign period.
Woman’s Society
Christian Service
The WSCS met with our local
treasurer, Mrs. Henry Runnels,
Mondayjafternoon. Mrs. Adolph
Bender opened the service with a
call to prayer, followed by a
litany. A panel discussion of the
work of the Society through the
projects we participate in, was
entered into by Mrs. A. G. Har-
rison, Mrs. P. O. Davant, Mrs.
W. G. Sibley, Mrs. W. H. Lester
and Mrs. W. S. Street. The
subjecr of the discussion was
“For the Facing of This Hour”
and the main thoughts brought
out was implanting true demo*
cracy in the minds of the youth
of the nation through education.
We found that the educational
projects of the WSCS taught
true Democracy under trained
leadership. Many of these
schools are in out of the way
places, serving White, Negro,
Spanish and Indian people, who
but for these schools would not
receive this training. Leaders
for the schools come from theo-
logical and graduate schools,
and from the two schools in
which our society is interested
especially, Scarritt at Nashville,
and Kansas City Training school.
At the close of the meeting, Mrs.
Runnels served delicious cake
and coffee, assisted by Mrs. G.
E. Treadwell. We also enjoyed
an out door jaunt looking over
Mrs. Runnell's lovely plants and
many carried home cuttings of
her flowers.
Sneak Thief a
Busy Man
A sneak thief entered the pri-
vate garage of Mr. Ben F. Mc-
Shan sometime Sunday night
an& stole a wheel, casing and tire
from Mr. McShan's car, and a
wheel, casing and tire from Mr.
Fred Johnson’s car which was
parked in there for the night.
The same thief probably, entered
Lloyd Martin’s garage the same
night and stole all the wheels
and casings from his Buick and
one from his truck.
? HUMBLE LOCALS 3
Z AND PERSONALS |
Russell Martinko is now lo-
cated in the officers training
school at Miami, Florida.
Mr. Jim Jeter spent last Sat-
urday in Houston visiting his
sister Mrs. Sadie Arnold and
neke, Miss Carrie Lou Smith.
a right to. And too many do.
Nobody else is going to win
this war for you. YOU win
it—or YOU lose it. And if
you lose it, you and your fam-
ily will pay for it in agony
and starvation the rest of
your lives. Ask the Poles,
the Czechs, the French.
—From Ritcher's
Business Briefs.
The following Humble boys
are now stationed at Ellington
Field: Homer Smoot, Jimmie
Williamson, Paul Thames, Nor-
vell Heffernan and D. Pentecost.
Miss Wilma Vaughn of Cleve-
land, Texas has been hired by
the school to take Mr. Kenneth
A. Miller’s place as commercial
teacher at the school. Mr. Mill-
er is stationed at the naval sta-
tion in New Orleans, La., and is
listed as a yeoman second class.
Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Heath
and two children on their way
home from Prosper, Texas where
they had been visiting Mr.
Heath’s mother, stopped off at
Humble Sunday for a few hours
visit with Mrs. Carrie Matthews.
Mrs. Lynn Shoup and daugh
ter Judy of Tampa, Texas are
visiting Mrs. Coots Ludtke and
family this week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. William
were proud to have their son Miss Frances Goldstein was a
Cissel home for three days this Houston business visitor Thurs-
week. Cissel is in the navy.
day.
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Beaumont, E. The Humble Echo (Humble, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, October 2, 1942, newspaper, October 2, 1942; Humble, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth637822/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Humble Museum.