Octavia Fields Library Dedicated

HUMBLE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1969 VOLUME 30 NUMBER 42 10< PER COPY, $3.00 PER YEAR Chamber Names New President, Directors Humble Chamber of Commerce members have elected Roy Schultz pres- Students See Fire Dept. On Tours Humble first grade and kindergarten students got a first hand look at the city’s Fire Department last week during Fire Preven¬ tion Week. City Councilman Glen Earl Herron conducted tours of the fire station, explaining the function of fire fighting equipment and presenting each student with a fire hat. He also conducted a fire preven¬ tion poster contest for first graders and kindergarten students. Fire drills were conduc¬ ted at each school in the city during the week with Renoft, Marshall Bil¬ ly McCaa and Police Chief Floyd Evans observing. Fun Fesf Sunday In Forest Cove A Fall Fun Fest is to start at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Forest Cove Civic Center. Games, food, danc¬ ing, a turkey shoot and music are planned during the all-day festival. A sing-along is planned along with an on-stage musical featuring the Sauer Kraut Band. Ticket chairman Tom Crothers said ticket infor¬ mation may be obtained at 293-3252, 293-3768 and 2 93-3230. CF Drive Here Saturday The Humble area Cystic Fibrosis fund raising cam¬ paign is planned here Sat¬ urday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Volunteers will collect funds at several area lo¬ cations. Chairman of the drive here is Mrs. A .G. Braddick Co-chairman is Mrs. H.G. Cull. ident for 1970 and named four directors to serve three year terms starting Jan. 1. In results canvassed last week', Schultz was elected president while Clarence Beard, Doyle Bond, Rev. George Brook over and Jack Fields were elected to di¬ rector positions. At last week’s meeting, directors voted to remodel the interior of the Cham¬ ber office, purchase a plaque recognizing past presidents of the Chamber and pay an additional $50 for awards at the upcoming Halloween carnival. Reporting findings on a welcome sign to the city on the freeway, Beard said a sign would cost about $2,500 plus the cost of changeable panels or could be leased for about ,$125 per month, plus the cost of panels. The board decided to study Beard’s suggestions that the sign could be spon¬ sored by the Chamber, by the Chamber and the City or by the Chamber, City and other local organi¬ zations. Curriculum Discussion Set Tuesday Bill Wood, curriculum coordinator for Humble schools, will discuss the curriculum program of Lakeland School at a 7:30 pan. parent education meeting Tuesday in the school cafeteria. Following his talk, Wood and prin¬ cipal Don Cook will con¬ duct a question and answer session. Mrs. Betty Martin and Mrs. Patsy Ralston, Lake¬ land School Parent-Tea¬ chers Association repre¬ sentatives, said all inter¬ ested persons are invited to attend. Philipp Named Board Veep Charles Philipp of Hum¬ ble has been elected vice president of the Harris Harris County Board of School Trustees. He suc- Continued on Page 3 Bender Avenue Opened RIBBON CUTTING - Adolph Bender snips the ribbon officially opening the new Bender Ave. here at ceremonies Thursday. Left to right here are Mayor Sonny Robbins and members and representatives of the Bender family Mrs. Charles Bahr Sr., Charles Bahr Sr., Mrs. Winnie Beaman, Mrs. Luther Vaughn, Bender, Mrs. Adolph Bender, Norman Townsen, Mrs. Norman Townsen, Mrs. George Kirkpatrick Sr. and Geroge Kirpatrick Sr. The new street was named in recognition of the Benders’ donation to the city of property between Main and Higgins streets. (ECHO Photo) Octavia Fields Library Dedicated Part of a crowd of about 150 registers and views facilities in the new Octavia Fields Memorial Harris County Library at its opening Thursday night. (ECHO Photo) 4000 In Merchandise Is Stolen More than $4,000 in merchandise, including a- bout $1,000 in narcotics, was stolen from Tookes Pharmacy late Thursday night or early Friday morning. A side door was forced open to gain en¬ trance. Investigators said sev-* eral similar robberies have been reported in the area since the start of operation intercept along the Mexican border, cut¬ ting off traffic in narco- : tics. In addition to narcotics, merchandise taken includ¬ ed cosmetics, slide view¬ ers, electric shavers, radios, cameras, tape re¬ corders, pens and watch bands. Th ree Big Number In Grid Contest Three was a big number in last week’s ECHO Foot¬ ball Contest. No less than seven contestants missed only three winners and there was a three-way tie for third place. Weldon Smith outdis¬ tanced the field as he mis¬ sed just two of the 24 winners to take first place and $8. With the Humble vs. Hull-Daisetta score used to determine second and third places, Elliott Curtis takes $5 second place money as he was six points off at Humble 19, Hull 7. Lor¬ raine Griffin, Mrs. Jack M. Fields and Laurene Ragsdale all were seven points off and receive $1 each. Mrs. Griffin had the score Humble 13, Hull 10; Mrs. Fields picked it Hum¬ ble 19, Hull 6; and Mrs. Ragsdale had it Humble 20, Hull 7 о Also with three misses but out of the money on the tie-breaker, were J.W. Wisenbaker, 11 points off at Humble 24, Hull 7; and Daniel Alexander, 24 points off at Humble 6, Hull 0. Winners may pick up their prize money at The ECHO office. This week’s contest games are on page 8. ’69 Notices Out Tax Collections Up In School District Record September tax payments have boosted current collections to 94.- 05% in the Humble School District, tax assessor-col- lector Dwayne McGaughey told the Humble School Board Tuesday night. McGaughey noted the $12,569 collected in Sep¬ tember, all delinquent pay¬ ments, is the highest on re¬ cord for that month and brings the year’s total to 100.15% of 1968 billings. He said all but about 200 of the 1969 school tax notices for taxes due by Jan. 31, have been mailed. A bid of 10.959 per gal¬ lon from Gulf Oil Com¬ pany was accepted on gas¬ oline for school vehicles. It was the low of six bids received and is below the amount paid to last year’s low bidder, Shell Oil Co. Authorized was a short term loan of $50,000 from Humble State Bank. Super¬ intendent of Schools George Turner explained such a loan at this time of year sometimes is required to meet payroll and other ex¬ penses until revenue from the state and local tax money is received, pro¬ bably by December. Approved were trips to state meetings for high school and intermediate school principals and cur¬ riculum coordinator Bill Wood. The Board decided to set up brief discussions with several architectural firms after requests. Re¬ cent building programs have been handled by the firm of Joiner, Coburn and King. Turner told the Board he is awaiting an Attorney General’s opinion of pro¬ cedure for posting notices of Board meetings at the Harris County Courthouse in Houston. He noted state law requires the posting, but said County Clerk R. E. Turrentine is attemp¬ ting to charge $3 for each posting. Turner said as far as he knows, Harris Coun¬ ty is the only county in the state that has set such a charge. Turner said legal advice is to send the notices by registered mail, without paying the $3 charge, and awatttng at Att&rtbsy B'en- eral’s opinion. A recently enacted state law requires posting of notices of public meeting at certain places, including the County Court¬ house, three days prior to the meeting. Minutes of previous meeting and bills of $26,- 234 for operation and main¬ tenance and $25,492 in building fund were ap¬ proved. All Board mem¬ bers were present. City Accepts Bid For Main St. Sidewalks A $7,500 bid for new sidewalks on Main St. from Railroad Ave. to Ave. C was accepted by the Humble City Council Thursday night. Half the cost is to be paid by the Humble Chamber of Com¬ merce. The Council decided to let a contract with J.W. Hicks as soon as specifi¬ cations are completed. The Chamber has offered to pay half the cost of the new sidewalks, up to $4,000. Acceptance of the Hicks bid came on a 4-1 vote with Councilman Lee Fields op¬ posed. Fields said he was “not in favor of taking tax money to put in side¬ walks for anybody.” In other action, the Coun¬ cil adopted a resolution ex¬ pressing gratitude to the family of Octavia Fields, for whom the new Octavia Fields Memorial Library is named. The Council decided to study a request from W.V. Jackson for a temporary taxicab permit. Jackson said he would be based at the Houston Intercontin¬ ental Airport and could serve residents in the city. Minutes of previous meetings and bills were approved. All Council members were present. Cats Go Against Hearne Here Friday In District Opener See Page 6 Librarian Mrs. Laurene Ragsdale and her staff, city officials and Rotary Club members and their wives welcome visitors at the opening of the Octavia Fields Memorial Library Thursday. Open houses were conducted at the new city facilities, including the community building and the police and fire station. J /ТО пи The family of Octavia Fields, left, listens as Mayor Pro Tern Dr. H.E. McKay, right, recounts the life of the late Mrs. Fields at the opening of the new Octavia Fields Memorial Harris County Public Library Thursday night. The new library was named for Mrs. Fields in recognition of contributions for equipment and facilities in the new building. 4 (ECHO Photos)