51.50 Howe Enterprise May 5, 2014

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Volume #1, Issue #8

Howe's That Founders Day is this coming weekend in downtown Howe, so make plans to be festive and support your growing home town. The classic car show will start at 8am, followed by a 9am - noon trade show downtown with vendors and plenty of food to eat.

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While we prepare for Founders Day, it's a good time to reflect on Howe's past. So this week's edition will feature some articles from prior publications of local newspapers and if you look close enough you'll also see some old advertisements of local businesses.

Founders Day this Saturday in downtown

Story on Page #8

'Father of Howe' was a native killer

From The Howe Enterprise, September 21, 1972 - One of Community leaders all grew beards Howe's most colorful settlers, Downtown Howe has been buzzing William C. Davis, is the lately with all of the new businesses. and dressed in 1872 costumes. ancestor of many present day They even had a gunfight show. This coming Saturday, the city will residents of Howe. He was celebrate its 142 birthday by opening born in Giles County, This year will not feature a gun up downtown for a trade show with Tennessee in 1814 and fight or a rodeo, but there will be vendors and food from 9am - noon. married Hetty Wallace of plenty to eat and plenty of Florence, Alabama in 1836. The history of Founders Day began in community fellowship to be had. With his 16 year-old bride 1986 in conjunction with the Texas moved to Benton County, Sesquicentennial. The former chamber Rebecca Stanley, the daughter of Missouri and in 1848, they of commerce brought in a rodeo that Mayor Jeff Stanley is the brought their family to year and the city has kept the tradition chairperson for the event. She has Grayson County and settled on indicated around 40 vendors are alive even without a chamber land west of Howe. This land expected to be downtown. It will (although there is is discussion of has been owned by all of his be a festive atmosphere that kicks chartering new one in the near children. They lived in a off with an 8:00 am classic car future). dugout on the land now owned show on Davis St. by James Davis. They also In 1972, Howe celebrated it's 100 year The Great Days of Service 5K race owned a cabin that stood anniversary in style by having what where Joe Matthews now will begin at 9am in front of First amounts to the biggest downtown lives. Baptist Continued on Page #14 celebrtion known to Howe.

From Mrs. J.D. Finney's old records and documents and from Walter Enloe's abundant supply of stories we have been able to piece together some of the exciting life of William C. Davis Continued on Page #13


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