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Volume #53, Edition #43
Howe's That I spent quite a bit of time in 1880's Howe, Texas this past week. No, I didn't finally make my own flux capacitor. But after reading a column written by Mame Roberts back in 1963 about the history of Howe (see page 11), I decided to do some research of my own and went to the Grayson County Courthouse and dug through some old deed records. As it turns out, the property where I office for the Howe Development Alliance on the northeast corner of Haning Street and Denny Street was originally owned by J.A. Haning. That, was known by most Howe historians. But I soon realized after searching that Mr. Haning sold the property to the Houston & Texas Central Railway Company back in the 1870s. But in 1884, a man by the name of S.W. (Samuel Wilkerson) Young bought the corner lot from the rail company and constructed a modern stateof-the art building.
Monday, March 14, 2016
Unbreakable record; Harvey is four-time District MVP The debate is over. The list of the greatest Lady Bulldog basketball player is one. Riley Harvey slams the door on all discussion with her "four-pete" of being named the District MVP in all four years of her varsity career. The only person in Howe history if not Grayson County to accomplish such a feat, Harvey's response to the award was not one of individual recognition, but instead to shift the accomplishment to point out the importance of the team over individual achievements. "It's definitely a team sport and we all have a role to
play and I think everyone did a great job at that." said Harvey. "It helped me excel and hopefully I helped them out. That's what you have to do as a team." Harvey is the second of six children to parents Brice and Keri Harvey, both of which graduated from Stephen F. Austin where their 4-time MVP daughter will be headed to play basketball in the fall on a full scholarship. After being a 3-time District MVP, Harvey didn't take for granted the role she had to play her senior year, "I wouldn't say it was expected it, but I wanted it and hoped that would be the outcome." continued on Page #2
Howe FFA Ag Mechanics blows away competition
Mr. Young was the owner of the general store and mercantile in Summit which was located in the area of the present Cassandra Street on FM 902 - also known as Young Street. Mr. Young's property made up a lot of the town of Summit. But when Mr. Haning made the deal with the railway company and Summit was left behind, Mr. Young headed south the half a mile and set up his mercantile and general store in the new town of Howe in 1884 at what is now 101 E. Haning St. The General Store was closed in 1900 and became the Collins-Harding Drug Company which by 1908 became the social hub of Howe due the Interurban tracks that were laid down by its west wall. Now excuse me while I search for 1.21 gigawatts. Great Scott!
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It's pretty hard to compete with an Eagle Scout on a project. But when three senior Eagle Scouts combine their talents to set their scopes on an Ag Mechanics project, you know the outcome will not be ordinary but extraordinary. Cody Welch, Justin Duerr and Chris Coco partnered together for the Howe FFA project and finished first at Loy Lake with their 24-foot trailer that they assembled.
Howe's FFA program has a long rich history in winning awards with animals at Loy Lake, but this is the first time Howe has ever finished first in Ag Mechanics. Not only did they finish first at Loy Lake, they are taking it to the Houston Livestock Show where they've been told by judges that it should place very well at the big show.
As Howe resident Janice Akins said, "An animal can only be shaped, but they created and made that trailer. We know both have values - both the animal and the mechanics, but in reality the non-animal projects have more real life application potential than the animals do." Akins is referring to the skillsets of welding and blueprint design. Most of the continued on Page #12
