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Volume #53, Edition #48
Howe's That M.E. Curtis came to Howe about the time the previous generation of businessmen were making their retirement exits. Guys like G.T. McDonough and J.J. Chisum were getting out of the grocery business and the times were changing and moving faster from the still 1960s style atmosphere in Howe in the 1980s. Curtis took the baton from those aging businessmen and with his peacock strut, Boss Hogg cigar and bravado confidence, he plunged into Howe as an outsider with no family connections to the local Baptist or Methodist churches. Curtis swung a big stick in Howe for thirty years before becoming ill and liquidating property in order to make sure his family was properly taken care of.
Monday, April 18, 2016
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Howe girls golf headed to state After finishing in the top two teams in district, the Howe Lady Bulldogs golf team advanced to regionals where the top three advance to state. The regional tournament was held in Bullard, Texas at the Peach Tree Golf Course. The district tournament was held at Stone Creek in Sherman.
L-R: Cat Little, Peyton Groves, Ashlyn Ellis, Coach Derek Lands, Meredith Ross, Anna Counts, Charlsee Carter.
Matthews signs with Austin College
Golf is nothing like the other UIL sports. There is no running of sprints or heavy weightlifting. Practices are after school until dark. "If you make it an effective and efficient practice, you'll probably hit about 200 golf balls." said Ellis.
Curtis' opening of M&M's Place Exxon at the northeast intersection of N. Collins Freeway and Haning Street became the local hub and one-stop-shop for all of Howe towns-folks that didn't want to drive to Sherman. At M&M's Place, you could get a burger, tank of gas, a tan, bag of charcoal and lung cancer if you stayed in the back too long. The store all but slammed a closed sign on the door of the historic downtown district in which he eventually bought several of those buildings at great prices and made great Athletic Director Zack Hudson came profits from them. to Howe in the summer of 2013 and brought a new attitude and a new M.E. Curtis was a deal direction of the type of athletes he maker and will always be wanted to mold physically and remembered as a guy that knew how to negotiate the mentally. Triston Matthews is the best deal for himself and his first pure product of the program to family. But he was also a get a scholarship to play football and friend to many and an he may be the perfect representation excellent peacemaker. So long, my friend. I will miss of what Hudson was seeking. our conversations about the past and future of Howe. "He's one of those kids that is an all-
Senior Ashlyn Ellis, the selfproclaimed "mom of the group" calls her team, "her girls" and says they are led by Charlsey Carter as the top scorer on the team. Ellis has been playing golf all of her life as she followed her grandfather David Ellis to the course. The senior golfer is making her second trip to the state tournament after the Lady Bulldogs qualified in her freshman year of 2013.
The team is led by longtime Howe Lady Bulldogs varsity basketball coach Derek Lands, who started working with the golf team just a few days after his team was eliminated from the basketball playoffs.
out-effort kid and he epitomizes what we preach." said Hudson. "He puts a lot of time in the weight room and a lot of time on track and plays just about every sport you can play." Matthews said that he got a visit from Austin College's Head Football Coach Loren Dawson who was asking if Matthews would be interested in playing football after high school. Continued on page 7
"He's a man of few words." said Ellis. "He has taught me so much with my temperament. I used to have a lot of breakdowns, but he teaches you that every shot is a new shot and every hole is a new hole and I take it to heart. He reminds me so much of my pops (grandfather David Ellis) and I take his advice personally just as I would my pops. He's so calm and that's one thing I find very heartwarming and easy to relate with and trust." Continued on page 2
