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Volume #54, Edition #12
Howe's That "Beautification and cleanup is the ground work for progress. A dirty, ugly, weed-grown town will not attract business nor residents." - Mame Roberts, The Howe Enterprise, August 20, 1964. A word of explanation "We have been asked the question several times recently when there would be a subscription price for the Enterprise. One good lady went so far to say that she did not feel right about accepting the paper without paying for it. Now let me explain: We are not putting out this paper as a philanthropic endeavor, but to make a living. True, we want to do all the good we can as we go through life, but we are here to make money. Now then, when we started the Enterprise we figured to give it away until it was established then put on a subscription price, but the advertising has proven so effective that the merchants would rather pay more for their advertising and have the Enterprise go for 100 percent of the population of the trade area than to pay less and have the paper delivered to even a large part of the people. So, "In a nut-shell" the merchants and business men are paying for your subscription, and they are glad to do it because of the increased business coming to them in particular and to Howe in general. No, we aren't sending you this paper as a gesture of charity, but because the merchants who pay for their ads want it that way. Thank you, A.P.S." (Pop Sloan), The Howe Enterprise, August 15, 1963
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Monday, August 8, 2016
Elmore turns up the heat downtown; kids had fun Three years ago, trying to encourage more community activity, the newly formed Keep Howe Beautiful put together the first "Back to School Blues Downtown Block Party" and it was a overwhelming success for a first-time event. A year later, a few tweaks were made and the attendance was somewhat the same. This year, the Howe Area Chamber of Commerce took over the event and let the Keep Howe Beautiful organization do what the do best - make Howe beautiful instead of throwing parties. As it turns out, there were two things that were overwhelming on Saturday - the band and the heat.
Left: Jason Elmore busts out a note on Saturday. Right: David Grant gives the day two thumbs up.
Van Alstyne, Sheryl Bentley REALTOR for Ebby Halliday and the Howe Enterprise. With the sponsorship money, the chamber was able to go out and find a heavy hitter of a band and Jason Elmore and Hoodoo Witch were hired. The event was sponsored If there were any questions by Tomlin Investments, as to how talented he is, Fierce Motions in Dance of there was a line formed after
the show with him signing autographs for the people that took on the 101 degree heat to see the show. Elmore played a mix of music from his albums and blues rock classics and finished with a stunning rendition of the Beatles' "Strawberry Fields."
Bulldog Stadium expansion
City Council agrees to proposed budget of $2,938,672 The Howe City Council held a budget workshop last Tuesday night at the Howe Community Center. Howe City Administrator Joe Shephard submitted a proposed budget of $2,938,672 which was approved by the council. The budget is a 2.16 percent increase from the current budget.
Thanks to the First United Methodist Church, kids had a blast in the bounce house that they provided. Between the bounce house and Chill Out shaved ice, the Howe youth had a day in downtown that they'll never forget. Even while downtown is marked with signs that read, "NO continued on page 4
making the effective tax bill the same as it was a year ago.
The city is proposing no changes to solid waste rates or water rates for 2016-17. Due to the new apartment complex, Abbington Meadows, the city expects $68,000 in water, waste water and trash from that "The budget is based on the development this coming year. Mayor Stanley said effective rate that we got from Grayson County last that the amount was conservative. Also week." said Mayor Jeff Stanley. "The effective rate expected is an increase from Summit Hill. is $0.628468 while this Shephard only submitted in year's rate is $0.69." the budget the amount of houses that have already While the ad valorem tax sold. With the anticipation rate has gone down, the evaluations have gone up continued on page 3
Home side bleachers (west) of Bulldog Stadium gets expansions on each side.
Visiting side bleachers (east) of Bulldog Stadium gets new press box for visiting coaches. The time has come for everyone to be able to take a seat at Bulldog Stadium - even on a homecoming evening. At least, that is the hope of Howe ISD.
had just been mowed down" was the late Glyn Hestand once stated. As a player on the first ever Howe Bulldogs football team in '35, Hestand remembered that there were no bleachers Bulldog Stadium is the or lights or anything that oldest active stadium in would resemble a stadium. North Texas. She opened He even chuckled at the up officially in 1935 as a thought of calling it a "Johnson Grass pasture that continued on page 2
@Harvey1Ty Aug 1 Here we go
