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Howe left seven runners on base in the win

The Bulldogs also went 2-1 in a tournament over the weekend where the beat Caney, 9-0, lost to Calera, 9-1, and beat Rock Creek, 9-1

Reagan earned the win over Caney by going three innings, giving up zero runs, two hits, striking out four, and walking zero He also drove in a couple of runs at the plate

Howe was two-hit by Calera in which Riggs and Hartsfield were the only reach by hits.

Against Rock Cree, Hartsfield earned the win by tossing five innings, allowing one run, five hits, and striking out six. Howe had ten hits in the game Reagan, Dyson Dillard, and Hartsfield each collected multiple hits for Howe Reagan led the Dogs with three RBI, going 3-for-3 on the day.

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Feed My Sheep feeds 66 families in February

The local Howe food bank and distribution center called Feed My Sheep, located at FUMC Howe and operated in conjunction with other local churches, helped a total of 66 familes in February

That number includes 90 children under the age of 17 and 93 adults, ages 18-59 The group also fed 39 seniors above the age of 60

Feed My Sheep reported that 90 percent of the food used came from the North Texas Food Bank

Howe History Minute: Howe's Changing Skyline

by Dot Jones, 1962

Howe is located on the highest elevation between the Red River and the Gulf of Mexico The elevation is 810 feet (Editor’s Note: The highest point is 873 feet located at 507 Cassandra Street) The first settlers came from Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and surrounding areas

Among the early settlers were lawyers, teachers, ministers and homemakers – all seeking opportunities, which they were confident they would find in this location, for here was the rich black land for farming, plenty of goo water, a high and healthful location for family living

To match their hopes, they named the little settlement “Summit ” They were looking forward and upward. Located in the vicinity of Highway 75 (Editor’s Note: In 1962 Highway 75 was what is now Denny Street or Highway 5) on the east side across the street from the school building, sat the general store and post office which was the town of “Summit ” (Editor’s note: According to Joe King, the Summit townsite was located on top of the hill just east of Bethel Baptist Church on the north side of East FM 902, 33°31'15 0"N 96°35'33 0"W)

The early settlers planted the seed for culture, education and religion A lawyer organized a community school and taught the pupils in his home A minister organized church groups; Sunday Schools and church services were also held in homes

Farming flourished, a produce market was opened Summit seemed prosperous Things were looking forward and upward

A railroad, the Houston and Texas Central, came along and changed the history of the community along with the location and even its name Two men:” Col Howe, an executive with the H&TC Railroad, and Jabez Haning, a land owner, have their names written on the pages of history of this community Through their united efforts a railroad became a reality here Jabez Haning donated the land for the right of way and also enough land for the new townsite to be named “Howe” in honor of Col Howe in 1875. (Editor’s Note: Col. Howe was Milton G Howe, a former captain in the Civil War”

Summit became Howe History moved fast with the coming of the railroad which brought growth and prosperity to Howe

Located in the center of a rich farming area, Howe became a market for grain, cotton, corn, hogs and cattle. Howe had the distinction of being the largest grain market inland in the whole nation Four major grain companies operated in Howe for countless years Howe has had its economic ills, but it has always had the economic stamina and determination to come back

Jabez Haning built the first home in Howe which was really only a cabin It was built on the creek near the spring in the location of the Earl King house (on King Street) In the early history of the railroad, Howe was a thicket of trees and brush and tall thick jimson weeds and cockleburs which grew to enormous sizes in this rich black land that could be so muddy and sticky after a rain.

When the railroad was built, contracts were given for only a few miles at a time During this time a feed room was built in the vicinity where Cecil Morrison’s house was on Tom Bean Road (Editor’s Note: East FM 902; about a block or so east of the railroad) Sheds wee built all around this feed room to feed and take care of the mules used in the building the railroad

The first general store was located on the east side of the railroad, across from the fire station IT was nothing to compare with our modern stores The shelves were built all around the room and stocked with dry goods, groceries, etc. Tables were placed under these shelves so the merchandise could be taken off the shelves and shown to the customers Stick candy, the only kind made at the time, was kept in glass jars with lids to keep the ants out

Since the railroad did away with the post office of “Summit” and it became Howe, the post office has had several locations At one time it was located on the south side of Haning Street, the second door west of the Ferguson building (Editor’s Note: present day City Hall) and on the north side in the “Stockton” building (Editor’s Note: 107 E Haning, now Howe Mercantile)

Later a new post office building was erected and dedicated by the US Speaker of the House of Representatives Sam Rayburn of Bonham (This building is now occupied by City Hall The present post office was opened on Jan 22, 1979)

A few houses were located on what is now Denny Street It was a very muddy street A cabin was built south of the present Masonic Lodge (now Provider Business Partners at the southwest corner of Denny and Young Street) by a Mrs Jordan Just north of Corbin’s store (which was located south of Howe ISD Administration building and former school) a house was built by a cowboy who became a preacher The first dry goods store was located on the corner of Haning and Denny (100 E Denny Street, present day Gabriela’s Mexican Cocina, for many years WE Yonce owned and operated a grocery store at this location) and a hotel was located where the fire station stands now (at the southwest corner of Denny and Hughes Streets

At one time Howe had three saloons The first saloon was located on the north corner of Haning and Hughes (now apartments, former location of Mac’s Cash Grocery) Another time one was located north of that location toward O’Connell Street And another one was located at the south corner of Haning and Denny Street

Howe at one time boasted of two newspapers (Several newspapers have served Howe In the early 1900s, the paper was the Howe Herald In the 1930s and early 40s, Howe had the Howe Chronicle and the Howe Messenger. In 1963, the Howe Enterprise was established)

Not many towns are so honored as to have had one of its citizens run for the office of Governor of Texas Mr A M Ferguson, a famous seed continued on page 12 http://howeenterprise.com/events/

Lady Bulldogs place second in Gainesville tourney