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Monday, February 19, 2018
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Learn about antiques and collectibles with Dr. Georgia Caraway Japan are especially colorful in a wall décor grouping.
“Old Rip.” I have written about the infamous Rip in a previous article.
director of the Denton County Museums for 14 years, and her friends operate the Howe Mercantile at 107 East Haning. Store hours are Thursday through Saturday 12 noon until 8 p.m. She has written five Denton history books and one book on taking care of your antiques and collectibles. All of her books, including her latest, North Texas State Fair and Rodeo, are available at Howe Mercantile. She hopes her next book will be the history of Howe.
Pottery manufacturing was a serious industry from the earliest times of So saddle up your bronc and hit Texas settlement. The weight of the trails of Texas seeking out pottery churns, jugs, and other Texana. Whether you collect household utilitarian pottery vintage clothing, pottery, stamps, prevented settlers from bringing coins, glassware, books, souvenir pottery produced in the north and or other kitchsy items, you will east in wagons to Texas. Texas find lots of Texas-themed potters did bring their potterymaterial to add to your making skills with them. The collection. Kirbee, the Wilson, and the Leopard potteries existed during the early Yee Haw y’all!! years of the Republic. At least five SHOP LOCAL. We can show you potteries, Wilson, Lambert, Serran, Dr. Georgia Caraway, former Howe! and Cranston, and Roark were active in Denton County between 1855 and the 1880s. Meyer Pottery was established in 1887 and The Lady Bulldogs, who have been girls jumped all over Lebanon remained active until 1964, and Marshall Pottery was established in dominant over the past four seasons Trail, 15-5 as Torrey Stubblefield struck out 12 batters in five 1895 and still remains in business. are off to a slow start. Howe has their fifth new head coach in as innings. Howe would then lose to Dr. Georgia Caraway Of course, there is plenty of fodder many seasons. Tiffany Moreland is Bells and Rains, 15-1 and 11-1, respectively. The girls open the for Texas pottery collectors. Alamo the new head coach and her team This is the last of the Texana pottery in San Antonio was created opened the season with a 11-7 loss season with a 1-6 record. collectibles columns. Hope you in 1944 and remained in business to Bells, followed by a 4-3 loss in had fun reading them and that the Bonham tournament in the Upcoming games include Chisum maybe the articles inspired you to until the early 1950s. Gilmer opening game. Prairiland then took at Howe on Feb. 20 at 4:30, at hunt for some of your own home- Pottery began in 1951. Others down the Lady Bulldogs, 21-3. Gunter on Feb. 23 at 5 pm., and at include the Alabama Coushatta state materials. After losing to Caprock, 8-1, the Leonard on Feb. 27 at 5 pm. pottery in Livingston, Comanche Household items play an important pottery in Comanche, AthTex in Athens, and Love Field pottery of part in collecting Texas kitsch. The braggadocio, puns, and jokes Dallas. on that can be found on tablecloths Horton Ceramics of Eastland (1952and napkins make for a fun table 1954) was the predecessor to the setting. And you could set your table with souvenir plates that were House of Webster Ceramics in The Keep Howe Beautiful Board following on October 13. The Eastland. House of Webster produced for nearly every tourist held a meeting on February 12 at group also looks forward to produces about 200,000 pieces of stop and as fundraisers for Gabriella's Restaurant. Texas participating in the city-wide pottery per year to be used by the women’s service clubs. These Trash-Off dates were set for events of Founders Day and House of Webster food gift types of plates were made for Saturday, March 17 and Saturday, Howe-lloween. company of Rogers, Arkansas. every state, and of course, I seek May 19. Community members are Dozens of pottery designs such as them out for our stock at Howe encouraged to participate. Both Mary Stonebarger was recognized churns, telephones, apples, thimbles, trash collecting times will begin at by the board as Keep Howe Mercantile, but the Texas-related and beehives are produced to plates sell the best. The Vernon 10:00 am and run for one to two Beautiful Volunteer of the Year contain their homemade preserves, Kiln Company of California hours. Patches will be available for (more information on this on page apple butter, and honey. But produced most of the more participating youth. 12). desirable state plates because they perhaps the most famous House of Webster product is the ceramic are beautifully rendered and of As a fundraiser, KHB will host two Nominations are currently been high quality pottery. On the other replica of the legendary horned toad, garage sales at Memorial Park. taken for the March "Yard of the hand, the garish plates made in The first will be on May 12 and the Month."
Slow start for Lady Bulldogs softball
Keep Howe Beautiful gearing up for Texas Trash-Off
