History of Howe schools as told from the lens of 1963

Dec

5, 1963

The basic chapter of Howe is Howe schools Howe schools have laid a solid educational foundation, from the beginning of the town and growing more solid as the years have passed

No town could boast of a more brilliant educational leadership educators who led the crusade for a cultural community

Beginning at the beginning, Howe was not always Howe, one time it was "Summit " A group of pioneer families from other states came seeking the opportunities and advantages that Texas had to offer They chose this location because of its elevation, the highest point between the Red River and the Gulf of Mexico and other advantages for good homes (Few remember the town Summit There was a general merchandise store and a post office located along what is now known as East Young Street )

With the coming of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad in the early 1870s, the town Summit was moved to the railroad and was renamed Howe in honor of a civil engineer, Major General Howe who directed the building of the railroad

There was a need of a school

The first school taught in Howe was in a one room building The teacher was Mr H D Taylor, a lawyer from North Carolina Mr Taylor was a dedicated educator He gathered the children together and taught them for two years with limited space and little equipment He was the first Justice of the Peace Howe ever had. They nicknamed him, "Squire " Squire Taylor gave to the community seven sons and long years of service One son, Henry, is a Howe resident today

There was a need of a bigger school building A two-story frame building was built just north of the now Kimball Milling Company's elevator and five teachers were employed The well-known Texas educator L Clyde Gee, was superintendent The school had an outstanding music department beaded by Miss Virginia Burke, and a room for the teaching of elocution

As Howe grew so grew Howe schools Marshall-Bean College, an imposing two-story brick structure where the present high school is located (Editor's Note: this location is block between Denny Street, Tutt Street, and College Streets), was the next step in educational advancement in Howe Students came from far and near to enroll. The president, or head of the college, was the late J Ray He had a staff of ten teachers Ray later became an Amarillo millionaire The land for the campus of the college was donated by the late Captain WH Bean, a large community land owner Captain Marshall, another colorful and prominent land owner in the Howe community furnished the money to help build Marshall-Bean College

Captain Marshall came to Texas from Colorado in the early days of Texas' statehood and traded a horse and saddle for 140 acres of good black land west of Howe

Other outstanding school superintendents were Will Mitchell, Professor Echols, and Hall Shephard

Then Howe came into its own educationally A new modern high and grade school building with a staff of 15 teachers and with a native son, Charles R Thompson as superintendent, under whose administration the Howe Independent School District is quite enlarged A ten-year building program is underway, a new elementary school building has just been completed, a new high school highlights future plans

Harvey named to first team AllDistrict in Basketball

The All-District squad was named for District 10-3A recently and Ty Harvey was named unanimous first team member and only first-teamer from Howe

Making the second team was junior guard Elijah Campbell and senior forward Winston Mosse while seniors James Cowin and Clay Marshall each received honorable mention

Academic All District members from Howe were Ty Harvey, Clay Marshall, Hunter Cheatham, Winston Mosse, Elijah Campbell, and Logan Elvington

District MVP

Dodge Brown, Commerce

Offensive MVP

Noah Boling, Van Alstyne

Defensive MVP

Casey Shields, Commerce

Sixth Man Award

Cam Montgomery, Van Alstyne

Sammy Brown, Commerce

Newcomer of the Year

Samuel Tormos, Van Alstyne

Coaching Staff of the Year Commerce

First Team All-District

Byron Bolin, Leonard

Ty Harvey, Howe

Jackson Rogers, Van Alstyne

Michael Bagwill, Farmersville

Andy Lozoya, Lone Oak

KD Williams, Commerce

Ernie Balderrama, Commerce

Dylan Pitt, Whitewright

Second Team All-District

Seth Jackson, Whitewright

Ronnie Hart, Leonard

Elijah Campbell, Howe

CJ Leutwyler, Van Alstyne

Will Stephens, Whitewright

Winston Mosse, Howe

Jamion Shaw, Commerce

Jordan Meixelsperger, Whitewright

Fourth grade: Keifer Phillips, Dakota Wilkinson, Kamryn Powless, Nicholas Taylor, Allyson Dobecka, Third grade: Bailey McKinney, Taryn Ray, Chris Torres, Second grade: Rylee Valles, Kennedy Garner, Bayley Bakken, Leyla Burris, First grade: Easton Thornhill, Angel Monroy, Truitt Allison, William Wilson, Peyton Amaro, Kindergarten: Melissa Rico Vera, Kinslee Moore, Bennie Westdyke, Janeidy Rangel

Howe girls win Blue Ridge Relays, boys finish third

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The Howe Lady Bulldogs finished with 166 combined points to lead the Blue Ridge Relays on Thursday afternoon

Howe's Kasie Segleski finished first in the 100 meters with a time of 13 96 Sydney Rector won the 200 meters with a time of 27 94

Howe girls finished in the top three in the 400 meters with Jamie Taylor finishing first (1:07 26) followed by Marissa Agee and Taylor Hartsfield respectively

Howe's Bethany Masters finished second in the 800 meters (2:41 35)

Kristian Sutherlan finished second in the 3200 meters (13:10 37)

Howe also finished in the top three in the 100 meter hurdles with Calley Vick taking first place (18 95) followed by Mattie Martin and Ally Harvey, respectively

Bethany Masters won the 300 meter hurdles with a time of 50 76 The Lady Bulldogs also finished first in the 4x100 meter relay at 53 75 (Segleski, Rector, Vick, and Taylor) They also took first in the 200 meter relay at 1:57 79 (Tatum Hartsfield, Vick, Agee, Segleski)

They also won the 4x400 meter relay with 4:27 62 (Taylor Hartsfield, Taylor, Tatum Hartsfield, and Rector)

The Howe boys finished third with a combined total of 75 ponits Mason Riggs finished second in the 100 meters with a time of 11 85 Caiden Harmon and Ryan Timmons finisshed fifth and sixth, respectively Sean Lukash finished fifth in the 200 meters (26 61) Hunter Cheatham won the 400 meters with a time of 54 52

Colton Thurman placed fourth in the 110 meter hurdles at 21 31 while Chase Clayton finished fifth at 23 00 Clayton also placed third in the 300 meter hurdles (48 08) Howe finished second in the 4x100 meter relay at 47 56 (Austin Lee, Harmon, Arturo Lowder, and Jordan Jones) Howe finished fourth in the 4x200 meters at 1:46 42 (Lukash, Harmon, Timmons, and Jones) Howe placed second in the 4x400 relay at 3:49 26 (Lowder, Cheatham, Logan Elvington, Ryan Carney)