Hall of Honor

Continued from page 1 peoples lives of Howe, Texas Marion Allison and the leading vote-getter Lowell Thompson were enshrined on Friday night with a good crown on-hand at the Howe EDC/Chamber office at 101 E Haning St

The chamber also announced their annual awards which Volunteer Organization of the Year once again went to Keep Howe Beautiful for the second year in a row The Howe FFA and the Howe Fire Department were also nominees from the public Also receiving a back-to-back year award was Independent Bank as Business of the Year as they beat out the Howe Enterprise and Smith-Garner CPA in the voting

The coveted Norma J Wallace Citizen of the Year award went to Janie Finney as she received the most votes of the other nominees in Donna Wormsbaker and Monte Walker

The chamber recognized two individuals for their unbelievable volunteer efforts in restoring the former First Christian Church building which is now Summit Gardens Boyd Dunn and Mike Barlow received a framed picture of them with a message written to them

The chamber also recognized the departing LeAndra Beckemeyer for her many years of volunteer work in Howe with the chamber, Keep Howe Beautiful, Save the Church, Howe Community Library, and more. The chamber board members signed a collage photo of her work throughout the years and presented it to her in a frame

The first Hall of Honor inductee was Marion Allison who was remembered for his faith His wife Nelda Allison accepted the award and said that her husband lived his life by Romans 12:3, "For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to page 12