58.4 Howe Enterprise June 8, 2020

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Texas sales tax revenue down 13.2 percent

Stockton Drug Store, Dry Goods served Howe from 1910-1961

Black Lives Matter to President Trump

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today said state

From 1910 until 1961 a drug store and dry goods

By Paris Dennard Real Clear Politics

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Protesters in Howe, pg. 8 Summer reading, pg. 8 Antiques, pg. 9 Business Directory, pg. 11-12 Texas History, pg. 13 Local events, pg. 14 Christian, pg. 15 Finance/Children, pg. 16 Past front pages, pg. 17-24

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Council member requests Peggy’s Porch to reopen with social distancing guidelines Georgia Richardson of the Howe City Council has recommended that Peggy’s Porch be reopened with social distancing stipulations. Peggy’s Porch is a

free clothing collection location where community members can come and pick out clothing of their needs. It is located behind City Hall on Haning Street.

Remembering Elton Coming off the highway around Farmington, the site above caught my eye. During times like this I wish I could say thank you to my great-great grandparents who came here in the 1800s and sweat in the fields of South Grayson County. All of my family on all sides were farmers and sharecroppers and they had a one-on-one relationship with the Lord which brought blessings from starvation. Most people then lived that way. Today, most people don’t. And it shows. Is it odd that this whole riot thing has drowned-out Obama-Gate? Senator Ron Johnson has issued subpoenas for three dozen Obama White House, Department of Justice and Intelligence personnel. Sen. Lindsey Graham is in the process of preparing 50 subpoenas. It’s going to be a hot summer. For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. (2 Timothy 1:7) EDITOR’S NOTE—This column is reserved as an opinion column and may not necessarily reflect the policy of this publication.

A proposal of new playground equipment submitted to Mayor Bill French by Heartland Park and Recreation, of White Oak, Texas. Mayor French says a grant with matching funds from donations by local businesses will help enhance the park to even better equipment. More information on page 6.

Haning family history interwoven with Howe’s history

By Monte Walker Growing up in Howe, Texas can be somewhat confusing as a child. As a kid, I was big sports fan and my sports heroes were Tony Dorsett, Marcus Allen, Michael Jordan, and the largest of them all was Herschel Walker. And in Howe, I often wondered why we had no black students. But Howe’s first black student named Elton Hughes made an everlasting impression on me. My bones are made up from dust from the fields of South Grayson County as my family in all direc-

Jabes (also spelled Jabez) Haning with his wife (Harriet Campbell Haning), his mother, brothers and their families settled in the Howe community area about 1848. He built a cabin home and became one of the very early pioneer homesteaders of the

tions were sharecroppers that worked the corn and cottonfields. Some in my family joined the military at an early age to escape the cottonfields. The Wilson side of my family (Continued on page 5)

Please have ALL bulk items (2 yards per household) out no later than 7 a.m. Friday, June 12th.

Harriet and Jabez Haning

From the Howe Enterprise, Sesquicentennial Section, May 8, 1986

Elton Hughes placing a championship basketball trophy in the case at Howe Middle School.

area. Jabes was born September 3, 1827, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, the son of Aarron and Rachael Haning. His family lived there until 1845 and in 1846 moved to Texas. While en-route to Texas, in Red River County, Aarron Haning died. (Continued on page 3)

Grayson County COVID-19 Deaths Total tests Total cases Active cases Average positive test Negative test percentage Positive test percentage Grayson County Population Avg. Positive test*County Population

2 4,680 377 59 0.081 91.9% 8.1% 136,212 11,033


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