Howe’s first chamber mixer tonight in downtown

Tonight is the night for the first Howe Area Chamber of Commerce mixer in downtown Howe.  Chamber President Robert Cannaday says that they are in the business of helping other business and tonight is the first of many big nights planned.  The mixer will be held in the new Howe Development Alliance building, which is now complete and ready for the event tonight at 6:30 pm.  The address of the new office is 101 E. Haning St., Howe, TX 75459.  Abby’s Restaurant is providing some finger foods and the chamber will have coffee /punch and provide an opportunity to meet a lot of business leaders in the community.  More information can be found on the chamber website at http://www.howechamber.com/.

“It’s an exciting new time in Howe and we’re anxious to see what prospers from evenings like this in our new revitalized downtown.” – Howe Development Alliance Director Monte Walker

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Howe students duplicate photo from 1955

Some students from Howe High School recreated a photo from 1955 taken in the exact same building, in the exact same place 60 years ago.  In 1955, 101 E. Haning St. in Howe, Texas was a classic 50’s diner named Ray’s Cafe.  The building was recently refurbished and the 1955 photo was found.  Beverly Jay Martin, the lady in the 2015 photo at the bar was the girl sitting down (far right) in the 1955 photo.

The new photo was taken by Victory Light Sports Photography in Howe.

In the photo:

At table-
1955 – Jack Norman; 2015 – Easton Ross
1955 – Elvis Arterbury; 2015 – Anthony Hawthorne
1955 – Beverly (Jay) Martin; 2015 – Kendall Nelms
At Bar-
1955 – Pat (Thompson) Anderson; 2015 – Bailey Tyler
1955 – Peggy (McReynolds) Estes; 2015 – Tiffany Lallier
1955 – Sue Thompson; 2015 – Meg Wilson
1955 – Unknown patron; 2015 – Beverly (Jay) Martin
1955 – Unknown patron; 2015 – Howe Police Chief Carl Hudman
1955 – Guy with bottle drink- Melton Vrla; 2015 – Quinton Harris
1955 – Jeanette (Davis) Sizemore; 2015 – Christina Counts
1955 – Jerry Buckner; 2015 – Levi Mrozinski
1955 – Sue (Chumbley) Schiffer; 2015 – Kaelen Powless
1955 – Behind the Bar- Onnie Ray Owner of Ray’s Cafe; 2015 – Monte Walker

Abner is valedictorian; Rodriguez is salutatorian

Howe High School announced the valedictorian and salutatorian of the Class of 2015 on Wednesday morning during the awards ceremony.  Tori Abner was announced as valedictorian and Leslie Rodriguez was announced as salutatorian.  More in Monday’s Howe Enterprise.

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Tori Abner, valedictorian

 

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Leslie Rodriguez, salutatorian

Suspect booked for DWI and Resisting Arrest

May 23 – Howe PD Officer Robert Todd arrested a 29=year-old Van Alstyne man for DWI after stopping him for a traffic violation on South Collins Freeway. A search warrant was obtained for a sample of the suspect’s blood. Once at the hospital, the suspect refused to allow a nurse to draw the blood sample. Officers restrained the suspect and obtained the blood draw. The suspect was booked for DWI, Resisting Arrest, Search or Transport.

May 25 – Howe Police Officers Robert Todd and Keith Milks arrested a 34-year-old Pottsboro man in the 400 block of Haning Street for possessing less than a gram of Methamphetamine. The arrest was the result of a consent search of the man’s backpack.

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Howe High School seniors to duplicate 1955 downtown photo

The Howe High School Class of 2015 will pay homage today to the Class of 1955 and re-create this photo in its exact location 60 years later.  The downtown building located on the corner of Haning and Denny Street was Ray’s Cafe in 1955.  Now the home of the Howe Development Alliance, students will gather for an up-to-date exact duplicate photo.  Students are expected to be in their current letter jackets.

The blonde at the table in the 1955 photo (Beverley Jay Martin) will be in the re-created photo as the lady at the bar looking back.

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