2016 Football Conference 3A D1 Bracket
Howe vs. Callisburg Broadcast Highlights
Howe Community Library getting ready to celebrate 35 years
The Friends of the Howe Community Library are hosting a 35th anniversary reception on Saturday, November 12 from 2:00-4:00 pm at the library. The reception will celebrate the partnership between the City of Howe and the Howe ISD and honor the library’s founder, Jean Norman. All former employees, volunteers, students, library patrons, and friends are invited to attend this celebration. The library is located at 315 S. Collins Frwy and is attached to Howe Middle School campus (across the parking lot from the elementary playground).
The formation of a library in Howe began in the fall of 1980. Mr. James Ferguson, a former Howe resident, donated 11,000 books for the formation of a city library. Mr. Ferguson, eager to have these books available to the public, was referred to local citizen Jean Norman. Never expecting how her life would change, Norman welcomed him into her home and heard his ideas.
That afternoon, Norman gathered her friends for a planning meeting and the vision for establishing a town library was born. The first step was to form a Friends of the Library group. In a short period of time, the Friends group garnered advice from different sources: the Sherman Friends of the Library, regional library system (Northeast Texas Library System), and the Texas State Library. They also selected a library board, obtained city council approval, and began scouting for a library location.
Funds were needed to purchase a site so the Friends Group held many fundraising events. Bake sales, garage sales, talent show, pancake supper, “The Country Travelers” music show, membership dues, and requests for donations earned the group enough money to make a down payment for a house on the corner of Tutt and North Denny Streets. Purchase of the property and renovations required $20,000. The Howe City Council provided $6,000 with the Friends group paying over $4,000 and financed the balance.
Once the property was purchased, the house was remodeled with shelving, story area, and work areas. Mr. Ferguson helped organize the collection and often spent the night hand writing cards for the card catalog. Jean Norman recruited Pee Wee Cheerleaders to sort books on the shelves. The new Howe Public Library was dedicated on September 7, 1981 with a ribbon cutting ceremony. In the early years of the area’s history, Mr. Ferguson’s father had been the owner of Ferguson Seed Farms. At the dedication ceremony, Mr. Ferguson said “Just as my father was responsible for much of the seed planted in this county, 75 years later I want to plant seed in Howe – the seed of knowledge.”
The Friends of the Library group continued to support the library by hosting fundraising events: bike rallies, barbecue for homecoming games, professional wresting performances featuring the Von Erich’s, and a concert by country music star Louise Mandrell.
In the summer of 1985, Norman and Howe ISD Superintendent Pete Simmons discussed plans for merging the library with the Howe ISD. A board was formed to govern this new combination library. The Howe Community Library opened in September 1986 and provided services for high school and elementary students as well as the public. The combination library concept was fairly new in Texas and Howe’s partnership was recognized by the Texas State Library President.
With the construction of a new high school building, the library moved to a renovated location on the west side of the middle school in January 2002. The new location provided enhanced facilities, parking, and additional space for the growing library.
Librarians serving during the library’s history are Darlene Cherry,Francis Neely, Peggy Bradley, Roland Commons, Becky Hogenson, and current librarian Melissa Atchison.
From 1980 to the present, Jean Norman has been instrumental in the library’s success. She continues to serve on the Library Board and the Friends of the Library group. Norman has noted that for many years she has devoted some part of her day to the library. Her dedication and support has allowed the citizens of Howe to have access to library services for 35 years. She provided the avenue for Mr. Ferguson’s vision to come to fruition.
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Howe at Callisburg, 2016
Pregame notes
Game #741 in school history. Howe is 378-338-24 since 1935.
The Bulldogs have clinched the playoffs in three consecutive years for the first time since 1998, 1999 and 2000. Howe has won 20 of their last 28 games going back to 10/17/2014. Zack Hudson’s 26 wins at Howe are only 3 behind John “Buck” Smith who had 29 from 1980-84.
Wins:
Norman Dickey, 51
Jim Fryar, 41
Davey DuBose, 34
Buck Smith, 29
Zack Hudson, 26
Howe’s 32.33 points per game ranks this 2016 team as 4th all-time of 73 teams in that category.
Top 4:
34.17, 2015
33.83, 1998
33.70, 1940
32.33, 2016
Howe is 8-3 vs. Callisburg having last played them in 2011 (29-18 win). The last time Howe played at Callisburg was in 2010 when Howe won 43-40.
| 9/15/1967 | 8 | Callisburg | 16 |
| 10/17/1980 | 21 | Callisburg | 0 |
| 10/16/1981 | 32 | at Callisburg | 19 |
| 9/16/1988 | 14 | at Callisburg | 7 |
| 9/22/1989 | 26 | Callisburg | 8 |
| 10/26/1990 | 27 | Callisburg | 10 |
| 10/25/1991 | 50 | at Callisburg | 0 |
| 10/27/2006 | 6 | at Callisburg | 16 |
| 10/26/2007 | 6 | Callisburg | 63 |
| 11/5/2010 | 43 | at Callisburg | 40 |
| 11/4/2011 | 28 | Callisburg | 19 |
| 11/4/2016 | at Callisburg | ||
| 261 | 198 |
1989 Callisburg at Howe gull game
1990 Callisburg at Howe full game
1991 Howe at Callisburg Highlights
1991 Howe at Callisburg full game
2010 Howe at Callisburg full game
On this day in history
Howe is 6-3 on games played on Nov. 4
1938, won at Gunter, 43-0
1948, lost to Pilot Point at Bulldog Stadium, 19-6
1966, won at Anna, 19-0
1977, lost at Pottsboro, 33-0
1983, won at Whitewright, 15-12
1988, won at Tom Bean, 31-7
1994, won at Van Alstyne, 19-13
2005, lost at Tom Bean, 36-12
2011, beat Callisburg at Bulldog Stadium, 28-19
Howe begins street repair
Howe City Administrator Joe Shephard secured a $187,000 Community Development Block Grant in 2015 that is now paying off for the city. The improved focus area is Bean Street, Travis Street, Jones Street, Neal Street, parts of Young Street and parts of College Street. In total, the project calls for 121,000 square feet of road improvements. Today, crews began working on Travis Street.
This city’s matching portion of the grant is nearly $30,000. Shephard told the city council back in February of 2015 that the city budgeted $50,000 for street repair and that the matching funds would come from that balance.
The factors in acquiring the grant were average household income in the area and conditions of the streets. That section of Howe met the criteria needed to qualify for the grant.
Parking instructions at Callisburg
Visiting fans will park on the concreted parking lot (Lot C) located north of Callisburg High School. The parking lot has both ample lighting and security cameras. After football games, visiting fans will be directed to leave the field area through gates (Area G) located south of the Field House (Building E). They can then go left and proceed to the parking area north of the high school building.
KCA’s Robotics Team in Howe earn first place with robot
Located in a storage shed next to the old two-story Chisum home on Duke Street in Howe is a group of students from Kingdom Country Academy that produced a robot that finished first in a competition of 42 public and private schools. In the video, the robot turns on the irrigation system, plants seeds (golf balls) and picks corn while placing the corn in production.
Look for a full story about these impressive students in this week’s Howe Enterprise.
NFL player with Howe ties is up for Pro Bowl again; you can vote
Cody Davis, of the St. Louis Rams is again on the NFL’s Pro Bowl ballot for Special Teams. His parents Cindy (Boatman, 1978) and David Davis ( 1975) both graduated from Howe High School. You can help Davis make a trip to the Pro B0wl by going to
NFL.com/probowlvote and clicking on ST for Special Teams and find Cody Davis
for the Rams, click on his name, then a green check mark comes up, go to the
bottom of that page and click submit, it will then take you to another page, roll up to top
which will thank you for your vote and ask if you want to vote again. The Davis family would appreciate your vote.
Cody Davis is not from Howe, Texas, but both of his parents Howe parents raised him in Stephenville where he attended Stephenville High School. He was named an Associated Press Class 4A Second-team All-state selection, and was voted the District 8-4A Defensive MVP after a senior season. He was inducted into the Stephenville High School Hall of Fame on September 26, 2014.
Davis played collegiate ball at Texas Tech. As a senior in 2012, Davis was a 1st Team Capital One Academic All-American and was a Second-team All-Big 12 selection for the second consecutive season after making 84 solo tackles and 101 total tackles. He finished his Texas Tech career with 49 starts, including 22 consecutive starts at safety.
Davis was signed as an undrafted free agent by the St. Louis Rams on April 27, 2013 after not being drafted in the 2013 NFL Draft.
