Category: Howe News Bulletin

Lone Star Hoops Camp will return to Howe the week of July 9 – 12 at the Howe High School gymnasium. It is the 18th consecutive year that the camp has been in Howe.

The camp is a great high-energy, “total-immersion” hoop experience for boys and girls currently in the first through eighth grade. Campers are age-and-ability grouped.

The 2017 camp had participants from 14 different districts in Texas and Oklahoma.

Last year’s camp was a full-house and it is recommended for campers to reserve your spot early on!

“We want your camper to have a great experience as a returning veteran or have some new faces,” said Jan Jernberg, the organizer of the camp.

Click here for registration form.

The Howe Area Chamber of Commerce confirmed that all inductees will be present or represented at the Howe Hall of Honor Ceremony on May 4 at 6:30 in Downtown Howe.

Living inductees Harold Taylor and Norman Bennett will each be present for the honor. Bennett stated that he would make the trip to Howe from El Paso unless illness occurred, but in typical Bennett fashion, he stated that he was not planning for illness.  Bennett’s presence could bring a plethora of former Howe High School teachers to the event including Donna Jarma who is making plans to attend and honor Bennett with the induction speech.

The deceased members to be enshrined are Bob Williams and Tommy Skipworth. The families of each have stated that they will be present that evening.

Also, it is the night that the chamber announces their Norma J. Wallace Citizen of the Year Award along with the Business of the Year and Volunteer Organization of the Year.

Nominees for Citizen of the Year are Anna Anderson, Monte Walker, and Donna Wormsbaker.

Nominees for Business of the Year are Howe Family Dentistry, Independent Bank, and Palio’s Pizza Cafe.

Nominees for Volunteer Organization of the Year are Howe Fire Department, Keep Howe Beautiful, and Peggy’s Porch.

Tickets for the event are $15 each and approximately 80 seats will be available, 65 of which can be purchased online by visiting  https://goo.gl/qNuvS7

Mickey Lee Boatman of Howe, Texas passed away on March 31, 2018 at the age 68 at the Wilson N. Jones Regional Medical Center in Sherman, Texas.
He was born on May 2, 1949 in Espanola, NM the son of W.C. and Minnie Ruth (Patton) Boatman.

When Mickey entered the workforce he pursued many career paths including working for the newspaper as a printer, joining the US Army, and finally a machinist for Fisher Controls retiring after 32 years.

Mickey loved the ponies at Oaklawn with other interests including motorcycles and camping as long as he had the comforts of home found in RVing. Above all, he loved his grandchildren and they loved him.

He is survived by his wife Nancy Boatman, son, Charles A. Boatman (Tony) and wife Leigh of Cedar Park, Texas, son, James B. Boatman and wife Taya of Howe, Texas, son, Brandon C. Anderson of Sherman, Texas, son, Jarrod W. Anderson and wife Alida of Sherman, Texas, brother Bobby Jack and wife Kendra of Howe. Grandchildren, Chase Anderson, Charlie Boatman, Paige Boatman, Leslie Beth Boatman, Camryn Boatman and Carolyn Randall, great-grandson, David Allen Anderson all born and bred Texans.

Mickey was preceded in death by his parents, and his sister, Debra Boatman Oswalt.

Memorial services will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday, April 7, 2018 at the Scoggins Funeral Home Chapel in Van Alstyne, Texas. Arrangements are under the direction of Scoggins Funeral Home & Crematory 637 W. Van Alstyne Pkwy Van Alstyne, Texas 75495.

The online register book may be signed at www.scogginsfuneralhome.com. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the First Christian Church, Van Alstyne, Texas 75495.

Don’t turn away, give away! That’s the saying of the Howe Interact Club at Howe High School. The club is holding a charity clothing drive this week.  Items can be delivered to Howe High School or the Howe Community Library.  Most any clothing will be accepted, however, preferred clothing are:

*Gently used clothing
*Socks
*Underwear
*Gloves/mittens
*Shoes
*Belts
*Purses/bags

Donations are overseen by
CitySquare.

 

For the sixth year in a row, the Howe ISD will hold the Bulldog Run and Health Fair which consists of a one mile fun and a 5K run.  The event will take place this Saturday at the Howe Middle School parking lot in front of Charles R. Thompson Gymnasium.  Start time is scheduled for 8:30 am for the fun run with the 5K to follow.

*Health Fair Vendors*

Camp Gladiator Van Alstyne –  Pam Carroll and her crew will be on hand to help warm-up our participants prior to the start of each race.  They are certified personal trainers so don’t forget to stop by their booth.

Select ER Sherman – A stand-alone Emergency Room in Sherman, providing 24/7 Emergency Care.  Stop by to check out their goodies and services.

Anna Foot & Ankle – Conveniently located in Anna, Dr. Bjorn treats all foot and ankle problems.  Staff will be available to help answer questions and pass out water bottles.

Plexus Worldwide – Independent Consultant, Alicia Wilson, will be available to share product information on health supplements & vitamins along with sharing her personal Plexus story.

Child Passenger Safety – CPST Samantha Allison will have car seats available showing proper fit and information on safety in and around vehicles.  Handouts from Children’s Hospital on car/booster seats will be available.

Gone for Good Heal Lice Removal Services – Allison Myers will be on hand to provide information on products and services to treat individuals for head lice.

Gracie Nelda Carroll, age 82 of Howe, Texas passed away at her home surrounded by a family who loves her deeply on Monday, March 26, 2018.  Funeral services are under the direction of Dannel Funeral Home.

Nelda was born on March 27, 1935 in Nevada County Arkansas.  She grew up in Hope Arkansas.  After graduation from Hope High School in 1954, she moved to Dallas, Texas where she was employed by Bell Telephone Company and met TC Carroll.   TC and Nelda were married February 25, 1956.  She moved to Howe, Texas with her family in July 1968.

Nelda devoted the years of married life to her dear husband, precious children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.  She loved them more than anything and was a beautiful example of living a godly life.  Nelda accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior at age twelve.  Her life, expressed in her own words, is this: “Living for Christ has given meaning, purpose, and joy to my life and great hope for the future.  Knowing, one day, as I depart this earthly life I shall see Christ face to face and forever I shall be there to await my loved ones.”

In addition to caring for her family as a wife of a Pastor, Nelda was active in church as a Sunday School Teacher and was involved in Children’s Ministry at church and Bible Study Fellowship (BSF).  She attended BSF ladies Bible Study classes for six years.

Nelda is survived by her husband of 62 years, TC Carroll, sons: Tony Carroll and wife Susan, Shawn Carroll and wife Sharon, daughter: Dana Carroll Orr and husband Bob.  Grandchildren: Ashley Carroll McCloud and husband Michael, Tyler Carroll and wife Julianne, Kalen Orr, Charis Orr, Sloane Carroll, Stratton Carroll, Sisters: Sara Butterworth and husband Walt, Marguerite Downs, brother Lindol Ellis and many nieces and nephews.

Nelda is preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Ruth Ellis, brother James Ellis and sister, Pansy Mandeville.

The family will greet friends at Dannel Funeral Home from 6:00 – 8:00 pm on Thursday, March 29^th.  Funeral Services will begin Friday at 11:00 AM at First Baptist Church in Howe, Texas.  Nelda’s nephew, Rick Rothwell will officiate with her brother-in-law, Bobby Carroll.  Pallbearers are Tyler Carroll, Kalen Orr, Stratton Carroll, Michael McCleod, Gregg Downs, Andy Downs, David Carroll, Brad Stephens, Chad Stephens, Weldon Day and Ronnie Ellis

You may sign the online guestbook at www.Dannelfuneralhome.com.

This year’s Howe Hall of Honor class will be tallied on Sunday by the Howe Area Chamber of Commerce board members and results from the fourth induction class will be announced in Monday’s edition of the Howe Enterprise.  Paper ballots are available at the Howe chamber office and online voting can be done by clicking here.

The chamber sends voting out for two categories of deceased and living. The top two in each category that receives the most votes will be enshrined on May 4, 2018, at a 6:30 pm ceremony. The May event serves as the kickoff to the Founders Day Festival which takes place the following day starting at 2 pm. The Hall of Honor ceremony is also the night in which the chamber announces other local awards including Business of the Year and the Norman J. Wallace Citizen of the Year. Last year’s inductees included Jean Norman, Donal Gilstrap, J.J. Chisum, and Bob Walker. The 2016 class included Norman Dickey, Steve Simmons, and Jimmy Bearden. Howe’s initial Hall of Honor Class included Jabez Haning, W.P. Thompson, A.M. Ferguson, Mame Roberts, Charles Thompson, Arthur Boyle, Tony Brinkley, L.B. Kirby, Norma Wallace, Ray Bledsoe, Carrie Waller, and Elmer Schenk.

In the deceased category, this year is Price Hanning, Overton Jay, Marshall Robertson, Tommy Skipworth, Artie Stockton, and Bob Williams. The living category consists of Norman Bennett, Harold Taylor, Linda Wall, and Donna Wormsbaker.

DECEASED CATEGORY (TWO WILL BE INDUCTED)

Price Hanning, Sept. 26, 1926 – Nov. 26, 2002. He established a car repair shop in Howe after returning from World War II. Afterward, it became the oldest continuous business in Howe as Hanning Garage and Wrecker Service. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Howe, The Howe Masonic Lodge #430 for 36 years and the Scottish Rite in Dallas. He was a doctor of automotive technology. Hanning kept vehicles running for people he knew could not afford new and improved cars. Sometimes, he did it without charge. He worked through bad weather in all seasons, and deep into many nights to help whoever he could. With a wry sense of humor and a grin, he contributed to the lives of other wrecker drivers, police and Department of Public Safety Troopers. Hanning was honored as a co-Citizen of the Year in 1985.

Overton Jay, Nov. 17, 1916 – Aug. 11, 2001. He was a hometown boy and a third generation native Texan. Jay was a member and elder of the First Christian Church of Howe. He was a graduate of Howe High School and attended Austin College on a track scholarship. As a US Army tank crewman in World War II, he worked for the Corps of Engineers on the preliminary survey for Lake Texoma. He later worked in transportation at Perrin Air Force Base as a Civilian Traffic Management Officer for 21 years before retiring to his Howe farm. Throughout his working career, he was also a servant to his hometown of Howe by serving as a long-tenured city council member.

Marshall Robertson, Nov. 27, 1919 – Sept. 16, 1993. He was a pillar of the Howe business community for many years. Owning and operating Marshall Robertson’s Texaco filling station on Highway 5 and later to Highway 75, Robertson became entrenched in the public eye and was always an ever-ready neighbor and servant to the community. He operated Robertson Texaco until his retirement in 1980. In the early 1960s, Robertson joined other key local businessmen and lobbied Austin for a bank to be independently operated in Howe. Howe State Bank opened in 1964 thanks in part to the efforts of Robertson, who served as a director until health reasons forced him to resign. The children of Howe loved him and knew they could always count on him for a piece of bubble gum. He was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church of Howe and was honored as a co-Citizen of the Year in 1985.

Tommy Skipworth, Feb. 14, 1945 – Nov. 4, 2005. Originally from Sherman, Skipworth made a name for himself as a superb multi-sport athlete at Sherman High School and later Austin College where he was eventually inducted into the Austin College Hall of Honor in 2014. Upon graduation from Austin College in 1967, he began a career in the education field at Howe I.S.D. that ended in a legacy. He served as a teacher, varsity basketball and baseball coach, counselor, and principal, all while furthering his own education with a master’s from East Texas State University.

Artie Callaway Stockton, Sept. 16, 1889 – Feb 8, 1979. Artie Callaway was the first valedictorian of Howe High School in the first graduating class of 1908. Becoming the Mrs. George Stockton, she and her husband owned and operated Stockton’s Drug Store beginning in 1910 until 1961. Perhaps Howe’s first true businesswoman, Stockton would travel by train during World War II to purchase 1,000 yards of cotton print and sell it to the ladies of Howe for $0.49 per yard.  After high school, without a college requirement, Stockton took a county exam and gained her certificate to teach. She was a life-long member of the First United Methodist Church and was an advocate for Mame Roberts’ Prettiest Little Town in Texas project as Stockton arguably maintained the prettiest yard in the prettiest town. In a 1972 interview with the Howe Enterprise, she said, “I just love life. There’s just not anything I don’t like to do.”

Bob Williams, May 12, 1933 – March 14, 2000. Bob Carl Williams was born in 1933 and grew up in Sherman, Texas and was a 1952 Sherman High graduate. His contributions to Howe are well documented during his 23 years as Senior Vice President of First Bank Howe. Williams was a charter member of the Howe Band Boosters, as well as serving as president of the Athletic Booster Club, and president of the Howe Lions Club. He was also involved with the Upper-Elm Red Water Conservation Committee and served on the Loy Lake Livestock Board of Directors. Williams used loaning money for FFA projects to teach students a lifelong lesson. He would take extra time to explain the details of a loan with each FFA student. Most of all he wanted them to learn responsibility, that if they kept their end of the agreement he would be there the next time they needed money. Williams was often taken for granted as he quietly did whatever needed to be done for Howe, especially for the youth in the community. He worked in many places not seeking recognition for his deeds but doing all for the community he loved. He was the recipient of the 1999 Norma J. Wallace Citizen of the Year.

LIVING CATEGORY (TWO WILL BE INDUCTED)

Norman Bennett was born in 1932 and raised in Gainesville, Texas. Shortly after graduating from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, he moved to Sherman where he taught math at Sherman High and coached the tennis team in the late 1950s and 1960s. He then taught at Howe High where he taught in three different decades at Howe High School. Bennett was known for his contagious smile, his knack for math, his ability to connect with and “mesmerize” his students. He would write math problems on the board with his eyes on the class the entire time.   While involved in his teaching career, Bennet also starred in plays and musicals at the Sherman Community Players Theater. Working at KXII TV, he hosted an afternoon movie show, “Dialing for Dollars”, had roles in commercials, and was the weekend weatherman. After his children were grown, Norman Bennett decided to earn extra money by auditioning for commercials in Dallas. In 1983, he starred in two movies – “Terms of Endearment”, starring Shirley MacLaine and Jack Nicholson, and “Tender Mercies”, starring Robert Duval – both movies winning Academy Awards. In “Terms of Endearment”, he played the role of banker Edward Johnson, one of Shirley MacLaine’s suitors. In the movie “Hope Floats”, he starred opposite Sandra Bullock and Harry Connick, Jr.

Harold Taylor is a hometown boy, graduating from Howe High School in 1956 from his class of 13. After attending North Texas State University, he began a 37- year career with the United States Postal Service including the last 13 as the postmaster in Howe from 1984-1997. Taylor is the only person to ever be selected as the Norma J. Wallace Citizen of the Year twice (1987, and 1997). Taylor was an active Howe Chamber of Commerce member and served as the treasurer of the Howe Lions Club for many years where he helped less fortunate children obtain eyeglasses. Taylor also served as Scout Master and Assistant Scout Master for many years for Howe’s Troop 45. Taylor was also a supporter of Howe ISD by becoming a charter member of the band boosters and also a supporter of the athletic booster club. He and his wife have been faithful members of the First United Methodist Church of Howe for 59 years.

Linda Wall could easily be argued as the most important figure in the history of the Howe Chamber of Commerce. Her supreme volunteering spanned five decades in various organizations. Coming to Howe during the 1970s during the Texas Instruments boom, as so many others did, Wall immediately became involved with the First United Methodist Church of Howe and her first volunteer activity was as a Cub Scout Den Leader. Being active in PTA and helping to push forward a plan to start a band program in Howe ISD, she joined other Howe community leaders such as Jean Norman to help form the Friends of the Library. Her volunteer work with the Howe Chamber earned her not only respect but also the 1997 Norma J. Wallace Citizen of the Year honor. Her latest volunteer achievement was the upkeep and organization of Howe’s free clothing distribution center known as Peggy’s Porch.

Donna Wormsbaker is a hometown girl, born Donna Moses to previous Howe servants, the 1968 Howe High School graduate returned to teach in her hometown in 1976 as Howe’s second ever kindergarten teacher. She’s a lifelong member of the First United Methodist Church in Howe where her family has served for over half a century. After a 38-year teaching career in Howe and 43 overall, Wormsbaker set off on a volunteer rampage dedicating her time to her city. The former teacher became involved with the Howe Area Chamber of Commerce, Peggy’s Porch, and the Save the Church organization. But her true skills are seen as her work as executive director and president of the Keep Howe Beautiful organization. KHB annually holds a Trash-off as well as plants flowers throughout the city. Just as Hall of Honor member Mame Roberts did in the 1940s, Wormsbaker’s dedication has helped lead Howe to be a cleaner and more attractive place.

Joe King passed from this life on March 26, 2018 at Medical City Hospital in McKinney.  He was born in Howe, Texas on August 24, 1931 to Nancy and Clyde King.  He graduated Howe High School in 1948 and attended North Texas University.

He married Katie Koeninger in 1951 to whom he was married for 66 years. He was a member of the Howe United Methodist Church, the Howe Fire Department, served on the Howe ISD School Board, the Howe State Bank Board, and had been a member of the Hall Cemetery Board.

Joe was a farmer and rancher in the Howe area most of his life. He loved to garden, was proud of his flowers and loved to share his food. He was an FFA Lone Star Farmer and involved in helping countless FFA and 4H students with their projects.  He loved his white cows and enjoyed seeing them at various stock shows over the years. He never hesitated to help those who were willing to put in the hard work and effort. He grew pecans that were legendary. He will be missed by those who knew and loved him.

He is survived by his wife Katie, sister Mary Ann and husband Travis Arterbury of Russellville, Arkansas, three daughters Kathie and husband Bruce Allen of Whitewright, Susan King of Plano and Lesa and husband Terry Williams of Garland. He had 3 grandchildren, Bailey Williams of Garland, Karen (Allen) Seabourn and husband Justin of Westminster, Colorado and Stacy (Allen) Wilson and husband Jared of Garland as well as 4 great-grandchildren, Brandon, Zoe, and Kendyll Seabourn and Katie Wilson.

He was preceded in death by his parents and sister Nancy Jane Yarbrough.

Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Friday, March 30, 2018 Howe Methodist Church with pastor Zack Landis officiating.

Donations may be made in Joe’s memory to Howe Methodist Church, Hall Cemetery Association or MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Services are under the direction of Waldo Funeral Home.   The register book can be signed online at waldofuneralhome.com