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1J. D. Moses
Box " 2?6
The
Howe Enterprise
THE HOWE ENTERPRISE THURSDAY DECEMBER 1974
VOL. XI
No. 20
JIM ECHOLS'
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Chili Today,
Hot Tamale
For a Missouri boy who drifted into Texas via Virginia
and Tennessee, the cuisine here in the Great Plains of
the Southwest came as somdt|iing of a jolt.
Used to such southern delicacies as Brunswick stew,
Smithfield ham and kollard greens, all of which have a
soothing effect on the lining of the stomach, one can
hardly imagine the trauma I suffered when I munched
down on my first Taco at El Chico’s in Farmers'Branch
after dousing it liberally with that sauce the waiter puts
by your plate. It was, in a word, breathtaking.
With all due respect to those folks south of the border
who keep sending their recipes up to us, I wonder what
they’re up to. It wouldn’t surprise me if they aren’t
secretly on a diet of buttermilk and cornbread while
waiting for indigestion to do us in so they can recapture
the Alamo.
But if I haven’t learned to consume these Mexican
foods with tyi>ica.LTexas gusto, I have at least learned to
approach anything with a Mexican name on the table
with the greatest respect and caution. Or I thought I had
until the recent Band Boosters chili supper at the high
school cafetorium.
That was the night I picked up some of the pretty little
green peppers and put them on my plate, along with the
bowk of chili.
Being engaged as I was in heavy conversation, I let my
guard down momentarily and bit into a pepper with a
full-sized chomp.
It took me a few moments to think of a good Mexican
explitive. “Son of a Gun, Senor,’’ I tried to shout. But no
sound came from my mouth—only fire.
I glanced frantically around the room for help, but no
one seemed to notice. Finally I caught the eye of the fire
chief, Joe King, at the next table, and with tears
streaming down my cheeks, I waved frantically. He
smiled and waved back, all the while munching on one of
those green peppers.
By now the blisters had begun forming on my mouth,
but my voice had begun to return, so I whispered
something to the lady across the table about the peppers
being a bit tangy. “Oh, you like them?” she said. “They
were made by Tom Wall. I’ll tell him how much you
enjoyed them.”
“Never mind,” I wheezed.
For the next three weeks I consumed gallons of water
and applied three tubes of salve to my lips before the
final effects of the little green monsters wore off. Then,
one day, in came Mrs. Wall. “I hear you liked our
peppers,” she said. Whereupon she plopped down what
appeared to be a gallon jug of them on my desk and ran
out the door before I could throw them at her.
And so now at our house we have this new mantle
piece—a jar of hot peppers. It is what you could call a
functional piece of furniture. Its function is to assist in
the discipline around the house. When the kids act up I
threaten to make them eat a pepper. If they are
extremely difficult that day, I threaten them with two.
The behavior around our place has improved greatly.
I’m now contemplating having a New Year’s party and
inviting all the people I don’t like. First they shall be
encouraged to consume all the strong drink they please.
Then I shall trot out the peppers. By the time they realize
what hit them, I should be rid of them for good.
The practice of going off shopping while leaving small
children in a car nearly resulted in tragedy in downtown
Howe late Saturday afternoon. A mother left her two
small daughters in a car and a toddler strapped into the
back seat and went off to do a bit of shopping. Somehow,
the children located some matches and caught a child’s
coat afire in the front seat.
By the-time the fire was noticed by any passers-by, the
coat was burning fiercely, and within moments would
have engulfed the entire front seat. The two girls got out,
but the baby remained^strapped in the back seat. Since it
was a two-door car, rescuers had to get to him by way of
the front seat, where the coat was burning.
It all turned out okay, but could have been much worse
if the fire had been noticed a few moments laters.
Among the long list of those persons I have misquoted
of late is the venerable J.R.L. Hill. Last week I quoted
him as saying that a frost on a cloudy night won’t kill the
grass. He phoned to let me know that it doesn’t frost on
cloudy nights, and that isn’t what he said, anyway. What
he said, he reminded me pointedly, was that a frost by
the dark of the moon won’t kill the grass. Not being a
country boy, I don’t profess to know about such things.
Where I was raised in St. Louis we thought frost was
sprayed there by the Health Department during the night
to kill the vermin.
Parham Directs Choir During Cantata Rehearsal Wednesday
Linda Cook and Mark Wrede Rehearse Nativity Scene
Christmas Cantata Slated Tuesday
A full-scale Christmas Canata, “Night of Miracles,” by-
John Peterson, will be presented Tuesday night jointly by
the Howe High school choir and the Drama Department.
Dale Parham, music director, said it is to his
knowledge the most elaborately staged and musically the
most difficult Christmas program ever presented by the
school. “The choir in particular has spent a lot of time on
it, and I feel it is going to be a very good program,” he
said.
The Drama Department under the direction of Mrs.
Judith Reedy, will protray action scenes from the Biblical
setting of the Cantata as the program progresses.
The high school members of the “A” band will
perform Christmas music before and after the regular
Compromise May Be Possible
In Corbin Rezoning Hassle
Howe City Council and Bill
and Tinker Corbin may be
headed for a compromise
agreement that will enable the
Corbins to continue to operate
a garage in a residentially
zoned area northeast of down-
The Corbins have asked to
appear on the agenda at Fri-
day’s City Council meeting,
reportedly to discuss the pos-
sibility of a compromise.
The meeting, which had been
scheduled regularly scheduled
for Dec. 19, was pushed up to
this Friday because of con-
tractual decisions that must be
made in connection with the
city’s application for a new
water well, with the federal
government providing 60 per
cent of the financing.
The Corbin case is one of
only three items scheduled on
the agenda.
The Corbins had been order-
ed to close the garage after
council reaffirmed at its last
meeting that it would not re-
zone the property for com-
mercial use. The vote to deny
rezoning was 4-1, with Darrell
Wineiger casting the vote for
rezoning.
The Corbins have threatened
to take the matter into the
courts.
The possible compromise, ac-
cording to a council spokes-
man, would involve the grant-
ing of a special use permit-by
the city, allowing the garage
to remain open, provided the
Tax Collections Spurt,
But Still Behind ‘/3
Howe School Supt. Glen
Mitchell said Wednesday that
tax collections have picked up
sharply in the past week,
bringing some improvement
to what had been a slow
collection year to date.
Probably because of the tight
economic situation, he said,
tax collections by the end of
November had been lagging
about $17,000 behind the
same period a year ago.
School district taxes are due
Jan. 30.
Mitchell said the school tax
11 Units Entered in Yule Parade
Eleven units are now con-
firmed for the annual Howe
Christmas Parade, and a num-
ber of other organizations are
considering entries, according
to Dale Rideout, parade chair-
man. The annual Chamber of
Commerce Parade, featuring
Santa Claus tossing candy to
the children, is scheduled for 2
p.m. Dec. 21.
It will begin at the high
school, proceed along Kliig
street to Hanning, east to
Highway 5, then north for two
blocks and east to Hughes
Street, back to Hanning, then
west through downtown and
back to the high school.
Rideout said that among the
units confirmed for the parade
are the Campfire Girls, Boy
Scouts, Club Scouts, the Drill
Team, Athletic Boosters, the
Fire Department, Howe State
Bank, White Auto Store,
Catching Farm Supply, the
city police and a marshal’s
car. Mayor Dwain Roberts will
serve as parade marshal.
Other tentative units at this
time, according to Rideout,
are Yohce Grocery, Chisum
One-Stop, Estep Furniture and
Appliance, Super S, Allied Of-
fice Supply and The Howe
Enterprise.
The Howe School Band also
is expected to take part in the
parade.
office will be closed from Dec.
23 through 30, but will reopen
for a single day on Dec. 31.
“We do this because a lot of
people want to pay their taxes
on the last day of the year so
they can deduct them from
the present year’s income tax.
Dec. 31 is usually one of our
biggest collection days of the
year,” he said.
The tax office will be closed
New Year’s Day, but will re-
open on Jan. 2.
Mitchell said after Dec. 31
the district will have a much
better idea of how or if the
recession is affecting tax col-
lections. Last year the district
collected 94.5 per cent of its
assessed taxes.
Holidays
Begin Dec. 19
Students in all three of the .
Howe Independent School
District schools will be dismis-
sed at 2:30 p.m. next Thurs-
day, Dec. 19 for a two-week
Christmas vacation.
School is scheduled to re-
sume on its regular schedule
on Jan. 2, according to an
announcement by the superin-
tendent’s office.
Corbins will sign an agree-
ment that they will not keep
junk cars on the property.
One councilman said he had
interviewed several of the
neighbors, and most had no
objection to the garage, pro-
vided no junk cars were kept
there.
The Corbins obtained a build-
ing permit for the garage sev-
eral months ago, but the city
objected when they began
doing commercial work on cars
at the place. George Barnes,
then city secretary, said it was
his understanding when the
permit was issued that it
would be for personal use and
no commercial work would be
done.
In another matter before
council at the 7 p.m. meeting,
contracts needed to file the
formal full application for the
federal funding for the new
water well are to be signed.
The Economic Development
Administration (EDA) has ap- -
proved the tentative agree- *
ment signed by EDA and
Howe Mayor Dwain Roberts,
and the full application must
be filed before Jan. 2.
Barry LeBarron of the Tex-
oma Regional Plannine Com-
mission and John Wortham,
who was retained by the city
to conduct preliminary studies
leading to a bond issue for the
city’s share of the funding,
will be present at the meeting.
Council is expected to sign a
contract naming Wortham as
the continuing engineer for
the project, which will clear
the way for him to obtain cost
estimates.
Originally, council had en-
visioned applying for a 2,400-
foot well capable of pumping
500 gallons of water per min-
ute, but Wortham’s prelimin-
ary studies indicate the reven-
uses from the Water Depart-
ment would not be sufficient
to retire bonds for the approx-
imately $180,000 in local mon-
ey needed. Wortham’s figures
indicate that about $140,000 is
the maximum the city could
go. This would place the total
project, including the 60 per
cent federal financing, at*
about $350,000.
Tip the only other matter on
Friday’s council agenda, a
spokesman from the Howe
Volunteer Fire Department is
scheduled to speak to council
regarding the work on the new
fire hall.
cantata.
Parham said the cantata will begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday
at the cafetorium and will take about an hbur to perform.
On Thursday the program will be presented again for
students at the high school. Parham said he is uncertain
at this time if it will be possible to also schedule it for
elementary school ages.
New Lions Club Sets
Organizational Meet
For Monday Night
An organizational meeting
for a new Howe Lions Club
will be held at 7 p.m. Monday,
Dec. 16 at the high school
cafetorium.
The effort to organize a club
in Howe is being sponsored by
the Whitewright Lions Club.
They will assist in planning
and arranging the Charter
Night ceremonies and work
closely with the club for at
least a year to help it achieve a
solid position to support com-
munity service projects.
Ten Howe residents attended
an information meeting at the
cafetorium on Dec. 5 at which
Norman Richardson, extension
representative of the Texas
Lions outlined objectives, org-
anization, finances, and com-
munity service value of a local
club. He was assisted by Zone
Chairman Clifton Ramsey of
Denison, six Lions from
Whitewright, and other area
Lions members.
Nine of the Howe persons
presidents filled out charter
member applications and paid
charter member fees. Wes
Lankford was named tempor-
ary chairman and will hold the
applications and fees until a
formal charter application is
submitted.
A goal of 20 charter members
has been set.
At next Monday’s meeting,
key officers will be elected, a
nominating committee will be
appointed to slate other office
candidates, a Charter Nigh
chairman will be appointed, a
Charter night date set, and
other necessary committees
appointed.
Decorations
Going Up
Downtown
After a year’s layoff due to
the energy crisis, Howe will
have downtown Christmas
lights again this year.
Workmen for Texas Power
and Light Co. began Wed-
nesday morning stringing the
lights and decorations from
light poles on Hanning St.
The lights are owned by the
city.
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IT S OFFICIAL—L. 0. (Pete) Bentley, right, .contractor
for the new $153,000 sanctuary at First Baptist Church in
Howe, presents the keys to the building to Ray
Henderson, representing the.church’s Building Commit-
tee. It marked the official presentation of the building to
the church and took place during special dedication
services for the new auditorium Sunday afternoon.
Several hundred church members and visitors from the
community attended the event. Watching the presenta-
tion in the photo.above is the Rev. Sam Randolph, pastor.
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