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unhappy because nothing had been done with them. He came to town and approached Howe State Bank to find someone to start a library. The bank told him that he needed to contact Jean Norman. He showed up at her house. "The only reason I let him in was because he was a brother to one of my dear friends in Bonham." said Norman. "After he left, I called some people and we met and started working on the library right then." With the help from the city, they were able to use the former Davenport place, which sat on Denny Street at the present site of Memorial Park. They renovated that small building and hired a local lady to help and be the first librarian. "Some of the Howe pee-wee cheerleaders came and helped me sort all of those books." said Norman. "I had the Dewey Decimal System and new where to put them." The Friends of the Library was formed and they began to start fundraisers by bringing in The Von Erichs to wrestle at Bulldog Stadium in wrestling matches in the early 1980s. "Some of the hardest work I've ever done was setting up those hundreds of chairs." said Norman. "That was very successful and we had some very successful bike
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races." They even brought country music artist Louise Mandrell to Sherman for a fundraiser. Once the library was fully functional, Howe ISD Superintendent Pete Simmons suggested that they merge with the school on their newly expanded campus on Roberts Street.
Howe Youth Football Commissioner Chris Campbell announced that those interested in signing up to play youth football this fall can now register at www.leaguelineup.com and searching for Howe Youth Football. Registration is $90 for students entering Kindergarten through 6th grade.
"I remember Linda Wall, Marion Allison and I put together all of the shelving for that new library." said Norman. "It's been a great effort. Peggy Bradley was our first library director with a masters degree." A 1960 graduate of Bonham High School and a 1964 graduate of East Texas State University, some people may not know that Norman has an identical twin named Dean. The two sang together all the way through college where she met her husband Alton which she calls Pete.
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"I met him in math class in college." said Norman. "I thought his name was Pete. But his name is Alton. So for 51 years, to Howe and Dorchester, he's known as Alton, but in Bonham and Sherman, he's Pete. Every card that I've sent over these 51 years, I've had to think of who I'm sending it to. I couldn't put Pete in his mother and daddy's card that's for sure." continued on Page #13
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