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Local Church Calendar
First United Methodist Church of Howe
Tuesday 9:30 am - Women's Bible Study
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6:30 pm Boy Scouts
Wednesday
9:00 am - Wednesday Workers
6:30 pm - Jr.High and Sr. High Youth
Saturday
9:00 am - Feed My Sheep (1st and 3rd Sat each month)
Sunday
8:40 am - Fellowship and Donuts
9:00 am - Sunday School
10:00 am - Worship service
3:00 pm - Cub Scouts
First Baptist Church Howe
Tuesday
7:00 pm - Bible Study
Wednesday
6:30 pm - Adult Bible Study
Kids Activities - Check Church FB Page
Throughout Summer
Youth Activities - Check Church FB Page Throughout Summer
Sunday
8:30am - Prayer Time
9:15am - Bible Fellowship
10:30am - Worship Service
First Baptist Church Dorchester
Wednesday
6:00 pm - Meal (Donations for adults and kids eat free)
6:30 pm - Praise service
7:00 pm - Youth Bible Study
7:00 pm - Adult Bible Study
7:00 pm - RA's/GA's/children's group
Sunday
9:00 am - Men's Prayer Time
9:45 am - Sunday School
10:45 am - A.M.Worship Service
5:00 pm - Adult Chior Practice
6:00 pm - Evening Worship
Howe Church of Christ
Wednesday 7:00 pm - Bible Classes
Sunday 9:00 am - Bible Classes
10:00 am - Worship Service
5:00 pm - Worship Service
New Beginning Fellowship
Wednesday
7:00 pm - Radiate Youth
7:00 pm - Sanctuary of for
Sunday
9:30 am - Sunday School women, men)
10:30 am - Worship Service
10:30 am - Kids Church
A Christian Fellowship,
Wednesday
6:30 pm – Potluck Meal
7:00 pm – Worship Service
7:00 pm – Jr & Sr High Youth
Sunday 9:30 am – Sunday School (all ages)
10:30 am – Worship Service
10:30 am – KidZone Children’s Service (5yr – 12 yr)
Community Bible Fellowship
Wednesday
6:30 pm - Food and Fellowship
7:00 pm - Community Kids (ages 3
- 6th grade, nursery available)
7:00 pm - Youth and Adult Bible
Study
Sunday 10:30 am - Worship Service
Times are subject to change. Please check with each church for any possible changes
about your antiques and with Georgia Caraway
The gear and accessories associated with cowboys and vaqueros, cattle trails and cow towns; old forts and ranches are desirable to collectors today. Stirrups, bits and spurs are early and recognition than has been driving, towns, but of the neglected gear he used.
A great many of the early southwestern cattle spreads were staffed with a larger complement of Mexican vaqueros than their white counterparts. Vaqueros brought from across the border the traditional equipment of the Spanish horseman--some of the most ornate and stylized trappings in the entire realm of horse gear.
The Chihuahua spur has a hefty solidness that we see in traditional Spanish furniture. These spurs are highly decorated in their silver inlay and the large spur wheels (rowels) that can be a much as three inches in diameter. They were designed to wrangle some degree of compliance from the half-wild mustangs that the vaqueros rode. The same is true of ring and spade bits. They are also of strong Spanish influence designed to control mounts not always compatible with their riders’ intention.
Leading American spur makers were Crockett, Kelly Brothers, Garcia, Bass, Boone, Hunt, Branche, McChesney, Main & Winchester, and Parker. Spurs were made of a variety of materials such as wrought and cast iron, stainless steel, monel steel, nickel silver, brass, copper, and combinations of these often with inlay in sterling silver and rowels cut from U.S. half-dollars. Shanks might take the form of a woman’s leg (the popular “galleg type), a bird’s head, or a rattlesnake. Popular engraved or embossed images included horseheads, eagles, and the diamonds, hearts, clubs and spades from a deck of playing cards.
The boxcar or box stirrup looks cumbersome in appearance, but they were particularly suitable to the vaquero’s riding style. They are an adaptation of the older Spanish one-piece wooden stirrup called “doghouse” and the tread on some of these stirrups is quite wide six inches or so. The vaqueros of the borderlands were traditionbound and they clung to some old world principles in the handling of range ponies that were at great variance with the American cowboy. Vaqueros favored boxcars long after cowboys had adopted stirrups of more practical size, shape, and weight. Stirrups were purely functional and rarely decorated. The oxbow stirrup is much narrower than the boxcar.
The Chihuahua spur, spade and ring bits, and the boxcar stirrup were the earliest of the gear. So, if collecting westerniana appeals to you, gitalong to your favorite western store or antique mall and rustle up some cowboy gear.
Come see the Howe Mercantile Howe-lloween and Fall and Thanksgiving displays.
Dr. Georgia Caraway, former director of the Denton County Museums for 14 years, and her friends operate the Howe Mercantile at 107-109 East Haning. Store hours are Thursday through Saturday 12 noon until 8 p.m. She has written five Denton history books and one book on taking care of your antiques and collectibles. All of her books, including her latest, North Texas State Fair and Rodeo, are available at Howe Mercantile. She hopes her next book will be the history of Howe. SHOP LOCAL. We can show you Howe!
The Howe Lady Bulldogs lost to Bells Tuesday October 9 by scores of 16-25, 13-25, 20-25
Ally Harvey had three kills and four blocks Kaylin Bouse had three kills and eight digs Molly Wilson added five digs Jenna Honore had two kills and three digs
On Friday, the Lady Bulldogs beat Whitewright 3-0 by scores of were
25-20, 25-23, 25-23
Harvey had 12 kills Kaylin Bouse had four kills and 12 digs Cassidy Anderson had two aces and 20 assists Molly Wilson had three aces two kills and three digs Jenna Honore had seven digs Maya Agee had an ace and six digs Chloe Loftice added three kills
The Lady Bulldogs are 3-7 in district and 9-24 for the season
