Houston High School’s annual homecoming kicked off Friday with the annual parade through downtown, queen coronation and Tigers football game. Activities conclude Sunday.
The parade theme was “The Greatest Show On Turf.” Along with the battle of the classes floats, HHS alumni from grades ending in “5” and “0” participated in the festivities.
Carly Crawford was crowned queen before the game, which saw Houston go down to Ava, 28-14.
There are also other events throughout the weekend — concluding with a Houston Lions Club fish fry on Sunday.
The alumni association hosted a breakfast Saturday morning at the Houston Senior Center. An alumni mixer was Saturday afternoon at Hiett Gymnasium. There was a short program with alumni updates, scholarship reports and honored classes ending in “5” and “0” recognized.
The Houston Education Foundation is spearheading an effort to raise funds for Chromebooks for Houston Elementary School. About 30 units are estimated to cost about $7,800. Before the start of the school year, the organization purchased the same computers for the high school and middle school.
Romines Motor Co. Inc. held its fifth annual Drive 4UR School on Saturday which has generated $22,230 for the Houston School District. Last year, 323 test drives generated $6,000 for the district. Funds over the years, have been used to purchase e-readers for the high school, install air conditioning in Hiett Gymnasium and help build the Tiger Pride Commons Area on campus. This year’s revenue will go toward the purchase of audio-visual systems for the new library/media center.
Author Larry Dablemont was stationed Saturday in front of Rose Ward Accounting on Grand Avenue to sign his books and give away a free magazine. He had memorabilia items from the pool hall that used to be there in the 1950s.
Some classes held reunions in conjunction with homecoming.
The Houston Lions Club will host its 23rd annual fish fry this Sunday.
The event is 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Houston Area Chamber of Commerce Fairgrounds on North U.S. The meal will include fried fish, French fries, beans, coleslaw dessert and drink. To go meals will also be available. Tickets may be purchased at any Lions Club member or at Romines Motor Co., Community Bank, Landmark Bank or contact President Robert Rouse, Everett Ramsey or Don Shelhammer.
This is the Lions Club largest fundraiser and proceeds are used to only support Lions Club charities such as Saving Sight, Leader Dogs for the Blind and Lions Club International Foundation and also used for a variety of community activities.
The Houston Lions Club is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year in conjunction with Lions Club International’s 100th anniversary. Lions Club International has set a goal of assisting 100 million people worldwide in the areas of vision, hunger, youth and environment. The Houston club is participating locally in all four of the targeted areas and plans to continue even more service projects in the coming year.
The Lions will also be collecting at the door old eyeglasses to be distributed to Third World countries by Lions Club International.