Husband of Bessie Pearl (Perry) Stringer.
Son of Justice John Stringer and Harriet Marie Joy

The Twin City Ice & Storage Co., of Kennewick, established in 1908 by M. H. Church and Howard Clarence Stringer. They erected additional buildings in 1913 for juice processing. About 20,000 gallons of grape juice and 2,000 gallons of apple cider were made the first year and stored in glass in refrigerated rooms in the cold storage plant. The company was reorganized and in 1915 the Church Company was awarded gold medals, the highest awards for quality grape juice at both the San Francisco and San Diego expositions. Mr. Church predicted in 1918 that 'it stands to reason that it is possible to produce a grape juice in this locality that is unsurpassed anywhere in the United States, if not in the world,' according to history records in the museum."

Howard also owned the Weiser Ice & Cold Storage company on Idaho Street. He had ice picks made that were wooden handled and squared off on four sides. One side said in red letters, "Weiser Ice & Cold Storage Co. Phone 240. One side said in black lettering, "Save Food Flavor Honey With Ice." One side, again in red letters said, "A block of ice never gets out of order." The last side in black letters said, "Moss Rose Velvet Ice Cream." Gertrude, his daughter, said that Howard named the ice cream. One of these ice picks came into the possession of his granddaughter, Christie in June 2003.

In the box with the ice pick was the following note which described how the sender came into possession of the ice pick by writing:
"June 2, 2003
Christine:
For what it is worth, I am telling you where I got this ice pick.
We lived in an apt. in Weiser, in 1991. It was an old house that had been turned into 2 apts. It is located on "Idaho st." It is a big corner lot with a shared driveway with the people next door. I think it was in the "400" block. There is a shop connected to the garage and one day I went looking to see what was there. I found these ice picks. I had 4 but must have given the rest away to who ever needed one. It seems as tho the people who lived there years ago must have had the ice house. Could this have been where your father lived when he had the ice house?" The answer to both questions was a resounding yes and that the Moss Rose ice cream was her father's favorite.