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MARY CLOWSER HCELEBRATES HER24TH BIRTHDAYt continued from page on**)11k* scenery and camping mil.” shesa i lt;I.In describing ourl.v Chariton asf'UldoAsgovt]'Vo'Si 1a ’Valf pasture.” Mrs. dowser ox-S,liho I1«inDi\V(nomJcr !be 11!’S’I*IrISPf)plain**'! llii'l there were low homos lor liusiiioss places ho*re during herjlt; youth. Tho court house was built III* logs, and was located on I ho onstjvh side of the squuve near where tho * 1 »lt; M‘iii st ml Atwell store is n nw sit -ualed. There wrvo a low other j buildings seatiered around the * square, hut not many.f ha i iton did not. have a single he church sn that lime, according tojth | tin pioneer woman. Tho lone j hr ischool house stood where tin* Hap-j 11•• t parsonage is now located, and church services were held there tinSunday. Later a petition for funds to erect a church was circulated, and it. was ereeted near the southwest corner of tin* square.Outstanding in tlio memory of Mrs. dowser concerning her youth in Lucas county nre the lug house* in which she lived, and the total eclipse* it' the* sun.4*I will always remember that, idny.” she said. “Suddenly, in the afternoon. the sky was overcast, and ii was almost like night. Tho chickens went in roost, and the cows came tip from the pasture's. We children were very much frightened until mother explained the spectacle.”Her first, husband was Janies Cobb. He enlisted with the Southern forces during the civil war, was reported to have boon held in ( prison camps, hut was never heard from after the end of tin* fighting, lie* is believed to have been killed in battle.Sin* was later married to John L. Clowser. She has four children, K] Cold) of Hassell. Mrs. Florence Childs of Moulton, Mrs. Jessie McClure of Woodburn, and Hnrrv j Clowser of Chariton. In spite of her advanced age, she easily conducts (lie household of her sonhere. Tho only handicap of herage, she says, is her inn hi lily to remember incidents of later years. “Hemethues 1 start to tell some-i tiling, and forget, what it was before 1 get through.” she says. Shefinds little difficulty in bringing to memory things that happened during her childhood, however.One of the outstanding incidents in her late life was the occasion upon which Klmer Oookin of Chariton saved her from being badly burned. ”T had been burning some rubbish in the hack yard, atul thought, that Hie fire was completely out. A spark reached my dress, however, and il commenced tlt; r|Jllmrn. Klnior Oookin happened to be passing, and immediately run to the pump where a bucket of water sijfttul aijd tossed it over me.” Mr. ObHltln4s'a distant, relative of Mrs.lt; 'iowsor.Mrs. Clowser has been very fortunate with fires and rescues. On another occasion she lighted an oil lamp in order to smoke a piece ofya-dgtTCV1sle(lt;10*si-r t len~ShitiyM-crs-tyheryic.M1, itu’kIS-k’o-*0-ashetn-j glass for viewing a partial eclipsenia-*0-Itvlaiic.he(■!’ {In* stin. She wont into the yard, leaving I lie lamp in the pantry, and a fire started there. It was put out by a mail carrier who was passing the house. She hits lived in Chariton for twenty-seven years. Her husband died here several years ago.{0) Life has not lost interest, for Mrs.j Clowser. She enjoys having visit-,1H!ors. bustles about to assure their 11 i comforts, and insists t hut they re-;turn again. “So imuiy of them say. 'j*- *1 will come back, grandma’, but they don't. I don’t want you to be that wav,” sin* warned, as her nests departed.to*rstondf r
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Chariton Herald Patriot
Chariton, Iowa, US
Thu, Dec 15, 1932
Page 10
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