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A happy occasion was celebrated Friday, Jan. 29th at the Rachel Gale home on Ea3t 3rd Street in Moulton. Mrs. Gale, who makes her home with her daughters, Myrtle Singley and Mildred Gale, observed her 95th birthday at that time.Her daughters had arranged a small party for her. In the above picture (helping Mrs. Gale blow out the candles on her cake) can be seen (left to right) Fairy Wright, Margaret Cowell, Maude Mansfield, Mrs. Gale, Ada Wright and' Inez Davis.Born Rachel Ellen Reed on Jan. 29, 1876/she was raised on a farm west of Moulton on what is now known as tho Glen Jacobs farm. In her early years she attended the Hughes school and Otterbein church. Her hobby has always been horses. In those days they had to break the colts for riding and she was the one to tame them. In her later years, Mrs. Galo substitut-However, this too, fell by the wayside about two years ago.She was married to Abraham Lincoln Gale on Aug. 25, 1893. They were the parents of seven children, three of whom are still living. They are Oliver Gale of Centerville, Myrtle Singley and Mildred Gale.As can be expected she has many interesting memories of bygone days. Of particuar interest to her was the making of soap. In those days she says people did not have to worry about their clothes being white for they made their own soap out of lye from wood ashes and lard or meat cracklings. Also they always boiled their clothes and they were always snow white and germ free.She recalls many things that have changed in her lifetime. For instance, the coming of the first automobile In Moulton owned by Bill Willett. It was hazardous for a horse and bug-driver had to get a firm hold on his horse, or he would find himself careening down the road behind a thoroughly frightened horse. She can remember the assassination of threo presidents: Garfield, McKinley ar.d Kennedy. It is interesting to note that at the time the radio was introduced her husband told her that some day we will press a button and be able to see a picture on the wall! And now, today, nothing is more popular in the American home than TV.Mrs. Gale’s years span the era in time from the wagon trains to Apollo 14. She has seen the coming of all mechanized aids to farmers and industry; the coming of radio, television, the widespread use of electricty; and the use of the train, car, and airplane to replace her favorites tho horse. We wonder what she and her favorite pony would think of the massive rocket now propelling three men to
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Moulton Weekly Tribune
Moulton, Iowa, US
Thu, Feb 04, 1971
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