eliza eiza H howes 0 es Is excellent gardner at age 76 cares for own garden and makes fine exhibit at county fair eliza howes who on september 23 was 76 year of age planted her own awn garden watered and weeded it and made an outstanding exhibit at the county fair this year according to ray burtenshaw county agent mrs howes has cared for her garden since her husbands death three years ago this year she had a neighbor her garden spot but she leveled it by hand using a hand rake she planted the seed and weeded and watered the plot throughout the summer she neier never missed an irrigation turn even when it was in the middle of the night she exhibited her produce at the county fair and came away blue two red ribbons her exhibits included black hubbard squash cabbage corn onions and potatoes eliza eliza howes is is practically a lifelong resident of marysvale Marys vale and vicinity as she came to thompsonville Thomp sonville at the age of 16 where she lived for 20 years she and her husband john howes then hen moved to marysvale Marys vale where she has lived for 40 years they built the old marysvale Marys vale hotel now used as an apartment building Uil ding and several homes in in that part of town the old hotel did a big business during the mining boom in in marysvale Marys vale mr lowes howes used to buy cattle and lutcher butcher them for the mining c camps a amps mrs howes has five children mrs pearl gibbs and otho and elbert delbert howes of marysvale Marys vale melvin howes of bakersfield california and sadie lund of mo apa nevada 16 grand children 24 great grandchildren and one great reat great grandchild