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The cabin. bui in 18C9, has boon In Family, children stick close to home Descendants make sure Hooper street keeps Its unofficial Towers name By LORETTA PARK Slandvo Ejumny conrnptmdmn HOOPER - This family on a street in for more than 100 years. It began in a small cabin that still stands. Two sons of the eight children raised in that cabin built their homes next one-roo- m to it. Ronald Fowers, 63, is the fourth generation living on the same land farmed by his greatgrandfather. Jesse Fowers, builder of the cabin. Ronald's nephew, Erie Smith, is the fifth generation. He lives in the home Ronald was born and raised in. The house Ronald lives in with his wife Mary Jo, where they raised their five children, Arwas built by his great-uncl- e, thur David Fowers. The home he was bom and raised in was built by his grandfather, Joseph Fowers. The Smith family moved in 10 years ago and restored the home. This was the house all the grandkids came to see grandma. I just love that place, Smith said. Both homes date back to the late 1890s. Both homes have walls 12 inches in thickness, constructed of bricks molded out of clay from a nearby field. Each wall has its own foundation made from rocks hauled from Little Mountain, Ronald said. And the plaster on the walls was originally made from a sand bank near the Great Salt Lake. It was not until the late 1930s that electricity and plumbing were added to the homes. Ronald remembers when it happened but said he was not excited because frost. However, an early frost is a sure thing in Farmington, where the Farmington Performing Arts presents two plays next week. The first production, Early Frost, is a bit scary and relates the life of a little girl who never matures. Its kind of freaky, said Jo Ann Callahan, who heads the citys Performing Arts group. The other production, Frankenstein Slept Here, is right in tune with the upcoming Hallow- een season. This comedy has kept the cast in stitches as they are rehearsing. The two productions will be Far-- , mington City Hall, 130 North t. Main. The curtain is at 7 p.m. and tickets are $3 a person. If you attend Oct. 3 or 4, plan to come hungry. Pizza will be sold those evenings. On Oct. 6 and 7, there will be performances only. "Reservations can be made 451-500- 3. Eric Smith, a member of the fifth generation from Jesse Fowers family, who built a cabin in Hooper more than 1 00 years ago -- I wasn't too old. Only four or five." An old photograph shows Arthur Fowers and his family in front of the home before the new front entrance was added. Most of his family still live here in Hooper," Ronald said. Around the outside of the home are old farming implements that still work, like the com hullcr. Ronald slipped a cob of com in the machine, turned the crank and off the seeds popped, depositing the cob in a bin. The front entrance, which covers the original front entrance, was added sometime in the 1940s. The archway of the old front entrance divides the formal living room from the family room. Ivy covers the front part of the home. Mary Jo, a master gardener, said she tried four or five times to get the ivy to grow. Once it gets going, it doesn't stop, she added. Now Ronald wants to tear some of it down, because its trying to get inside their house. The Fowers also have covered their hardwood floors with carpet because it was so cold on their childrens feet. A few years ago they remodeled the bathroom. But they did not get rid of the old, large bathtub. You just cant find them that big, Mary Jo said. Smith added one more bathroom to his home when he began remodeling it. With six kids, you have to, he said. When Ronald and Mary Jo were married in 1963, they lived in a home to the north of the Smiths' home. Now their son. Thane Fowers, and his family live there. That house is not as old as the other two. Aflcr a few years, Ronald and Mary Jo, moved into their house. Telephone service was a party line with 12 households using one line. My heavenly days, you never said anything you did not want anyone to know, Mary Jo said. - Mary Jo said neighbors and family still talk about the sleep-ove- rs hosted in the three bedrooms upstairs. And with members of the Fowers family living up and down the street, it was unofficially known as Fowers Street, Ronald said. The' Smiths also did some remodeling and restoration, which began when they tore up the old carpet in their home and put in hardwood floors. Ceilings came down either by man or nature. Smith recalls one night waking up to a crash that made a natural skylight over the stairs. The roof soon was replaced. The Smiths also put in new heating, electricity and plumbing in their home. They took down the ceilings put up in the 1950s, bringing the rooms to their original size. They restored all the woodwork around the doors and (he floor, as well as opening (he transoms above the doors. The Smiths still have (he original front of their home. But the back has been changed several times over the years. What used to be another building where meat was hung and ice was kept is now the family room. A garage also was added to the home 40 years ago. Smith said. Both Smith and the Fowers said it is fun living in the homes of their ancestors and hope that their children someday and grandchildren will want to keep Fowers Street alive. To Be A Pain In The Neck I, Or Back! grandchildren. On the west wall are portraits of Jesse and Sarah, as well as their son Her her bowers, who died in World War I, and Ron's grandparents, Joseph and Mary Ann l owers. and un- - ) LAYTON HILIS BAPTIST 1332 N. Hill Field Rd., 544-242- r Arizona Ronald and Mary Jo said there are probably between 3,000 and 4,000 descendants now. Each of the eight children raised large families, and each of their children have large families, Mary Jo said. and Sarah's son, George Henry Fowers. It now hangs on the east wall. Ronald and Mary Jo try to from another claimed to be part of Jesse and Sjrah's dcsccndcnts. A neighbor called Mary Jo and asked her if she wanted a portrait she found in her attic. It turned out to be one of Jesse's Morning Services 9:00 6i 10:15 im Nursery Provided Sunday School 9:00 & 10:15 am Looking for a new church home? Come to First United Methodist Come Home 6 CHURCHL. Layton UT CLOSE TO THE EASE. CASUAL PRESS SUNDAY SCHOOL 0:45 AM BIBLE STUPY FOR ALL AGES MORNING WORSHIP It AM A BLENP OF TRA PITIONA L & CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP STYLES EVENING 5IBLE STUDY 7:00 PM An Exciting, Informal Study In Acta Revs. Mike & Terri Hubbard Join us on our Faith Journey PrechinGodWordJfiJesusimJ TeachingjSc COMMUNITY UNITED Rev. Dr. Douglas Slaughter, Pastor Pastor Rev. 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Two plays set stage in Farmington staged Oct. 3, 4, 6 and 7 at This was the house all the grancUcids came to sec - CUAB0IH5 Iht HOMtfROKT; Addmg onto an od buck house a because of toe bnckwas that run from toundahon to roof, tx4 too Fowers family did odd a front tong room to toe Hooper home, and their (tog uses mo 'new' front stop to keep an eyo on the front yard. One of Mary Jo's favorites is a washing machine that is no big ger than a large pot It has a pad die in it and is operated by turn ing a crank. the Fowers family lA tw juort'JMM imww You wonder if they had been used on tlte Salt Lake Temple," he said as he held each one up. Ronald and Ma7 Jo Fowers stand continuously since t was built. rjl . , .i&x ihey bought at garage sales. auc lions and antique stores. One of Ron's favorites is a tool bos filled with stone cutting tools a woman gave him in Salt Lake City. 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