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Wake Forest Feb 17-Capt B D I owler oldest Wake Forest College alumnus will celebrate his 100th birthday tomorromiddotw He is actually one year older than the college itshyself III a recent letter to Presishydent Thurman lJ_ Kitchin from Dumiddot ar te Cal where he resides the old gentleman at tributed his lonievity and happiness to hard work modshyerat eating and applieation of the Golden Rllle

The centenarian is the 188t of his seVen classmates ho graduated here in 1857_ The r ecords show that as commencement speaker that year he delivered an oration on Republican- I iam He Ilti1l is tn good health and walks without a cane

Mr Fowler has lived in the West for over 60 yean having gone there as a Ichool t eacher Boon after gradu ation mil interests Roon turned to f ruit growing and in thilt business he reared a large family who han become prosperous ranch men and businesa men of 1I0uthern California Volunteering for service at the outbreak of t he Civil War ~r Fowshyler after ix mont hs had become a captain He aerved under General ritzhugh Lee and was with Stoneshywall J acklona soldiers the night he was shot It was not until the next mornin g when another general W88 in command hi letter ran that we knew Jackeon had been killed

Fowler H D

AN INTERE3TL1G ALUMlruS

The following is an extract from a letter te lling of Mr Fowler

It may interest you to know that an uncle of mine and a graduate of Wake Forest College class of 1857 (1) Capt H D Fowler Duarte aliornia ~i ~l be one hundred years old on February 28 1932

At the outbreak of the Civil 1ar my uncle entered the Confederate Army a second ieutenant in Company I First U C egshyiment which forme a part of D H Hill s Dishyvision and advanced to Captain of his co~pany He took part in the Seven Days Battle around Richmond and was in the thick of it at ~lvern Hill He also served under Fitzhugh- Lee ~ His divisi n and Jackson s were t ogether at the time of the latters death and he says that he heard the shot that killed Jackson He was in prison in Fortress Monroe f or nearly two years bef ore the cl ose of the war (Here he was put on starva- tion rations The half rations consisted of a small portion of mush and two pickles for proshytection against scurvy The man who had the con- tract to furnish the pickles did not cure them ~roperly They were merely cucumbers soaked in Sa l t water and the off i cers were unable to eat them Two thirds of the prisoners here died )

Following the war Capt Fowler joined the westward movement and emigrated fi rst to Arkansas and then to California whe r e he enshytered the fruitgrowing industry and developed large interests He has always been a loyal Baptist and has given l iberally to the support of the University of Red l ands the denominttional college in h i s adopted state He has reared a la r ge family and they are all well-to-do and progressive ranchrlen and business men of Southern California---

MONROVIA CALiF FRIDAY OCTOBER 21 1932 X

~ - =t-Widespread Fame When City Bank Uses I Portrait to A d v e r t i se Thrift Advice I --- - I

I

for advertising and obtained tlJl Pion eel Ranchels Filst Ac I advic~ above ~uoted f rom the I count Handled by Sartori I captain when his lOoth birthday

The C -h Th middot Ct was celebrated here February 28 n as lei In IS I Y Ithis year

Suggestion Accepted

Fame is being thrust upon Capt J Ml Ellerys suggestion was acshyll D Fowle centenarian ~nd Icepted by the bank f or posters and pionc(r Duarte-Monrovia resident these p~oved so successful that use Thrift and sound economic judge of the l~ea III newspapers followshym(nt (dilJphryerf hy Capt 1 ler ~ maklll-fapt Fowler one of during the past 100 years are be 1t1i widfHt knowlI men in the iLexploitd by the 1JtoNr~Jitrat and National bank as middot examPles to b~ capt PtlW1l1l followed daugltlr Lizzie in Duarte where

The bank had printed an ornatp two llonR Joe and Carrol a1110 reshyposter with pen portrait of the side Anothcr son Hardiman pioneer made on his lOOth birth- lives in San l~e11lando Family day last February Biief lIynoP8i~ r eunions are of frequent occurshyof his life is given with the added ances and lIeldom a week goes bl information t~at (~apt Fowler he- that ~ 11 members of the) family cam~ a depOSitor In the Monrovia 1~lftIr- thr~ gnntd- -lughterashybank when it was opened in 1887 and three grandsons who visit the

~

for advertising and obtained thE I Pion eel Ranchers FiIst Ac- ~ Iadvic~ above quoted from thE

durinlaquo the past ing exploitd by the Security-First National bank

count Handled by Sartori captam when his lOOth birthday Th C -h Th Ct was celebra ted here February 28

en as leI In IS I Y Ithis year Suggestion Accepted

Fame if being thrust upon Capt MI Ellerys suggestion was aeshy1I D FowlE rentenarinn lind cepted by the bank for posters and pioneer Duarte-Monrovia lesident these proved so successful that use Thrift and sound economic jud of the idea in newspapers followshy

hy Capt F fer ed making Capt Fowler one of

100 years are be- ~ widel-lt known men in he ilu hhmd

as example to br _t Fowler res ides with his followed OItugJtfr Lizzie in Duarte where

The bank had printed an ornategt t wo Ronll Joe and Carrol a lllo reshyposter wi th pen portrait of the sidc Another son Hardiman pioneer made on his lOOth birth- lives in San Fel1lando Family day last February Brief lIynopli r eunions ale of frequtnt occurshyof his life is given with the added a nce and seldom a week goes bv information t hat Capt Fowler he- th a ll mfmbers of the ) family came a depositor in the Monrovia In 19 tltnc -jlaltl ~aulJhtera bank when it was opened in 1887 and three grandsons who visit the

These potlters have been placed patriarch on easels prominently in the lob- Capt Fowler haR been a liCeshybie of 127 branches of the Se- long member of the Baptist church curity-First National hank In and a democrat since he first took addition the portrait with ae- interest in politics He still is acshycompanying information is being Itive in parey councils where hi ~ used in newspapr advcrtising cov-I advice is often sought on tate and ering the Southland t nati-lmal policies as well as on af

bull d fairs oC thi s city F Iower s A nce Capt Fowlers advice is givell

as follows Eveyone should save I regularly StEady saving leads to I pea(p contentment long life and happiness Dont spend more tha you earn is just as good advice I today as it was 100 years ago

Duartes pioneer Ianchel located I on his orange grove in 1882 after I he had the trees set out while he I lived at Downey He came to ~olltlern California in 1870 for hig health from NOIth Carolina Th~ I

ideal lc tting for a ranch home ofshyferpd hy the Monlovia-Duade lo shycation was oi covered by the cap shytain after he had been ~ve rai

I years in th is section - The discovshyery led to action and he has takerla leading part ill the public affahmiddottI of the orang-e bplt district s ince

Healt With Sar tori I Capta in r~owl(l recalled that he opened his Ravings account with I

the First National bank of Monro-I viII and dfalt personally with J 1 I Sartori The bank ig 110W part of the Security-First I_National syshytern one of thc largest in the counmiddot try and Mr Sar tori who was then cashier in Monrovia is now presshyident of the enti re lys tem

These facts were learned by W J Ellery aRsiRtant vice plesiden t in charge of Monrovia branches He is an ardent student of pioneer I days winning quite a reputation as antiquarian wi th special refer shyence t o this district He urged the bank to make use of the story of Capt Fowle s long patronage

Fowler H D

AN INTERE3TL1G ALUMlruS

The following is an extract from a letter te lling of Mr Fowler

It may interest you to know that an uncle of mine and a graduate of Wake Forest College class of 1857 (1) Capt H D Fowler Duarte aliornia ~i ~l be one hundred years old on February 28 1932

At the outbreak of the Civil 1ar my uncle entered the Confederate Army a second ieutenant in Company I First U C egshyiment which forme a part of D H Hill s Dishyvision and advanced to Captain of his co~pany He took part in the Seven Days Battle around Richmond and was in the thick of it at ~lvern Hill He also served under Fitzhugh- Lee ~ His divisi n and Jackson s were t ogether at the time of the latters death and he says that he heard the shot that killed Jackson He was in prison in Fortress Monroe f or nearly two years bef ore the cl ose of the war (Here he was put on starva- tion rations The half rations consisted of a small portion of mush and two pickles for proshytection against scurvy The man who had the con- tract to furnish the pickles did not cure them ~roperly They were merely cucumbers soaked in Sa l t water and the off i cers were unable to eat them Two thirds of the prisoners here died )

Following the war Capt Fowler joined the westward movement and emigrated fi rst to Arkansas and then to California whe r e he enshytered the fruitgrowing industry and developed large interests He has always been a loyal Baptist and has given l iberally to the support of the University of Red l ands the denominttional college in h i s adopted state He has reared a la r ge family and they are all well-to-do and progressive ranchrlen and business men of Southern California---

MONROVIA CALiF FRIDAY OCTOBER 21 1932 X

~ - =t-Widespread Fame When City Bank Uses I Portrait to A d v e r t i se Thrift Advice I --- - I

I

for advertising and obtained tlJl Pion eel Ranchels Filst Ac I advic~ above ~uoted f rom the I count Handled by Sartori I captain when his lOoth birthday

The C -h Th middot Ct was celebrated here February 28 n as lei In IS I Y Ithis year

Suggestion Accepted

Fame is being thrust upon Capt J Ml Ellerys suggestion was acshyll D Fowle centenarian ~nd Icepted by the bank f or posters and pionc(r Duarte-Monrovia resident these p~oved so successful that use Thrift and sound economic judge of the l~ea III newspapers followshym(nt (dilJphryerf hy Capt 1 ler ~ maklll-fapt Fowler one of during the past 100 years are be 1t1i widfHt knowlI men in the iLexploitd by the 1JtoNr~Jitrat and National bank as middot examPles to b~ capt PtlW1l1l followed daugltlr Lizzie in Duarte where

The bank had printed an ornatp two llonR Joe and Carrol a1110 reshyposter with pen portrait of the side Anothcr son Hardiman pioneer made on his lOOth birth- lives in San l~e11lando Family day last February Biief lIynoP8i~ r eunions are of frequent occurshyof his life is given with the added ances and lIeldom a week goes bl information t~at (~apt Fowler he- that ~ 11 members of the) family cam~ a depOSitor In the Monrovia 1~lftIr- thr~ gnntd- -lughterashybank when it was opened in 1887 and three grandsons who visit the

~

for advertising and obtained thE I Pion eel Ranchers FiIst Ac- ~ Iadvic~ above quoted from thE

durinlaquo the past ing exploitd by the Security-First National bank

count Handled by Sartori captam when his lOOth birthday Th C -h Th Ct was celebra ted here February 28

en as leI In IS I Y Ithis year Suggestion Accepted

Fame if being thrust upon Capt MI Ellerys suggestion was aeshy1I D FowlE rentenarinn lind cepted by the bank for posters and pioneer Duarte-Monrovia lesident these proved so successful that use Thrift and sound economic jud of the idea in newspapers followshy

hy Capt F fer ed making Capt Fowler one of

100 years are be- ~ widel-lt known men in he ilu hhmd

as example to br _t Fowler res ides with his followed OItugJtfr Lizzie in Duarte where

The bank had printed an ornategt t wo Ronll Joe and Carrol a lllo reshyposter wi th pen portrait of the sidc Another son Hardiman pioneer made on his lOOth birth- lives in San Fel1lando Family day last February Brief lIynopli r eunions ale of frequtnt occurshyof his life is given with the added a nce and seldom a week goes bv information t hat Capt Fowler he- th a ll mfmbers of the ) family came a depositor in the Monrovia In 19 tltnc -jlaltl ~aulJhtera bank when it was opened in 1887 and three grandsons who visit the

These potlters have been placed patriarch on easels prominently in the lob- Capt Fowler haR been a liCeshybie of 127 branches of the Se- long member of the Baptist church curity-First National hank In and a democrat since he first took addition the portrait with ae- interest in politics He still is acshycompanying information is being Itive in parey councils where hi ~ used in newspapr advcrtising cov-I advice is often sought on tate and ering the Southland t nati-lmal policies as well as on af

bull d fairs oC thi s city F Iower s A nce Capt Fowlers advice is givell

as follows Eveyone should save I regularly StEady saving leads to I pea(p contentment long life and happiness Dont spend more tha you earn is just as good advice I today as it was 100 years ago

Duartes pioneer Ianchel located I on his orange grove in 1882 after I he had the trees set out while he I lived at Downey He came to ~olltlern California in 1870 for hig health from NOIth Carolina Th~ I

ideal lc tting for a ranch home ofshyferpd hy the Monlovia-Duade lo shycation was oi covered by the cap shytain after he had been ~ve rai

I years in th is section - The discovshyery led to action and he has takerla leading part ill the public affahmiddottI of the orang-e bplt district s ince

Healt With Sar tori I Capta in r~owl(l recalled that he opened his Ravings account with I

the First National bank of Monro-I viII and dfalt personally with J 1 I Sartori The bank ig 110W part of the Security-First I_National syshytern one of thc largest in the counmiddot try and Mr Sar tori who was then cashier in Monrovia is now presshyident of the enti re lys tem

These facts were learned by W J Ellery aRsiRtant vice plesiden t in charge of Monrovia branches He is an ardent student of pioneer I days winning quite a reputation as antiquarian wi th special refer shyence t o this district He urged the bank to make use of the story of Capt Fowle s long patronage

MONROVIA CALiF FRIDAY OCTOBER 21 1932 X

~ - =t-Widespread Fame When City Bank Uses I Portrait to A d v e r t i se Thrift Advice I --- - I

I

for advertising and obtained tlJl Pion eel Ranchels Filst Ac I advic~ above ~uoted f rom the I count Handled by Sartori I captain when his lOoth birthday

The C -h Th middot Ct was celebrated here February 28 n as lei In IS I Y Ithis year

Suggestion Accepted

Fame is being thrust upon Capt J Ml Ellerys suggestion was acshyll D Fowle centenarian ~nd Icepted by the bank f or posters and pionc(r Duarte-Monrovia resident these p~oved so successful that use Thrift and sound economic judge of the l~ea III newspapers followshym(nt (dilJphryerf hy Capt 1 ler ~ maklll-fapt Fowler one of during the past 100 years are be 1t1i widfHt knowlI men in the iLexploitd by the 1JtoNr~Jitrat and National bank as middot examPles to b~ capt PtlW1l1l followed daugltlr Lizzie in Duarte where

The bank had printed an ornatp two llonR Joe and Carrol a1110 reshyposter with pen portrait of the side Anothcr son Hardiman pioneer made on his lOOth birth- lives in San l~e11lando Family day last February Biief lIynoP8i~ r eunions are of frequent occurshyof his life is given with the added ances and lIeldom a week goes bl information t~at (~apt Fowler he- that ~ 11 members of the) family cam~ a depOSitor In the Monrovia 1~lftIr- thr~ gnntd- -lughterashybank when it was opened in 1887 and three grandsons who visit the

~

for advertising and obtained thE I Pion eel Ranchers FiIst Ac- ~ Iadvic~ above quoted from thE

durinlaquo the past ing exploitd by the Security-First National bank

count Handled by Sartori captam when his lOOth birthday Th C -h Th Ct was celebra ted here February 28

en as leI In IS I Y Ithis year Suggestion Accepted

Fame if being thrust upon Capt MI Ellerys suggestion was aeshy1I D FowlE rentenarinn lind cepted by the bank for posters and pioneer Duarte-Monrovia lesident these proved so successful that use Thrift and sound economic jud of the idea in newspapers followshy

hy Capt F fer ed making Capt Fowler one of

100 years are be- ~ widel-lt known men in he ilu hhmd

as example to br _t Fowler res ides with his followed OItugJtfr Lizzie in Duarte where

The bank had printed an ornategt t wo Ronll Joe and Carrol a lllo reshyposter wi th pen portrait of the sidc Another son Hardiman pioneer made on his lOOth birth- lives in San Fel1lando Family day last February Brief lIynopli r eunions ale of frequtnt occurshyof his life is given with the added a nce and seldom a week goes bv information t hat Capt Fowler he- th a ll mfmbers of the ) family came a depositor in the Monrovia In 19 tltnc -jlaltl ~aulJhtera bank when it was opened in 1887 and three grandsons who visit the

These potlters have been placed patriarch on easels prominently in the lob- Capt Fowler haR been a liCeshybie of 127 branches of the Se- long member of the Baptist church curity-First National hank In and a democrat since he first took addition the portrait with ae- interest in politics He still is acshycompanying information is being Itive in parey councils where hi ~ used in newspapr advcrtising cov-I advice is often sought on tate and ering the Southland t nati-lmal policies as well as on af

bull d fairs oC thi s city F Iower s A nce Capt Fowlers advice is givell

as follows Eveyone should save I regularly StEady saving leads to I pea(p contentment long life and happiness Dont spend more tha you earn is just as good advice I today as it was 100 years ago

Duartes pioneer Ianchel located I on his orange grove in 1882 after I he had the trees set out while he I lived at Downey He came to ~olltlern California in 1870 for hig health from NOIth Carolina Th~ I

ideal lc tting for a ranch home ofshyferpd hy the Monlovia-Duade lo shycation was oi covered by the cap shytain after he had been ~ve rai

I years in th is section - The discovshyery led to action and he has takerla leading part ill the public affahmiddottI of the orang-e bplt district s ince

Healt With Sar tori I Capta in r~owl(l recalled that he opened his Ravings account with I

the First National bank of Monro-I viII and dfalt personally with J 1 I Sartori The bank ig 110W part of the Security-First I_National syshytern one of thc largest in the counmiddot try and Mr Sar tori who was then cashier in Monrovia is now presshyident of the enti re lys tem

These facts were learned by W J Ellery aRsiRtant vice plesiden t in charge of Monrovia branches He is an ardent student of pioneer I days winning quite a reputation as antiquarian wi th special refer shyence t o this district He urged the bank to make use of the story of Capt Fowle s long patronage

for advertising and obtained thE I Pion eel Ranchers FiIst Ac- ~ Iadvic~ above quoted from thE

durinlaquo the past ing exploitd by the Security-First National bank

count Handled by Sartori captam when his lOOth birthday Th C -h Th Ct was celebra ted here February 28

en as leI In IS I Y Ithis year Suggestion Accepted

Fame if being thrust upon Capt MI Ellerys suggestion was aeshy1I D FowlE rentenarinn lind cepted by the bank for posters and pioneer Duarte-Monrovia lesident these proved so successful that use Thrift and sound economic jud of the idea in newspapers followshy

hy Capt F fer ed making Capt Fowler one of

100 years are be- ~ widel-lt known men in he ilu hhmd

as example to br _t Fowler res ides with his followed OItugJtfr Lizzie in Duarte where

The bank had printed an ornategt t wo Ronll Joe and Carrol a lllo reshyposter wi th pen portrait of the sidc Another son Hardiman pioneer made on his lOOth birth- lives in San Fel1lando Family day last February Brief lIynopli r eunions ale of frequtnt occurshyof his life is given with the added a nce and seldom a week goes bv information t hat Capt Fowler he- th a ll mfmbers of the ) family came a depositor in the Monrovia In 19 tltnc -jlaltl ~aulJhtera bank when it was opened in 1887 and three grandsons who visit the

These potlters have been placed patriarch on easels prominently in the lob- Capt Fowler haR been a liCeshybie of 127 branches of the Se- long member of the Baptist church curity-First National hank In and a democrat since he first took addition the portrait with ae- interest in politics He still is acshycompanying information is being Itive in parey councils where hi ~ used in newspapr advcrtising cov-I advice is often sought on tate and ering the Southland t nati-lmal policies as well as on af

bull d fairs oC thi s city F Iower s A nce Capt Fowlers advice is givell

as follows Eveyone should save I regularly StEady saving leads to I pea(p contentment long life and happiness Dont spend more tha you earn is just as good advice I today as it was 100 years ago

Duartes pioneer Ianchel located I on his orange grove in 1882 after I he had the trees set out while he I lived at Downey He came to ~olltlern California in 1870 for hig health from NOIth Carolina Th~ I

ideal lc tting for a ranch home ofshyferpd hy the Monlovia-Duade lo shycation was oi covered by the cap shytain after he had been ~ve rai

I years in th is section - The discovshyery led to action and he has takerla leading part ill the public affahmiddottI of the orang-e bplt district s ince

Healt With Sar tori I Capta in r~owl(l recalled that he opened his Ravings account with I

the First National bank of Monro-I viII and dfalt personally with J 1 I Sartori The bank ig 110W part of the Security-First I_National syshytern one of thc largest in the counmiddot try and Mr Sar tori who was then cashier in Monrovia is now presshyident of the enti re lys tem

These facts were learned by W J Ellery aRsiRtant vice plesiden t in charge of Monrovia branches He is an ardent student of pioneer I days winning quite a reputation as antiquarian wi th special refer shyence t o this district He urged the bank to make use of the story of Capt Fowle s long patronage

1 ~~=~=o-=--o--------W F ALUMNUS 100

GIVES THRIFT ADVICE

bullSECNUTY-FIRST NATIONAL BANK OFI~OSAN6ELES TR U ~ TC O MMeRCI A L S A V IN G S

FIR ST MONROVIA BRANCH

5 3 4 SOUTH MYRTLE

MONROVIA CA IUORNIA

Oct 5 1932

Capt H D Fowler Duarte bull Calif

Dear Capt Fowler

iVe would like to have you come in sometime soon and see the lobby picture which we are now using and on which we show your picture and quote your savings motto

This poster i s now on displ al in 125 or our branches from San Luis Obispo to the I mperial Valley and as far east as Fresno Your picture will also appear in ~ Los Angeles dailies soon

Come over and take a good look at yourself

~incere11 yours

Picture of Oapt H D Fowler Featured in PaciAc Ooalt

Dailies

Wake Forest Nov t-Captain H Fowler 100-year-old aiumno of Wake Forest College who resides at Durte California was the subject (It front-page copy for some Pacificmiddot coast dailies this week in an aJlmiddot Iouneement that a chain of Weltern tanks was using his photograpb ana an account of bis thrift in an admiddot vtfrtisement through its 127 branche ampcattered throughout the Southwest I and West coast

Captain Fowlus advice is as felmiddot lows Everyone ahould lave rep larly steady saving leads to peace I contentment long life and ItsPpimiddot n(88 Dont spend more than you earn ill just ampII fOod adviee today a~ it was 100 yeas ago

The centennarian received bis II Baehelor I)f Art deilee from Wake

lrorest in 1857 Soon after rradultioD he went West in qu~st of hoalth and from all appearanees he ound it

I J Ellery Asst Vi ce President

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