Centenarian Laughs At Coffee Bugaboo


	A newspaper article from an unknown newspaper in St.
	Joe, Arkansas on Sept. 9, 1932.Bessie Jones Poe had
	saved this article and wrote on the top Grandpa Owens
	sister.  Bessie is the grand daughter of Jasper Newton
	Newt Owens who is Caroline Owens Arnolds brother.

	Barbara Poe Petersen Hemmer (daughter of Bessie) gave
	this article to me, Connie Wallukait, (granddaughter of
	Bessie) June 2005. {image of this article is in my files
	which includes a picture of Caroline}

	Picture of Caroline Owen Arnold:
	http://www.usgwarchives.net/ar/searcy/photos/
	carolinearnold.jpg


	* Note:  this article states that Caroline married
	William in 1855 but this is incorrect.  Caroline married
	William in February 1879 after the death of his first
	wife Elizabeth Dean in July 1878. *


	St. Joe, Sept. 9   (Special) 

	Writers of coffee ads could find good arguments for
	coffee users in the life of  Mrs. Caroline Arnold,
	living with her step-son, Martin Arnold, near St. Joe. 
	Grandma Arnolds life experience and opinions are just
	another one of those things that upset all the dope.

	She recently observed her one-hundred-and first birthday
	and says that as far back as she can remember her
	favorite and principal drink has been black coffee.

	In her childhood she cried for coffee.  Her lunch basket
	at school always contained a bottle of coffee. Grandma
	says to tell the girls that coffee has a slenderizing
	effect upon the figure.

	It was not until a year ago that her health began to
	break and she became feeble.  Her health is still given
	as reasonably good. she can read large print without
	glasses, and takes a lively interest in neighborhood
	happenings as well as world news.

	Her maiden name was Caroline Owens.  She was born in
	Georgia and came to Arkansas with her parents when she
	was 13.  They settled on Slay branch, 10 miles south of
	here, their nearest neighbor living near Yellville, 30
	miles distant.  
	
	When the Civil war broke out she and a widowed sister 
	accompanied the latters children behind a yoke of t
	wo-year-old oxen to Springfield, Mo. Caroline drove the 
	oxen, and after the return journey following the war, 
	Caroline drove the oxen and worked them in the fields, 
	enduring the hardships of post-bellum days.

	She was married to William Arnold in 1855, but never
	reared any children of her own.  However, she reared 21
	other children, including her stepchildren, her widowed
	sisters children, and children of other relatives. 
	
	All her life she has had a great fondness for sweets,
	including sweetened fruits and cakes.  She has been a
	mild user of tobacco for many years. {this last sentence
	is blacked out in ink  must have been something my
	Grandmother didnt like} For three-quarters of a century
	she was an expert horseback rider and had the reputation
	of being able to tame and ride any mule or horse that
	ever ran over these hills.  She gave up horseback riding
	about 10 years ago when the autos on the improved
	highways made the pastime more dangerous. She has ridden
	in everything from the ox cart to the train and auto,
	but says she has no desire to ride in an airplane. 
	
	She was one of the pioneer teachers of the county, teaching
	a subscription school in the territory between Richland
	and Slay branch many years ago. 
	
	She comes of a long-lived family. A brother, Newton Owens, 
	aged 87,and a brother Zack Owens, aged 80, live near
	Russellville.   A sister, Cynthia, lived to be 90. From
	1831 to 1932 is a long time, but Grandma Arnold says if
	she had that many years to live yet, she would insist on
	having her drink of coffee at least four times a day.