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By Joe Pilet
In Bay St. Louis ttB5=3ele Novembe»/24 is no ordinary day. On that datejin the year 1^ Inga Caroline Karl son/ was bom
into a Norwegian family rand at the age of four became a
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resident of Bay St. Louis. Through these years she has
endeared herself to all who know her by setting a constant
example of how to go about the business of living happily.^^, fltJ ^
At the age of 21 Inga was married zo Jesse A. Cowand, a decendant of the original Jesse Cowand who came from Norfolk, Virginia and built the spacious plantation home	t~ *r-
now a landmark facing the Bay of St. Louis 3BCXX at Boardman
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Avenue. Elmwood, as the home was named, is built of bricks * that were first used as ship's ballast and the mortar was made from oyster shells.
"For all things there is a season;1 according to Mrs. Cowand, who is the mother of 10 children and has with ease and grace fitted her life and activities into each qibhase. The early years were filled with the noise and bustle of educating a house fmll of lively children, all of whom have made their contribution to society and filled positions worthy of mention.
What does one do when the children leave home?
Mrs. Cowand's response was "take it in stride" and find useful work to do. "I have always loved everything that's beautiful", Mrs. Cowand explained, "and after I raised my family there was time for cultivating lovely flowers, doing fancy work ... needlepoint, crochet, embroidering and there was time to read and listen to beautiful music."
The big family and many friends were the recipients of much of the "fancy work". Linen table cloths were embroidered and hand-hemstitched for each child, and numerous afghans were crochet for children, grand-children, and even the great-grand children. Exquisite needlepoint pictures, worthy of a museum and with yarns shading into *some twenty colors were carefully worked and framed and
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