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Mia. Ilenen Task ofHi* (Ai4 ■tttlitbifSy birthdd^r'.? - wicsSHgC Iiillil. I 1 yS*.ut;iiw ,,:iS6 Uw dipk6Mge thdh Pfe*i8ftfitlt;dfrbtMgr rvmh• ielegvttih Which: 'IbWSl1-' ■''••'* * %fv:''\;t.'*«:’;-* :.V.;K'*-.'v V.' •XV;v7 ; ; : Washing Ip.'C.,..« ■■■ • •Sffire’tij25,' 1036.Mtif, drttheflne Henen, • : ';Tied Oak, 111.. • ■ • * *RELATIVES„ • I . •• • • .t*iXKVisUlrtf Party F\M* Busily JSngtigcd - hi ' . : Ciniriitn^When the morning of your one hundrddith birthday dawns, (if you live that long gentle reader), will you hi churning butter on the porch, in the gray morning of a March, day.you on your one hdndreclOt bit ill*MRS. CATHERINE HE?OKN when the members of f y6ur familycome to greet you and celebrate therounding out of a century of life?• /rhat’s 'exactly what Mrs. Catherine (“aranebna'*) llcnen, wae doing early this morning, came to her farm house in Waddanistownship, ten.’ miles northwest of‘ T 1 »Calvin Cooiidge. President Cooildge’s attention had been billed to Mrs. iten^h's onehundredth birthday, through mentionoi the tact, by Congressman William it Johnson, Vvlio had informed thejohiet executive of the aged lady’3 air broaching ahhlversary, and her tinned al capabilities for one of her age.From. far away Montana cairm a long distance phono call front Bd-ward Jfenem grandson, at... Great Flls, and was htit one of many similar it) essdgcs receiv ed by % M rs. Hen e n.today*-A huge cahe with 100/which were lighted byc the aged lady when the noon day iiieal was served,adorned the center of the table* ;One hundred roses, a gift from thefamily, Was amo n gXft e, niftn y remem-brahces received as Was also a boii-rjuet sent by Congressman WilliamIX, Johnson to the farm house Where *‘Grandma’* Henen has made herhome sinoo 1854. • • .Mrs* Henen was born in countyTipperary, Ireland, and came toAmerica in a sailing vessel whichlook 36 dafs.in crossing the Atlantic.Those* present at. today’s gathering were: Mrs. Margaret Cunning*ham, of Freeport, daughter; Michaelof Chicago, William of McConnell and John ,of Waddams, eons; John Cunningham, of 'Freport,* and Margaret, Fein a and Gwendolyn, granddaughters of Mrs, Henen; Mrs. Hanford, of ItOckford, and daughter; Mrs. Boeho and daughter, Chicago;John Shelley and ditagiiter of Boone,Iowa;. Mrs. WiUkim IlQncn ; anddaughter Helen. ;• .Almost impassable roads kept many friends of Mm/Henen froin attending the ey^nt in her honor, andthe aged lady asked tlie Journal-,Standard to leU. her friends that her magr ;to them on hey hundredth birthday was: “I hope yoti^Wm ail live to enjoy as. long a life as,I have and you can if you don’t move at too rapid a pace.”thhi!fireofsc88catPETITIONS MUST BE FILED Al •OFFICE AND NOT ELSEWHERE
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Freeport Journal Standard
Freeport, Illinois, US
Thu, Mar 25, 1926
Page 12
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Palatine P.
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