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“Grandma” Powers Will Reach 100th Birthday SundayREPUBLICANS OF SANDY INSPIRED BY JUDGE CHASESuitable ( elebration Planned I*or Saturday By triends And Relatives ()l Grand Old Lady.Sandy IV»wi their biggejd campaign ontill i vli'tlllll VFillRepublican* Img of I hr curl lav evening w| \ | I I vl (Art I .yntinR aiui old Ur both mm and women, | that HI led the Bandy Township ejection hon.se to It* raparity, en-' loved nit evening of apeak! ng, entertainment and refreshments Ex-Judge A Itoy Chase. of dear-field, wu the chief .speak n of tlV* evening and made an address in which he pointed out moot Imprcss-ively flic extent fo which commun-lam ha* crept into the American government undei the New Deal ml mmlatratloii. He went Into many defalk to drive home hi* point and ap|alt;aled to his audience to flghl mllllanily for the principle/, of Americanism and fo sa\e the con •dltutinn under which thl* great land has been developed to a point more advanced than that of any of her country In the history of civilization He atne.vwd the extent to which the New Deal and Roosevelt -• sin have rocked American fttundarci.s fo their very foundation and urged hla anditorn u work to .save the Constitution and preaerve for ourselves and poet'1 rity all of the things f«w which our forefather* fought and upon which our government la based.The n(ldrr*A wa. well received and the audience frequently InterruptedMr.* tji/obeth Power*—GranA*111a to nei legion of friend*- wtB complete her one hundredth year of life on Sunday and that remailt* ible event la ro tie made the baalf for a week-end celebration in htV honor. In which her many relative* md friend* and the DuBola community |n general will participate The event will center around thf honu of Mr* B D. Johnston, of 131 Penn Avenue, n daughter of thy grand old liwh with whom ahe hag made her home for a goodly portion of the more than Ofty years die has apenf In DilBoU.The scheduled celebration of thla unusual event will take place on•Saturday afternoon at the .laugh-tei s honu between the hour* of 1 and fi o'clock, at which Ume the general public may vlalt and extend fe he I let Ion* to the aged worn tn. Grandma Powers Ls totally blind, but her general physical condition a cood, and ahe enjoy* talking with her friend*. Until Just recently greatly enjoyed having her d..ugh*4W read u her, and ahe waa interested In current topic*. Lately, however, her mind ha/, a tendency to wander at Umea. and she forget* very »«n*-lly. Nevertheless visitor* at the Johnaton home will find that iho 100-year-old woman la a very .ntor-(Turn lo Page 8. Col. 1)
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DuBois Courier
DuBois, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Mar 14, 1936
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