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' BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION u N cut the birthday cake markin " )2 her 100 VBPSH Care Centre. (h b“ ~‘m-ludad .4 ‘ rm by i. lame: and Daughters ullnch utR.R. 2. Allenfurd. a marriage of eel‘lohn Smith, sun of Mr. pron Thermarriag re ple used their eldest vyrvvvvvvVVVVVVVV‘IIVVVVUUI Mrs. Roy Mac the 1'jrtbcomins St. Paul's / J Suit-Tlmtts filmlu urse Pam Bucktnn helps Mrs Sara Mills thday in a celebratiun held thic ‘-" ' t By ANN KELLY Family Living Edilur “Tliat'll put another inch (in me." Mrs. Sara Mills said as she finished a liberal sized piece of cake served in recognition ut‘ her 100th birthday. Mrs. Mills was very much a part of the celebration held in Verse Cara Centre this week Surruuntlml by friends. relatives. residents and farmer neighbors Mrs. Mills said. "i like In sen everyhady enjoy thcmr selves." “lines it matter where I cut?" she queried, as she put the knife intu lhn huge cake. “I'm afraid 1'” break tha camera." was her aside to the photographer. Mrs. Mills read her own m e s e a g e s o t Cflngratulallnnm They scroll from Prime Minister Trudeau. a telegram from Queen Elizabeth and a letter from Premier Davis. With 100 years at memuriee and happenings to reflect upon. it was a nostalgic al‘tarnunu for Mrs. Miller Times have changed greatly since she used to deliver her own butter. door to door. She and her husband. the late William Mills. didn't ever own a car. They travelled by horse and cutter in the .winter and horse and Aging in the good weather. h wwe was born Sera‘F’an . arts of seven LLâ€"d~#r September 26 (hildrnn born to Mr. and Mrs. luhn l'anton llr Arran Tawnrlnp Following her marriage. It! VVillitIm Mills. tlm mupla furinnd in Kuppnl TlanSliip Imrll‘. nl lnrzkson until Mr. lunlnn retired. They moved into Owen Siiund in 1921 Lind resided at GZU 2nd Ave, \N. Altar her ltqutltnLl died in 1930. Mrs. Milla mnin~ mined lmr Immn and garden there until Iwu years; ago when she anthl Illlll Pa raen‘s Nut in: Home. She (Lurrcnlly resides in Vania Care Centre. Althriugh may Ilidn‘t have Ft family. Mr. and Mrs. Mills Hdele u snu. lim, will!” he was eight years nlrt. He (had in 369 in California where two grandchildren and u great- grandchild stlll resier Over the years Mrs. Mills kept busy sewing. quilting and rug makingl She was particularly well Lnnwn fur llut‘ baking. with red Currant pie r. specialty. The trurrants Mrs. Mills grew in her own garden. Mrs. Mills is a life member of the Women‘s Assucietion at St. George‘s Anglican Churttli. She rether prides herself on the fact that she didn‘t ever play cards. in 100 years of living. she had one trip by train to the Canadian west and flew to Ottawa to visit friends and relatives when she was 907 veal-301d. Her home and her garden were given ter 1975. M , ' iggrgaan; “€25. William Cary Mchugulil were uniled in ‘ res ytertan Church. Allcnfnrd. The hriril is th f' ' ‘ fietllgy Leagh Niclas n. dauglilm' “r Mr Land Airsmlxlfil . 1c ason. nf Alluninrd Gary is the sun oi Mr, and Mrs. Bill M . .. . r [ Dnelgnxufijarld. ufR.R. 3. term. [he nauan arr residing at RE. i. in St. Andrew's . prlUTlly. Mrs. Mills had a repulrtllun [or leading the wny in the lmusecleaning department Slw always started in February and was finished befnre any nf her neighbours. Mrs. i\l|lls' immediate nieces rHlLl nephews in- clude liaith Fenton, L‘hesley, Buntan Fentnn. Allnnlnrd. John Fentan, Arran tuvuiship. Eel: l’cntan. Owen Saund: lean. Mrs. Pat Campbell. Falcunbridge; Mary. Mrs. [lill Riddifurd. Toruntn: Irnnu. Mrs. Russell McKee: Chesley: Clare. Mrs. William McMullHn. Tara. Muriel. Mrs. Earl Busch. Arron Luke; Durathy Mrs: Charles lntler. Grace. Mrs Fred Henkel. bath of Lnndun and Bektll‘lhe. Mrs fllarenca Fenian deceased. there are 33 great aim. and nephews and 22 gree - great [dunes and nephews. Among her gifts was a bouquet of flowers presented by Eli'mheth Rasmussen. the cook at the residence. She picked them by lluslllight from her own garden before going to work. By her own admissmn Mrs. Mills says. “1 dnn‘t Cullent my thoughts Like what I did." During a quiet period in the celebration her comment was. "There's a lull afler the storm." After a century of living Mrs Mills‘ numment was. "You can't keep a good man down. I can laugh anyway."