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Show AGE SEEKS THE KEY TO YOUTH When you're young you try to ' be old . . . dignified; when you're old you do everything possible to be young. To confirm the latter part of this equation, look back over recent headline oddities and you'll find people of over 100 getting get-ting up at 6 a. m., for breakfast, cupid defying all time barriers, and comparative youngsters of 70 jogging 12 miles annually just "to stay young." In the class of the early risers is Mrs. Catherine Elkins (Aunt Kate) Johnson, who recently celebrated cele-brated her 105th girthday in Hall-town, Hall-town, Mo. Aunt Kate, who lives Hollingsworth, 78, not only rises with her daughter, Mrs. Mary at 6 a. m., but "doesn't waste time" by lying down during the day. Longevity through activity is also the promise of John Donaldson Donald-son of Chicago, who will turn the century mark on Jan. 26. He claims to be the nation's oldest practicing certified public accoun-, accoun-, tant. He has worked for the past twenty years as office manager and accountant for the Martha Washingon hospital. Besides a full day's routine in the office, Mr. Donaldson just "fills in" a bit by reading and writing articles for religious publications pub-lications in his spare time. He lives with his 84-year-old wife at the Old People's Methodist Home. His philosophy for keeping fit: "If a man can keep up with the time and stay busy, lay aside the idea of remaking the world, he can live a long time and be happy." In the centenary class, Maine had put forward a claim for having hav-ing the oldest woman resident in the United States. This was a tentative claim, seeking responses through the Bangor Daily News, but Mrs. Mae Zidana Gliden of North Vassalboro, had 107 years to back it up. She celebrated her 107th birth- day recently with a five-genera- tion reunion at the home of her son, George Glidden, 82, of North Vassalboro. Her life span has embraced em-braced five wars the Mexican war, the .Civil war, the Spanish-American Spanish-American war, World War I and World War H. A close rival is Mrs. Alice Ca-hill Ca-hill Hamilton of Norwalk, Conn., who at 103 is still sprightly, has dark keen eyes, her own , teeth, and a zest for living. Born in County Waterford, Ireland, she came to this country on a date she identifies as somewhere near the time when Lincoln was shot. Those who find continuing companionship com-panionship arid living interess through matrimony include the following : Mrs. Sylvia E. Read of Denver who, at 86 years of age, recently took her sixth husband, Herbert J. Helmick, 78. Mrs. Read has outlived five husbands, 19 brothers, broth-ers, and four sisters. Mr. Helmick took the vows for the third time. Seventy is a youthful age in this roundup, but Otto F. Scoe-beck Scoe-beck of Milwaukee, wants to make sure by keeping up his annual practice of running 12 miles just before his birthday each year. The reason: He won a l mile race in 1928 when he was 52, and wants to see what effect time has on his stride. |