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Show Iowa Centenarian Sounds Challenge As Garden Champ OELWEIN. IOWA. - Belying his 106 years, Peter Duffy once again has issued his perennial challenge that he can pull weeds faster and out-hoe any gardener in Oelwein. Despite his age, Duffy has the vigor of a man in his twenties and doesn't even need glasses to read the evening paper. His only physical physi-cal handicap is deafness. Of his original family of nine children, chil-dren, seven still are living and from here on out the Duffy progeny are numerous. "I sure started something." commented com-mented Duffy, as he counted his 24 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren. Duffy came to Iowa with one of his 12 brothers and his three sisters to work on the farm of relatives. j But his wanderlust wasn't satisfied I It took a trek to the West and a little silver mining to get traveling I out of Duffy's system before he came back to the Tall Com state to make his permanent home. Duffy also is a booster of air travel. One of his granddaughters took him for a plane ride eight years ago and he never forgot the event |