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Show SVlae White to celebrate 100 birthday M. DALE SCHOFIELD Ladies and gents suppose sup-pose vou were waiting offstage off-stage to make your oig entrance en-trance on earth and the Producer Pro-ducer took you aside and said, "Hey, how would you like to spend your life in the world's greatest community, com-munity, live among the choicest of people, have your life's partner for sixty one years, raise four wonderful wonder-ful children, see one hundred hun-dred Christmases and still be able to take care of yourself your-self when that one hundredth Yuletide rolls around?" Would you think you had grabbed the brass ring on that merry go round of life? Well, that's part of a story of Beaver's First Lady, Mae C. White, who will celebrate her one hundredth birthday on December 20, and see old Santa descending the chimney for the hundredth time. How do you write a story about someone who has seen It all from candle power to nuclear power, from horse and buggy to jetliner, from smoke signals ( well almost) to television? At any rate Mrs. White agrees that making mak-ing a good loaf of homemade bread hasn't changed during that norirtd. And th ninnri noticed much difference. She writes off any loss in hearing hear-ing with the comment, "What a pity people can't communicate communi-cate the way they used to." If you think approaching the century mark makes you want to stay home don't believe be-lieve it. This gal is a goer. Her motto is, 'jHave coat, will travel." Clara Carter and husband Sherman have a difficult time going anywhere without her and many mornings morn-ings find her walking into their home with the question, i "Well, where are we going today?" At the age of 76 Mae wrote a pageant used to celebrate cele-brate Beaver's one hundredth hun-dredth birthday. Now the tables are turned. On December 29 Beaver will honor Mae with an Open House at the Beaver Third-Fourth Third-Fourth Ward Cultural Hall from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m., with a program at 3:00 p.m., plus a refreshment or two. And folks, when you come to that reception and step up to greet "Missus" White, will you please remember to en-nunciate en-nunciate clearly? Well this is just a small part of the saga of Mae Crosby White - born in Bea- ver, living through one hundred hun-dred years of awesome changes, teaching and working work-ing in about every organization organi-zation In the IDS Church, making, a great contribution to her community and leading lead-ing a beautiful exemplary life. Our hats are off to her. She Is one spunky llttlejady. still has 88 keys, which she played most of her life. She studied music at BYU In 1896 and after returning home gave piano lessons at 25? per session. In 1908 Mr. C. Dennis White came into her life and they celebrated 61 wedding wed-ding anniversaries together. As to the four wonderful children, Lois White resides re-sides in Salt Lake City, Josephine Jo-sephine Murdock lives In Orem, and Clara Carter and Howard White are an im -portant part of the Beaver Community. Our subject had a remarkable remark-able memory in years past and actually served as his-, torian for many people. She has enjoyed excellent health and stil lives alone, But one hundred years takes its r toll and the memory, eyesight eye-sight and hearing aren't quite what they used to be. However, How-ever, Mrs. White hasn't |