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Show 99-YEAR OLD WOMAN DRIVISJOTOR CAR i HI ikelv, lor Whom Moth-,,.s Moth-,,.s l.av Wa-s h.augurutel, I cation in fi.try Touru,. Mrs Juliet cIuTn Illakeley, 99 v,a old, of Albion, Mich., in whose Mother's Dal was inaugurated recently recovered from an attack ot .la and celebrated her return to good health by taking several long oL trips in the Dodge Brother ,otor car with which her son pie seined her. More than twenty years ago her son first celebrated Mother's Day for Grandma," as she is affectionately Known in southern Michigan, and for ,Tiany years the Albion Method, t Episcopal church has observed the Sunday nearest her birthday, May 13, in her honor, as she is the only per-. per-. , -; i nrtTitiininus son who has maintained continuous relations with the church since its founding. The efforts of the Albion Methodists Metho-dists to honor "Grandma" Blakeley have exerted such a wide Influence i that Mother's Day is now universally observed throughout the country on j the second Sunday in May. j Despite her years, Mrs. Blakeley is I an enthusiastic tourist. On one day in particular, with her son at the I steering wheel and accompanied by several friends, she toured three I counties and twelve .townships, the I speedometer registering almost 150 miles when the trip was completed. And when she reached home, she in- sisted on being allowed to assist in the preparation of the evening meal. Her touring activities however have not been confined to the rear seat, for she herself has driven her Dodge Brothers' car more than fifty-miles, fifty-miles, an enviable record for a woman wom-an of her age. |