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Mrs. Mary Blue Sun Times photo ‘ 1876. Looking black on her lifelMi-s. Blue maintains. "No? . y . ' ' 4’ Longevity andfhmd work five gonfiad in hand in Mrs. Mary Blue. in resident of‘Getewey Haven, Wiarto who oelahrated her 103rd binthday on Saturday. Mrs. Blue wonthe oldest of f9 children born to Jane and it George Wehbeiwf 'lfavietock. :Her birth date is Dec. 29. J girl worked harder. but] don‘t filling hard work ever hurt? you." She can remember cuttin’écorde of wood. logs and‘ cedar paste. .-' Mary Webber was about 18' re old when she left home to work for a doctor in oodetock. She married Duncan Blue on June 18. 1901. 'Eheir wedding trip took them to visit a cousin in Luckn 'y t » Mr. and Mrs. Blue formed in _’_e Sauhle area before moving to Gould Lake. Mrs. Blue gave birth to six children. all without a doctor in attendance. In fact. she wee 85 years old when aha first visited a doctor. It wasn't until she was 95 years old that she was hospitalized for aye"surgery. 'I - The family includes Eilphmia.3Mrs. Herold Wheelock of Florida; Neil. Archie Alviniall at Allenford; Verna. Mrs. Vere Wood of Le'fimlngtun and Webber of British Columbia. There arefrj'ia grandchildren. 16 great-._ __ W dchildren and twist-entireat grandchildren. ' t for about lit-years WBlue“ has been a reeldentfi-u 7 Gateway Havem‘Althmfi]; her eight and hearing erenlt 1 the keeneat. her ‘mind still very clear. She is up and}, dressed dolly and still goes to the room for meale. ‘4 in her younger yearaf’Mre. Blue would drive the horse -i and buggy to OwenSounrlItn shop. She made and sold herl .-,-' own butter and also sold eggs. ,' .j She'll be the flt'et‘to tell you that children aren't any "3 better than when she was young. “But they aren't any worse either." . i A camel-enng tau-wee held at Gateway Haven in honor ‘ of 34m. Illne'e birthday family members in at- ten enne. ~. - s x x 4 Q: