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13 Resident celebrating 105 Her eyesight and hearing @mamin® ho iE _ deaf, so at an early age, Frances aren‘t what they used to be, but, | _ sflageie. . i learned sign language with two at 105, Frances Rowland still carâ€" | _ ~ _ & es hands. It was a difficult process, ries her wit and charm like a |> ... _ and she said she was never able teenager. Just a couple of years °â€" %. _._ â€" | l to learn oneâ€"handed sign lanâ€" ago, she was still living at her ° //X & > hy > guage. Her parents ran the hotel home in Embro and taking care |._~ e 4 _/ s _ and post office in Youngsville, but of herself. Today she is a resident ; .. > fi, " oa| i 2| _ at the age of 13, France‘s mother at PeopleCare, and a member of ;. _ _/\ _ * ~£ died and Frances had to learn all the threeâ€"century club. (np _ ~a fiifi* of the domestic skills and take "I never thought it would come ; â€" J _ @ _ care of her younger brothers and to this," Mrs. Rowland said at a | > %}}ww & sisters. She recalls preparing fullâ€" family gathering on her birthday . es 5 [ _ course meals for the local council last Thursday afternoon where a 6« 3 <o] â€"members who held their meetâ€" close friend and some family ;§; A § ings in the hotel. members gathered to celebrate s 125 Mrs. Rowland has six grandâ€" the special day. Her only child," | iifua ie [E‘ children, Shirley Hanlon of daughter Doris and husband ,‘&% & ; Tavistock, George of RR Annan, Howard McCall, of RR 3, .. .: l Barbara (Mrs. Cussons) of Lakeside, were there. Mrs. . en Ingersoll, Margaret (Mrs. McCall read all the special greetâ€" Frances Rowland in 3â€"century club Marchant) of Ingersoll, and twins * ings her mother received includâ€" it." Doris recalled her mother Howard of RR Embro and Harold ing congratulations from Queen baking two or three cakes (espeâ€" â€" of RR Thamesford. There are sevâ€" Elizabeth 11, Prime Minister Paul â€" cially Queen Elizabethand Angel enteen great grandchildren and Martin, Governorâ€"General â€" cakes) just to get the perfect one sixteen greatâ€"great grandchilâ€" Adrienne Clarkson, Ontario for the competition. Mrs. dren, with another due in June, Premier _ Dalton _ McGuinty, Rowland also enjoyed knitting â€" and one greatâ€"greatâ€"great grandâ€" Oxford MP John Finlay, and and crocheting and is a charter â€" child. Mrs. Rowland lived on the Oxford MPP Ernie Hardeman. member of the Brooksdale farm with her husband George, Janet Lange, who lived "around â€" Women‘s Institute. until the couple retired and the corner" from the Rowlands Frances (Youngs) Rowland was moved to Embro in 1961. He for many years, was also there to born on the 6th line of Zorra,just . passed away in 1978 and she reminisce. The ladies talked east of Brooksdale on May 13, â€" remained in the home until about about their years of leading 4â€"H 1899. She is the oldest and last two and a half years ago when in Embro and the many craft and â€" remaining sibling in her family. _ she moved into the PeopleCare. _baking competitions Frances At an early age she moved to Although Frances has had the entered. Mrs. Rowland showedat Youngsville with her parents â€" opportunity to witness firstâ€"hand the Embro Fair for over fifty (Charles Youngs and Barbara â€" many changes overthe years, she years and also took her best to Swanson), two sisters, Inez (Mrs. still appreciates lovely flowers, . the Woodstock and London Fairs. â€" Shewan), Cylene (Mrs. Crosson), visits from family and friends "It had to be just perfect," Mrs. and two brothers, Charlie and â€" and reminiscing about the "good Lange said, "or she wouldn‘t take â€" Cyrus. Three of her siblings were _ old days". 297 | s \ } ‘