CENTENARIANS
Among the visitors to the* Napier Park races was a male inmate of the Old People’s Home who is “duo” to be 100 years of age this month, having been born on July 31, 1819. He walked from Parke Island (a distance of about two miles and a-balf) and back again each day without tho aid cif a stick. He attributes his longevity chiefly to a good constitution and having taken care of himself. He is neither a total abstainer nor a nonsmoker, and says he often finds his pipe a great solace. Going strong at 104. Mr William White celebrated his 104 th birthday at the Wellington Home for th© Aged Needy cn the 18th ult. (anniversary of the battle of Waterloo). I lie chops firewood, walks freely, and smokes hie pipe. When asked for the secret of his longevity, lie said: “I’ve been single all my life.”
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Evening Star, Issue 17084, 1 July 1919, Page 6
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150CENTENARIANS Evening Star, Issue 17084, 1 July 1919, Page 6
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