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Machias woman to mark 103 years of 'good living'
by Outspoken on Mon Jun 09, 2008 4:45 am
Machias woman to mark 103 years of 'good living'
By Rich Hewitt
Staff Writer Bangor Daily News
MACHIAS, Maine — The oldest man in the United States reportedly turned 112 this weekend.
But he’s got some competition right here in Maine.
Madeline Flood was born on June 9, 1905, and she is celebrating her 103rd birthday today at the Merrill Health and Rehabilitation Center where she has lived since she suffered a fall in January.
During a brief interview on Saturday, she said she was "103 and still going strong."
Her voice is firm and there’s a twinkle in her eye that reflects some feistiness on her part, to which she admits.
Although she said she appreciates the good care she’s received at the center, she’s itching to get out. Patting the arms of her wheelchair, she said with a smile, "If I could get out of this, I’d take off."
Before her fall, Flood was living on her own in her trailer in Machias and cooking, which is her favorite thing to do.
"I cooked everything," she said.
Pies, cakes, yeast bread, and she does an awful lot of canning.
"Until she fell, she was cooking every day for the folks down at Archibald’s One-Stop," her son, Clinton Gardner said.
Flood is a Washington County native, born in East Machias, and has lived her whole life in towns around the county. She and her husband had a herd of 40 milking cows out in Alexander for a while, and Flood recalled that being a lot of hard work.
http://bangornews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=165398&zoneid=500
(Bangor Daily News/Rich Hewitt)
By Rich Hewitt
Staff Writer Bangor Daily News
MACHIAS, Maine — The oldest man in the United States reportedly turned 112 this weekend.
But he’s got some competition right here in Maine.
Madeline Flood was born on June 9, 1905, and she is celebrating her 103rd birthday today at the Merrill Health and Rehabilitation Center where she has lived since she suffered a fall in January.
During a brief interview on Saturday, she said she was "103 and still going strong."
Her voice is firm and there’s a twinkle in her eye that reflects some feistiness on her part, to which she admits.
Although she said she appreciates the good care she’s received at the center, she’s itching to get out. Patting the arms of her wheelchair, she said with a smile, "If I could get out of this, I’d take off."
Before her fall, Flood was living on her own in her trailer in Machias and cooking, which is her favorite thing to do.
"I cooked everything," she said.
Pies, cakes, yeast bread, and she does an awful lot of canning.
"Until she fell, she was cooking every day for the folks down at Archibald’s One-Stop," her son, Clinton Gardner said.
Flood is a Washington County native, born in East Machias, and has lived her whole life in towns around the county. She and her husband had a herd of 40 milking cows out in Alexander for a while, and Flood recalled that being a lot of hard work.
http://bangornews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=165398&zoneid=500
(Bangor Daily News/Rich Hewitt)
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