_milestone — “.which was _ beautiful sweet music by Rachel Reay on the flute and . A centenarian celebration WHAT A _— wonderful celebration! A small group of .family and friends gathered together: on the. evening of Sunday, May 21 at Terraceview Lodge to celebrate an important the 100th Thelma birthday for Reay, (mother of Elaine Shepherd). The celebration. ‘started. - with daughter Elaine thank-._, ing everyone for coming and introducing some wonderful entertainment. As Elaine -Said in her speech, only one in 7000 make it to 100° so certainly Mrs. Reay has been very blessed. . The ‘party began with: : some high stepping by the Scottish Dancers under the direction of Kristin Earl, followed -by Ann Tounsend with a Celtic Floor Harp. Then everyone joined in on an old time fashioned -singalong § with Rusty Ljungh and friends. It . was a great evening of enter-. - tainment and singalong. A _ happy time was had by all. Mrs. Reay received a “Number. of special _mes- sages: one from Governor ‘General Michaélle Jean, -_ one’ from Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and one from the Queen is pending. Lynne Christiansen, on be- half of mayor and council, , presented Mrs, Reay with a certificate of congratulations .” on'her 100th birthday. And: something ‘special, Lynne painted favourite flowers onto. a birthday plate for ' Mrs. Reay, which she loves.. Mrs. Reay was born on May 21, 1906 in Liverpool. The third of four children to her Irish- Scottish par- ents Samuel and Sarah Har- ‘grove. It was -here that.she - first: developed | what was her lifelong love of sewing » ‘and knitting, in a handcraft class. She was also a talent- ed young artist and enjoyed sketching and‘ painting (at her birthday, guests admired @ small. display, of: her’! and works ee ah In. ‘1915, ~Mrs. Be Reay’s s THELMA Reay is feted on the occasion of her 100th birthday. ‘Among the guests at Terraceview Lodge is city councillor Lynne Christiansen. . CONTRIBUTED PHOTO customs officer father was | moved to a village called Eastham, situated between ~ Liverpool and Chester, and ‘that’s where she completed her education. "She left school at about age 15 and became.a shop |» assistant at a° department store: in Liverpool. This © meant a long walk and train _ journey each day but it came | with its benefits, such as ten- nis and tennis parties | in the village. . 2 _ She ‘also got to enjoy movies, theatre, dances, “picnics on. the River Dee’ and rides on early Harley -Davidsons that were part of the social whirl for the city . - set. She was a very sociable young women and enjoyed these years. . She ° met James Reay, who. like her. father, was a customs officer and the two. “were. married in an.unusual - double. wedding with her sister- ‘and fiance in August 1936. The Reays moved into a modest rented house in Eastham and. they remained in the house throughout their married life. They had two children; son Derek who died ‘tragi¢aily in 1951 and . “daughter Elaine, in.1946, . § ‘Mrs. Reay’s husband be- came very ill with what was later diagnosed as throat cancer (probably the result of heavy smoking and work. , -ing in the polluted air of the oil emission from the Man- _ chester ship canal). A great HERE ‘N THERE YVONNE: MOEN | deal of her energy was de- voted to caring for her hus- band as well as caring for daughter Elaine. ‘Elaine was given the opportunity: to go ‘to university, where she met her husband Al Shepherd and they emigrated to Can-— ada in 1969. Mrs. Reay continued to care for her husband through years. of hospitalization and* surgery. until his death in «.. fa 1981. She" ‘lived” “alone in’ | Compose yourselves ~ ~ Students from Veritas Schoo! sing and dance in unison as they rehearse for their performance of Compose _ Yourselves this Friday, June 2 at the Dr. R.E.M. Lee Theatre. The performance is open only to students’ parents but the young performers will perform hilites during the Farmer's Market the: next day. .. privileged “Tisrgoes on” fT OMES Britain for 10 years, still in the same modest rented house until 199! when she emigrated to Canada to live with ‘her daughter Elaine, husband Al and grandchil- dren. Mrs. Reay lived with — her daughter until last year, when her failing health made ' it necessary for her to move. to Terraceview Lodge... Mrs. Reay is still an avid | knitter and she works with- out’ the benefit, of glasses. ‘Over. the years, she shared "her beautiful craft work with ° "others, babies wore gar- ments or slept in blankets ~ that she made. Adults were and received beautifully knitted tea’ co- sies, or linen tablecloths and napkins she designed: and ‘embroidered herself. Mrs. Reay is.a truly re-. - markable centenarian — she’, survived two world wars, the terrible Spanish flu epi-- demic and endured personal « - tragedies like the. death of .. - her son and husband. . - ‘She has: witnessed the _arrival of.so much technol-* ~ ogy — cars, planes, radios, TV, electric appliances, ‘the computer, the phone and, of course, the cell phone. The _Terraceview’ Mrs... 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She is always ready to/go on outings, plays bingo and loves to sing along to the old time'tunes that bring back so _ many memories, She i is still "in reasonably good health, How many times have you heard of someone cel- ebrating a 100th birthday or even older? Well, Mrs. Reay joins a list of a few people who have reached the’ ripe ‘old age of 100 and over, at Skeenaview or Terraceview. At least 10 or more Ter- race residents celebrated a centennial ‘birthday while livitig at this residence. Mr. Abraham Leoppard, Alfred MacTavish, Walter Peter- son, Charlie Harrigan, Yock Mrs. Harvey Doll (105); Beth Holtom (104), Mary Worobeck (104), Sa- die Gangon, Charlie Oliver, and several others. -T leave by wishing, Mrs. Reay continued long life and health. 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