Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-09-15
Mrs. Sa|Iie Reed Went
worth Of Knox, Me-,
VIII Today Observe 1OOih An
niveTsdTy Of Her Birth.
Affair Will Be Quiet, Owing 10
Recent Death Of Daughter.

Belfast, Me, Sept 1.-THE oldest
woman in Waldo county will Friday
celebrate her Tooth birthday She is
Mrs. Sallie Reed Wentworth of Knox.
Mrs. Wertworth's birthday is tinged
with sadness. however, and is not the
festive occasion the people of Liber-
ey planned to make it, for owing TO
the recent death of her daughter, Mrs.
Mary c. Blair of Liberty, she has left
that little town and returned to her
old home, now the home of her son,
Elijah Wentworth, in Knox.
Had il not been for the death oil
her daughter, Mrs. Wentworth's CEN
tennal would nave been flttingly oh
served and the entire village of Lib
erty and the countryside would have
turned out To do her honor There
would have been q big public din
ner in the town hail. with speaking
and music, and Mrs. Wentworth would
have been the guest of honor and cen
ter OF attraction. The death Of Mrs.
Baker has changed all this, however,
and the day will be quietly spent at
the old homestead in Knox, where
flowers, and card and letters of con-
graduation on her Tooth birthday.
II was nine years ago that she went
20 Liberty on q visit to her daughter,
then recently widowed, but that visit
lasted all those years and not until
she saw her beloved daughter laid to
rest did the aged mother return TO
her old home She is very much brok-
r,,, .ft terh q
tries hard to ne brave. She is the
mother OF five sons and daughters, OF
whom three are now living, Mrs. Way
land Knowlton of Belfast; Mrs. Sar-
ali Lord of North Vassalboro; and
Elijah Wentworth OF Knox.
Mrs. wentworth was born in Sedg-
wick. Me-, but soon after her birth
| her parents moved to Knox, where she
! has passed nearly all of her life, up To
| q wears Ggo She is the last of her
race. three sisters and two brothers,
both of them sea captains. dying in
comparative youth. Her parents also
died fairly young and when she was
only n child She was married when
about 90 years old to Freeman Went
worth of Knox, who died about 10
years ago.
Mrs. Wentworth is very keen and
active. taking the same interest in the
matters about her that she did in
Years gone by. She simply has re-
fused TO grow old and her unusual
good health and strong constitution
| mas enabled her to do this. SHE has
| a cane which she uses now and then
| in walking about the house and door
ot,o -. often
without it, Her eyes are clear and
bright and it is only when she seWS
or reads that she puts on glasses. She
sews great deal ard recently sent to
her daughter in Belfast cameo
crazy" quilt, made of very small
pieces put together in the most at
tractive fashion. This work was done
the past summer and is highly priced
| by her daughter.
On the current events she takes a
great interest and is well posted on
what is going on in the world Her
hearing is remarkably good and she
delights in discussing the topics of the
day.
She takes the greatest interest in
the care of the house and delights in
grandchildren, of whom she has sew
oral. Always a great worker her chii-
dren well remember when she used to
raise flax. spin it and make 1T into
cloth When her daughters were mar
| ried their outfits contained many ar
ticles woven by Mother, among
them some very handsome table linen
in most artistic patterns. In war
times when it was impossible to get
cotton, Mrs Wentworth wove all wool
Blankets, raising sheep for the pur-
pose She has also woven yard upon
yard of rag carpet. sewing the strips
OF cloth together and weaving them
in the old wooden loom run by foot
and hand power She was most
energetic worker all her life aud al
though she had occasional I'll turns
she would arise from them with re-
neWed energy and WORK harder thah
ever to make up for lost time. Early
in life she united with the Methodist
church in Knox in which she has ever
been an active member She Dids la'r
to reach her 1olth milestone ana Het
many friends wish her health ana
In DuiNpSS