WLVL and the Lockport Journal have been reporting today about a birthday party held at Lockport's Dale Association yesterday which celebrated all of Niagara County's 100-year old residents.
The US&J's article talks about each of the four women in attendance, including Mrs. Whitwell who taught my dad in elementray school and was "old" back then...
Helen Whitwell, taught school 35 years in Lockport and Gasport. In 1930, she started a public/private school for families who were not happy with the Lockport schools. She and her husband helped build the Dale Association. His grandparents had a tavern on Ridge Road that was visited by Marquis de Lafayette, who ate in the kitchen with the family.
Her secret? “She drinks goat milk every day,” said her daughter, Doris Whitwell. “She has for years and years.”
The US&J's article talks about each of the four women in attendance, including Mrs. Whitwell who taught my dad in elementray school and was "old" back then...
Helen Whitwell, taught school 35 years in Lockport and Gasport. In 1930, she started a public/private school for families who were not happy with the Lockport schools. She and her husband helped build the Dale Association. His grandparents had a tavern on Ridge Road that was visited by Marquis de Lafayette, who ate in the kitchen with the family.
Her secret? “She drinks goat milk every day,” said her daughter, Doris Whitwell. “She has for years and years.”
