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Two Newark residents salute 100 years
Pictured are Macie Atkinson and Grace Stell, turning 100 and 101. Dorothy Grace Ransley was born October 2, 1899, in Ontario, to Cora and Thomas Ransley. She had two older brothers named Benjamin and Murray and a younger brother named Rexford. Grace grew up in Ontario and went to Wellesley College in Massachusetts. Ask her about a canoe trip she and her two best friends from college took! Grace ended up teaching Algebra and Geometry for three years in Fayetteville. She eventually moved to Alton because of a tragic accident involving her brother's wife. Grace helped her brother raise their two children. In Alton she met Leon L. Stell. They were married on July 12, 1928 and had four children: Nancy, Marion, John and Lucinda. Grace has 10 grand children. Her favorite pastimes are reading and knitting. She enjoys history and is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Her wish is to meet a U.S. president. Macie will turn 100 on Monday.
On October 16, 1900, Hattie Olive and Samuel Thurston Montgomery welcomed Macie into the world. After her would come siblings Ruth, Sammy and Clyde. She was raised and graduated from High School in White Wright, Texas. She went to a Girls College north of Dallas. Macie married Tolan Atkinson in 1919 and they had two girls and two boys. They lived in Chicago for a few years and then traveled and worked in many states, ending up in Hawaii until 1986. She has lived at Armstrong Senior Living in 1997. She was a housewife until her husband became ill. Then she worked as a clerk in a dry goods store and at a school here in Newark for disabled children. She loves chicken, all four seasons, and she would have loved to visit Alaska, because of the dog sleds and the beautiful scenery. On October 9, Jerry Velte and Mary Buttaccio took the centenarians for a short ride in his Model A Ford. Pictured by the vehicle are Grace and Jerry.
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William McKinley was president of the United States
when these girls were born! 