Evelyn Williams has seen a lot over her 103 years.
She celebrated her 103rd birthday Saturday afternoon with cake, ice cream and food befitting a centenarian at Life Care Center of Morristown, where she now resides.
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She took in all of the attention given her at the party.
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She received a lot of new clothing for her birthday, in addition to the food at her party.
Evelyn met her future husband John while in a ballroom dancing class in Miami, a niece, Georgia Shuck, of Rogersville said.
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When asked what she and John danced to, Evelyn couldn69制片厂制作传媒檛 answer that.
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Evelyn was raised in Missouri and Illinois. She has always worked, mostly with children. The Williams moved to Morristown in the 1970s. She worked at West View Middle School for 10 years. She was a substitute teach after retirement before she started volunteering at The Daily Bread 20 years ago.
Williams was the first volunteer with Food on Foot when Bobby and Carolyn Jarnagin founded it in 2012.
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President of the United States: Woodrow Wilson
Foods: Codfish cakes, Hoover Stew, Pineapple Upside Down Cake.
Drink: Gin Rickey.
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Historic events included women receiving the right to vote, establishment of the League of Nations (precursor to the United Nations), airline flights became more common.
Average income was $3,269 a year, postage stamps cost two cents, bacon sold for 47 cents a pound, a half-gallon of milk sold for 28 cents, a dozen eggs were 55 cents.
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Inventions that came into existence include the traffic signal, frozen food, Band-Aids, water skis, electric blenders, television, vacuum cleaner, convertible automobiles and the invention of penicillin.
The Cleveland Indians won the World Series, the original Ottawa Senators were Stanley Cup Hockey champions and the National Football League was founded.
A young Walt Disney began work as an artist with Kansas City Slide Company for $40 a week.
The first radio was sold in America and the hand-held hair dryer appeared.
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