The Brussels Post, 1977-07-20, Page 5THE BRUSSELS POST, JULY 20, 1977
MRS. BROADFOOT IS 90 — After all the hard work
she put into it, she doesn't feel much like smiling
when she looks at the Triple Irish. Chain quilt she
completed in her 90th year , Jean Broadfoot joked
with the photographer. Mrs. Broadfoot, of Walton,
quilts and knits in the wintertime but likes to spend
her summers in the garden. She'll be 90 on Sunday.
(Expositor Photo)
Liberal one and jokes that she
couldn't see much difference in
the two parties although there
was always lots of teasing about
politics.
Mr. and Mrs. Broadfoot farmed
a mile and a guar, ter north of
Walton and moved to what had
been her parents house in Walton
when they retired, and sold the
farm.
Intersted in travel, Mrs.
Broadfoot has been to the west
coast four times, including a trip
to Vancouver by train alone when
she was over eighty. She and Mr.
Broadfoot also travelled to the
Maritimes. She'd like to have
seen the rest of the world,
"because you can learn so much"
but follows other people's travels
avidly.
Once she wrote to a relative
who had invited her out west that
Newton had discovered the law of
gravity in his own orchard. Her
- relative wrote back that if
Christopher Columbus had stayed
in his own orchard we'd all be in a
fix because he wouldn't have
discoverd America, There wasn't
much she could say to that, Mrs.
Broadfoot laughs.
But there is a lot to see of the
"wonders of creation" in 'our own
backyards, Mrs. Broadfoot Says
and talks about a recent drive
around Huron County that she
enjoyed with a nephew.
"Wherever you go, there are
nice people and good
neighbours" she says.
Write letters
She's kept a daily diary since
she was a girl and loves to write
letters. "I should have • A
secretary", she jokes about the
letters she'd like to write.
Mrs. Broadfoot taught Sunday
School for many years, both in
Kitiburn and Walton and taught
two generations of some families.
She's a 'UCW member who
contributes to the group but no
longer attendi meetings.
Mrs. Broadfoot loves to read
and a neighbour who is a school
librarian "keeps me well
supplied".
Nearly 90 or not, life is never
dull when you've got a spirit like
Mrs. Broadfoot has., At
Christmastime she makes
shortbread for herself and her
neighbours. She recently finished
a triple Irish chain quilt top
"begun in my 89th year and
finished in my 90th, which a
neighbour quilted for her.
And this, week she's busy
getting ready for a group of
friends and relatives who are
coming for dinner on Saturday.
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The calendar says that Jean
Broadfoot of Walton is going to be
90 on Sunday, but the spry,
good-humoured lady looks and
acts like she's 75.
Mrs, Broadfoot, who has lived
all her life in the Walton and
Kinburn area lives alone, does all
her own housework and keeps a
lovely garden that a 25 year old
would be proud of.
She's the eldest of ten children,
hree boys and seven girls, who
were born to the late Joseph and
Alexandria McDougall Love in
'Grey Township. Five of the ten
are still living, including her
youngest sister, Miss Amy Love
of Toronto, who is visiting her this
week and Mrs. Ferne Patterson
of Seaforth.
Mrs. Broadfoot, who is in good
health except for a slight hearing
problem, had her first experience
in hospital when, she was 75. "I
vas never very much for
medicine", she says and
attributes her healthy old age at
least partly to keeping regular
hours. She tries to be in bed by
ten each night and gets up at
6:45. "I'm blessed with being a
good sleeper. I was raised on a
farm and stilllike my noon dinner,
with supper at night," Mrs.
Broadfoot, who's been a widow
for 14 years :says.
Jokes Galore
Educated in Cranbrook and
Walton, Mrs. Broadfoot worked
in the Kinburn store after leaving
school with her entrance or Public
School Leaving Certificate,
!algebra, bookkeeping, and
geometry or euclicl as it, was
called then." When she was 23
she married Ed Britton. The
Brittons were the third couple to
meet and marry from Kinburn
,store and Mrs. Broadfoot'- says
there were "jokes galore" about
he store being a good match
maker.
Mr. Britton died about 45 years
ago and five years . later • she
married .Walter Broadfoot sho.
red. .14 years ago.. Mrs.
Broadfoot, who's very interested
in the world around her, says shes
married into a Conservative
family once and once into a I
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