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Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, August 10, 1983—Page 4
Kingsbridge's eldest resident is 95 years young
At 95, Frank Sullivan is Kingsbridge's oldest resident. Here, he poses with a portrait of
himself painted on his 90th birthday by Brian Dalton, a former Kingsbridge resident now
living in Palmerston. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan)
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Frank Sullivan, Kingsbridge's oldest
resident, celebrated his 95th birthday on
July 25.
The name Sullivan used to be the most
common name in the Kingsbridge com-
munity but Frank is now the only Sullivan
living there. He is the last surviving
member of a family of eight children. The
others were his brothers, Thomas, Patrick
and John and sisters, Mary, Catherine (Kit)
Phalen, Annie Vogt and Elizabeth (E.)
Ribar.
The Sullivans represented some of the
area's first settlers when Frank's great-
grandfather Jeremiah, Jeremiah's son
Tom, Tom's wife Mary Reynolds and their
two children left Kerry County, Ireland for
Syracuse, New York and later moved to
Kingsbridge.
Frank was born in 1888 to John E. and
Catherine (Finn) Sullivan on the same farm
where he lives today with his nephew Jerry
Vogt and Jerry's wife Stephanie in a house
next door to Sullivan's restaurant which
they run. The old house where he grew up is
gone.
With the exception of a few winters' stay
at Marian Villa, a senior citizens' home in
London and some short stints working at
manual labor in Detroit, Mr. Sullivan has
lived all his life in Kingsbridge, retiring
some time ago as a farmer like his father
before him. He enjoys good health and an
excellent memory for names and places. In
1980, he was immensely helpful in supplying
the details of Kingsbridge's history written
for the 75th anniversary celebrations of the
opening of the present church there.
Mr. Sullivan loves to read and his favorite
subjects are geography and history. He likes
to travel around the area discovering new
places whenever the opportunity arises. On
his birthday, he travelled to Owen Sound for
the day with his grand -niece.
He's not sure what he owes his longevity to
but others will tell you that he gets lots of
exercise because he loves to walk ("there
were no cars when I was younger" he says)
and he eats regular, healthy meals, some of
which he cooks for himself. He suffered a
broken hip only a few years ago but today he
is as spry as ever and always on the move.
On his birthday, he received many cards
and a plaque from Huron -Bruce MPP
Murray Elston on behalf of the province.
Last Wednesday, a special mass was held
for him at St. Joseph's Church (of which he
is a member) by the Kingsbridge Area
Seniors (of which he is an honorary mem-
ber). After the mass, he confidently told
Father Ed Dentinger, "I'm going to see
100." And there seems no reason to doubt
that statement.
The Lemon Tree
Coffee Break Sale
Take a break today and visit Hodgins
Lumber Lemon Tree. Join us for a
delicious cup of coffee while you
Shop and Save.
"Bistro„
Coffee Maker
Made of heat resistant glass,
they are functional and attrac-
tive. From a 2 cup size to a
10 cup size. You can have
that brewed coffee taste for
the instant coffee time
Available in 8 colours: white.
yellow, red, blue. chocolate.
biscuit, grey. black plus in
chrome
Reg. 29 95
2499
36 oz
Reg 43 95
3699
60 oz
"Bistro" Coffee Cups
Made of the same heat resis-
tant glass and comes in the
same colours as the
coffee makers plus
green and clear
Each cup holds 10
oz and comes with
its own cork
saucer
Stirring Spoons - Another accessory for your coffee maker They are 5'
8 and come in sets of 6 Available in all colour,
rx
Reg 4 95
399
Reg 2 95
249
Vacuum Jug
These thermoses come with durable handmade glass liners to keep the con
tents icy cold or piping hot for hours They are designed and made in West
Germany They hold 35 0/ and are available in yellow red and biscuit The
(llasr; liner can be replaced for an extra r.nst
Req 24 00
1999
Solid Coloured
Ruffled Placemats
These placemats come in assorted Reg 5 95
colours and are machine washable 99
and tumble dry They are a nice way
to dress up your table
Tissue Paper Napkins
These 3 pty napkins are made r
West Germany of first Quality tissue
paper Priced like a paper napkins
but feels like a cloth napkins There
are 20 to a pkg
Req 3 49
299
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