This county's second oldest woman, Mrs. Tracie Buzzell of Canaan, celebrated her 97th brithday this week.  She has the distinction of being the great-grandmother of 15 children and is grandmother to 23 children.  She is still in good general health and retains all her faculties.

She was married to Elijah Buzzell 75 years ago and they lived together 69 years.  She is still able to do her work about the house and enjoys doing it.

The second oldest member of this four generation family is Elizabeth Salisbury, wife of Charles Salisbury.  A representative of the third generation is Mrs. Elizabeth Brawn and the fourth member is J. Roland Brawn.  They all live in Canaan.