Reprinted from The Packet, May 5, 1978
Greetings to Mrs. Martha Strowbridge, who celebrated her 87th birthday on January 4 [1978]. Mrs. Strowbridge spent the greater part of her life at Butter Cove, Trinity Bay, but has moved to Toronto in recent years to live with her daughter, Rosie Benson. She also has another daughter, Mrs. Malcolm Philpott living in Toronto as well as a son, Alex. Another son lives in St. John’s, while two step-sons reside in Clarenville.
Mrs. Strowbridge is receiving the best wishes of her many friends and relatives on the occasion of her birthday.
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Transcribed by Wanda Garrett, April 2018
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