Butler county Missouri, Butler Democrat JUNE 17, 1965 AUNT DALLIE CAMPBELL BUTLER WOMAN TO REACH CENTURY MARK JUNE 18 ***************************************************************** File contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by "The Agan's" These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ****************************************************************** ****************************************************************** Aunt Dallie Campbell clutched a handful of greeting cards she had just received in the he morning mail last Friday when the Democrat called on her for an interview and photograph. Already she had begun receiving congratulatory messages from friends well in advance of her 100th birthday anniversary which is Friday, June 18, and it was easy to see that she was very proud and happy. Seated in a rocking chair at her home at 201 south Delaware street in Butler, Aunt Dallie was attired in a print dress and immaculately groomed, thanks to the assistance of Mrs. Pearl Knight, a next door neighbor OLDEST BATES COUNTIAN. "I guess I'm the oldest person in Bates county," she said. "You know I'll be 100 next Friday" This claim to longevity seems to be undisputed, for Aunt Dallie has won this title at the Old Settlers Reunion for the past several years. Mrs. Campbell (Susan Alice) and her twin brother, John Sherman Harbert, were born June 18, 1865 to Mr. and Mrs. James Harbert while enroute to Johnstown community in northeastern Bates county from Calhoun, Mo. The Harbert's were one of the pioneer families of this section of the state. Much of their history was detailed in Mrs. Reva Stubblefield's Bates County Museum column which appeared in last week's edition of the Democrat. Aunt Dallie said she had lived all but three weeks of her life in Bates county, and had resided at her present home since 1942. She married Al Campbell in 1917, but he died about ten years later. The couple had no children. Her twin brother has been dead for over twenty years. REMARKABLY AGILE "I want you to tell them how good I can get around," Aunt Dallie boasted, as she gingerly arose from her chair and walked the full length of the room " I don't have an ache or a pain," she commented, "and I eat well and sleep well." Although her sight and hearing have failed, she is in remarkably good shape for a 100-year old woman. Mrs. Campbell has a niece and nephew in Butler, Mrs. A.B. Cummings and Jake Harbert. Another nephew, Bill Harbert lives in Independence, MO. Two other nieces, Mrs. Will Hanson and Miss Allie Harbert, reside in Altoona,Kansas. Some of the nearby relatives and neighbors look in on Aunt Dallie every day to see about her meals and other needs.