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Grafton’s Helen Ellett Celebrates Her 100th Birthday

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by Randy Kneer

Sunday, February 16, was Helen Ellett’s 100th Birthday. Her family put on a beautiful birthday party for her at the Grafton Everett Wagar Senior Citizen Center from 12 to 3 pm. The public was invited.

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Helen Ellett (seated), surrounded by her family, celebrated her 100th birthday at the Everett Wagar Senior Center in Grafton on Sunday, February 16. Photo by Randy Kneer.
Helen Ellett (seated), surrounded by her family, celebrated her 100th birthday at the Everett Wagar Senior Center in Grafton on Sunday, February 16. Photo by Randy Kneer.

Helen Ellett was the Fire Observer at the Dickinson Hill Fire Tower from 1943 to 1953 and from 1959 to 1965.She was also the founder of the Grafton Trail Riders Horse Club.

Helen Ellett looks over her birthday cake and the pictures on it representing many of her activities and accomplishments over 100 years. Photo by Randy Kneer.
Helen Ellett looks over her birthday cake and the pictures on it representing many of her activities and accomplishments over 100 years. Photo by Randy Kneer.

Many people were there to celebrate her birthday. What a great honor it was. Rick Miller, who was the Fire Observer on the Kane Mountain Fire Tower in the southern Adirondacks from 1978 to 1983, came to wish Helen Ellett a Happy 100th Birthday. It was incredible to see two fire observers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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