Louise Richards, a 99-year-old resident of Jackson, was presented with the Boston Post Cane in an outdoor ceremony behind the Jackson Town Offices Wednesday morning.(RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
During Wednesday’s ceremony, Boston Post Cane recipient Louise Richards looks on as Jackson Historical Society President Anne Pillion shows the artist’s bag of the cane’s first recipient in 1909, George N. Merrill. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Luke and Pat Brassard stand for a photo with their longtime friend Louise Richards, who was presented with the Boston Post Cane as the town's oldest resident in an outdoor ceremony behind the Jackson Town Offices Wednesday morning. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A small crowd gather to honor Louise Richards, a 99-year-old resident of Jackson, who was presented with the Boston Post Cane in an outdoor ceremony behind the Jackson Town Offices Wednesday morning. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Louise Richards, a 99-year-old resident of Jackson, was presented with the Boston Post Cane in an outdoor ceremony behind the Jackson Town Offices Wednesday morning.(RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
During Wednesday’s ceremony, Boston Post Cane recipient Louise Richards looks on as Jackson Historical Society President Anne Pillion shows the artist’s bag of the cane’s first recipient in 1909, George N. Merrill. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Luke and Pat Brassard stand for a photo with their longtime friend Louise Richards, who was presented with the Boston Post Cane as the town's oldest resident in an outdoor ceremony behind the Jackson Town Offices Wednesday morning. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A small crowd gather to honor Louise Richards, a 99-year-old resident of Jackson, who was presented with the Boston Post Cane in an outdoor ceremony behind the Jackson Town Offices Wednesday morning. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
"Live every day as it comes along and enjoy every day. Find something great about every day.”
That’s what Louise Richards, a 99-year-old Jackson resident, said of living a long, happy life during an outdoor ceremony behind the town offices as she was presented with the Boston Post Cane on Wednesday morning.
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