CANOGA PARK WOMAN TURNS 100.Byline: MARK KELLAM Valley News Writer Dee Woodward's secret to a long life? ``Some ancestor ANCESTOR, descents. One who has preceded another in a direct line of descent; an ascendant. In the common law, the word is understood as well of the immediate parents, as, of these that are higher; as may appear by the statute 25 Ed. III. De natis ultra mare, and so in the statute of 6 R. stuck me with these genes,'' she said with a wry smile. The Canoga Park resident turned 100 on May 10, and her friends and family threw her a birthday party in the community room of the mobile home park where she lives. Dee has lived in the Valley for more than 75 years. When she was 22, she moved here with her first husband and their young son, Ed. While the marriage didn't last long, her love for Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, remained strong. Her husband returned to the Midwest, but Woodward stayed, moved in with her sister and raised Ed. At age 25, she married Marvin Woodward, and they were together until his death in 1971. One of her most vivid memories of the Valley was a flood that hit in 1937. The Woodwards lived on the corner of Addison Street and Whitsett Avenue in North Hollywood. A school bus filled with children was stranded strand 1 n. The land bordering a body of water; a beach. v. strand·ed, strand·ing, strands v.tr. 1. To drive or run ashore or aground. 2. near her home because of overflowing o·ver·flow v. o·ver·flowed, o·ver·flow·ing, o·ver·flows v.intr. 1. To flow or run over the top, brim, or banks. 2. To be filled beyond capacity, as a container or waterway. 3. washes. She took all the children into her house, where they stayed until the flooding subsided. ``We had a bus full of children in our house. They had to sleep on the floor. We didn't have enough beds,'' Dee recalled, shaking her head in amused a·muse tr.v. a·mused, a·mus·ing, a·mus·es 1. To occupy in an agreeable, pleasing, or entertaining fashion. 2. disbelief Disbelief See also Skepticism. Capys Trojan who mistrusted Trojan Horse; cautioned against bringing it into the city. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 50] Cassandra no one gave credence to her accurate prophecies of doom. [Gk. Myth. . CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Dee Woodward is queen for the day at her 100th birthday celebration. Mark Kellam/Valley News |
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