IWe Coemick, Remembers news of the Titanic By pin Hunt Aeae’F o6- | 99 The Rane 125 | end the sinking of the Titan, McCormick was born on the concession of Thurlow = Hone on " Although she’s approaching the century mark, McCormick’s memory for dates and events is markable. “I remember the newspaper eras to oe house ee . ois Gtruck),” Ae said when asked of of her earliest recollections, “and I was 12 when the Titanic went ae and I remember that. After finishing Grade 8 at S.S. 4 eS school in Thurlow, McCormick went to work at 16 as a nanny for and et Lee, who lived in Belleville’s east end. She moved to Toronto luding one that died infancy). During the Depression, Joe was laid off from the Fale and they moved north to a off til the times improv To the best of a knowledge, McCormick is last Silver toni pe Feb. 22, 1945, in the English Joe Sr. died in 1963, the same year her son, Joe Jr. was killed Silver Cross Mother has ‘no complaints’ at age 99 in an airplane crash: in Quebec. After that she began ‘ing in boarders and still rents space to two ple in her house, where she’s lived since 1950. A home- maker prepares her meals and a son visits from Toronto each pee cae but otherwise she gets T OWN. “T've me got all my marbles — fo knit and daily. paper daly. She ’s Catholic Church, For her birthday she received 60 novels. “They'll last me ’til Intelligencer photo by Bill Hunt Bertha McCormick, 99 on Sunday, stands in front of a few family photos in her Belleville home. T’m about 105.” Family members are spread to keep trac! a I counted there was 18.” There’s /also 12 great-grandchildren. So what’s she ee for the millennium? “T think I'll go over and get in ee with Clinton,” she said wit After pal through two world wars, an economic ona an pen three children, McCormick's out- ee is still brig “T've accepted everything I’ve lived through...I have no complaints T’ve been well taken care of IMeMara cor I Lets A SE