Betty McClain, with niece Anne Marie McGinniss
Delaire Landing resident Elizabeth “Betty” McClain celebrated her 101st birthday on Sunday.
McClain was born on March 26, 1922, a Sunday, when life expectancy was 61.
Warren G. Harding was president, and Pope Pius XI was the new leader of the Catholic Church.
The average annual income was $3,143, and a gallon of gas cost a quarter. Stamps were two cents, and bread was a nickel a loaf. ••