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Looking through old photographs brings out more tidbits about Los Gatos. For instance, one black and white shows Mildred with a group of Camp Fire girls and a bird cage. “The Camp Fire girls built a bird sanctuary at the civic center in the 1920s,” Ward said. Then she recalls that Mildred’s parents were married at the “old Methodist Church at the civic center.” The church was apparently located where the civic center’s parking lot is today. Parking lots weren’t really needed back then because cars were just coming of age. But automobiles were all the rage by the time Mildred bought her first car from Swanson Ford in the 1930s. “They even taught her how to drive,” Ward said.

Mildred graduated from Los Gatos High School in 1933, The class of ’33 had 81 students, compared to the class of 2014 with 423 students, She went on to graduate from UC-Berkeley in 1937 with a degree in anthropology and archeology, Around 1939 Mildred put her degree to good use when she and her husband, Thomas, excavated the Whitman Mission in Washington state, Decades later Mildred became one of the first Americans to travel to China after President Richard Nixon irish, saint patrick's day, cheers mate, ireland, lucky clover, shamrock, irish girl, dancing shoes, ballet shoes, st. patri normalized relations with the communist regime..

But she always came home to Los Gatos–and still does. “I talk to her every day about her property, and we talk about the creek, birds and trees, and that takes her back home in her mind,” niece Marguerite Garth said. Mildred, her niece and daughter will be joined by dozens of other family members and friends for a 100th birthday celebration that will be held this weekend. Her birthday is actually Feb. 22, so the milestone celebration came a bit early. Nancy, however, downplayed her upcoming birthday. “It’s really no different than any other one,” she said. “Birthdays are just a group of memories.”.

You can bet she’s made lots of memories in 100 years, “We saw it all come–the first radios and TVs,” Nancy said, “I remember one day my father sat us all down in front of a box, It was a TV, Talk about a shock! We watched a Western because my dad was hooked on irish, saint patrick's day, cheers mate, ireland, lucky clover, shamrock, irish girl, dancing shoes, ballet shoes, st. patri Westerns.”, The airplane also moved from novelty to everyday in Nancy’s lifetime, “The Associated Oil Company had a plane, and in the 1930s they would take people up two at a time,” she said, “We went around the bay and I remember feeling scared and excited.”..

Nancy was born in Sacramento. As she grew into a young woman, she and her siblings began traveling to places like Yosemite as the Johnson Sisters. “We were dancers,” Nancy said. “We did everything from tap to modern dance.”. World War II found Nancy living in the East Bay because her husband worked in the shipyards. “We only had one car, so my boys and I were pretty much housebound,” she said. “I did have a big baby buggy that I packed with two kids and groceries. The older two boys had to hang onto the sides–that’s how we traveled.”.

A round trip to the grocery store was about three miles, The ensuing years irish, saint patrick's day, cheers mate, ireland, lucky clover, shamrock, irish girl, dancing shoes, ballet shoes, st. patri would see Nancy traveling well beyond her California roots, “I took a mail boat to Sweden and Norway that stopped at every little village to deliver the mail, People would be out at 3 a.m, to get their mail,” she said, Another trip took her to Africa, “That was a real eye opener,” Nancy said, “I had no idea people lived like that, But the people were very much like us, really.”, Although Nancy is a somewhat new Los Gatos resident–she moved to the Meadows in 2006–she’s been coming to town for decades to visit her son Tim Murphy and his family, Another son, Joe Murphy, lived in Los Gatos until 10 years ago..

There’s another son, Tom, who lives in Orange County, plus 10 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Nancy’s eyes begin to mist as she recalls her youngest son, John, who passed away from cancer. She admits to sometimes being lonely because so many family members are gone, but then hastily adds, “I still have quite a family.”. It’s a legacy worth celebrating by a centenarian who says, “My mom came from very strong stock. All her kids inherited that.”.

Lego Club: Every second and irish, saint patrick's day, cheers mate, ireland, lucky clover, shamrock, irish girl, dancing shoes, ballet shoes, st. patri fourth Wednesday of the month, 4 p.m, Cambrian Library, 1780 Hillsdale Ave., San Jose, sjpl.org/cambrian, Preschool Storytime: With “Stay and Play.” Tuesdays, 11:30 a.m, Cambrian Library, 1780 Hillsdale Ave., San Jose.sjpl.org/cambrian, Venus in Fur: Real life and scripted action become blurred in this work about a playwright-director and the final actress he auditions for his play, Through March 1, times vary, San Jose Stage Company, 490 S, First St., San Jose, $30-$60, 408-283-7142, thestage.org..

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