Acton's Oldest Residents
Acton continues the tradition by awarding a replica of the cane,
the original is kept on display at the Acton Library.
Gaps in dates are where no record of a recipient was found.
Israel Runnels in September 1909 at the age of 85 until 1911
Cyrus Miller in 1911 at the age of 78 until 1914
Paul Sanborn in 1914 at age 82 until 1917
Alexander Ewen in ? until January 1971 at the age of 92
Melvina Provencher on July 2, 1971 at the age of 92 until March 10, 1973 at the
age 93
Marcia Hurd Mee on 1975 at the age of 83 until May 25, 1983 at the age of 91 — the oldest resident refused the cane, therefore it was awarded to Marcia, the 2nd oldest
Martha Treadwell Horn on ? at the age of? until June 30, 1986 at the age of 92
Clifford Holdsworth on ? at the age of? until October 14, 1998 at the age of 102
Hazel Littlefield Crawford on December 5, 1998 at the age of 95 until November 3, 1999 at the age of 96
Helen Dunnells Wentworth on December 29, 2002 at the age of 97 until March
29, 2012 at the age of 106 — 2 days shy of her 107* birthday
Earl Bell on October 24, 2013 at the age of 97
Louise Horn on September 20, 2014 at the age of 94 until 2020
Claire Bragg on November 21, 2020 at the age of 94 until 2023
Margaret "Peg" Whitten in 2023 at age 96