By Dan Mitchell, MLM Blog Correspondent

From Ohio.com:

Mary Elizabeth (Bricker) Fairchild — who was selected ''May Queen'' back in the day when she was a student at Akron's Central High School — still flashes the smile that scored her that long-ago title.

Indeed, the neatly coiffed Mrs. Fairchild, who turned 100 Thursday, has much to be grateful for and smile about.

Amazingly, the Cuyahoga Falls Cardinal Retirement Village resident, who still covets her independence, lives in an assisted-living apartment.

Mrs. Fairchild was born July 9, 1909, in Barberton and moved to Akron a few weeks later. Teddy Roosevelt was president.

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