Allegheny County PA Archives-  News: Holland, Catherine 87th Birthday, 1916

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McDonald PA Outlook, 23 Sep 1916

On September 9th at the home of Miss Catherine HOLLAND (Aunt Kate) was 
gathered several of her relatives and neighbors in honor of her advent into 
her eighty-seventh year. Miss HOLLAND, despite her years, is yet quite 
active physically; her mental faculties are acute and retentive. When she 
in conversation, becomes reminiscent the listener is held spellbound by the 
recital of incidents of ye old time dweller in Sodom and the region around 
Bridgeville. "Aunt Kate" was once wont to handle the bow with agility and 
ease, and many an old timer may tell of he or she tripped the light 
fantastic toe to the music brought forth from the fiddle by the had of Miss 
HOLLAND. She is the last of her generation of the same family, her brothers 
and sisters have all joined the majority on the other side. Enoch O. 
HOLLAND, a Pennsylvania Reserve veteran and a brother, passed over in April 
of this year.
 
Miss HOLLAND lives a quiet life in her own home at Bridgeville, 
surrounded by neighbors, who, young and old, tenderly and lovingly minister 
to the comfort and happiness of the one whom they with respect denominate 
"Aunt Kate" HOLLAND.
 
Many tokens of love and affection were given on this occasion to 
this more than an octogenarian. At midafternoon the relatives sat down with 
their hostess to a well-prepared and abundant table of food, all heartily 
partaking and enjoying the fellowship of each other, ____ and trusting the 
hostess, whom they met to honor, may be given many future birthdays and that 
health of body and vigor of mind shall still be granted.
 
The following neighbors called in person: Mr. and Mrs. Carl 
GROSS, Mrs. Wm. POELLETT, Miss Nellie POELLETT, Mrs. Lillian COLLINS, Mrs. 
Samuel PATTON and M... JONES, all of Bridgeville. The following relatives 
surrounded the ___ board: Mrs. Enoch P. HOLLAND, Mrs. Harriett B. OTT; ___ 
____; ____M. OSBORN, William ___ ... WATSON and daughter Dorothy of 
Hazelwood; Miss Katherine MCCABE, Heidelberg; Mrs. J. E. PHILLPS and Miss 
Jennie BYRON, Pittsburgh; Mrs. Park SNODGRASS, Canonsburg, and last, but not 
least in activity at the festal board, J. B. HOLLAND of Cecil township.
 
May she, who has attained to her six-and-eighty years yet 
another birthday see, and under the sovereign care of Him, she delights to 
serve, be blessed with happiness is the wish of all.
 
(signed) Uncle Banks
 
(John Banks HOLLAND)