My New Friend

Mary Schroeder

Detroit Free Press

Ottilia Luttenberger, who was 95 last January, receives a kiss from James Barclay, who was 93 last April, after they were named the oldest woman and man at the Michigan State Fair. The fellow Detroiters were strangers before they met at Sr. Citizens day at the fair. 'I didn't expect all this today,' she said after being named winner.

Mary Schroeder, "My New Friend," in POYi Archive, Item #10888, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/10888 (accessed November 25, 2024).