FOG BLOG NB NEWS LOG: BEAVER HARBOUR MAN BECOMES SUPER CENTENARIAN AT 110!

BORN IN 1911......BEAVER HARBOUR'S ARNOLD HAWKINS TURNS 110 YEARS YOUNG TODAY AND BECOMES CANADA'S FIRST CANADIAN BORN SUPER CENTENARIAN.......THOUSANDS OF CARDS POUR IN FOR ARNOLD'S BIRTHDAY.......HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARNOLD!.......Beaver Harbour, New Brunswick’s Arnold Hawkins turned 110 years old on Saturday.

In pre-pandemic times, an open-house party would normally mark the occasion, as it has for his past few birthdays.

With large gatherings off the table this year, his family sought out a different way to celebrate by putting out a public call for birthday cards...“The original idea was to see if we could get 110 cards for 110 years,” Hawkins’ granddaughter Cheryl McKinley says.

“I wasn’t even sure if we’d get that many but it just kind of exploded.”

She says they had at least 5,000 on hand by the big day, with more still rolling in each time the mail comes.

“I’m kind of overwhelmed to be honest,” McKinley says with a laugh.

“I’ve definitely run out of room in my card corner.”