‘I tried to write on a level that my mother would enjoy’ Update: May 28, 2013: KTRE-TV, Lufkin, reports Mattie Dellinger died today at age 101. By Robert Haught Editor, The e-Columnist MARCH 8, 2013 — Mattie Dellinger writes a weekly column for the Shelby County Light and Champion in the East Texas town of…
The newest member of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists is a peppy Vermont woman believed to be America’s oldest columnist. Harriette B. Leidich of North Bennington, VT is approaching her 100th birthday but still turning out columns for her local newspaper. A contributing columnist for the daily Bennington (VT) Banner for the past 16…
