Pauline Parr, left, and Madeline Golec reunited at Newhaven Court at Clearview in Center Township. The two centenarians knew each other when they were growing up on farms.

CENTER TWP — Newhaven Court at Clearview, 100 Newhaven Lane, sure knows how to celebrate a 100th-year birthday.

After all, the senior living community has had plenty of experience recognizing such milestones. Newhaven Court at Clearview is home to four centenarians whose ages range from 100 to 104 years old.

“We celebrate all residents’ birthdays, but when someone hits 100 years old, it’s certainly special,” said Casey Bowser, community relations director. “It speaks to them making the right decisions in life. Everyone wants to hear the advice someone who is 100 has to give. There’s magic in that century milestone.”

Pauline Parr, 100, and Madeline Golec, 104, grew up on farms in Butler County and attended a country school together through the eighth grade. They eventually reconnected at Newhaven Court.

Gertrude Klingensmith, 101, and Ruth Spack, 100, also both were raised in families that lived and worked on farms in Butler County.

Klingensmith was born in the summer of 1921 on the North Side of Pittsburgh. “When I was 5 years old, we moved to Butler,” she said. “My dad bought a farm in Connoquenessing. We had peacocks, I don’t know why I remember the peacocks. After a few years, we moved to the city of Butler.”

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