READING, Pa. – It’s a celebration more than a century in the making \u2014 Ruby Gordon turned 105 Friday.<\/p>\n
Family and friends threw a party for her at Oak Street Health’s Reading center.<\/p>\n
There were plenty of treats, gifts and even a special proclamation from Mayor Eddie Moran.<\/p>\n
Gordon once worked as a model and dancer for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus.<\/p>\n
These days she says she enjoys people and good conversations.<\/p>\n
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