Mayor John Hopkins proclaimed the day in honor of Billiter at this month's regular council meeting.
"Whereas pride in our community has been demonstrated again and again by citizens of Paden City; and Whereas the Paden City Mayor and Common Council wish to recognize one of those citizens. Now, therefore I, John Hopkins, Mayor of Paden City, do hereby proclaim, April 20, 2005 as Mazie Billiter Day and urge all citizens of Paden City to honor Mazie by recognizing this date, April 20, 2005, as the day Mazie will become 100 years young," Hopkins read. "Therefore, we ask in solemn prayer to the Great Master of the universe that He grant to Mazie Billiter many more years of good health and happiness."
This honor becomes the second time Paden City has recognized Billiter as the town's oldest resident. During the town's centennial celebration in 2003, Billiter was presented with a bouquet of flowers by City Recorder Ginger Wilcox.
Billiter was born on a farm house in Arvilla on April 20, 1905, a daughter of the late William and Emma Kernan Hendricks. She grew up on the farm and attended school in Arvilla.
In 1927, she went to work at the Paden City Bottle Factory where she met her husband-to-be Press Billiter and fell in love. They were married later that year and made their home on South Second Avenue in Paden City, Mazie has lived at that home for 77 years.
When Billiter first moved to Paden City, she recalled, the town had four grocery stores, two barbers, and two doctors.
Billiter worked for the Paden City Pottery for 13 years and Corning Glass for another eight years. She is a member of the Paden Fork Chapel.