How to live to 100: No ‘smoking, drinking, dope and needles’

Clara Margaretha “Greta” Jacobs-Blain was born in her grandparents’ home in the Netherlands on a stormy night with gale-force winds so strong a window was blown in and power lines toppled. She was born at the stroke of midnight, Nov. 27, 1917.
Surviving that storm was her first challenge. It set the tone.
Blain celebrated her 100th birthday at Villa Beaurepaire in Beaconsfield, Monday. There were flowers, cake, birthday hugs and speeches. Nancy Jongh, her only niece, flew in fr