1. Name: Jan Dulelia Smithers

2. Date of Birth: August 1, 1896

3. Place of Birth: Eagle Creek

4. Parents: Tom and Lynn

5. Siblings: Charles Van (1895-), Bruce Bill (1899-), Betty Amelia (1901-), Christopher Cumberland (1902-), Wallace Theodor (1904-)

6. Describe your childhood. I grew up in Eagle Creek. I've lived near Ginger McPherson for all of my life.

7. What did you enjoy doing as a child? I enjoyed playing in the snow. Ginger and I would build ice palaces and pretend we were damsels in distress.

8. What is your earliest memory? Building a snowman with my parents.

9. How old were you when you went on your first date and where did you go? I've never courted.

10. Married?

11. Pets? I have a cat named Orion.

12. Education: I am in eighth grade at Eagle Creek School

13. Current friends: Ginger McPherson, Margaret Costello, Kimberly Buchanan

14. Occupation: Student

15. What was your first job? My fathers is an architect. He designed many of the buildings in downtown Eagle Creek include the apothecary, Clementine Bakery and town hall. If Ginger isn't around I'll go downtown and help him with various projects.

16. How much did you make? He gives me an extra dollar in my weekly allowance if I help him.

17. What is your favorite quote? "All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind." - Abraham Lincoln

18. What are you doing now? Making mashed potatoes for Mrs. Vernon. She's been ill this week so Ginger and I are fixing a lunch for her.

20. Do you admire a famous person? Well, I suppose Mayor Tallard is famous. I like him a lot.

21. What makes them admirable? He's always nice to me. He was responsible for making downtown look better.

22. What is your favorite food? Cinnamon buns from Clementine's Bakery.

23. What is your favorite color? Red

24. What is your favorite song? Eternal Father, Strong to Save by William Whiting. I heard it at a choir competition when I was a kid. It is very pretty.

25. Hobbies: I make furniture for dollhouses. I show them at a dollhouse collectors club in River City that meets on the last Saturday of every month.

26. Name of the last book you read? Guide to American Carpentry by Phil Odom

27. Tell me about a memorable moment in your life; a time you will never forget. Last year, I thought I had a heart attack. I was outside, playing badminton with my brother Charlie, Ginger and her brother Walt. My chest started hurting and I passed out.

I awoke in a room at River City General Hospital. The doctor said I needed to lose weight. He put me on a special diet. Since then, I've lost 25 pounds.

I need to lose 50 more pounds but it is going to be difficult.

28. What things do you find yourself doing that you said you'd never do? Turning down invitations to have dinner with friends.

29. What are the goals you are still working toward? I need to lose a lot more weight if I want a fairly normal life.

30. When people look back at your life, how do you want to be remembered? I want people to see me as being beautiful because of my gentle spirit.

31. What is your favorite outdoor activity? I like going on walks around town. When I began my weight loss program I began a routine where I walk from my house, to downtown, around Darling Knob.

Sometimes when I am walking early in the morning, I see Mrs. Hines running. She runs 10 miles each morning which is quite an achievement for an old person.

32. Do you attend church or religious services? I attend Eagle Creek Methodist. My father is a deacon.

33. What is your favorite Bible verse? Proverbs 22:9

34. What makes you happy? Pie.

35. What makes you sad? The possibility that I might be this big or bigger when I am older. When Margaret, Ginger and Kimberly get together and talk about boys I always feel real sad. I've never even had a boy say 'hello' to me, let alone want to spend any time getting to know me.

36. What frightens you? Rejection. I am always afraid that people won't like me. If it weren't for Ginger, I would not have as many friends as I do.

37. What is there about you that would surprise people if they found out? I can count to 10 in Greek. My grandfather was from Athens.