Alexandria woman turns 102 on 10-2

Alexandria woman turns 102 on 10-2

ALEXANDRIA — Turning butter every day is a task Rose Gibson fondly remembers doing when she was growing up on her family’s farm near Stirum, North Dakota. Gibson, who now lives in Alexandria, also remembers lowering the milk and cream into the well because her family didn’t have a refrigerator. The milk and cream were both stored in the tin cans Karo corn syrup used. The family would reuse the cans because they sealed tightly, similar to paint c…