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Subscriber only On the night she was born, the doctor declared there was no hope at all that she would live. But on January 15, Mildred Goldsmith, now part of Bolton Clarke s Chelsea aged care community in Maryborough, celebrated her 100th birthday. Her milestone birthday was celebrated in style, first with family and friends and then with the planting of a tree in her honour. Fraser Coast Mayor George Seymour said it was fitting that a tree would represent the milestone for Mrs Goldsmith, who had dedicated almost 60 years to the Japanese art of arranging flowers. Mildred is currently honoured as a Professor of Ikebana and she has achieved the highest awards possible in the art, Cr Seymour said.