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Henderson Daily Dispatch
Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina
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John D. Rockefeller Sr., world's richest man, celebrates 96th birthday on July 8 in Lakewood, N.J., in excellent health with 19 natural teeth. Son John Jr. visits. Recounts rise from Cleveland bookkeeper at $50/month to billionaire philanthropist donating $500 million.
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Lakewood, N. J., July 8.-(AP)-John D. Rockefeller, Sr., was four score and sixteen today and enjoyed the best of health in years.
Routine in "golf house" with its 25 servants remained unchanged, with any birthday observance barred. The nonagenarian's son, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., spent the day with him.
"He hasn't felt better in many years" the son said.
His dentist Dr. Max Goldstein, reported that the annual examination
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showed his 19 natural teeth still sound
with no need for fillings or extractions.
The birthday marked the 80th year
since the start of the business career
that carried Mr. Rockefeller from the
possession of nothing to the posses-
sion of estimated billions. The actual
size of his fortune has never been re-
vealed.
At 16 he started work as an assistant. bookkeeper in a produce com-
mission warehouse in Cleveland at $50
a month.
At 96 he is long retired from busi-
ness activity and has behind him the
amassing of what many believe to be
the greatest riches ever controlled by
an individual. and the philanthropic
disposal of a half billion dollars.
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Lakewood, N. J.
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July 8
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John D. Rockefeller Sr. turns 96 in good health with 19 natural teeth intact. His son spends the day with him. The article highlights his 80-year business career from a $50/month bookkeeper in Cleveland to amassing billions and philanthropically disposing of half a billion dollars.