Celebrating 100 years

Margaret (Mickey) Caldwell Robinson celebrated her 100th birthday on July 30. She marked the occasion with a gathering of family and cherished friends this past Saturday at the Van Zandt Country Club. When asked the secret to her long life she says with a smile, “I like it here so I decided to stay.” Mickey was born on July 30, 1915, in Montell to William Martin Caldwell and Alice Whitfield. She had one younger brother Maxwell. As a young girl, Mickey lived in many Texas towns including Lubbock, Dallas and San Antonio. Her first aspiration was to be a detective. Later, she became obsessed with aviation and wanted to be a pilot. She remembers following Admiral Byrd and his Antarctic explorations and that she wished it could have been her instead of the Boy Scout he picked to go on one expedition.

In 1933, Mickey graduated from Oak Cliff High School in Dallas. During that same time, she met Mikell Haden Robinson in a church youth organization. They were married in 1935 at Christ Episcopal Church in Dallas.

Mike was an optician in downtown Dallas and Mickey worked as a secretary in a chemical company. By 1939 they had saved enough money to buy their first home. Their daughter Margaret Elaine (Elaine) was born in 1941; their son Martin Mikell (Mart) in 1945. Mickey was very involved in her children’s lives volunteering at their schools and being a Cub Scout den mother.

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