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Mackenzie, a former hairdressâ€" er, began her real estate career at the age of 53 after moving to Oakville with her late second husâ€" band, Wallace Mackenzie. By then, her only daughter, Ann, was "I don‘t feel 80 at all. I don‘t know how it would feel to be 80 because you see, I still have a feelâ€" ing that I have so much life to live." Mackenzie marked her 80th birthday, Wednesday. But she reached the milestone on paper only. Bright and energetic, she looks â€" and claims to feel â€" almost 20 years younger. "I don‘t have much time for outside activities. I don‘t have time for shopping even. I‘m just busy talking to people." "I‘m busy every day," says Mackenzie, a real estate agent for 27 years. reeta Mackenzie can‘t wait Fto start her days. The Oakville great grandmother is up most mornings by 6 a.m. and is soon busy contacting friends and clients. Often, she‘s out showing condominiums and houses. Freeta Mackenzie, centre, was treated to a lunch for her 80th birthday on Wednesday by her friends. (left to right) Pat Watson, Monty Duncan and Joyce Jones. (Photo by Peter McCusker) By BELINDA SUTTON Special to the Beaver Eightieth birthday no time to stop for real estate agent The Bam: Workshop Showroom: Markham Rd. Steeles Ave. _ 370 Denison St. E., Markham. 416â€"293â€"2279 905â€"475â€"2488 Country Computer Work Stations All Pedestal Tables 30% Off! Mackenzie began to build up a clientele and eventually moved to Mackenzie remembers selling her first home about six weeks after starting her job. A young couple purchased a threeâ€"bedroom bungalow she showed them in Oakville‘s east end. The couple has kept in touch with her and still lives in the home, she says. "Nobody bought anyways, so I kept showing houses. Finally I said, ‘This has got to stop. This is costing me too muchâ€"money.‘ Then I started sellinge." "When I first took customers out, I was hoping they wouldn‘t buy anything. I was just so nerâ€" vous that I wouldn‘t get the (purâ€" chase) papers signed properly." Mackenzie signed up for real estate classes in Hamilton and started work full time in 1967 at the former Jim Craigmyle Real Estate office in the heart of Oakville‘s downtown at Reynolds Street and Lakeshore Road East. "He didn‘t think I should be working in a kitchen and just lookâ€" ing after him." "My husband wanted me to take a job," Mackenzie says. grown up and had children of her own. T Sale Price Freeta Mackenzie SPRINC sALE Pine 42" x 63" double pedestal When her clients insisted on seeing it, Mackenzie made an appointment. The door was answered by a naked 12â€"yearâ€"old girl, who was the daughter of a couple renting the house. Mackenzie and her clients were (See ‘No‘ pg 16) "I said, ‘Oh no, I don‘t want to go in that house. It should be conâ€" demned.‘ " She says a middle aged couple once came to her asking to see an old twoâ€"storey woodâ€"frame house in downtown Oakville. bragging â€" that‘s not me." Over the years, Mackenzie has had all sorts of things happen to her while out selling homes, In fact, she says, she once worked on a book about her experiences, but lost the manuscript during a change of residence. "That‘s so personal. I don‘t want it to sound as though I‘m â€" that‘s not me." She‘s proud of the achievement, but shy to speak about it. Still, one anecdote from the 1970s stands out in her mind. a number of other real estate offices. Although she says she has never gotten rich from selling homes, at one point in the 1970s, she was a top agent for the district. Sleigh Bed All arched armoires and arched entertainment units on 4 A T TT Mississauga: Whitby: 2185 Dundas St. W. (at Dunwin) _ 111 Dunlop St. W. at Brock St. 905â€"607â€"2247 905â€"668â€"2770 Golfers! 1400 lid to MeY Is PAIN in Your Back or Joints taking the fun _ _ out of Your Game? NCHED NERVES my be the cause of to Enjoy the season in The Diamond That Will Conquer Your Heart hP fine jewellery 1 » " 321 Lakeshore Rd. E., Oakville CHIROPRACTIC Now Playing at G.S.T. included 844â€"7220