Seniors Bare Almost All For Charity

TOWNSEND, Mass. -- You know the expression "you're not getting older, you're getting better?" Well, a group of older women in Townsend, Mass., say the proof of that is in the pictures.

The pictures are of the sprightly seniors nearly naked. The grandmothers and great-grandmothers are baring almost all in a soon-to-be-published calendar to benefit the town.

Lu Porter, 75, is Miss January. Porter and her friends came up with the idea after renting "Calendar Girls," a movie about a real life group of older English women who made a nearly nude calendar for charity.

"We're just as good looking as them, so why not do it? And we're older, so it makes it more unique," said Porter.

And so the 16 women, the eldest 94, stripped themselves of all inhibition and had a ball doing it.

"Some were a little squeamish, but got over it. They got out there in the woods with nobody around. They were worried about their bra straps, all of a sudden didn't care. We threw off everything -- blouses and all," said Porter.

Proceeds from the 17-month spread will benefit the 275th anniversary celebration of Townsend.

"My month was August. I'm on a Harley motorcycle, so now I'm known as Motorcycle Millie," said Millie Smith.

"My month is October. I'm a flying witch. I had on my witch's cape and I was supposed to show my bra straps but they fell down," said Beulah Greenough.

"I was the pilgrim lady. I had the turkey hiding me here," said Miss November Viola Kenney. "We ate it afterward, so it was nice."

The golden girls are residents of the Atwood Senior Housing Center, so the name of the calendar, appropriately enough, will be called the Atwood Cuties Calendar.

"I'm Rita Quinn and I posed with apples," said Miss September Quinn. "That's all I'm going to say."

The calendar will go on sale in the spring.