By Sarah Brown
Lebanon Local
Strawberry preserves must run in Ruth (Schackman) Lenox’s blood.
The 1941 Strawberry Festival Queen, who turns 100 on June 7, reigns as Lebanon’s oldest living monarch. What’s more, she came into this world as the 1923 event kicked off, and celebrated her 18th birthday as Queen during the 1941 festivities.
Royal genes seem to run in Lenox’s family. Her older sister, Bertha Schackman, was crowned queen in 1930, and youngest…