That's wonderful, thanks for posting! I don't know. I'm not sure we had the same take on the elderly population 60 plus years ago. They didn't just kinda disappear like they do now into homes. When I was a kid they tended to be venerated, especially the vets. If an elderly woman corrected you, you jumped and they had pride of place at gatherings, family, church etc- rode in the lead cars in parades and you were really polite to them. A 107 year old vet would have been at the top of the respect heap. It's just a guess; whomever planned the bust may not have wished anything but an image of someone like Mr. Woolson exactly like he was when 107.
It was nice. You come across elderly daily in stores, slowly pushing a cart and left to take their groceries out to their cars by themselves. That would have caused a small riot 50 years ago. Like I said, we had a different perspective about their place in the world.