As the Boston Post Cane tops the age of many of its recipients, some Standish residents are raising money to duplicate the cane and place the original on display.

The 7-foot cane with a gold head has been loaned to the town’s oldest resident since 1909. That was when newspaper publisher Edwin Grozier distributed canes to more than 700 towns in New England.

Since Florence Sturgis, last recipient of the cane passed away, it has been in possession of Town Clerk Mary Chapman. It would cost $1,400 to duplicate the cane and buy a display case, Chapman said.

Chapman knitted four Christmas stockings for the Standish Historical Society to raffle off to raise money to duplicate the cane and buy a display case for the original cane to rest at the Standish Municipal Center.

Members of the historical society started selling raffle tickets at George E. Jack Elementary School on election day. The drawing of the raffles for two pairs of stockings will take place Nov. 30.

Anyone interested in buying raffle tickets can contact Mary Chapman at the Town Office or Glenna Jamison, president of the Standish Historical Society, at 642-4567.

Glenna Jamison, president of the Standish Historical Society, sells raffle tickets for Christmas stockings at the polls Nov. 4 to raise money to duplicate and preserve the Boston Post cane.