Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress (1997-1998), June 1997.
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    CASS BALLENGER, Republican, of Hickory, NC; born in Hickory, 
December 6, 1926; graduated, Episcopal High School, Alexandria, VA, 
1944; attended University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1944-45; B.A., 
Amherst College, Amherst, MA, 1948; served in U.S. Naval Air Corps, 
aviation cadet, 1944-45; founder and president, Plastic Packaging, Inc.; 
North Carolina House of Representatives, 1974-76; North Carolina Senate, 
1976-86; member: Catawba County Board of Commissioners, 1966-74 
(chairman, 1970-74); Advisory Budget Commission, White House Advisory 
Committee, Community Ridge Day Care Center, Hickory Rotary Club, Hickory 
United Fund, Lenoir-Rhyne College Board of Development, Salvation Army 
Board of Directors, Florence Crittenton Home Board of Directors, Greater 
Hickory Chamber of Commerce (director); sustaining member, North 
Carolina School of the Arts; patron: North Carolina Symphony, North 
Carolina Arts Society; married the former Donna Davis, 1952; three 
children: Lucinda Ballenger-Brinkley, Melissa Ballenger Jordan, and 
Dorothy Davis Ballenger Weaver; two grandsons: Matthew Jordan and 
William Eriksen Jordan; deputy whip, 104th Congress; member, 
International Relations and Economic and Educational Opportunities 
committees; elected to the 99th Congress, November 4, 1986, to complete 
the unexpired term of James Broyhill; reelected to each succeeding 
Congress.

                  Office Listings                                       
                          [email protected]                         
                                                                        
2238 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC                      
 20515-3310............................................         225-2576
  Administrative Assistant.--Patrick M. Murphy.            FAX: 225-0316
  Legislative Director.--Leslie Gallagher.                              
  Executive Assistant.--Mary McLartey.                                  
P.O. Box 1830, Hickory, NC 28603.......................   (704) 327-6100
  District Director.--Tommy Luckadoo.                                   
P.O. Box 1881, Clemmons, NC 27012......................   (919) 766-9455
  District Representative.--Marsha Sucharski.                           
                                                                        

Counties: Alexander, Avery, Buncombe (part), Burke (part), Caldwell 
        (part), Catawba, Davie (part), Forsyth (part), Henderson (part), 
        Iredell (part), Lincoln, McDowell (part), Mitchell, Polk (part), 
        Rutherford (part), Wilkes (part), and Yadkin. Population (1990), 
        552,386.
ZIP Codes: 27006, 27011-12, 27018, 27020, 27023, 27028 (part), 27040, 
        27045 (part), 27050 (part), 27055, 27103 (part), 27104 (part), 
        27105 (part), 27106 (part), 27127 (part), 28006 (part), 28010, 
        28018, 28021 (part), 28033, 28037, 28080, 28092-93, 28115 
        (part), 28123, 28139 (part), 28164 (part), 28166 (part), 28167 
        (part), 28168, 28601-04, 28605 (part), 28609-14, 28616, 28621 
        (part), 28622, 28624, 28630, 28634-38, 28641-42, 28645 (part), 
        28646-53, 28654 (part), 28657-58, 28659 (part), 28660-62, 28664-
        67, 28669-71, 28673, 28677 (part), 28678, 28681-83, 28685, 
        28688-90, 28696, 28697 (part), 28699, 28704 (part), 28705, 28711 
        (part), 28720, 28730, 28732, 28742 (part), 28746, 28752 (part), 
        28756 (part), 28760, 28765, 28777, 28792 (part), 28803 (part), 
        28804 (part)