[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 7 (Wednesday, February 2, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: February 2, 1994]
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              TRIBUTE TO MR. AND MRS. JAMES BURTON COLLINS

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                           HON. DUNCAN HUNTER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 2, 1994

  Mr. HUNTER. Mr. Speaker, it brings me great pleasure to rise in honor 
of James Burton and Willie Madine Collins, a loving couple from my 52d 
Congressional District in California.
  Mr. Speaker, Mr. and Mrs. Collins are celebrating 50 years of 
marriage today. They were married in Mr. Collins' mother's home in 
Batesville, AR on the second of February 1944. They plan on celebrating 
their anniversary with their three children and their spouses, three 
granddaughters, three grandsons and friends on the 20th of this month 
near their home in Santee, CA.
  Shortly after they married Mr. and Mrs. Collins moved from Bois `d 
Arc, MO, where they made their first home, to southern California, and 
began raising their family in Riverside County. Then in 1963 Mr. and 
Mrs. Collins moved to San Diego County, where they have become a valued 
part of our community.
  Mr. Speaker, I join with Mr. and Mrs. Collins' family and friends in 
honoring them on their golden anniversary. Their milestone is one 
seldom reached in this day and time, and is a tribute to their 
continuing love and dedication to each other. May God bless the 
Collins' as they begin another glorious 50 years together.

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