[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 13 (Thursday, February 10, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 10, 1994]
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                   IN MEMORY OF GWENDOLYN R. WOOLLEY

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                         HON. JAMES H. BILBRAY

                               of nevada

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 10, 1994

  Mr. BILBRAY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize a lifetime of 
dedication by a longtime Las Vegan to the purpose of bettering our 
community and educating our children.
  Born in 1896 in Centerville, UT, Gwendolyn R. Woolley grew up on a 
dairy farm. She received her bachelor's degree from the University of 
Utah and her master's degree from Columbia University.
  Ms. Woolley returned to Utah to begin her 54-year teaching career in 
1915 in Millard County. After teaching in Idaho, Arizona, and the small 
town of Moapa, NV, she came to the growing town of Las Vegas in 1936.
  Her Las Vegas teaching career spanned 30 years. And sometime during 
her tenure instructing the eager minds sitting in Clark County 
schoolrooms, she touched the mind of a boy named Jim Bilbray. Ms. 
Woolley was one of my teachers when I was a student at Las Vegas High 
School. To this day I still remember her lessons.
  Even after retiring from full-time instruction, Gwendolyn continued 
her commitment to the Las Vegas community. She taught at a small 
private school for troubled girls, she donated her time to the American 
Red Cross, she was a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, the 
Nevada Historical Society, and a 50-year member of the Southern Nevada 
Literary Society.
  At the age of 91, Ms. Woolley became the driving force behind efforts 
to preserve the Old Mormon Fort, the oldest standing building in the 
Las Vegas Valley. And she succeeded.
  And so I ask my colleagues today to rise with me in the memory of a 
truly great Nevadan, her accomplishments, and her committed spirit.

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