[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 41 (Friday, April 15, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                      IN HONOR OF CHARLES WHITSETT

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                             HON. VIC FAZIO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 14, 1994

  Mr. FAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a selfless community 
leader and constituent, Mr. Charles Whitsett, who recently retired from 
the school system in the city of Orland after 37 years of service.
  Mr. Whitsett embodies the spirit of the Orland community. He is 
always available to lend a hand to a good cause.
  He is a member of the Educators Hall of Fame since 1992. It is a 
distinguished achievement that neither he nor the community take 
lightly. Mr. Whitsett describes the feat as a memorable milestone. I 
consider it a very worthy, yet small recognition, for the countless 
young lives he has influenced.
  Mr. Whitsett served for 28 years in Glenn County as a member of the 
board of education.
  His reputation as an activist for student counseling services is 
legendary in rural Glenn County. Mr. Whitsett believes counseling to be 
an essential part of the education process and was a vocal advocate 
whenever fiscal constraints threatened to curtail or eliminate the 
service. His battle cry was, ``Cut Elsewhere!''
  Mr. Whitsett's educational roots are deep in Glenn County, where a 
building is named after his great aunt, Mae Reager. His great uncle, 
Frank Reager, was Orland's first high school principal almost 100 years 
ago.
  His mother, Phyllis Reed Whitsett, was a Class of 1923 graduate from 
the Orland school system. His sister, Dorothy Smith, was a graduate of 
the Class of 1943 and his brother, Kenneth, was a graduate of the Class 
of 1947.
  Mr. Whitsett is a 1945 graduate of Orland High School.
  He attended the University of California at Davis and graduated from 
Chico State College, which is what it was called at the time. After 
that, he was a student teacher at Orland High School and upon 
completion of the program, he was hired by the high school to teach 
drafting and other industrial arts. Mr. Whitsett was a class advisor 
and school counselor.
  He was the principal at C.K. Price Middle School for 6 years during 
the early 1970's. In 1977, Mr. Whitsett returned to Orland High School 
as counselor. He served in this capacity for the remaining 16 years of 
his career.
  Mr. Whitsett is an original member of the Phi Delta Kappa education 
fraternity in Chico. In fact, he played an instrumental role in helping 
the organization get its charter.
  Mr. Whitsett has been active in a program to promote foreign student 
exchange. He was also one of the main organizers and workers who 
established Lollipop Land playground in Vinsonhaler Park.
  Mr. Whitsett and his wife, Carolyn, have two sons and five 
grandchildren.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me today in honoring Mr. 
Whitsett for his many years of service to the Orland community and I 
wish him much happiness and continued success in all his future 
endeavors.

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