[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 44 (Wednesday, April 20, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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               TRIBUTE TO DRS. KENNETH AND GENEVA TEMPLE

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                           HON. HOWARD COBLE

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 20, 1994

  Mr. COBLE. Mr. Speaker, two educators are retiring after more than 50 
years of service--each--to a school in our district. On behalf of the 
citizens of the Sixth District of North Carolina, we wish to offer our 
congratulations to Drs. Kenneth and Geneva Temple for their more than a 
combined century of service to John Wesley College in High Point, NC.
  On Sunday, May 1, 1994, family and friends will gather at First 
Wesleyan Church in High Point to honor Drs. Kenneth and Geneva Temple 
for all they have done for their school, church, and community. The 
Temples will retire after the longest tenure of employment in the 
college's 62-year history. Dr. Kenneth Temple will retire with 58 
consecutive years of service, while Dr. Geneva Temple retires after 57 
years of continuous service. After all of these years, the Temples have 
become synonymous with John Wesley College.
  Dr. Kenneth Temple came to John Wesley College in 1936. He received 
his education at Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, MA, and the 
University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Dr. Geneva Temple came to 
John Wesley College a year after her husband. She received her 
educational training at Appalachian State Teachers college and the 
University of North Carolina at Greensboro. For more than 50 years, 
they have shared their knowledge, compassion, and concern with the many 
students who attended John Wesley College.
  In good times, as well as bad, Drs. Kenneth and Geneva Temple have 
guided John Wesley College with strong, yet loving hands. Alumni, now 
scattered throughout the world, still hold them in the highest regard. 
Those who follow after them will have big shoes to fill, and Drs. 
Kenneth and Geneva Temple leave a legacy which will be hard to match. 
For more than 50 years each, they have educated, counseled, and 
befriended untold numbers of John Wesley College students, faculty, and 
staff. Because of the many lives they have touched, their spirit and 
love will live on forever.
  On behalf of the citizens of the Sixth District of North Carolina, we 
congratulate Drs. Kenneth and Geneva Temple on more than 50 years of 
service--each--to John Wesley College in High Point, NC. We also extend 
to them our best wishes for much health and happiness in the coming 
years.

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