[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 144 (Thursday, October 6, 1994)]
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    MR. AND MRS. WILLIE N. POUGH CELEBRATE 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

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                         HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 6, 1994

  Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to salute Mr. and Mrs. Willie 
Newton Pough, of Orangeburg, SC, on the occasion of their 50th wedding 
anniversary.
  Mr. and Mrs. Pough's half century of devotion to each other will be 
celebrated on October 7, 1994, at Funderburk's at Middleborough, 
Columbia, SC, hosted by their daughter, Carmen Pough. The couple were 
married October 12, 1944.
  Mr. Pough was born in Orangeburg County on July 4, 1921. He received 
his juris doctor degree from South Carolina State University and 
practiced law in Orangeburg County for approximately 40 years. He was 
very active in the civil rights movement during the 1950's and 1960's.
  Mrs. Altamese B. Pough was born in Polk County, FL, on November 22, 
1923. She received her master's degree in education from South Carolina 
State University and worked as a public service social worker with the 
Neighborhood Youth Corps, CETA, and JTPA until her retirement.
  Mr. and Mrs. Pough are members of Trinity United Methodist Church. 
Both are members of the NAACP and the South Carolina State University 
Alumni Association.
  Mr. Pough is a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity and is active in a 
number of lodges, including the Edisto Lodge No. 39 Free and Accepted 
Masons, Prince Hall Affiliate; the Robert Shaw Wilkinson Consistory No. 
220; Jeddah Temple No. 160 of the Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles 
of the Mystic Shrine; the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of 
Free and Accepted Masons, Jurisdiction of South Carolina; Imperial 
Council of the Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic 
Shrine; and 33d and Last Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish 
Rite of Free Masonry Prince Hall Affiliate, for the southern 
jurisdiction of the United States.
  Mrs. Pough is a member of the Robert Shaw Wilkinson Assembly of the 
Golden Circle, Jeddah Court No. 86 of the Daughters of Isis of the 
Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and the 
Alston Wilkes Society.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me and the Pough's family and friends in 
wishing them many more happy years together.

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