[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 146 (Saturday, October 8, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                  LUCYE LEE--VOLUNTEER EXTRAORDINAIRE

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                          HON. DONALD M. PAYNE

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 7, 1994

  Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to salute a very 
special individual who is being honored in my congressional district. 
On Friday, October 14, 1994, the Urban League of Essex County, NJ, will 
be hosting a testimonial dinner for Ms. Lucye Lee. Ms. Lee has been 
called a volunteer extraordinaire, for the more than five decades that 
she has devoted to volunteer activities in this community.
  Born in Carthage, NC, Ms. Lee has spent most of her adult life here 
in Essex County, where she has touched thousands of lives with her 
concern for community and commitment to helping others. Ms. Lee has 
long been active in the Presbyterian Church. She taught Sunday school 
at 13th Avenue Presbyterian Church, Newark, and served as chairwoman of 
the church's 120th anniversary celebration. She currently worships at 
Grace Presbyterian Church in Montclair where she serves as a deaconess.
  Lucye Lee taught knitting and crocheting to elderly women at the 
Newark YMWCA, she was a master auxilian for the New Jersey Hospital 
Association, she helped establish a teenage pregnancy program for the 
Newark Board of Education, she volunteered with the American Cancer 
Society and raised funds for the Untied Community Fund of Essex and 
West Hudson, now known as the United Way. From 1968-70 she was 
president of the Urban League Guild and also served 8 years on the 
Urban League's board.
  If that's not enough, because of her concerns about health in the 
black community Lucye Lee served four terms as auxiliary president at 
Martland Hospital. She demonstrated a lifelong commitment to education, 
the arts and to music. She is also quite a cook and introduced ``Simple 
Pleasures'' the cookbook of the Urban League Guild.
  Lucye Lee once stated that she wants to do something meaningful with 
her life. Through her devotion to her church, family and friends, her 
concern for her community and her willingness to help others she has 
achieved this ambition. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join with 
me in recognition of Ms. Lucye Lee a truly special woman.

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