[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 146 (Saturday, October 8, 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

                        Friday, October 7, 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 5, 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 212, 
1923. She received her master's degree in education from South Carolina 
State University and worked as a public service social worker with 
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 Number 39 Free and 
Accepted Masons, Prince Hall Affiliate; the Robert Shaw Wilkinson 
Consistory Number 220; Jeddah Temple Number 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 Number 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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